Christmas items and local notices in Ottawa area
Brief notices report Rex Zerbe moved from interwire care to room East 638 at St. Luke's Hospital Kansas City recovering from a heart attack. Christmas party planned by Ottawa Head Start Dec 22 at First United Methodist Church. Various ads for shops, services, hospital updates on Edwards Morford and Mattie Hansen, and a police break in near Melvin Sellers residence with a coin theft estimated at 200 dollars. Includes bridge club event and Explorer Scouts chili supper.
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Rex Zerbe
Ottawa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
First United Methodist Church
Melvin Sellers
S. Willow
Sellers
Clyde Johnson
Award Night Highlights 4-H Achievement at Ottawa Junior High
Dr Hope Daughtery of Kansas State University spoke at the Ottawa 4-H Achievement Night emphasizing communication over generation gaps. Awards included nine Who’s Who recipients Kathryn Loyd Rodney Schamle Diane Cooper Jean Fitzgerald Kenneth Humphrey Lynn Bryan Joan Fitzgerald Debbie Wakeman Richard Wagner. State honors went to Cindy Hollon Lyle Humphrey and Jeffery Van Horn with special awards for Good Manners and I Dare You. A total of 110 bronze pins, two gold pins, 15 silver pins, 10 silver guards, 112 county champions and two county club awards were given.
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Hope Daughtery
Kansas State University
Ottawa Junior High Auditorium
Daughtery
Daughterty
Athsa
Think
Kathryn Loyd
Rodney Schamle
Diane Cooper
Jean Fitzgerald
Kenneth Humphrey
Lynn Bryan
Joan Fitzgerald
Debbie Wakeman
Richard Wagner
Cindy Hollon
Lyle Humphrey
Jeffery van Horn
Robert Dehn
Fool's Parade completes principal photography in Moundsville
Hollywood AP reports principal photography for Fool's Parade finished starring James Stewart and George Kennedy. Much of the shooting occurred in Moundsville West Virginia, the actual setting of Davis Grubb's novel the film adapts.
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Hollywood
James Stewart
George Kennedy
Moundsville
W.va
Davis Grubb
Funeral notices and accidents in Ottawa district
Funeral services are announced for Alvin Ellis of 927 N Poplar who died Dec 11 with burial at Highland Cemetery. Also listed are Charles Williamson of Hillsboro, Fred Kuiken of Richmond, and several local obituaries. In accidents, multiple injuries reported in the Royal Manor Trailer Court and Main Street collisions with police investigating. Public notices include divorces, custody, foreclosures, and traffic violations with multiple defendants and fines. Police filed charges in several cases including driving while intoxicated and improper passing. Continuous local briefs cover births, deaths, injuries, and legal actions across the Ottawa area.
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Alvin Ellis
N. Poplar
Bethany Chapel Baptist Church
Stacy E. Hopkins
Highland Cemetery
Dengel and Son
Charles
Williamson
Hillsboro
Ottawa
Lamb-Roberts
Preston Harmon
John Ratzlaff
Charles Burlingham
R. L. Stevens
Steven L. Williamson
James Rk. Williamson
Charles Michael Moore
Wiley D. Broers
Martin Williamson
W. G
Fred Kuiken
Richmond
Richmond United Methodist Church
Harold Peters
Richard Smith
Marvin B. Duvall
Preston Stockard
Bob Crick
Harold Guy
Bryce Cummings
Oscar Newmaster
Herman Kramer
Richmond Cemetery
Royal Manor
Melissa L. Miller
Elm
South Main
Pamela K. Snyder
Ash
Vanissa Robrahn
Main
Joe R. Taylor
N. Mulberry
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Dennis W. Bien
S. Main
Bien
Farm Bureau Mutual
Ray Burner
San Francisco
Calif
Christeson-Conway-Higgins Inc
Kansas City
Andrew Duffle
Jacob M. Strobel
Admissions and dismissals listed for Pomona and Ottawa area
The report lists admissions including Arthur Sizemore Pomona Harvey Walker Melvern Etta English 211 E 3rd Mrs Robert McDanie 825 S Poplar Mrs Olive Baxter 829 N Mulberry Mrs Harold Letchworth 1511 S Cedar Mrs Bobby L Robertson Pomona Sunday Mr Charles Baker Quenemo Michael Wiggins 807 E 16th Monday and dismissals Wayne Snow 1410 S Cedar Alvin Spaulding Ottawa RFD 1 with the same date references
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Arthur Sizemore
Pomona
Harvey Walker
Melvern
Etta English
Robert McDanie
S. Poplar
Olive Baxter
N. Mulberry
Harold Letchworth
S. Cedar
Bobby L. Robertson
Charles Baker
Quenemo
Michael Wiggins
Wayne Snow
Alvin Spaulding
Ottawa
RFD
Professor John Thompson Receives Top Award in Math
John Griggs Thompson of the University of Chicago, born Ottawa October 13, 1932, has been awarded the world's most distinguished prize for young mathematicians by the International Congress. The honor cites his solution to an 250 page unsolved problem. Ottawa professor Arnold Wedel seeks more background on Thompson from locals.
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John Griggs Thompson
University of Chicago
America
Ottawa
International Congress
Alan Baker
England
Honsuke Hironaka
Japan
Sergei Novikov
Ussr
John Thompson
USA
Thompson
Arnold Wedel
Ottawa University
Judge Coffman Assists in Douglas County Court Backlog
Judge Floyd H. Coffman of Ottawa is assigned to Douglas County District Court to reduce civil case backlog. He visited Lawrence to study 34 civil cases and will return December 17 and 24. Judge Frank Gray requested Kansas Supreme Court action for Seventh District.
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Lawrence
Floyd H. Coffman
Ottawa
Douglas County District Court
Fourth Judicial District
Coffman
Frank Gray
Gray
Kansas Supreme Court
Seventh Judicial District
Seventh District
Kansas City market roundup eggs and cattle report
KC Markets report from Kansas City notes wholesale eggs with large eggs at 36 to 43 dollars per case and grade A butter changes. Cattle totals include 3,200 head with calves at 100. Steers and heifers show limited strength with choice steers 975 to 112 pounds and choice heifers steady. other grades barely steady and cows weak to two dollars lower.
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Kansas City
Estate of Eva Pittman Probate Hearing Notice
State of Kansas Franklin County Probate Court notices a petition by Winton A Winter as executor for a final settlement of Eva B Pittman deceased estate. The petition seeks approval of executor acts proceedings and accounting and determination of court costs and administration fees.
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Eva B. Pittman
Winton A. Winter
Heirs Pursue Estate Settlement in Eva B. Pittman Will
Officials announce a petition seeking to settle the estate of Eva B. Pittman deceased. Heirs devisees and legatees are entitled to portions as directed by the will and must file written defenses by January 6 1971 at 10 am in Ottawa Kansas. If defenses fail a judgment and decree will be entered. Executors attorneys Winter and Green represent the case at First National Bank Building Ottawa Kansas 66067.
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Eva B. Pittman
Ottawa
Winton A. Winter
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