Spoke On Japan Miss Barbara Donelson Talks At Hare Club
Garnett Kansas Miss Barbara Donelson county home demonstration agent spoke on her Japan experiences at the hare club meeting yesterday She shared photos of Japanese scenes from her 1953 agricultural exchange scholarship stay and wore a Japanese costume among visiting Rotarians and guests from Baldwin Ottawa and Franklin counties and nearby states.
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Japan
Barbara Donelson
Garnett
Anderson County
Hare Club
Carl Packard
Ottawa Chygiah Church
Newkirk
Oklo
Oliver Hobbs
Tallahassee
Fla
Walter Shelton
Duarte
Calif
P. H. Andree
Nesse City
Clarence Spong
Syracuse
Walter Simpson
N. P. Horn
Hale Steele
Otto Selzer
Chet Gates
Duff Wagoner
Baldwin
Jack Lowe
Kansas City
Mary Dean Holle
Franklin County
Speeding Youth and Local Business Moves Highlight News
Speeder Larry Collier, 16, of 313 Willow, was cited for speeding 45 mph in a 30 mph zone on South Cedar and fined $25 in police court. Harley Gover Jr named manager of the plumbing department at Independent Lumber & Hardware Co in Pratt. Gover, son of Harley Gover Sr of Ottawa, has lived in Pratt and sold a prior plumbing and heating business. Rain boosts Overbrook Osage county fair prospects, to be held August 11 to 13 with a parade, amateur show, variety show, horse show, and two baseball games. Mrs Melvin L Sellers of 1017 8S Hickory injured in a fall. no bones broken but unable to walk for a time. Fire crews investigated a short in a washing machine at 610 J S Mulberry with minor damage. Douglas and Tom Gleason bought the building at 114 East Second near the post office from Roy B Church and Mrs W H Griffith, son and daughter of the W H Churches. building to be remodeled for business.
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Larry Collier
Willow
South Cedar
Collier
Harley Gover, Jr
Independent Lumber & Hardware Co
Pratt
Gover
Ottawa
Overbrook- Osage County
Melvin L. Sellers
Hickory
Douglas
Tom Gleason
East Second
Roy B. Church
W. H. Griffith
Oberlin
W. H. Church
Roy Church
Badly Stung By Bees At Richmond
E. M. Wille man of Richmond was stung badly while uncovering a bee nest during ground work for feeding. He was taken to Garnett hospital for treatment after the incident.
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Sere
Sorato
E. M. Willeman
Richmond
Garnett
Ottawa Area News Briefs Include Accidents And Hospitals
A report details injuries from a traffic collision in which Mrs. Moore pulled from a line to pass in a no passing zone and hit a big truck driven by a Kansas City motorist. The column also lists recent marriage licenses issued in Paola and hospital admissions and discharges in Paola and Osawatomie. Tour news covers Miss Marian Madl of Baldwin returning from a 14 state and Cuba educational trip. A collision near El Dorado involved Mr. and Mrs. Snedaker en route to Wichita for a funeral. Harry Bishop of Overland Park remains in critical condition after a head on crash near Topeka. A new Coffey County Co-Operative building is planned for Burlington with bids soon.
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Moore
Guy Snedaker
Wichita
el Dorado
Snedaker
The
Ottawa Herald
Harry Bishop
Overland Park
Ottawa
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Bishop
Keith
Elston Bishops
W. 10Th
Joe Fritzel
Route 5
Lawrence
Ex-Ottawan's Son Found Dead in Kansas City
John G. Chestnut 24 son of a former Ottawan, found dead from a shotgun wound in Kansas City. Believed to be self-inflicted. Mother Beth Laird Chestnut, once of Ottawa, visited here recently. Brother Landon Laird is a Kansas City Star writer. John G. Chestnut was a Standard Oil management trainee. Beets Pontiac-Cadillac named GMC trucks dealer at 530 N Main. Greeley public schools to open Aug 29. Labor Day holiday on Sept 5.
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Ottawan’s
John G. Chestnut
Kansas City
Walter G. Chestnut
Beth Laird
Ottawa
Landon Laird
Kansas City Star
Chestnut
Standard Oil Company
N. Main
GMC Trucks
Camp Cranks Rotary Help For Handicapped Youth
To Attend Camp Larry Dickey of Osawatomie and Betty Baum gardner of Lane will attend the Rotary camp for handicapped children near Kansas City. Sponsored by the Osawatomie Rotary club. Hurt In Wreck Mrs. Hazel Moore of Garnett treated at a Kansas City hospital for serious injuries from a highway collision near Paola last Friday. She had gone to fetch two nephews for a vacation. The boys escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Mrs. Moore.
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Larry Dickey
Osawatomie
Betty Baumgardner
Lane
Kansas City
Osawatomie Rotary Club
Hazel Moore
Garnett
Paola
Moore
Floods Hit In Colorado
In Brush Nebraska? no Colorado floodwaters force at least 150 farm families from homes after heavy rainfall and a drowned woman reported. A crest struck a bridge nine miles south, killing Mrs N Ellsworth Escott of Marion Indiana. her husband survived after being rescued by Jack Weisbart who used an outboard boat. Weather lashed the area with hail and four inches of rain while a resort near Colorado Springs faced a severe cloudburst.
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Brush
Colo
Colorado
Here
Colorado Springs
N. Ellsworth Escott
Marion
Ind
Jack Weisbart
Markets At A Glance In New York Stocks Rally Bonds Mixed
Markets at a glance show higher selective gains in New York stocks with a mixed and slow bond market. Cotton is irregular with short covering while Chicago wheat is strong on expectations of spring wheat flour buying. Corn remains weak on a government crop forecast, oats finish steady after early weakness. Hogs are mostly steady with top at 16.65, cattle steers steady with top at 23.00.
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New York
Chicago
Hospital Notes and Births
Hospital notes list Chester Coats of Princeton admitted Wednesday and discharged today. Births include Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson 218 W. 10th a daughter born today weighing five pounds fourteen ounces. Dismissals include Mrs. Fred Walters Lane transferred to K U Medical Center yesterday. Mrs. E W Kingsborough and baby daughter Pomona. Mrs. Edward Wagner 1641 S Main Marjorie Ann Kline Baldwin born today.
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Chester Coats
Princeton
Thomas Wilson
W. 10Th
Fred Walters
Lane
K. U. Medical Center
E. W. Kingsborough
Pomona
Edward Wagner
1641
S. Main
Marjorie Ann Kline
Baldwin
Burlington set to host new US 75 highway building
After a bid was accepted, officials expect construction to start in October on a steel, concrete and brick building at US 75 on the north edge of Burlington. The project is threee by 102 feet wide and 202 feet deep. Hospital-W. T. Hopkins of Williamsburg has returned home from Stormont Vail hospital in Topeka after 18 weeks of surgery and treatment. he plans further care later. Mr and Mrs G W Turrell brought him home in a car with a reclinable rear seat. Mrs Hopkins has stayed with him during the hospital stay and a son has visited from a distance.
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US 75
Burlington
W. T. Hopkins
Williamsburg
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
G. W. Turrell
Ballots To Wool Men Vote On Marketing Pact
Ballots mailed to Franklin county wool growers invite voting on a marketing agreement. If two thirds of voters support, a fund from the deduction will back advertising and sales promotion. Deductions of up to one cent per pound for 1956 through 1958 wool and mohair payments would follow. The referendum is conducted by the county ASC committee, with ballots due by August 19 to the Ottawa ASC office.
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Franklin County
ASC
Ottawa
Farm population drops 11.6 percent in five years
Government census figures show the farm population fell from 25,059,000 in 1950 to 22,158,000 in the year ending last April 1, a decline of 11.6 percent. The total U S population rose from 151,132,000 to 164,595,000 in the same period.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
Pre-Fair Activities At Lincoln School Saturday
Four pre-county fair 4-H activities are set for Saturday at Lincoln school. Styles review and best groomed boy contest lead the morning, with a talent contest and demonstrations in the afternoon. About 115 in style review, 23 in best groomed, seven in talent, and 15 in demonstrations.
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Lincoln School
Mary Dean Holle
County Home
County 4-H
Barbara Donelson
Anderson County
HDA
Kenneth McGinness
Johnson County
4-H
Randolph Bundy
Evelyn Kinney
Ottawa
Hutchinson
Miss Holle
Masonic Building
Franklin County
Holle
New Grounds
Extension Service
Court House
Prices Improve on Selective Wall Street Rally
Prices rose in New York trading with scattered advances over 2 points. Leadership changed often as aircrafts steels coppers rails oils and chemicals led the gains amid light volume. Fast trading during advances was seen as encouraging by observers.
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New York
Wall Street
Dispersal Sale of Dairy Herd and Equipment
A complete dispersal sale is listed for August 20 at Franklin County and North Locuat, with August 25 noted for Rex Berndt at 727 H, 11th Street. Harold Van Horn is mentioned eight miles west of Ottawa on K-68 Highway, and the notice references dairy herd dispersal and farming equipment.
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Franklin Co
North Locuat
Rex Berndt
Harold van Horn
Ottawa
Tommie’s Appliance Repair Open Evenings Only This Summer
Tommie’s Appliance Repair will operate evenings only from July 23 through August 8 while the owner is on Navy training duty. Location is 280 North Main. Telephone number 115 listed.
Split Trend On Grain Market
CHICAGO two way market saw wheat and rye add small gains while feed grains and soybeans declined on the board of trade today. In early dealings everything dropped and losses were extensive for corn and soybeans. The moves reflect yesterday's Agriculture Department estimate of bumper crops.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Heading For Crop Record
Washington reports agriculture may set a new overall production record in 1955 with wheat near 1548 levels and livestock products rising. Favorable weather, fertilizers, machinery, and better varieties boost crops like soybeans oats hay sorghum sugar cane beets while corn barley and potatoes near record harvests amid drought and high temperatures.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Weather in Northern Plains and Kansas Crop Yields Note
Weather across the northern half of the country from the Rockies to the east described. Kansas yields per acre and total production include Corn 24 bushels and 43,464,000 bushels. Winter Wheat 14.5 bushels and 132,864,000 bushels. Oats 28 bushels and 31,836,000 bushels. Soybeans 12 bushels and 3,600,000 bushels. Barley 17.5 bushels and 12,530,000 bushels. Sorghum 11 bushels and 59,200,000 bushels.
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Rockies
Kansas
Auto security fades as most cars feature five plus locks
Observation notes that a typical automobile often has at least five distinct locking mechanisms, reflecting common security practices and consumer expectations for vehicle protection. The note discusses the prevalence and variety of locks, implying emphasis on securing doors, trunks, ignition, and other components.
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Herald
Senate
E. J. McKenzie
J .S. Mulberry
Hoopen- Gardner
Sam Hume
Ottawan
Mollie: Woods
Sebe Woods
North Main
Ford
Katherine Mehrer
F. L. Watson
Ree
Louis H. Denge
Atlantic Beach
Morehead City
N.C
North Carolina
Gentry Francis
Belle
Carolyn McDowell
Elmer J. Carter
Erma J. Lease
James Glaze
Dorothy Brenneman
Louisburg
Kiram Leroy Powell
Nancy Ruth Taylor
Bill D. Wilson
Carolyn Wilson
James Hunsperger
Ruby Stockson
Paola Hospital
Delores Scott
Addie A. Sharp
Opal Hiles
Maxine Gallagher
Nellie Baldock
George Clark
Mary McIntyre
Dennis Moore
Mary Obermeier
Nellie Garrett
Ezra Bartholomew
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Marian Madl
Cuba
Coffey County Co-Operative Association
Raymond Everett
Greeley Public
Moler's Cafe
Rt& Son
Auds
Peoples State Bank
Lamb
John L. Hysem
J. L. Hysem
Rockwood Drive
Davis - Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
Air Force
University of Kansas
C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Wilson
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Kas
Densli Cox
Weltsville
Jack Nelson
Ottawa Market
Wilgon
Neill George
Waverly
Erly
Yates
Center
Hua
Albert Stewart & Son
Ameren
Harold
D. W. Poole
East Tecumaah
Rtl
Naa
Mrs. Meeton
Franky North Locust
Glenn
Weat
Willian Homawood
Mary EB. Tankersley, Prin
Sh Co. Sale Co., Wilson
Gilliland
Avery
Tommie
Western Auto
Willard Hegberg
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Texas
Goodfellow
RADIO
the Keen Co
Ottawa, Kansas
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