Ottawa area briefs from community notices
Mrs Charles Pierce of Wellsville suffered a mouth injury last week assisting in moving a wardrobe when a door opened and struck her lips and jaw. Claron Cordle entered KU Medical Center for sinus surgery and was released. Jon Pritchard finished basic training at Fort Leonard Wood and will be stationed at Fort Devens after a Detroit visit. Franklin County students and staff appear in local education and military news, including scholarships and promotions. Community events include a stock car race ad, a church talk, a dispersal sale, and a wildlife club meeting to discuss possible lake sites.
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Charles Pierce
Wellsville
Jon Pritchard
Ft. Leonard Wood
Neal Pritchard
Mrs. Pritchard
Detroit
Ft. Devens
Mass
Willamsburg Wild Life Club
Williamsburg
Deaths of Daniel Goodrick and others in area
Daniel W Goodrick 89 longtime Admire farmer died at Emporia Hospital after years of ill health. Born Oct 26 1869 near La Cygne he lived in Admire 64 years served three terms as state representative. Survived by three daughters a son nine grandchildren 12 great grandchildren one sister and one brother. Services Sunday 2:30 p.m. Admire Methodist Church burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Also reported Mrs Gertrude Melinda Ross 82 died at daughter’s home in Quenemo after a year of poor health born Hooker Mo Dec 27 1696 married Jesse Ross 1913 survived by five daughters four sons and other relatives. Services Saturday 2 p.m. Shaffer Mortuary Lyndon burial Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona. Also Mrs Hattie E Wilson 81 Ottawa resident died yesterday at Ram Som Memorial Hospital. Former Enid court stenographer lived in Ottawa since 1950 born June 22 1878 near Lenexa daughter of John W and Laura E Russell. She married E A Johnson 1901 who died earlier and later Skipp R Wilson who died 1949. Surviving: two stepdaughters eight step grandchildren one sister and one brother. Services Sunday 2 p.m. McVey-Den gel Mortuary burial Princeton Cemetery.
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Daniel W. Goodrick
Daniel W
Goodrick
Emporia Hospital
la Cygne
Admire
James K
Martha (Baker) i Goodrick
Pear
Sophrona Prentice
Church of God
Edna Alban
Garnett
Blanche Johnston
Lyndon
Alice Hill
Glendale
Calif
Daniel L
Los Angeles
Rena Kellerman
Raton
N. M
Alphon
Neosho
Admire Methodist Church
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Gertrude Melinda Ross
Pansy Webister
Quenemo
Parsons
Open Bible Church
Hooker
Jesse Ross
Webster
Rena Endicott
Eliza Davis
Edwardsville
Shaffer Mortuary
Wood
Lawn Cemetery
Pomona
Hattie E. Wilson
Ramsom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Enid
Okla
Lenexa
John W
Laura E. (Wyatt) Russell
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University Business Department
E. A. Johnson
Skipp R. Wilson
Wilson
Methodist Church
Union
Robert Gardner
Blue Springs
Harold Brown
Corning
Iowa
Owen Fowler
J. Dumont Russell
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Princeton Cemetery
Family Plan For College Attendance At Portland College
In Portland Oregon the University of Portland will start a family plan this fall. President Rev Howard Kenna explains that if several family members attend together one pays full tuition of 660 dollars, the second two thirds, and the third one third. Additional family members attend free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
University of Portland
Howard Kenna
Commission to probe Kansas City fire fight fallout
Mayor H Roe Bartle will name a three man commission to investigate Tuesday's gasoline fire in Kansas City Kansas two firemen died and 17 were hospitalized. The panel will hear testimony and report to the city council while fire chief Edgar M Grass remains in post amid ongoing controversy. The disaster fund for victims has surpassed $22 000 as donations pour in.
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Kansas City
H. Roe Bartle
Kan
Bartle
Kansas Cition
Commission
Edgar M. Grass
Southwest Boulevard
Harry A. Ejile
Grass
Reed McKinley
Eib
Greater
City Hall
Edgar Grass
Greeley Schools Prepare for 1959-60 Opening
Greeley Elementary and High Schools plan to open August 31 under Superintendent James Morgan Jr. with two new teachers joining a six member high school and three member elementary staff. Ruth Harrison from Welda will lead primary grades. Louis Schweizer, Kansas State Teachers College graduate, will teach science and math at the high school alongside Milton Long who will teach music and driver education. Greeley is a class A high school.
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Greeley
James Morgan Jr
Ruth Harrison
Welda
Morgan
Anderson County
Louis Schweizer
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Schweizer
Westphalia
Milton Long
Gadget May Warn Of Radiation
UCLA chemist Dr Willard F Libby told a Los Angeles City Council meeting that a penny size siren device could be built into portable radios for about 15 dollars to warn of dangerous radiation. He said thousands of lives could be saved in an atomic attack.
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Los Angeles
Willard F. Libby
UCLA
Atomic Energy Commission
Ike Plays Early Round at Gettysburg Golf Club
President Eisenhower played an early morning round at Gettysburg Country Club with George E. Allen ahead of a trip to Washington to proclaim Hawaii the 50th state and unfurl the new 50 star flag. The outing began about 7:40 a.m. with the two on the course.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Hawaii
George E. Allen
Gettysburg Country Club
Whites Win Memphis Election Ends All-Negro Campaign
In Memphis Tennessee the first all out Negro political contest faced a surge of white unity as William W Farris led the Unity Ticket to victory over Russell B Sugarman Jr a 30 year old Negro lawyer in the public works race Sugarman trailed by about 23000 votes amid a turnout of 129868 far exceeding the previous city record The Rev Ben L Hooks a Negro candidate for juvenile judge also lost by about 21000 votes running against three white rivals
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Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi River
Deep South
Russell B. Sugarman Jr
Public Works
Sugarmont
William W. Farris
Ben L. Hooks
Couple charged in starving infant death in San Antonio
In San Antonio, Manuel Quesada, 55, and Francisco Martinez Quesada, 39, were charged with starving 2 month old Juan Quesada to death. Justice of the Peace Albert Trevino spoke as bonds were posted on murder charges. Detectives described finding Juan's body in a cotton blanket. a mother with no money for a doctor admitted medical care was scarce, while a large television set was cited as an expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Justice of the Peace
Albert Trevino
Manuel Quesada
Francisco Martinez Quesada
Robert Hausman
Juan
Frank Castillon
Castillon
Grain and Cattle Markets Report From Kansas City AP
Kansas City AP reports grains with mixed bids across wheat corn and soybeans, No. 2 hard wheat near 1.95, milo and kafir to about 2.04, soybeans around 1.95. Wheat futures closed modestly higher up to 4 cents with oats and barley noted. KC livestock market shows cattle and calves uneven, hogs up to 60 cents higher on barrows and gilts, sow prices steady to higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Milo Matze
Secoss
Ossece Lstig
Wsocess
Reece
KC Livestock
Kanbas City
Gov Docking Honored at Kansas City Dinner
More than 400 Democrats gathered at the Johnson County Community Center in Mission to honor Gov George Docking during a dinner tied to the dedication of the Johnson Drive interchange on the 16th Street Expressway. Docking avoided specifics on his political future, saying he aims to advance the Kansas Democratic Party and serve in any capacity. Johnson County Democratic chairman Sylvester Powell Jr. urged that Docking run for a major office next year.
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Kansas City
Kas
Johnson County
Mission
George Docking
Johnson Drive
16Th Street
Docking
Kansas
Sylvester Powell, Jr
Mental Patient Causes Rampage in Rush County Jail
Daren Wagner, 22, a mentally disturbed prisoner from near Otis, wrecked jail facilities in a four hour rampage at Rush County jail using bare hands. He burned three mattresses, tore out plumbing, and used broken benches as battering rams. Subdued with tear gas and gas grenades by Sheriff Loreen Parker and Ellis County deputies, no injuries were reported. Wagner’s father sought admission to the state mental hospital at Larned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kas
Rush County
Daren Wagner
Otis
Spieces
Loreen Parker
Wagner
Ellis County
Clarence Worth
Hays
Worth
State Mental Hospital
Larned
Inmate Bound Over For Trial In Fire At Jail
James Franks a 54 year old county jail inmate charged with trying to burn down the jail was bound over to District Court for trial in the September term. No damage was reported from the fire which began in a north side window on the top floor Wednesday. Bond set at $2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Franks
Franks
Helicopters Search Libyan Desert for WWII Bomber Crew
In Wiesbaden Germany AP reports two helicopters moved deep into the Libyan desert to locate the remains of a bomber crew missing since 1943 after a B24 crash during a Naples raid. The wreck was found by mining prospects and reportedly shows the crew perished in the wastelands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
Naples
Hospital Notes Admits and Births in Local Posts
Hospital notes list admissions including Lisa Harkins of 422 W sth Mrs Margaret Craig RFD 2 Baldwin John Doudna 201 N Oak Mrs Roger Monfort RFD 2 Pomona Robert Jones Lilly nursing home and more births Mr and Mrs Raymond Houston Jr Lane a son born Thursday weight nine pounds. dismissals include David Wayne Flora Williamsburg transferred to Kansas City hospital. Mrs Frank Rose and baby son Hoodstraveler Court Robert Story 748 S Sycamore. other names and addresses noted.
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Lisa
Harkins
Margaret’ Craig
Baldwin
John. Doudna
N. Oak
Roger Monfort
Pomona
Robert Jones
Lilly Nursing Home
Raymond A. Houston Jr
Lane
David Wayne Flora
Williamsburg
Kansas City Hospital
Frank Rose
Baby Son
Hood’s Trailer Court
Robert Story
S. Sycamore
Vicky Fannin
RFD
Elsa Towe
Nelson Hotel
Joe’ Morris
W. 3Rd
J. W. Topping
S. Locust
Charles
Fawl and Bailey Son
Overbrook
Ernest KE. Krause
E. “Wilson
Kenneth New
Richmond
Traffic Toll Increases As Accidents Rise In 1959
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities tallied by the State Accident Records Section show 367 deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. to date in 1959, up from 332 in the comparable period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
A.m
Notice of Admin Appointment and Hearing on Sell Real Estate
In Franklin County Kansas a probate court appointed Richard O. Skoog as administrator of Joel C. Lund deceased. Creditors heirs and others are notified to file claims within nine months from first publication and a petition seeks court order to sell Lots 1,3,5 Block 49 Lots 25,27 Block 36 and 30,32,34,36 Block 36 City of Ottawa to pay debts taxes and administration costs. The hearing is set for September 2 1959 at 10 a.m. in Ottawa Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate Court
Franklin County
Kansas
Joel C. Lund
Probate
Ottawa
Richard O. Skoog
Personal ad notes a Rizanon group contact in Ottawa
A personal notice lists a Rizanon group contact in Ottawa with a phone listing CH 24120 and location Kangos. The fragmentary ad mentions a group and a specific contact method, suggesting a social or organizational listing despite limited readable details.
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Ottawa
Kangos
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