Canadian American anti submarine drills involve US and Canadian crews
Firemen Dean R. McCurdy and First Class David W. Whalen took part in West Coast anti submarine warfare exercises. McCurdy sails aboard the USS Bennington while Whalen serves on the USS Mispillion. Whalen is married to Janice L Hooker and is the son of Mrs Leo A Leecy. Also noted Fried Chicken special and local notices plus Red Cross officers re elected. Thelma Moore cited for speeding and to appear in Police Court Aug 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Dean R. McCurdy
Bokerman
David W. Whalen
McCurdy
Jennie F. McCurdy
Bennington
Whalen
Mispillion
Leo A. Leecy
Ash
Janice L. Hooker
Wellsville
Nine railroads cut wheat freight rate to West Coast ports
Denver AP reports nine railroads agreed to a 17 percent 4 cent reduction in the freight rate for wheat from Kansas Nebraska and Colorado to West Coast ports. The new rate 81 cents per hundred pounds aims to shift shipments away from Great Lakes routes toward Asia with potential gains for exports to Japan. The change involves Santa Fe Union Pacific Milwaukee Western Pacific Southern Pacific Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Colorado Wheat Administrative
Asia
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Japan
Transcontinental Freight Bureau
Chicago
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Milwaukee
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Franks lin County Committeemen and Committeewomen Named
The county clerk Brice Spears lists 116 Republican committeemen and committeewomen from Franklin County's 20 wards and precincts who will receive certificates of election after the Aug 2 primary. Names span First Ward to Williamsburg, with many precincts showing multiple electees and several unfilled spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Brice Spears
Waerd
Mex Pierson
Gladya Loyd
Ernest Johnson
Wa Bel Hough
Ethel Rule Seymour
Robert A. Anderson
Eva P. Brink
Vernon Chesb
Homewood
W. @. Ransom
Zola Fredricks
Lincoln
William
Bowers
Jon W. Selby
Ohio
Bert Binkley
Mary McAulifta
Ottawa
Mom. Edwards
Dore Kew
Peoria
Everett Blankenship
Dorothy Cramer
Fomona
Neal Maxter
Wilma M. Hudelton
Pottawatomie
Harry White
Richmond
Bigier
Lucile Parkins
Williamsburg
Ervin Chambere
Danny van Vatkenbure
Curry
Merv Howard
Prank Hollingeeorth
Elizebert MecMannis
Firest Precinet
James’ W. Woodworth
Celia Woodworth
J. Lo Rokes
Vereica Mages
Wiliam Myers
Evelyn Stafford
Merlin Casteel
Nettie B. Gibson
A. C. Richeson
Ruby Schwarz
Phil McCracken
Marie Harding
Jules Doty
Lowana Minckley
Frances Fitzgerald
Haremont
Andy Reed
Mre
Adam F. Wicke
Haves
Albert Bamm
William Olive Red
Ira Bonine
Ralph Hobbs
Dorothy Ull
Bertha Stewart
Nelson Eves
Darla Petar- Bon
Pomrma
B. J. Neely
Dorothy Btone- Pottawatomie
Clint Larolette
Zoe LaFollette
Redmond
Ban Licieig
Venice
Larktete
Louieeke
Four Charged With Speeding In County Court
Booker Telefero Marshall 20 of Battle Creek Michigan was fined seven dollars and costs after being charged with driving 77 mph in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 35 in Franklin County. Marshal was cited yesterday by highway patrol. On August 11 four truckers were charged with exceeding the 50 mph limit for trucks over 5,000 pounds. Named were Tom E. Knappenberger 21 of Olathe Kansas City Kansas Bernard E. Darneau 31 of Kansas City Kansas Aubrey W. Farrell 83 of Violita and Harry Leroy Wise 29 of Linwood who all drive trucks 58 to 65 mph. All four are scheduled to appear in court August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker Telefero Marshall
Battle Creek
Mich
Marshall
Franklin County
Yesetrday
Tom E. Knappenberger
Olathe
Bernard E. Darneau
Kansas City
Kas
Aubrey W. Farrel
Violvita
Harry Leroy Wise
Linwood
Driv Ling
Schotsie
Williamsburg Area News Highlights Visitor Notices
Local notes list visiting families and travel from Salvador Brazil to Williamsburg including the Forbes family and others visiting relatives in Rol lins Wyoming. Several residents attend church events, mission meetings, and a school of missions while others celebrate birthdays and discharge from service. The piece also notes guests from Seattle Topeka Des Moines and Compton California visiting local hosts and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Forbes
Judy Ann
Neal Lee
Neal Forbes
Forbes
Salvador
Brazil
Geo-Physical Service, Inc
Dallas
Texas
Rollins
Wyo
C. B. Goodwill
Clifford Leslie
James Curry
Ottawa
Clair Curry
Wichita
Provo
Utah
Lala Clark
Lloyd Neal
Maurine
Neal
William Boyd
Bobby
Deight
Seattle
Wash
Richard Neal
Jerry Post
Harold Milliken
Topeka
4. C. Milliken
Claire Sowers
Will Bennett
W.S.C.S
Sowers
Edna Sutherland
Fern Johnson
Sharon Bennett
J. E. Decker
Wayne Reichard
School of Missions
Baldwin
National Farmers Organization
Des Moines
Orlin Millken
Harley Milken Jr
Arza Fogle
Vida Greeve
Cedar House Nursing Home
Mtawa
Glen Robe
Susan
Manhatan
C. E. Chambers
Mattie Robe
Burlington
A. P. Goodwill
Albuquerque
N. M
E. P. Goodwill
Richard Logan
Lawrence
Howard Beard
Donita McMillan
Paul Thompkins
Melvern
Joyce Fogle
U.S. Air Force
WAFS
Hamilton Air Base
San Francisco
Calif
D. B. Fogle
Fogle
California
Dennis McKittrick
Troy
John Horne
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals Report
Admissions include James Bonine RFD 3 Friday Mrs John D Henley 1507 Oak Miss Linnie Sams Scottsbluff Neo Bu ths Elvin Holtz Garnett son born Friday weight 6 lb Mr and Mrs Don L Wallace Williamsburg daughter born today weight 7 lb 11 oz Dismissals list Mrs Harvey Morris 523 N Hickory Mrs Melvin Smith and infant daughter RFD 2 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bonine
RFD
John D. Henley
Linnie Sams
Scottsbluff Neo
Elvin Holtz
Garnett
Don L. Wallace
Williamsburg
Harvey Morris
Hickory
Melvin Smith
New Additions Add To Summer Reading at Carnegie Free Library
Late summer additions to the Carnegie Free Library in Ottawa include books to stimulate readers and aid parents of gifted children. New novels span historical, science fiction, and morality themes, with titles by Leslie Turner White, Mark Clifton, Jane de Hartog, and Robert Wilder. The library remains air conditioned with comfortable seating for reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Free Library
Ottawa
Norma E. Cutte
J Manhy
de Vell Bating’s
Leslie Turner White
Lord Fancy
England
Mark Clifton
Eden
Jane de Hartog
Robert Wilder
Europe
America
Bowles Will Not Seek Re Election in Connecticut
Representative Chester Bowles of Connecticut announces he will not run for reelection to Congress. He aims to be free for a high government post if offered while supporting Kennedy in the presidential race. Bowles’s successor by state committee decision will come from the Second District. Republican Horace Seely-Brown Jr. seeks the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester Bowles
D-Conn
White House
Congress
Bowles
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Connecticut State Central Committee
Horace Seely
Suit Against Bonding Company Filed Here
A $4,865.51 suit has been filed in District Court here by Fuel Burn ing Equipment Co Inc Kansas City Mo against Merchants Mutual Bonding Co Des Moines. The petition says Lester Davis doing business as Davis Plumbing and Heating Co owes the amount for goods used at Wellsville Elementary School. Merchants Mutual Bonding Co posted a $42,476.28 bond for Davis on Aug 29 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuel’ Burning Equipment Co. Inc
Kansas City
Merchant's Mutual Bonding Co
Des ‘Moines
Lester Davis
Davis Plumbing and Heating Co
E. 14Th
Davis
Wellsville
Merchants Mutual Bonding Co
Local Market Prices for Beans and Grain
Market notes show beans and corn pricing with sugar beet and oats terms garbled. Shelled corn, oats, barley, butterfat, eggs listed with various figures unclear. Hen and cock classifications appear but details are unreadable.
Teen looter arrested in Buffalo with weapons
Police said 17 year old Donald Detrize carried a knife in a shoulder holster a stilletto a pocket knife on knuckles a sledge hammer and a pinch bar when arrested for allegedly looting parking meters he faces petty larceny charges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Donald Detrize
Detrize
Kansas population rise with Johnson and Shawnee leads
Kansas reports a 1959 to 1960 population gain totaling 1 9 138, 1998 in Johnson and Shawnee counties. Preliminary U S census puts state total at 3 163 457 with Topeka and Wichita showing large city gains. Final figures likely higher as state boards supervise counts by county and agriculture board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Agriculture
U. S
Kansas
Johnson County
Shawnee
Sedgwick
Saline
Reno
Seward
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas City
Salina
Hutchinson
Overland Park
Lawrence
Prairie Village
Leavenworth
Junction City
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Wyandotte
Johnson
Grant for Research at KU by Wenger Couple
The U S Public Health Service grants $5,051 to Dr Byron Wenger and Eleanor Wenger at the University of Kansas to continue cells study in amphibian and chick embryos. The Wengers, KU anatomy department veterans since 1951, describe their work as essential to cancer fight, aided by four research assistants. Over six years, Wenger received $75,237 from the federal agency, $0,316 from the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and $19,622 from the American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
U. S. Public Health Service
Byron
Wenger
Eleanor
Wengers
University of Kansas Anatomy Department
Federal Agency
Multiple Sclerosia Society
American Cancer Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Amer
George Cole
Pomona
Crum Nursing Home
S. Main
Cole School
Red Cross
Edgar Roberts
Iowa
Minnesota
Snyder Pharmacy
Thelma Moore
Art Wilks
Colo
Law
Lewis Widener
Michael
Margaret
Robert
Lewis
Mrs.Widener
Memphis
Hazel Honsaker
Rence
Mar
Howard Brodie
Attica
David Livingston
Victoria Falls
Henry M. Stanley
Livingston
Art
Utica
Williamsburg Area
Mrs
Tom Stansbury
Phillip
Tom Stretz
Compton
H. V. Milliken
Strety
Milliken
Library Notes
Nell Barnaby
Bonding Company
Rae
Deon Berlin
Sun
Doris Day
Miz
David Niven
Hillcrest Drive-In
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