Local briefs and notices roll through Ottawa area
Small items report service offerings in town. piano tuning by Jay Ellis. Drake's Bakery promotes fresh baked goods. Stafford books and school supplies. Army rotates units from Germany to Fort Carson. Marine recruit training ends in San Diego. Cole Picnic, Youth Fellowship, and officer elections noted. Local injuries and court actions described. Vacation, club meeting, and radio project updates. Parking lot petition filed with Lawrence officials. Final Legion baseball game tickets on sale for Monday at Forest Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Forest Park
Staffords
Olathe
Lloyd Stafford
Heart of America
Fourth parking area planned for Lawrence
A berefit district is proposed in which property owners in the area would pay half the cost of the lat throne TELOSS meus. The other three parking lots were paid for by the city, but the policy was revised to a 50-30 financing plan. Closing Day, September 3, will be a rest day with Ottawa retailers closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire Street
Lawrence
Teloss
Meus
Ottawa
Deaths and Funeral Notices in Ottawa Area
Lawrence L Nisely 81 longtime Franklin county resident died at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Sara C, son Charles, grandson Robert Nisely in France, great grandson. Funeral Friday at McVey Dengel Mortuary with Highland cemetery burial. Mrs Luther Roberts of Chanute to be buried Memorial Park Cemetery. Ottawa ES chapter member.
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Nisely
Lawrence Nisely
Franklin County
William R. ‘Weber
Highland Cemetery
Ottawa Lodge No
Lawrence L. Nisely
S. Poplar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Watseka
George W
Catherine Green Nisely
Ottawa
Odd Fellow Lodge
Margaret Nisely
Sara C. Nisely
Charles Nisely
Robert L. Nisely
U.S. Air Force
France
McVey - Dengel Mortuary
Wiliam Weber
C.F
Ol‘tawa Lodge
J. L. Rokes
M.G
T. R. Johnson
Luther Roberts
Chanute
Wilson-Johnson
Memorial Park Cemetery
Roberts
Union
Polio Fatal in McPherson City Engineer
McPherson Kansas engineer, 46, who had served the city for six years, died in a Wichita hospital from a spinal polio type. He became ill Sunday night and was taken to the hospital Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPherson
Kas
P—Waller
Smith
Wichita
Wichita Hospital
UL Student Workers Take On Campus Jobs At Ottawa University
Vint Wahler an Ottawa University senior from Fort Scott will assume duties previously held by Dick Thomas who departs for KU business school. Wahler will direct student jobs from Campus Site Neo and call on local businesses to assess part time and odd job work for students.Thomas remains director of the men's west residence hall. Calls for student job inquiries may be made through university channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vint Wahler
Ottawa University
Fort Scott
Dick Thomas
University of Kansas Municipal Administratenschool
Thomas
Sadler
Neo Wil
Thornton Denies Democrat Charges in Senate Race
Former Colorado correspondent Dan Thornton denounces Democratic charges against Republicans as he campaigns for the U S Senate. He praises Eisenhower’s bipartisanship, touts tax relief for all, and cites farm price rises tied to the Republican soil bank program.
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San Francisco OS
Cor
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Party of Peace
Thornon
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thornton
Senate
Eisenhower
Republican Soil Bank
Birth Announcements From Local Hospital Note
Births report two newborn daughters for Mr and Mrs Don Porter with weights 7 lb 1002 and 8 lb 1507 at Williamsburg. Dismissal of Linda Jackman to Topeka hospital on Wednesday. Mrs John A Reid and baby son at 806 N Locust. Jackie Reddick 411 S Oak and Mrs Ida Winkler 524 N Oak listed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Porter
Leo Fischer
Wiliamsburg
Linda Jackman
Pomona
Topeka Hospital
John A. Reid
Jackie Reddick
S. Oak
Ida Winkler
End Search For Missing Plane
London reports rescue planes ended a full scale search for two crew members on a war surplus American bomber that vanished over the North Atlantic en route from Iceland to Scotland. The Air Ministry and U.S. Air Force declared the men presumed lost. The aircraft was being ferried from the United States to France by Capt. W. Gray and navigator D. Jarvis, both of Burbank, California.
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London
North Atlantic
Iceland
Scotland
British
Air Ministry
U.S. Air Force
United States
France
W. Gray
D. Jarvis
Burbank
iCalif
Four From Area On Tax Listing
Ottawa area residents appear on a 1954 income tax refund list with undelivered checks. District Director Gus Koehler urges those named to contact the Internal Revenue service directly to verify identity and receive their checks by mail. Named persons include Allen TD, James General Delivery Osawatomie, H and A Collins Ottawa, LL M and B Gawith Ottawa, and Lloyd G Keller 408 North Pearl Paola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Gus G. Koehler
Internal Revenue
Wichita
Allen TD
James
Osawatomie
A. Collins
Ll.m
B. Gawith
Lloyd G. Keller
North Pearl
Paola
Reception Honoring Baker President Dr Horn Held in Baldwin
A Baker University reception for retiring president Dr Nelson P Horn and Mrs Horn was held in Baldwin Methodist church by the Baker Faculty Club. Dr Harold Guest, 30-year faculty member, praised Horns leadership while presenting silver candlesticks. The Horns plan to move to La Mesa California for health reasons as Dr W J Scarborough prepares to assume Baker presidency on September 1.
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Scarborough
West Virginia Wesleyan
Buckhannon
New Director Named for Charlton Cottage at Ottawa University
Mrs. E S Mizell of Chelsea Oklahoma and former Ottawan will direct Ottawa University women’s residence Charlton Cottage starting in September. She is widow of Dr FE Mizell who died last June. Mizell replaces Lillian Cobb who resigned to attend school in Greeley Colorado.
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E. S. Mizell
Chelsea
Okla
Charlton Cottage
Ottawa University
FE. S. Mizell
O. U
Garden value claim from Tennessee Extension Service
A Tennessee Extension Service note asserts that half an acre of good garden yields produce worth 325 dollars.
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The
Tennessee Extension Service
Ottawa Boy Wins Third Straight National Music Camp Honor
In Interlochen Michigan a 12 year old Ottawa boy Tom Chappell son of Mrs Dwight R Chappell 166 West Second St was named one of five most outstanding campers in the Intermediate division at the National Music Camp awards assembly. He played trombone in the Intermediate Band and took part in land and water sports. music teacher is Duane Bechtle.
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Interlochen
Mich
Ottawa
Tom Chappell
Dwight R. Chappell
West Second St
Tom
Duane Bechtle
Sale Dates at Various Kansas Auctions Listed
Auction schedule from August to September lists sales by names and locations across Kansas. C A Myers and Son advertises multiple market sales in Centropolis Ottawa Wellsville Overbrook Richmond Pomona and Lawrence with dates from Aug 3 to Sept 6 and contacts for bidding. Alfred Seele and Roberts Market Sale are among other listed events with timing and nearby towns.
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C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Ottawa
Eaith
Lawrence
Joe de Noon
Wellsville
Aura Sink
N. Cherry
Overbrook
Kansas
Bruce Roush
Richmond
Roberts
F Bouth &J
Overbrook livestock sales and regional auctions noted
The notice lists Overbrook livestock sales every Wednesday and a Tuesday Anderson County sale. It also mentions East Central Kansas Holstein Breeders Association at the County Fair Barn Otawa Kansas and references Bruce Roush and Sept. 3.
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Anderson County
Overbrook
Bruce Roush
Richmond
East Central
Kansas Holstein Breeders Association
Otawa
Kas
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Jay Ellis
Brockway
D. C
Drake's Bakery
U.S
Jacob W. Dragieff
George Dragieff
Princeton
Germany
U. S
Army
9Th Infantry
Dragieff
8Th
Fort Carson
Colo
Sterling A. Goddard
Merritt M. Goddard
Marine Corps Recruits Depot
San Diego
Calif
Camp Pendleton
Cole
Cole School
Older Youth Fellowship
First Methodist Church
Neal Malickey
Europe
Bob Luce
Melvin Cecil
Carolyn Senter
Vis Bennett
F. R. Bennett, Jr
326 Flm
F. R. Bennett, Sr
Gordon Stucker
J. Plaschka
Alice Hurst
Plaschka
John D. Harris
Harris
Dean Driscoll
Don White
Louisiana
Florida
Chippewa Amateur Radio Club
Harry Stern
N. Poplar
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Dale Burns
E. Wilson
N. Main
Raymond Hodson
Elm
William Whitacre
S. Sycamore
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence City Commissioners
Vra
Louis H. Dengel
Grace Desdemona Elder
Quenemo Federated Church
Towner’s Chapel
Hope Cemetery
Joe Towner
Safeco
Alexander Insurance Agency
Kramer Drug Store
Faye O'Bannion
Waverly
Norman Wiliams
Johnson County
Marion L. Matthes
Gardner Lake
State Attorney General's Office
VFW
Clarence Coffman
Ito
F. M. Clark
Gardner
Barnett
Coffman
Doris Barnett
Ethel Warner
S. Cedar
Lakeside Hospital
Kansas City
Ella Tulloss
Squires Nursing
FE. J. Krasny
Stormont Vail Hospital
Dr. Horn
North Cherry St
Maytag
Frigidaire
Norge
Duncan Phyfe
Sunbeam
General Electric
Laura Sink
Kansas State Bank
Dean Berlin
Jack Nelson
Pomona, Kas
Neill George
Waverly Sale
Highland School
Melvern
Kenneth Miller
Lomile Weer
Quenemo
Daiby
Waverly Sales
Alberta Farm
Albert
Franklin and Locust
Stewart & Son Rt
Harold
J-Stephenson
County Sale
Wison
Petey
Limb Funeral Home
Oawa's
Wading Punemal Mmctors
Simcerare
Ayrshire
C.V
T.B
Bangs
Claude Meyers
Richmond Bank
Ottawa Herald
Litwin
Coats
Men’s Wranglers
Oxfords
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