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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1971
Page
4
Public meeting for Pomona Area Development at 7 30 p m Wednesday Feb 10 in Pomona High School library. Also John Deere Day Farming Frontiers 71 Wed Feb 17 at 7 30 p m in U O Student Union. Local notices include hospital stay for Walter Gravenstein and tax service ad by George Underwood.
Grace B Beasley died February 3 in Waverly. Service held Sunday at Damron-Towner Chapel with Rev Garland Bohn. Music by Melvin Clevenger organist and Paul Damron soloist. Pallbearers listed. Burial at Pleasant Valley Cemetery Miami County. Army Mothers group attended. Albert John Kraft funeral held February 6 for 436 Beech address. Burial at Roselawn Cemetery.
Counts include driving while license suspended with a fine of 150 dollars and 30 days jail, suspended on payment. Marriage licenses issued to Duerksen Moore and Butts Moore, both Ottawa residents. Vehicle injuries reported in several collisions, with names and addresses, plus hospital treatment notes. Obituaries for Greta Lamm and Gus Greenfield, funeral arrangements and survivor details.
Eight state assessed utility firms paying property taxes under protest have halted more than 2 million dollars across 83 Kansas counties. Attorney General tax chief says 353 protest cases are pend ing statewide while county treasurers hold protested funds and cannot distribute them pending Kansas Supreme Court rulings.
Unified School District 290 schedules a March 9 primary after two more filings Maralalaine M. Allen and William M. Hedrick bringing total candidates to nine for five at large seats. Filing deadline is noon February 16 with eight needed to advance.
Cattle 2 000 calves 25 classes strong to 50 higher feeders steady steers prime 33 50 choice 31 50 32 50 mix good and choice 30 50 31 50 good 26 50 30 25 heifers choice 29 50 31 00 good 26 50 29 50 cows 20 50 22 00 high dressing 22 50 23 00 feeder weights 400 600 33 50 38 50 600 800 31 50 34 50 800 1000 30 50 32 50 good 37 00 70 0 Ib 30 00 35 50 feeder calves 29 00 33 50 325 750 Ib 26 50 22 00 hogs 5 500 mostly 25 lower 200 250 20 00 50 190 200 19 00 20 25 180 190 18 00 19 50 250 275 19 50 20 25 sows 7 higher over 500 lb lambs mostly higher ewes steady feeder lambs 17 00 19 00 wholesale eggs unchanged large 27 33 medium 23 22 butter steady grade A 85 grade A 86
The Franklin County Commissioners authorized a contract with the State Highway Commission for the I-35 extension from Ottawa to the Franklin Osage line. Plans call for six overpasses two underpasses an interchange over 14 miles of new roads with frontage roads and post construction maintenance changes. Appraisers were appointed for land condemnation with a report due by February 25. The project is expected to start in 1972 and will reduce county road maintenance by about one mile.
Bowling standings list multiple teams including HIGH 10 30 Gondon 176 463 Boise Cascade 2 Bitts 164 High 30 Benjamin 450 Brooks Transfer 3 and Baldwin Ward 1 with Everson 178 448 Lister Plumbing 4 DeCaeny 186 521 Engelmann high 30 Engel 521 etc plus other leagues such as Wednesday Afternoon Housewives Deuces Wild and Sunday Leagues including Evens and King Pins. Individual scores feature names like B Vietze 201 514 J Coffman 173 474 Z Tremblay 456 and Hamilton 174 396 among many entries across numerous teams.
Franklin County ASCS personnel will attend a district training meeting on February 10 in Iola to learn about the new Rural Environmental Assistance Program REAP. Participants include county officials and staff with district director Rodney Wolford leading the session to plan 1971 environmental aid and cost sharing.
The largest block of shares ever traded crossed the New York Stock Exchange today as 3,248,000 Allis Chalmers shares valued at 58.464 million dollars changed hands. The sale, at 18 and up, was White Consolidated’s entire holding and aimed to ease Justice Department merger objections with White Motor.
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