Memorial Auditorium hosts 2004-H club folk games eve
More than 2004-H club members and leaders gathered in the Memorial Auditorium Saturday evening for folk games and square dancing. Richard Hewitt led the Silver Leaf Club with a sound system and new record player. Up to 15 squares danced at once as awards were handed out to top salespeople, led by James Dunn and Diane Bones.
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Memorial Auditorium
Richard Hewitt
Silver Leaf Club
Roger Keith
James Dunn
Diane Bones
Donna Bones
Lonnie Bones
Mary Alice Ferguson
Bill McNish
Nancy Hewitt
Jan Jefferis
Gary Rice
Bruce Scott
Steve Carson
Douglas Keith
Ann Keith
Deaths Mrs E H Van Osdell 84 Ottawa native dies in KC
Mrs Lu Minnie Van Osdell 84 longtime Ottawa resident dies at daughter Mrs John W Colt s home in Kansas City Survivors include sister Maude Ward Amarillo eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren She was Antioch Community Church member Services at Lamb Funeral Home tomorrow at 3 pm with Kansas City services at 1 am Burial at Hope Cemetery
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Lu Minnie van Osdell
Ottawa
John W. Colt
Englewood Road
North
Kansas City
van Osdell
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas Penitentiary
Iat
Lansing
Maude Ward
Amarillo
Tex
Antioch Community Church
Lamb Funeral Home
Sline & McClure Chapel
Hope Cemetery
Weave r 84 dies after month illness in Ottawa
F E Weaver 84 of 807 Tremont died today at 4 am in Ransom Memorial Hospital after a month long illness He was a longtime salesman for Lee Company and National Biscuit Co Born Oct 18 1873 in Adrian Missouri he studied in Adrian High Class of 1892 He married Ida May Sherman in Butler Missouri June 10 1900 She died July 13 1940 Survived by daughter Mrs Carl Sawyer of Kansas City sister Mrs F B Timmons of Neosho and brothers Harry C and Frank A of Siloam Springs Funeral at Lamb Funeral Home Saturday 1130 am Rev Charles P Knight officiating Graveside Oak Hill Cemetery Butler at 230 pm
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F. E. Weaver
Tremont
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lee Company
Ior National Biscuit Co
Adrian
Adrian High School
Butler
Ida May Sherman
Ottawa
Paola
Weaver
First Methodist Church
McDuffie
Ottawa Lodge No
Modern Woodmen of America
Carl W. Sawyer
Kansas City
F. B. Timmons
Neosho
Harry C
Frank A
Siloam Springs
Ark
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Charles P. Knight
Oak Hill Cemetery
Butler, Mo
Mrs Matilda Wilson dies in Boise at 82
Mrs Matilda Florence Wilson 82 wife of Lafay E Wilson Williamsburg died yesterday at 5 30 am in Boise Idaho after illness since last fall Born October 28 1875 Kirksville Missouri Survived by widower Lafay and three daughters Rose Harmon Ogden Utah Hazel Stine and Fern Black Boise Idaho
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Matilda Florence Wilson
Lafay E. Wilson
Wiliamsburg
Boise
Idaho
Kirksville
Rose Harmon
Ogden
Utah
Hazel Stine
Fern Black
Franklin Among Top Soybean Producers
Cherokee County led the state in soybean production in 1957 with 339,300 bushels for a third straight year. Doniphan County posted the best average yield at 23 bushels per acre, while Franklin produced 300,000 bushels and Coffey 276,900. Brown County had the second highest average yield at 21 bushels.
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Topeka PI
Cherokee County
Doniphan County
Franklin
Coffey
Brown County
Hoax Costs Him 30 Days
Theodore H. Campbell pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses after trying to borrow $10 from Joel Towner for a sister's funeral. Judge Winter sentenced him to 30 days in jail. Campbell had sought parole but was denied and jailed. Towner traced the hoax to use for insurance arrangements and transporting the body to Ottawa.
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Theodore H. Campbell
Joel Towner
Campbell
Winton A. Winter
Winter
Towner
Towner Funeral Home
Muskogee
Oklo
Ottawa
Francs Steel
Topeka
Hospital Notes Admitted and Births in Local Records
Admission notes list Mrs Chester Wardlaw B M Ottaway Pomona Mrs Bess Wadkins Walter Parrish Quene mo Mrs Ponciano Blanco today Births Mr and Mrs Eudric Hubert 1105 N Main daughter born Tuesday weight 6 lb 7% oz Mr and Mrs Ralph Comstock 234 S Locust son born today weight 8 lb 3 oz Mr and Mrs Donald R Smith 415 E 3rd daughter born today weight 6 lb 1 oz Dismissals Mrs Leo Istas and baby daughter 115 S Cedar Mrs W T Jolley Osawatomie Mrs Russell Nordyke 834 N Cherry Steven Dunham Wellsville today
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Chester Wardlaw
S. Main
B. M. Ottaway
Pomona
Bess Wadkins
Olive
Walter Parrish
Quenemo
Ponciano Blanco
N. Poplar
Eudric P. Hubert
N. Main
Ralph Comstock
Donald R. Smith
Leo Istas
S. Cedar
W. T. Jolley
Osawatomie
Russell Nordyke
N. Cherry
Steven Dunham
Wellsville
Firm Indicted On Arms Charge
A 1-A federal grand jury indicted Stanborn Aeronautics Corp of Rochester New York and its principal owners Stanley J Bachman Jerome H Bachman and Bernard Sidney Bachman on conspiring to obtain arms for the Cuban revolutionary movement Also charged were attempted evasion of federal taxes on firearm transfers and the execution of false documents The probe linked to a New York grand jury indictment against exiled Cuban leader Carlos Prio Socarras and eight associates for conspiracy to furnish arms against Batista's regime
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Washington
Stanborn Aeronautics Corp
Rochester N. Y
Stanley J. Bachman
Jerome H. Bachman
Bernard Sidney Bachman
Justice Department
New York
Carlos Prio Socaras
Prio
Miami
Fla
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Light Month For Firemen
Ottawa Fire Department reports three regular alarms and five miscellaneous calls in March. Fire damage totaled 490 dollars, including 400 from a garage fire at Richard Cannady 823 N Hickory on March 28, 40 at Vernon Allen 923 E 9th from a cigarette set a divan afire, and 50 to Mrs G B Rayburn 120 KE 1st roof from chimney sparks. Miscellaneous calls included a smoke scare, two wash gasoline off streets, a locked out woman, and a false alarm.
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Ottawa
Richard Cannady
Hickory
Vernon Allen
G. B. Rayburn
Pleads Guilty To Petty Larceny in County Court
Tom Williamson of Garnett pleaded guilty to petty larceny in County Court. Judge Winton A. Winter sentenced him to 30 days in jail but paroled him for one year. Williamson was accused by former landlord William R. Caudle of taking possessions when he moved out.
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Tom Williamson
Garnett
Winton A. Winter
Williamson
William R. Caudle
Slowdown in Spending Forced by Republicans
The Senate delayed consideration of a billion dollar public works loan bill while Republicans pressed for more time to assess the economy. A compromise highway speedup measure, housing and freeway funding, and credit reductions were also noted as part of the shift in antirecession actions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Reserve Board
Eisenhower
Knowland
California
Firemen Called For Two Grass Fires Near Ottawa
Ottawa fire department quickly responded to two grass fires within an hour near noon. First at 11:46 a.m. on L. M. Morris property at 534 Beech. second at 12:44 p.m. on Roy Lewis property at 8th and Pecan. No damage reported.
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Ottawa Fire Department
Harry Gilliland
L. M. Morris
Roy Lewis
Pecan
Marriage Licenses Richard Armstrong and Ruby Heffner
Richard Arthur Armstrong 31 of Lawrence and Ruby May Heffner 25 of Lawrence obtained marriage licenses, confirming their intent to wed in the local jurisdiction. The filing records note ages and both parties reside in Lawrence.
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Richard Arthur Armstrong
Law- ‘Rence
Ruby May Heffner
Law- Tence
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Ottawa Herald
L. I
Larry) Crater
Ruth Bruner
J. Earl Bruner
Calvin Ewing
State Employment Service
Germany
Spain
Sertoma Club
Western Auto
LeRoy J. Fitzgerald
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
U.S.N.T.C
Doug Scott
University of Kansas
Jay Ellis
Richard Barr
Vernon Hay
Ronald L. Foltz
Louis P. Foltz
Billy D. Demoret
Viola Elsie Foltz
Princeton
Fort Leonard Wood
Princeton High School
Army
Hanes Greenhouse
Charles H. Bowers
Mayetta
Bowers
John L. Hysom Jr
John L. Hysom
Willow
Quartermaster School
Fort Lee
Hysom
Ottawa High School
Rollie Merschuam
Richmond
Bruce Spears
William S. Holmes
Winnie Fred Wooden
Oklahoma City
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Logan
William Wheeler
Clyde Johnson
Frank W. Griggs
Griggs
Fred Harris
Maple
Ottawa University
United Nations
U.N
Rotary Club
William Myers
Keith Baker
Carolyn Baker
James Hubeny
Erpesneeseeennen
Teeserhoters Seareas
E. H. van Osdell
Mrs. Lafay E. Wilson
Louis H. Dengel
Alviso
Guadelupe River
Ralph M. Brinkmeyer
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Olathe
Trinity Methodist Church
West 7Th Street
68 Highway
Woods Brothers
John Deere
J. Bruner
Claude Myers
First National Bank of Ottawa
Hiway
P. O
Lamb
Wilson
Matilda Florence
Williamsburg
Byrd
D-Va
Lausche
Ohio
Cooper
R-Ky
Revercomb
Wva
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hisenhower
Bridges
GOP
Ed Sullivan
OK Photo Service
Robert Edmiston Stores, Inc
Edmiston
Bath
Numae
Ras New Poymaglag
the Gas Serviceco, Natural Gas For Home and Industy
Nea
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