Wasmund Chosen Chairman Of County Commission
County commissioners selected Wasmund, a farmer, as chairman for the coming year replacing Coffman. Peffly nominated Wasmund with Coffman in support. Wasmund did not vote. The largely ceremonial post carries no extra powers and signs documents for the board. The chairmanship rotates yearly among the three commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Wasmund
Wasmund
Albert Coffman
Carmen Peffly
Coffman
Commission
Gas Service requests 12.75 million rate rise in Kansas
Gas Service Co of Kansas City defended a 9.8 percent revenue increase and a 10.53 percent return on Kansas investments at the Kansas Corporation Commission hearings. The proposal would raise the average residential bill about 1.65 monthly as cost of service items climb. hearings continue with public sessions in Topeka Kansas City and Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
The
Gas Service Co
Kansas City
Kansas Corporation Commission
William S. LaLonde III
Gas Service
Kansas
KCC
R.C. ‘Pete’ Loux
Commission
Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Topeka Man Injures House After Route K-68 Crash
A 41-year-old Topeka man, Leonard A. Lynn, was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital for a head cut after his 1975 Plymouth left of center on K-68 near Main Street, striking a sign, then the Burgoon residence porch. He suffered a seizure and was cited for no valid license and reckless driving. Damages totaled about 2,500 to the car and 4,000 to 5,000 to the house. Wheat futures on the Kansas City Board of Trade opened mixed as market indicators await export data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ransom Memorial Hospital
K-68
Kansas ‘City
Kansas City Board of Trade
Burgoon
N. Poplar
Leonard A. Lynn
Department of Public Safety
Lynn
DPS
Main Street
Poplar
Fourth
Cedar Streets
Candace A. Baxter
Mulberry
Mary J. Weber
Williamsburg
Weber
South
Andrew J. Mietchen
Ottawa
RFD
Lindsey
Peoria Road
Scott A. Wellman
Lawrence
David Pemberton
RMH
East 14Th
Michael Murray
Ottawa Rfd 2
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce taps new president for 1980
Earl Devore passed the gavel to Don Burroughs at the annual banquet as 1980 chamber president. Burroughs urged active community and national involvement. Executive Director Steve Abrams announced he will leave to join the U S Chamber in Minneapolis. Other officers named include president-elect Jerry Thompson and vice-president Jim Bradley with Lucille Robinson as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Devore
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Don Burroughs
Burroughs
Burroughs Real Estate and Insurance
Chamber
Steve Abrams
United States Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Minn
Abrams
Jerry Thompson
Loyd Builders
Jim Bradley
Duke Manufacturing
Lucille Robinson
Schulte, Klein, Gaeddert and
Agler
Obituary notices for Hamby Shelton Ashwill Carroll
Obituaries note Emma Hamby 97 of 207 Red Jacket died Sunday at Crestview Nursing Home with services Tuesday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home and burial at Highland Cemetery. Blanche Shelton 81 of Rogers Arkansas died Saturday. services Wednesday at Dengel & Son Mortuary and burial at Highland Cemetery. Ida Ashwill 79 Overbrook died Saturday. services Tuesday at Greenwood-Roberts Funeral Home with private burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona. Roland Carroll 63 Council Grove died Saturday. services Tuesday at Penwell Gable Funeral Home and burial in Topeka Cemetery. Surviving relatives listed for each include spouses, children, and extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Eunice Hamby
Red Jacket
Crestview Nursing Home
Lamb Roberts Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Martin Janicke
Hamby
Bruce, Ill
Kansas
Franklin County
Free Methodist Church
Thomas Clayton Hamby
Ottawa
Wilma Warner
S. Sycamore
Doris Lilly
Burrough
Delane Springfield
Grove
Okla
Glen M
S. Main
Blanche G. Shelton
Rogers, Ark
Rogers Hospital
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Mrs. Shelton
Lane
Stanton
Linn County
Ida B. Ashwill
Overbrook
Ida Blanche Ashwill
Greenwood-Roberts
Woodlawn
Pomona
Ashwill
Michigan Valley
Ottawa University
First United Methodist Church
UMW
EHU
John A. Ashwill
Connie“Frees
Perry
Charles Louk
Frank Louk
Camdenton
George Louk
Wichita
Dora Watson
Topeka
Helen Durbin
Maxine Louk
Roland W. Carroll
Roland W.al Carroll
Council Grove
Penwell Gable
Carroll
Thayer
McCaig Plumbing
First Baptist Church
U. A
Area students earn honors at Kansas State University
Seventeen area students are named in the top 10 percent of their class at Kansas State University, including Gregory Ball Randi Anderson Randall Bell James Coen Matt Floersch Teresa Jenkins and Michael Morrow. Captain Richard Soetaert of Wellsville receives the Air Force Commendation Medal at McConnell Air Force Base for meritorious service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State University
Gregory A. Ball
Randi R. Anderson
Randall L. Bell
James A. Coen
Matt H. Floersch
Teresa I. Jenkins
Michael E. Morrow
Richard C. Soetaert
Adolph C. Soetaert
Wellsville
McConnell Air Force Base
Air Force
Area Men Die In Wreck Near Osage City
Two 18-year-old Osage City men died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday near their hometown. John Potter, a passenger, died at the scene when the car turned onto Kansas 170. Thomas L. Frye, the driver of Potter’s car, died later at Topeka hospital. The weekend traffic count ran from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Osage City
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
John Potter
Topeka Hospital
Local ads offer sales and services this week
Ad briefs list numerous local deals and services including MUM cash and carry at 116 W 2nd, Budge's Sport Center ski sale, Stinson Processing grain fed beef halves or quarters, Guys & Dolls hair fashion perm special, Kiwanis Pancake Day at Methodist Church, Mary Ann Nitcher hair appointments, Beta Sigma Phi paper drive, Merle Norman Studio crafts sales help, Bud or Jim layaway plan at McArdle's, central air savings at 120 E 15th, spring bulbs 30 percent off, Gypsum soil conditioner sale, Willis Garden Center location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guys & Dolls
Methodist Church
Mary Ann
Price) Nitcher
Bud
Jim
McArdle's
Central Air
Minnie V Taggart dies in Ottawa widow of Jessie Taggart
Mrs Minnie V Taggart a well known Ottawa resident and widow of Jessie Taggart died Saturday January 12 at Ransom Memorial Hospital Funeral services will be held at Dengel and Son Mortuary Tuesday January 15 at 2 p m with Pastor Ken Robinson officiating Interment at Hope Cemetery Ottawa Friends may call Monday afternoon at the mortuary for service hour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin W. Reynolds
Wellsville
Elvin W
Bud” Reynolds
RFD
Lawrence
Wilson and Son Funeral Home
Maple Hill Cemetery
Kansas City
Kan
Reynolds
U.S
Consolidated Freightways
The
Baptist Church and Teamsters Union
Betty Clover
Olathe
Wayne Reynolds
Floyd Reynolds
Daryl Reynolds
Ronnie Reynolds
Athens
Rex Reynolds
Gloria Keeton
Clathe
Laura Hensinger
Raytown
Irvin Reynolds
Orlin Reynolds
Cassville
Howard Reynolds
Castle Rock
Colo
Lewis Reynolds
Rantoul
Leslie Reynolds
Edna Richardson
American Cancer Society
Minnie V. Taggart
Crestview Nursing Home
Cypress
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Hope Cemetery
Taggart
Webers Falls
Okla
Bartlesville
Assembly of God Church
Jessie Taggart
Mary Jones
Coffeyville
Ruth Hill
McPherson
Shelton
Janche G. Shelton
Franklin County
Rogers Memorial Hospital
Rogers
Arkansas
Dengel & Son
Highland Cemtery
Ottawa
Preventing Low Back Pain Through Early Checkups
Health notice stresses high risk of low back pain, caused by mechanical spine defects that develop slowly. Early detection and treatment can prevent disability. insurance often funds on the job injuries. Published for public education by Matney Chiropractic, Ottawa Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry J. Matney
D.C
Matney Chiropractic
South Main
Ottawa
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Devore
Devore Associates Architects
the Daily Report
Ellis County
Ark
Arthur Shelton
Louise Ratliff
Princeton
Gale Shelton
Leah Thomas
Opalika
Ala
Paul Hays
Plainville
Bruce Howard
Richmond
Mrs
Emma
E. Hamby
Franklin County Red Cross
First National Bank
William Peugh
Dewey Peugh
Oxford University
England
Lyle Koons
Kansas Livestock Association
KLA
Glendale
Calif
Martin L. Carroll
Betty Mundy
Emporia
Ruth Sulkosky
Stockton
Jack Carroll
Ferguson
Paul Carroll
Wash
Gilbert Carroll
Bothell
Kenneth Carroll
Buckeley
Treva Brown
Ruddick Ward
Treva (Brown) Ruddick
Maude Walker
Treva Leola
Marie Raffelock
Charles Page
Darlene Berry
Dorothy
Norma Barkley
Charles Peterson
Quenemo
Albert Bond
Tim Lancaster
Billie Schulz
S. Hickory
Leonard Barber
Cedar
David Stratton
Waverly
Hiroshi Maeda
Kyoto
Japan
Johnnie Taul
Keith Spain
District Court News
Diana D. Wright
Osawatomie
Public Safety News
Ricky D. Bell
First
Elm
Ronald J. Green
E. Powhattan
Pamida
Us-59
Forest Park
John Paxton
Royal Manor Motel
Main
Ottawa Co-Op
Sheriff’s News
Larry A. Johnson
Baldwin
Highway Patrol
Charles W. Moyer
Jim’s Hill House
Ad Briefs
MUM
Country Floral
Budge’s Sport Center
Stinson Processing
Beta Sigma Phi
Merle Norman Studio
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Memoriam
Dengec
Norbury
Hickory
Health News
Chiropractic
Matney
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