Postmaster Reports 70 Alien Address Reports Sent
News Briefs item notes 70 alien address reports sent in with 16 countries represented. Ottawa Coin and Stamp Club will meet at 7 30 p m at the Masonic temple with Ruth Hegwood of Lawrence speaking on Numistratics. Dr John Thornburg attends Mid Winter Dental meeting in Chicago. Mrs E J Haris returns from Austin. Franklin and Douglas County Dairy Herd Improvement Association to meet at Colbern's Restaurant with Ed Call speaking. Pancake supper 50c. Vera Ellsthorpe to hold HDU housing leader classes at Masonic Temple 10 a m to 3 p m tomorrow and Wednesday. Jon Alterman posted 210 bond after cited for suspended license red light resisting arrest and illegal U turn. Clarence Hetzel posted 50 bond for petty larceny. Rev Thomas Igale enters KU Medical Center in room 405 D. Alex Murdoch at Gardner Medical Center after heart attack. Goss's now carries R and R Originals. First farm management class Thursday 10 a m in Masonic Temple basement. other classes Feb 11 20 and Mar 1 at Co Op building led by Wilton Thomas Don Brown and Rosemary Crist. Rev William Weber and Bill Close attend Omaha Baptist Bible Conference through Wednesday. Martin Electrical Equipment Co opens at 117 E 2nd after moving from 131 S Main. Ellis Piano Tuning Adv. Jim Sands manages H R Block at 201% Main. Grasshoppers found on Ottawa RFD 3 plant. Richard Barnes suffers burns from deep fryer incident at home in Horton. grease spilled as he carried fryer outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Wilton Thomas
Manhattan
Don Brown
Franklin County Agricultural Extension
Rosemary Crist
Billy Graham Stricken by Influenza I llness improves
Evangelist Billy Graham, 44, was reported improved after a severe influenza bout in Dallas Texas. His temperature peaked at 102.5 degrees Sunday before returning to normal Monday as doctors treated him twice. Associate T W Wilson described him as one of the sickest men seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Billy Graham
Billy
T. W. Wilson
Graham
Deaths Don Jones and Laura Lunbeck
Don Jones assistant fire chief died at Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka after entering Saturday He was born October 24 1915 and served as assistant chief since April 1961 Survivors include widow Doris and two daughters Donna and Nancy of 31414 S Walnut Greeley community Also dies Laura Lunbeck 84 Garnett held at Greeley EUB Church Tuesday 2 pm Rev James Townson officiating Burial in Greeley Cemetery Lunbeck leaves three daughters Helen Moritz Nelle Eberhart Ethelyn Wait and son Carson Lunbeck
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Jones
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Jones
Doris
Donna
Nancy
S. Walnut
Laura Lunbeck
Greeley
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett
Greeley Eub Church
James Townson
Greeley Cemetery
Lunbeck
Helen Moritz
Nelle Eberhart
Kansas City
Ethelyn Wait
Cleveland
Okla
Carson Lunbeck
Hillsdale
Deaths and funerals of Mrs Georg ia L Striplin and Arthur Blake in Ottawa
Mrs Georgia L Striplin 57 of Kansas City formerly Ottawa died Saturday at Osteopathic Hospital after 10 days illness. Services Wednesday 2 p m at Towner's Chapel burial Highland Cemetery. Born June 10 1905 in Ottawa she married Wesley M Striplin July 15 1922. Surviving: widower two daughters Irene Ledom and Dorothy Van Poole two grandchildren one sister and five brothers. Arthur William Blake 72 longtime Ottawan died today at Ransom Memorial Hospital after three days illness. Services Thursday 2 p m at Towner's Chapel burial Richmond. Born November 9 1890 in Williamsport he lived in Ottawa most his life except eight years in Wichita. He married Verna Clark February 24 1915 in Richmond. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and an air conditioning engineer. Surviving: one daughter one son two grandchildren one brother and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia L. Striplin
Georgia Lee Striplin
Kansas City
Ottawa
Osteopathic Hospital
Towner’s Chapel
Highland Cemetery
Georgia Bunyan
Wesley M. Striplin
Irene Ledom
Kas
Dorothy van Poole
Josephine Wamsley
Bennie
Alfred
Everett
Homer Bunyan
Roy Bunyan
Pittsburgh
Arthur William Blake
N. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Williamsburg
Wichita
Verna Clark
Trinity Methodist Church
Harry Rybolt
Jess Blake
E. 4Th
Cora Johnson
Phillip E Rees 84 longtime Gardner area native dies
Phillip Eugene Rees died Saturday at his Belleville home after declining health. Services Tuesday at 1 pm at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev J Karl Jones officiating and burial in Highland Cemetery. He was born August 15, 1878 south of Gardner and farmed there until 1918 when he founded Harbison Rees Motor Co in Ottawa. He moved to Belleville in 1941 and married Cora Turner in 1903. Surviving are his widow two grandchildren six great grandchildren two sisters and a brother. A daughter Minnie Rees Supernaw and a brother H V Rees are deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Eugene Rees
Ottawan
Belleville
Lamb Funeral Home
J. Karl Jones
Highland Cemetery
Mr. Reese
Gardner
Ottawa
Harbison-Rees Motor Co
Cora
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie Cole
Mrs Nellie Cole died Feb 1. Funeral services were held Feb 3 at Denger & Son Mortuary with Rev Charles P Knight officiating. Pall bearers were Max A Scott Lee D Barnett Edward J Neely Arthur J Barnett Jimmie Richardson James D Rowe Jr. Mrs R L Stevens played organ. Burial followed in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona with Royal Neighbors lodge members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Cole
Denger & Son Mortuary
Charles P. Knight
Max A. Scott
Lee D. Barnett
Edward J. Neely
Arthur J. Barnett
Jimmie Richardson
James D. Rowe Jr
R. L. Stevens
Woodlawn
Pomona
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Pomona High announces first semester honor roll
Pomona High School releases its first semester honor roll listing seven girls and ten boys. High honors include seniors Terry Heidner and Jo Anne Beesley, junior Dea Engle, sophomores Carol Baker, Anita Clark, and freshmen Sareeda Sink and Loretta Neilson. Other honorees include seniors Mary Scott, juniors Mike Lindsey, Gale Lantis, and Allen Crawford, sophomores Gary Rice and James Baxter, freshmen Jim Trendel, Bill Driver, Rick Baxter and Craig Collins. The third six weeks mirrors the high honors list, with Mary Scott, Mike Lindsey, Gale Lantis, Leon Graves, and Rick Baxter among the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Pomona High School
Terry Heidner
Dea Engle
Jo Anne Beesley
Carol Baker
Anita Clark
Sareeda Sink
Loretta Neilson
Mary Scott
Mike Lindsey
Gale Lantis
Allen Crawford
Gary Rice
James Baxter
Jim Trendel
Bill Driver
Rick Baxter
Craig Collins
Leon Graves
Unemployed man dies after gas station robbery fails
In Reno Nevada an unemployed man Jerry Hobbs 26 robs a gas station asks for a dime then returns it telling the clerk to call police. Police intervene and Hobbs shoots at officers who return fire hitting him in the throat. He dies later in hospital. The attendant Doug Penrod 21 recalls the demand and return of the dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Jerry Hobbs
Hobbs
Ron Haskell
Doug Penrod
Penrod
Chilly Night Out For Girls Camp on River Levee
Thirty three Lawrence Girl Scouts camped on a Kansas River levee Saturday night as temperatures fell to 11 below zero imp. They slept in tents with sleeping bags and wore their fathers' long underwear. In the morning they ate sausages pancakes oatmeal and cocoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Kansas River
Traffic Toll Topeka 1963 February 4 death log
Kansas traffic death log for February 1963 records 48 hours to 9 am Monday listing 3 fatalities for February 4 1963 compared with 25 for the same 1962 period and 39 for the comparable span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Hospital notes list admissions including Juanita Hubbard of Rantoul on Saturday and others from Pomona Princeton Waverly Overbrook Wellsville Quenemo Williamsburg and Osatamie with one Sunday entry for Juanita Hubbard in Rantoul. Dismissals include Mrs Everett Roecker and baby daughter Williamsburg and several other patients with addresses on 515 W 2nd 1016 N Poplar 1117 N Sycamore 701 Olive and 633 Willow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Hubbard
Rantoul
Robert Horne
Pomona
Elmer Louderback
Princeton
Lavern Hadsall
N. Locust
Bryce Adams
Waverly
Theodore Fishburn
Overbrook
Nancy Brown
Willow
Maggie Lucas
King
Everett Roecker
Williamsburg
Carlton Pearson
Donna Green
Quenemo
Joyce Erickson
Wellsville
James Weidner
N. Poplar
Glenn Bayer
N. Sycamore
Guy Carpenter
Olive
Hattie Barnes
Osawatomie
Ottawa OHS basketball week kicks off in Olathe
OHS notes makeup games this afternoon at Olathe start a big week for Ottawa junior and senior high teams. Junior high boys played Olathe to make up weather losses. Freshmen travel Thursday for Eastern Kansas League action. location to be announced. Olathe varsity visits Ottawa Friday for ERI, Ottawa’s Queen of Courts to reign. Saturday at 10 the sophomores go to Emporia, then Ottawa High varsity teams play at Lawrence Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Ottawa
Ottawa High
Emporia
Lawrence
Marines Killed In Car Crash Near Havelock
Four Marines died when the car they rode in sped off the road, hit a tree, and plunged into a canal near Havelock North Carolina. Identified were Pvt Donald L Patterson 19 of Winfield Kansas Pvt William E Ruger 21 of Fort Wayne Indiana Lance Cpl Alan A Fassler of Davis California and Cpl William E Whitaker 20 of Kingsville Texas. They were stationed at Cherry Point Marine Air Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock
N.C
Highway Patrol
Donald L. Patterson
Rt. 2
Winfield
Kan
William E. Ruger
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alan A. Fassler
Davis
Calif
William E. Whitaker
Kingsville
Tex
Cherry Point Marine Air Base
Plan Baptist Training Conference
Wellsville Virginia Ches and Leroy Price announce a Miami Baptist Association leadership training conference at Wellsville Baptist Church. It runs three consecutive Monday nights starting Feb 4 from 7 30 to 9 30 pm. Sessions cover Bible opening for children, church missionary education, adult teaching, youth guidance, and Bible history. Fellowship hour follows each night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Virginia
Chesbro
Board of Christian Education
Leroy Price
Wellsville Baptist Church
Miami Baptist Association
O. D. Garrett
Our Church
Hugh Cramer
C. E. Farley
Clathe
Ralph Haney
Princeton
W. H. Dickinson
Never Got Out With The Loot
A 28 year old bandit hid in Katz Drug Co basement store room and filled a mail sack with several thousand dollars. Lawrence Young of Kansas City Kansas, a Negro, who is free on bond in an attempted burglary case, was flushed from hiding as police surrounded the building. The bandit forced manager John Bracken to open three safes. a burglar alarm sounded and the thief fled. Young dropped the loot sack when sighted by a patrolman. Officers searched two other buildings and found the bandit with help from Champ the Doberman Pincer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Katz Drug Co
Lawrence Young
John Bracken
Young
Champ
Enterprise Engine Crankshaft Removal At City Plant
Representatives of the Enter prise Engine Co of Oakland Callis are supervising removal of a cracked crankshaft from a dual fuel engine generator at the city electric light plant. The shaft will be shipped to Oakland for testing to see if metal flaw caused the crack. The new Enterprise engine remains in operation after alignment checks. The cracked engine had served as a standby since 1957 and then as a base machine during peak load hours until late evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Engine Co
Oakland
Callis
Enterprise
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
Six Fishermen Survive Desperate Sea Jump After Trawler Sinks
In the Gulf of Mexico about 40 minutes from offshore rescue a Coast Guard cutter saved eight of nine fishermen who lashed together with a rope. Three men died in the sinking of the Sea Horse from Bayou La Batre Alabama. The skipper Max Alford was injured with broken ribs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Gulf
Nike
Willard Hull
Archie Wilson
Pensacola
Fla
Wesley Eli Haslett
Theodore
Ala
Max Alford
Sea Horse
Bayour la Batre
Smith
Marriage Licenses Listed for Ottawa and Nearby Areas
Victor Wilhoite aged 30 of Ottawa wed Carol Dorsey 25 of Ottawa. Chester L Wallack 21 of Larned married Joycelyn Cade 22 of Quenemo. Alan J Schwartz 19 of Ottawa wed Anna Marie Adcock 19 of Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Wilhoite
Ottawa
Carol Dorsey
Chester L. Wallack
Larned
Joycelyn Cade
Quenemo
Alan J. Schwartz
Anna Marie Adcock
City of Ottawa Kansas Treasurer Certifies Statement
Maude F. Kinnison, treasurer, certifies the foregoing statement as correct. Subscribed and sworn before Donald Capper, City Clerk, on January 1, 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Maude F. Kinnison
Ottawa
Kansas
Maude F. Kinnison
Donald &. Capper
Magazine of Faith Cites Newspaper Blackout Ninth Week
The Rev. Philip R. Magee at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church notes the nine week NYC newspaper blackout. He recalls how newspapers once served as daily documents and comments on religion reporting during the interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philip R. Magee
New York City
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Mr. Magee
Mild Weather Continues Across Kansas This Week
AP reports mild statewide weather with highs in the 60s and scattered 30s lows across Kansas. Sunday temperatures range from 38 in Lawrence to 65 in Goodland, with early lows from 31 in Wamego to 38 in Russell. No precipitation expected as cloudiness persists and a future Arctic air front remains distant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Lawrence
Goodland
Wamego
Russell
Canada
KC Markets Kansas City cattle and hogs report
Kansas City market summary shows cattle with calves at 250, slaughter steers steady to 25 higher, heifers strong, cows steady to 25 lower, feeders 25 higher. hogs 25-50 lower, sows down. sheep slaughter lambs 5 lower, feeder lambs scarce. High good to choice steers 24.75-26.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Cite Three Drivers After Collisions
Cars driven by Leslie D. Remple and Lester Lanier collided in the 600 block on South Hickory about 2 45 Saturday afternoon. Lanier was cited for following too closely and being involved in an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie D. Remple
S. Mulberry
Lester Lanier
S. Main
South Hickory
Remple
Lanier
Clifford J. Rice Jr
Wellsville
James Christian
Lawrence
South Main
Rice
Christian
Main
Ottawa Kansas Primary Election Notice 1963
Primary election will be held in Ottawa Kansas on March 19 1963 to nominate candidates for Commissioner of Finance and Revenue and three members of the Board of Education. Donald R Capper City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kansas
Appointment of Executor in Wemmer Estate Kansas Probate
In Franklin County Kansas probate court Robert A. Anderson was named executor of Mary Theodosia Wemmer deceased on January 26 1963 with letters testamentary issued. Creditors heirs devisees and legatees must file claims within nine months from first publication or be barred. Anderson Byrd Attorneys represent the executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Kansas
Mary Theodosia Wemmer
Robert A. Anderson
Probate Court
Anderson & Byrd Attorneys
Notice of Registration of Voters Ottawa Kansas 1963
The books for the registration of voters in Ottawa Kansas are open during normal City Clerk hours. Persons who did not vote in the November 1962 General Election and have not re registered, or who have moved, must register to be eligible to vote in any future Ottawa elections. Registrants must appear in person at City Hall, with special arrangements for the sick or disabled possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kansas
Donald R. Capper
Probate notice of Eva Reed estate Kansas 1963
The State of Kansas to creditors heirs and other interested parties in the estate of Eva Reed deceased Harvey W Reed appointed January 29 1963 administrator of the estate demands against the estate must be exhibited within nine months from first publication January 30 1963 in Ottawa Franklin County Kansas otherwise barred Dated January 30 1963 Ottawa Kansas Harvey W Reed Administrator Winton A Winter Attorney for Administrator
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Kansas
Franklin County
Eva Reed
Harvey W. Reed
Ottawa
Kansas
Winton A. Winter
Printy and Son Ben Printy Cap horse sale dates
Community suction each tuesday night at 7 p.m. at 1136 N Main. Community sale every thereday night at 1130 N Main. Kansas events list Feb 5 consignment horse sale Neosho Livestock Co Neosho Mo Feb 4 S F C Mra Hoe hertz household goods 1108 Le Cust Ottawa Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Printy
Ben Printy
N. Main
Charles — Lyndon
Kansas
Neosho Livestock Comm. Ca
Neosho
S. F. C. & Mra. Hoehertz Household Goods
Lecust
Ottawa
Kansas farm sale notices list local auctions and timings
Franklin County and surrounding areas announce multiple farm and livestock sales in February. Gerald Lindsey, Mrs. R, and Prewitt plan a sale near Ottawa and Pomona with 1 p.m. start. Stocker and Feeder Sale at Franklin County Sale Barn near Ottawa on Highway 5a February 12. Overbrook Livestock Auction runs Wednesdays and Fridays with listings for 80 acre pastures near Pomona and near Lane. References include several farms west and northwest of LeLoup and Pomona with sale times and proximity details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Sale Company
Ottawa
Gerald Lindsey
Mrs
R. &. Prewitt
Pomona
Eas
Franklin County
Kansas
Kenneth Coffman
LeLoup
Kas
Floyd Carter
Lane
Overbrook Livestock Gale
Overbrook
Allen County Livestock Auction
Ime Cit
W. O. Cain
Pomons
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. J. Cummings
Ottawa Coin and Stamp Club
Ruth Hegwood
John Thornburg
Chicago
Ill
E. J. Haris
Austin
Franklin and Douglas County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Colbern’s
Ed Call
Extension Dairy
New Hope Baptist Church
Vera Ellsthorpe
Franklin County Hdu
Jon Alterman
Clarence Hetzel
RFD 2
Thomas E. Igale
North Baptist Church
KU Medical Center
Alex Murdoch
Edgerton
Gardner Medical Center
Goss’s
Adv
William Weber
Calvary Baptist Church
West 7Th Street
Bill Close
Omaha Baptist Bible Conference
Martin Electrical Equipment Co
E. 2Nd
5. Main
Ellis
Jim Sands
H&r Block
Mh&r Block
Carl Richardson
RFD
Richard Barnes
Emile Barnes
Hor“ton
Richard
Arthur W. Blake
Phillip E. Rees
First Baptist Church
S. Martin Brockway
Dean Zook
Don Langer
Susan Kelly
Martin Brockway
Phyllis Foster
W. 4Th
Herald
Smith ‘Nsurance & Bonding
Lamb
Plan Baptist Training Conference
Legals
Hope Perpt Care
General Operation Tee Enews
Paw
Ull & Com. Prom
Elec
Wks Improv
Deterennee Se
Trust and Reserve
Wal
Hope
Park Met
Eee Eee Tre Teseeese
Armory
Deane Pt Ee Eee Teene Weer Nee
Harrison Lincoln Bewage
Water & Light Utility
Towners
APEI
Aot Db van ON
Aan Seton Sa
Dina
Jordan
Amman
Cairo
Hussein
Radya
Antoinette Gardener
Kitty Walters
London
Essex
Marks Tey
Urcorsse Os
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Dack Nelson
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