Ottawa Board Seeks Auto for Driver Education Bids
Ottawa Kansas Board of Education invites sealed bids for an automobile suitable for driver education. Specifications are at the senior high building office. Bids due by 5 PM Friday August 26 1955. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids. W D Bemmels president. Also local notes on Eugene Hoyt hospital stay mumps prize winner at county fair and local military transfers.
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Board of Education
Ottawa
Kansas
Ifithe
Ottawa County Notices and Local Updates
Undersheriff Dean Driscoll appeared in county court yesterday with two Ottawa men. Johnny Ross was fined 10 dollars plus costs for lacking a valid driver’s license. Roy Johnson got a 15 day jail term for being drunk on a public highway. Pratt-Glen A. Hayward visits Pratt staying with Mr. and Mrs. Luke Mobray. Mrs. Mobray’s mother, Ollie Amstot, remains hospitalized with condition similar to prior reports. Trip items note Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bush Jr of Quenemo returning from a two week westward trip totaling over 5,000 miles across 12 states. Coffey county polio cases involve three children from Strawn area hospitalized in Emporia. Kathy Traw, age 8, received both Salk vaccines. Burlington rain ranged from one inch to over three inches aiding crops. Kayette club members from Ottawa High School attended a camp at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City. Coach Paul Andree spoke to the Sertoma club on Ottawa University football prospects. guests Reid Harder and Jack Reams attended. Gerald Ragin of Waverly underwent acute appendicitis surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia and is recovering well. Mrs. Gilliland formerly lived in Ottawa. Cliff Reynolds and wife moved to 925 Ash from 511 East Std. Shuler moved to 918 Willow.
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Ottawa
Dean Driscoll
Johnny Ross
Roy Johnson
Gerald Ragin
Frances Gilliland
Waverly
St. Mary’s Hospital
Emporia
Gilliland
Hospital Notes Admitted and Births Reported
Admitted include Charles Disque Baldwin Mrs August Tersiner 611 Ash Mrs Howard Larson 806 W 5th Births Mr and Mrs John F Bronson Lyndon daughter born Monday weight 7 lb 10 oz Mr and Mrs Ronald Brown Wellsville daughter born Monday weight 8 lb Dismissed Richard Mendell 316 S Mulberry Monday Mrs Bert Krull 302 S Sycamore Mrs Robert Keim and baby daughter 712 Grant Mrs Walter Red Williamsburg Mrs Lonnie McCain Rantoul Mrs John Embry Richmond Mrs Dale McWilson and baby daughter Route 1 Mrs Robert Redick and baby daughter 843 S Cherry today
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Charles Disque
Baldwin
August Tersiner
Ash
Howard Larson
John F. Bronson
Lyndon
Ronald Brown
Wellsville
Richard Mendell
S. Mulperry
Bert Krull
S. Sycamore
Robert Keim
Grant
Walter Red
Wil Hamsburg
Lonnie McCain
Rantoul
John Embry
Richmond
Dale McWilson
Route 1
Robert Redick
S. Cherry
Death of Elmer Pickert Chief Metalsmith in Navy
Elmer Pickert 36, chief metalsmith in the U S Navy, died August 15 at the U S Naval hospital San Diego after 17 years of service. Son of Mr and Mrs John Pickert of two miles northeast of Garnett. Rosary held at Pickett home. burial Monday in National cemetery Fort Leavenworth. Born at Redstock farm near Richmond. attended Round Prairie school.
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Elmer Pickert
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Navy
John Pickert
Garnett
Rosary
Pickett
Bu‘rial
National Cemetery
Ft. Leavenworth
El‘mer
Redstock
Richmond
Round Prairie School
Frances Asher 75 dies in Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mrs Frances Asher 75 died yesterday in Lawrence Memorial Hospital She was the wife of Henry Asher Lawrence attorney born Frances Brockway Wellsville Married June 30 1908 and lived in Lawrence since then Survived by husband one son in Long Beach California three grandsons and brother George Selden Wellsville Funeral services set for Wednesday at 330 pm at Rumsey Funeral Home Lawrence Cremation to follow
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Frances Asher
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Henry Asher
Lawrence
Frances D. Brockway
Wellsville
Long Beach
Cailif
George Selden
Rumsey Funeral Home
Lengthy illness ends for Mrs Hoffman in Osage City
Mrs Nancy Hoffman 75 of rural Vassar died yesterday in an Osage City nursing home after 12 years of failing health. Born August 2, 1880 she lived at her present home since 1921. Widow of William Hoffman she is survived by one son Arthur Hoffman of Osage City and five grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. Shaffer Mortuary Lyndon with burial in Valley Brook Cemetery located 344 miles southwest of Overbrook.
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Nancy Hoffman
Vassar
Osage City
William Hoffman
Arthur Hoffman
Shaffer Mortuary
Lyndon
Valley Brook Cemetery
Overbrook
Automobile Route Note From Ottawa on U S 50
A fragment notes a date August 31 and an individual J W Schoon of Ottawa on U S 50 followed by September 3 and Franklin Co. Tinneivet. The text appears as a brief travel or route reference with limited context and no clear event.
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J. W. Schoon
Ottawa
U.S
Franklin Co. Tinneivet
Markets At A Glance Chicago Wheat Firm and Hogs Slide
Markets at a glance show higher rails and chemicals lifting stocks while bonds stay steady. Cotton is irregular with near term hedging. corn remains easy though rally is paused. oats steady as May gains help. Hog prices drop 50 to 5 cents, top 17.15, cattle steers steady to weak with a top 24.75. Columbia and California universities enroll over 1,200 foreign students each. Gliders reach maximum altitude possible without pressurized cabins.
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W. D. Bemmels
Eugene Hoyt
Princeton
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Johnnie Stevens
Harold K. Stevens
Kansas City
al c
Clyde Berger
Lincoln
Nebr
John A. Berger
Pomona
Seewart Afb
Tenn
Air Force
Bergers
Cletus L. Wilson
Luray
Kas
Davis - Monthan Afb
Tucson
Ariz
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Franklin County
Barbara James
Elm
Jesse Brown
LaWanda Leach
Marvin Walker
St. Joseph Hospital
Louis H. Dengel
Moler
Moler Mae Chappell
Paine
Pratt
Glen A. Hayward
Luke Mobray
Charles Bush, Jr
Quenemo
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Strawn
Coffey County
Newman Hospital
Kathy Traw
Burlington Area
Rock Springs
Ranch
Junction City
Marilyn Merritt
Elizabeth Keller
Alberta Baldwin
Judy Lee
Carolyn Christie
Marilyn Beeson
Nancy Scott
Karen Sue Mock
Cheryl Max
Sandra Bundy
Elizabeth Jensen
Paula Schmanke
Paul Andree
Sertoma Club
Ottawa University
Reid Harder
Jack Reams
Cliff Reynolds
East Std
Ashi
George Shuler
Shuler
Willow
Lamb Funeral Home
America
Mairitizer
Mrs
A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Wilson St
Fred
Ida Thomas
West
2Nd &J
Jack Nelson
Ottawa Market
Wilson
Anderson County
Neill George
Yates Center
Albert Stewart & Son Farm
Albert
Harold
Russell Everson
North
Homewood
North Homewood
Rex Berndt
Lewis F. Hull
Princeton Cemetery
Franklin Co
Sale, Wilson and
R Tue
Over
Harold van Horn
Ben Printy
N. Main
Aiena
Richardson
Chicago
May
Columbia University
The
University of California
Douglas Bros
Hutchison
Mertie M. Hutchison
Towner’s Chapel
Joke Towner
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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