Elks Bridge Winners and Local News Bits
Briefs cover Elks Club duplicate bridge winners with two top pairs in north south and east west divisions. Weather observer reports 1961 moisture 52.54 inches, 17.26 above normal, December snow 9.5 inches. Local business and public notices include Wicke Rexall Drug Store sale, car tag sales pass 850, and March of Dimes drive plans. Obituaries not present.
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Elks Club
W. E. Hegberg
Robert A. Anderson
Robert. F. Miller
John Huderson
Hodney McClay
D. F. Kile
F. P. Hufstedler
Walter Schwarz
Worden
Douglas County
Ottawa
Santa Fe Promotes J. R. Jones to Personnel Assistant
J R Jones was named assistant to the general manager in charge of personnel for the Santa Fe Railway with headquarters in Topeka. He succeeds M H Coble who retired and will assume the new role effective January 1. Born February 11 1914 in Osage City Jones began rail service in 1935 and has held multiple clerical and supervisory posts culminating in personnel assistant in Topeka prior to this promotion.
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J. R. Jones
Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
L. M. Olson
Jones
M. H. Coble
Osage City
Santa Fe
Car Service
Emporia
Goldfine Aid Is Sentenced
Miss Paperman 42 secretary to Bernard Goldfine Boston industrialist began a jail term for smuggling letters to the ailing magnate. She admitted delivering letters to Goldfine while he served a year for tax evasion at Danbury. Goldfine, now at the Public Health Service Hospital Staten Island, was moved after a cerebral thrombosis.
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Boston (Ap
Mildred Paperman
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Miss Paperman
Goldfine
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
US Public Health Service Hospital
Staten Island
N.Y
Bids to open for I-70 project in Saline County Kansas
Bids on grading and bridges for 1.8 miles of Interstate 70 in Saline County will be opened at Hutchinson Jan. 16. The project runs about 1.? miles west of the I-70 and US 81 junction to an interchange with I-35W.
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Harald V. Bouse
Wellsville
Charles M. Brink
Kansas City
Kas
Bouse
Father Brink
Topeka
Saline County
Hutchinson
Latimer
Ottawa
Mystery Slaying Of Young Socialite In Pacific Palisades
Police investigate the brutal slaying of Doris June Bowman 32 mother of three in her $100,000 home. Intruder possibly struck her, dragged from kitchen to bathroom, left in a water-filled tub. Bloodstains and teeth fragments found. no sign of forced entry or motive. Doctor Frank Bowman husband, bloodied scene suggests struggle. investigators seek leads and suspects.
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Pacific Palisades
Calif
Doris June Bowman
Southern California
Seacoast
Frank Potter Bowman
Southern California Edison Co
Bowman
Local Markets Report from Kansas City Trade
Kansas City markets show cattle activity with 9600 head cattle and 2500 hogs and 1000 sheep. Steers and heifers hold steady to 45 higher, cows weaker, vealers and slackers up, with good to choice steers 23.00 to 25.60 and vealers up to 26.00. Hog prices rise 10.75 to 17.25 for barrows and gilts, sows 28 to 42.5, and lambs firm with good to prime at 15.50 to 17.00 and feeders 120.60 to 140.00.
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Kansas City
December Fire Losses In Ottawa Total 1075 Dollars
Fire losses in Ottawa last month totaled 1075 dollars. Fire Chief Harry Gilliland reports the largest loss was the December 8 fire at the Bob Wienheimer home causing 600 dollars in damages. A December 19 car fire owned by Roy Kirkland caused 400 dollars in damages. Ottawa firemen answered 15 calls in December, 10 of which were for fires.
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Ottawa
Harry Gilliland
Bob Wienheimer
Roy Kirkland
Wheat bushel allotments proposed to replace acreage plan
Washington AP writes Rep. J Floyd Breeding Kansas presses next session for a wheat bushel allotment bill. It would issue certificates for processor purchases, allow surplus to enter world markets or feed, and cut annuals by 200 million bushels from demand. Breeding also drafts barley planting on feed grain acres to curb erosion.
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Washington
J. Floyd Breeding
D-Kan
Congress
United States
Free World
Breeding
Chaplain Helps GI Prisoners On Death Row St. Louis Priest
FT LEAVENWORTH AP. Lt. Col. Joseph E. X. Frain, an Army chaplain, conducts daily Mass for death row inmates at the U S Disciplinary Bar. He has served in Korea Europe and Luzon and now oversees the 10 month stay inmates as he helps them face problems and prepare for reentry into society. The Protestant inmate on Seven Base death row kneels at a nearby altar while Frain ministers to Roman Catholics.
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FT. Leavenworth
U.S
Co. Joseph
E. X. Frain
St. Louis
D.B
Little Alter
Father Frain
Springfield
Korea
Europe
Luzon
2 Man
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel L. Armstrong
Mrs. Ethel L. Armstrong died December 31. Funeral services held January 2 at Towner's Chapel with Rev. Russell Pitman officiating. Pallbearers were C. T. Taul, Joe Ed Taul, T. T. Shelton, Harry Nichols, Artis Hutchinson, and Willard DeGarmo. Dean Zook sang hymns with Mrs. J. M. Kilgore accompanying. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery in Baldwin.
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Ethel L. Armstrong
Towner’s Chapel
Russell Pitman
C. T. Taul
Joe Ed Taul
T. T. Shelton
Harry Nichols
Artis Hutchinson
Willard DeGarmo
Dean Zook
J. M. Kilgore
Oakwood Cemetery
Baldwin
Sanford L. Nichols Dies at 95 in Pomona
Sanford Le Roy Nichols, 95, retired farmer and stockman, died yesterday at Ran som Memorial Hospital after eight weeks as patient. Born June 19, 1866 in Knoxville Iowa, he married Asha Shoaf in Ottawa July 4, 1892. Survived by widow, four sons Clarence Roy Irvin Nichols Pomona Ralph Nichols 708 . Poplar, three daughters Dollie Davis Susan Nichols Goldie Spurgeon Florence Colo., 18 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren. Services Friday 2 pm Pomona Methodist Church Rev R A Trowbridge. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona.
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Sanford L. Nichols
Sanford le Roy Nichols
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Pomona
Knoxville
Iowa
O. D
Margaret (Shelling) Nichols
Asha Shoaf
Ottawa
Clarence
Roy
Irvin Nichols
Ralph Nichols
Poplar
Dollie Davis
Susan Nichols
Goldie Spurgeon
Florence
Colo
Pomona Methodist Church
R. A. Trowbridge
Woodlawn
FireKills Four In Akaroa Hotel Blaze
A midnight blaze at a 60 year old wooden hotel in Akaroa near Christchurch, New Zealand, killed four people and injured about a dozen others, authorities said. The fire gutted the seaside resort inn as firefighters battled the flames through the night.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Akaroa
Kansas mineral output tops half a billion in 1961
Kansas Geological Survey estimates 1961 mineral production at 505.8 million dollars, marking six straight years above 500 million. Natural gas sets a new record with 71.5 million more than 1960, crude oil holds near 335 million, and gains in clay products and sand and gravel accompany minor shifts in coal and other minerals.
Triumph For Love Triumph For Love
Franklin County marriage and divorce records show 1961 had 172 marriages and 28 divorces. Compared to 1960 there were nine more marriages and ten fewer divorces overall. The Probate Court issued 172 licenses in 1961 and 163 in 1980, while District Court granted 28 divorces in 1961 versus 38 in 1960.
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Franklin County
Probate
Franklin County to Let Bridges Contracts
County commissioners announce two bridge projects in Franklin County to be let Friday at 10 a.m. One contract covers a bridge over Sack Creek southeast of Williamsburg, the other for two bridges across Middle Creek near Princeton. County engineer Fred Gardner said plans have been sent to eight bidders.
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Franklin County
Sack Creek
Williamsburg
Middle Creek
Princeton
Fred Gardner
Burglars Take Car From Show Window in Cartersville
In Cartersville Georgia burglars failed to crack a company safe and drove off with a new car from the show window of a local motor company. Police later found the car about ten miles away abandoned and out of gas.
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Cartersville
Something New Gun at Jacksonville Zoo Today
Probate Court notices in Kansas announce Anton J. Strafuss appointed administrator of Frank C. Strafuss estate. Creditors must file demands within nine months from first publication. Dated Ottawa Franklin County December 20, Administrator Anton J. Strafuss. Attorney John B. Fierson.
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Said
Kansas
Franklin County
Frank C. Strafuss
Frank C. Sirafuss
Ottawa
Kurses
Local area auction listings and livestock sales notice
A compilation of farm auctions and livestock sale dates across Kansas and nearby towns. Entries mention locations such as Ottawa Franklin County Waverly Locust and Wilson streets plus contact numbers, sale dates in January and perpetual weekly sales in communities like Overbrook Garnett and Pomona. Active brokers include D and J Auction and Guas Market Sale with multiple farm sale notices and farm equipment listings.
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Ernest Arnold Overbrook
Kansas
Emporia Livestock Sale Co
Emporia Kansas
Franklin County Sale Co
Locust and Wilson
Ottawa
Myers Bros
Claude
Howard
Franklin County
Locust & Wilson
Waverly
Claude Neilson
Homewood
Kasdan
Waverly Livestock Sale
Franklin Co
Bale Co
Wilsom & Locust
Eas
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W. A. Sinclair
Clara Sinclair
W. 4Th
Wicke Rexall
Osawatomie
Fred A. Wicke
Sinclair
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
University of Kansas
Wicke
Ellis
Charles M. Lamb
Paola
David L. Mathias
USN
Alfred Mathias
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Coral Sea
Western Pacific
Almeda Sinclair
American Legion Post
No. 60
Dime Board
Merlin Casteel
Kansas Legion
T. J. Cummings
Department of Defense
Snyder Pharmacy
Raymond Seaton
Seaton
LeRoy Fredricks
Bernard Smith
Ezra Steward
Fred Moser
Roy Seaton
Harry Brown
Barry Brown
Gene Brown
A. J. Westergreen
John Holly
Paul Brannan
Charles Brannan
Carl Holly
Kester Grafham
Phillip Seaton
Bobby Lee Bowlby
N. Poplar
Gardner P. Walker
Justice Court
Scott
Towner
Crone
Pirat
Tina
Joe
Josephine
Linda French
Francis Flora
Williams. Burg
William A. Fowler
King
Gary Terrill
S. Locust
Florence Clark
Crestview Nursing Home
Harold Bryan
Quetemo
Ernest Casten
Quenemo
Russell McGuire
RFD
Alva Glaze
E. 4Th
Jimmie Demmitt
Johnny Johnston
Leavenworth Times
Associated Press
Ve. CoUse
Deep
Common School District No
Fouts
Board of Education of
Maurice Ponton Franklin
Jacksonville
Fla
Jacksonville Zoo
Legals
Anton J. Stratuas
John B. Fierson
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Charles
Lyndon
Printy
Ben Printy
Main
Lake Ralston
Ph. YE
Garnett
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Base
Overbrook
Gordon James
Ain
Wilson
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