Briefs roundup of carloads and local notices
Total carloads moved over Santa Fe lines for the week ending March 30 were 337241, down from 34399 a year earlier. District Court divorces filed include Sharon Schwartz from David Swartz over cruelty with child custody and support, and Janith Duke from Richard Duke over cruelty and neglect seeking alimony. A rummage sale, bridge club results, funeral notices, hospital staff courses, and local theft report of four hubcaps valued at 30 are listed in the Topeka brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Jane Schwartz
Apple Lane
David Philip Swartz
Buchanan, Topeka
Janith Lea Duke
Ottawa
Richard Lee Duke
Garnett
Damage suit filed over car crash near Tucumcari
Lloyd E. Cavasos of College Alaska filed in District Court for recovery of 1200 dollars after an April 16 1961 collision on US 66 one mile east of Tucumcari New Mexico. He says Elmo Es col Reddick drove at excessive speed and under the influence, causing $1200 in damages beyond the car's pre accident value of 1600 with a 400 post crash resale. He seeks 1200 plus 6 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd E. Cavasos
College
Alaska
Tucumcari
N. M
Elmo Escol Reddick
Hickory
Cavasos
Reddick
Suit Filed for 37500 Damages by Armstrong
Mrs. Alta Grace Armstrong of 630 North Cedar filed a 37500 damage suit for injuries from a October 15 1961 collision at 7th and Locust. Defendent Don K Burroughs of 731 Willow allegedly rear ended the Armstrong car while her husband Rev Roy H Armstrong drove. She seeks 2500 for medical costs 15000 for permanent injuries and 20000 for pain and suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Grace Armstrong
N. Cedar
Locust
Don K. Burroughs
Willow
Armstrong
Roy H. Armstrong
Burroughs
Deaths Mary Olive Marshall and Lois Sheree Ruby
Mary Olive Marshall guardian angel home dies at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Graveside rites at Garnett Cemetery Wednesday at 4 30 p m officiated by Dr Raymond P Jennings. Lois Sheree Ruby six month old daughter of Ronald W and Linda Mae Ruby dies at home after illness. Services Thursday at Dengel and Son Mortuary 2 p m burial Greenwood Cemetery. LeRoy Bishop 46 former Richmond resident dies March 20 in Whitney Texas. Buried Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier California March 25. Surviving family listed including siblings and relatives in California Kansas City and Libya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Olive Marshall
Guardian Angel
Garnett Cemetery
Raymond P. Jennings
Miss Marshall
George H. Marshall
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lois Sheree
Ruby Lois Sheree Ruby
Ronald W
Linda Mae (Blankenship
Ruby
Lawrence
Emporia
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Greenwood Cemetery
W. W. Ruby
Clathe
George Blankenship
Kansas
City
Homer Ruby
Leroy Bishop
Richmond
Whitney
Tex
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Whittier
Calif
Leonard
Levi
Lloyd
California
Louis
Tripoli
Libya
Loree Johnson
San Gabriel
Lila Sillman
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lois Sheree Ruby
Ottawa High Golf Victory Over Bonner Springs
Ottawa High School won a golf match at Lake Quivira with Ottawa totaling 199 to Bonner Springs 218. Ottawa players were Jim Colby 47 Gary Duffield 44 John Evans 55 Steve Roush 53, while Bonner Springs scorers were Dennis Bowker 49 Steve Shrivner 50 Don Connell 56 Gary Spalding 63. A match against Olathe is set for Wednesday April 10 at the Ottawa Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonner Springs
Ottawa High School
Bonner
Dogs Recover Lost Dollar With Pomeranian Help
Mrs. Edward Stewart of Williamsburg relates how her two Pomeranians found a lost dollar bill. The dogs carried it to her, each gripping an end, prompting relief she feared they might tear it in half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stewart
Williamsburg
Had To Move Out Before Flood Hit
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brecheisen learned from their daughter Mrs. Doug las Lawson in Townsend Tennessee that she woke at 5:30 am and prepared to move to higher ground within an hour as floods and tornadoes roiled Tennessee and Kentucky. A river overflowed and water rose beneath the trailer but did not enter. Lawson waded knee deep with her 20 month old Douglas Ray and 3 month old Oma Louise to reach safety. Lawson, in the Navy, was recently aboard a ship in Cuban waters and is stationed at Norfolk Virginia. The family hopes to visit Wellsville soon when he receives new orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Ray Brecheisen
Douglas Lawson
Townsend
Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lawson
Douglas Ray
Oma Louise
Navy
Norfolk
Amn Landers
Ann
R.D
R. D
Ann Landers
Man Injured In Car Mishap Near Princeton
Richard Leroy Petty of Kansas City Missouri was admitted to Ransom Memorial Hospital after a one car crash at Coates Corner one mile south of Princeton on US 59. Trooper Harold Bennett said Petty drifted off the road while northbound, fell asleep and the vehicle was heavily damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Leroy Petty
Kansas City
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Coates Corner
Princeton
US 59
Harold Bennett
Funeral services for Elva May Potter
Funeral services for Elva May Potter, who died March 26, were held at Towner's Chapel on March 30 with Rev. William Weber officiating. Pallbearers were Russell Dyer, Jim Baldwin, Ivan Streebin, Earl Chapman, Fred Ferguson, and George Streebin. Mrs. Carroll Whiteford sang hymns with Mrs. J. M. Kilgore on piano. Burial occurred in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva May Potter
Towner's Chapel
William Weber
Russell Dyer
Jim Baldwin
Ivan Streebin
Earl Chapman
Fred Ferguson
George Streebin
Carroll Whiteford
J. M. Kilgore
Highland Cemetery
Driving Demonstrations At Schools This Week
The Kansas Farm Bureau Safety Department will present driving demonstrations and tests at Ottawa High School Wellsville Pomona Lane and Williamsburg this Thursday and Friday. Delbert Ekart will lead the program with a lecture followed by tests using a car with a yellow paint detonator to show stopping distances. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Farm Bureau Safety Department
Ottawa High School
Wellsville
Pomona
Lane
Williamsburg
Delbert Ekart
Kansas’ Farm Bureau Safety Department
Ekart
Ottawa
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Marriage Licenses Listed in Kansas Pairs
Alfred Schmitt aged 18 of Lawrence wed Irene Louise Stein 18 of Lawrence. Charles Edwin Nalley 21 of De Soto married Barbara Jeanne Kern 20 of Paola. David Duane Anderson 22 of Salina joined Linda Lee Miller 22 of Topeka in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Schmitt
Lawrence
Irene Louise Stein
Charles Edwin Nalley
Pomona High students enter KSCT contest and events
Thirty Pomona High School students entered the KSCT scholarship contest and tested at Burlingame. Seniors Mary Scott Sharon Robbins Terry Heidner Gary Bulmer and Leland Wray juniors Lois Kaub Janet Lindsey Carolyn Dusin Gale Lantis Kelvin Flory Dea Engle Leon Graves Allen Crawford and Mike Lindsey sophomores Karen Briggs Anita Clark Carol Baker Jo Anne Beesley Lillie Harkins Jim Lederer Jim Baxter Gary Rice freshmen Vicki Clark Loretta Neilson Saveeda Sink Rick Baxter Craig Collins Bill Driver J. D. Woodsum and Dennis Sumner will attend a chicken noodle supper April 5 at the grade school. Palm Sunday services are set for April 7 at the Methodist Church with Chancel and Wesley Choirs performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Scott
Sharon Robbins
Terry Heidner
Gary Bulmer
Leland Wray
Lois Kaub
Janet Lindsey
Carolyn Dusin
Gale Lantis
Kelvin Flory
Dea Engle
Leon Graves
Allen Crawford
Mike Lindsey
Karen Briggs
Anita Clark
Carol Baker
Jo Anne Beesley
Lillie Harkins
Jim Lederer
Jim Baxter
Gary Rice
Vicki Clark
Loretta Neilson
Saveeda Sink
Rick Baxter
Craig Collins
Bill Driver
J. D. Woodsum
Dennis Sumner
May 14 Vote to Turn Wichita Univ to State
Wichita AP The University of Wichita regents recommended May 14 as the date for a special municipal election on turning the university over to the state. Mayor Carl L Bell Jr to set date. If approved, Wichita will turn over a $17 million plant and retain a several-year special levy to retire the school's bonded indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
University of Wichita Regents
Carl L. Bell Jr
Kansas
Wichita State University
Hospital Notes Admissions And Births In Local Entries
Admissions list includes Mrs Sadie Jones 1002 S Locust and Mr and Mrs Homer Wolfe Osborne Mo Births note Mr and Mrs Francis Mille 719 E 6th a daughter weight 6 lb 12 oz Dismissals include Dana Cook Monty Fritts Bert Perry Lilli Franks and Mrs Leonard Rues with baby son and Mrs Dean Kirkland with baby son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Mille
Dana Cook
S. Main
Monty Fritts
Birch
Bert Perry
Baldwin
Lilli Franks
N. Mulberry
Leonard Rues
Beech
Dean Kirkland
Rantoul
Ann Landers Advice Column and Legal Notices Summary
A collage of readers ask Ann Landers about love and safety with responses urging caution and police action against illegal pills, plus a chain of probate notices and a foreclosure suit involving Grover Knight and Anchor Savings Association in Ottawa Kansas detailing estates and property claims.
KC Markets Cattle Hogs and Lambs Report From Kansas City
KC Markets reports cattle with slaughter steers and heifers steady hogs 25 lower to weak sows down up to 25, sheep steady to mixed as feeder lambs remain scarce. Detailed price ranges capture averages for steers heifers mixed lots and utility to prime categories across 190 to 400 pound weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Livestock Sale Notice Near Oakland School House
A fragmented public sale notice lists Qvarbrook Livestock and Overstook in Kansas. It mentions Meiday mien County, April 4, and Oakland School House miles northwest of Otte. Contact Dack Nemon at 566 3530 in Pomona Kas for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Charles
Lyndon
Kansas
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Missouri
Lawrence Livestock Baln Co
East Ith Bt
Lawrence
Kaa
Rey Barnhart
Ottawa
East
Dack Nemon
Pomona
Kas
Qvarbrook Livestock Male
Overstook
Mien County Livestock
Oakland School House
Otte
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Ady
Elks Club
Gene Bush
Walter Hegberg
Ted Crandall
Eastwest
Robert A. Anderson
Lyle Hanes
Marie Hufstedler
John Elmore
Josephine Kirkwood
Walnut
KU Medical Center
Ethel Seymour
Rule
Topeka
Quincy
Rockwell City
Towa
W. K. Rule
Des Moines
Ellis
George Mesigh
Lee Roberts
Effie Griffitts
George T. O'Connell
N. Cherry
Barnett Funeral Home
C. E. Jones
Frank Wise
Cypress
VFW Hall
Ottawa High
Cub Scout den
Terry Baker
Glenn Griffin
Clifford Baker
Ricky Ledom
Darrell Criqui
Mike Wilson
Den
Leo Criqui
Sycamore
Allen Bishop
Oak
Nile Baker
S. Oak
Herald
Towner’s
Ree
Poe An
Hk Ee
Pomona News
Mary Hudelson
Pomona High School
KSCT
Burlingame Testing Center
Methodist
Wesley
E. M. Lawrence
Fort Scott
Alvin Melcher
Roger Shoemaker
Manhattan
Pomoe
Roger
Blanche Lamb
Bob Roberta
Lamb
Ian
Babe
Bennies
Ana
Legals
Franklin County
Grover L. Knight
State of
Dott
E H. Knight
University
N.W
Linn County
Anchor Savings Association
United Fund Trust
Anderson & Byra Attorneys For Petition
State of Kansas
Edward R. Lichtenberger
Ray Lichtenberger
Attest
Bowers & Bowers Attorneys
Anchor Savings Association, Corporation
Harley J. Harmon
Ellen Louise Harmon
Roy C. Duke
Anna F. Duke
Harry J. Harmon
District Court
Booth
University Addition No
Petion
Anchor Sayings Association
Byverett Fritz
South Water Tower
Stella Lucilla Williams
Hamblin and Walton
Kaners
Charles C, Williams
Anderson & Byrd
Elva M. Potter
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Lodge
AF & A
Feam
George A. Ledom
W. M
Clarence E. Rea
Sec’y. Union
O.E.S
LaVerne Pence
W. M. Vola Phillips
Secy
Brown's Hardware
Nate and
Leona Gibbons Melvern
Printy and Londen Printy
Ottawa Transfer and Storage Co
N Main
Wiela
Ereday
Main
Myers Bros. Phone Centropolis
Claude
Sir Howard
Pranklin County
Ottensop
Arthur Wheeler
Bans
Charles Herschel
Sore
Weat Sth
Kens
Liew & Heim
Baldwin Jct
Ray Barnhart
Cecil Morrow
Overbrook
Kana
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