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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1958
Page
4
A no-funch check charge against Waldron Farley was dismissed in County Court yesterday upon payment of costs and restitution. Farley paid a total of 40.64 dollars. Local notices also report clerical changes in County Court staff and various community events and sales around Ottawa including a public sale near Wellsville and a rural carriers convention.
Admitted list includes Mrs. Stanley Davis Osawatomie J C Ashcraft Williamsburg Dennis Carmine 612 N Main John B LaQollette Lane Thursday Mary Collins 428 Maple Ely Aaron Stilts 313 Ash today. Births to Mr and Mrs John Wassmer 1226 S Hickory Thursday weight 9 lb 14 oz. Mr and Mrs Stanley E Denton 919 Ash daughter born Thursday weight 7 lb 0 oz. Mr and Mrs Charles Weber Pomona son born today weight 6 lb 15 oz. Mr and Mrs Gerald Whetstone Osawatomie daughter born today weight 10 lb 2 oz. Dismissed Mrs E R Lichtenberger 730 Elm Mrs 0 Robinson 609 Poplar Thursday. Mrs Cena Pearson RFD 2 Mrs Guy Deskins Melvern today.
Elmer Smith of 1180 North Cherry was arraigned in County Court on six counts of breaking and entering and larceny. Three larceny counts were dismissed. Bond set at 1500. Smith and brother Jim connected to burglaries at Dietrich Mercantile Store and City Cafe in Richmond and a farm home near Ottawa on March 19.
Infant Deborah Jean Toumberlin daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Toumberlin 201 N Oak Ottawa died today at 8 40 am in Ransom Memorial Hospital after four weeks with whooping cough and pneumonia She was born in Ottawa Sept 26 1957 Survived by parents siblings Lee Kathy and Patty and grandparents Mrs Elva Toumberlin Ottawa and Mr and Mrs Otto Plank Lawrence Funeral services Saturday 2 pm at Towners Funeral Chapel Rev Roger Fredrikson officiating Burial Highland Cemetery
The Federated Church chancel choir at 5th and Math presents a Good Friday service of The Seven Last Words of Christ at 7 30 tonight. Conducted by Dr Brockway and Mrs Spears, with Lowell Gish as reader. Rev William Ward gives the invocation and Gish offers the benediction. The program features a full choir with noted accompanists and musicians.
Washington up ground stations report regular radio signals from five of six transmitters across three American satellites orbiting Earth. Explorer II shows sporadic reports due to a ground-triggering device, while Explorer I’s large transmitter remains dead and a second continues until about the planned end of its life. Vanguard transmitters, solar powered and ordinary, are received routinely.
Funeral services for Mrs Lafaye Wilson of Williamsburg were held in Boise on April 1. Rev. Robert D. Wood officiated at Lamb Funeral Home with burial in Mt Hope Cemetery Williamsburg. Mrs. Wilson moved with her family in 1683 to Le Loup then near Ottawa and married Mr. Wilson on February 1, 1699. She was an active member of Williamsburg Methodist Church. Also noted are funeral services for Jacob Kreusch at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church on April 3 with burial in St. John’s Cemetery Homewood.
Rains drenched California from Mexico to Oregon threatening San Joaquin Valley crops and flooding. Flooded roads bridges and levees push total damage to about 120 million dollars with unestimated crop losses. Red Cross shelters opened nine statewide, largest in Stockton housing 1100 evacuees. Highways 40 and 50 closed by snow slides, traffic limited on Alternate 40 through Feather River Canyon.
State Engineer J. E. Whitten warned Colorado faces its greatest flood threat in years as snowpack runs 110 to 130 percent of normal in the Rockies. Warm weather could hasten melt and threaten major river basins while reservoirs remain near capacity and underground water tables stay elevated from last spring runoffs.
Funeral services scheduled for Mrs Laray Wilson longtime Williamsburg resident at Lamb Funeral Home Monday at 2 p m with Rev Robert D Wood. interment Mt Hope Cemetery Williamsburg. F E Weaver died Wednesday morning, services Saturday 11 30 a m from Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Charles P Knight. graveside in Oak Hill Cemetery Butler Missouri at 2 30 p m. Use south entrance of the Funeral Home.
In Franklin County Kansas Probate Court Martha Crouch administrator petitions for final settlement of the estate of Lyman Brindle deceased. Hearing set for April 26 1958 at 10:00 a.m. in Ottawa Court. defense must be filed by April 28 1958. State welfare heirs to receive real estate and personal property remaining in estate.
Reliability sought for men or women to run a home based jewelry business in spare time. No selling or soliciting on doorsteps. Requires a small cash inventory secured investment. To qualify, send age address and phone for a personal interview with National Service Company in Topeka Kansas. Attorney for Administrator Donald L. Whith.
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