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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1960
Page
12
Community page records births in New Brighton and Anderson County Hospital, visits by families from Emporia Topeka and Kansas City, a fall term school note, and upcoming reunions. Notable items include Myron Coughlin born August 19 weighing 6 lb 2 oz, Robin Annette Walters born August percent, and twins Gina Marie and Paul Alan Mersman announced in Sunnyvale California.
A stream of visitors and locals moving through the area includes Mrs. Pickert’s sister Mrs. J. D. Merryman in Lewiston Ill with husband, Wendell Ohmes in Shawnee, and Louis Pickert in Jefferson City. Roy Brock and family move to Ottawa while Roland G. Anderson departs to Boonville for chemistry teaching. Several local families and guests visit, attend hospital, museum trips, and club gatherings with mentions of Irene Akin, Maude Tippin, and Elizabeth Greishar among others.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Hampton and their five children move from Dodge City Kansas to Winfield to begin nurse training at William Newton Memorial Hospital on September 5. Floris Jean Hampton, 32, earned an AB in social ity from College of Emporia in 1948. The couple, farming since 1942, will hire a live‑in helper for the children and plan to return to Ford County after training while continuing farm work.
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