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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1963
Page
3
The Sunday night fellowship supper at First Methodist Church is scheduled for 6 p.m. tomorrow. An advertising note lists Ellis Piano Tuning contact CH 2-443 for services.
Mrs Mary Alpha Rice 60 of Macks Creek Mo died Thursday at Gardner Community Medical Center. Services Monday 2 pm Bruce Chapel Gardner burial Gardner Cemetery. Survivors include husband Arthur J Rice three other daughters including Ethelyn Morgan Paola six sons one brother and 19 grandchildren. Mrs George Jensen 74 former Quenemo resident died Friday at Herington after a stroke. Funeral at Quenemo Federated Church burial Oak Hill Cemetery Quenemo. Also survived by son Merle in Herington and daughter Edith Potts De Kalb Ill.
Admissions listed for Chester Leach Ran toul John Franklin Walter Hegberg Mrs Sherrel Ralston Kenneth Bishop with addresses on Sycamore and Olive Friday and Saturday Births to Mr and Mrs Lewis Meek of Pomona a daughter weighing 7 lb 14 oz Dismissals include Peggy LaNier RFD 4 Saturday
Sidney H. Conley died February 12. Funeral services were held February 15 at Towner's Chapel with Rev. Roy Armstrong officiating. Pallbearers included C. E. Hoffman, Herbert Bishop, John Staadt Jr., Leonard E. Allen, Lewis P. Stewart, and Sherman A. Smith. Mrs. J. M. Kilgore played organ selections. Burial followed in Evergreen Mound Cemetery.
The annual Blue and Gold Banquet of Cub Scout Pack 3081 at Lincoln Auditorium celebrated with 35 Cub Scouts earning awards. Guests included Troop 72 of Trinity Methodist Church led by Dick Pointer. program by Carter Harrison and Rev. Roy Armstrong. decorations by Den Mothers and assistants.
WELLSVILLE Little Seven League held at Wellsville High School awarded prizes in multiple categories. Informative speech winners include Barbara Klamm and Josephine Ingle with Betty Klamm also placing high, while others like Ronald Schmidt and Lois Schendel earned top spots. Oral interpretation of poetry and prose saw first places for April Miller and Bonnie Bivins respectively, with numerous second and third place finishers across districts Baldwin Louisburg Spring Hill Eudora and Wellsville.
KC Markets Kansas City reports slaughter steers five to one hundred lower and heifers 75 to 128 lower from the prior week, cows steady to 25 lower, with various classes and carcass ranges listed. Slaughter lambs steady, ewes 5.50 to 7.25 lower, hogs mixed with barrows and gilts 15.25 to 17.00, sows 13.50 to 14.25.
Paris AP Anka and Anne de Zogheb wed quietly in the 16th District city hall as about 100 photographers captured the moment. The Ottawa born 22 year old singer and his 20 year old Egyptian born bride left for Orly and planned a honeymoon in Saint Moritz Switzerland.
Bills Were the's 141 opening set gave way to a dramatic finish as Wenthe rolled six strikes, two spares, and a final strikeout for a 267 line and 588 series for Lee's Cafe. The casemen joined a 2,670 team series and 4 point sweep over Briscoe Drugs in the Dynamic League at Ottawa Bowl. Other top scores included J. Martins 510 A Jones 506 D Heckman 565 and a 501 average. Women in the Friday Night Ladies League at the Royal T saw Elaine Hills post a 526 series and 40-pin win over Ottawa Bowl. Sue Wolgast added 520 as Royal T led to a 2,403 team series. S Simmons had 525 for Ottawa Bowl and Arlene DeCaeney added a 503 series. In the 200s club Pence's Food Center won 3-1 over Gambles as 200-plus lines highlighted the night. On the men’s side Harry Smith Auto Supply posted a 2,608 team series and 4-0 sweep over Montgomery Wards in the Nighthawk League at Ottawa Bowl. Ralph Kampschroeder led the Smiths with a 223 line and 2-2 split with Reno's in the Nighthawk session. L Bien had a 564 with a 505 series and D Heckman 568 with a 213 for Russ and Pat's.
Osawatomie defeats Wellsville 61 to 57 as the Eagles rally from 11 down in the third. Delon Jacoby posts 30 points and 15 rebounds for Wellsville. Beasley exits early with foul trouble. Osawatomie led by Courtney 21 and Flint 20. Wellsville out-rebounded 38 to 29. Coach Al Williams takes his team to Spring Hill Friday and then to Louisburg for district tourney opens Feb 26.
Kenneth L. Mc Donald, 55, of Topeka was killed when his car struck a bridge pillar on the Kansas Turnpike. Witnesses said he was traveling about 70 mph as his vehicle veered off the turnpike after entering at the South Topeka interchange, the crash occurring five miles east.
Gary Stauffer of Lecompton High School poured in 54 points but Auburn dominated from the start, building an 83 74 victory at home. The standout performance highlighted a high scoring game with Stauffer carrying the offense for Lecompton.
Chester Leach, 16, of RFD 1 Ran ToU l, was admitted to Ransom Memorial Hospital with possible back injuries after losing control of his pickup on Fifteenth Street five miles east of Ottawa. Investigators said a sector arm of the steering apparatus dropped off, leaving the driver helpless. The truck was totally demolished and Leach remained under observation.
London AP reports the British government plans a spending spree in the next financial year with estimated expenditures totaling 6.18 billion pounds or 17.18 billion dollars, up 1.47 billion dollars from the current year. Defense outlays rise to a peacetime record of 5.88 billion dollars.
Standings page lists multiple teams across leagues including Lee's Café Elkis Ladies Ottawa Bowl Ottawa Savings and Loan Betty B's Baldwin Nitcher Floor Service Brunswick Hubbard Lumber Helen and Bills Cafe Flist National Bank McCracken Electric IOOF No 24 Maloney's with team records and positions.
In Friday league play, leaders include Royal T. Ladies at 24 4, Pence and Kramer's Drugs at 18 10, Nighthawk 62 38 over Russ and Pat's 51 49, and Lee's Cafe Dynamic 75 25 over Keen Co 55 14. Ottawa Bowl results and individual scores appear in today’s sports pages with scores like Kramer’s Drug 4 High 1030-D Snell 150 428 Turmelee 0 High 1030-B Walker 121 348.
Quenemo edges Olivet High 41-40 to even season at 9-9. Gragg scores 15 for Quenemo while Adams leads Olivet with 22. Next game at home Friday against Williamsburg.
City of Ottawa Kansas approves Southwest Main Sewer Extension No 4 to run 715 feet from Willow Acres south to 17th Street. City will fund via bonds repaid over ten years at up to 5 percent. Estimated cost about 46 806 dollars with assessment of surrounding parcels per appraised value. Public hearing set for late February 1963.
The City of Ottawa Kansas adopts a resolution to widen Massasoit Street from the East line of Hickory Street to the West line of Cedar Street. It calls for removing existing curb and gutter and adding a 20 foot wide concrete pavement on both sides. Special assessments will fund the project under Kansas law.
Myers Bros and Ottawa area buyers list upcoming sales across Kansas and Missouri. Dates span February through late February with locations in Franklin County Ottawa Lane Overbrook and Neosho. Includes machinery, stocker and feeder, horse and consignment horn sales.
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