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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1956
Page
7
The Happy Home Unit went to Kansas City on Tuesday to visit KMBC TV. Mrs. Hobart Gills is involved in the group’s outreach and activities during the stop.
I han was interviewed on the noon program and was presented with perfume and cologne. Geraldine Gillihan received three cans of dog food. Other travelers included Mrs Charles Rogers Mrs Otis Thomas Beverly Mrs Bruce Gress and Mrs Martin Witter with Witter as guest. They toured exhibition homes en route home. The Antioch teacher and students appeared on the noon television show Thursday while the Edgerton Community Fire Truck was featured recently. Dinner guests last Sunday included multiple Browns, Peer, Gordon Brown senior and jr, Judy Larry, and Carl Peer families from Wichita Olathe Spring Hill. District meeting saw Edgerton Methodist Ww S C S represented by listed members.
Obituaries note the death of Fannie Lyon at Reece Hospital Gardner following months of illness born February 27 1875 near Edgerton. She learned millinery as a young girl operated shops in Deercreek Ralston and Edgerton before marrying Ben F. Lyon in 1910. Widow of Lyon, she survived by sisters and stepchildren, with funeral at Edgerton Presbyterian Church. Also reported are church activities Edgerton Grange Pomona Grange events and social visits. scholarship for Carol Fleck to Kansas University Music Camp. and a planned talent show to support band uniforms with community members attending events and dinners.
Kansas private colleges urge taxpayer savings from private funding. Leaders from 19 institutions at Kansas Foundation of Private College and University meeting warn a $680,000 deficit this year unless gifts rise. Beier says $100 per student could keep schools open, saving taxpayers about $900 per student if they stay. Wedel notes tuition rises risk enrollment drop. Current enrollment 6,883 full time students plus part time and adult education.
Guests joined Mr and Mrs Jack Larrick for Sunday dinner including Mrs Richard Meehan and Michael of Chicago Mrs Anna Larrick of Edgerton and Mr and Mrs Id Grant of Kansas City.
Berlin reports a 1600 foot air conditioned tunnel under the border between American and Soviet sectors used for listening and tapping three main Soviet cables in East Germany. The Soviet press invited public inspection while American headquarters offered no comment beyond investigation. Cardiff, Wales, is noted for Roman origins in the First Century.
A recent report notes malaria, though common in warmer climates, has appeared as far north as the Arctic Circle indicating a surprising spread of the disease.
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