04 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1955
Page
1
Police report arrests and minor crashes in Ottawa with details on a no passing zone citation for E E Pope of Topeka and a collision involving a 1948 Ford and a 1941 Cadillac. Also notes on hospital stays, baptisms, church elections, and community events including a Holstein show, weather balloon find, and banking auditors meeting.
Observers expect Sir Winston Churchill to resign and hand his mandate to Queen Elizabeth II. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden is seen as likely to succeed him, with Eden waiting long for the top post. The PM hosts dinner with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh as talks intensify about his departure and future role.
Charles Penry of Wellsville aged 78 died yesterday. Born March 3 1877 in Prospect Ohio he moved to Kansas in 1900 and lived near Wellsville most of his life. Survived by widow Cora Eckerson one daughter Mrs Vernon Smothers five grandchildren one great grandchild one sister and two brothers. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at Wellsville Methodist Church. Interment in Wellsville cemetery.
Malott was re elected president of the Rockwood Acres Home Association at a Saturday meeting. Mrs. Fannie Hoopes and Mrs. Robert A. Anderson were elected officers and several directors, including Hysom and Stucker, were chosen. Three new homes underway in the addition with 28 lots, 18 sold, expected to push total sites to nine homes in area.
Outlines multiple birth notices and address snippets including Mr and Mrs Jack Mills Parker and a baby born Sunday. Mentions a list of residents and locations such as Paola Princeton Pomona and North Maple. Ends noting Fifty million steelhead trout eggs from the west coast being planted in Michigan streams.
Jerry V. Catt, 23, and Marilyn F. Schoonover, Ottawa, 23, apply for a marriage license. Darrell Merle Jamison, Ottawa, 17, and Gladys Louise Brovont, Ottawa, 19, also listed for license consideration.
Local Markets Mike Coco led Michigan State freshman gymnast with four firsts two seconds and a sixth place in the 1055 Michigan AAW gymnastics meet. He topped events led by MSU teammates and captured multiple event titles at the state meet.
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