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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1969
Page
4
Carolyn Wiggins announces a week long youth program series at Wesleyan Church from January 19 to January 26 with daily 7 p m events. Rev Henry Vanderbush will speak, a Thursday night party is set, and Bartlesville Wesleyan College will send a gospel trio to sing Thursday through Sunday.
A joint Ottawa High School and Ottawa Junior High School PTA meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Cyclone Room at OHS. After the business session Job's Daughters participate and The Sweet Adelines will perform. All members urged to attend. A dance features Marvin Ross and The Country Gentlemen at VFW Hall Saturday at 9 p.m. Admission listed.
Mike Miller a sophomore at the University of Kansas has been named to the arrangements committee for the Festival of Arts. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Gene C Miller of Pomona RFD 1.
Rummage sale runs Saturday from 9 to 5 at Pomona Kansas Gift Center with all new merchandise at wholesale prices. James L. Clarkin of Ottawa named to St Benedict College honor roll for fall semester. Clarkin is a sophomore at the Atchison school.
John W. Swallow of 1123 North Poplar is a patient at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. He is assigned room 414 D.
The Franklin County Pomona Grange will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday at Fred Kissinger’s Ottawa RFD 2 home. Philip Nordeen hosted the Boys Music Club with piano solos. Timmy Van Leiden and Philip Nordeen earned prizes for practice hours. Kevin Kimball to entertain February 20. Seven trucks added to the Franklin County Highway crew to spread rock on roads due to cold and wet weather creating chuckholes.
Mrs Clifford Lee of 310 Maple is listed as a patient at Research Hospital in Kansas City Missouri in Room 646. The note confirms location and ward details for the individual in the medical registry.
The Civil Aeronautics Board tentatively approves a 3.8 percent increase in domestic passenger fares to take effect March 1 pending a detailed tariff analysis. Six major airlines had requested higher rates.
Obituaries for Effie M. Raymond and Hattie G. Gerhard July relatives, with funeral details including Towner's Chapel and Dengel and Son Mortuary. Also memorials for Arnold Roeckers and Paul Henshaw, rosaries and church services listed along with burial locations. Admitted patients and dismissals, a Richmond birth, and Kansas City market briefs for eggs, cattle, sheep, and hogs.
The Wellsville Bank won a $13,260.39 recovery against R. E. Burch Inc and several associated parties in a district court action. Defendants failed to appear and were in default. Neptune MicroFLOC Inc was relieved of the judgment after forwarding $4,474 to the court and was later found indebted to Burch.
London to Ottawa tour featured Janet Baker, renowned British mezzo soprano. Ottawa University Chapel acoustics impressed as she delivered Mozart arias and Schumann, Wolf, Faure, and Gounod with perfect diction. An enthusiastic standing ovation followed, aided by superb pianist Martin Isepp and an excellent venue.
Frederick J. O'Donnell a widower and Frances Brady a widow plan a February 2 wedding at Blessed Sacrament Church Jamaica Plain. O'Donnell an assistant city clerk has 13 children and Brady 10, with plans to share living space as their large blended family grows.
The Herald reports the Rosalie Osburn led course charges a penny per pound for enrollees under 150 pounds, with a $1.50 flat rate for 150 pounds or more. Two cents are refunded for every pound lost by course end, making a potential profit and a weight loss history.
Garnett police investigate a purse snatch scheme in which Mrs. Guy Cox and Mrs. Grace Stewart lost about 477 from their purses after a man posing as a gas company repairman in a two tone car and dark turtleneck swindled them. Chief Sam Geer urged caution and noted gas workers wear dark green uniforms with name tags.
First published January 17 1969 this ordinance grants The Gas Service Company a twenty year franchise to build operate and maintain a natural gas distribution system in Pomona Kansas and surrounding areas under state regulatory oversight. The grantee must provide standard meters repair at its cost protect the city from damages keep excavations to minimum and restore streets and pavements.
Funeral services for Mr George M Adkins will be conducted from the New Hope Baptist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock with Reverend Henry Duerksen officiating Interment at Highland Cemetery Assist by the pastor and church members in a simple ceremony honoring the deceased
The document outlines reporting and tax duties for a gas grantee in Pomona. It requires semiannual reports on gross gas receipts, with city taxes of 2 percent on domestic and 1 percent on industrial sales, due by February 1 and August 1 each year. It notes acceptance within 60 days or the ordinance becomes void, and repeals Ordinance No. 200. It references Kansas law conformity and Ottawa city charter implications.
Ottawa city council enacts a charter ordinance setting a three year term for mayor and two commissioners with staggered expirations in 1969 1970 and 1971 The measure provides publication rules and 61 day effective date unless a referendum is filed It was passed January 8 1969 with mayor Lamar W Phillips presiding and Donald R Capper attesting.
Legal notice records financial figures and a notarization dated January 14 1969 Sworn to and subscribed before me by Eileen Bowman Notary Public John F Hudelson Lois C Baxter Nicholas Hudelson Directors The commission expires March 12 1972 and the page lists several dollar amounts including 213560.25 548525.38 168760.00 20000.00 1704531.18 129240.00 and 2501093.12
Voter books in Ottawa Kansas are open during City Clerk office hours. Those who did not vote in the November 1968 general election, those who have not re registered, or those who have moved must re register to be eligible to vote. Registrations must be made in person at City Hall with special arrangements for the sick or disabled.
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