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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1960
Page
5
Sacred Heart Catholic School PTO will host a special speaker Monday at 7 30 p.m. in the school basement Monsignor Gardner of Kansas City will talk refreshments served.
Funeral services for Charles F. Sam my Shu hate who died January 3 were held January 6 at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. Monroe Miles of Topeka and Rev. Robert H. Powner officiating. Pallbearers included Bill Carter James Grogan Gene Mavity Byron Faden Jerry Harrell and Robert Miller. Dean Zook sang hymns with Mrs. J R Henning accompanying. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery Kansas City with graveside and military rites by Richards Cebaur Air Force Base personnel. Junior Chamber members and wives attended.
AP reports cattle slaughter figures and market tests with prices for steers cows bulls veal calves and hogs. Prices listed include 12.00 13.50 for certain cattle and 12.00 to 13.00 for 200 lb barrows and gilts with sows around 9.75 10.75.
James Willis Foulks 74 stock man of RFD 3 died today while visiting a farm near Wellsville after a six year heart condition. Born May 22 1885 in Lucas County Iowa he moved to Black Jack area in 1921. He married Ermine Bracewell in Sheridan Iowa on August 10 1918. Survived by widow two sons Wilbur and James R one daughter Frances Van Fleet five grandchildren two sisters and one half sister. Funeral arrangements by Towners Chapel.
Frank E. Henry aged 72 died yesterday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born April 25, 1887, at Hall's Summit he lived in Lawrence and Ottawa. He married Mabel M. Myers in 1910. Survived by widow, two sons Merrill E. and Dwayne, four grandchildren, two deceased children. Services Saturday 2 p.m. Rumsey Funeral Home Lawrence. burial Hope Cemetery Ottawa. Ottawa relatives attending include Pearl Bristow and Galen Bristow families and others.
Graveside services for Frances L. Davison of Pittsburg were held in Ft. Scott on Jan 5 after her death Jan 1 at Research Hospital Kansas City. Born May 13 1896 near Pittsburg she moved to Ottawa in 1921 and married W S Davison in 1923. Surviving are the widower, daughter Eleanor Mae Bartlesville son Hal Washington D C two sisters and two brothers.
Kenneth Dwight Matteson aged 20 of 326 Walnut died at 9:30 a.m. today at K U Medical Center after a brief illness. Born June 24, 1939 in Garnett, he was the son of Leonard W. Matteson and Mrs. Matteson. He is survived by his widow Millie Schmoe, a four month old son, his father of Pomona, three sisters Betty Matteson Florida Donna Wielderholt Beulah Matteson Ottawa, a step-brother Ray Wards Pomona, and three half sisters Connie Bonnie Sandra Pomona. announced by Towner's.
Arthur Godfrey will depart February 10 for India to hunt tigers and showcase Finns later on television. He plans stops in Hong Kong and Tokyo on the return to New York after recovering from a lung cancer operation. Sam Levenson will fill in on Godfrey's morning radio show.
Dr and Mrs Raymond Jennings and their four children occupied the parsonage of First Baptist Church in Ottawa. He becomes the church’s new pastor after 16 years teaching in a Japanese university. His first sermon will be on Sunday Jan 17. The Bannings, interim pastor since September, plan a farewell Sunday and trip to the South before returning to Norwich Connecticut.
Hugoton, Kas. AP Fran cis Ti Ward 35 Liberal Kas was killed last night when he was thrown from a pickup truck after it struck a cow seven miles east of Hugoton on U S 270. companion Robert LA McCart 42 Liberal was injured critically. The two employed by a Lakin drilling firm were on their way to work at an oil well location south of Syracuse. The cow was killed.
Fifteen fishermen on bamboo rafts overturned in a Formosa Strait storm Tuesday. Eight bodies have been recovered, authorities report, with crews continuing search efforts for the remaining refugees.
Jules Dubois Latin American correspondent for the Chicago Tribune will deliver the William Allen White lecture at the University of Kansas on February 10.
Hospital notes list admissions including Gene Price 322 Elm and Mrs Viola Kratz Pomona on Thursday. Births reported for Mr and Mrs Max Hunter RFD 2 a daughter born Wednesday weight 7 lb 10 2 oz. Dismissals include Mrs Lloyd Stiffler and baby daughter Pomona. Other inpatient entries include Mrs David Reckie Pomona Royce Angell Plains Richard Spring Williamsburg Emily Ludolph Westphalia Lawrence Langley Pomona Elmer Randell 839 Hamblin today.
Dr. E Gordon Collister will address Garfield PTA Monday night at Garfield School on exceptional children. He directs the Guidance Bureau at the University of Kansas and will discuss testing and counseling for gifted and exceptional students. He has long worked with Summerfield and Watkins scholarships as a consultant.
Plymouth England AP skeleton found chained to wall of a sewage pit confirmed as James Duncan Dunn a 23 year old Englishman with a history of self restraint. Police suspected an American link after finding shoes with a U.S. company logo but Dunn's watch inscription led to identification. Dunn vanished in March 1958 a month after being found chained to railings near a London home and freed by firemen.
Thirteen cases eight criminal actions will wait for jurors when they report Monday for the January term of District Court. Donald White county attorney is set to handle seven criminal cases while City Attorney Douglas Gleason prosecutes the remaining one. Also scheduled for jury hearing are three damage suits including Whitaker versus Gentner Bangs versus Martin Maag versus Hashagen. One money recovery suit Fisher versus Okerberg Jr. and a suspended license appeal by Wilson are slated for the jury.
Kansans for the Right to Work reports a trend poll from 64 of 105 counties with Rep. Wint Smith leading among GOP hopefuls and Harry Darby tied for top spots. Gov. George Docking leads among Democrats in first place votes but trails Smith and Darby overall and opposes right to work.
The Hall laboratory for genetics research will be dedicated Sunday at the University of Kansas. The four story building honors Nancy Dudley Hall, mother of Joyce C. Hall, founder of Hallmark Cards. Most funding came from the Hallmark Foundation of Kansas City Missouri.
A United Air Lines DC8 carrying 97 passengers and 7 crew blew three of four tires on the left main landing gear during landing at O'Hare Field. The San Francisco origin flight reported no injuries.
Moscow says a more powerful rocket for launching heavy earth satellites and space missions will be tested in a broad deserted Pacific area 1,100 miles southwest of Hawaii between January 15 and February 15. Foreign ships and aircraft are warned to avoid the zone.
The Soviet Union stated confidence in pinpointing rock et landings by sending ships into the target area to conduct measurements. Their test firing range may approximate the U S Atlas missile. A possible Soviet launch site is the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 3 800 miles from Moscow’s designated impact area for the new tests.
Washington AP reports Asian influenza identified in outbreaks of respiratory diseases in Ohio and Texas. Public Health Service says the country faces localized outbreaks but cannot estimate spread.
Washington AP President Eisenhower leaves for a weekend at his Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm. He invites congressional leaders from both parties to a White House luncheon Monday to present a personal report on his 11 nation tour and the Western summit in Paris. He plans to return to Washington Sunday night or Monday morning.
National Airlines pilots refuse further FAA required flight tests citing recent crashes over the Gulf of Mexico and North Carolina in which 76 people died. They warn unusual maneuvers during checks may damage airframes and could cause in-flight failure. Airline Pilots Association telegram to FAA head Elwood Quesada demands resolution before tests resume.
U S Army Secretary Wilber Brucker flew in from Saigon to Hong Kong for an inspection of American military installations in the Far East, continuing a tour of the region to review postwar setup and readiness.
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