Rummage Sale and Local Social Notes
Rummage sale set for Saturday February 24 starting 7:30 a.m. in the auditorium by Beta Sigma Phi. Miss Lula Davis and Mrs Hugh Campbell traveled to Williamsburg for a birthday dinner with Mrs William Duvall and Mrs Orlin Milliken and Terri, with a birthday cake and candles. Miss Davis visited Mrs Campbell today. Jesbo Garcia posted a $50 bond after arrest on a warrant charging assault on Charles A Norton Jr at 113 Elm yesterday, per police records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Lula Davis
Hugh Campbell
Williamsburg
William Duvall
Orlin Milliken
Terri
Miss Davis
Mrs. Campbell
Jesbo Garcia
N. Mulberry
Charles A. Norton Jr
New KOFO FM to Begin Regular Broadcasting March 1
KOFO-FM will start regular broadcasting March 1, announced owner Rod Cupp. Daytime AM and FM will share programming. AM ends at sundown while FM runs to 9:45 p.m. with new shows. FM airs 6 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. on 95.7 megacycles, adding Ottawa’s second FM station alongside KTJO-FM 88.1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kofo-Fm
Rod Cupp
Cupp
Ottawa
Ktjo-Fm
Ottawa University
Four Cited for Speeding in 30 MPH Zones
Police cited three drivers for speeding in 30 mile zones. Dean R. McCurdy driving 41 miles, John C. Douglass at 53, Loren W. Jacoby at 42, and John A. Baldwin Jr. at 44 with Baldwin posting a 14 dollar bond. Robert L. West was cited for 31 miles per hour in a 20 mile zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean R. McCurdy
S. Locust
John C. Douglass
S. Hickory
Loren W. Jacoby
Wellsville
John A. Baldwin Jr
S. Main
Baldwin
Robert L. West
N. Cherry
Many die in Cali Buenaventura train crash
AP reports a collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Cali and Buenaventura believed to have killed about 100 people. Unconfirmed word says the passenger train carried naval academy cadets from San Diego who arrived in Buenaventura aboard the Golden Bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Cali
Buenaventura
Naval Academy
San Diego
Calif
Golden Bear
Ottawa to expand municipal electric plant with new dual fuel engine
City commissioners announced contracts for a major expansion including an Enterprise dual fuel diesel engine generator priced at 472000. The project funds include 600000 in revenue bonds and additions such as removal of an old 1250-EVA generator and wiring and control upgrades. Delivery is expected in about 200 days from the Enterprise Engine Co. plant in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Floyd Coffman
Enterprise Engine Co
Oakland
Calif
Enterprise
Funeral Rites for Herman Hall Wellsville Iowa
Funeral services for Herman Hall of Wellsville were held at 2 p.m. at Coughlin Funeral Home with Rev. John Perry officiating assisted by Rev. Gordon R. Norris. American Legion Post 194 conducted the military burial at Wellsville Cemetery with post chaplain Rev. Homer Ganong officiating and a guard of honor, firing squad, and casket bearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Robert Groshong
Ray Simmons
Carl Warnock
Paul Warren
Keith Patton
Bill Warnock
Forrest O'Neil
Junior Crist
Bill O’connor
George Redman
J. W. Tomlinson
Norman Hogan
Ray Brecheisen
Ross Morrow
Pat O'Dea
Melvin Pierce
Arthur Dunham
Freeman Shawen
Pittsburg State Honor List Highlights Local Students
Mark Edward Mersman of Richmond and Mary Alice Johnson of Williamsburg ranked in the top 10 of their junior and senior classes at Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg. Johnson earned straight A grades while others named to the B honor roll include Linda Kay Landis Ottawa Dennis Lee Smith Ottawa Jacqueline Lee Devore Rantoul James Wapy Hill Osawatomie Barbara Johnson Williamsburg Mersman Richards Lee Allen Ottawa Karen A. Wilson Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Edward Mersman
Richmond
Mary Alice Johnson
Williamsburg
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittsburg
Linda Kay Landis
Ottawa
Dennis Lee Smith
Jacqueline Lee Devore
Rantoul
James Wapy Hill
Osawatomie
Barbara Johnson
Mersman
Richard
Ottawa Bans Sidewalk Merchandise Displays Officials Also Assign Voting Site
Ottawa city commissioners approved an ordinance prohibiting merchandise displays on sidewalks and voided the prior three foot setback rule. The Grace Episcopal Church was designated as the voting place for the first ward's second precinct, replacing Federated Westminster. A first reading placed an April 3 ballot question on retiree benefits for city workers. Lee C. Likes received a beer license for a tavern at 111 N Main. Parking solutions at the C and I Cafe were set for study by the city engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Grace Episopal Church
Herald
Westminster United Presbyterian
5Th and Main
Grace Episcopal Church
5Th and Locust
Lee C. Likes
N. Main
Clifford Nutt
North Main
Wheelchair Basketball Game to Aid Ottawa Cheerleaders
Ottawa sports fans will see wheelchair basketball on Saturday March 3 as two Kansas City teams visit Ottawa Junior High School gym. Gate receipts support Ottawa pep club and cheerleaders funding a trip to a cheerleader clinic in Oklahoma City. Rose Shular sponsors the pep club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ottawa Senior High
Kansas City
Ottawa Junior High School
Oklahoma City
Ottawa High
Rose Shular
Hoover Wins Freedom Award for 1961 Contribution
Freedoms Foundation names FBI Director J Edgar Hoover as the American in 1961 with the most outstanding contribution to freedom. He receives the top award of $5,000 in Valley Forge Pennsylvania for the second time in the foundation sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
Freedoms Foundation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Algerian Peace In Sight Yet Violence Flares In Algiers
In Algiers a wave of attacks by European Secret Army Organization members hits 7am to noon, killing at least 11 and wounding 15 as talks near a French Algerian accord aimed at ending a 74 year rebellion proceed. Algerian National Council convenes in Tripoli to consider the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Seccret Army
National Council
Tripoli
France
Pav
Algeria
Hospital Notes Admissions And Births List
Hospital notes list admissions including Roy Lewis at 800 N Locust and Mrs Pearl Allen RED 3 on Wednesday. Births record Mr and Mrs Joseph Meek RFD 2 Baldwin with a Wednesday birth, weight 8 lb 5 oz. Dismissals include Mrs Floyd Cooper and baby son 733 N Oak and several others through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lewis
Pearl Allen
Alvin Cox
Hamblin
Joseph Meek
RFD
Baldwin
Floyd Cooper
N. Oak
Norman White
S. Main
Alaine Plummer
Roger Comstock
Quenemo
Joe Ferns
Cottonwood
Samuel Pacheco Jr
Ash
Terry Gene Paul
N. Hickory
John Gutschenritter
W. 7Th St. Terrace
Roger Keith
Pomona plans Sail-A-Way Estates at Pomo na Reservoir
Pomona Development Co Inc of Mission Kansas announces the purchase of land on the west shore of the east arm of Pomo na Reservoir 18 miles west of Ottawa. The project will be Sail-A-Way Estates on the lake’s north shore near the 110-Mile Park Area. Some lots have already sold. Michigan Valley will be the nearest town. Roadways and office remodeling will begin immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Development Co., Inc
Mission, Kas
Pomona Reservoir
Ottawa
Lake
Michigan Valley
UN Garrison At Kongolo Sparks Congo Tension
The United Nations announced plans to establish a military post in Kongolo amid recent violence in north Katanga. Katanga leader Moise Tshombe, whose forces reoccupied Kongolo after a New Year massacre, opposes the move and warns of danger to any UN mission. Eleven priests and others were killed by Congolese troops loyal to Gizenga, and the UN previously said it had no units to deploy. Tshombe reportedly now says he does not want a UN garrison there as his forces assume control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Kongolo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Elisabethville
U.N
Antoine Gizenga
Miss Thring Takes Lie Test in Stogner Killing Case
Elizabeth Thring, 22, American friend of slain U S assistant military attache Lt Col Helen D Stogner, underwent a lie detector test during interrogations. Investigations have tended to clear her of direct involvement. She was released from custody and was alone with Stogner when he was shot at his El Paso home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
Elizabeth Thring
U.S
Miss Thring
Helen D. Stogner
Washington
Stogner
el Paso
Tex
Early Lawrence Native Nell Delahunty Dies at 86
Nell Delahunty, a Lawrence native whose father helped build Santa Fe and Kansas Pacific rail lines before the Civil War, died Wednesday night at 86. She was born and died in the same Lawrence house at 1106 Rhode Island. She had been in poor health after breaking a hip on New Year’s Day. Surviving relatives include her brother Thomas L. Delahunty and four nephews in the Kansas City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Kan
Nell Delahunty
Lawrence
Santa Fe
Kansas Pacific
Miss Delahunty
Rhode Island
Thomas L. Delahunty
Kansas City
Kennedy Advances Trip For Glenn Reunion At Cape Canaveral
President Kennedy moves up takeoff to 3 p.m. to visit Florida and reunite Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. with his family since the orbital flight. Glenn's parents and in laws are traveling to Cape Canaveral as his wife Anne and children join by plane. Glenn arrives Friday from Grand Turk Island. In Turkey, Col. Edward E. Matthews, hospitalized after a woman’s death, is reported in satisfactory condition as investigators probe Lorraine Gross’s Ottawa Kan. death, with sleeping pills cited as a possible cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Florida
John H. Glenn Jr
Andrews Air Force Base
West Palm Beach
Fla
Palm Beach
Cape Canaveral
Glenn
Grand Turk Island
John H. Glenn Sr
Air Force Base
Zanesville
Ohio
New Concord
Anne
David
Lyn
White House
H. W. Castor
Arlington
NMIR
Turkey
Edward E. Matthews
Air Force
Lorraine Gross
Ottawa
Kan
Miss Gross
Matthews
NATO
U.S. Air Force
Ottawa Rotary honors Congo student and OU visitors
The Ottawa Rotary Club welcomed international OU students at weekly meetings and made Jessy Nkobe of Leopoldville an honorary member, gifting a camera as he left for the Congo. Other international students attending Ottawa University include Sam Ayobahan Nigel, Van Chang, Lawrence Cavilla, Barbara Downs, Kambiz Hararri, Derek Kelly, Ivan Kovacs, Junko Nakajima, Justin Nwasor, Eugene Nwofude, Michi Shirayama, Pita Sunia, Julia Shedi, Margaret Woo, Mario Argt, Agil Arfeor. Three students plan to become American citizens. J R Henning was sworn into the Navy Medical Corps and will be stationed at Pensacola. He is son of Dr and Mrs J R Henning and has been interning at Dallas Methodist Hospital. rank lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Rotary Club
Ottawa University
Jessy Nkobe
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Ottawa Club
Sam Ayobahan
Nigeria
van Chang
Hong Kong
Lawrence Cavilla
Nicaragua
Barbara Downs
Kambiz Hararri
Iran
Derek Kelly
Haiti
Ivan Kovacs
Hungary
Junko Nakajima
Japan
Justin Nwasor
Eugene Nwofude
Michi Shirayama
Pita Sunia
Samoa
Julia Shedi
Ottawa
Dallas
Tex
Methodist Hospital
Kansas City Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep Steady to Higher
Cattle 2 300 calves 100 steady and good to choice steers 23.50 to 26.40. Cows utility and commercial 15.50 to 17.00. Hogs 1 600 barrows and gilts 25 to 50 higher, sows steady to 25 higher. 1 3 190 to 250 lb barrows and gilts 16.75 to 17.50, 250 to 400 lb sows 15.00 to 50. Sheep 300 steady, good to prime lambs 16.00 to 17.75, call to choice ewes 3.60 to 3.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bridge Work Invitation in Franklin County Kansas
sealed proposals for the 30 S 895(5) bridge on County Highway over Wolf Creek north of Ottawa will be received by the Division Engineer Kansas State Highway Commission at Chanute until 9:00 a.m. March 15 1962. plans and specs are available from the Franklin County Clerk or the State Highway Commission offices. Addison H Meschke Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission For Kansas
Franklin County
Kansas
K.S.H.C
Chanute
Wolf Creek
Ottawa
Estate Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Addison H. Meschke
Local Livestock and Household Goods Auctions Listed
Sale dates and contacts for auctions in Kansas towns such as Overbrook Emporia Ottawa Baldwin and Waverly. Entries include livestock sales every Wednesday Friday or Saturday with firms like Emporia Livestock Sale Co Franklin County Sale Co and D J Auction plus household goods sale near Pomona. Listings provide locations and phone numbers for organizers and schedule details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Kansas
Ernest Arnold Overbrook
Emporia Livestock Sales Co
Emporia
Cecil Krouse
Lecompton
Emporia Livestock Sale Co
Franklin County Bale Co
Wilson and Locust
Ottawa
Dana Cavender and Sons
Baldwin
Osage City
Franklin County Sale Co
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Franklin County Sale Company
Locust & Wilson
Waverly
Maud Hird
Sas
Waverly Livestock Sale
Harold Stewart and Charles Beatty Sale Notice
Feb 22 night consignment horse sale in Lyndon Kansas at Ottawa Livestock Commission Co Ottawa Kas Feb 23 Kerr Farm Sale mile south one east one south of Edgerton Kansas on County Ling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles — Lyndon
Kansas
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
Wilson Street
Ottawa
Kas
In Memoriam Henry Wadkins Birthday Tribute
Loving thoughts of beloved Henry Wadkins on his birthday February 22. Though not together dear, we are never far apart because loving memories live within our hearts. We miss you terribly. Peggy, Lilly and Violet Wadkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wadkins
Peggy
Lilly
Violet Wadkins
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Snyder Pharmacy
Ellis
Freedom
Izmir
Canaveral
Joe
Cowner’s Chapel
Jor
Downer’s Calapel
Printy
Ben Printy
Jake Ralston
Princeton
Ph. YE
Furniture & Misc. Garnett
Gordon James Phone Feed
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
General Services
Ottawa Herald General Services
McCracken Electric
Rex Spitzer
Harvey McCann
Ezra Jamison
Lions Club
John Deere Co
Inquire
Ottawa Herald
Gerald Miller
Ottawa Shrine
Order of the White Shrine of
Jerusalem
Marilyn Talbott
W.H.P
Isabelle Jacobson
W.S
Personals
Alcoholics Anonymous
Kansas State Employment Office
Kansas State Employment Service
Rawleigh
Dist
KAB
Freeport
Watkins Products
Oscar Arnold
Alban
KNAPP
Lee Carter
Sycamore
Standard Rendering Co
Conrad's Spray, Painters and Decorators
Fed
H&r Block CO
Barnett Sales CO
1610 S. Main
S.P
Cox Implement Co
Holton
Leeds
Fert
Prairie Hay
Herman Ackmann
Scipio
Ludell Nielson
Alfalfa Kay
C. A. Hobbs
Misc
Maytag
Dean Martin
Dwane Turner
Melvern
Westinghouse
Robert McLain Williamsburg
Merle Rogers
Garnett
Walter Davis Sr
Gordon James
Shaw Hatcheries
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