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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1955

Page

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Death notices from Wellsville area medical and church services

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Chilton 84 of four miles south of Wellsville died at Cedar House nursing home Ottawa after months of illness. Survived by three children Mary Ellen Collins Britton Chilton and Henry Chilton and one brother Hiram O Powell. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Coughlin Chapel Wellsville Rev Loyd Hiatt officiating. Interment Walnut Creek Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth Chilton Wellsville Cedar House Ottawa Harold J. Lamb Childton Richard Britton Chilton Ransom Memorial Hospital Towner Fannie Violet Whitley Williams Insurance Ing Well Mary Ellen Collins Britton Henry Chilton Hiram O Powell Colorado Springs Coughlin Chapel Loyd Hiatt Walnut Creek Cemetery Byterian Church Austria Wenzel F Barbara Witman Lena Weaver Princeton W. C. Cairn Pomona Carl W. Witman Leo Witman Mary Witman Adolph Witman Lucinda McCormack Lucinda Mae McCormick Garnett S. Hickory Methodist Church Michigan Valley Henry and Mary (Crum) McDaniel Firman J. McCormick Francis Duffy Abilene R. J. Tierney Decatur W. A.J. McDaniel Leona Wright Thelr Methodist Home Topeka

Woodpeckers target church spires in strange England attack

A flock of green woodpeckers drilled 600 to 1,000 holes in church spires across Southeastern England as experts seek causes for the vandalism. In Ottawa Kansas several local obituaries and notices follow, including deaths of Wenzel Witman 88 and Lucinda McCormick 69 with funeral plans pending.

London England Penter Ottawa Essex Hertfordshire Kent Rich National United Press Federation Sidney Larkins Great Hallingbury

Wheat Prospects Bright After Heavy Snow

TOPEKA heavy snow in the last week left wheat prospects the best in many weeks. The snow protected fall seeded crops from low temperature damage and moisture will leave topsoil in excellent condition for oats and barley. Planting should become active in south central and southeastern counties after a few dry days. Melting snow also raises hopes for early spring pasture.

Topeka Federal State Departments of Agriculture

Moler's Cafe Ad Offers Meals and Pies in Town

Moler's Cafe at 112 North Main advertises homemade pies and short orders with daily hours from 5 a.m. to midnight. Owner Mae Chappell promotes the eatery, inviting patrons to enjoy meals in a small town setting.

Moler's Cafe Moler Mae Chappell Commemans

What A Difference One Letter Makes

Augusta Kansas tale of a tax service ad mix up where Dick Maddox guides an elderly woman to a wrong address. He realizes she misread the tax service as tax service causing a confusing sequence before the mix up is clarified. The incident centers on a mistaken address swap and miscommunication.

Augusta Kas Dick Maddox Maddox Tax Service Augusta Daily Gazette

El Dorado Progresses On Ice Storm Cleanup

Two weeks after an ice storm stripped El Dorado of tree limbs the city continues debris removal. Park superintendent Bob Shook says it may take another week to finish clearing scattered branches and wreckage.

EL Dorado, Kasim el Dorado Bob Shook

Important State Witness Returns At Birmingham Concert

A prominent state witness, described as a key figure, returned to Birmingham from Florida to testify in ongoing murder trials. The event interrupted by delays features a campus orchestra program at Ottawa University’s Philharmonic Hall with selections including Camboge Suite and Holst First Suite for Military Band, with no admission charged. Public invited.

Niceville Fla Renee Ottawa University Philhar Birmingham Ala Anim Taylor Harmonic Band Ab-Lcah Phenix City White Cornange A. L. Patter Pike Patterson Harold Hansen Florida Ambl James Ray Taylor Seine River Paris Columbus King Norodom Cambodia Africa U.S. State Department Amparito Rocca Texidor Midwest Ho‘wards Holst Strauss Til Eulenspiegel Walters

Car Crushed Between Trucks Kills Elderly Woman in Pittsburg

An elderly woman, Mrs. Bertha Aiken, 75, of Waterloo Iowa, was killed and five others injured when an auto was crushed between two trucks at Cow Creek Bridge on U S 69 south of Pittsburg Kansas. Mrs Aiken’s daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Rudolph Guenther of Denver Iowa were hospitalized in critical condition. The text also notes there are about 100000 lakes in Sweden.

Pittsburg Kas Cow Creek Bridge Here U. S. 69 Bertha Aiken Waterloo Iowa Aiken Rudolph J. Guenther Denver

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WH. Herald Office SE Mercy Ambulance Mary Chilton Minnie Albright N. Sycamore C. R. Goodman Mary G. Albright Clarence B. Albright Goodman Wenzel Witman Wenzel F. Witman S. Locust Col James W. Davis U. S. Disciplinary Barracks Ft. Leavenworth Smorrow Franklin County Louisburg Don Brown Ottawa High Perle Baston W. M. Johnson Mary Black A. S R. Shannon Imax Crannell Max Crannell Richmond Willows Calif California Arizona Hoyt Cran Nell Spring Hill Vern Maxwell St. Joseph Hoyt Crannell Maxwell Evelyn Thad Crannell Richmond High School Kansas State College Manhattan James C. Washburn C. A. Washburn Cedar Greeley Colo Marie Hallenbeck Washburn Douglas Suzanne Mary Alice Herbert Washington, D. C George Washburn Oklahoma City Scott Washburn Kansas City Mr. Wenzel F. Witman Richmond Cemeetry Louis H. Dengel U. S. Savings Bonds Case Farm Machinery OC. A. Myers & Son Overbrook Una and Alvin Lindertter Wilson W. W. Tucker Pearl Bryson Paul Ha Jack Nelson G. A. Diamond Neill George Waverly C. H. Blubsaugh & Sons North Westphalia Bob Lantis Nouthwest Albert Stewart & Son Farm Albert Harold L. DeGarmo and Son W.W. Corner Franklin County Sale Co Santa Fe Wilson and Locust Ben Printy N. Main A. Mitchell Miles O. U. Band Milo Hewitt Carlife Guaranty Carlife Hewitt Cheverlet Co S. Main Sweden First National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Lamb Mccormick Lucinda Mae Hickory St Valley Brook Cemetery
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