Freezing Weather Harms Ottawa Vegetation
Freezing temperatures 27 degrees last night damaged Ottawa area vegetation with wilted flowers and drooping fruit tree leaves. Frost covered roofs as a 27 degree record for April 24 stood, while moisture and calmer air were forecast to follow with warmer temperatures and possible rain across Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Emporia
Topeka
Kansas
Washington
Belleville
Marysville
Concordia
Manhattan
Goodland
Olathe
Hill City
Midwest
Grantsburg
Wisc
Corpus Christi
Tex
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Eight Graduates At Richmond High
Richmond High lists eight seniors for graduation Mary Brock Charles Collins Sheryl Donaldson Mary Feuerborn James Mersmann James Oestreicher Mary Platt and Junior Wall. Baccalaureate services set for May 13 with Father Gwen Cote of St Therese Church Richmond as speaker. University of Kansas Professor Kim Griffin will address commencement on May 17 in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High School
Mary Brock
Charles Collins
Sheryl Donaldson
Mary Feuerborn
James Mersmann
James Oestreicher
Mary Platt
Junior Wall
Gwen Cote
Lions Sell Blind Made Products Drive In City
Local De Molay members team with the Lions Club to run an annual blind-made goods sale in the residential areas. They are taking orders for brooms and related products this week, climaxing with a caravan visit to Ottawa on Friday and Saturday. The caravan truck will be at Third and Main, while Lions members canvass the business district. Proceeds partly go to the Lions, with the rest supporting the Kansas Foundation for the Blind. Items include household and industrial brooms, tablecloths, mops, brushes, mats, and related products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Molay
Lions Club
The
Ottawa
Third
Main
Lions
Kansas Foundation For the Blind, Inc
Traffic Safety Seminar In Topeka Attracts Publishers
A Kansas newspaper seminar on traffic safety will be held in Topeka on June 4 and 5. The event seeks the combined effort of Kansas publishers to address the state's highway traffic problems. Jim Reed, executive editor of the Topeka Daily Capital, serves as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Jim Reed
Capital
County Students Win Dairy Judging Honors at KSC
Franklin county students Emory Corbett Jr of Ottawa and Jack Van Horn of Pomona won top honors in the novice and advanced dairy judging groups at Kansas State College. Each led their division with the highest scores on judging reasons and received silver cups plus cash prizes for top reasons scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Kansas
State College
KSC
Emory Corbett
Ottawa
Jack van Horn
Pomona
Kansas State
Corbett
van Horn
Science Academy Meets This Week In Winfield
A. C. Carpenter of Lesh Oil and several Ottawa University science faculty will attend the eighty eighth annual Kansas Academy of Science meeting at Southwestern College in Winfield. The three day event starts Thursday with 900 papers across botany chemistry geology physics psychology and zoology. Carpenter sits on the academy’s executive council and is a past president. Ottawa will host the academy in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Carpenter
Lesh Oil Company
Ottawa University
Kansas Academy of Science
Southwestern College
Winfield
Carpenter
Ottawa
Academy
Bond Victory Celebration in Ottawa Delayed to May 18 19
Ottawa postpones the bond victory celebration from May 4 and 5 to May 18 and 19 under the title Lets Go Ottawa Lets Grow. Slogans will be printed on paper sacks tied around 425 parking meters to offer free parking. Merchants will close or restrict openings while open houses and free hot dogs and pop are offered. A concert by Ottawa University choir is planned at Memorial Auditorium for non-dancers. Financing relies on 50 cent per front foot gifts with a $25 cap. many local firms have pledged, booster trips planned, and more entertainment features are being added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Memorial Auditorium
J. C. Penney Co
Montgomery Ward
Irwin’s
Safeway
Woolworth
O. K
Quin Furniture
Arnold Jewelry
Briscoe
Kramer Drugs
Colby Furniture
Harry Smith Auto. Supply
Sanders Texaco
Stewart
Reneau
Hollow’s
Heathman Oil Co
Dari-Treat
Lunger and Son
Select
Kirk’s
Champlin
Harold Peffly
Supper Oil Co
Donlon
del Ote
Cotter’s
Reinecke Welding
Cannady Supply
Cement Brick Products
Printy & Son Auction House
Negro Society Banned By Judge In Louisiana
BATON ROUGE La A state judge in a surprise hearing permanently banned the NAACP in Louisiana under a 1924 law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. State attorneys sought the injunction after the NAACP did not act following a temporary restraining order issued March 29 and a default filed April 10 after the reply period ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
Louisiana
NAACP
Seek Quick Action On Soil Bank Bill
A House bill by Chairman Cooley would grant the administration full authority to implement the 1.2 billion soil bank plan, signaling a shift in Democratic stance after Eisenhower vetoed the broader farm measure. GOP leaders aim for rapid passage, seeking authorization to start advance payments to participating farmers this crop year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
House Rules Committee
Eisenhower
White House
Imeeling
Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
GOP
Martin
Mass
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Allen Claims Fix On Again Allen Claims Fix On Again
Kansas coach Phog Allen denounced AAU influence and alleged bribery and padding in New York sports circles during a Hastings Nebraska athletic banquet. He opposed amateur rules, urged one more season to challenge the 10 foot basket rule with Wilt Chamberlain, and warned of compulsory retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Neb
Forrest C
Phog
Allen
New York
Kansas
AAU
Wilt
Stilt Chamberlain
Local Shriners Plan May Ceremonial in Leavenworth
The Franklin County Shrine Club met at the Granger dining room with Julius Raffelock presiding. They voted to be represented in Abdallah Temple spring ceremonial in Leavenworth on May 26 and will invite the Lawrence Shrine club to its June 25 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Shrine Club
Granger
Julius Raffelock
Abdallah Temple
Leavenworth
Arthur Brink
Lawrence Shrine Club
Franklin County Club
Lawrence Club
Ted Mack
America
Kansas City
Desegregation Begins as Montgomery Buses End Segregation
Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers warned that any passenger violating segregation laws will face prosecution after Montgomery City Lines ceased enforcing white and Negro seating divisions. Some drivers remained unaware of the policy change as the boycott stretches on. Reverend King urged patience as leaders decide the next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Cty
Confederacy
Alabama Journal
Montgomery City Lines Ince
Marlin Luther King Jr
King
Open House at Reserve Armory Tonight in Kansas
The local army reserve unit invites residents to an open house at the reserve armory, 431 S. Main, at 8 p.m. Thursday for about two hours. Capt. Glen Crowley said the event marks National Reserve Forces Week and will feature equipment displays, short films, and an explanation of the 1955 Reserved Forces Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Reserve
Reserve Armory
S. Main
Glen Crowley
Williamsburg
380Th MP
National Reserve Forces
Kansas
R.M. McNeill
Chicago
E. C. Riedley
Kansas City
Carl Harder
Yates Center
British Soviet talks falter as Khrushchev leaves in grim mood
Khrushchev and Bulganin walked from a Downing Street meeting with Prime Minister Eden amid fading hope for a breakthrough in Anglo Soviet issues. A 36 hour postponement of a news conference followed as British and Soviet positions clashed over trade, disarmament, and cultural exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Eden
Foreign Office
No. 10
Downing St. Eden
House of Commons
Khrushchev
Downing St
Bulganin
Russia
C H S In State Music Festival at Emporia
Ottawa High School and nearby schools join in the state music festival at Emporia State Teachers College on Saturday. Nearly 2,000 high school musicians will perform on campus from Burlington Garnett Lyndon Paola Waverly Wellsville area schools, under the Kansas State High School Activities Association sponsorship, with events starting early morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Sia
Emporia State Teachers College
Burlington
Garnett
Lyndon
Paola
Waverly
Wellsville Ars
Emporia
Kansas State
Actilles Association
Colbern's Tuesday Fried Chicken Dinner Menu
A fragmented menu note lists fried chicken gizzards seven issues? plus franchised fried potato green salad hot rolls and coffee. The legible items point to a casual cafe style meal offering fry options and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Oakland
Jimmy Lederer
Jack
Roger Shoemaker
John Lederer
Bruce Spears
Spears
Richmond High
Science Academy
Bond
Negro Society
La.m. Wi
M. Se
Sa. My Ca
Fix On
Harley P. Gover, Jr
Midian Temple
Wichita
Kelsey
Veral Rose Squires
David Griffin
Bob Leonard
Army
R. M. McNeil
Ith Army
380Th
Kansas Military District
Lamb Ambulance
C.H.S. In State Music Festival
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!