Ottawa briefs note speeding and events
Ottawa police cited Rodrie T Wilson of Paola and Marion Franklin Nutt at 943 S LoCust for speeding 40 in a 20 mile zone. Edna Reeves name omitted from Terrill’s Christmas Greeting. Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce held a Christmas party for 170 local youngsters at Memorial Auditorium with gifts from Jaycees and refreshments from Pepsi Cola Coca Cola Ottawa Ice and Bennett’s Creamery. Movies also shown. Offices of Drs Thornburg and Gutschenritter closed Dec 24 26. Ruel Mitchell released from KU Medical Center and at home 315 W 4th. alehe Rev Eugene G Malcolm pastor moves from All Saints Episcopal Kansas City to Dallas Texas. formerly rector of Grace Church Ottawa 1947 1949. Ottawa University graduate.
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Rodrie T. Wilson
Paola
Marion Franklin Nutt
S. Locust
Ottawa
Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Auditorium
Jaycees
Santa Claus
Pepsi Cola
Coca Cola
Ottawa Ice
Bennett's Creamery
Ruel Mitchell
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
W. 4Th
Eugene G. Malcolm
All Saints Episcopal Church
Dallas
Tex
Grace Church
Ottawa University
Deaths J R Rule 3 and Florence Underwood Obituaries
Death notices for J Ray Rule a former Franklin Countian who died December 22 in Stockton California and Florence Underwood 76 of Ottawa with survivors listed. Also notices for Anna L Winter 82 lifelong Richmond resident with service at Richmond Methodist Church and family details. Damaged closing funeral directors Dengel and Son mentioned.
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Ray Rule
Franklin Countian
Stockton
Calif
Princeton
California
Clara Plank
Evelyn Baumgarner
Manteca
W. H. Armstrong
Elma Fouts
Ottawa
Elsie Mae Landus
Mountain View
George
Eldon Rule
Florence Underwood
N. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Trinity Methodist
Wilson
Franklin County
Jess Underwood
Howard
Concord
Ruby Clevenger
Pomona
Meda McCune
Ruby Brady
Mabel Eby
Kissimmee
Fla
Towner’s Chapel
Anna L. Winter
Richmond
Winter
Richmond Methodist Church
Wilbur Purvis
Richmond Cemetery
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births List
Admissions include Jack Taylor at 603 N Mulberry Saturday and several others with names and addresses. Births noted: Alvin and Beverly Crawford at 725 Pecan son 9 lb, Graham Princeton daughter, Crawford Pomona son 7 lb 12 oz, Wood 8 lb 6 oz. dismissals list patients and babies including Elder, Smith families, and Crawford.
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Jack Taylor
N. Mulberry
J. S. Weethee
H. F. Morris
Hickory
Leo Wiederholt
Princeton
Evelyn Elder
S. Cedar
Elsa Towe
North America Hotel
Dan Fleming
John Hall
Hamblin
Alvin Crawford
Frank Graham
Bob Crawford Pomona
Terry Wood
S. Main
Jean C. Smith
Cedar
Anna Smith
King
Clara Tschantz
S. Sycamore
Myron Paugh
Walter Dengel
S. Oak
Ernest Perry
Quenemo
Fred Scott
N. Cedar
Don Harbison
Donald Morris
W. 5Th
Bill Sink
S. Cherry
Chained Boy Rescued From Fire in Kansas City Bedroom
An eight year old boy was chained to a bed in a second floor room during a fire that nearly suffocated him before firefighters rescued him. His mother Mrs Ber nice Netherland faced assault charges and bond was set at $25. She plans the boy John would enter Fulton Missouri state hospital for treatment. Fire heat from a gas stove ignited a chair as Battalion Chief Lester Williams climbed to the room and freed the boy by cutting the chain with bolt cutters.
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Kansas City
Bernice Netherland
John
State Hospital
Fulton
Lester Williams
Strike Ties Up Shipping
New York AP report states longshoremen across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts have halted operations. Some 81,000 ILA members are involved, with ports from Searsport Maine to Brownsville Texas affected as the walkout began at 5 pm local time. The strike follows an 80 day federal court order set to expire, and centers on crew size demands and feather-bedding accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Kennedy
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Searsport
Maine
Brownsville
Tex
Traffic Toll Topeka December Death Log Update
AP notes Kansas traffic fatalities over the past 24 hours ending 9 am Monday with December totals reaching 32. Details list incidents across Topeka and surrounding areas, reflecting a continuing trend in roadway deaths during the month.
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Topeka
Kansas
Record Safe Driving Outlook Amid Holiday Traffic Toll
The national traffic death toll in the long Christmas weekend reached 304 by mid holiday period, with total deaths 385 including 44 in fires and 37 in other accidents. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council said the trend could yield a record safe Christmas. last year’s toll for the period was 524 and the four-day record is 706 set in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Pyle
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Rob Store Robbery in Wichita Nets $25000
Two armed men robbed the J. S. Dillon & Sons supermarket in south Wichita just before midnight Sunday, taking about $25000. Night manager Tri Nikkel and clerk Jerry Sutter faced the bandits as the pair demanded money from the safe and the checkout. The robbers wore disguises including a gauze bandage, stockings, and dark glasses while threatening staff and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
J. S. Dillon & Sons
Tri W. Nikkel
Jerry R. Sutter
Nikkel
Sutter
van C. Powell
Local Image Market Prices for Grains and Butterfat
Readable figures show soybeans unspecified, wheat at 2.03, Milo 1.58, floor corn 1.02, shelled corn 1.07, barley 1.07, oats 0.79, rye 1.00, butterfat missing, graded eggs 0.32 0.25, straight run eggs hens 42 16.
Highways May Be Dangerous In Kansas Weather Warning
The Weather Bureau warned that western and southern Kansas roads could become slick and hazardous as snow, sleet, and freezing rain were forecast for much of the state. By 10 a.m. the Kansas Highway Patrol reported slick conditions forming in the Wichita area, with travel generally normal elsewhere.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wichita
Funerals for John A. Smith Sidney Morris and Lillie Barnhart
Funeral services were conducted at Dengel and Son Mortuary for John A. Smith who died recently with Rev. Leopold Hoppe officiating and pallbearers named. Sidney O. Morris died December 20 and had services December 22 with Rev. Charles P. Knight and pallbearers, burial in Union Cemetery Osage City. Lillie Barnhart died December 20 and was laid to rest at Highland Cemetery following services with Rev. William Weber and pallbearers listed. Dean Zook sang with Eldon Rader playing organ. Burial locations include Highland Cemetery and Union Cemetery.
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John A. Smith
Dengel & Son
Leopold Hoppe
Eldon Rader
Harley Cromwell
Carl Channon
Thomas Melroy
Kester Graffham
William Crabb
Wayne Porter
Highland Cemetery
Sidney O. Morris
Charles P. Knight
Louis Dale
Loren Ames
Myron Steere
J. W. Taylor
Gerald Harford
W. Phil McCracken
Dean Zook
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
AF & AM
Melvin Sellers
George Ledom WM
Union Cemetery
Osage City
Lillie Barnhart
Dengel & Son Mortuary
William Weber
Henry Lilly
Peter Papps
Henry Smart
E. A. Tyson
William Lang
Charles A. Scribin
Five Children Die In Fire At Maryland Farm Home
A blaze on a tobacco farm near Prince Frederick Maryland killed five children after two babysitters left the scene. The frame house was nearly destroyed and state police said the fire started from an overheated wood stove. Victims were Linda Vanessa Harper two. Clinton Louellan Harper five months. Wayne August Thomas seven. Early Bordon Thomas nine. Sheila Louvenia Thomas six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Frederick, Md
Linda Vanessa Harper
Clinton Louellan Harper
Wayne August Thomas
Early Bordon Thomas
Sheila Louvenia Thomas
Special Registration Notice for Ottawa Kansas voters
First published December 21 1962 notice to electors of Ottawa Kansas that voter registration books will be open 8am to 9pm from December 31 1962 to January 4 1963 inclusive. Registration ends January 4 1963 to vote in the January 15 1963 school board bond election. Voters must be Kansas residents 21 or older and meet residency requirements.
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Ottawa
Kansas
State of
Want Ads: Blind Ads Promotion Ends
Classified line promotes blind ads for 50 cents extra. Telephone number CH 2-4700 appears twice for contact. The notice hints at ad services and rates, urging readers to place listings through the Want Ads desk.
Card of Thanks and Bereavement Note
Card of Thanks from Leo Edington thanks hospital staff and doctors for care. Carl Barnhart and family express gratitude to Rev Weber Dr Lofgreen hospital staff HB Club neighbors and friends after bereavement. In Memoriam Henry Wadkins remembered at Christmas with family thoughts from Bertha Lee and Vennie Wadkins.
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Leo Edington
Weber
Lofgreen
HB Club
Carl Barnhart
Henry Wadkins
Bertha, Lee
Vennie Wadkins
Overbrook Livestock Sale and Gun City Auctions Schedule
Overbrook Livestock Sale runs every Wednesday in Overbrook Kansas. Every Friday Allen County hosts live stock auction Gun City Kansas.
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Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Kansas
Allen County Livestock
Printy
Ben Printy
Yesan
N. Main
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Drs. Thornburg and Gutschenritter
Ellis
Phileathea Sunday School
First Baptist Church
Nora Smith
Lillian Orbinson
Dr. McKelvey
Alehe
J. Ray Rule
Jor
Totwner’s Chapel
North Main
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THE
Associated Press
Lamb
Jock Towner
Sidney
Morris
Legals
Jouisengl
Son Ntuang
Donald R. Capper
L .A.m
de Peta E Dee
Charles Davis
Omaha
Sale
Kansas Ave
Kans
Jess Smith
Village Inn
G.M
Johnson Chevrolet
Baldwin
Denzel Bryant
Harold Stewart
Charlies Beatty
Harold
Charles
Lyndon
Ottawa Livestock Commission Company
West Wilson Street
Neosho Livestock Comm. Co
Neosho
Ott. Livestock Comm. Co
Jim
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
RFD
Pranklin County Sale Company
C-O
Ottawa Herald
General Services
Standard Rendering Co
Knapp Shoes
Carter
Ottawa Herald General Services Section
McCracken
K.A.B.S.A
Bill E
Guernsey
E. L. Walker
Rantoul
Ottawa Livestock Comm. Co
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