Ottawa items note sales and visits in 1940s style
Local notices include Fatty Smith Auto Supply named Gates Tire Co distributor for wholesale and retail, house and yard sales and old newspapers for sale at 10 cents, plus residents traveling to attend funerals and judging flower shows. Ottawa Lions Club broom sale announced. several residents reported illnesses, recoveries, and minor crimes. A Marine air base transfer and radio school completion are also listed along with traffic fines.
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Fatty Smith Auto Supply
S. Main, Hag
Whole Gale
Gates Tire Co
Body Of Missing Woman Recovered In Cottonwood River
EMPORIA Kas The body of Mrs Thomas C Phillips 17 was recovered Friday two miles from the spot where she disappeared after a boat overturned on a Cottonwood River fishing trip with her husband and two boys Other details indicate a drowning accident during a family outing and the search followed the incident last Sunday
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Emporia, Kas
Thomas C. Phillips
Cottonwood P River
Ottawa P T A Officers Attend State Meeting
Ottawa P T A officers returned from the state convention in Wichita with Mrs. Paul y nor Mrs. C Kenneth Harris Mrs P R Jamison and Mrs Dwight Haworth attending. Dr John Furbay spoke on The Shape of Things to Come at the Wednesday banquet Rev Roger Fredrikson spoke on Our Greatest Natural Resource Thursday. Former Ottawans participated including Mrs Harry Ireland of Arkansas City who gave an invocation J Ellis Jackson directed an ensemble.
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Ottawa
J. Ellis Jackson
West High School
Funeral Services for Grace A Blunk and Herman Keith
Funeral services were held for Grace A Blunk who died April 22 and for Herman Keith who died April 21. In Blunk’s service at McVey Denger Mortuary April 25 officiated by Dr Walter L Wilson Rev William Weber and Rev Leonard Bewick with honorary pallbearers Alton Rum ford Ralph Johnson Francis Arnold O W Taylor Wallace Rule and E E Burns and active pallbearers E E Dorkins Luckey Williams Fred C Fruits Bill J Woods Ray Evans and Adell Dean. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery. In Keith’s service at Lamb Funeral Home April 24 officiated by Rev Roger Fredrikson and Dr W A Elliott with pallbearers R D Spears E E Haley George E Lister G V Louk W C McConachie and W E Gilliland. Burial followed at Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace A. Blunk
McVey-Denger Mortuary
Walter L. Wilson
William Weber
Leonard Bewick
Alton Rumford
Ralph Johnson
Francis Arnold
O. W. Taylor
Wallace Rule
E. Burns
E. E. Dorkins
Luckey Williams
Fred C. Fruits
Bill J. Woods
Ray Evans
Adell Dean
Fred Race
Effie Evans
R. L. Stevens
Highland Cemetery
Herman Keith
Lamb Funeral Home
Roger Fredrikson
W. A. Elliott
R. D. Spears
E. E. Haley
George E. Lister
G. V. Louk
W. C. McConachie
W. E. Gilliland
J. R. Henning
Hope Cemetery
Pleasant Valley Area News Highlights Social Visits
Mr and Mrs Wayne Good of Baldwin visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Wayne Scott. The Scotts hosted Ot’er guests including Mr and Mrs Pete Wiseman and Elva Russell of Baldwin. Mrs Everett Cronister attended a club day with Mrs Pete Edlebrook in Eudora, a former member. Additional calls came from Jack Wiseman Vinland and John of Paola with Lavern Wilson Paola and George Scribner Kansas City Mo as guests last weekend.
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Wayne Good
Baldwin
Wayne Scott
Orvill Fisher
Everett Cronister
Pete Edlebrook
Eudora
Cronister
Ot‘er
Pete Wiseman
Elva Russell
Jack Wiseman
Vinland
Jack Phillips
John
Paola
Lavern Wilson
Mason
George Scribner
Kansas City
Holdup Pair Still Sought in Midwestern Crimes
Police identified a man and woman linked to multiple holdups and a pawnbroker killing. L. D. Russell reported a Friday theft of $400 and his Kansas City area station wagon after being bound at a tavern. A Wichita loan company robbery yielded $77 plus unknown traveler’s checks.
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Kansas City
Amarillo
Tex
Wichita
Kan
L. D. Russell
David McKnight
Georgia Bryan
Safety Award Winners Named
Lawrence Emporia in Class AA Syracuse in A and Olpe in B named first place winners in the Kansas Peace Officers Assn traffic safety contest. Gov. Docking will present awards. Marvin Criqui announced 120 schools entered. Derby Wichita Southeast Anthony Pratt Manhattan Lackey Waterville Assaria also honored. The contest promotes high school traffic safety programs and student enforcement.
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Lawrence
Emporia
Syracuse
Olpe
Kansas Peace Officers Assn
George Docking
Marvin Criqui
University of Kansas Extension
Derby
Wichita Southeast
Anthony
Pratt
Manhattan Lackey
Waterville
Assaria
Hospital Notes Admits Multiple Patients Across Town
Admitted include George Jenkins of Pomona Frank Hollingsworth at 501% EE Logan on Friday Deborah Hildebrandt 408 W 9th Cheryl Latimer 1112 N Main Barbara Carmona Wells ville today and Theresa Thompson 421 E 3rd Friday also Frank Hollingsworth 501% E Logan Mrs James J Chandler 35 Rockwood Drive and Mrs Charles Hamilton and baby daughter RFD 2 Williamsburg today Discharged list not shown
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George Jenkins
Pomona
Frank Hollingsworth
EE. Logan
Deborah Hildebrandt
Cheryl Latimer
N. Main
Barbara Carmona
Wellsville
Theresa Thompson
E. Logan
James J. Chandler
Rockwood Drive
Charles Hamilton
RFD
Williamsburg
Hospitality Day at Miltonvale College for Wes leyan youths
A group from Wes leyan Methodist Church visited Miltonvale Wesleyan College for its annual Hospitality Day to encourage college attendance. Ottawa participants included Francis Hubbard Ruth Marie Gilmore Myra Hopkins Raymond Adcock James Adcock Ethelyn Campbell Shirley Hubbard Cecil Gilmore Jr Eugene Cates J B Reeves Mary Ann Hubbard with adult sponsors Mrs Cecil Gilmore and Delores Hubbard.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
Miltonvale
Franklin County Church Directory 1958 Ottawa KS
A detailed church directory listing many congregations in Ottawa Kansas with addresses pastors service times and programs including Sunday school worship times youth groups midweek services and contact details. Names include North Baptist Oak and Wilson Jerry Tyler Wesleyan Methodist Wayne Caldwell First Baptist Calvary Baptist Federated Presbyterian St Paul AME Trinity Methodist Faith Lutheran Assembly of God Sacred Heart Catholic Bethany Chapel Baptist Church Nazarene First Christian United Presbyterian Free Methodist Mexican Church First Methodist Church of Christ Church of The Brethren Faith Bible Grace Episcopal and other local churches with weekly schedules and ancillary notes.
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North Baptist
Oak and Wilson
Jerry Tyler
Williamsburg Area News Summary of Local Life and Health
Word has arrived that Mrs. Charles Kesser of Dixon California has recovered from a heart attack and rests at her daughter’s Ripon home after weeks in hospital. Local families hosted birthday dinners and family visits as residents in Ottawa Garnett and Baldwin share gatherings, hospital recoveries, and returning relatives including Gene Mayden from the U S Navy.
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Charles Kesser
Dixon
Calif
James Benn
Ripon
Kessers
Burg
Gary Horne
Arnol Horne
Bob Horne
Ottawa
W. R. Thornbrugh
William Boyd
Bobby
Dwight
Will Brown
Wichita
E. E. Neal
Lloyd Neals
J. W. Bennett
Carl Hoopes
Richter
W. E. Vicks
Baldwin
Mr. Vicks
Ottawa Kansas approves Maple Street improvement resolution
A 1958 Ottawa Kansas city resolution authorizes grading guttering curbing paving and drainage for Maple Street from Thirteenth to Fifteenth including intersections. Steel reinforced Portland cement concrete 6 inches thick 31 feet wide with 6 inch integral curbs and curb inlets outlined. special assessments to pay for the project.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Thirteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Franklin County
Maple Street
Andrews
Appointment of Executor in Estate of Carrie Crawford
William H Hjort appointed executor of the Carrie Crawford estate on April 21 1958 and qualified the same day. Creditors must file their claims within nine months from first publication or be barred by law. This notice dated April 6 1958. Attorney for Executor.
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Herman Keith
Edith Kane
Ottawa
Kansas
Esther Hahn
Carrie EB
Crawford
Carrie E
William H. Hjort
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Harry Henery
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James R. Lewis
Barbara Faye Setter
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
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Japan
Charles Knight
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Bill Weber
William Ward
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Charles W. Gross
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William Batley
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Anthony V. Oddo
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M. Todd Macdonald
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Harl Fuller
JMS
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C. E. _Andrews
Daniel
Gerald Mease
Faith Bible
R. D. Clayton
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John Swelgart
Basil W. Kelsey
Petitioner
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Oil Flyer
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Oil Flyer Pullman
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Chicago
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Santa Fe Ticket Office
Tecumseh & Walnut Sts
Ottawa, Kansas
C. Christerson
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Salvation Army
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Fogle Quarry
Donald R. Capper
Mock Motors
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