VFW Members Buy Equipments for Community Borrowing
Ottawa VFW Post members earned 410.90 from Capper s Weekly subscriptions and used the funds to buy a wheelchair four walkers two hardwood canes two hospital beds several wheelchairs and crutches plus other emergency gear for temporary community loan. Melvin E Beeghley and Joe Wehrle can be reached to borrow equipment.
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Ottawa
VFW Post
The
Capper's Weekly
Melvin Beeghley
VFW
Melvin E. Beeghley
Joe Wehrle
Douthat Receives Ruth Burdorff Scholarship at KU
Aaron Douthat, son of Loren and Mrs. Douthat of Ottawa, is named the first Ruth C. Burdorff Scholarship recipient. The Ottawa High School graduate and KU freshman was selected for strong science interest, with recommendations from Ottawa teachers and principals. Miss Burdorff earned an A.B. in bacteriology from KU in 1941, became Kansas health laboratory chief virologist, and died of cancer in January 1990.
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Aaron Douthat
Loren Douthat
S. Cedar
Ruth C. Burdorff
Douthat
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Ottawa High School
Ottawa
Miss Burdorff
Topeka
Kansas Health Laboratory
Watts Family Reunion Plans In Centropolis
Members of the Ermina and Mathias Sam Watts family of Centropolis will join a reunion Saturday with a noon potluck at the Ottawa Youth Center 115 W. 4th. Relatives from Yakima Colo Maryland Florida Missouri Bellingham and Memphis arrive. Children listed include Mildred Martin John Watts Floss Sands Charley Watts Howard Watts and Artie Steward.
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Ermina and
Mathias Sam Watts
Centropolis
Ottawa
W. 4Th
Yakima
Wash
Colorado
Maryland
Florida
Missouri
Bellingham
Memphis
Tenn
Mrs. Watts
Mildred Martin
John Watts
Floss Sands
Charley Watts
Howard Watts
Artie Steward
Your Decorative Trees Need Periodic Attention
Gypsy moth damage leaves trees stripped and weak. act to aid regrowth. Experts urge fall root feeding with high nitrogen fertilizer and proper watering, wrapping trunks for rodent protection, and planting healthy trees in autumn to establish roots before winter.
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Ethel Daniels
West Des Moines
Iowa
Dear Ann Landers inquire about face lifts and family rifts
A reader in Ontario seeks a wife facelift but Ann Landers urges self-control and labels the issue as immaturity. Other letters touch on college recruiting delays, modern courtesy in responses, knitting admiration, and a mother seeking harmony as two daughters in their twenties ignore each other. The column emphasizes plain talk and practical guidance for personal and social conduct.
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Ann Landers
W.M
Ontario
Buster
Ben Franklin
Nyc
National Track and Field Youth Program expands nationwide
Hershey Pennsylvania hosts the National Track and Field Youth Program now involving over 2.5 million children ages 9 to 14 from all 50 states and Washington DC. Began in 1977, the program received a Distinguished Service Award from the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
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Hershey, Pa
States
District of Columbia
Hershey
President’s Council On Physical Fitness and Sports
Keeler
Council
Parks and Recreation
Laidley Field
Charleston
W.va
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Earl Aronson
By Price Brookes
Alice Brooks
Ottawa Herald
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
A.M. Smith
Remclub
First Christian Church
Legal Secretaries Association Union
Order of Eastern Star
Wycoff Community Club
Social Order of Beauceant
Eagles
Ottawa Amateur Radio Association
Trinity United Methodist Church
Little Rock
Stan Herman
National Parks and Recreation Association
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
Richard
First National Bank
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