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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1963
Page
3
Ottawa Lions Club sponsors Ladies Night at the North American Hotel on Friday April 5 with a 6 30 dinner meeting and a photo show by T A Bischoff from the Lions International Convention in Nice France. Also includes local election results, sales events, and a district music festival adjudicator announcement.
Local market notes show cattle trading with mixed steady to weak movement. Fat cattle around 14.51 to 17.00 with steady demand, cows and bulls steady to firm, feeder calves and sows steady. prices include 11.75 for select cows and lighter lamb offerings.
Arraignments proceed for Shirley and Betty Green on four petty larceny counts with 200 dollar bonds. Daniel Berger fined 125 for drunkenness and resisting arrest with an unaffiliated driver. Several others plead guilty to public drunkenness, speeding, or traffic offenses with bonds ranging from 10 to 100 dollars. some bonds forfeited for failure to appear.
Lowell Gish will discuss the hospital's history and program on WDAF radio from 9 05 to 10 am Friday April 5. Listeners may join the hospital's National Mental Health Week observance by open house on April 28 and Community Hospital Night at Osawatomie City Auditorium on April 29. Gish serves as master of ceremonies for the event covering the 23 county area served by the hospital.
Police investigated two accidents yesterday in the 1600 block on South Main. Albert Odell of Hiattville and Betty Kimball of Princeton collided about 14 30, both northbound, with damages to Odell’s car at 34 dollars and to other gear at 108. Bob D Cook of 1920 S Cedar and William Douglas of 409 S Sycamore collided about 12 30, both southbound, with Douglas’s car damaged at 264 dollars and Cook’s car at 59.
Ottawa city commissioners discussed septic tank problems near the city and near US highways 539 and 59. The Ottawa zoning commission urged annexation of a 300 foot wide area along the east side of US 539 and adjacent land to Santa Fe right-of-way to extend sewer service. Property owners are split on joining the city, and a county hearing would determine advisability before annexation. Separately, septic overflow along 15th Street east of Santa Fe tracks and Willow Acres prompted plans for sanitary sewer facilities, with City Engineer Robert Lister tasked to proceed after confirming owner awareness of the problem. J B Cheney, elected finance commissioner, attended as observer and will assume office next Wednesday.
President Kennedy reported 9,000 Soviet troops and experts left Cuba since November, with about 12,000 to 13,000 remaining. He dismissed a proposed lie detector test for officials over a leaked memo, and sparred with Eisenhower over the 98.9 billion dollar budget and space program, noting ongoing policy disagreements. He contrasted his administration’s record with past deficits and recessions.
Admissions list William John Gilliland Williamsburg Owen Gottschall Greg Holm Wednesday Mrs Lee Smith Thursday Births Mr and Mrs Floyd Burch Willow Lane daughter weight 7 lb 12 oz Dismissals named individuals and addresses including Mrs Mary Swallow Pomona Jess Heilman Cedar House Wednesday Mrs Clarence McFadden Cleveland Clyde Nichols Linwood Walter Larson N King Mrs Hibbard Taul Baldwin Dick Petty Kansas City Mrs Harry Stern North Poplar Mrs Jim McGaugh and baby daughter North Sycamore Mrs Mike Newmaster and baby son Princeton Thursday
A local listing shows multiple sale dates across Kansas including April 8 Lawrence for night consignment horse sale. April 9 Ottawa farm sale. April 10 Ray Rambart farm sale northwest of Ottawa. April 16 Neosho Mo horse sale. April 18 Baldwin area farm sale. and additional bids at Ottawa area auctions. Names include Harold Stewart, Charles Beatty, Charles Lyndon, H C Thomas, Printy’s Auction House, and others with locations in Ottawa Lawrence Baldwin Overbrook Richmond and Pomona.
About fourteen of sixteen Miss Ottawa candidates and several men attended a informal Pepsi Party at Al Harvey's home to meet organizers for the Lions sponsored pageant set for May 3 and 4. Dr Don McKelvey chaired plans, with Jack Day Jack Rutter and Russell Crites handling staging and lighting. Mrs David Laury hosted the pageant’s official hostess and the reigning Miss Ottawa Doris Ann Freshour joined Elizabeth Hinton, last year’s Miss Congeniality. A contestant tea is scheduled April 25 from 3 30 to 5 30 p m at the Laury home.
In Franklin County Kansas Probate Court a petition to admit the will of James T. Magrath dated November 25 1647 and appoint Hugh A Magrath as executor without bond is heard April 10 1663 at 10:00 am in Ottawa Kansas. Defenses must be filed in writing by that date. Bowers Bowers Attorneys.
Sealed proposals for road construction in Franklin County Kansas will be received at the Division Engineer in Chanute until 0 00 a m April 23 1963. Work covers 720 miles of luminous sealing beginning at the set of K 33 and K 68, then north on K 33. Plans and specs available at the Franklin County Clerk or State Highway Commission offices. Addison H. Meschke Director.
Local ads outline pricing, deadlines, and discounts for classified notices and announcements. The text includes rate per word, insertion limits, and special contracts, with examples of notice types and a partial list of nursery offerings.
The notice lists multiple classified items from Pomona Kansas including a church fruit farm with male help wanted for full time work with guaranteed $8 weekly or evening and Saturday shifts at $2 per hour for married men aged up to 45. Also offered are two registered milking Shorthorn springers and two yearling milking heifers for sale, a Bolen garden tractor with plow disk and cultivator, and a Minneapolis Moline tractor Model R with hydraulic lift priced at $400. Contact numbers CH 2-1511, CH 24999, or TU 3-6174.
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