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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1964
Page
5
Gary Prager reported four Dodge Lancer wheel covers stolen from his 1957 Chevrolet parked Saturday night near Paire A Dice Cafe. The item list appears among several local briefs including meetings, sales, and community notices from Ottawa and surrounding areas.
Colored slides of early Kansas architecture will be shown at a Franklin County Historical Society meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday in the OU Union building. Robert Asbury of the KU school of architecture will speak. Society president Guy Snedaker invited both members and friends. an executive committee meeting is set for 2 p.m.
Henry E. Lagle age 56 of Kansas City Missouri and Elizabeth Burk idol age 49 of Lane were issued a marriage license.
David C. Bush of Quenemo won a full tuition scholarship for the 1964-65 year at the College of Emporia. A Melvern High School senior on the honor roll, he ranked in the top 10 percent and earned awards in Science Fair and math along with senior class president duties. He plans to study pre engineering, while his family links are noted.
Deeds record transfers including Beulah M Malone to William Talbott in River View Addition and Rosa L Cowdin to Ronald D Cowdin in Otts Addition. Other transfers show parcels in Gleasons and Ellis Darnell Additions, plus fractional sections and blocks across multiple parcels. Specific names include Verna Logan, Robert Anderson, Chester Fredricks, and many others with parcel descriptions and lot numbers.
The Wellsville High School girls team won the meet with 30 points to Gardner 15, while Wellsville Junior High topped Gardner 254 to 20. Senior High winners included Patty Gorsage and Jackie Morgan in sprints, Barbara Caruthers in 100 yards, and a victorious 440 yard relay squad. Junior High notable finishes featured Jean Gleisberg in sprints, Peggy Brown in 75 yards, and Charlotte Patton in ball throw.
Admission notes list include Merle W Atchison 1135 Willow Mrs Eugene Hart RFD 1 Pomona Mrs Leslie Clark RFD 2 Pomona R H Kelley 222 W and Tuesday Mrs James R Clark 1103 N Oak Mrs Elmer Caylor RFD 1 Osawatomie Joe E Caylor Rantoul Mrs Maud Parrott Cedar House nursing home Mrs Lulu Baxter Lane Robert Altic 802 N Main Tuesday Merle W Atcheron 1135 Willow Mrs H D Hill 814 W 5th Wednesday
At about 4 56 p m on Monday in the 400 block of Main a 1961 International truck driven by Herbert M Courter 16 Princeton backed into a 1959 Ford station wagon driven by Sheila Dominick 16 Wellsville causing slight damage to the right rear fender of the station wagon according to police report no injuries reported
SILVER SPRING MD AP Death by cancer silences Rachel Carson biologist and best selling author of The Sea Around Us 1951 and Silent Spring 1962 She learned of cancer five years before her death at 56 on Tuesday at home Her book helped spark a White House pesticide reform report urging stronger federal laws and biological controls rather than mass chemical use The piece notes criticism from pesticide industry figures and cites Secretary Udall praising her courage and impact Carson born Springdale Pennsylvania studied at Pennsylvania College for Women Johns Hopkins University never married adopted grandnephew Roger Christie survivor brother Robert M Carson of Silver Spring
Funeral services for Mrs Jackie L Wilson who died April 12 will be held at First Methodist Church Friday at 2 p m Rev William R Weber to officiate assisted by Dr Raymond P Jennings Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona
Josephine Carey 75 died Tuesday in South San Gabriel California. Born July 22 1888 in Burlingame she lived most of her life in Ottawa before moving to California in 1945. Survived by sons Richard M. Carey and Clifford W. Carey a daughter Olive Goodale died in 1949. Funeral services and burial in California.
Judge Floyd Coffman is listed among nine laymen and nine ministers representing about a quarter million Kansas Methodists at the General Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. The four year meeting is the churchs supreme policy body with around 850 delegates elected by 135 annual conferences. Ministers vote for ministerial delegates and lay members for lay delegates. Twenty two countries will be represented.
Louis B Walker 1121 N Main suffered minor cuts after his car slid 117 feet on the Rantoul road and hit a telephone pole eight and a half miles east of Ottawa early Tuesday. Vehicle damage was about 1000 dollars and pole damage 250 dollars. Walker was charged with failure to control speed and failure to stop at a stop sign.
Notice published April 8 to April 22 1964 announces a May 2 bond election for Joint Rural High School District No 11 Franklin and Osage Counties Kansas. Voting hours 8 am to 6 pm at the high school in Ponoma the question to issue up to 345000 dollars of General Obligation Bonds to fund erecting and equipping a school building.
The 1964 financial report covers period to March 31 1964 from Ottawa Kansas listing funds balances receipts disbursements and trust reserves. It records major accounts such as Cem High Per Res Cem High Per Care water and light parks meter general operations flood control and electric improvements with totals and liability bonds payable by city and earnings. The report is certified by Treasurer Evelyn N McKinley and City Clerk Donald Capper with officials James Parks Charles Herschel and Elwin Henry as signatories.
Local sale dates list farm and household auctions across Kansas towns including Ottawa Pomona Overbrook Baldwin Jct and Council Grove. Listings cover multiple dates from April 16 to April 24 with times and locations, noting special sales by Flora Towner Alan Hawley Mrs Jone Brock and others along with open dates and contact numbers for the bidders.
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