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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
6
Brief items note Santa Fe carloads for week ending Dec 12 at 31,297, slightly up from last year. Personal property tax payments due by Monday to county treasurer. Bruce Spears to attend area assessor school Dec 17–18 in Topeka. Local ads list toys, turkeys, cosmetics, piano tuning, and social security rep visits.
AP report from Kansas City shows unchanged consumer eggs and butter while wholesale egg quotes vary by size and treatment. Cattle demand cool with cattle and calves mixed, hogs steady to lower, and sheep and lambs slipping. Prices listed for steers, cows, heifers, hogs, sows, and lambs reflect a cautious market outlook.
Letters notify deputy assessors of appointments in their area said Bruce Spears county clerk. Board of County Commissioners approved city and county deputy assessors and set training for township trustees at 9:30 a.m. December 29 in Franklin County courtroom and for city assessors at 9:30 a.m. January 4.
A massive winter storm described as nearly unprecedented battered the Northwest with gusts reaching 95 mph and temperatures plunging as low as 40 below. Blinding snow closed schools and roads across Montana Wyoming Idaho and Washington while warnings extended from the Pacific Northwest to the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes.
Terry Wood, 25, of Williamsburg RFD 2, cited December 8 one mile east of Ottawa on 1.35 for lacking safety equipment and Kansas Corporation Commission tags on his truck. He pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
Bertha E. Roberts aged 45 of 934 North Locust was jailed at 1 p.m. Tuesday for being drunk in a private place. She was arraigned today and fined $50 and is held in city jail until payment.
The Wellsville Garden Club schedules a Dec 19 open house from 2 to 8 pm in Hays Hall at Wellsville Methodist Church. Mrs. John Neis leads as general chair. Mrs. Tom Ruddell handles refreshments. Neighboring clubs invited. event features a large decorated tree, gift wrapping ideas, wreaths, and fellowship seating for many visitors. Guests to register. Ramona Marlene Miller born Dec 6 at Olathe Community Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. David Miller Clathe. 8 lb 16 oz. Sisters Rebecca Marie and Rhonda Mae share the same initials.
Kansas State Geological Survey reports 1963 helium output reached 500 million cubic feet across four plants, three new, valued at about 6.85 million dollars. Natural gas liquids climbed, natural gas set a record at 85 million dollars in value, with secondary recovery in 53 of 88 oil counties.
At the University of Kansas four fraternities establish little sister affiliates to aid rush events and activities. Members select girls showing strong interest, who in return receive recognition and parties. Ottawa coeds Janet Duncan and Suellen McKinley belong to the groups, with Sigma Alpha Epsilon noting the oldest affiliate, Minerva, once funded by shoe polishing and car washing for toys.
Hospital notes show admissions for Connie Albers of 111 So Oak Pomona Kansas on Tuesday and Wednesday include Harry Lantis of Pomona, Mrs Bessie Hoopes of Pomona RFC, plus dismissals for Teresa Mitchusson 93358 Sycamore, Mrs James Leach of Pomona, Mrs James Russell Baldwin, Mrs Robert Underwood Ottawa RFD 1 and Connie Albers. A birth is recorded for Eldon and spouse at 803 S Sycamore a son born Tuesday weighing 7 lbs.
Newel E. Coffey, 88, a Spanish American War veteran and longtime Franklin County resident, died at 3 a.m. in Wadsworth VA Hospital. He was born November 10, 1876, in Lincoln County Kentucky and moved to Franklin County in 1920. Graveside details and funeral arrangements will be announced by Dengel and Son Mortuary. Sarah Herzog, 70, Ottawas longtime resident, died yesterday at her home on King Street. Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Osage City Cemetery. She was born March 26, 1894, and survived by one sister, one niece, and four nephews.
Buyers fill Main Street and shopping centers as retailers report booming sales and higher quality purchases. December expectations point to the biggest year ever, with stores forecasting up to 11 percent higher dollar sales and the Census Bureau noting 1964 first eleven months at 15.6 billion versus 14 billion a year earlier. Shoppers, many also stockholders, remain confident despite Wall Street uncertainty as federal tax cuts and rising personal incomes lift purchasing power.
United Nations in New York sees continued anti American rhetoric as Burundi opens the session, with Nigeria defending Belgian paratroops aiding Congo's Tshombe. Wachuku of Nigeria argues for African sovereignty and a UN investigation mission, countering Kenyan and Central African ministers who denounce Western powers. Britain and France back the US and Belgium.
Maj. Gen. Monte Parrish announced that about 2,009 members of the 89th Division residing in Kansas will transfer as a unit into the Kansas National Guard. The move aligns with a Washington briefing on merging Army Reserve units with the National Guard, promising modern weapons and equipment and state-level control.
The Duke of Windsor, age unspecified, underwent a 67 minute operation at a Houston hospital to remove a large abdominal aortic aneurysm with replacement of the weakened section by a Dacron tube. Surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey led a team of five physicians. The Duke faces a three hour recovery period and was in excellent condition prior to the procedure.
Mrs Floyd Brock Mrs Leon Mishler and Mrs Lefa Hidgen Collins hosted a joint W S C S meeting at Fellowship Hall Thursday evening Mrs Marvin Duvall led the worship service and Mrs Leonard Starit delivered the lesson titled Christmas Carols
Archie West at 1236 N. Sycamore received a building permit to erect a frame garage with an estimated cost of $100. The action reflects a standard municipal approval for minor private construction in the neighborhood.
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