Ottawa News Briefs Highlight Local Fires and Accidents
Firemen douse a grass fire in vacant lots behind 1020 Cottonwood around 2 p.m. yesterday. Roy Jones, 75, was injured fishing at a farm pond west of Ottawa, needing 10 stitches after striking a rock. He was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Ady and Paul Beasley of Ottawa and granddaughter Pauy Miller visit Dover, Colorado for a week. Melvern man cited for muffler defect, to appear in Aug. 1 court. Bundles of old newspapers for sale at The Ottawa Herald. A 6-foot mattress trailer from Ike and Mike’s Used Furniture was stolen in the last few days. Dr. S. Martin Brockway will assist at a Kansas Chiropractic Society meeting in Ellinwood on Sunday. sister Dr. Marion Brockway will attend and the family will visit Great Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Jones
N. Mulberry
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
S. Martin Brockway
Ellinwood
Kansas Chiropractic Sacro-Occipital Research Society
Marion Brockway
Lawrence
Brockway
Great Bend
Salina Cleric Aboard Hijacked Pan Am Jet to Cuba
The Rev. Denis McAuliffe a philosophy and theology professor at Marymount College Salina and director of the Papal Volunteers was aboard the Pan American World Airways jet hijacked and flown to Cuba on Wednesday after a two week Mexico trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kas
Denis McAuliffe
Marymount College
Pan American World Airways
Cuba
McAuliffe
Papal Volunteers
Mexico
Funeral services for James E Fletcher Friday at 2 p.m.
Funeral services for James E Fletcher who died Tuesday will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Towners Funeral Chapel with Rev Ralph Edwards officiating. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Fletcher
Towner’s
Ralph Edwards
Highland Cemetery
Ottawa
William Cash
J. I. Gray
HH. L. Brandon
Hope Cemetery
Corinthian Lodge No. 12
AF & AM
Frank Armstrong
Roy Lewis
Death of Mrs. Wilma Mae Stephens in Wichita
Mrs. Wilma Mae Stephens 51 of Wichita formerly Ottawa died Tuesday evening at St. Francis Hospital Wichita after a heart attack. Born Wilma Mae Woods in Kincaid she was daughter of Rev Judson Woods and Mrs Woods. She grew up in Ottawa and graduated from Ottawa High School and universities. She was music supervisor in Wichita public schools for 15 years. Surviving husband Byron Stephens daughter Mrs Paul Hartman Wichita two brothers Wallace Woods Wheaton Illinois Ernest J Woods Greeley Colorado and stepmother Mrs Patti Woods Kincaid. Funeral at First Baptist Church Wichita Saturday 2 p.m. Burial Wichita Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Mae Stephens
George Stephens
Wichita
Ottawa
St. Francis Hospital
Kincaid
Judson Woods
The
North Baptist Church
Woods
Wilma Mae Woods
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Kansas University
Byron Stephens
Paul Hartman
Wallace Woods
Wheaton
Ernest J. Woods
Greeley
Colo
Patti Woods
First Baptist Church
Sauuday
Wichita Park Cemetery
Local Market Prices From Historic Grain and Animal Figures
Readable market notes show soybeans at 2.98, wheat at 1.83, shelled corn about 1.03, and barley near 0.00 with butterfat around AB 48. Feeds include heavy hens and light hens with low penny values.
KC Markets Report from Kansas City AP Summary
KC Markets from Kansas City report mixed livestock activity. Cattle and calves show strength with steers and cows up to 24 higher, hogs steady to higher, sows firmer, and lambs and ewes quoted with notable price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Prairie National Park Proposed in Kansas Flint Hills
Washington AP notice that a National Park Service report urges establishing a prairie national park in Pottawatomie County Kansas. The 57 600 to 60 000 acre plan calls for restoring native grassland, eliminating roads and lines, a park road and trail network, campgrounds and primitive sites, and reintroducing bison elk and possibly wild turkey. The Turtle Creek reservoir lies just west of the proposed boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pottawatomie County
Kas
National Park Service
Interior Department
North Dakota
Texas
The
Park Service
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Kansas
Biciester
Conrad N. Wirth
Wirth
Oprame
Turtle Creek
Blue River
Workshop Patterns Fun with cut-out animals
A pattern shows a big frog as the center of a group with a mate two turtles and three baby skunks. Pattern 472 provides size culling and painting guides for all seven and costs 35 cents. Also in the Amami Farm Pack No 76 with Mamma Skunk and other building creatures for $1 from Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept Bedford Hills New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept
Bedford Hills
New York
Wellsville News Briefs Highlight Obituaries And Visits
Funeral services were held for Frew of Beloit with Carl Warnock attending. Ice cream social by New Hope Church raised 90 dollars for a class project. Miss Faye Colegrove returned from vacation with Kath leen Glamser. Numerous local residents hosted guests from California to New Jersey for weekends and visits. 4-H SHAFF square dancers competed at Overbrook while members earned blue ribbons at Ottawa. The Kramer family completed a 7000 mile trip including Yellowstone, salt lake city, and Vancouver Island. Mrs. Warnock visited Leavenworth with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope Baptist Church
Lown
Faye Colegrove
Kathleen Glamser
Benedict
Kas
Prophetsown
Mabel Colegrove
Lelia Chapin
White Pines State Park
Overbrook
Ottawa
Idonna Haney
Jo Ellen Cougnenour
Karyn Higbie
Linda Thorn
Overbrook Fair
Richard Kramer
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Canada
Vancouver Island
Hoquiam
Wash
Columbia River Valley
Salt Lake City
Dinosaur National Monument
Utah-Colorado
Mt. Evans Drive
Colorado
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Report
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Russell Gorton at 517 E Wil son Clarence Prager at 1146 S Main and Harry C Smith at Crestview Nursing Home on Wednesday and Thursday birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Cecil McAnile at 1324 Main weighing 9 pounds 2 ounces. Dismissals include Stanley Davis Osawatomie and two deliveries for Mrs Joe Oakes and baby daughter at 1021 N Mulberry and Mrs Stanley Ricker and baby daughter in Lawrence on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Gorton
E. Wilson
Clarence Prager
Harry C. Smith
Crestview Nursing Home
Cecil McAnile
Main
Stanley Davis
Osawatomie
Joe Oakes
N. Mulberry
Stanley Ricker
Lawrence
Larger Corn Crop Forecast For This Year
Washington AP The Agriculture Department projects this year’s corn for grain output at 3,352,037,000 bushels, up 176,860,000 from last month’s 3,175,177,000. Wheat is pegged at 1,204,096,000 bushels, down 54,911,000 from last month, with winter at 1,037,540,000 and spring at 146,356,000. Ten-year averages are 3,013,797,000 for corn and 1,?094,770,000 for wheat. Last year’s corn yielded 3,891,212,000 and wheat 1,094,?000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Texarkana Man Fined for Hit and Run in Ottawa Area
James Roseburg, 21, of Texarkana Ark pleaded guilty in County Court to leaving the scene of an accident and illegal registration. He was fined $40 and costs and held until $50 restitution for damages from a pink 1958 car that damaged two signs and a fir tree at Downey Service Station near the K-68 and K-33 junction nine miles east of Ottawa. Sheriff Gilmore said pink and yellow paint chips found on the tree tied the case to the suspect, with yellow matching town license plates. Roseburg was arrested in north Ottawa today after his car was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Roseburg
Texarkana
Ark
Downey
Ottawa
Gilmore
Roseburg
Birth announced in Quenemo for Keven Lee
Mr and Mrs Bob Bryan announce the birth of a son Keven Lee. Mr and Mrs Elwood Walters sold their property to W C Mc Mullen who is remodeling it for his sister Mrs Martha Lee. Mrs Myrtle Rogers visits Arizona with Mr and Mrs Dewey Taylor. Mr and Mrs Chuck Bodenhiener and family of Topeka visited Saturday with Mr and Mrs Ernest Perry and Mrs Jessie Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bryan
Keven Lee
Elwood Walters
W. C. Mc.Mullen
Martha Lee
Myrtle Rogers
Arizona
Dewey Taylor
Chuck Bodenhiener
Topeka
Ernest Perry
Jessie Green
Suit Filed To Recover On Bonds In Kansas Case
The State of Kansas represented by Franklin County Attorney Donald L. White sues William and Stella Albright and Juan Martinez for recovery on two $1,000 bonds after Martinez guaranteed them following the Albrights March 21 convictions on six liquor law counts. A raid Aug. 4 at the Albright Cafe yielded liquor and beer seizures. Beth Albright and Stella Albright face related charges and remain free on $1,000 bonds awaiting September District Court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Kansas
Donald L. White
Franklin County
William and Stella Albright
Juan Martinez
White
Martinez
Albrights
Albright
N. Locust
Beth Albright
Stella
Eichmann Trial Near A Recess
Eichmann trial moves toward recess as Israeli Atty. General Hausner ends summation with a plea for a just verdict. He says Eichmann acted willingly and mercilessly in the Nazi crimes against six million Jews. No death penalty request due to procedural limits. German defense counsel Servalius to conclude defense Monday. Court to recess for the summer and resume in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Gideon Hausner
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Hausner
Eichmann
Lane High School sets fall enrollment dates and schedule
Lane High School will enroll students for fall semester on August 24 and 25. The regular semester begins with a half day on September 1 and full days from September 5. Principal Charles Hill says seniors enroll Thursday morning, juniors Thursday afternoon, sophomores Friday morning, and freshmen Friday afternoon, with buses running from September 1 and hot lunch starting September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane High School
Charles Hill
Lane Rural High School
Hill
Legion Convention Attendees From Wellsville Post
Legionnaires from Louis H. Hanson Post 194 Wellsville attended the Dept. of Kansas annual American Legion Convention at the Broadview Hotel in Wichita. Attendees included Ray Brecheisen Stanley Hughes J W Tomlinson and Paul Warren. The post reported about 30 percent of its membership quota for the coming year. Speakers included Harry Truman Governor John Anderson Harry W Colmery Past National Commander from Topeka William R Burke National Commander and Robert G Werner Sunflower Boys State Governor from Garden City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Hanson
Wellsville
Dept. of Kansas
American Legion
Broadview
Wichita
Ray Brecheisen
Stanley Hughes
J. W. Tomlinson
Paul Warren
Harry Truman
Legion
John Anderson
Harry W. Colmery
The
Topeka
William R. Burke
Robert G. Werner
Sunflower Boys
Garden City
Bidders invited for Franklin County road and bridge project
First published notice announces Franklin County Kansas invites sealed proposals for a 40 ft 49 ft continuous I beam bridge across Middle Creek in Homewood Township. Bids due Sept 1 1961 at 10 am at the County Commissioners Courthouse Ottawa. Deposit $10 for contract documents. full refunds to successful bidders and others under conditions. Bid bond 5 percent required. bids valid 30 days. county may reject any or all bids. Board of Franklin County Commissioners signatures and date Aug 9 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
County Commissioners
Ottawa
Kansas
Middle Creek
Homewood Township
Board of
Fr. Co
Earl L. Richardson
Cecil Vining
J. H. Button
Bruce Spears
Ottawa aims to upgrade Cherry Street with concrete pavement
The Ottawa Kansas city governing body passes a resolution to grade gutter curb and pave Cherry Street from Seventh to Ninth Street including intersections. Plans call for steel reinforced Portland cement concrete about 31 feet wide with integral curbs and drainage features. Special assessments will fund the project under Kansas law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Street
Ottawa
Kansas
Seventh Street
Ninth Street
Andrews
Livestock Sale Listings Across Kansas and Missouri
A compilation of weekly and upcoming sales in Overbrook Ottawa Waverly and nearby towns listing sale dates buyers and contact numbers for livestock dairy cattle household goods and consignment horse bales in Franklin Osage and Neosho regions with events projected from August dates and local auction houses led by Gordon James Myers Bros Albert Beatty and Neosho Livestock Commission Cap with addresses on Wilson Street Locust and Main corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon James
Ottawa
Main
Wilson
Orlock
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Ottawa Red
Kansas
Franklin County Bale Company
Locust & Wilson
Albert Stewart and Son
C. Beatty
Albert
Cit
Harold
Lyndon
Kas
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
Wilson Bt
Neosho Livestock Commission Cap
Neosho
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elis
Ady
Paul Beasley
Pauy Miller
Pomona
Dovner
Ronald J. Bitts
RFD
Melvern
Frances C. Jones
First National Bank of Ottawa
National Association of Bank Women
Bank
Ottawa Herald
Ike and
Mike
James EF. Fletcher
Want Prairie National Park
Flint Hills
Trern
Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
Carl Warnock
Fortis Frew
Mr. Warnock
McDonald Funeral Home
Beloit
Mr. Frew
Beloit Hospital
Ben
Frew
George Newland
W. S. Frew
Ethel Wingert
Henry Chilton
George Chappell
Gerald Dunwoody
Okland
Calif
A. M. Gillespie
Baldwin
Dunwoody
Chilton
Gillespie
Chappell
Sonnely Gillespie
Leonard Gillespie
Ozarks
Art Chanay
Larry
Marlin Chanay
Connie Frost
Bernie Stovall
Haysville
Melvin Stockard
Princeton
John Coates
Camden
N. J
Raymond White
Mary
Patty
Kathy
Judy
Table Rock
Missouri
Edward Barnett
Jack Carrow
Bill Warnock
Jim Warnock
Kenneth Wermeyer
Mrs
Leavenworth At
Vaughn Kimbrough
T Hospital
Iowa
Quenemo
By Sally Perry
Towner’s Chapel
Afi
Legals
Donald R. Capper
Jack Nelson
Printy and Sons
Ben Printy
gsThnensar mMeht
N. Main
N. Mota
Monroe Foltz
Theodore Arthur Foltz
Theodore
Arthur Foltz
Bowles
Sheldon
Toppings
Franknin County
Said & Monroe Foltz
Anid Dey
Grieva
Masg
Anderson & Attorneys
Sioner
Embhlan
D. R. Dennis
Jersey
Dist
Osage
Franklin
County of
Paul Smith Clerk
Board of Education Joint Dist. No
Franklin Counties
Ottawa Stock
Kiefer Dam
Wilson St
West 7Th St
Alcoholics “Anonymous
Miller Institute
S. Franklin Co
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Freeport
Illinois
National Insurance Corporation
Manhattan
C-O
General Services
Shirley L. Nutt
S. Locust
Watkins Products
Singer
Duraclean
Singer Sales and Service Comepany
P.O
Henry Alban
Oscar Arnold
Hard Rendering Co
Conrad
Spray
Ottawa Herald General Services
McCracken
Gerald McGrath
South Oak
Fred Obermeier
Paola
Richland
Ranklin
Wikson & Locust
Claude Myers
Ernest Arnold
Fred Coon
John Ogle
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