Ottawa Briefs From The Herald Christmas Community Notes
News briefs detail holiday events in Ottawa including a steak dinner fundraiser for the police, visits from former Ottawans Mr and Mrs W J Andrews, a play at Acorn Community School Under the Christmas Tree, a two-vehicle collision near the post office causing minor damage, Mrs Edna McCurdy undergoing major surgery at KU Medical Center, and a Kansas City Star carriers dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Harold Tickner with a gift exchange and slides.
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W. J. Andrews
Stillwater
Okls
Ottawa
Rea
Andrews
Sears
Acorn
Mona Neff
Gene Hamilton
Hamilton
Bob Herring
Irene Ranney
Rt. 2
Williamsburg
R. C. Gorton
Rt. 1
Edna McCurdy
Pomona
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Harold Tickner
Deaths in Jefferson and Quenemo Areas
James Christian Firestone 75 died at home near Overbrook after a three week illness. Surviving sons Clarence Ottawa Earl Idaho Roy Seattle and Cecil Kansas City. daughters May Pardon Spokane Pearl Barnhart Overbrook. 14 grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at Appanoose Brethren church. Ida Marie McMullen former Quenemo resident died in Wichita aged 71. Born April 12 1870 in Scott county Virginia she leaves four sons C W Tucumcali Walter Alamosa Arthur Roseburg Marlin and daughters Quenemo W P Engle and Harry Lee. funeral in Quenemo Federated church tomorrow at 2 p.m. Burial Melvern cemetery. Body to Shafter Mortuary Lyndon until Saturday noon.
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Mes C. Firestone
James Christian Firestone
Clarence Maichel
Overbrook
Jefferson County
Centropolis
Franklin County
Clarence
Ottawa
Earl
Idaho
Roy
Seattle
Wash
Cecil
Kansas City
Kas
May Pardon
Spokane Wash
Pearl Barnhart
Iva Davis
Belle Wadsworth
Topeka
Beulah Smith
Lawrence
Appanoose Brethren Church
Appanoose Cemetery
Ida McMullen
Ida Marie McMullen
Quenemo
Wichita
Scott County
Virginia
Charles A. McMullen
W. P. Engle
Harry Lee
C. W. McMullen
Hospital Notes Brief Births and Discharges
Hospital notes list Mr and Mrs Ralph Kirkland Altadena California Jim Durbin 831 S Poplar Robert Mason 416 N Sycamore today Births Mr and Mrs Toby Watts 630 Cleveland son born Thursday weight 6 lb 14 oz Dismissed Mrs Clyde Shade route 2 Arthur White 510 Massasoit today
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Ralph Kirkland
Altadena
Calif
Jim Durbin
S. Poplar
Robert Mason
N. Sycamore
Toby Watts
Cleveland
Clyde Shade
Arthur White
Massasoit
Local births and family announcements spread across town
Mrs Leonard Doughty and baby son at 716 S Mulberry are listed alongside Mrs Roger with a baby son at 924 N Mulberry and Mrs Lawrence Eeord with a baby daughter at 317 Walnut. Dorothy Cochran Baldwin is noted with Mrs Don Linden and baby daughter on route 2 Pomona and infant Hazel Marie Griffin in Williamsburg today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Doughty
S. Mulberry
Roger
John
N. Mulberry
Lawrence Eeord
Walnut
Dorothy Cochan
Baldwin
Don Linden
Pomona
Hazel Marie Griffin
Williamsburg
Violence Continues in Algeria as French Adds Troops
In Algiers violence escalates with a 200 death toll over 13 months of insurrection. France pledges 60,000 more troops, including Alpine Chasseurs, amid election campaigns and nationalist pressure. Rebels press a decisive push in the Djurdura mountains as authorities reinforce North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Algeria
France
Indochina
Djurdura
Vatican approves Christmas Eve Mass shift for danger zones
Algeria reports Roman Catholic bishops announced that the Mass of the Nativity could begin at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve instead of midnight in dangerous areas, a change approved by the Vatican.
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Algeria
Can
Syracuse papers drop classified ads to save newsprint
Syracuse Herald Journal and Sunday American suspend classified advertisement sections in early editions to conserve newsprint. The move affects readers seeking listings and sellers needing ad space during the paper’s print reductions.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Sunday- American
1955 Ohio State All America Back Broadcast Message
Pope Pius broadcasts his 17th annual Christmas message from Vatican City. Howard Cassady, OSU back, averaged a yardage clip in the Big Ten this season and will speak in Italian during the broadcast.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Ohio State
Howard Cassady
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