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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1961
Page
10
A reader laments his wife’s devotion to their two teenage daughters and jealousy toward teens, while Ann counsels him to stop competing with his children and seek therapy. Other letters praise simple gifts, criticize wedding gift expectations, and recount a family dinner dispute over bringing guests.
Washington AP Kennedy who never made varsity in schooldays begins a travel tour with a New York stop to be honored by the National Football Hall of Fame. He will receive a gold medal as eight headline players of yesterday and two coaches are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Former Presidents Eisenhower and Hoover were similarly honored in the past.
A series of deed transfers details numerous parcels across Wells Township including undivided interests and specific lot fragments in Garfield and Hamblin additions. Transfers name buyers such as Arthur & Gerheld, Olin G. Wollen, Jean C. Smith, William Hay, John Ogte, Francia E. Bullen, Virgil L. Smith, Eugene L. Doane, Robert Young, Barton Betz, Robert F. Young, Charley Reams, Nell Barnaby, Ralph Loyd, and others, with references to sections and blocks and various lots and acreage.
In Louisville, William King will sponsor a national Twist contest on New Year’s Eve at Freedom Hall. Hundreds of participants are expected with about 15,000 spectators. Prizes total around $3,000 in merchandise. Entry and first aid treatment are free.
Wellsville residents invited to tour local homes on Friday December 15 from 2 to 4 pm to view Christmas decorations. Planning hosts include Mrs Carl Warnock Mrs John Neil Mrs Tom Ruddell Mrs Lester Whitley Sr and Mrs Bernhard Fleming with coffee at the Fleming residence. Missionary Sunday at Wellsville Baptist Junior Church featured field trip slides from New Orleans to Venezuela and music by the Morgan sisters. Junior Minister for December is Dale Haney. Ushers are Melvin Chesbro and Linda Dunham. Pianist is Mrs Joanne Baldwin.
Mrs. Truman Bailey was named assistant to the director at a Junior Church Board meeting. The planning committee for Christmas activ ities includes Chairman Bobby Good Susan Bourgeois and Becky Baldwin. Adult advisors are Mrs. Harold Good and Mrs. Joanne.
Edwin M. Wheeler of Topeka has been chosen as assistant to the president of the Santa Fe Railway, starting January 1. He will work from Chicago, replacing the late J. P. Reinhold. Wheeler, a Marion native, has served as attorney for the Kansas Railroad Committee since February and was with the Santa Fe legal staff from 1935 to 1959. He also served on the Southwestern Bell Telephone staff.
Mrs. R Q Lane, 67, of McPherson was killed and her husband, 68, seriously injured when their car collided with a Santa Fe freight train at a residential crossing in McPherson. Lane was a retired oil field supply house manager.
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