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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1963
Page
7
Nancy Lollar appears unbeatable in the Women’s Bowling Association Tournament all events title. She posted a 521 scratch series with 156 178 187 in the fourth round at Ottawa Bowl Lane after a 552 score the night before, as rivals face a formidable challenge Sunday at Royal T Lanes in singles and doubles.
Nancy holds 552 scratch and 656 handicap totals as leaders in a multi division bowling event. VFW Auxiliary and Petrex of Texas maintain first in A and B divisions respectively while Bienie's Garage moves to fifth in A and Beautyland rises to second in B. Final scores show 11 teams headed into tonight’s finale with Fairmont Dairy B and others rolling at 6:30 followed by Ottawa Bowl B and more at 9. Top scorers Helen Skilling Marilyn Miller and Jean Isham posted 471 454 and 453 respectively.
CYNTHIANA Ky AP Death ends the colorful career of Amos R Graham 96 who was doctor lawyer and merchant He learned medicine informally in Kentucky mountains assisted a dentist and later practiced as a doctor and lawyer He quit after giving a strong dose of caromel to an ungrateful Indian chief He opened a store at Cynthiana and retired about 20 years ago
The six day old American Bowling Congress event in Buffalo New York saw Arco Rex Amusement of Trenton New Jersey surge to first place with a 2956 series led by Gerald Rathgeber 640 for three games. Hickory Recreation of Sharon Pennsylvania in seventh with 2887 and Cromer Heating of Wilmington Delaware at 2886 follow as Totson Corp of Akron Ohio resides ninth with 2878 after Stacks Pro Shop of Scottdale Pennsylvania rose to fourth with 3921.
Rantoul Commun ity Church group met at Fellowship Hall with Mrs Eber Swanson and Mrs Willard Miller hosting. They voted to hold a St Patrick supper on Monday March 18. New study books issued for the year. Funds from an auction topped seven dollars. Refreshments served to 19 women and two children. Mrs Damon Moon was taken by ambulance to Anderson County Hospital after heart ailment at White Shrine Lodge event. she is improving. Kenneth Johnson, school bus driver for Rantoul Grade, bought a larger vehicle.
Francis Moon departed by plane from Kansas City on Thursday headed to Butte Montana, with the Waverly Public School bus transfer noted in the itinerary.
EAST New York U 80 Notre Dame 79 Connecticut 68 Manhattan 64 Long Island 81 Bridgeport 61 Boston U 59 Tufts 53 SOUTH Furman 59 Wake Forest 53 VMI 85 Richmond 60 The Citadel 71 Arkansas St 57 MIDWEST Cincinnati 91 N Texas St 61 Drake 81 Tulsa 65 Okla City 99 Loyola New Or 79 FAR WEST Gonzaga 76 Idaho St Coll 51 Washington 61 Wash State 56 Ariz St Coll 93 St Michaels 71
Paola Kansas AP Mr and Mrs Harry W Sherar observe their 72nd wedding anniversary at the old Spring Ridge farmhouse where they settled in 1893 She will be 94 in 10 days and he 93 on June 25 Their courtship began when she was 18 and he was 17 at Spring Ridge School The couple has seven grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren with no deaths in the family They plan a 12 mile trip to Ottawa for dinner with a daughter and reside on rented farmland He recalls voting Republican since 1892 and he remained a temperance pledge signer since age six
Four inmates who escaped from a Brooksville jail were recaptured Thursday when they paused for haircuts during their flight. Local authorities confirmed the brief stop led to swift capture and return to custody.
Quenemo residents observe Child Evangelism Emphasis Week with a guest day led by Rev. Ray Fenley and lesson by Mrs. Harry Meneley. Twenty-one children and 12 adults attended. German visitors Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Hahm return home after studying in the US and plan training classes in Germany and missions in Pakistan next fall. Lawrence Stadel reports hay barn fire damage, cause undetermined. Faith Cafe leased by Jess Fields from H. F. Coppedge. Jim Stover, Wichita, visits. to pilot European trip with St. Anthony School choir and School Band of America in May. group to England, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France. Other weekend guests were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Green and Kenny and Hal Logan of Topeka.
Four Wichita, Kansas residents face malicious injury or damage charges in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, for allegedly pouring acid on juke boxes. Similar charges filed in Tulsa name Gene Leverene Patterson, Dawn Janette Mullins, Noah Edwards Childers, and Willie Faye Childers. They were arrested in Tulsa for damaging music machines in multiple venues. Preliminary hearing in Tulsa is set for February 25.
The Herald announces a weekly reward of five dollars for the best reader tip that leads to news. Readers are encouraged to submit timely, verifiable information to aid reporting efforts.
AP report says House Education Committee will hear both sides of school district unification. Chairman John Bower notes hearings at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kansas State Teachers Association Building auditorium for proponents and 2 p.m. Tuesday at Topeka High for opponents. The unification bill would replace the 1961 measure ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court.
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