Ottawa Area Briefs and Notices
Items from Ottawa and vicinity include a rummage sale listing, a Soroptimist Club entry, bakery product ad copy, and initiation news for Kansas State College student Lloyd Edward Chris. Local crime notes report vagrancy charges against Paul Leo Vots, with a stolen fishing rod detail, plus a cow and calves on US50S rounded up by the Undersheriff. Community notices cover a Green Dell potluck supper, a Sears manager’s resignation, and Topeka vocational education meeting scheduling.
Man Convicted of Auto Theft Receives Six Months
In Chicago World War II era news a judge, Alexander J. Napoli, asks Adam Schumacher what sentence he should receive. Schumacher, 44, replies six months in jail and the judge confirms the six month sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alexander J. Napoli
Adam Schumacher
Schumacher
Governor Urges More State Lakes
Governor Fred Hall asks Kansas Highway and Forestry, Fish and Game Commissions to push cooperative lake-building. He cites an 800-foot dirt fill on U S Highway 75 near Buffalo as a model and says the idea can be duplicated across the state. He proposes using highway fills as dam sites to speed lake construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Fred Hall
Kansas Highway and Forestry, Fish and Game Commissions
Hall
Buffalo
Kas
Fish and Game Commission
Hospital Notes and Births in Local Area
Hospital notes list admissions for J. R. Mulkey La Harpe Kas Mrs Phillip Kramer 537 N Cherry Theodore Mitchell Wellsville Everett C Barnhart Lawrence and A FE Nichols 915 S Oak today Births Mr and Mrs Santiago Martinez 929 King son born Wednesday weight 8 lb 84 oz Dismissals include Freida Kissinger 414 E Logan Wednesday Mrs Ralph Dickinson 838 S Mulberry Mrs H D McGrath 710 S Main Mrs Hibbard Taul Baldwin John L Townsend Waverly Mrs Roy Taylor 923 W 6th and Mrs Fred Winterscheidt 308 S Mulberry today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Mulkey
la Harpe
Kas
Phillip Kramer
N. Cherry
Theodore Mitchell
Wellsville
Everett C. Barnhart
Lawrence
A. FE. Nichols
S. Oak
Santiago Martinez
King
Freida Kissinger
EE. Logan
Ralph Dickinson
S. Mulberry
H. D. McGrath
S. Main
Hibbard Taul
Baldwin
John L. Townsend
Waverly
Roy Taylor
W. 6Th
Fred Winterscheidt
Old Wildcat Well A Good Producer
McPherson County records an abandoned wartime wildcat reopened and now producing 17 barrels of oil per hour with no water. The G. J. Krehbiel No 1 test near 11-20-3W was drilled in 1950 by Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co. and located by a mine detector. Earlier, cemented surface pipe remained four feet below the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcpherson
McPherson County
G. J. Krehbiel
Robert Jones
Arkansas City and Associates
Texas-Pacific Coal and Oil Co
Jones
Stork Wins Race With Airplane Near Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout Ontario report: Beatrice Roundhead delivered a 10 pound daughter as her plane circled the field. Pilot Harry Evans diverted from a regular Superior Airways flight to pick up the expectant mother 220 miles northeast. The storm slowed the mission. nurse Mrs. Fred MacDonald assisted. Mother and child are in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Ontario
Beatrice Roundhead
Harry Evans
Superior Airways
Here
Evans
Fred MacDonald
Roundhead
Shaw Urges Ike To Sign Farm Bill
Warren W. Shaw, Republican candidate for Kansas governor, urged President Eisenhower to sign the farm bill. In Wellington, Shaw wired that as a Kansas legislator he favors compromise and notes farmers would support the signing, while acknowledging flaws yet deeming it better than none. A basking shark may be more than 30 feet long.
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Wellington
Kas
Eisenhower
Warren W. Shaw
Shaw
Kansas
Congress
Ottawa sales calendar lists three auctions this April
Machinery sale by Baldwin Implement Co a half mile north of Ottawa runs April 20. Franklin County Sale by Wilson and Locust on April 28. Special Horse Sale by Ottawa Riding Club April 29 located 1 percent mile east on Wilson Street at the rodeo grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Dell
Ottawa
Baldwin Impl. Co
Franklin Co
Wilson & Locust
Ottawa Riding Club
Wilson St
Rodeo
Local Obituaries Highlight Kraus and Parkins Deaths in Kansas
George W. Kraus Jr aged 57 died of a heart attack at his Canyon City Colorado cabin. He lived in Pomona earlier and worked in mining and cinema roles. WWII veteran survived by sister and brother and several nieces. Funeral Monday in Lamar. Leroy Harrison Crouse of 525 S Oak died at the state hospital in Osawatomie after illness. funeral arrangements pending. Mrs J W Parkins aged 78 formerly of Ottawa died at home in Chanute after years of ill health. survived by husband three daughters and one son. body to Gibson Funeral Home Chanute. arrangements incomplete.
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George W. Kraus, Jr
Canyon City
Colo
Pomona
George W
Ella Jenkins Kraus
Camp Attebury
Ind
Kraus
John
Leroy Harrison Crouse
S. Oak
Osawatomie
Edith E. Divens
S. Cedar
J. W. Parkins
Ottawa
S. Garfield
Chanute
May Belle Martin
Georgetown
Ill
Lidell
Kansas
Christian Church
Royal Neighbors Lodge
E. J. Drake
C. W. Webber
Vista
Calif
R. M. Larrick
Paola
John M. Parkins
David Whitaker
Gibson Funeral Home
Funeral services for George P. Seiler held April 10
Funeral services were conducted at Towner's Funeral Chapel for George P. Seiler who died April 8. Rev. E. M. Pearson of Chanute officiated with pallbearers Neal Peed Clyde Wyatt Roy Broyles Otis Wemmer J P Morgan Oscar Newmaster. Albert J. Williams sang hymns with Mrs. Lawrence Ott. Interment followed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Seller
George P. Seiler
Towner’s
E. M. Pearson
Chanute
Neal Peed
Clyde Wyatt
Roy Broyles
Otis Wemmer
J. P. Morgan
Oscar Newmaster
Albert J. Williams
Lawrence Ott
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Eight year old finds bottle labeled nitroglycerin in yard
Kathy Evans, eight, found a bottle containing a clear liquid in her Kettering front yard. Her mother Louise Evans, 34, read the label and stored it. Worried police called Wright Patterson experts who confirmed the contents were nitroglycerin. The incident prompted alarm and a safety response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Kathy Evans
Kettering
Louise Evans
Rescue Crews Plan 18 Mile Ascent To Save Elijah
Four men led by Gilbert E. Gregg set out from Buena Vista to reach Elijah the stranded horse on a 12,800-foot Continental Divide ridge. They will jeep and snowshoe 18 miles with sleeping gear and feed to guide the animal down after an all night camp. The effort follows months of hay drops and national sympathy, with the American Humane Society awarding its silver medal for humanity to flyers Wallace Powell and Gordon Warren.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Elijah
Continental Divide
Gilbert E. Gregg
Chaffee County Republican
Colorado Rockies
Gregg
American Humane Society
Wallace Powell
Gordon Warren
Drowning Probe May Be Widened
Six Marine recruits who drowned during a forced march at Parris Island were sent home for burial as a potential widening of the investigation loomed. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Vinson planned talks with Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Randolph Pate on the case, with no statement made before discussions concluded.
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Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Corps
Randolph Pate
Pate
Marine Base
Washington
Jury doubles Turnpike land condemnation award
A Butler County District Court jury more than doubled the Kansas Turnpike Authority’s condemnation award for 23.87 acres near Cassaday. Appraisers had set $6,167.70 for Henry Unruh. the jury raised it to $16,214.60. An attorney said a motion for a new trial would be filed.
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EL Dorado
Butler County
Kansas Turnpike
Henry Unruh
Cassaday
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Suit Challenges Condemnation Law
Harvey County landowners sue Wichita over a 66 inch water pipeline project from Bentley wells to the state’s largest city seeking to condemn right of way. The challenge to the state condemnation law will be heard by a three judge federal district court on April 20.
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Topekaw
Harvey County
Wichita
Bentley
Kas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wnew's
Pam
Soroptimist Club
A&b
Srike’s
Lloyd Edward Chrisof Rantoul
Kanaay State College
Manhattan
Will Bee
Gamma Sigma Delta
Honorary
Society of Agriculture
Cancer Fund
County Cancer Fund
VFW Post
Baldwin- Ward Mfg. Co
Ottawa University Student Council
W. C. Harding
A. H
Hank” North
Sears
North
Paul Leo Vots
Hutchinson
East Third Street
Vots
Bob Compton
John McQueen
McQueen
Albright
Milo Harris
Will
R. W. Harr
Sandra Schoeninger
Ottawa University
Harr
Henry Parker
State Board For Vocational Education
John J. Pinney
Willis Nursery
Ottawa Kiwanis Club
Clarence Nauman
Fred Smith
Kansas City
Ottawa Warner Co
Art Wilson
Neodesha
Ponca City
Okla
KOFO
Arthur Jones
Halstead
Albert Goll
Halstead Hospital
Louis H, Dengel
Herald
A&e Cafe
Universal
Cai Ba A
Old Wildcat
Stork
Ike
Farm
Sale Dates CO
A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Jack Nelson
Anderson County
Neill George
Waverly. Albert
Albert
Franklin Cow T.netsat
ART & Son Rt
Harold
Sale
Wilson
Printy & Son
Ben Printy
N. Main
N. Malis
Cap
Leroy H. Crouse
Lamb Funeral Home
National Selected Morticians
le Loup
Tumbleweed Boys
Glen Ford
Naan Act
Abbott & Costello
Simba
Universal-International Presents
Audie Murphy
Barbara Rush
Costamma
Seff Morrow
John McIntire
Brooklyn
Farley Granger
Anthony Quinn
Anne Bancroft
Ottawa Herald
Rock Hudson
Captain Lightfoot
Dupont
Euonymus
Willis Garden Center
Creature
Black Lagoon
Richard Carlson
Julia Adams
Car Weichard Benning
Desde
Hillcrest
Anata
Boris Karloff In “the Mummy
Lon Chaney In “the Mummy’s Curse
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