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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1955
Page
5
Social notes recount weekend visits across Peoria Ottawa Ran tout and Eudora with many hosted meals. Families like Lovells Detwilers and Deans are mentioned alongside quilt gatherings and a mother daughter banquet planned at Peoria church for May. Prayer services shift to church per schedule.
Briles News reports Mrs Etta Adkins of Emporia and Miss Ida Richards with Wel don Smith of near Centropolis visiting Miss Bertha Belle and Harve Richards. Mrs W C Briles and Nelson host the Briles Birthday club with about 25 attendees. Elton Vickers family attended a dinner in Overland Park. Ralph Vickers is improving. G W Goulds visited the Karl Johnsons of Pomona. Briles school closed with a student program. refreshments served by district ladies. Relph Batdorf family visited A Fisher family. Bob Reddick family moved to Ottawa. Nelson Briles sent calves to Kansas City. Merritt Ball, recovering from polio, is improving. A church delegation visited Osawatomie for New Hope church. Also noted is a World War III era economic point: U S personal consumption share ranged from 63 to 65 percent in 1953-1954 per the National Industrial Conference Board.
Bela Lugosi 71, famed Dracula star, faced a Psychopathic Court hearing on commitment to a state hospital. He voluntarily admitted himself to Los Angeles General Hospital as a drug user. Psychiatrists say he is not a narcotic addict, but has used narcotics off and on for about 20 years as medication. If approved, he may be committed to the state hospital to break the drug habit.
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