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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1956
Page
1
Local Herald offers a free Vacation Pack delivering all missed copies while subscribers are away. Also notes community notices from Ice Cream Supper to legion convention travel plans and recent incidents in Ottawa area.
C A Myers and Son announce a series of market and livestock sales across Kansas from Aug 25 to Sept 14. Sales include events at Ottawa Route 4 Aug 25, Lawrence Aug 27 through Sept 6, Wellsville Aug 28, Overbrook Aug 29, Richmond Sept 1, and Pomona Sept 14, with addresses provided for each seller.
Local sale notices list livestock auctions across towns including Overbrook every Wednesday and Waverly each Thursday. Entries reference buyers sellers and locations such as Ottawa Waverly Quenemo Melvern and Hart & Son Ottawa with dates in late August and September.
A Kansas town notices column reports Metheny fines, church dinner postponement, visitors from Brawley and Emmett, vacation returns from California, minor Ottawa fires, church burglars with small takes, Floyd Sherman’s Toy Store move to Pueblo, a nephew’s death notice, a minor traffic fine after a rear-end collision, Rotary club district governor Lowry speaking engagements, and a note on atomic submarine construction using 250 chemicals from argon to zinc chromate.
Hospital notes show admissions for Jack Schulz of Rantoul Danny Braum route 1 Sharon James 230 S Cedar and Tilford Law son Topeka. Births include Mr and Mrs Franklin Sheldon 1334 S Poplar a son born Tuesday weight 8 lb 11 oz. Dismissals list Rose Abbott 836 S Kim Mrs Alfred Mathias Pomona Mrs L E Ginn La Mesa Calif Tuesday. Jack Schulz Rantoul Mrs Arthur Jones 107 S Hickory Ralph Emerson 920 Walnut today.
Mrs Luther Roberts of Chanute formerly Ottawa died unexpectedly at home about 5 30 am Dr Howard F Swain county coroner said death from heart ailment body found by husband Funeral arrangements incomplete Her sister is Mrs Willard Wallace of Ottawa The body taken to Wilson Johnson Mortuary Mrs Grace Desdemona Elder 80 of Quenemo died in Ransom Memorial Hospital last night at 11 o’clock She had been ill nine months born Oct 29 1874 in Pottawatomie county She had two marriages including to Raymond Elder who died May 8 1948
Mrs. Elder, lifelong Kansas resident, worked as stenographer for Muehlebach brewery and at Electric Park. She performed with Patterson's carnival of Paola Ringling Bros. circus and Sells Floto. She ran a theater and dancing school in New York, later a Nashville theater, and the Elders bought a Quenemo farm in 1933. Survived by son Adolph Marion Krueger, granddaughter Virginia Larson, five great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Quenemo Federated church. Pastor G M McIntosh to officiate. Burial in Hope Cemetery Ottawa.
Funeral services for Oscar C. Connor who died August 12 were held at Bethany Baptist Church August 17 with Rev. William Bailey officiating. Pallbearers included Cornelius Aldridge Henry Edwards Wilmer Thompson LeRoy Greene A B Cooper and George Buckner. Roberta Wash sang hymns with Thaida Vann accompanying. Tyson Harvey sounded taps at the cemetery. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
Herbert Hoover, the only living Republican ex president, urged the GOP to adopt a declaration of freedom stressing safeguarding free institutions, world peace, and domestic prosperity. He received a five minute ovation and a gold medal, with Young Republicans waving banners and cheering as he spoke of restoring moral foundations worldwide.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon flew from the Republican convention to Whittier California to be at his father Frank A. Nixon's bedside. The 77 year old man was stricken with an abdominal ailment at 4 a.m. with doctors describing recovery as doubtful. Nixon said he would stay through the day and overnight if conditions permit.
Nixon said he could not confirm returning in time for his scheduled speech accepting his likely renomination. He emphasized he would not know until he talks with the doctor as he arrived back from the convention and showed concern for his father's condition.
Wesley A. D Ewart, representing the U S secretary of agriculture, said Kansas drought aid may take a hay and roughage program. The plan would see seven dollars and fifty cents per ton toward hay purchases for eligible farmers in drought counties. Fifty three Kansas counties are drought designated. The program would not affect existing drought feed measures offering reduced price livestock feed.
In West Palm Beach a stricken Air Force transport plane banked away from a group of homes to an open area where it crashed and burned. Three men were killed and three others were critically injured. Names were withheld until families were notified. Cause undetermined though at least one engine appeared inoperative.
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