Ottawa Area News Briefs Include Clubs and School Events
Community club meeting at Green Dell Friday evening. Kansas Oil Men’s Association held a Wichita convention. Ottawa Country Club annual meeting with buffet and business session next Monday. Sertoma club screened A Second Hundred Years led by Joel Towner, new member Bill Whitacre welcomed. Baker University students perform The Fortune Teller January 12 13 14 in Centenary Auditorium. Chorus members from Kansas University Batansas Quenemo and Paola appear in Carousel. $50 scholarship awarded to Jeanne Elwell from Ottawa University Women’s Club. Mrs W G Chirch ill at Ft Leavenworth Army hospital. cards welcome. S R Knight named Kansas Oil Men’s Association director. Mrs John Lester injured at home. wrist fractures treated at hospital. Alfred Lee Foley held on drunk charge. wanted for bad check and mortgaged property in Reno county. Furniture display at Quin Furniture by Ottawa Recreational program. Mrs Charles Carey Jr unchanged after highway crash. husband improving but leg clot. Jim Clarke heading to Shawnee Mission.
Limestone Men Elect Officers in Kansas Association
The Kansas Limestone Association Inc held its annual meeting at the North American banquet venue with Perry Jones of Carbondale elected president. Harold Oxandale of Herrington became vice president, R F Killough of Ottawa secretary treasurer, and Marshall Carr of Neodesha along with Sam Walker of Junction City named directors. Carr previously led as president. Afternoon sessions featured discussions on state highways and research programs with speakers including R L Peyton and Prof C H Scholer. Banquet speakers were Van Byck of Kansas City and Frank Virr of Topeka. About 35 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Limestone Association, Inc
North American
Perry Jones
Carbondale
Harold Oxandale
Herrington
R. F. Killough
Ottawa
Marshall Carr
Neodesha
Sam Walker
Junction City
Carr
R. L. Peyton
Kansas Highway Commission
C. H. Scholer
Applied Mechanics
Kansas State College
A. B. Sperry
KSC
John McNeal
Frank Foley
Kansas Geological Survey
Lawrence
R. T. Runnels
Geological Survey
van Byck
Kansas City
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Frank Virr
Topeka
Frank Gilmore
Association
Ottawa High tennis lettermen to watch exhibition at Shawnee Mission
Ottawa High School plans an intra district trip this evening for OHS tennis lettermen to Shawnee Mission High to view an exhibition featuring Pancho Gonzales Pancho Segura Tony Trabert and Rex Hartwig. Ottawa players on the trip include Bob Luce Don Higgins Larry Forsythe Joel Berglund and Wallis Henning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
OHS
Shawnee Mission
Pancho Gonzales
Pancho Segura
Tony Trabert
Rex Hartwig
Ottawa High
Bob Luce
Don Higgins
Larry Forsythe
Joel Berglund
Wallis Henning
Shawnee Mission High School
Davis Rites Set for Southeast Williamsburg Farmer
John Samuel Davis 71 a lifelong farmer died yesterday at his home after years of poor health. Born April 21, 1884 he married Mabel McDowell March 8 1908. Survived by wife four sons Glenn Warren Lawrence Kenneth Max two daughters Elizabeth Chandler Shofner Geiss, 15 grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral at Lamb Funeral Home Friday 2 pm Rev Ernest Lawrance officiating with burial Mt Olivet cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Samuel Davis
Williamsburg
Mabel McDowell
Mt. Oliver Baptist Church
Glenn Warren Davis
Lawrence
Jasper Kenneth Davis
Home
George Max Davis
Kansas City
Paul Robert Davis
Wellsville
Elizabeth Chandler
Topeka
Owen Shofner
Arthur Geiss
Ottawa
McAllen
Tex
Frank W. Davis
Davis
John Samuel
Lamb Funeral Home
Ernest Lawrence
Mt. Olivet
Floods Threaten Nova Scotia Homes in record rainfall
In Halifax area 1000 people are homeless as rivers surged toward the sea after a week of melting snow and rain. Damage runs into millions as flooding worsens in central and eastern counties while southern areas see rising waters and several dam bursts. Over 700 people were already displaced and 300 more fled yesterday amid frigid conditions and unheated shelters near the provincial border and western Prince Edward Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Nld
Nova ‘Scotia
Milllions
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Hospital Notes and Births in Local Community
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Donald Higeon of Williamsburg on Monday and Mrs. Lester Smith of Waverly on Tuesday, plus several others admitted today. Births include a son to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Brink weighing 6 lb 8 oz, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Almus Gantz at 814 S Cedar weighing 6 lb 12 oz, and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Robertson weighing 6 lb 14 oz, all born Tuesday. Dismissals include Mrs. Warren Sellens and infant daughter, Baldwin, Robert Baer, Charles Marans, Eldon Hull, Mrs. Floyd Dix and infant son, Monroe Coutts, James Waring, and Mrs. Lee Peterson. A recipe for saurkraut and frankfurters with mashed potatoes is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Higeon
Williamsburg
Lester Smith
Waverly
Barbara Hull
R. L. Andrews
Jennie Lister
Roger Brink
Almus Gantz
S. Cedar
Ralph Robertson
N. Cedar
Warren Sellens
Baldwin
Robert Baer
N. Mulberry
Charles Marans
Lucifier the Holstein Bull Dies in Lancaster
Old Luci fer, famed Holstein bull known as Lauxmont Admiral Lucifer, died yesterday in Lancaster. The sire of 45,190 sons and 1 daughters, Lucifer was expected to father about 3,000 more before his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lucifer
Oldest bull in artificial breeding dies at 17 years
Believed to be the oldest bull in artificial breeding service in the United States he died at the advanced age of 17 years and 4 months equal to 95 years in the human span of life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Dell Community Club
M. F. Ward
Fresh’ Oil Company
Kansas Oil Men’s Association
Wichita
Ottawa Country Club Association
Sertoma Club
Joel Towner
Bill Whitacre
Harry Veach
A. C. Kirkswood
Veda Driver
Bruce Rogers
Quenemo
Mate “Thorén
Paola
Batansas
University
W. D. Bemimelg
Ottawa University Women’s Club
Jeanne Elwell
McPherson
W. G. Chirch
Navy
Army Hospital
Ft. Leavenworth
S. R. Knight
Princeton
The
Kansas‘ Oil Mens Assa
Hutchinson
John Lester
Hickory
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa Post Office
Alfred Lee Foley
Norehorne
Foley
Quin Furniture
C. K. Smith
Charles Carey, Jr
Shawnee
Jim Clarke
Louis H. Dangel
Wightmans
Limestone
Kansas Battalion
L. J. Kittle
San Diego
Trinity Methodist Church
R. B. Craig
Bert Vogler
George B. Reed
Saray OF Yoy
Y Association
John S. Davis
C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Charley Mincheh
Overbrook
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Anderson County
Avery
Jack
Quaintance
W. Centerville
Kansas
Teteran
Neill George
Chet Hermreck
Richmond
Albert S
Albert
Franklin Lonotat
Ewart & Son
Harold
Wilson and
Franklin Locust
Franklin Co
Wilson & Locust
C. L. Kapp
Don Jansen
Princeton Cemetery
Printy & Son
Ben Printy
N. Main
Lamb
Ittawa
Mary K. Davis
Chevrolet
Hewitt
S. Main
Franklin County
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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