Ottawa Briefs and Local Notices Run of the Week
Local items report a Wichita arrest for tag display, a Florida visit by the Blairs, rainfall deficits at Worden, a drunk driving citation for Howard Foster, and upcoming meetings of the Ottawa Barbershop Chorus and Masonic Lodge. Florida trip for Mr and Mrs Hale Blair noted along with wildlife association meeting at Legion Hall with Kansas City hunter Harold Ensley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsurg Wildlife Association
Legion Hall
Harold Ensley
Kansas City
Florida
Hale B. Blair
Coyotes and car keys tied to local incidents
Coyotes were collected for bounty at the county clerk’s office. Eleven pairs of coyote ears were turned in from the Williamsburg wolf drive. A set of Chevrolet keys found on Logan Street were turned into police. Sandra Masheter, seven, of near Princeton, is improving in a Tulsa hospital after a December 28 car crash near Hominy that killed her mother and brother. her father is home recovering from injuries. Catherine Jones of Oklahoma City, Masheter’s grandmother, was hospitalized on Saturday but released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Collins
Pompeo
Williamsburg
Ralph Basel
Logan Street
Sandra Masheter
Princeton
Tulsa
Okla
Hominy
Charlie Masheter
Jim
Masheter
Catherine Jones
Oklahoma City
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa deputy to transfer to Southern California district
Carl Park, long time deputy internal revenue collector in the Ottawa office since 1943, will transfer to the Los Angeles bureau of the Internal Revenue Service. He closed out his Ottawa duties at noon Friday and will report to Los Angeles January 10, leaving Ottawa Wednesday. Park formerly worked for the U S Department of Agriculture before joining the IRS in 1943, coming to Ottawa from Strong City on June 16 that year. His family will remain in Ottawa until the school year ends. his twin daughters Jean and Joan are Ottawa High School seniors, another daughter Carol Ann attends Emporia Teachers College, and a fourth daughter Leah Haskell lives in Barstow, California.
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Carl Park
W. 6Th
Laternal
Ottawa
Southern California
Los Angeles
Park
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Internal Revenue Service
Strong City
Jean
Joan
Carol Ann
Emporia Teachers College
Leah Haskell
Barstow
Calif
Leach's Petrels Roost Over Ocean Except Nesting Time
A study notes that Leach's petrels spend virtually all their time over the sea, reserving coastline and inland areas for nesting only during nesting season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach
Ocean
Hospital Notes and Births and Discharges
Admitted list includes Mrs. G M Sands 1003 S Hickory and several others from Oklahoma City Richmond Seacrest Ia Pomona and Pomona. Births reported for Crowley Griffin Adcock Gower Hackett with weights and dates. Discharged include John Finch Celeste Douros Parkin Fritts Bickerstaff Rice Crowley and baby son Williamsburg Griffith Thistlethwait.
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G. M. Sands
S. Hickory
Catherine Jones
Oklahoma City
Ralph F. Kramer
Richmond
Marvin Miller
Seacrest
George B. Jenkins
Pomona
David Barron
King
Fred Lynes
St. Cedar
Leo Meal‘man
Cypress
Frank Reader
Logan
Lester Bones
S. Poplar
G. E. Crowley
Williamsburg
Glenn Griffin
William Adcock
Lincoln
Eugene L. Gower
N. Oak
Milton Hackett
John Finch
Rantoul
Celeste Douros
S. Main
C. W. Parkin
Tommie J. Fritts
N. Main
Jackquline Bickerstaff
Judy Kay Rice
Glenn Crowley
Lucy Bellis
Walnut
Glenn Griffith
Baby Son
E. 3Rd St
Kenneth Thistlethwait
Melvern
Pleads Guilty To Larceny
Judge Floyd H. Coffman opens January term of district court. David Berger Richmond pleads guilty to grand larceny in thefts from Bones garage Princeton on Sept 12. Burglar charge dropped. suspended sentence with parole. Bond set at $500. County Attorney Bill Bowers for the state. John B. Pierson defense. Jury called for Jan 11. 27 parolees scheduled to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd H. Coffman
David
Berger
Richmond
Princeton
Coffman
Bill Bowers
John B. Pierson
May Test Live Atomic Warheads
Washington reports escalating emphasis on nuclear weapons for battlefield use may lead to live tests of atomic warheads on guided missiles at the Nevada proving ground. No confirmed trials of nuclear guided missiles have occurred yet despite proof firing a 280 millimeter cannon with a nuclear shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nevada Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Publisher Byrne Dies at 80 in Winchester Kansas
J W Byrne former publisher of the Winchester Star died aged 80. He led the Star from 1918 to 1952 before retirement and sale of the paper. Earlier he ran the Perry Mirror from 1898 until moving to Winchester. Funeral services set for tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Kas
J. W. Byrne
Winchester Star
Byrne
The
Star
Perry
Mirror
Drive Netted 17 Coyotes in Williamsburg Annual Hunt
Seventeen coyotes were bagged on New Year’s Day in the Williamsburg Alumni Association drive. About 2,500 hunters participated across seven square miles, with many out of state licenses seen from Kansas City Independence and Drexel Missouri. Revenue from lunches and bounties totaled 112.93 as officers noted attendance and a record turnout. The Homewood drive that Sunday netted five coyotes.
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Williamsburg Alumni Association
Ralph Basel
Williamsburg
Kansas City
Independence
Drexel
C of C Dinner Is Tomorrow
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce outlines reservations for the annual meeting at Memorial auditorium. Peg Carr says a few seats remain by 10 a m tomorrow. dinner at 6 30 p m precedes a talk by Parke Carroll on Ottawa’s baseball outlook as major league play opens in Kansas City next April. Five three year directors will be named. guests include Franklin county balanced farm life families. Rotachords provide musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Auditorium
Peg Carr
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Carr
Parke Carroll
Kansas City Athletics
Ottawa
Kansas City
Franklin County
Cecil Vining
Richmond
Donald Steward
Route 4
Disagree Over Threat To Press Free Flow
Washington report on the Commerce Department Office of Strategic Information sparks debate over press freedom. Director R Karl Honaman states the agency supports free press and denies any government censorship. A separate note mentions a bat tagged near Carlsbad New Mexico found 800 miles away in Jalisco Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Office of Strategic Information
R. Karl Honaman
Carlsbad
N. M
Jalisco State
Mexico
Local Markets In 1953 Crossings Result In High Casualties
In 1953 American road safety data show 770 deaths and 27 750 injuries from attempting to cross intersections against signals. The figures highlight severe risk to pedestrians and drivers amid urban traffic conditions.
Wife Quizzed In Slaying At Shawnee Village
Mrs Mary Callahan a 30 year old housewife was questioned today by officers in the slaying of her husband John J Callahan found shot to death early yesterday in the couple's Shawnee Village home. The investigation centered on motive and circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Schwarz
Worden
Douglas ‘County
Warren W
Broyhill
Colorado Springs
Wiere
Thindis
Clathe
Kas
Mary Callahan
Shawnee Village
John J. Callahan
Murder Claim in Dallas Home Reaches City Police
Southwestern Bell employee 31 identified as Callahan was shot three times in his bed. Police have not located the murder weapon and are treating the case as a likely home shooting. The Herald urges readers to place a classified Want Ad to sell items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Callahan
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Willians Insurance
Robert Shurgart
Wichita
Bob Conaty
Carl Drake
Lawrence
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Blair
Florida Swamp
Blairs
Texas
Howard E. Foster
Rt. 3
Les Stallings
Foster
Oflock
Knights of Columbus
Mary A. Hoadley
Zimmeran Nursing Home
Cecil J. Farris
Edinners
Luther Stevens
Louis H. Dengel
California
Topeka i
Elmer T. Beck
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Drive
Coyotes
Jack Nelson
Anderson County
Garnett
Floyd Ackley
Neill George
Waverly
Waverly Sale Pavilion
Leland Logan
Albert Stewart & Son Farm
Albert
Harold
Ben Printy
Nichols Bros
Herald
Cox Eanevereene
Eagle - Picher
Topeka
Porter Spears
Agenc
Tom Porter
George Spears
Dean Berlin
Meu
Macau
Lamb
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Are Anchor Savings Ant Loan Association
Kansas City, Kansas
J. Dean Nossinger
North American Building
Clarence T. Rice
Sigan
William Overton
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