Kansan Graduates and Local Community Notices
Burnham L Mundy, son of Mrs Mary Taber of 828 Ash, will graduate in the Kansas Centennial Company on May 1 while in naval training at San Diego. Home economists from seven groups decorate a window in Colby furniture store for Kansas Home Economics week. Ottawa Junior and Senior High Schools D A and high schools at Lane Williamsburg and Princeton represented. Rosemary Crist decorated window at Anchor Savings. Special prices on beard and centennial costume pictures at Wright's. Mrs David Mathias hosts graduation party for her brother Gail McFadden, 8th grade Hawkins student, with music and refreshments. Ottawa Lions Club heard Mrs Franklin Sheldon speak on life in Cuba. Snyder Pharmacy at 318 S Main offers prompt prescription service. A Father-Son Banquet will be held at Ruhamah Baptist Church April 27 at 7 p.m with Prof Horton Presley as speaker. Eugene Field kindergarten entries must arrive by 2:45 p.m tomorrow to arrange enrollment. children must be 5 by Jan 1 1962. Garry J Crawford 18 and Robert D Altic 34 cited for reckless driving following a drag race at 4th and Main. they return to Police Court tomorrow. Frankie Yakle 28 cited for illegal mufflers. to appear in Police Court tomorrow. Hazel Hunsaker of Wellsville reports hub cap theft from car parked Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham L. Mundy
Mary.Taber
Ash
Kansas Centennial Company
San Diego
Calif
Colby Furniture
Kansas
Ottawa
D.A
Lane
Williamsburg
Princeton
Rosemary Crist
H.E.A
Anchor Savings
Garry J. Crawford
Robert D. Altic
N. Oak
4Th and Main
Board of
Franklin County Commissioners
Bruce Spears
Joe Ferns
Beal
Max R. Gilmore
Ofelita May Ivey
Sama
Maurice Ponton
Same
Ceee
iGeorge Hart
Eesse
Roselyn Whirley
Donald L. White
Robert L. Pinet
Christina Wake
Hileen A. Bowman
Marguerite Koehler
Robert Melton
Edna Richardson
James Richardson
Lois Stoneking
Mary J. Troutman
Grace Wilson
Betty Haverty
W. O. Plake
Earl L. Richardson
Cecil Vining
Teddy Barnhart
Lavon Bates
Orpha L. Bearly
Jay Brown
Howard Burroughs
Max Gilmore
S- Max Gilmore
Pris
Myrtle Leitaker
Roy Gould
Seses Ee L
Fabert
Peas Liomial Bhaw
Ralph Haney
J. A. van Vaikenburg
J. H. Button
Mile
Ruby Sanford
Almeda Sinclair
Jewell Spratt
Elisabeth Briggs
Vivian K. Eichinger
Mary Jo Hanes
Velva Lee Mott
Carrie Plake
Clive Adams
Wseases
Ralph Hopkins
Pere
Marvin Linnenburger
Pete Seibel
Earle Easdale
Vere
Maude Connor
Edith S. Crandal
Josephine Evans
Catherine Johnson
Eaemnee E. Mars
Shaughnessy
Seeee
F. S. Cannady
Myrtle Lettaker
Aesee
Max EB. Hetrick
L. L. Griffith
S. F. Schowengerdt
L. O. Fpabert
Esseee
Lionial Shaw
J. A. van Valkenburg
J. HR. Button
Beyeen Mae & 9
Key Shaffer
Joe Henning
Anna Lickteig
Rosalie Osburn
Sue Morris
Seeeerrs
Nexions
Weed R. E. Thompson
Floyd E. Higdon
Petidae
W. A. Gardner
Neva L. Tulloss
William West
Larry McCracken
Merle At
Leonard Matteson
Ralph Meharry
David Reekie
Harry Reexie
Walter Rodgers
Joan Schulz
Seee
Jim Sheler
Same Ik Algae
Ralph. Shepherd
Clifford Sink
Frank Stansbury
Thomas Stevenson
Claude Turner
Sam
Aethel Wadkins
Tienen
Olin Btreebin
Fred R. Ferguson
Clarence Fowler
Ciiford Dale
Betty Cox
Gary Stevenson
George Laws
Chester Fredricks
Samo
L. M. Rundle
F. C. Golden
Leland Davis
Leo Fischer
Victor Warren
W. Ferguson
W. H. Dunsin
Kenneth Munson
Harold Kimball
City
W.&l. Dept
Gas Service Co
Bell Tele. Co
Bul Adams
G D. Barnard Co
Darley &A Co
Joel Cutting
Gilbert Davenport
Diddee
Dodsworth Co
Hal Litho. Co
Hugnes
Ottawa Fire Diet
Ottawa Herald
John Pierson
Leg
Po. & Sherf. Assn
Raney Drug Store
A. Reed Wilson Co
Roeckers-Ligier Agey
Bond
Royal Launder-It
J W. Selby
the Selig Co
Servatius Pibg
Richard Skonog
Stafford's
Pee
United Chem. Co
Wightmans
Wright
Robert Pinet
Jim Richardson
Donald White
Max Hetrick
W. Schowingerdt
Earl Richardson
Bounty
Guy Crammer
Alvin Dehn
Lawrence Fanning
Bame
A. Lyon
S-E . Chas. O'Neill
Sess ‘ Ray Redick
Sesterre Bu Stankard
Gov Anderson To Washington Meeting
Gov John Anderson will attend a two day meeting of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in Washington. It will be his second meeting with the commission appointed by former President Eisenhower. Major topics include mass transportation in urban areas and federal grants in aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John Anderson
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Washington
Anderson
Commission
Eisenhower
Hospital Notes and Births in Local Records
Admissions list includes Harvey Gunn Steven Jones Mrs James Bailey Richard Sims Mrs Ruth Heydon from Denver and Quenemo, with addresses. Births report Herman Ackman and spouse welcome a son born Saturday weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Dismissals note Loren Conner Ed Walton and others with babies Lyn don and Theron J Wray and baby son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Gunn
E. 7Th
Willard Elder
N. Locust
Steven Jones
Walnut
James Bailey
W. 6Th
Richard Sims
Quenemo
Ruth C. Heydon
Denver
Colo
Herman Ackman
Garnett
Loren Conner
RFD
Walton
Pomona
Dan Brecheisen
Lyndon
Kerry Lynn Wallace
Williamsburg
Frank Stantorf
N. Cedar
Alice Streit
Theron J. Wray
Deaths of Louis Page and Miss Nola Morgan
Louis Page 80 of Wichita formerly Ottawa died at 1 15 a m at his home. He operated a molding shop and worked for Boeing Aircraft. Born May 17 1880 in Augusta he moved to Wichita 39 years ago and was married twice. Surviving include his widow, one daughter, two stepchildren, four grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters and a half sister. Services at Towne rs Chapel Wednesday at 3 p m with burial in Highland Cemetery. Also funeral services for Miss Nola F Morgan 83 lifelong Richmond resident were held today at Richmond Methodist Community Church. She died Saturday in Ransom Memorial Hospital after a period of failing health. Burial was in Richmond Cemetery. She was born Oct 31 1877 near Richmond and was a member of Richmond Methodist Community. She is survived by a sister and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Page
Wichita
Ottawa
Boeing Aircraft
Augusta
Alta Onan
Sugar Creek
Lillian Barker
Trinity Methodist Church
Joan Eggart
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Kenneth Park
George F. Barbker
Ladysmith
Wis
Shannon
Kansas City
Towner’s Chapel
Charles P. Knight
Highland Cemetery
Nola F. Morgan
Richmond
Richmond Methodist Community Church
Miss Morgan
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wilbur Purvis
Bert Binkley
Preston Stockard
Clyde Berry
Oscar Newmaster
Raymond Wagner
Guy Reichard
Jerry Milchelt
James Webb
Lee Perkins
Princeton Circle
G.A
Local Markets Report from Kansas City Stockyards
AP dispatch details scarce spring lambs and hogs with prices for good and choice spring lambs 16.50 to 17.00, natives 13.07 to 14.00, ewes 3.50 to 4.00. hogs around 6,000 head with barrows and gilts down 25-75, sows down 15 to 25. cattle and calves totals near 14,500 and 600, with steers and heifers mixed around 21.00 to 24.75 and cows 17.50 to 18.00, calves 22.01 to 25.50, vealers 26.00 to 30.90, stock steer prices 24.40 to 27.40, stock steer calves 26.50 to 39.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Eera
Jim Weldner
Same
Ceeeves
Ernest Young
Viccsese
Saeseeeeess
Beveveeeeenees
Lee Merc Ee
Farmer's
Costillate
Sheldon Trie Trac
Ottawa Lodge
A.F
A.M. Be
Bat. & Blec
Cen. Press-Pic. Inc
Western Merc. Co
Woodbury Chem. Co
R. BE. Thompson, Exp. Co
Ared Saffron Glass Co
Didide
J. R. Henning
Keystone View Co
Arlia Lickteig
Manley Transfer
Rosajie Osburn
Sam's Tire & Sup. Co
Schi. Spe
Roselyn Whirley
John Allen
Port
Budg
Franklin County
Monrtoe Mach
Maint
Bienie’s, Mat
Brown's Hardware
Carswell Mfg. Co
Cement Brick Co
Water & Light Dept
Clark
Funkhouser Mac. Co
Giles Quarry
Rock
Hughes Auto Parts
Johnson's Skelly
Lowen Co
Martin Tractor
Fae
Mason Dixon St. Co
Leonard Matteson
Mig. Ward Co
Tire
Moore Chev Olds
N. Kas
Tele. Co
Mourse Oil Co
Ottawa Ins. Agency
Bond
V. E. Phillips Co
Pomona Lmbr. Co
Price Oil Co
D. D. Richards Co
Richmond Dial, Inc
Sheldon Tractor Ene
BFE Eth Sinclair Ref
Harry Smith Auto
W. Bell Tele. Co
Stafford's
Texaco Inc
Sseessee
Union L.P
Weidmann’s
Tire S
Esseers
Fogle Quary
Svere
Wellsville Adds Seventeen Teachers for 1961 62 Term
Wellsville schools announce seventeen teachers returning for the 1961 62 term with assignments largely unchanged. Roy Chambers shifts from administration to junior senior high teaching, while seven new teachers join including Bob Hepner as Grade Principal and sixth grade teacher. Additional staff cover first and second grades, music, science, German, and guidance, with three vacancies noted for kindergarten social studies and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Chambers
Marzella Dwyer
Jean Lytle
Carol Cramer
Alton Williams
Bob Hepner
Fort Hays State College
College of Emporia
Marianne Stauffer
Prairie Village
Enterprise
Laura
Jean Baker
Pomona
Ottawa University
Baker
Franklin
County
Lois Hepner
Hepner
Lois Adriance
Adriance
Wellsville
Spring Hill
Robert Cramer
Purdue University
University of Kansas
Robert Stauffer
Land
W. E. Peterson
Closed Hearing In Theft Of Secrets For Blake
A closed Bow Street Court hearing heard 38 year old George Blake, described as a government official, charged under the official secrets law. Five policemen guarded the court as Blake was brought in and detained. No charge details were published and the magistrate ordered him held for trial with the date to be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bow Street
George Blake
Blake
Hawkins Grange Names Nominees in Young Couple Contest
Hawkins Grange selects Mr and Mrs George Miller as nominees for the Grange Young Couple of the Year award. Miller is on the executive committee and Mrs Miller is juvenile chairman. national sewing contest participation noted. Nominees from all subordinate Granges advance to the Kansas Young Couple of the Year, with state winner announced at the Lawrence convention in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins Grange
George Miller
Grange
National Grange
Miller
Kansas
Lawrence
Funerals for Three Local Ladies Held This Week
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Jesse G. Overstreet, Mrs. Clara E. Kimball, and Mrs. Annie K. Stover. Each service was led by local pastors at Lamb Funeral Home or McVey-Dengel Mortuary with pallbearers named, and burials set in Highland or Wellsville Cemetery. Local singers accompanied hymns during the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse G. Overstreet
Lamb Funeral Home
Lee Spitzer
W. B. DeVilbiss
Clyde Newby
Carl Reams
Paul Heckman
John Allen
Ernest Watkins
George Royer
Roy Gerhard
Louis Turner
J. R. Henning
Highland Cemetery
Clara E. Kimball
McVey+Dengel Mortuary
L. D. Boatman
Larry D. Kimball
Gary L. Kimball
Warren L. Kimball
Marlin D. Kimball
Dwight A. Bruner
Max D. Hunter
Kenneth E. Swafford
Edwin Davis
Rollin Cole
Ervin Happy
R. L. Stevens
Annie K. Stover
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Charles P. Knight
Gerald Ackerman
Willard Wallace
R. H. Langdon
Bruce Cox
Arthur Burgoon
Lester Wells
C. J. Milton, Jr
Wellsville Cemetery
Ancient Sunken Ship Is Raised From Stockholm Harbor
In Stockholm the 14,000 ton warship Vasa, flagship of Gustavus Adolphus, rose from the harbor after a long salvage. Divers spent 1,500 hours underwater to brace the cracked hull. By noon the 165 foot vessel was outlined above water and pumps will enable its future refloat and museum conversion by mid May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Vasa
Gustavus Adolphus
Wasa
Navy
Youth drowns when boat overturns at Miller Lake
SMITHVILLE, Mo. AP David LeRoy Reeves 18 of Kansas City drowned when his boat overturned in Miller Lake northeast of Smithville Sunday. His body was recovered as his wife watched. Two others in the boat escaped to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville, Mo
David LeRoy Reeves
Kansas City
Miller Lake
Smithville
County Officials To Topeka Meeting
Ottawa and Franklin county will be represented at the annual Kansas Conference of Social Welfare in Topeka which starts Sunday and closes Wednesday. Those attending include Elizabeth Sprague Norman Rogers Wanda Baird and a large list from the social welfare department and county health board with several county officials and Ottawa University students among the participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas
Conference of Social Welfare
Topeka
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Elizabeth Sprague
Norman Rogers
Wanda Baird
Social Welfare Department
Miss Baird
Rogers
Helen Carey
Fred Kaiser
John Kelsey
Alan Loyd
C. M. Cecil
Louella Parrott
Jack Welborn
Betty Henderson
Mary Jackson
Earl Richardson
Cecil Vining
Joe Button
County Welfare Board
County Health Board
Robert Pinet
Donald White
Sprague
The
Guidance Center
Rosalie Osburn
Arla Lickteig
E. G. Stucker
Nick Hudelson
Pomona
Luckey Hostetter
Clarence Coffman
Wellsville
Harry Fleming
County Welfare Advisory Board
Ottawa University
Migration To Africa Talked By West Indies Mission
A 10 member West Indies delegation led by Dr. L. C. Leslie arrived in Lagos from Ethiopia to explore migration openings to Africa. Nigeria, facing unemployment amid a 40 million population, may welcome skilled teachers and technicians for its 10 year 210 million educational drive. The mission will also visit Ghana Liberia and Sierra Leone over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagos
Nigeria
West Indies
Africa
Ethiopia
L. C. Leslie
Jamaica
Ghana
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Probate hearing in Effie Wilkerson estate Kansas
In Franklin County Kansas a petition to determine the descent of Effie Wilkersons real estate and all property owned at death has been filed in Probate Court. Defenses must be filed by May 9 1961 at 1 30 PM in Ottawa Kansas where the hearing will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Kansas
Effie 5. Whikerson
State of
John N. Wilkerson
Effie
Wilkerson
Ottawa
Morgan Miss Nola F dies. services this afternoon
Miss Nola F. Morgan, longtime Richmond resident, died Saturday afternoon. Funeral services are held this afternoon at Richmond Methodist Community Church with Rev. Wilbur Purvis officiating and interment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Nola F
Richmond
Richmond Methodist Community Church
Wilbur Purvis
County Welfare Expenditures and Clerks Allowances 1861
Summary of welfare funds and county clerk salaries as audited by Franklin County Commissioners. Totals include Old Age, Aid to the Blind, Dependent Children, Disabled, General Assistance, and Administration. Public file required. recipient names and amounts not published.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Main
Harold A. Pratt
Germany
Lloyd A Connaway Home
Wright’s
David Mathias
Gail McFadden
Hawkins School
Gerald Reed
Jerry Burgoon
Victory Hart
Alice Toumberlin
Rita Hollinger
Linda Robinson
Ottawa Lions Club
Franklin Sheldon
Cuba
Snyder Pharmacy
S. Main
Ellis
Ruhamah Baptist Church
Rantoul
Horton Presley
A. L. Unruh
Eugene Field
Frankie Yakle
Hazel Hunsaker
Gov. Anderson
Gingerich
Miss Nola F. Morgan
Oma E. Roberts
John P. Morgan
Hickory St
Wringer
Hollywood
Reznor
Claude Payne
Auds
Ben Printy and Son
Jean Printy
Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
Las
Paola Grade School
Wellsville Grade School
Ruth Murphy
Jean Lyttle
Antioch
R. O. Bearly
August Hrabe
Annie Murray
Leo Michel
Glen Murray
Goodland
Hrabe
LeLoup
Alice Hysom
Janice
Raymond Timm
Orval Hammar
Edgerton
Colorado
Clarence Coffsman
L. C. Taggert
Wellsville Saddle Club
Kerr's Cafe
Kerr’s
Melvin Folks
Louis Brecheisen
Mrs
Page
Towner
Downer’s
Ompawal Kansas
Legals
Smokey
Beech
Myron S. Steere Jr
Sidney 0. Morris
Sec'y
Clinton
Garden Tiller
H. Douglas
Rd & Br
Lab, Ma
Pottawatomie Township
Hayes Township
Ra & Br
H.S
Dept. of
Gale Institute
Johnnie Gibson
General Services
Raleigh Products
Topeka Daily Capital
Duane Lee
Francis Couch
Robert Weaver
Conrad
Standard Rendering Co
Henry Alban
Ottawa Herald General Services
McCracken
Peterson
Lloyd Walker
Anderson & Byr
Seraene
Ernest M. Henderson
Jack Nelson
Kas
Gordon James Phone Feed
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Franklin County Sale Company
Locust & Wilson
Worden Telephone Property & Contents
Baldwin Jct
W. H. Luras
Baldwin
Edith B. Steele Eatate
Wakarusa
Richland
Albert Stewart
Wilson Street
Neosho Livestock Comminsion§ Co
Neosho
Missouri
UM NM
Lincoln School
Printy's Auction House
Hickory
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