Ottawa News Briefs Highlight Local Moments
Gary Wayne Jones, son of Mr and Mrs Ivan W Jones of Ottawa, tops his first year at Nevada Southern University Las Vegas. Ottawa Grange No 1994 meets Wednesday at 8 pm at Briles School. members bring cake or fruit salad. Roy Lambert elected VFW district vice commander for nine eastern Kansas counties. Ottawa PTA units twinbill meeting features Dr Clifton Huff and Ottawa High Orchestra pop concert at 7:30 pm.
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Gary Wayne Jones
Ivan W. Jones
Ottawa
Nevada Southern University
Las Vegas
Gary
Grant Kirkland
Hawkins Grange
Briles School
Roy Lambert
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kansas
Kansas City
Kas
Ottawa Pta
Clifton Huff
Emporia State
Ottawa High Orchestra
Deaths Tell Of Hang Self In Barn In Prince ton Area
Edwin A. Warner 73, a farmer stockman in the Prince ton area since 1927, was found dead in a barn hayloft. Doctor ruled apparent death by own action. Survived by three sisters and two brothers. Towner's Chapel in charge of arrangements. Also reported are the deaths of Agnes Oestreicher 79 in Crest view nursing home and Harper L Wharton 71 in Osawatomie, with service details given.
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Edwin A. “Ed” Warner
Princeton
Max Gilmore
Franklin County
Warner
Duane Gifford
Wellsville
Gifford
Sheriff's Department
Rees
Martha
Grace Gifford
Derby
Colo
Charles Dobbs
Henderson
Lois Herbert
Denver
Walter Warner
Forrest Warner
Towner’s Chapel
Agnes Oestreicher
Crestview
Oestreicher
Kansas City
Aloysious Oestreicher
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Homewood
Ellen Hickman
N. Cherry
Georgia Berry
Grandview
Barbara Issaeff
Cresskill
N. J
Grover Oestreicher
Lamb Funeral Home
Harper L
Wharton
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Highland Cemetery
Gentry
Clayton Atchison
Ft. Myers
Fla
Tom Wharton
Richmond
Frank Wharton
Gentry, Mo
Comfortable Cushion: Man Sits On Water Moccasin By Pond
Harvey Staadt of Pomona sat on grass by a pond and felt movement beneath him. He remained seated about a half hour before spotting a yard-long water moccasin that uncurled and struck. His wife said the snake seemed more frightened than he was.
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Harvey Staadt
Pomona
Staadt
Ottawa High School Musicians Crowned At State Festival
Ottawa High School students and music groups earned top ratings at the State Music Festival held Saturday at Washburn University in Topeka. Susan Kelly and Charles Brandon received high voice and Sousaphone solos respectively, with several trios and a mixed quartet also winning top ratings. Instructor Loren Matthews accompanied the group.
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Ottawa High School
Washburn University
Topeka
Susan Kelly
Ray Kelly
N. Cedar
Charles Brandon
Fred Brandon
S. Locust
Dra Sauer
Phil Whitley
Don Castleberry
Susan Sandow
John Breckway
Oklahoma
Ottawa
Susan
Loren Matthews
Ottawa High
OHS
Pomona MYF Hayride Turns Into Night Hike Back to Town
A senior MYF outing sponsored by Mrs Delbert Eichinger and Mrs James Driver devolved into a black night hike two miles to Pomona as tires on the trailer failed. Jim Driver helped fix the vehicle but the group arrived around 11 PM after a wiener roast by Pete Lindsey's river rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Eichinger
James Driver
Pete Lindsey
Jim Driver
Local Markets Too Much Barking And Tooting
Friday night rain lit a bicycle horn at Albert Barnhart home in Ottawa RFD 4. The loud horn and barking dog woke the couple and prompted an investigation before Barnhart removed the horn’s batteries.
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Albert Barnhart
Ottawa
Barnhart
KC Markets Hogs and Cattle Prices In Kansas City
AP market summary shows hogs at 500 head totals with barrows and gilts 10 to 50 higher and sows 25 higher, lambs and pelts noted. cattle and calves totals at 8,000 and 100 with slaughter steers and heifers 25 to 40 higher, cows strong to 25 higher, feeders firm to 50 higher, with varied good to choice price ranges for steers, heifers, and calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Three Collisions In City In Ottawa Saturday
Ottawa police reported three auto accidents Saturday afternoon with no injuries or citations. At 1:00 p.m. on Walnut and Fourth, Robert Lewis and Benjamin Park damaged Lewis’s car $158 and Park’s $129. At 2:30 p.m. in West Second, Earl Hicks and Alice Lyman each sustained minor damage. Hicks $43, Lyman none. At 3:00 p.m. on North Main, Beatrice Gibson and Robert Wloszcznski collided. Gibson $44, Wloszcznski $93.
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Ottawa
Robert Lewis
Wal-nut
Benjamin S. Park
St. Locust
4Th Walnut
Lewis
Walnut
Park East
Fourth
West Second
Earl R. Hicks
N. Oak
Alice Lyman
Hicks
Second Street
Beatrice Gibson
RFD 2
Robert Wloszcznski
S. Locust
North Main
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births and Dismissals
Admissions list includes Karen McKenzie Virgil Ice Wayne Lacey Carl Johnson John Baxter and others with locations in Quenemo Overbrook Lane Sunday. Births report a daughter to Mr and Mrs Merle Birckhead weight seven pounds four and a half ounces and a son to Mr and Mrs Dennis Gish weight five pounds one hundred forty ounces. Dismissals include Don Caldwell Sharon and Cynthia Hunt Joseph Cain Cedar House nursing home and several residents and spouses. Local names include Mrs Joseph Wee thee Patricia Spencer Dale Howard George Mesigh Bonita Harold Claus Lyndon Elizabeth Stoltz and others.
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Karen McKenzie
S. Oak
Virgil Ice
Wayne Lacey
Quenemo
Carl Johnson
Overbrook
John
Baxter
Lane
Merle Birckhead
Tremont
Dennis Gish
Don Caldwell
Hickory
Sharon
Cynthia Hunt
RFD
Joseph Cain
Cedar House Nursing Home
Joseph Weethee
N. Mulberry
Patricia Spencer
Dale Howard
N. Cedar
George Mesigh
Pomona
Bonita
Harold Claus
Lyndon
Elizabeth Stoltz
S. Main
Alice Beaman
S. Sycamore
Donald Phipps
Melvern
Floyd Milton
Rodney Pembrook
Donald Miller
Maple
Ottawa High School senior to enter Air Force Academy
Ben Park, 17, son of Mr and Mrs B F Park of 324 Locust, qualified to enter the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs in July. Sen Frank Carlson announced the appointment after Park underwent Air Force physicals in Omaha and College Board exams at Ottawa University. Park is a senior at Ottawa High School. His father is a Naval Academy graduate.
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Ben Park
B. F. Park
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Frank Carlson
Park Fast Fall
Omaha
Air Force
Ottawa University
Ottawa High School
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Legals notices from Franklin County Kansas 1963
Public probate and executive clemency notices. John B Pierson appointed executor of Muriel J Harbison and Donald Harbison estates. Creditors must file demands within nine months. Gordon Camper seeks executive clemency for crime against nature. Administratrix Mary Opal Hull appointed for Scottie Bingaman estate with creditors to file claims.
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Muriel J. Harbison
Donald Harbison
John B. Pierson
Ottawa
Kansas
John
Pierson
Gordon Camper
Hale
Topeka
Scottie Bingaman
Mary Opal Hull
Notices of Estate Appointments in Franklin County Kansas
In Franklin County Kansas Hugh A Magrath appointed Executor of the James T Magrath estate with nine month claim period from first publication. Ida McDonald Brown estate appoints William Cain as Executor with nine month creditor claim period from first publication. Both notices dated April 1963 with multiple publications in Ottawa Kansas.
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T Prret
State of Kansas
Franklin County
James T. Magrath
Hugh A. Magrath
Ottawa
Kansas
Hugh A Magrath
Bowers
Ida McDonald Brown
William ©. Cain
Wiliam O, Cain
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Chicago
International
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Stoke
United Presbyterian Fellowship
Martin
Brockway
Mrs. G. 0. DeWald
Watsonville, Calif
Vera DeWald
John R. Cox
Wichita
Frank Sargent
Marcia Doman
Paul Sttephens
Emporia
Ottawa Rotary Club
Charles Knight
Robert Shields
Glen Hayward
0. R. Norman
George Hughes
Safeway
Herald
Helen V. Harrell
Robert W. Keim
C. H. March
Ellis
Montgomery Ward
Co-Op
Gordon Palmer
Lawrence
Jefferson County
Sheriff's Office
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Sharper L
Arthur G. Wheeler
N. Locust Sr
Ransom Memorial Hospital
James Collins
Dillon
Cole
The
Lamb Funeral
the Herald
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Arlis Baker
John Hoppe
Curtis Langon
Thurston Wallace
Harriet Beetle
San
Pomona News
Mary Hudelson
David Stoneking
James Parks
PTA
Peter Stoneking
Dick Stoneking
Council Grove
Gary Stone
King
Garden Grove, Calif
Ralph Hunt
Nick Huderson
Winston Clevenger
Gerald Lindsey
Bill Dusin
Lions Club District Zone
Burlingame
Grand Chapter
CES
Civic Auditorium
George Kelley
Raymond Stankard
R. H. Bethell
Josephine Browning
Henderson, Ky
General Grand Chapter
Ed A. Warner
Towner
Legals
State OF Kansas Kansas State Penitentiary
Harper L. Wharton
Wheeler
Agnes Qestreicher
Lamb
Kontes
Mary Opel Hull
Winton A. . Winter
John B
Inch Lodge
Come LaVerne Pence
W. M. Vola Phillips, Secy
K. C
Malott Howe
Rankir County Sale Company
Rollin
New Farm Machinery & Household Goods
Logan
Booth
Gade
Clemens Household Goods
Baldwin
Atchinson
Househild Goris
Princton Kansas i
Jack Newon
Alien County
Canesa
Nate and
Leona Gibbons
Household Furniture & Mine
Bank
Harold Stewart
Neohso Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Juna
Eastith Street
State Highway Commission
Esquip
Printy
Ben Printy
Avery
Mate
Terese Allaup, Jr
West
Kes
Hil Bennett
Ottawa Transfer and Storage Co
Walnut Bt
Anc
Lawn
Garten
Firestone
Main
Glenn Miller
Std & Cherry
Sam Bush
Fairlane St. Lawrence
Earl Smith
Rawleigh
Kansas Company
Merlin Casteel
S. Elm
General Services
Ottawa Herald General Services Section
Dr. Lofgreen Ridgeview
Gaynor
Missouri Cooperative
Butler
Fair Grounds
Missouri University Extension Service
Louis Woods
Adrian
Ralph Wilson
Butler, Mo
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