Jaycees Sell Trees For Kids In Ottawa
Jaycees raise funds by selling Christmas trees on the southwest corner of the Franklin County Courthouse lawn. Proceeds support a December 17 Christmas party at United Methodist Church for underprivileged children with Santa, clothing, toys, and refreshments. Tree hours run 5 to 9 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday until sold. Co chairs Don Sigmund and Jerry Coatney. Scott Piper handles party arrangements.
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Ottawa Jaycees
Franklin County
United Methodist Church
Jaycees
Santa Claus
Don Sigmund
Jerry Coatney
Scott Piper
Chiefs Offer Honorary Contracts To Card Collectors
Chiefs distribute 10 card sets through DPS officers in a joint effort with Kiwanis International and Frito-Lay Inc. to area youngsters who prove a full set at DPS headquarters. The program includes crime information tips and a chance to receive an Honorary Player Contract signed by Chiefs officials.
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Chiefs
Jack Steadman
Jim Schaaf
Mary Levy
DPS
Kiwanis International
Frito-Lay Inc
I Day Immunization Deadline Looms for Ottawa Students
Ottawa U S D 290 faces a December 7 deadline to immunize students under a new state law. Superintendent Roger Nelson says 119 students, about 5.5 percent, remain noncompliant across Ottawa High, Ottawa Middle, and five elementary schools.
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Jay Bemis
Pearl Harbor
Ottawa U.S.D
Roger Nelson
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Middle School
Nelson
Pomona to Poll Fire Truck Bond Election Request
Pomona voters may be asked to approve a general obligation bond not to exceed 60 000 dollars for a new fire truck. The council will file petitions within 60 days to force an election, with meetings planned to explain the proposal and ensure public input in the decision.
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Diane Yeamans
Pomona
Florence Milliman
Milliman
Larry Swallow
Vitamin E May Cure Blindness in Premature Babies
Boston AP reports high doses of vitamin E given within 24 hours of birth reduce severity of retrolental fibroplasia in babies under 3.3 pounds on oxygen. Texas Children's Hospital doctors found vitamin E lessened disease severity in 50 infants compared with 51 controls, with long-term vision outcomes to be determined as children age.
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Boston
United States
Helen Mintz Hiltner
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
University of Houston
New England Journal of Medicine
Texas
Christmas and Holiday Events in Ottawa Area
Community notices summarize Santa Nite at Sears with free prize drawings, a revival at North Baptist Church, a microwave demonstration, and a Pomona Firefighters Aux annual food and craft sale. Also listed are tax free bond offers, Christmas tree and gift promotions, holiday workshops, local dining specials, and business advertisements for Ottawa retailers and service providers.
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Pomona Firefighters Aux
Pomona City Hall
Wall Street dips then steadies as Regan hints rate drops
Stocks opened lower then recovered near midday with the Dow at 881.05 down 0.76 as Treasury Secretary Regan said rates have room to fall further but did not specify how far. Big Board volume reached 19.14 million shares, NYSE composite up slightly, AMEX index up 0.42. ECEAN applications for its Christmas Bureau continue through Dec 19 with contact details for Mary Meeks.
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NEW York
U.S. Treasury
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Florida
ECEAN
Mary Meeks
Franklin County
Main
Graveside rites for Phoebe E Rosenbaum at Woodlawn Cemetery
Graveside services for 96 year old Phoebe E Rosenbaum of Pomona, who died today, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Cemetery with Rev. Evelyn Fisher officiating. She was born November 7, 1885, in Brooksville and spent most of her life in Franklin County as a rural schoolteacher. Survived by two daughters, Floyd Flager of Pomona and Bache Isle of Kansas City Kansas, plus two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. husband Walter J Rosenbaum died in 1963.
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Phoebe E. Rosenbaum
Pomona
Cedar House
Woodlawn
Evelyn Fisher
Rosenbaum
Brooksville
Franklin County
Central United Methodist Church
Walter J. Rosenbaum
Floyd Flager
Bache Isle
Kansas City
Kan
Bachelor
Ashley Nicole (Larkin
Highland Cemetery
James McCrossen
Friends
Dengel & Son
Rosenbau
Kansas
Dengel & Son Mortuary
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Department of Public Safety
ECKAN
Richard Jackson
Jackson
Internal Revenue Service
Lawrence
IRS
Terri Cook
Board of Education
Sears
Ottawa
Jim
Gene
North Baptist
E. Wilson
S. Main
Michael J. Esser
E. D. Jones and Co
E. 2Nd
Ross
Willis Garden Center
Monthru Sat
Ad Briefs
S. Cedar
Ken’s Meat Market
Sat
Turner's
L&m Buffet
Hardwick
Ottawa Home Furnishings
Milton Sampson
Rt. 3
Call
Fashion Alternative
Sacred Heart Altar Society
Delta Chi Omega
Sun
Ron
Davis and
Wilson Roads
Ron Hendricks
OK Photo Service
Wall Street
Atchison
Faye M. Atchison
Lamb-Roberts
William R. Weber
Princeton
the Daily Report
Ashley N. Bachelor
Ashley Nicole Bachelor
Roger Bachelor
Belinda Sue Larkin
Jim McCrossen
Ashley
W. C. Bachelor
Oak
Richard H. Larkin
RFD
Bessie Larkin
Poplar
Penn
Chambers
Williamsburg
Central
Free Methodist Church
Central Cemetery
Hiram Browning
Gale Mitchell
Pauline Lang
Canterbury Court
Mary Moree
Volutsia
Wichita
Lois Curry
Hickory
Frank Dunkley
Vassar
Forrest Burgoon
Maple
Daniel Rocker
Cecil Huyett
Sycamore
Nancy Marconette
N. Cedar
Larry Gilmore
Michael Robinson
Cedar
Gregory Worthington
Ash
Public Safety News
Janet L. Pale
Osage Drive
Pate
Weidner Oil Company
Brenda L. Mannarren
Hemlock
Steven L. Lewis
Cypress
OHS
Todd L. Crenshaw
William Weems
N. Sycamore
Crenshaw
Weems
Gary D. Dunn
Bill Bennett
Bennett
Thomas Daniils
S. Elm
Ronnie Margen
Osage
Gregory Wartlington
Scott A. Reynolds
College
Staven L. Martinez
Mark A. Gast
Claws Rfc
dJelfrey D. Fredricks
N. Cherry
Douglas K. Underwood
Chestnut
Deborah M. Johnson
Lincoln
Mark R. McCrea
17Th Street Terrace
Vanessta
Ochs
Ottawa Rfc
Margaret J. Bishop
Michael S. Schimtler
N. Mulberry
Tve
Mah Ronie
Mark E. Moore
Qak
Thomas G. Landwehr
Rodney
McFadden
Farold O. Hoover
Otawa Rfd
Rick H. Parker
Olive
Leonard G. Orabik
Debra A. Fletcher
Rabel W. Arncters
N. Main
Robert
Joy L. Mietchen
Daho R
Mulberry
Michael L. Todd
Ottawa Co-op
Memoriam
Dyson Mortuary
Nesta
Teriieeme
Chtawe
Action
Wvirpliance & TV
Clarence Koch
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