Our Town at Ottawa University Stages 1938 Classic
Ottawa University presents Thornton Wilder's Our Town at Municipal Auditorium in February 2021 directed by Max Fridell. Jim McCrossen leads as stage manager with OU students and community cast in three acts about small town life. reserve seats are $3.50, seniors with gold cards free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
Our Town
Thornton Wilder
New Hampshire
Ottawa University
Municipal Auditorium
Max Fridell
Jeanne
Jim McCrossen
First Baptist Church
Gibbs
Webb
Washington Post
Mrs. Gibbs
Janelle Bettin
Mr. Gibbs
Davis Bennett
George Gibbs
Rob Killingsworth
Rebecca Gibbs
Marianne Harndon
Webbs
Mrs. Webb
Marsha McQuilliam
Mr. Webb
Steve Heath
Emily Webb
Michele Ferree
Kaub, Hazen
David Snyder
Don Currier
Glenda Newell
Janet Fooshe
Polly Shumway
Janie Burkdotl
Duncan Teague
OU Drama Department
Governor Carlin marriage plans spark speculation
Topeka reports indicate Gov John Carlin may marry his campaign director Karen Hurley with hints of a possible April or May wedding. Both deny immediate plans despite confidential sources. Hoch, the governor’s press aide, says there are no remarrying plans at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy Schwartz Kane
Topeka
HMS
John Carlin
Carlin
Karen Hurley
Bill Hoch
KCC Schedules Public Hearing Over Gas Service Coupon Credits
The Kansas Corporation Commission set a February 16 hearing in Topeka to probe Gas Service Co over low income fuel coupons credits. A woman customer alleges the firm does not credit coupon amounts until government reimbursement, charging a late penalty on December bills. The commission views the practice as potentially unfair and discriminatory, warranting an investigation and public hearing. The hearing will be at 1 30 p m in the State Office Building realing room.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Gas Service Co
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
ECC
Kansas
KCC
Commisssion's Realing
State Office
Funeral services for Vilas N Turner in Venice California
Vilas Neal Turner 73 of Venice California died Thursday in Los Angeles burial at Highland Cemetery funeral at Lamb Roberts with Rev James McCrossen officiating Turner born Sept 13 1907 in Centropolis lived in Colorado Springs later moved to California a retired auto mechanic and golf caddie served as government mechanic in the Aleutian Islands during World War II survivors include daughter Wanda May Hughes Liberty Texas six sisters and two grandchildren also lists admissions dismissals births and local police notices from Ottawa region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilas N. Turner
Vilas Neal Turner
Venice
Calif
Los Angeles
Lamb-Roberts
Highland Cemetery
James McCrossen
Turner
Centropolis
Colorado Springs
California
Aleutian Islands
Wanda May Hughes
Liberty
Texas
Opal Gage
Bossier City
Iva Curby
Elm
Ottawa
Thelma Raulston
Cheyenne
L. Zella Fleming
Oklahoma City
Eva Broussard
New Iberia
Oma Meister
Denver
Ottawa area promotions and events sweep broad sale notices
A dense set of local ads lists sales at Wassmer's and The Clothes Hanger with 50 percent off winter wear, discounts on meats and seafood, bridal preview on February 7 at Ottawa University, and dining specials at Colonial Inn. Community events include Lions Club supper, OHS paper drive, and Our Town theater at Municipal Auditorium with tickets and performance details. The ad mix also covers private pilot ground school starting February 9, barbershop hours, and multiple 15 percent or 50 percent off offers across merchants.
Local Pomona Man Charged In Alleged Child Abuse
John Davis 48 of rural Pomona was charged in District Court with felony child abuse after county officials found a 4 year old with serious head injuries during a Jan 16 domestic disturbance at the Davis home. The child and siblings were placed in foster care. Davis posted a $500 bond and his initial appearance was pushed to Feb 2.
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Pomona
John Davis
Davis
Sheriff's
Sheriff's Department
Williamsburg
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
News Briefs From Ottawa and Surrounding Areas
Mrs. Paul Garrett of 601 Burrough remains a patient at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Ottawa Junior High hosts a Parent Study Seminar at 7 PM Tuesday in the Multipurpose Room on alcohol and drugs with public invites. Stanley DeFries, head of Ottawa University music, judges district Metropolitan Opera auditions Saturday at Helen Spencer Center in Kansas City. United Cemeteries Association holds its annual meeting at 1 30 PM Tuesday at the Howard Steele residence. Kansas University students listed on fall honor roll include Sharon Blakeley and several others from Ottawa Garnett Pomona Williamsburg Overbrook.
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Paul Garrett
Burrough
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Ottawa Junior High School
Stanley Defries
Ottawa University Music Department
Metropolitan Opera
University of Missouri At Kansas City
Helen Spencer Center
United Cemeteries Association
Howard Steele
University of Kansas
Sharon Blakeley
Willow
Laury Bobbish
S. Mulberry
Ed Houston
Ottawa
Robert Proulx
Main
James Waldy
S. Hickory
Elisa Boots
Garnett
Susan Rogers
James Olson
Pomona
Justine Marie Fredricks
Williamsburg
Waneta Turner
Overbrook
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Wilder
Aaron Copeland
Wally Webb
Brett Staneart
Kendrick Kendall
Howie Newsome
The
Rhonda Randolph
Mrs. Newsome
Steve Tybor
Joe Crowell
Mary Knipp
Simon Stimson
Phillis Currier
the Daily Report
Amy Howell
Luke Queen
Daniel Colson
S. Cedar
Leona Doyen
Poplar
Steve Spangler
Wayne Hopkins
Gerald Nitcher
William Ludwig
Lyndon
Public Safety News
Bill's
N. Main
Shirley Zook
Sheriff’s News
Darrell L. Phillips
Lane
Phillips
District Court News
Mike Wayne Farrar
Lori Ann Radford
Ernest Dean Mustain
N. Mulberry
Peggy Louise Mustain
Diana Lynn Spillman
Raymond Leroy Spillman Jr
Quenemo
Suzanne Ainsworth
W. 11Th
Dennis Leroy Ainsworth
Robert L. Hendrickson
West 15Th
Gregg B. Anstaett
John W. Jordan
Maple
Jordan
Tursday
Paxson
William Wenthe Jr
David L. Stephenson
Wenthe
Stephenson
Mabel McCann
Ottawa University Student Union
Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Citation Homes
Commodore Homes System
Davis Road
Ottawa Co-op
Ad Briefs
Wassmer
Waymire's
Ottawa Country Club
1St Methodist Church
Colonial Inn
Wellsville
VFW
Lions Club
Methodist Church
Hickory
Hill House
FT. Wayne
Ind
Metzger Salvage
E. 15Th
Young Place
S & M Buffet
J.C. Midland
Fabulous Presley Twins
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
OHS
L. & M Shoe Repair
15Th St
Sheldon
Quenemo Annex
Bonnie's Beauty Boutique
cAnniversary
Clary
Kathy Floyd
Marcia Yohe
Ruiz
Teodosio B. Ruiz
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Gerald Sheeds
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Father Sheeds
Debi
Dave Miller
Hickory Ouawa
Illinois
Lawrence
S. Main
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