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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1966
Page
5
Homewood residents plan a community shower at 8 p.m. on August 20 in Homewood Township Hall honoring Mr. and Mrs. Joel Wels Gand who were married the previous Saturday. Neighbors are asked to bring cakes for refreshments.
Emergency treatment records list Thomas Harber of Kansas City Missouri with a laceration to the right foot from Lake Pompena, Connie O Neal of Naperville Illinois with a fractured left humerus from a fall from a horse, and Ralph Harvey admitted after a horse fell on him. Peter K Papps thanks faithful friends for support on August 2 primary election.
A brief notice instructs readers to call CH 24700 between 5 and 6:30 for missed Ottawa Herald delivery, including Saturdays. The item emphasizes a daily contact window without extra details.
A man at The North American Hotel pleaded guilty in county court to writing a $20 bad check to Chester Woodrum. Everett E. Wheeler was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay court costs. The offense dated July 14 and involved a bad check.
Kansas City market news shows wholesale eggs price ranges with grade A butter holding steady. Cattle numbers at 8,000, calves 250 with varied prices for steers heifers and cows. feeders and beef prices noted. Hogs up 25 to 50 cents with parity across barrows gilts sows. Sheep with spring lambs steady to higher and ewes market values listed.
Three area youths were hospitalized after a one car accident one mile south of Lansing around 6 p.m. Saturday. Judy Thompson 18 Cliff Sheldon 17 and Delbert Sheldon 15 were admitted to St John’s Hospital Leavenworth. The younger Sheldon boy sustained a broken jaw pelvis and leg with deep cuts while Judy Thompson and Cliff Sheldon had minor injuries. A tire blowout caused the car to swerve onto the shoulder strike a telephone pole and slide down an embankment. They were returning from a cousin’s wedding.
County Court records show multiple pleas and fines in Ottawa Kansas. Defendants include Vicki Everson 19 fined ten dollars for improper passing near Ottawa August 4 and Cornelius Boston 51 fined ten for failing to reduce speed north of Ottawa August 4. Others include James Fitzgerald 43 found guilty for running a stop sign August 10 and Albert Sullard 71 jailed for drunken driving August 11 with total fines of two hundred dollars. Additional entries list ward notices and local auctions including Printy and Son weekly auctions in Ottawa.
Two cars collided Saturday in the 300 block of North Main causing total damages of 190 dollars. Harry L. Claye borne, 45, of 720 Lincoln, was driving southbound and passed a parked car on his right. He struck John L. Lyon, 58, of Waverly, who was in a second car. Lyon’s vehicle sustained 107 dollars of damage and Claye borne’s car 90 dollars.
Obituaries for Virginia Elizabeth McGhee 33 of Ottawa and others list services at Towner's Chapel along with burial details. Recipients include Clifford McElvain 82 Wellsville and Edna Evelyn Scott 66 Ottawa, with kin in multiple states, and Lon Dietrich 87 Ottawa whose career spanned oil drilling and community service. Memorials to cancer funds and church affiliations noted.
Funeral services for Jack D Day 39 and his father Harry W Day 61 of 1004 S Hickory will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dengel and Son Mortuary with Rev. Harvard Wilbur of Lawrence officiating. Burial at Highland Cemetery. They died in a car crash near Burlington Colorado early Saturday. Jack was Ottawa Herald advertising manager and a lifelong Ottawa resident born June 17 1927. He graduated from Ottawa High School and Ottawa University served in the U S Navy in World War II. He is survived by his mother Loretta Day two sisters Helen Coldsnow Overland Park and Carol Ann Hiatt Ottawa and his grandmothers named in the missing portion.
Elmer Plistil farmer age 49 of near Lyndon died Saturday afternoon at his home. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville with Rev. Clarence Harder officiating. Burial in Gardner Cemetery. Born April 24 1917 in Cedar Rapids Iowa he moved to Kansas in 1920 and to Lyndon area five months ago. Surviving sisters Georgia O Connor Paola and Anna Smith Gardner. He was a member of the Lyndon Saddle Club and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Ottawa.
Police report lists MEREJILDO B Garcia 21 Mulberry charged Saturday for excessive exhaust noise in the 1200 block of South Main. LEO J BUTELL 20 Baldwin charged Sunday with careless driving in the 1600 block of South Main. KAREN S Herrmann 19 Locust cited Sunday and charged with driving while license suspended in the 1600 block of South Main. GARY L Wannamaker 18 Kansas City Kan charged Sunday with speeding in the 300 500 block of North Main. RICHARD L Morrow 19 Wellsville charged with excessive exhaust noise Saturday in the 700 block of South Main.
Robert M. Taylor of Rantoul and Mary Jane Troutman of Ottawa obtained a marriage license. Dean H. Hamilton Jr. age 19 of Princeton and Carol Ann Grauel age 17 of Ottawa also secured a marriage license.
Richard Brown 18 from 728 West 5th hit a legally parked car in the 400 block of South Hickory after attempting to activate windshield wipers to clear a fogged windshield. Bennie A. Talley of 119 East Std owned the other car. no one was in it and Brown was uninjured.
A special election will be held September 6 in Ottawa Kansas to decide on issuing general obligation bonds up to 185000 for Forest Park improvements including a swimming pool. Polling places are distributed across the city wards with precise precinct locations listed.
Funeral services for Jack D. Day and Harry W. Day well known Ottawa residents will be held from the Mortuary Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Harvard Wilbur officiating. Interment Highland Cemetery. Rosary will be recited from the Mortuary Tuesday at 8 p.m. Funeral services for Lon Dietrich longtime Ottawa resident will be held from Sacred Heart Catholic Church Wednesday at 9 a.m. Rev. Robert A. Burger officiating. Interment Mt Calvary Cemetery.
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