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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1971
Page
5
Brief items note Garfield Elementary enrollment for five year olds by Sept 1, with 3:30 a.m. to noon Thursday in the principal Don Hoglund's office, and required birth certificate and immunization records. Other briefs report a death in Idaho, an open house, hospital admission, military addresses, and school activities.
High winds broke a large plate glass window at the Kansas State Bank this morning. Furniture in the conference room and sections of the suspension ceiling were damaged by flying glass. Janitor King Randall reported the incident to President Bob Hill after a police patrol found the broken window around 5:30 a.m. Randall cleaned up four wastebaskets of broken glass after the window was boarded up.
Obituaries for Margaret Ann McLaughlin 88 of Newton born 1882 in Iowa, Barbara June Miller 43 of Ponca City formerly Ottawa, Adeline M. Jones 93 of Cedarhouse Nursing Home, Vernon W. Parks 67 of Pomona, plus local notices of an accident, divorces, citations, criminal and court actions. Details cover birth, death, service times, burial, survivors, and affiliations with churches and lodges.
Fred Hoffman presided at a Williamsburg Masonic Hall meeting of Anchor Lodge No. 224 AF and AM honoring 25 and 50 year members. Walter Dengel district deputy grand master addressed the group and presented 25 year emblems to John F. Pattie Ervin A. Chambers Claude E. Smith Eugene F. Hart H. Milton Tucker Stanley W. Davis Ernest J. Eaton G. Harold Bethell and Minor L. Brown. Floyd Eeord past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas presented a 50 year emblem to Luke T. Pattie who served as master in 1938 and 1947 and had chaired the auditing committee 25 times.
Adeline M. Jones of Franklin County widow of Lafayette Jones died this morning. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with Rev. Paul W. Pentz officiating. Interment Highland Cemetery. Margaret A. McLaughlin former Ottawa resident widow of James A. McLaughlin died yesterday in Newton. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church Ottawa with Rev. Garland Bohn and Rev. Leonard Salman officiating. Interment Wellsville Cemetery. Barbara June Miller wife of Edsell Miller and daughter of Opal Howell died Monday in Ponca City Oklahoma. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Traut and Sons Funeral Home Ponca City. Interment Ponca City.
Funeral services for Vernon W Parks will be held Thursday at two o'clock from the Mortuary with Rev QO Dale Bulkiey officiating. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery. Masonic services by McKinley Lodge No 41 AFRAM.
A grand jury with 15 members heard witness E B Leatherberry of 808 S Willow on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged voting irregularities in last November's general election. The jury plans to reconvene Friday while the market meanwhile rose broadly with the noon Dow up 4.99 points on airline issues.
Legal notice from Franklin County Court Kansas issued April 13 1978 announces sale of a 1963 Buick Special four door LD AJ 4516052 at public auction on April 27 1971 at 1 30 PM on the west front steps of the Franklin County Courthouse to satisfy a judgment in the case Peoples National Bank of Ottawa versus Harold J Gumm Sheriff Joe Ferns to conduct the sale and transfer title to highest cash bidder
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