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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1962
Page
4
The Louis H. Hanson Post 194 American Legion and Auxiliary will host a covered dish supper at 6 p.m. Tuesday January 1 in the Legion Hall Wellsville. Public notices note an Echo satellite passings and local police actions.
Mrs. Florence F Underwood died December 23. Funeral services were at Towner's Chapel December 27 with Rev Roy Armstrong officiating. Pallbearers included Elmo Reddick Theodore Norton Glen Morris Charles Underwood and Roy Lichtenberger. Burial was in Highland Cemetery with Mrs Ervin Happy singing hymns accompanied by Mrs J R Henning. Seekers Sunday School class members attended in a group.
George R. Anderson died December 25. Services conducted December 27 at Erdman-Oldroyd Funeral Chapel in Arkansas City with Dr. Ronald E. Terry officiating. Honorary pallbearers included Ray Binder, R. P. Guyot, Enoch Stephenson, Ray Serafin, James Andrews and Jim Stockton. Active pallbearers were Fred Lathers, Bryce Anderson, Willis Brunton, John Pickens, Dennis Rogers and Tyler Marsh. James Miller sang hymns with Mrs. C. R. Bishop accompanying. Graveside rites by Rev. Roy Armstrong were at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa.
The Wellsville Baptist Church board of trustees designates Sunday morning worship for the dedication of new pews. Rev. Homer Ganong to lead. Pews are memorials to William Coughlin Harriet E. Collins John B. and Roxy Cramer Grace M. Hostetter Ona B. Colegreave Myrtle Collins. Other donors include Edith E. Coughlin Mr and Mrs John Craddock and the Ganongs.
A two day salute to Mexico will anchor the first annual meeting of the trustees of People-to-People in Kansas City starting January 5. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, chairman of the world understanding group, and Miguel Aleman former president of Mexico, will participate in the ceremonies.
Mrs Mary Ellen Manspeaker died December 24 in Cedar House nursing home and services were December 27 at Farris Funeral Home Garnett. Minister Charles R Hamner and Rev Charles Miller officiated with grandsons Doyle Robert Manspeaker Clifford Albert Edwin Waller and Vernon Arnold as pallbearers. Burial in Mont Ida Cemetery south of Garnett. Born August 29 1877 in Coffey County she moved to Anderson County early then to Overbrook in 1948 to live with daughter Toy Arnold. Surviving two sons Earl and James Manspeaker two daughters Irene Waller and Arnold eight grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren two sisters and one brother preceded in death by others.
Wellsville honors holiday season with church program gifts visits and gatherings. Mrs James Peckham chaired New Hope Baptist Church annual Christmas program with drills recitations and carols by children. Senior and junior groups shared in a gift exchange and later a tree lighting. Numerous local families hosted Christmas Eve and Day meals and greetings, including the Garrett, Barnett, Cordle, Todd, Coffman, and Ross households. Several community members received hospital updates and baby news, while church committees and WSCS meeting closed December.
Mrs Dessie T Baker 61 of 931 S Locust died today at 5 22 am in Ransom Memorial Hospital after year long illness since Christmas Funeral set for Dengel and Son Mortuary with burial in Dean Cemetery north of Pomona Born Dec 9 1901 Tren ton Mo lived in Ottawa since infancy She married James Baker in 1919 in Kansas City who died in 1958 She worked at Sunflower Ordnance Plant in 1944 45 A Centropolis Baptist Church member Survived by three daughters Lorraine Anderson Wynona Tilcock Bonnie five sons Orval Lewis George Nile and Ross one grandson George 21 grandchildren mother Nellie Gillson Jones sister Sadie Bruner and a brother Harrison Jones plus other relatives
Mrs Ursula Featherngill aged 82 of Independence Kansas died December 25 in Independence hospital. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Webb Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Surviving: daughter Carolyn Kaiser of Kansas City and Mrs Kaiser. two sons Paul of Orton Texas and Harold of Drayton Plains Michigan. seven grandchildren. three great grandchildren. one sister and two brothers. Mr Kaiser and Carolyn Kaiser will travel from Kansas City to Independence Saturday morning to attend.
Mrs Grace Dawson widow of Allen Dawson formerly of Waverly died early Wednesday morning at Seneca Illinois. She is survived by a daughter Lois Progress Seneca Illinois and a sister in law Mrs Ross Bird RFD 2 Ottawa.
President Kennedy swore in budget director Kermit Gordon at a brief patio ceremony at his oceanfront villa in Palm Beach. Gordon, a Council of Economic Advisers member, replaces David Bell as director of the Budget Bureau. Celebrezze arrived to prepare for welfare talks and 1963 action.
Paris AP record says the former king Edward VIII dismissed German documents as biased and misleading. He asserted a German envoy Coburg wrote the papers to curry favor with Hitler, and that the contents did not reflect his actual stance.
Admissions note several individuals including Verne Robinson RFD 2 Karl Holroyd RFD 1 Paul and William Allen Edgerton Ricky Steve and Debra Malli coat 510 S Oak Mrs Alva Hoo ver 525 W 7th Mrs Norman Bowling 1024 N Sycamore Friday Dismissals include Mrs Victor Christenson 931 Cypress Mrs Evah Spratt Rantoul Ronald Kelley 222 W 2nd Nancy Ann Ransom Williamsburg Mrs Russell McQuire RFD 3 Mrs Opal Everhart Clara and Harvey Everhart 216 S Cedar Mrs Nancy Smith 303 S Cedar Friday
Mrs Lena Nickelson RFD 2 Ottawa reported neck injuries after a collision in the 600 block on North Main yesterday. Police said her car and two Burlington trucks driven by Charles Bemis and Harry Taylor collided as she slowed to park at a grocery store. Ice caused Bemis to skid, Taylor could not stop, hitting Bemis. Estimated damages: $20 to Nickelson, $50 to Taylor. Bemis vehicle undamaged.
Washington DC faces aesthetic decline per a January issue of the American Institute of Architects Journal. A committee led by Paul Thiry says the city, once praised for Pierre L'Enfant’s plan, is now a jumble of planning boards and agencies with no centralized authority.
KC Markets Kansas City AP reports cattle 500 with steady all classes. good steers 26.00-50.00, cows 13.50-15.00. Hogs 2,000 with barrows gilts 25-50 lower, sows 25 lower. barrows gilts 190-240 lb 15.50-16.00, sows 275-400 lb 13.50-14.50. Sheep 100 with no price test. lambs 20.00, 18.50-19.50 for good to choice.
In the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas Cree H. Roberts was appointed Executrix on December 26 1962 for the estate of Minor Joe Hartley deceased Creditors heirs and others are notified to file their claims within nine months from first publication Ottawa Kansas December 26 1962 Cree H Roberts Executrix Winton A Winter Attorney for Executrix
Harold Stewart and Charles Beatty are among consignors for multiple sales. January events include a night consignment sale at Neosho Livestock Co in Neosho Missouri on the 3rd and cattle and stocker feeder sales at Franklin County Sale Barn north of Ottawa on Highway 59 on the 5th. Additional consignments include R H Bob Prewitt Est. and other Ottawa area sales.
Weekly livestock sale announced for Overbrook Kansas with sales every Wednesday. Also note Allen County Livestock Auction events in Gas City Kapsag with Sunday appearances. Structured as community notices listing contact details for ongoing livestock trading.
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