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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1975
Page
3
A small blaze erupted at a local fort drawing firefighters and residents to the scene. No injuries reported as crews contained the fire and secured surrounding areas amid ongoing evening activity. Authorities are investigating the cause and assessing damages to facilities nearby.
A post nuptial reception honoring Mr and Mrs Neal Baker will run from 1 pm to 3 pm Sunday at Pomona United Methodist Church. The Bakers wed September 27 1974 in Turkey and returned August 14. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Baker of Pomona and she the daughter of Hodie Gunter of Netherland Texas. Friends and relatives are invited.
Socialites hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reams included Mrs. Delmar Kern and Larry of Holden Missouri. A surprise party for Mr. Reams drew Reuben Sullivan and family from Topeka, with Stella, Beckman, Potts and others from Missouri and Kansas City. A luncheon at 744 S Cedar honored Mrs. M W Fishburn’s birthday with guests from Topeka Ottawa Richmond. Visited by Amos Pitts and Charles Pitts from Long Beach and Fabius respectively. Also notes on guests at the Pedrow home and the Stephens family visiting from Ord Nebraska. Sandwich prep tips advise freezing first to keep bread fresh and thaw by noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Derstler of Spring Hill announce an eight pound son named Jason Allan born August 16 at St. Luke's Hospital Kansas City. The family plans to join father in Norway in six weeks. Grandparents listed from Garnett Richmond and Paola. An Aug 15 Paola baby weighs seven pounds eight ounces at Miami County Hospital. Brandon Dwayne Weiss born August 16 at Stormont-Vail Topeka weighing six pounds 12 ounces. Additional relatives from Quenemo Lyndon and surrounding areas.
About twenty years ago Pat Coates and daughter Sandi Piccini founded a food cooperative to beat high costs and avoid big conglomerates. It grew from 17 to 34 families and then moved from homes to a South San Francisco warehouse to accommodate dozens of artists offering painstrings sculptures antique furniture and even an aquarium. The UPW met at First United Presbyterian Church for a luncheon and program with Agnes Shibe Bertha Johnson and Eva Dale. Today Shaun Erik Butts celebrates his first birthday, son of Steven and (unnamed) Butts with relatives including Norman Moore and Clyde Butts families in Sycamore and Fort Smith Arkansas Overbrook and Topeka connections appear among great-grandparents.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Sloop of Lyndon celebrate fifty years with an open house from 2 30 to 4 p m Sunday at United Methodist Church Lyndon Hosts include their children and families from Onaga Sunrise Beach Mo Lyndon Topeka Osage City Pomona Ostrander Bel Air Ottawa and more plus 33 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
At the meeting Mrs. Maxine McCall presented the slate for the coming year. Elaine Dyer will preside as president with Barbara Hickman as vice president, Mary Alice Hintz as secretary, and Janet Coffman as treasurer. Lucy Crites led a program on counseling families before credit is extended.
Nell Barnaby and Robert Likai were married Sunday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the First Baptist Church. Rev. Jim McCrossen officiated. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Bill Baldwin of Ottawa. The couple departed for Seattle Washington. Likai is a retired manager with the Seattle Home Office of Jackovich Tractor and Equipment Co. with ties to Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska. Mrs Likai formerly directed the Ottawa Library.
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