Side Swipes and Family Christmas Help in Ottawa
Ottawa residents report a phone call from Keith Ward aboard the U S S Brough near McMurdo Station. He described 24 days of rough seas with 451 foot waves and a ship listing up to 45 degrees. In Ottawa, Jeannette Stephenson organized 59 needy families for Christmas baskets, with 29 adopted by locals and 30 assembled and delivered by volunteers Merle Paul Jr, Farris Woods, and Jack Stephenson. Keith hopes to return home in May.
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John Ward
Ottawa
Keith
Dunedin
New Zealand
U. S. S. Brough
McMurdo Base
Antarctica
Ward
Jeannette Stephenson
Merle Paul, Jr
Farris Woods
Jack Stephenson
Bethlehem Stars Turned Bethlehem Rats In Pageant Mixup
In Kuna Idaho a church Christmas pageant saw thirteen young children tasked with carrying letter placards under the line with BETHLEHEM STAR. The star bearers reversed and formed BETHLEHEM RATS, creating a playful mixup during the orderly process.
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Kuna
Idaho
Bethlehem Star
Bethlehem
Many Ottawans Featured In Xmas Programs 1916
Ottawa churches staged Christmas programs in 1916 with local residents in major roles. First Methodist presented Dr Santa Claus Cure with Lowell Jones as Gloomy Jim and Miss Roxy Phillips as the Old Woman. United Presbyterian featured The Stocking Brigade and The Riddle of the Candles performed by local children. Trinity Methodist offered White Gifts to the King with varied recitations and songs. Federated church presented Down the Chimney with Santa Claus and a large cast. First Christian choir performed Christmas anthems and solos. First Baptist held Joy to the World with children recitations and class songs. Grace Episcopal hosted a boy choir with organ and cello solos. Numerous local names appear across churches in this 1916 season.
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Ottawa
First Methodist Church
Santa Claus
Gloomy Jim
Lowell Jones
Polly Mahaffy
Philip Andrew
Harold Branaman
Raymond Way
Earl Hornung
Max Forester
Veral Wilson
Dorothy Smith
Gertrude Jones
Evalyn Swift
Clarence Hendricks
Edith Jones
Adrian Gentry
Katherine DeTar
Bruce Spears
Ethel Oman
Wilbur Yates
Margaret Spears
Howard Sutton
Donald Okeson
Lane Latimer
Carmine Schelener
Willis
Marie Irwin
Bessie Jones
James Okeson
Wanda Latime
A. Russell
Lela Reneau
Jessie Monfort
Opal Oliver
W. W. Rodgers
Georgia Wilson
Elsie Moore
Bernice Ferguson
Federated Church
Idea
A. A. Schabinger
Howard Elwell
Evelyn Scott
Jesse McCune
Dorothy Marcell
Parker Melluish
Clyde Lucas Mae
Sand Man
Robert Jenks
Dream Man
Virginia Sailors
Dorothy Hood
Geraldine Marcell
Malcolm Scott
Elizabeth Scott
Wilma Okerberg
LaRue Dodge
Elizabeth Sheldon
Helen Marcell
Katherine Fallis
Hazel Wiley
Li la Evans
Katherine Luce
Lillian Way
Alice Leonard
Dean Kerr
Leah Cusick
Tahosa Hood
Jane Penny
Virginia Miller
Leone Alley
Dora Jacobson
J. L. Shelden
Elizabeth Bement
First Baptist Church
Lelia Richardson
Evan Skidmore
Elizabeth Lundy
Junior Wheeler
John Jacobus
Fern Allison
Adrian Moon
Lawrence Lamb
Doris Dixon
Viginia Bird
Elliott
Kenneth Senter
Julia Hartley
Mary Harrison
Oleta Otto
Ruth Hardy
Mary Elodie Quin
Donald Dixon
Lester Gates
Dorene Held
Grace Episcopal Church
Miss
Moise
William Scott
Boy loses legs and raises money for mother
In Everett Washington 9 year old Robert Forbes was struck by a switching engine while collecting bottles in railroad yards. He lost both legs and raised a cash gift for his mother with donations from police, firemen and railroad workers. The funds will also seed a fund for artificial limbs.
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Everett
Wash
Robert Forbes Long
Robert
Northern Pacific Railroad
Lonnie Nichols
Nichols
J. R. Otto
Robert B. Long
Bobby
Luminarias light Ottawa doorsteps for Christmas Eve glow
Ottawa prepares a bright Christmas Eve with nearly 1,000 homes participating in luminarios. Woolworth’s sold over 18,000 nendies for the ritual, sand-filled sacks line sidewalks, and sand was donated by Ottawa Lumber Co. The city signals at 7 pm as lights brighten porches while residents travel for holidays.
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Ottawa
Woolworth’s
Ottawa Lumber Co
South Main
We Will Be Open Christmas, Mom and Blackie's
Local notice states business at 232 N Main will operate on Christmas Day. No additional hours or services listed. both Mom and Blackie are named in the address.
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Mom & Blackie
N. Main
Three Franklin 4-H Clubs Earn Awards at Achievement Day
Franklin county 4-H clubs Jayhawk Rain bow and SHAFF received Ottawa Chamber of Commerce plaques at Achievement Day in Memorial Auditorium. Seven individuals earned Whose Who key awards. six girls wore necklaces and one boy wore a key tie clasp. Harold Eversmyer led recreation. Ottawa Chamber sponsored the event with Glen Hayward presenting plaques and keys.
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Franklin County
Memorial Auditorium
Jayhawk Club
Ottawa
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Rainbow Club
Princeton
Shaff Club
Wellsville
Dick Jameson
Larry Averill
Patsy Martin
Elaine Reichard
Virginia Carey
Acorn Rustlers
Beth Bardorf
Loretta Rockers
Berea Boosters
Joyce Stoffer
Cloverleaf
Harold Eversmyer
Miami County
Glen Hayward
Chamber
Agriculture Committee
Ottawa Woman Dies In US 50 Head-On Crash
Barbara Jean Schlup 28, living in Ottawa with husband Victor, was killed when her car crossed the center line and struck a truck 24 miles east of Gardner on US 50 at 1 30 this morning. The truck driver Glen R. Stinson Admire unharmed, truck partially destroyed by post collision fire. The Schlups had stayed at a rooming house in Ottawa, two young sons remained with grandparents in Topeka.
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Barbara Jean Schlup
Victor
Ottawa
Gardner
US 50
Olathe Naval Base Road
Glen R. Stinson
Highway Patrol
Schlup
Olathe Naval Air Station
Schlups
Dougherty
Hickory
Victor Schlup
Highway Patral
Olathe
Topeka
Kansas
Grenola
Opal Pauline Dunshee
Moline
James Harry Foulk
William Chester Foulk
Wichita
George Litchfield
Frederick
Kas
Illlsworth
Dolly May Gillespie
Beattie
Maryville
Barbara Schlup
U. S
Charles Richard Wilson
Pittsburg
Altoona
Garret Puckett
Beaver
Lincoln
Harold Patten
James Ellis
Kansas City
21 Die In Crash OSSANA Italy Alps
Rescue teams reached the wreckage of an Italian airliner missing since Saturday night in the Alps and radioed that all 21 aboard are dead. The disaster occurred near Ossana with authorities confirming the fatalities.
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Ossana
Italy
Alps
Nation's Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll Soars
Nationwide Christmas holiday traffic deaths rise past 400 with 411 by noon and total fatalities including all accidents reaching 491. Weather and drinking drivers blamed as safety officials warn the four day period could set a new record. Kansas reports 11 traffic deaths raising its annual total to 658.
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National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Associated Press
Mayor Grants Christmas Stay of Execution for Dogs
In Tulsa Oklahoma a gesture of Christmas goodwill by Mayor George E Norvell spared fifty dogs from execution. All animals were claimed shortly after the mayor's action.
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Tulsa
Okla
George E. Norvell
Imayor
Ottawans File $198238 Suit Over Highway Collision
Three Ottawans sue for 198238 in Wyandotte County district court against Capital Truck Lines Inc State Auto Insurance Association Des Moines and driver Robert Lee Armstrong for a February 23 crash on US 59 near Ottawa. Robertson asks 70000 plus 8238 for car loss. wife seeks 80000 plus 20000 for household task inability. Mrs Streebin seeks 20000 for injuries. Injuries include fractures spine knee cap brain concussion ribs and other injuries.
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Ottawa
US 59
Ralph W. Robertson
Lela Streebin
Robertson
Wyandotter County District
Capitol Truck Lines, Inc
Kansas City
Kas
State Auto Insurance Association
Des Moines
Robert Lee Armstrong
Robertsons
Armstrong
Roger Wiliams
Streebin
Weather forecast notes mild warmth into Tuesday
Partly cloudy southeast and extreme east this afternoon with fair conditions elsewhere. Warmer again west today and east south Tuesday. Tonight remains cold with low in the 20s, Tuesday highs in the 40s east to 50 in the southwest. Prior dayHigh 42, record highs and lows listed.
Five Die In Meriden Apartment Fire Tragedy
A flash blaze tore through a five story downtown Meriden Connecticut apartment building last night killing a mother and four of her children. An injured child lies critical while her husband and a 20 year old son were overcome by smoke. An uncle was badly hurt leaping from a bedroom window as firemen arrived.
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Meriden
Conn
Fire at Minneapolis hospital leaves six dead, seven critical
A hospital fire in Minneapolis sparked by a shorted Christmas tree light chain killed six people and left seven others in critical condition. Heavy smoke poured from the lobby where the blaze began as doctors fought to save the injured.
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Minneapolis
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The
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Lamar Phillips
Lamb Ambulance
City
Peg Carr
Chamber of Commerce
State Employment Office
Agriculture Office
Savings and Loan
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Jay Brown
Ransom Hospital
Walter Coburn
American Legion
Warren Black
Amercan Legion Auxiliary
Howard Henderson
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