Free Methodist Church Sermon and Christmas Program
Reverend George Cottrill will deliver the morning message at Ottawa Free Methodist Church. Central College Gospel Singers from McPherson will sing at the evening service. Eugene Field PTA hosts a Christmas program Monday at 7:30 p.m. with third to fifth graders presenting Christmas with Carols Customs and more. Franklin County basketball start time changes to 7 p.m. affecting Pomona Williamsburg Princeton and Lane games.
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George. Cottrill
Will de. R
Free Methodist Church
Ottawa
Gospel Singers of
Central College
McPherson
Eugene Field
PTA
Franklin County
Pomona
Williamsburg
Princeton
Lane
A to Z VFW Benefit Auction in Ottawa Tonight
VFW Post and Auxiliary host an A to Z benefit auction offering over 500 dollars in merchandise and items from 1949 automobiles to home goods. Doors open at 7 p.m. Monday with a pre-event laundry list of raffles, bake sale, fish pond, and a community gathering to support members and families.
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Ottawa
Plymouth
VFW
Police report of 1960 Ford scrapes 1960 Chevrolet in parking lot
A police report states that a 1960 Ford driven by Shirley A Aubry of 615 Beech scraped a 1960 Chevrolet owned by Jean A Tillery of Ottawa RFD 2 while attempting to pull into a parking place. Total damage to both cars was $75.
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Shirley A. Aubry
Jean A. Tillery
Ottawa
Police Busy In KC Last Night Scores Of Incidents
Kansas City reports a hectic night with a fatality, two shootings, multiple injuries from accidents, a high speed chase, possible arson, and seven burglaries. Chronology includes a car crash at Grandview Road injuring one, a tavern shooting, burglaries on The Paseo Campbell Central Jackson, and a fatality at Ward Parkway. Additional shootings and a bridge crash caused further injuries.
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Kansas City
Grandview Rd
12Th
Woodlawn
Paseo
Linewood
Broadway
Chase
47Th and
Nichols Parkway
Campbell
Central
Country Club Plaza
Ward Parkway
Jackson
36Th
Truman
Askew
Main
Oinnery
A. Mess
Vagrane
Richmon d News Social notes from Kansas and Colorado
John Riley of Cameron Missouri spent Sunday December 1 with Wayne Riley family. Vic Ruckert and Henry Ruckert visited their parents in Herington and Strong City enroute home. Elaine and Bob Oswald sponsored the christening of Norbert Girard in Kansas City. Luke Mader of Cannon City Colorado spent Thanksgiving with relatives.
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John Riley
Cameron
Wayne Riley
Vic Ruckert
Henry Ruckert
Herington Enroute
H. R. Hayden
Strong City
Elaine
Bob Oswald
Norbert Girard
Don Oswald
Kansas City
Luke Mader
Cannon City
Colo
Students Attend Fiestaval at State Teachers College
Princeton High School Spanish students travel to Emporia Kansas for a Christmas Fiestaval. The program features views of Christmas in foreign countries as presented by foreign students and staff who have visited Germany Canada and Latin America. Mass singing of carols in Spanish French German and Latin closes the program. Accompanied by language teacher Mrs R J Studebaker the group will perform.
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Princeton High School
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Teachers College
Germany
Canada
Latin America
Princeton
R. J. Studebaker
Ottawa Lodge Elects Officers for 1964 in A F and A M
Ottawa Blue Lodge No. 18 held elections Tuesday naming Fred A. Gardner worshipful master Charles E. Ratliff senior warden Estel O Northway junior warden John W Taylor treasurer and Clarence E Rea secretary Melvin Sellers elected to a five year term on the Board of Directors
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Ottawa Blue Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Fred A. Gardner
Charles E. Ratliff
Estel O. Northway
John W. Taylor
Clarence E. Rea
Melvin Sellers
Deaths Mrs Cordella Steen and Charles Stoffer
Mrs Cordella Steen 91 formerly of Wellsville died yesterday at a daughter’s home in Kansas City Missouri. Services Sunday 2 30 at Coughlin Chapel Wellsville with burial in Wellsville Cemetery. She was a Wellsville Baptist Church member and 1902 cradle roll superintendent. Survivors include two daughters Viola Orr and Clara Clark, three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Charles Stoffer 73 died in Commerce Oklahoma and will be buried Tuesday at Miami Oklahoma.
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Cordella Steen
Wellsville
Kansas City
Steen
Coughlin Chapel
Homer Ganong
Clara Clark
Kinsley
Cecil W Walls Services Held After Death
Cecil W Walls died December 4. Services held December 6 at the amb Funeral Home officiated by Rev E E Caylor. Pallbearers included Lee Finch Rollo Knight Truyn Bischott Clarence Johnson William Mc Creary and Chalmers Clark Sr. Mrs J R Henning played organ. Burial in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil W. Walls
Amb Funeral
E. E. Caylor
Lee Finch
Rollo Knight
Truyn Bischott
Clarence Johnson
William McCreary
Chalmers Clark
J. R. Henning
Highland Cemetery
Week In Business recounts rebound after Kennedy assassination
AP report notes automakers reporting rapid sales recovery in November with 662,500 new car registrations, a one percent year over year rise. Retailers forecast Christmas sales matching last year despite shortened season. Steel output climbs for sixth week. economists eye Johnson policy and possible tax cut. International trade friction adds $26 million in losses from U.S. tariff retaliation. Kaiser Aluminum raised then rolled back ingot prices. copper and tool prices move higher. Consumer price index hits 107.2 with no inflation signalled. November spending likely below October peak. NYSE weekly volume hits 24.14 million shares. bonds total $65.31 million.
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Darden Chambliss
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
John F. Kennedy
Detroit
Comemerce
S. Steelmakers
Johnson
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Alleghany Corp
United States
Kaiser
Aluminum & Chemical Corp
Labor Department
New York Stock Exchange
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births This Week
Admissions include Lester Fulks 606 ER 15th Charles Chilcote 811 S Oak Penny Ogle 1034 N Cedar Friday Saturday. Births report Mr and Mrs Vernon Christian RFD 3 Baldwin a son Friday weight 7 lb 4 oz. Dismissals Frances O Bell Crestview Nursing Home Thelma Hopkins 720 S Locust Richard Kesner Williamsburg Mrs J S Weethe e 923 N Locust Clyde Corell Moline Friday Mrs Kenneth Gray 1234 S Main Saturday.
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Lester Fulks
Charles Chilcote
Penny Ogle
Vernon Christian
RFD
Baldwin
Friday
Frances 0. Bell
Crestview Nursing Home
Thelma Hopkins
S. Locust
Richard Kesner
Williamsburg
J. S. Weethee
N. Locust
Clyde Corell
Moline
Kenneth Gray
S. Main
Driver Brake Rule at 20 mph Requires 30 Foot Stop
The law mandates that the footbrake must stop a vehicle within thirty feet when traveling at twenty miles per hour. This rule emphasizes adequate braking performance for safe road use and may inform vehicle maintenance and compliance checks.
Neutrinos Observed, Science Mystery Cleared
Washington AP reports Dr. Clyde Cowan of Catholic University observed cosmic neutrinos for the first time. In a Maryland cave government restricted area he used a hydrogen cylinder telescope to record neutrino events, a finding hailed as key to understanding matter and stellar life cycles.
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Washington
Earth
Clyde Cowan
Catholic University
Maryland
Cowan
Wellsville Fire Destroys Bedroom. Tractor Gift Sent
Wellsville Volunteer Fire Department answered a Dec 4 report at the Cecil Bailey home. A basement blaze destroyed the bed headboard but left other areas intact. A New Hope Baptist Church tractor for Rev. and Mrs. Bryant Currier in Burma, with plow disk and cultivator, ships to aid farming and food production.
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Wellsville
Cecil Bailey
2Nd
Oak Streets
New Hope Baptist Church
Bryant Currier
Burma
Currier
Clarence Harder
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Wellsville Royal Riders
Darrel Kerr
Frank Sloan
Marion Callahan
Kerr’s
Wellsville High School
Jackson E. Dunham
Wellsville Baptist Church
Homer Ganong
Dunham
Dennis Shields
Eldon Whiteaker
Robert Cramer
Gene Lesh
W.M.S
Percy van Horn
White Cross
Baptist Indian School
Bacone
Oklo
William F. Beasley
Business Men’s Organization
Society For Advancement In Management
Kansas State College
Bill
Pittsburg
David H. Beasley
P.E.Q
E.J. Cragoe
Baldwin
Melvern Area News Highlights Local Family Visits and Games
Local items note visits by Buckner and Tompkins families toDenver Ponca City and Fort Worth. Births include Dean Rice's daughter Janice Kay and J C Long's daughter at Topeka St Francis. School events cover PTA World Understanding program and a December band concert. Melvern basketball beat Quenemo 60 42 and edged Americus 61 59.
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Leonard Buckner
Brust
Renee
Denver
Colo
George Tompkins
Topeka
Ella Tompkins
Homer Lee Hackett
Ponca City
Okla
al Benthine
Ft. Worth
Tex
Allie Mathers
Mildred Canaday
Holliday
Dean Rice
Janice Kay
Church of God
Norton Kans
Melvern
Lamon
Bill Kramer
Steve Lightle
World Understanding
Dorothy White
Garret
Marvin Richardson
R. P. Welborn
Lynedon
Europe
Holy Land
Patty Rice
Stormont Vail Hosp
J. C
Gilbert Hooper
Wichita
Goble
Corpus Christie
Wm. West
Howard Kerksick
Cole Camp
Quenemo
Pomona High to crown American Homemaker of Tomorrow winner
Sixteen senior girls at Pomona High School took the Betty Crocker Homemaker Test on December 3 under guidance counselor Mary Hudelson as part of the 1964 contest. Local winners receive medals, then state and national prizes include scholarships up to 5 000 dollars. Britannica sets are awarded to each school with a state winner. Separate notes cover Thanksgiving greetings, Lions Club Christmas plans, and upcoming school Christmas programs and events through December 24.
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Pomona High School
Betty Crocker
Mary Hudelson
Harlan Patton
Chula Vista
Calif
Nick Hudelson
Neal Baxter
Harvey Goertz
Hiawatha
Baxter
Jim
Rick
Marsha
Grange Holds Potluck Dinner Evening Event
Hawkins Grange hosted a pot luck at cedar decorated tables with Christmas symbols. William Rice presided as 22 adults and 10 children attended. a National Grange letter requested a 30 day charter drape for the late President Kennedy. Birthdays for Mrs. William Rice and Pamela Van Horn were observed.
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Hawkins Grange
Home Economics Committee
Fred Kissinger
William Rice
National Grange
Herschel Neason
Kennedy
Pamela van Horn
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Ellis
Tawa Herald
Boston and Maine
Royalston
Paul Garrett
St. Luke’s Hospital
Victor L. Montague
Princeton Rfd
Albert Garcia
Richmond News
Ottawa Lodge
Charles Stoffer
Commerce
Miami
Lizzie Burgoon
Lizzie Pauline Burgoon
Rantoul Community Church
Walnut Creek Cemetery
Marvin L. Orear
Country Club Methodist Church
Shrum Burton
Marshall Giesecke
Nobert Torbert
Howard Goodrich
John Herver
Maurice Hansell
Richard Brown
Robert McLaughlin
Forest Hill Cemetery
Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
Clarence Molden.hauer
John Spillman
Darla
Barbara
Beatrice
Mike Carmona
Elmer Physteel
Albert Moldenhauer
Leo Miller
Charles Miller
Overland Park
Ronald Miller
Junction City
Dale Miller
Russell Lambert
Carol Lawrenz
Easta Booth
John Yakle
Alta
Harvey Booth
Maurice Warren
Bonner Springs
Fred Schoonover
Melvern Area News
Saffron Glass Co
Pomona News
Harry Norton
Tola
T. R. Sedgwick
Harvey Crow
J. E. Myers
Judy
Ed Gussey
Raytown
Warren Sattler
William Yuratovich
Kan
Pansy Bowman
James Lindsey
Janet
John Lindsey
George Bowman
Kenneth Bowman
Bill Priebe
Minnie Priebe
Marie Evans
Vassar
Charles ‘Hill
Glenn Neill
Ben Sleichter
Lions Club Committee
Santa
Dusin
Tata
Grange
Cua Bey
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