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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1956
Page
1
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Buys Phone Firm Ross Gault president of the W E G Dial Telephone company announced the purchase of the Osage City Telephone company from Homer L Ziegenbein. Gault's company owns exchanges at Wellsville Edgerton Gardner and Overbrook Kas El Dorado Springs Mo Gault lives at Wellsville Ziegenbein has owned Osage City since 1909.
The Franklin county Red Cross holds its annual meeting at 7:30 in the North American hotel dining room with Mrs. G C Fredeen as chair and Mrs. J F Barr as secretary. Vacations underway in Herald’s mechanical department include William H Hjort and pressman Bob Brensinger. Boyd Smith of Chanute will fill in as pressman for two weeks. Brensinger plans a Salina Guard unit camp at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Weekend Baptist men’s camp at Camp Crawford Fredonia noted with Ottawa group members Marvin Bond Mike Elliott Leonard Kelley Wesley Trout and W H Douglas and son Don. Headquarters Battery 127 F A Battalion Ottawa battery returned from a two week Camp Ripley Minnesota training, 87 men using a Missouri Pacific train for travel and some driving equipment. weather included rain and day temperatures.
Mrs W V Becker of 325 S Elm has returned home from St Josephs hospital in Kansas City after a two week stay as a patient.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Bucklew of Columbia Missouri visited yesterday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L C Geiger. Their son Craig, who spent the summer with the grandparents, returned home with them.
Returned Home Mrs S H Haight 519 S Locust has come back from Lawrence after a week with granddaughters Diane and Suzanne Dalton as parents Curtis and W B Dalton were away on business to Georgia Florida and the Carolinas W B Dalton died suddenly during their absence Transferred Mr and Mrs Carl Schulz Rantoul learn their Marine son in Japan has new address Pfe Roy E Schulz 1517343 U S M C C Co 1st Amph Tract Bn 3rd Marine Div rear F M F co FPO San Francisco Boat Stolen Bugs Burgeon 322 S Oak reports his boat stolen from Forest Park tied to root of a tree cut off Boat is ten feet plywood painted apple green with a patch on the right side Released Dewey McClay Rt 2 Ottawa released from Ramsom Memorial hospital after recovery from injuries from a Thursday accident Mrs McClay killed when their auto was struck by the Missouri Pacific Eagle east of Ottawa on 7th Street County Court Hervie Miller Wichita fined 5 and costs on two counts
Don K. Burroughs of Williamsburg was fined $10 and costs in county court on Saturday for passing in a no passing zone.
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs. Bert Ross Mrs Leila Hegle John R Milton Ralph Logan and Kathy Joan Kimball as of today. Birth announcements include Owen Brooks daughter and Billie D Curry son with weights 715 and 6 7 respectively. Discharges include Dewey McClay and Leonard Showalter with transfers to K U Medical Center. Other names tied to addresses appear with Sunday observations.
Adlai E Stevenson and former President Truman met at a Chicago breakfast hosted by Mayor Richard J Daley. They exchanged smiles and posed for photos before Stevenson, Truman’s rival for the Democratic nomination, left after about ten minutes.
Mt McKinley is now officially measured at 20 320 feet, higher than prior estimates, following over a decade of surveys by the US Geological Survey and National Geographic Society. The peak stands in south central Alaska and is cited as North America’s tallest mountain.
Oscar Calvin Connor 37 of Chicago former Ottawa resident and World War II veteran died of pneumonia in Chicago. Born October 12 1918 in Armstrong Missouri he lived in Ottawa as a boy then served in the war and stayed in Chicago. Survived by four sisters three brothers and several aunts. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. William Bailey officiating burial in Hope Cemetery.
Mrs Etna Eva Larkin 78 of Princeton died at home Saturday evening after a three month illness. Born September 18 1877 in Cabble county West Virginia she lived in Princeton since her marriage to Jessie L Larkin on April 16 1902. Survivors include one daughter Mrs Oscar Neff and a daughter in law Mrs Eunice Larkin two grandchildren Darlene and Larry Larkin and a brother Abe Lynn. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm at Towners Chapel with Rev Charles P Knight officiating burial in Princeton.
Auction notices show listings with multiple sellers and dates including C A Myers Son in Centopolis Aug 14 J W Beers near Baldwin Junction Aug 15 Overbrook Livestock Sale Aug 16 W F Eichinger near Pomona Aug 18 Roberts Market Sale in Lawrence Aug 20 Joe De Noon near Wellsville Aug 30 and Bruce Roush near Richmond.
Friends arranged the funeral for George Olds a Springfield editor who died Saturday at age 60 after a paralytic stroke. Stanley Roush spoke at the memorial service and Paul Shelton sang Syliva as per Olds’s wishes not to display the body. Olds led Bias a weekly journal and earlier served as managing editor of the Springfield News and Leader and Press.
Funeral services for Miss Margaret B. Nisely who died August 9 were conducted at Lamb Funeral Home on August 11 with Rev. William G. Ward officiating. Pallbearers included Raymond H. Nisely, Clarence M. Sheldon, Walter E. Hegberg, Grover L. Knight, Ralph H. Curby and T. S. Coen. Albert J. Williams sang hymns with Mrs. J. R. Henning playing the organ. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery.
Temperatures soared above 100 in many Kansas areas with a weak front expected to bring light relief. The Weather Bureau projected partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with isolated northwest storms, cooler west and north tonight, and 90s highs Tuesday. Five day outlook calls for about five degrees above normal and 10 to 15 percent inch of precipitation. Chanute led with 305, Wichita Salina and Topeka at 104, Goodland 95, overnight lows 64 to 81, trace moisture at several towns, radar showing showers south and southeast of Goodland.
TOPEKA The Kansas State Board of Health has received a $12,000 public health service grant for a study of the isolation and identification of polio and other viruses. Dr. Thomas R. Hood executive secretary said the grant is a real recognition of the high quality work being performed in the state laboratory.
A hurricane watch covers the Florida East Coast from Daytona Beach to Miami as tropical storm Betsy approaches. At 11 am EST the storm was about 530 miles east southeast of Miami moving northwest at 19 mph. Forecasters say Betsy is small in size but strong near its center.
Five year old Thomas Edward Pearson was found dead in his yard draped across an electrified fence built by his father to deter dogs from a garage. The fence carried 21 volts, with experts noting such a charge can be fatal under certain conditions. Authorities pursue the accidental death theory as the case proceeds.
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