Community Notes with Reunions and Local Appointments
Miss Nora Standfast and Georgina Standfast arrived from Southgate California to visit Nora’s mother Mrs George Standfast and sister Mrs C T Ratliff. Cunningham Spencer reunion moved to Labor Day September 7 at Kenneth Cunningham farm east of Richmond. Harry Kelsey Topeka Capital president spoke of speakers including F H Parks Franklin County Historical Society. Beautyland, Mozelle Steele-Bula Cummings ad. W L Kiester and Ward Lavon II Kiester of Basehor visited Wellsville. Kiester addressed Osage County Teachers Institute. Santa Fe carloadings for Aug 22 1959 compare with prior year. Sailors Hess and Pickert noted Army service in Korea and Paris France. Enrollment at Rantoul grade school planned for Monday. Bill Scowden cited DUI. Williamsburg starts Aug 1960. US 59 log violation cited Camden SC resident Bowers. Pomona public schools open Sept 4 half day. regular classes Sept 8. G C Fowler Kansas Wheat Commission spoke at Rotary on wheat promotion. Wheat Commission two years old. HQ in Hutchinson. Dennis Smith reports from Boys State. Dennis Smith sponsored by Rotary. Charles Gonser Janet and Steven Borger Texas guests of Dr L E Greiner. Dr Frank A Trump returned from Hawaii trip. visited La Jolla Albuquerque and Green Mountain Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham Spencer
Kenneth Cunningham
Richmond
Harry Kelsey
Topeka
Kelsey
Ottawa
Mary Waterbury
K. F. Johnson
Ross Spencer
Edna Whitacre
Cunningham - Spencer
F. H. Parks
Franklin County Historical Society
G. C. Fowler
Kansas Wheat Commission
Rotary Club
Commission
Wheat Commission
Hutchinson
Marion Matthews
Herington
Harry Pyle
Kansas City
Robert Shields
E. E. Caylor
Dennis Smith
Boys State
Death Notices Of Mrs Merle Jackson In Missouri
Mr and Mrs Frank Jackson of four miles west of Richmond received news last evening of the death of her sister Mrs Merle Jackson about 47 at Forest City Missouri Her body was found about 8 p m The coroner reports death from a broken neck apparently from an accidental fall The Frank Jacksons have gone to Forest City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jackson
Richmond
Merle Jackson
Forest City
Frank Jacksons
Local Woman Lola Monfort Dies After Illness
Mrs Lola Elizabeth Monfort 60 wife of Roger C Monfort of 3 miles northeast of Pomona died yesterday at 6 pm in Ran som Memorial Hospital after a period of failing health. Born March 31 1899 in Baldwin she was a daughter of Franklin M Hodges and Hattie Brimm. She married Roger C Monfort July 19 1919 in Kansas City Kansas. She was a member of Rich ter Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs George Barnes of 403 S Locust and three sisters Mrs Thomas Bishop Mrs Frances Gander of Slippery Rock Pa and Mrs Lou Andrews of Seward Alaska. Services will be at Lamb Funeral Home Friday at 2 pm with Rev Tom Reborn officiating burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Elizabeth Monfort
Roger C. Monfort
Pomona
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Baldwin
Franklin ‘M
Hattie (Brimm) Hodges
Monfort
Kansas City
Kas
Richter Methodist Church
George Barnes
S. Locust
Thomas Bishop
Frances Gander
Slippery Rock
Lou Andrews
Seward
Alaska
Lamb Funeral Home
Tom Reborn
Woodlawn Cemetery
Break-In Netted Half Dollar at Local Company
The Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co. at 102 S Main was entered last night. Entry used an unlocked washroom window on the south side. Intruders pushed cardboard surrounding the air conditioner to gain entry in the office. About 50 cents taken from the office, police reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co
S. Main
Earthquake Rocks Mexican Gulf Port Injuring 17
A strong quake struck Coatzacoalcos in the Gulf of Mexico early today injuring 17 people and causing severe damage to roads and port installations. Seven others were hurt in a nearby village. The tremor was felt as far as Veracruz, about 150 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatazacoalcos
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Veracruz
Hospital Notes and Births Reported in Local Pages
Admitted Joseph Averill and Amanda Rosenquist listed with addresses. Births include Kenneth Matte at 326 Walnut a Tuesday boy 6 lb 5 oz and Richard Larkin at 320 S Cherry a Tuesday girl 6 lb 12 oz. Larry Hollingsworth at 804 Ash a today boy 9 lb 2 oz. Dismissals include Terry Lawson and Mrs William Yeager with listed addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Averill
RFD
Amanda C. Rosenquist
S. Cedar
Kenneth Matteson
Walnut
Richard Larkin
S. Cherry
Larry Hollingsworth
Ash
Terry Lawson
William Yeager
Funeral Services for Alma Heckman and John Jones
Funeral services were held for Alma Rose Heckman who died Aug 22 at Towner's Chapel with Rev. Howard Woodruff officiating and burial in Welda Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Earl Wall and Robert Heckman among others. active pallbearers listed. Separate service for John W. Jones, who died Aug 23, at McVey Dengel Mortuary with Rev. Tom Reborn Jr. officiating and burial in Evergreen Mound Cemetery. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Rose Heckman
Towner's Chapel
Howard Woodruff
Earl ‘Wall
Cecil Lyons
Robert Hogie
Robert Heckman
Lucky Meisel
Jim Spaulding
O. M. Milliken
David Heckman
Roy Brockus
Arthur ‘Blake
Everett Ewing
Perry Heckman
Alvin Spaulding
Charles Stevenson
Wesley ‘ Dyer
Jo ‘Archer
Welda Cemetery
John W. Jones
McVey- Dengel Mortuary
Tom Reborn Jr
Richard la Nier
Warren Gorton
Clayton Watts
Dan Wolken
Ralph Ward
Roy Jones
A. H. North
Patsy Richardson
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
Mississippi Elects Friend of Faubus
Ross Barnett, 61, a lawyer and militant segregationist, won the Mississippi Democratic runoff for governor. He carried 217,842 votes to 164,170 for Lt. Gov. Carroll Gartin among 1,777 of 1,828 precincts, advocating a solid Southern front on segregation and opposing moderates on racial matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Barnett
Arkansas
Orvald. Faubus
Carroll Gartin
Gartin
Congress Eyes Action as Violence Rises in Washington
Washington lawmakers from both parties decry a spike in street violence with Sen. Alan Bible calling it hoodlumism and noting crimes up 10 to 18 percent. Rep. Omar Burleson proposes using two Marine companies to patrol the capital streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Alan Bible
D-Nev
Senate District Committee
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Slips on Cash Basis
Cattle 1,800 head with calves 200 steady to 50 higher. Steers 1,050 to 1,300 pounds 26.25 to 27.25, good 24.50 to 26.00. Cows 10.75 to 18.25, dealers 27.00 to 30.90. Hogs 3,500 slow. 25 to 35 lower, 200–260 pounds 14.75 to 17.75. 400 pounds down 12.00 to 13.65. Sheep 600 moderately active, steady to 59 lower. lambs 19.00 to 21.00, ewes 4.00 to 15.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wheat and corn prices steady with higher wheat futures
AP reports Kansas City grain prices with No 2 hard and dark hard wheat at 2.04 to 2.43 per unit, No 2 white corn 1.19 to 1.23, No 2 yellow 1.22 to 1.23, oats steady, Milo 1.93 to 2.00, rye 1.15 to 1.19, soybeans 1.96 to 2.04, bran 32.00 to 32.75, shorts 36.00 to 36.75. Wheat futures closed 4 to 14 higher with Sept Dec Mar May quotes and unsettled figures for options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
LP Gas Co. Break-In Leaves $135 Stolen
Approximately $135 was taken from Union LP Gas Co. south of town in a break-in. Entry was gained by breaking a front door pane and unlocking it. back door marks suggested attempts to jimmy the hasp and padlock. The safe lock was knocked off, and employees said the thieves knew what they wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union LP Gas Co
Sheriff's Office
James Gillett
Newsmen Protected if Covering Dollarway School
Sheriff Harold Norton in Pine Bluff Ark says reporters will be protected while covering integration at Dollarway School. Five newsmen reported being stoned by six pupils during registration coverage Tuesday, but Norton called the incident grossly exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff, Ark
Dollarway
Harold Norton
European tourists surge as liners unload thousands in New York
The European tourist business is booming as four big liners discharge over 6,000 passengers in five hours along the Hudson River. An additional 2,500 passengers were boarding other ships bound for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson River
Europe
Starlings Leave Mount Vernon After Kansas Bird Man Claim
Mount Vernon New York residents and police report starlings vanished from a city section. Otto Standke 71 from Kansas said he evicted the birds in his usual manner and they left the area. Officials had offered 4000 dollars to remove the flock, but Standke had only briefly visited the affected block while elsewhere the birds remained loud and untroubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Kansas
Otto Standke
Standke
Collision causes minor damage to two cars
Gail Vincent Louk, 82, of 812 S Main, had minor damages yesterday when Garry William Rice, 19, of RFD 2, struck the rear of Louk’s car in front of his home. Rice was cited for following too closely and causing an accident and is to appear in Police Court on Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Vincent Louk
S. Main
Poice
Garry William Rice
Louk
Rice
Swap Visits With Red Lawyers Proposal
Miami Beach AP William P Rogers proposed an exchange of visits between American and Soviet lawyers. He argued such exchanges would show the contrast between a free constitutional system and a regimented Communist regime. He urged support for a carefully planned program for lawyers and judges to study each system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
William P. Rogers
Bar Assa
Roger
Soviet Union
Queen Honors 31 British Heroes in Arabian Desert War
Queen Elizabeth II approved awards for 31 soldiers who fought in Oman and Muscat during a secret desert conflict. The 175 member Air Service Regiment mounted a four week campaign to retake a position atop Mt Akbar, defeating rebels who held the peak after an early seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Special Air Service Regiment
Muscat
Oman
Akbar
Singapore
Ire of Southern Demos on Chairman Paul Butler
Southern Democratic leaders condemn Party Chairman Paul M. Butler over a plan to require state delegations to back nominees at the 1960 convention. Some states have moved to omit nominees from ballots or pick uninstructed electors, risking an Electoral College deadlock and a House vote. Thurmond and Talmadge call for Butler’s resignation. Sparkman questions the strategy. Douglas defends it, urging a calm party path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Demos
Paul Butler
Washington
Paul M. Butler
Butler
National Committee
House of Representatives
Strom Thurmond
DSC
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Thurmond
Dixie Democrats
States Rights Party
South Carolina
Sen. Talmadge
Democratic National Committee
Douglas
New Books Arrive at Carnegie Free Library
The Carnegie Free Library announces new titles including James Thurber’s The Years with Ross and Hot Rod Handbook by Louis Hochman. It features Remember by Boris Pasternak, Yes My Darling Daughters, The Scandalous Scamps, Helga Sandburg’s Measure My Love, and other works. The library also announces new Wall Street Journal Mid-West Edition subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thurber
Ross
The
NEW Yorker
Louis Hochman
Barnaby Boris Ternak
Sit
Doctor Zhivago
Mr. Mehling
Helga Sandburg
Michigan
Chard
Carl Sandburg
Faith Summers
Carnegie Free Library
Wall Street Journal
Bethel Centennials Tie Memorable Reunions and Visits
Mr and Mrs Ben Hoffman joined Mr and Mrs John Hoffman of Lawrence in Kirksville Missouri for the Bragg family reunion last Sunday and time with relatives. The Stahels hosted Oklahoma cousin Harold Elm and his family, plus Alvin Stahel and Gary, at supper. Ben Baker Arlyss attended a Russell Baker home dinner honoring Lee Baker and his Fresno California family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hoffman
John Hoffman
Lawrence
Kirksvile
Bragg
John Stahel
Oklahoma
Harold Elm
Worden
Alvin Stahel
Gary
Ben Baker
Arlyss
Russell Baker
Lee Baker
Larry
Jimmie
Fresno
Calif
Lee
Commie Threat Is More Serious in Laos
Laos government says Communist rebels pose a steadily growing threat. It has not asked aid from the United Nations or SEATO, a pact formed in 1954 after the Geneva armistice. SEATO members must consult on threats but refrain from intervening without the concerned government’s initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
United Nations
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Geneva
SEATO
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
Spacemen Practice Runs In Naval Centrifuge
Johnsville Pennsylvania AP seven men aiming to be first Americans in space train in a Navy centrifuge. They say the realism boosts confidence to fly a satellite around Earth three times or more at 18000 mph and to brake with reverse rockets for a parachute landing off Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsville
Earth
Mercury
Florida
Notice of Hearing in Estate of Effie Stead
First published August 12 1989 notice in Franklin County Kansas probate court informs all interested parties that Richard C Byrd administrator seeks final settlement of Effie Stead deceased. Defenses due September 5 1959 at 10:00 a.m. in Ottawa Kansas with penalties for nonappearance. Attorneys Anderson and Byrd represent administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Kansas
Effie Stead
Ottawa
Richard
Byrd
Anderson and Byrd
Elizabeth Monfort Lota, longtime Franklin County resident
Elizabeth Monfort Lota wife of Roger C died last night Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at Lamb Funeral Home Rev Tom Reborn to officiate Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nora Standfast
Georgina Standfast
Southgate
George Standfast
C. T. Ratliff
Beautyland
Mozelle Neelie Steele - Bula Cummings
W. L. Kiester
Ward Lavon II
Basehor
Wellsville
A. F. Neil. Keister
Basehor Rural High School
Osage County
Santa Fe
John A. Hess
Arthur E. Hess
Waverly
Korea
Hess
7Th Cavalry Division
Army
Far East
Waverly Rural High School
Marvin L. Pickert
Christopher J. Pickert
U. S. Army Garrison
Paris
France
Richmond High School
Rantoul Grade School
Bill Scowden
S. Poplar
Scowden
Williamsburg
Russell Bale Bowers
Camden
S. C
Highway Patrol
Pomona Public
Ellis
Charles Gonser
Janet
Steven
Borger
Tex
L. E. Greiner
Frank A. Trump
Hawaii
University of California Medical School
West Coast
la Jolla
Albuquerque
N. M
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Rene Fe
Faubus
KC Livestock
Norton
Richard Nixon
Minneapolis
National American Legion
California Legion
Preston d. Moore
Stillwater
Okla
Mt. Vernon
Yves
Christian Dior Salon
Yves Saint Laurent
Library Notes
Joe Cowner
Bethel
Max Harrelson
Associated Press
Legals
Lamb Guneral Home
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