Family gathering and dinner noted in Colbern's report
A Tuesday family gathering at Colbern's included Mr and Mrs Robert Short and Mark Robert from Wabash Indiana Mrs Roy E Harper from Kaomo Indiana Mr and Mrs George W Stansbury and Michael from De Soto Mr and Mrs Carl Stansbury and Mr and Mrs B L Dick with David Martha and Melinda from Ottawa Ontario The note explains Harper is Stansbury's daughter Short is his granddaughter and Mark Robert Short his great grandson.
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Colbern's
Robert Short
Mark Robert
Wabash
Ind
Roy E. Harper
Kakomo
George W. Stansbury
Michael
de Soto
Carl Stansbury
B. L. Dick
David
Martha
Melinda
Ottawa
Harper
Short
Mark Robert Short
Local Markets Hospital Notes and Births
Kansas City market notes report cattle and hog prices, dairy product values, and births at local hospitals. Notables include births of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ash and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ball, with weights and dates, plus dismissals: Salling, Kirkland, Snitijer. Also lists farm commodity prices and local admissions for Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Trober
Kansas City
Ruby Yohe
S. Cherry
Ray W. Wadsworth
Lyndon
Stan Bettin
Merritt Ball
Kenneth Gentry
William Salling
John Kirkland
Wilton
Richard Snitijer
S. Cedar
Kennedy Says No Barrier To Berlin Peace Talks
President Kennedy pledges that Western Allies will not build barriers to a peaceful Berlin resolution while acknowledging limited optimism for a negotiated settlement. He urges keeping politics out of foreign policy, notes warning over renewed Soviet nuclear tests, and appoints retired Gen Lucius D. Clay as envoy to Berlin to bolster judgment and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Berlin
Richard M. Nixon
Khrushchev
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Continental Can Co
Holland Immigrant Weds Heir in Missouri Ceremony
The heiress to a Philadelphia fortune and Holland born sculptress Jacoba DeBoer married Barney Jones in Carthage Missouri earlier than planned, after meeting at a local pottery shop. Jones is among the heirs of late Lawrence J. Jones, real estate operator who died in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Philadelphia
Holland
Barney
Jackson
First United Presbyterian Church
Jones
Lawrence J. Jones
Stotts City
Topeka YWCA Leader Jennie Walker Dies at 75
Topeka AP Mrs. Jennie T. Walker a 30 year YWCA board member and former Topeka Board of Education member died Wednesday at age 75 She served as YWCA board president for 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Jennie T. Walker
Ywca Board of Directors
Topeka Board of Education
Funeral services for 19 month old David Keith Wiles
Funeral services for David Keith Wiles, 19 month old son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wiles, who died yesterday, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at McVey Dangel Mortuary. Rev Roy Armstrong will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie W. Simmons
Towner's Chapel
Ben Nicholas
Willard Neumann
Wesley Sands
Harry MccNees
Bryan Stewart
Clarence Hughes
Joe Button
L. C. Grover
Harve Clark
Russell Baker
Alvin Spigle
Porter Turner
Leland Gilliland
Ralph Dyer
Jay Stewart
Leland Dyer
Jo Stared
Anna E. Slater
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Henry Beier
Eli Clavel
W. A. Colter
Harry Keller
Bill McGrath
Joe Servatius
A. B. Pomeroy
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Towner’s Chapel
David Keith Wiles
Kenneth Wiles
McVey-Dangel Mortuary
Roy Armstrong i
Highland Cemetery
Kennedy Praises Atlanta Desegregation Progress
President Kennedy praised Atlanta officials for a peaceful desegregation period as four public high schools opened to nine Black students. Mayor Hartsfield said the city survived its crisis while police maintained elaborate security after arrests near the schools. Pupils and teachers described a calm, routine transition with little hostility or overt friendliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Kennedy
William B. Hartsfield
Nazi Party
Charged After Sweeper Crash near Wellsville
Dr. Noble C. Naylor, 74, Wellsville, faces county court charges for allegedly failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision after his 1959 car rear ended a Freete Construction Co street sweeper near a railroad overpass on K 33. No injuries. the sweeper driver Paul Antone Romanz, 51, Pittsburg, sustained a damaged transmission housing. Also charged were Louis Speer, Merritt Ball, Daniel Toumberlin, and Richard Stockton for speeding, night driving, failing to have clearance lights, and hauling without a permits, respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble C. Naylor
Wellsville
Naylor
Freete Construction Co
Pittsburg
Paul Antone Romanz
Louis N. Speer
S. Hickory
Merritt Elmer Ball
E. Ltd
Daniel Franklin Toumberlin
RFD
Richard Lee Stockton
Cherryvale
Kansas Corporation Commission
Extend Civil Rights Commission for Two More Years
In Washington the Senate approved a bill to extend the Civil Rights Commission for two years by a 70 to 19 vote. The extension was attached to a $762 million State and Justice funding bill, with the commission’s funds totaling $888,000. The measure now goes to the House where Southern opposition to the rider is expected to be temporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Commission
State
Justice Departments
Enrollment Up at Ottawa University in Fall Term
Ottawa University expects higher enrollment for the coming fall semester, with Dr. Andrew B. Martin noting uncertainty on exact numbers beyond last year’s 526. classes start September 14 after registration for all students, and three new staff members join departments in religion, library science, and psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa University
Andrew B. Martin
Marlin
Martin
W. D. Bemmels
Charles C. Anderson
Minneapolis, Minn
Eugene Etheridge
William G. Hegarty
Corning
Grant Morse
John Hiben
Minneapolis
Anderson
University of Chicago
Hegarty
Emporia State Teachers College
Hiben
University of Khebhim
John Lee Smith
New Haven
Price
Jare
Slaying and kidnapping probe widens after Belleville figures found
The body of Carole Ballard 11 was found near a lakeside after her father George Ballard 47 was shot and bound. Police seek a gunman about 30 5 ft 8 in and a heavyset woman 20 5 ft 4 in as suspects in the double murder and the kidnapping of Miss Margaret Wernickle 39. An escaped green 1954 Chevrolet sedan with plate BV5166 is linked to the abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Til
Carole Ballard
Missouri
Illinois
George Ballard
Ballard
St. Clair
Dan Ring
H. P. Graham
Villa Hills
Margaret Wernickle
Osene
Miss Wernicker
Graham
Reichert
Question Couple In Missouri Question Couple In Missouri
A Missouri couple was arrested in connection with the slaying of a father and daughter near Belleville Illinois and the kidnapping of a woman near Belleville Illinois. The suspects were held at a Meramec River cabin near Pacific Missouri after police watched the location. No word on the missing woman Margaret Wernicker age 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Missouri Highway Patrol
Belleville
Ill
Margaret Wernicker
Pacific
Bar Committee Members Named
President Alex M Fromme announced the appointment of Franklin County members to Kansas Bar Association committees for 1961 1962. Winton A Winter junior bar and James G Kahler membership named to serve on association committees this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex M. Fromme
Hoxie
Kansas Bar Association
Franklin County
Winton A. Winter
James G. Kahler
Marriage Licenses Issued for Massenthin Adams
John F. Massenthin 21 of Ottawa wed Peggy L. Adams 18 of Parsons in a civil license ceremony. Public records list the couple as newly joined, with license details recorded for county clerk processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Massenthin
Ottawa
Peggy L. Adams
Parsons
Satellite Awaits Word Over Pacific Capsule Drop
At Vandenberg AFB California the 29th Discoverer satellite orbits Earth every 91.4 minutes awaiting a signal to eject an instrument capsule over the Pacific. It is the 19th to reach orbit and officials have not fixed the ejection date, though plans cite a drop in about four days after launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Earth
Pacific
Sentenced For Joy Riding In District Court
James W. Hicks, 41, 607 W. tnd, pleaded guilty to two counts of joy riding and was sentenced to 40 days in county jail for taking cars of Alonzo McAul ey of Wellsville and Orville Hay ward of 712 E. 4th. Don Eugene Moss’s charge of selling mortgaged property was dismissed, as were Frances Williams’s December 1959 insufficient funds charge, both on the county attorney's motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hicks
W. Tnd
Alonzo McAuley
Wellsville
Orville Hayward
E. &Th
Don Eugene Moss
Ottawa
Frances Williams
Donald White
Rebekah Lodge Holds 11 Members In Regular Session
Pomona area notes indicate the Rebekah Lodge met with 11 present and hosted a "Fellowship Night" drawing about 60 attendees. Visits included D T Pierce with daughter in Colorado, plus numerous local and out of town guests at various homes and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Wellsville Methodist Seminar Sept 5
Wellsville Methodist Church hosts a Kansas Conference Woman’s Society Missionary Education seminar on Sept 5. Registration starts at 9 am. program features previews of 1961-62 study plans, topic previews, and worship. a sack lunch follows with further sessions in the afternoon. Local officers and district secretaries will present topics and coordinate committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Kansas
Wellsville Methodist Church
Missionary Education and Service
Floyd DeWeese
Lawrence
Dot Harrison
Paul W. Burres
Holton
Missionary Education
James L. Sutherland
Prescott
Marion Bosworth
Woman’s Society
Ollie Parsons
New Times
Harry Quaintance
Centerville
Oren Carroll
Clarence Hunt
Garnett
Childrens
Wayne Todd
E. J. Crague
Baldwin
Robert Hagen
W. D. Farney
Forrest Budd
Jesse de Weese
H. E. Patton
Paul O'Neil
Fernleaf Barnett
Wilford Courter
Dwight Leinaker
Phillip Jacoby
Lulu Slusher
Jennie Lytle
Rowena Pinkerton
Nora Moore
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Snyder Pharmacy
Adv
Timothy Hjort
Hutchinson
W. H. Hjort
Roger Hjort
Nancy
Ella
H. D. Smith
S. Ash
Miami
Fla
Laura F. Warren
Owen McGinnis
Cross Timbers
Aps
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Teacher's Institute
Herald
Jfik
Moscow
Soviet Union
Topeka Ywca
Extend Rights Commission
O. W. Reichert
Bar Committee
Willis Grumbein
Dodge City
South America
Carrier
Midway
Pomona Area News
Mr. D. T. Pierce
Mrs
Larry Carr
Colorado
W. P. Lawrence
Margaret Lawrence
Chapman
Melvin’ Schroeder
Lenexa
R. A. Trowbridge
Clinton Hackett
Peggy Lee
Norfolk
Maude Hackett
Williamsburg
Milton Hackett
Ralph Kaump
Beanne
Waterville
Ray Reed
al Haueller
Bonner Springs
Earl Hart
Richard Cain
W. O. Cain
Effie Raymond
Dudley Morrow
Joplin
Wellsville News
Methodist Seminar
Bernice Holden
W. E. Wakefield
Mound City
John Dugan
Scott
Christian Relations
Charles Pierce
Bill D. Warnock
Royce Myers
Glen Head
Donald Cough
North Windy
Ferne Wade
New Hope Baptist Church
Gerald Breithaupt
Ransom Memorial Hospital
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