Rites for Harry A. Brown Jr. Held in Waverly
Funeral services were set for Harry A. Brown Jr., 56, of New Port Richey Florida, who died Saturday in a Tampa hospital. Burial will be in Waverly Cemetery after a 2 p.m. service at Jones Funeral Home. Brown, born October 10, 1921 in Waverly, served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and the Air Force before retiring in 1966, later working for a Japanese airline. He is survived by wife Mary F. Allison and a blended family including son Chris Brown and three daughters, plus three stepsons, three sisters, and grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Harry A. Brown JR
Topeka
Capitol Post
American Legion
Philip Billard
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mary F. Allison
Grandview
Chris Brown
Carlton
Tex
Nancy Quebedeaux
Tucson
Ariz
Harriet Brown
Austin
Joe Allison
Montana
Jim Allison
Parsons
Tom Allison
Lawrence
Dorothy Murphy
Paola
Aileen Kelly
Waverly
Rosemary Grindstaff
Jones Funeral Home
Margaret J. Ray
S. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Robson-Towner
Highland Cemetery
Clyde Greisen
Anna
Mary
Margaret Gervais
Lawrence Ahrens
Henry Ahrens
Milwaukee
S. Cedar St
Ottawa
Robson Towner Funeral Home
Robson- Towner Funeral Home
Local Ad Briefs Update From Hazel's and Wright's Studio
Ad briefs advertise Happy Hour 7 to 10 p m with 35 cent drafts and 1 50 pitchers at Hazel's Place plus a Go Go Dancer. Santa requests a Singer from Dundee Fabrics as two weeks till Christmas. OTASCO stays open evenings to Dec 23. Mary Kay Cosmetics offers 25 percent off. Sandy Clary contact before 4 p.m. Canned horse meat and beef dog food priced at 4 25 per case and 1 paneling at 5 49. Metzger Salvage at 109 N Main.
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Stioett Metzger Salvage
N. Main
Jaycees Fight Tree Theft During Christmas Sale
Ottawa Jaycees president says 10 to 20 Christmas trees stolen from the lawn of the Franklin County Courthouse where over 100 trees have been sold and 60 more expected. Cummings notes profits fund an annual party for underprivileged children and that several buyers took trees without paying until confronted.
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Eddie Cummings
The
Ottawa Jaycees
Jaycees
Cummings
Rhodes Scholar Candidates to Interview in Topeka
Kansas Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee will interview 10 state candidates in Topeka on Wednesday. Dr. John Chalmers notes interviews occur in Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Association board room with Ruth Wilkin as chair and members Gilbert Haight, Kenneth Brown, Barbara Weary, and Chalmers. Candidates include Grace Hawang and Louis H. Wetzel of Manhattan, Paul Draper of Lawrence, Ann Warner of Hutchinson, Christopher Lamb of Wichita, Monte Vines of Wichita, Robert Krasne of Overland Park, Richard Mattione of Shawnee, Randy Miller of Downs, and Steven Steinbach of Winfield.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Barbara Weary
Leawood
Chalmers
Grace Hawang
Louis H. Wetzel
Manhattan
Kansas State
Paul A. Draper
Lawrence
Ann E. Warner
Hutchinson
University of Kansas
Christopher J. Lamb
Wichita
Pittsburg State
Monte A. Vines
Kansas Newman College
Robert M. Krasne
Overland Park
Georgetown University
Shawnee
Harvard
Randy B. Miller
Downs
Yale
Steven A. Steinbach
Winfield
Local mural artist honored at Ottawa Junior High
More than 100 friends and admirers attended a Sunday reception for Bill Howe at Ottawa Junior High. The event celebrated his large mural in the multi purpose room showing 360 butterflies over the Kansas Flint Hills. Dean Rouse thanked Howe for the mural and for letting students watch a professional artist at work. Bud Beeman and Royse presented plaques and lamps. Bev Bourque and her cooking class made butterfly cookies.
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Bill Howe
Ottawa Junior High
Kansas
Flint Hills
Dean Rouse
Howe
Bud Beeman
U.S.C. 290 Board of Education
Beeman
Tami Sears
Royse
New Adult Ed Program Offers Free GED Prep At Local Center
The Adult Basic Education program at the local center on 123 E. 2nd offers free reading English and mathematics help to any adult starting at any level. It aims to grow vocabulary reading speed spelling punctuation and basic math up to fractions and decimals with flexible progress. The center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and supports self paced advancement toward GED prep. A Christmas band concert at Ottawa High School will feature 180 students with no admission charge. Marine Corporal Rollin K. Miller returns from overseas duty with the 1st Battalion Fourth Marine Regiment stationed on Okinawa. Joint luncheon meeting of Franklin County Commission and Ottawa City Commission scheduled in Gold Room at QU Student Union. Marijuana possession arrests in two drug raids include 23 year old Joe Wesley Brooks and 20 year old Tamara J. Brooks at 816 S. Ash with about 2½ pounds seized and $300 value. preliminary hearing set for 1:30 p.m. Dec. 16.
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E. 2Nd
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Joe Wesley Brooks
Tamara J. Brooks
S. Ash
Brooks
Wall Street Mixed After Friday Rally Falters
Wall Street opened mixed as the Dow Jones average slipped 17 points to 815.06 at noon. The NYSE composite index rose 0.05 to 51.77 and the AMEX market value index advanced 0.22 to 124.36 as brokers noted light volume and fading momentum after Friday's rally amid a stabilizing dollar.
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New York
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
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