Cleason "Ralph" Ausherman was born in Dickinson County, KS. He was working in Garden City, KS when he registered for the draft on 10/16/1940. Ralph served in the Navy during World War II.  Ralph returned to Kansas and married Irene Kallestad and worked as a salesman at the Ausherman Manufacturing company in Wichita, KS. One item the company made was high speed streamed line sickle guards. Courtesy of Newspapers.com and The Dickinson County Heritage Center.