News Briefs Rev Shoemaker resigns to join Nebraska parish
Rev. R. B. Shoemaker, longtime pastor at New Hope and Ruhamah churches, resigns after 13 years to take duties at a threechurch parish in Nebraska. He plans to leave around March 1 for Pawnee City, with the other churches located at Peru and Auburn. Memorial Auditorium B&PW ad. First Methodist Garnett opens education building Jan 10 from 1 to 4:30 pm. Douglas Bros. new address 112 S Hickory opposite A&P. Wilmafs Beauty Salon moves to Medical Arts Bldg 1302 S Main CH 22213. Elmer McKoon of Stanton to KU Medical Center Jan 3. Seven county officers to be sworn Jan 11 at 11:30 am in District Court by Judge Floyd Coffman.
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R.B. Shoemaker
New Hope
Ruhamah
Threeehurch
Nebraska
Pawnee City
Peru
Auburn
Floyd Coffman
Gift Horse Mystery Lands Man $8,000 Convertible
Thomas Weaver a 21 year old Bay Area sugar worker and Navy veteran receives a bill of lading for a fully paid $8,000 foreign convertible. He denies buying the car and pursues whether the ship Marie G Georgal bears his name or a relative’s. If kept he plans to sell it to pay bills.
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Newark
Calli
Thomas Weaver
San Francisco Bay Area
Weaver
Long Beach
Calif
Marie G. Georgal
San Francisco
Navy
Fameily
Singleton Tops Central Intercollegiate Scorers
Sam Singleton of Omaha University leads Central Intercollegiate basketball with 190 points in nine games through December 31, averaging 21.1. Dennis Smith of Emporia State is second at 19.4, followed by Don Meadows of Pittsburg State and Bob Goldsmith of Emporia. Fort Hays State tops team scoring at 81.4 per game. Emporia State guards the defense at 72.3. Goldsmith leads in rebounds at 11.7, with Smith second at 11.2 and Singleton third at 10.6. Gibb of Washburn, Chroust of Pittsburg, and Bilinger of Fort Hays State tie for top field goal percentage at 50.0. Don Scott of Emporia leads free throws at 17 of 19 for .895.
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Goldsmith
Smith
Singleton
Gregg Gibb
Washburn
Jim Chroust
Pittsburg
al Bilinger
Fort Hays State
Don Scott
Emporia
No Race For Garnett Grand Prix This Summer
A spokesperson for the Lake Garnett racing association said no Lake Garnett grand prix will be held this summer. The nonprofit group will operate only to manage proceeds for park improvements after clashes between police and fans last year. The event’s fate was put to a referendum, but 1965 races were skipped and referendum was not pursued.
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Lake Garnett
Kansas to Open Bids for Western Road Projects
The Kansas Highway Commission will open bids January 19 in Garden City for western and south central road works. The highlighted project is four miles of grading and five bridges on Interstate 70 in Russell County, including a detour for U S 281 during interchange work. Other bids cover 10.6 miles on the K45 diagonal to I-70, 7.4 miles on U S 183 with three bridges, 16.8 miles on K270 in Hamilton and Stanton counties, and 8 miles on a new U S 83 route with two bridges over the Cimarron River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Garden City
Kan
Russell County
Russell-Ellis County
Ellsworth
U. S. 183
Comanche
Kiowa
Syracuse
Hamilton
Stanton
Cimarron River
Topeka Man Gets Post Topeka Man Gets Post
Topeka attorney and Republican leader P. A. Towns end will be named pardon attorney for Gov. William Avery. Towns end, 50, would be the first Negro in the post and will discontinue private law practice. He is Housing Authority commissioner and active with NAACP committees. A World War I veteran, he has practiced law since 1937 and held multiple state posts and convention roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
P. A. Townsend
William H. Avery
Ane
Townsend
Avery
Tospeka
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University of Kansas School of Law
Tax Commission
Kansas Corporation Commission
Republican State Central Committee
Bids To Top City Meeting
Opening of bids for two new police cars is expected to top the business scheduled for tonight's city commission meeting at 7 in City Hall. Also on the agenda are cereal malt beverage license applications a contract bid for the annual city books audit and a gas tax refund application for the city bus service.
Wellsville's 96 year old Len Bell recalls pioneer years
Len Bell of Wellsville, officially 96, recalls seeing the first railroad into town and early life between Black Jack and Baldwin. He moved to Wellsville in 1929 to open a tin shop, foretelling he may reach 100, and recounts buying and rebuilding local properties during tax foreclosures and thriving bids, noting big shifts in town over the past two decades.
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Wellsville
Berniece Childs
Len Bell
Bell
Black Jack
Baldwin
Clyde Bell
H. N. Brockway
Oklahoma
Colorado
Lyndon
Mabel Shawen
Carl Sandburg Celebrates 87th Birthday in Flat Rock
CHARLOTTE AP Carl Sandburg the white haired poet and Lincoln biographer marks his 87th birthday by lifting an oak armchair overhead in daily exercise. Friends say he still reads, works on his autobiography and avoids public life, while telegrams from notable figures arrive and President Johnson sends a gift photograph.
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Interior
Stewart Udall
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paul Douglas
Chicago
Johnson
Sandburg
Edward Steichen
William Friday
University of North Carolina
Flat Rock
Golden
The
Carolina Israelite
Moses
Sandburgs
Paula Steichen
Don Pierce Rites Held at Grace Cathedral
-Topeka AP reports a large midwestern turnout paid final respects to Don Pierce at Grace Cathedral in Lawrence Kansas. Pierce 45 longtime KU sports publicity director died from injuries sustained New Year’s Eve in a traffic accident. Mourners included Big Eight figures coaches athletes and editors. Big Eight Sportswriters Sportscasters Association established the Don Pierce Reporters Trust Fund to educate his three children Ann Wayne and Bobby with Ray Evans administering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Midwest
Don Pierce
University of Kansas
Pierce
Lawrence
Kan
University
Episcopal Church
Grace Cathedral
Big Eight Sportswriters’ Sportscasters Association
Ann
Wayne
Bobby
Ray Evans
Traders National Bank
Kansas City
Williamsburg Interchange Location Sought by City Council
The Williamsburg City Council formally asked the county commissioners on Tuesday to locate the proposed 135 interchange northwest of Williamsburg. If approved, the interchange would sit about one mile north of the city. A Kansas Highway Commission meeting in Topeka on December 21 was attended by county and city officials to discuss the location.
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Williamsburg
Kansas Highway Commission
Topeka
Rantoul Couple Welcome Daughter Denise Laree Ross
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ross of Rantoul announce the birth of Denise Laree at Anderson County Hospital on December 31 weighing 7 pounds 5 1 2 ounces. The L L C of Rantoul Presbyterian church cleared about 80 dollars from a lunch served at the Vint Reed estate sale Saturday.
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Kenneth Ross
Denise Laree
Anderson County Hospital
L.L.C
Rantoul Presbyterian Church
Deaths Mrs Mary Alta Starit and Guy Hartwell Settle
Mrs. Mary Alta Starit 75 mother of Leonard Starit of Richmond died Jan 5 at Anderson County Hospital after a month long illness. Retired teacher she traveled recently with relatives on the west coast and leaves a granddaughter and great grandson. Interment at Garnett Cemetery. Rev Ronald Burt led services at Farris Memorial Chapel with soloist William H. Craig. Guy Hartwell Settle 87 of Wellington died Jan 5 in a Wellington nursing home after 17 years in the town. Services Friday at 2 pm at Towner Chapel, burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Born Nov 19 1877 in Moberly Mo he married Maud Ella Settle who died in 1930. He was a Christian Church member with two sons Home Settle and Jim Settle and a daughter Mrs Emma Chilton Mooney surviving.
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Mary Starit
Mary Alta Starit
Leonard Starit
Richemond
Anderson County Hospital
Ronald Burt
Fars Ris Memorial Chapel
Nadjy Melsenheimer
William H. Craig
Garnett Cemetery
Guy Hartwell Settle
Wellington
Franklin County
Towner Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
Moberly
Maud Ella Settle
Christian Church
Home Settle
Jim Settle
Edgerton
Rfd
Emma Chilton Mooney
Funerals for Local Residents Reported in Williamsburg and East
Dated notices list services for Ray S. Miskimon who died Jan 1 at First Methodist Church Williamsburg with Rev. David Wilson and Rev. Garth Berry presiding. Pallbearers named. military taps by Ronnie Hazen. burial at Mount Hope followed by service conducted by Howard Doyen.
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Ray S. Miskimon
First Methodist Church
Wiliamsburg
David Wilson
Garth Berry
George New
Mike Collins
Arthur Dehn
Charles Robe
Henry Farney
Lyle Sutherland
Millard Wren
Louis R. Cappoce
Forrest E. Bond
Quentin R. Roberts
Willard R. Binns
Mount Hope Cemetery
Williamsburg
Howard Doyen
Ronnie Hazen
Hospital Notes and Births in Ottawa Area
Hospital notes list patients including Mrs H D Hill of 114 W 5th and Mrs Harry Bebee of Melvern along with Joseph E Lidikay of Ottawa RFD 2 Rudolph Unruh of 627 N Sycamore Janelle Dever of Osawatomie and a birth to Rex Simmons of Ottawa RFD 4 a daughter weighing 7 lbs 2 oz dismissals include Diane Medlen of Rantoul George Hull of Waverly Judy Blanco of 1106 N Poplar and others.
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H. D. Hill
W. 5Th
Harry Bebee
Melvern
Joseph E. Lidikay
Ottawa Rfd
Rudolph Unruh
Sycamore
Janelle Dever
Osawatomie
Rex Simmons
Ottawa
RFD
Diane Medlen
Rantoul
George Hull
Waverly
Judy Blanco
Poplar
KC Markets: cattle and hogs mix at Kansas City auction
At Kansas City stockyards cattle 2,000 calves 50 with steers steady cows slow prices mixed to lower, choice and prime steers 22.50 to 24.50, good 18.75 to 21.75, choice feeder steers 19.50 to 21.00. Hog prices up with barrows and gilts 25.0 to 50 higher, sows 26 higher. sheep 400 steady with lambs 20.50 to 21.00. Eggs: consumer small A 18–19, wholesale large 26.14 to 28.00, others unchanged. Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers at farm 12–13, plant 12.34–14.44 unchanged.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Arkansas
Williamsburg Area Notes
Williamsburg area notes describe Lions Club members removing dead trees from the school yard and city park to aid a scholarship fund. Terry Thornbrugh is on a 30 day leave with his parents. During the Kayettes Christmas Ball intermission gifts were exchanged and sent to the Welfare Department for county distribution.
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Lions Club
Terry Thornbrugh
W. R. Thornbrugh
Kayettes
County Welfare Department
Jack Hobbs
Fore
Topeka
Wreck on South Hickory Street Causes Minor Damage
Police report an accident at 5 12 p m Tuesday in the 200 block of South Hickory Street. Ralph C Capron, 76, of 1245 S Main drove a 1964 Chevrolet and Boyd Whitcher, 77, Princeton RFD 1, drove a 1949 Plymouth. Left rear fender and bumper on the Chevrolet and right front fender and grill on the Plymouth were damaged. No injuries or arrests reported.
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Hickory Street
Ralph C. Capron
S. Main
Boyd Whitcher
Princeton Rfd
Police Report: Jacket Stolen From Car in Ottawa
Gieller Richmond reports to Ottawa police a reversible black and white Ski jacket with black trim was taken from her car parked at the Southwestern Bell Telephone office between 5 30 p.m. and 10 30 p.m. The jacket valued at 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marks Gieller
Richmond
Ottawa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Office
Ottawa area traffic fines from county court docket
County Court records show Edward S. Parker aged 42 of 720 North Poplar cited for disobeying a stop sign on December 29 one and a half miles north of Ottawa on US 59, pleaded guilty and fined five dollars plus costs. Charles N. Bowling aged 19 of 1024 North Sycamore cited about a mile south of Ottawa on US 69 on January 1 for reckless driving, pleaded guilty and fined twenty five dollars plus costs.
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Edward S. Parker
Poplar
Ottawa
Charles N. Bowling
Sycamore
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Memorial Auditorium
B&pw
First Methodist Church of
Douglas Bros
S. Hickory
A & P Grocery
Anchor Savings and Loan
Wilmafs
Main
Elmer McKoon
K. U. Medical Center
Ellis
Garnett
Mabel
Carl Sandburg
Burg
Cora Ellen Keith
Lamb Funeral Home
James Anderson
Frank H. Davis
Robert H. Carr
Harry Hough
Floyd Perkins
Emmett Taylor
Harry Pratt
Highland Cemetery
John W. Beekman
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Roy W. Browning
Clarence Rea
Fred Gardner
R. Norman
Luther Stevens
Eugene Saffron
O. W. Waymire
C. J. Mileton
R.L. Stevens
Colwnerr
Williamsburg Area
Police News
Lamb
Ermi
Greenfield
King
Tancred
K.T. We
Uile Mets
Carlos J, Pence
E. C. Gerald B
Harford
Bernhardt's Dance Academy
Carpenter
Trac
Imp. CS
General Services
Gene Powell
Standard Rendering Co
Bill
Kansas
Baer
Klean Air Service
Bob Baer
Floyd A. Smith
Peculiar
Jim Rhodes
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard Ottawa
Franklin County Sale Company
North
Franklin Co
Printy and Son
Ben Printy
Cap
Printy
N. Main
Harold Stewart
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Council Grove
Jim? Brady
Clifford R. Hobbs
Ottawa, Kansas
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