Local brief highlights student and community notes
Carroll Kirkpatrick enters University of Kansas Medical Center for surgery in Kansas City Missouri with room 311 D W F W Aux food sale announced. Funeral services yesterday for David Walmer in Overland Park with burial at Johnson County Memorial Gardens in Lawrence. Ottawa High School set to receive 25428 11 from state high finance fund distribution. remainder shared among eight county districts. Total Santa Fe carloads for week ending Jan 13 29687 down from 32293 last year. connections 9453 up from 8894. Elks Club bridge winners named with draws for second place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Park
David Walmer
George Moore
Junction City
Clifford Dean Turner
Jim Honn. Lawrence
Johnson County Memorial Gardens
Ottawa High School
Almeda Sinclair
Local Market Prices From Regional Trading Post
Soybeans at 2.21 dollars per unit lead the session followed by wheat at 1.84 and shelled corn at 1.05. Ear corn trades around 1.00 with oats, barley, and butterfat near modest figures. eggs and poultry show small gains amid routine market movements.
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Cseeseeneses
Cattle Hog Prices Mixed Amid Steady Market Movement
Kansas City cattle, hogs and sheep prices mixed as buyers and sellers held steady. Cattle: 6,000 head, steers 23.50 to 26.50 for good to prime, cows 15.25 to 17.00, vealers up to 1.00 higher. Hogs: 3,500 head, barrows and gilts 17.00 to 17.75 for 190-250 lb, sows 14.25 to 15.50. Sheep: 1,290 head, lambs 16.00 to 17.75, feeders 11.00 to 12.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogschain
Kansas City
Funeral services for Mrs T D Heckroot
Mrs T D Heckroot died Jan 12. Funeral at Lamb Funeral Home Monday at 2 p.m. Rev Leopold Hoppe officiated. Pallbearers were T B Powers Harry Brink Clifford Bell Loren Ames O W Waymire and Luther Stevens. Dean Zook sang hymns with Mrs J R Henning. Burial in Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Heckroot
Lamb Funeral
Leopold Hoppe
T. B. Powers
Harry Brink
Clifford Bell
Loren Ames
O. W. Waymire
Luther Stevens
Dean Zook
J. R. Henning
Hope Cemetery
Hospital Notes Reads Like Busy Week at Area Hospitals
Admissions list includes Bert Capp 721 Willow Marion Fitzgerald Williamsburg Monday and others. Births Mr and Mrs Laroy Thurman Pomona son Monday weight 6 lb 13 oz. Dismissals include Harold Johnson RFD 4 Monday and several residents with addresses across Pomona Quenemo Emporia and Prince ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Capp
Marion Fitzgerald
Williamsburg
E. J. Harris
Terry Dwyer
Edgerton
Lowell Broers
Raymond Davis
S. Sycamore
Laroy Thurman
Pomona
Son
Harold Johnson
Ezra Johnson
Charles Roberts
Princeton
Glen Jordan
Carol Stultz
Quenemo
Christina Burk
Hickory
Roy Barnes
Lawrence Smith
David Mille
S. Poplar
Harold Yost
N. Cherry
Mary E. Joseph
Emporia
Deaths in Ottawa area list three profiles and service plans
Mrs. James H. Snedaker 91 of 511 E 7th died Monday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a two week stay. She was born May 13 1870 in Meadville Pa and lived in Ottawa since 1923. Surviving are three daughters a son and many grandchildren. Services Thursday at Lamb Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery. Also listed are William Richard Saling 44 of 604 S Cherry who died Monday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after two weeks. He was born March 19 1917 in Chilhowee Mo and worked as a driver for Best Truck Line. Surviving are a wife a son three daughters a grandchild and siblings. Services Thursday at Towner's Chapel. Mrs Alfred M Clark 89 of 122 Park St died Monday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after illness. She lived in Ottawa 20 years moving from Centropolis and was a former resident of Quenemo. She was born Oct 31 1872 in Osage County. Services Wednesday at Centropolis Baptist Church with burial in Union Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Snedaker
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Ellsworth
Meadville
Effa Maude Dickey
William G
Tabitha (Gibbons) Dickey
First Methodist Church
G. F. Redman
Columbus
Ohio
R. A. Kirberg
Atchison
Bert Gould
Paola
Guy Snedaker
R. H. Miller
Seattle
Wash
Pearl Lee Holton
San Francisco
William Snedaker
Culver
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Charles P. Knight
Highland Cemetery
William R. Saling
William Richard Saling
S. Cherry
Best Truck Line
Chilhowee
Charles Nelson
Mary E. (Greer) Saling
Iola
Erma Louise Creason
William Richard Saling Jr
Joyce
Susan
Connie
George Saling
Kansas City
Margery Ellis
Barbara Ellis
Charlene Clark
Verdee McClellan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Towner’s Chapel
Alfred Clark
Alfred M. Clark
Park St
Crestview Nursing Home
Centropolis
Quenemo
Florence M. Graham
Osage County
Robert L
Julia (Mitchell) Graham
Centropolis Baptist Church
Clark
Mary Watson
Drayton Plains
Willard Neumann
Union Cemetery
Sixty Days For Driver Of Car Which Hit Wall
Frank L. Morgan the driver of the car that struck the flood protection wall at the Main Street bridge on Dec 30 was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $100 for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. Witnesses for the city included Patrolman Espinosa and Capt. Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Morgan
Main Street
Morgan
S. Cedar
William H. Gentry
S. Locust
Robert L. Pinet
Fred Espinosa
Dave Griffin
Course In Radiological Instruments Is Planned
Prof. E. G. Dick will teach the first of several special courses in operating radiological instruments starting March 19. The five instructors include Dr. W. D. Bemmels, Dr. Robert Pearler, Dr. Lewis Spencer, and James A. Richardson, all licensed or qualified by the Atomic Energy Commission or Army program to handle Cobalt 60. The first 5 week class will accept 15 participants, mainly law enforcement officers. Civil Defense Director John Weidmann noted a preliminary shelter survey by Hollis and Miller, Overland Park architects, is complete with a resume forthcoming. The survey began in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Dick
Ottawa University
W. D. Bemmels
Robert Pearler
Lewis Spencer
James A. Richardson
Richardson
John Weidmann
Civil Defense
Hollis and Miller
Overland Park
Continue Country Club Remodeling Ottawa Clubhouse Plans Move Forward
Ottawa Country Club members at their annual meeting voted to continue the remodeling program, consolidating a two year plan into one. A $25 per member special assessment approved last year will be continued and some funds borrowed to finance this year's work. Main floor remodeling includes removing the south wall, integrating the porch, new floor, windows, entrance, and a full ceiling. The kitchen was remodeled last year with new equipment and more chairs. Total main floor cost is projected between 10 000 and 11 000 dollars. Future goals include locker room pro shop and living quarters on the third floor. A 30 810 dollar budget was adopted for 1962, slightly under last year's. Dues set at 150 80 dollars, two dollars less than last year. Three new directors Dick Peters Alfred Yost and Robert Grabham elected to replace term expiring. Board elected Earl Guist president James Duncan vice president and Grabham secretary. Keith Gaeddert reappointed treasurer. Holdover directors are J R Cheney C M Sheldon Guist Frank Holden Duncan and Rodney McClay. Members and wives attended a buffet after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Country Club
Dick Peters
Alfred Yost
Robert Grabham
Earl Guist
James Duncan
Grabham
Keith Gaeddert
Railroads May Merge To Cut Costs Says Rock Island Chief
Kansas City AP report quotes R Ellis Johnson of Chicago president of Rock Island lines. He says the railroad plant is too large for current needs and mergers could shrink the plant and improve equipment use. A presidential fact finding committee report on featherbedding due around March 1 may ease rail costs and depreciation rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Rock Island Lines
R. Ellis Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Wellsville Shower Aims to Help Fire Victims
A community shower will be held at North Windy schoolhouse on Thursday January 18 at 7 30 p m to aid the Boyd Osher family whose home burned last week. Donations focus on household items not clothing. Neighbors and nearby districts including Gard ner Antioch Edgerton Wells ville and multiple Windy districts have contributed goods and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Windy Schoolhouse
Boyd Osher
Oshers
Walter Revey
S. F. Schowengerdt
Robert O’connor
Elizabeth McCarthy
Julia McCarthy
Andy Good
Harold Carpenter
Fred Carlson
Harry Shields
Harvey Plummer
Art Bivins
Bert Elliott
Rogers
Worth While Club
North Windy School
Osher
Gardner
Antioch
Edgerton
Wellsville
North Windy
West Windy
Rock Creek
Calf record keeper Steve Dunbar tops at Denver show
Steve Dunbar of the Berea Boosters 4-H Club Richmond placed first in written records kept on his calf at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. He previously won the catch-a-calf contest last year, and his calf weighed 1,005 pounds this time and sold for 28.75 per cwt. Kay Vining and Ronnie and Gene Vining also entered calves weighing 1200 and 1255 pounds respectively, each selling for 27 per cwt. The Richmond 4-H members toured Denver, attended Sears Foundation banquet, and consider the experience valuable for Franklin County 4-H beef showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Dunbar
Berea Boosters
Richmond
National Western Stock School
Denver
Steve
Albert Dunbar
Deny
Ronnie
Kay Vining
Gene Vining
Kay
Dunbars
Gene
Sears Foundation
Franklin County
Dunbar
Tito Protest To A Tests
Washington dispatches report Tito filed a protest with Soviet Premier Khrushchev over resumed nuclear tests. The protest was reportedly not accepted. Tito had earlier softened his stance during a speech in Belgrade that acknowledged Soviet testing, to U.S. officials' dismay. Observers say he sought Moscow’s favor by aligning with its nuclear position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Tito
Khrushchev
U.S
Moscow
Belgrade
Marriage Licenses For Harold Wasson And Carol Catt
Harold Duane Wasson age 19 and Carol Ann Catt age 15, both residents of Topeka, secured marriage licenses indicating a union to be registered locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Duane Wasson
Carol Ann Catt
Topeka
Long Thrust II Airlift Tests 6000 Allied Troops to Europe
FRANKFURT Germany AP The first elements of a 6000 man Army force arrived to test rapid airlift ability from the United States. A C135 carried 72 officers and men of the 4th Infantry Division landing at Rhine Main after a nonstop flight from McChord Base Washington. Lt Col James Grimsley headed the first group greeted by Gen Charles D Palmer. Another C135 expected later today with airlift to continue around the clock through next Saturday midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
4Th Infantry
Rhine-Main
McChord Base
Washington
James Grimsley
Florence
S.C
Greenland
Europe
Charles D. Palmer
U.S
Grimsley
Want Federal College Aid Separate
Washington AP House Democratic leaders announced after a meeting with President Kennedy they will press legislation for federal aid to colleges as a separate measure from funds for public schools. Speaker McCormack said chances improve by splitting the two and taking up the college bill first. The group met at the White House breakfast to discuss the stalled higher education and parochial school aid issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Kennedy
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
White House
McCormack
House Rules Committee
Kennedy to seek big boost in foreign aid and NASA
Washington AP Kennedy plans a large budget message with increases for foreign aid and civilian space programs. The foreign aid request would be 4.897 billion dollars, the NASA figure near 4 billion dollars, marking a substantial rise from this year and past approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Notices of Voter Registration and Bond Election in Kansas
Legal notices announce Ottawa voters may register at City Hall during normal hours and a bond election in Lane on February 5 1962 to fund water works expansion including a new tower with up to 16000 dollars in bonds. Polling at the VFW Hall. registration outreach details and eligibility explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kansas
Donald R. Capper
Lane
V.F.W. Hall
Obituaries: Snedaker and Clark Pass Away
Mrs. James H Snedaker of 511 East Seventh died yesterday afternoon. Funeral services Thursday at 2 PM at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Charles P Knight officiating, Highland Cemetery interment. Florence M Clark widow of Rev Alfred Clark died yesterday. Services Wednesday at 2 PM Centropolis Baptist Church with Rev Willard Neumann, Union Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snedaker
James H
Lamb Funeral Home
Charles P. Knight
Highland Cemetery
Clark
Florence M
Alfred Clark
Centropolis Baptist Church
Willard Neumann
Union Cemetery
Weekly Kansas Livestock Sale Schedule Highlights
A dense list of livestock sales across Kansas and Missouri with dates and contact numbers. Overbrook Ottawa Osage City Waverly Michigan Valley Princeton Garnett and other communities host regular events including Wednesday and Saturday auctions, night consignment sales, and farm sales through January and February. Germane names include Overbrook Ottawa Osage City Neosho Kann etc.
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Ernest Arnold Overbrook
Kansas
Osage City
Emporia Livestock Sale
Emporia Kansas
Franklin County Sale Co
Wilson and Locust
Ottawa
Joe Trendel Farm
Michigan Valley
Franklin County Base Company
Locust & Wilson
Kas
Waverly
Joe Tredel
W. J. Reedy
Wilber Kennedy
Rantoul
F. G. Lohman
Charles — Lyndon
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Missouri
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
West Wilson St
Kane Gas
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W.F.W. Aux. Food Sale
Drakes
Adv
Dale
Snyder Pharmacy
S. Main
Charles Detwiler
Baldwin
Roy Detwiler
Mound City
Inglis
Lake City
Fla
Jesse Anderson
Detwiler
V.A. Hospital
Florida
Ellis
Elks Club
Floyd Indall
John Wassmer
Marion Perry
Eunice Ott
Hazel B. Hartley
Donald R. James
RFD
James
Stanley Fritts
W. 10Th
Fritts
Eugene Flaherty
Pinet
Carl J. Hoffman
Walter Eddie Hart
Lexie M. Jones
E. Wilson
Alfonso Mages
Orvil EE. Crane
Shepherd L. Collins
W. 12Th
Army
Chemical - Biological - Radiological
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Atomic Energy Commission
Edie Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Beverly Hills
Calif
Kovacs
Joe
Tcowner
Mt I Chapel
Tag Vai
Towner’s Chapel Dependance Ambulance
Schlick
North Main
Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
Frank McCluskey
Salvation Army
Clarence
Pat) Chalender
Charles Rogers
Frank Snook
Mgr
Legals
Lamb
Ottawagkansas
Ing Storm
Olan Johnson
Edith Chambers
Beal
Cora Nutt
Wallace V. Keen
Sedalia, Mo
H. Ray Tucker
Roy Hoopes
Lloyd Neal and Sons
C.E.S
Marilyn Talbott
W.M
Vola Phillips
Secy
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Gordon James
Main
Wilson
Myers Bros
Claude
Howard
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Printy
Ben Printy
A. L. Lingard
John Brown Highway
Ise N. Main
N. Main
Jake Ralston
Ph. YE
Furniture & Misc
Garnett
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