Golden Wedding Observed for Averills Near Ottawa
Mr and Mrs Joe Averill of seven miles southeast of Ottawa celebrate their Golden Wedding with an Aug 25 open house at daughter Mrs Glen O Macks home 822 S Mulberry Friends invited 2 to 5 pm The couple wed Aug 21 1907 at Wellsville Their family includes three children and several grandchildren with many relatives attending the reception honoring about 50 guests including Zora and Frances Rhoades and others from Wellsville Ottawa and distant cities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Averill
Ottawa
Glen O. Mack
S. Mulberry
China May McMath
Mary L. McMath
Wellsville
Edna Everett
Frank Averill
Frank Averills
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Averill
Union Chapel
Mary Quee Mock
LeRoy Teter
Cheryl Mock
Joseph Wayne Averill
Carolyn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert McMath Averill
Peter
Bobbie
Ann
Washington, D. C
Zora
Frances Rhoades
Lou Cavett
Waverly Rhoades
John Rhoades
Harvey Rew
Hazel Wagner
Kingman
Fred Rhoades
Paola
Charles Averill
Boynton Beach
Rose Seager
Kansas City
A. C. Lidikay
Merle Nicholes
Mary Chandler
California
Lesson On Strength For Ruhamah Women’s Mission Society
Ruhamah Women’s Mission Society held a Thursday meeting at the church with topic Reservoirs of Strength led by Mrs Clete Shenk assisted by Mrs Froggatte, Mrs Haney, Mrs Hamilton and Miss Adams. Devotional by Mrs Spratt titled Patience. They reported 27 calls, voted to buy baptismal robes and serve only simple refreshments, and plan a milk fund to aid a child overseas. Silver offering was 4 dollars 46 cents. others present listed, with visitors Billy Joe Spratt and Paul Willis Haney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhamah Women’s Mission Society
Clete Shenk
Grover Froggatte
Ralph Haney
Dean Hamilton
Edith Adams
Honor Bride-To-Be Sharon Starr At Holton Shower
Honor guest Sharon Starr of Holton was feted at a Friday bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Richard Pearson and Mrs. D. C. Whitaker at the Pearson home. Miss Starr and Dick Crites plan marriage on Sept. 7. Guests included Mrs. James Starr, Mrs. Verne Alden, Mrs. George Hoglund, Mrs. Dick Hoglund, Carrilee Shipps, and many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Starr
Holton
Richard Pearson
D. C. Whitaker
Pearson
Miss Starr
Dick Crites
James Starr
Verne Alden
Wellsville
George Hoglund
Dick Hoglund
Overland Park
Carrilee Shipps
Rantoul
Rantoul: the Mines
Russell Crites
W. S. Conger
Glenn Wicke
Homer Henning
Jd. F. Barr
A. T. Harkins
E. W. Crandall
John N. Carter
Phil McCracken
Floyd Snider
Lewis Bell
Forrest Nicewander
James Kahler
Elmer Bell
Roy Lambert
Don Woodward
Bob Brockus
Eddie Boyer
Nathan Gatlin
Wiliam Russell
Pansy Rule
Cay Crites
Nitcher Family Reunion Held in Pomona Park
The annual Nitcher family reunion gathered Sunday in Pomona with Kenneth and family in charge. A basket dinner followed by pictures and visiting. The 1958 reunion is planned for Lawrence at Keith and family Nitcher’s home on the third Sunday in August. Numerous Nitcher relatives from Ottawa Richmond Wichita Greenwood Lawrence Quenemo and other towns attended or were listed as present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nitcher
Pomona
Kenneth Nitcher
Teddy
Tommy
Keith Nitcher
Albert Nitcher
Bruce Fleming
Danny
Jimmy
Nancy
Alice] Baxter
Ottawa
Harold Shomber
Henry Shomber
Ralph Nitcher
Ronnie
Anita Sue
Wichita
S. A. Nitcher
Richmond
Edgar Nitcher
Keith
Gene Nitcher
Pat
Williamstown
Ben Nitcher
Walt Nitcher
Ethel Lindsey
Gerald Lindsey
Patsy
Gary
Michael
Clara Nitcher
Margaret McNees
Lorenzo Nitcher
Lorraine
Jeanette
Lee
Greenwood
Charles Fu‘qua
Michigan Valley
Orvel Nitcher
Quenemo
Clare Sowers
James
Merlin
Robert
Williamsburg
Ver] Rodgers
Rantoul
Sandra
Bobby
Johnnie
Lawrence
Trip to Colorado by Floribel Lancaster
Miss Floribel Lancaster returns from a 12 day vacation in Colorado's San Luis Valley. She visited Monte Vista with cousins Libbie Johns and Roswell Johns and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Homer McAninch in Del Norte. She saw Creede, Farmers Union reservoir, source of the Rio Grande, and Canon City home of Mrs. Rebecca Gray Stienmier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floribel Lancaster
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Libbie Johns
Roswell Johns
Monte Vista
del Norte
Homer McAninch
Creede
Farmers Union Reservoir
Rio Grande River
Rebecca Gray Stienmier
Canon City
Bridal Shower Honors Jeanie Anderson Before Her Sept婚
A bridal shower for Jeanie Anderson honored ahead of her September 15 wedding to Jarold Patterson of Garnett. Hostesses Louann Lawrance and Cora Dunn hosted at Mrs. H. W. Kunard’s home with pink and white streamers and a bride doll on the gift table. Prizes in games were won by Mrs. Ruth Hoopes, Mrs. LeRoy Teter, and Mrs. Wayne Kunard. attendees included Wayne Anderson, Lee Patterson, Bill Adcock, Leta Dunn, W. H. Williams, Beth Batdorf, Eula May Cartmill, Reba Salsbury, Pat Hay, and Nancy Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanie Anderson
Jarold Patterson
Garnett
Louann Lawrance
Cora Dunn
H. W. Kunard
Ruth Hoopes
LeRoy Teter
Wayne Kunard
Wayne Anderson
Lee Patterson
Bill Adcock
Leta Dunn
Ikenberry Family Reunion Held at North Baptist Church
The 27th annual Ikenberry reunion gathered Sunday in the basement of North Baptist Church with Sam Eikenberry giving the invocation and a basket dinner. Officers Otis Ikenberry president Dave Ikenberry vice president Helen Torkelson secretary treasurer were elected and next year’s reunion set for the third Sunday in August at the same location. Relatives from Coffeyville Lawrence Liberty Cherryvale Pomona Ottawa Wellsville Overbrook and other towns attended, including George Dillon Cindy Dillon Otis Ikenberry Linda Sue Bobby and Donald Humcerick and numerous Eikenberry family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikenberry
North Baptist Church
Sam Eikenberry
Otis Ikenberry
Dave Ikenberry
Helen Torkelson
Clyde Ellison
Cheryl
S. J. Eikenberry
Eldon Eikenberry
Julia
Irene
Jim
Coffeyville
Clarence Parker
Ira Tkenberry
Arvin Powell
Roger
Karen
Lawrence
Kenneth Eikenberry
Liberty
Reed Eikenberry
Kathryn
Kent
Josephine Eikenberry
Cherryvale
George Dillon
Cindy Dillon
Pomona
Jerry Ellmore
Kansas City
Linda Sue
Bobby
Donald Humcerick
Overbrook
Paul Heck
Wellsville
Henry Gilroy
Greg
Paula Jo
Clarence Keith
Ann
J. F. Heckman
Andy Reed
Nancy
C. W. Heckman
Ottawa
Birthday Dinner at Rawlie Price Home
A Sunday birthday dinner was held at the Rawlie Price residence south of Homewood to honor Mrs. Price. Attendees included T. A. Huddlestun’s family, Earl Huddlestun Sr. and Jr., Glen Huddlestun, Charley Huddlestun and family, Jackie Huddlestun of Kansas City, Elmer Louderback and family from Ottawa, Grant Carey and family, and Dean Price among others. Mrs. Huddlestun remained bedfast at the Price home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlie Price
Homewood
Mrs. Price
T. A. Huddlestun
Price
Charley Huddlestun
David
Jimmy
Charley
W. P. Huddlestun
Earl Huddlestun
Glen Huddlestun
Earl Huddlestun Jr
Jackie Huddlestun
Jackie
Kansas City
Kansas
Elmer Louderback
Joyce
Wayne
Ottawa
Grant Carey
Robert
Wilma
Dean Price
Women to voice housing views at Washington meeting
About a hundred women will attend an October Washington session on housing under the Women’s Housing Congress. The event, backed by the nation’s second largest home building industry, aims to link home ownership with family budgets and emotional well being. Psychologists and financial experts stress housing quality affects daily life, including heat, insulation, lighting, and color. A note from Topeka’s Mrs. C M Carlson recalls Alba Ashby from a 1899 Ottawa High School class of 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Women’s Housing Congress
WHC Inc
C. M. Carlson
1635
College ,Ave
Topeka
Ellen Anderson
Ottawa
Hewitt
The
Herald
Alba Ashby
Ottawa High School
Topeka Resident Recounts Schoolhouse Move and Banquet
A local resident recalls building a new schoolhouse and scattered classes with rooms at the Herald office and North side schoolhouse while noting a Penny store banquet. She mentions 102 S. Elm where she still lives and a Topeka residence since 1951, amid various trip anecdotes and a hospital resort doctor tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
North Side
Penny
S. Elm
Topeka
Traffic Toll Topeka KS in 1957 Fatalities Listed
Ottawa Herald reports state accident records show 313 traffic fatalities in the first eight months of 1957 with 398 for the same period in 1956. Data covers Topeka area and statewide figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
Kansas
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Frank Fahey
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Leonard Allen
Roberta Ceriale
Nancy Fahey
Carl Wemmer
Princeton
Mae Murphy
Richard Mathews
W. H. Geiler
Willow
Wyoming
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Clifford Blunt
J. R. Blunt
Harold Letchworth
Eunice Walker
Frankie
J. R. Baldwin
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Max Ward
M. R. Holland
Christine
Cynthia
Beth
Minneapolis
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Ward
Don Ward
Stephen and
Douglas
James H. Toohy
Marjorie Anne
Commack
Long Island
N. Y
Maggie Myers
Toohy
Marjorie Myers
Major Toohy
U.S.M.C
Garden City
Bob Robinson
VFW Auxiliary Hospital
Winter General Hospital
Jim Robinson
L.M.S
LGIS
Albright Sewing Circle
Gascon
Hones
S. Main
Thas
Ottawa Herald Age
Buster Brown
Buster Browns
Tana Rickardson
Kanse
Huderson House
Prissy
Missy
Dallas
Prissy Missy
Huderson
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