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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1956
Page
4
Larry asks about reclaiming a class ring from a former girlfriend who drifted apart after a past romance. The advice: request the ring now, it should have been returned when the relationship ended. It is appropriate to ask for it without delay.
Residences and schools repaired with sagging floors bulging walls and cracked foundations underpinned stabilized and leveled. A steel center beam support installed by trained experts with CARROLL CONSTRUCTION CO as foundation engineers and local agent contact.
DEAR SYLVIA I have a beau tiful Easter lily and would like to know how to care for it when it stops blooming. Celia asks about parakeets and if they are hard to raise. The answer notes that lilies may bloom again with outdoor planting and fall mulch. Parakeets are not hard to raise if healthy. the bird should be 4 to 6 weeks old when moved to a new environment.
Dear Miss Sage offers tips to reduce lint on nylon sweaters by brushing gently with a damp sweater to avoid stretching and using steam rather than dry heat when pressing. The response notes that no method fully corrects the lint issue. The second question asks for La Jolla pronunciation and whether a girl's name is proper.
Reader questions about spelling Gail or Gayle and Anglicized La Jolla pronunciation are addressed. Advice covers airline training options, from airline and private schools to TWA, plus scholarships for sophomores aiming for college, stressing strong grades and practical steps to pursue aid.
A student urged to develop a well rounded personality seeks guidance from teachers and the principal, suggests writing state schools about scholarship offerings. The article notes a trip to Toronto Kansas for a tornado scene visit with Mr and Mrs Ted Norton, returning with Keith Norton, and weekend visits with the Sedgwicks and Mrs Norton’s parents.
News From Pomona reports Sunday visits by KE Burns and Mrs. Burns to the Baers in Ottawa. Rev Wayne Morgan joined Archie Clarks Sunday evening. Charles Burch and wife delivered Sunday dinner to Walter Moore and wife in Williamsburg. Mrs Moore recently broke a leg. Hattie Bethell, moved from Dexter Home to Cedar House No 2. Fannie Kraus learned of brother Georges Kraus death in Canyon City Colorado. Nina Dillingham from Filer Idaho visited her mother Mrs J W Hudelson. Mrs W W Clevenger and Mrs Sedgwick and Mrs Lane also noted.
A notice invites readers to write Spears Chiropractic Sanitarium and Hospital in Denver Colorado for testimonial proof of results across many ailments including arthritis cancer polio epilepsy rheumatic fever multiple sclerosis cerebral palsy muscular dystrophy strokes heart liver skin stomach kidney and other conditions.
Deeds listed include Joe McCullah to Robi Dawson lots 13 14 block 22 Wellsville. Hodge and Fanny Hodge to John Collins lot 8 block 4 Wellsville. E S Curbey to Frank Mason 4 acres in WHSW 44 27 16 19. Jonathan Harrell to Albert Welborn 56 ft of lot 26 lots 28 30 Salvador Blanco to Louis Nuniz lots 1 3 5 in block 63. Albert Turner to Richard LaNier lots 3 4 7 8 9 10. D M Moore to Marian Buehler convey lots 19 21 block 129. E S Curbey to Frank Mason west half SW 4 of 27 16 19. Merle Mcaylor to Clarence Smith S ½ of NW ¼ of 1 18 20. Loren Snider to Jas Messenger east half of lot 4 and all lots 5 6 block 2 Winters. Eddie Webber to Alex McDonald lots 16 18 and block 20 BS T Add.
Records show meter connections and removals from last week for Bates James to 916 North Cedar and several others. Names include Bechtle Max, Cox Jas, Dierks Douglas, Garcia Mike, Hubbard Albert Mrs, Kunard Howard, Le dom Barney, Maddan Ellis, Patty Jack, Thompson Lee, Ussery Paul, and Wells Lester moving to various local streets including 512 KE, 620 North Sycamore, 120 North Cedar, 916 North Cedar, 522 West Sixth, 522 North Mulberry, Bethel Kas, and 617 Cleveland Square.
Mrs. Elmina Hurley and Mrs. Jerry Crabb completed the Homewood Township fundraising drive for the American Cancer Society, collecting $71.40. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johannes Jr. included Betty Kay Johannes and Terry Robe, plus Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johannes Sr. of Ottawa and Mr. and Mrs. John Johannes of Kansas City. Mrs. Ed Crabb of Williamsburg called on Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Crabb Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Art Blackburn of Ottawa visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Blackburn and Arthur. Mrs. Elmina Hurley was a supper guest Wednesday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Elvet Sanders and Charles.
Barney Holt Jr. 23, of Elkhart Kansas, was killed when his car left State Highway 95 and overturned about 44 miles north of Texoma Oklahoma. His wife Betty Sue 23 his brother Jack 19 and Glenda Vanderport all of Elkhart were injured.
A single car accident near Salina early today killed Mrs. Dora Gile of Marquette Kansas and AC Billy G. Agee of Smoky Hill Air Force Base. Two others in the vehicle were seriously injured, troopers said.
Moscow reports a propeller driven winged boat with the hull ten feet above water. The 70 passenger craft would serve a 250 mile Volga stretch between Gorky and Kazan. Schedule about 10 hours, far faster than the usual 30 hours and 19 hours by conventional boats.
A five passenger model has been tested. The craft resembles a sea plane without wings and rides on four pontoons.
A head on collision two miles east of Norton on U S 36 Saturday evening killed three people including an infant. The dead are Lawrence LeRoy Durpee 23 Phillipsburg Kansas Mrs Marilyn Wyatt 20 and her infant son Stephen eight months of near Alma Kansas. Clair Wyatt husband of Mrs Wyatt was hospitalized with serious injuries. Durpee was driving alone.
In Lawrence, five year old Barbara Ellen Metsker died after a pickup truck driven by her father John Phillip Metsker rolled over her when the vehicle door flew open while she rode with him Saturday. Police and investigators are collecting details as the incident is probed.
A rider fell from a horse in an accident near Lone Star Lake about 14 miles southwest of Lawrence, leaving the casualty to be treated locally. The report notes no further details on injuries or involved persons.
The farm bureau of President Eisenhower's new home county wires urging his approval of the farm bill. The bureau says it represents 60 percent of the farmers in Dickinson County.
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