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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1955

Page

9

Happy Hours Club entertains at Mrs Williamson home

The Happy Hours Club met yesterday afternoon at Mrs Bob Williamson's home for social hours and needlework. Guests included Mines Rex Lewis Bonnie Owen Hobbs Gary Bill Wheeler Clare Creviston Christie Charles Hanes and Owen Shofner. After pie a social hour continued with coffee.

Bob Williamson Mines Rex Lewis Bonnie Owen Hobbs Gary Bill Wheeler Clare Creviston Christie Charles Hanes Owen Shofner

Newborns Named in Willhite McNees and Others

The obituary style birth notices list multiple babies born in January with parents’ names and addresses. Jean Anne Willhite weighs eight pounds, Kathleen Helen McNeees eight pounds fourteen ounces, Debra Lynn Johnson seven pounds, Rex Leroy Pope seven pounds ten ounces, Anna Marie Garcia seven pounds one ounce, John Clark Monroe Coutts seven pounds fourteen and a half ounces, Cary Lee Chandler five pounds twelve ounces, Marsha Jeanne Moon seven pounds three ounces, Beverly Jean Roecker nine pounds four ounces, Randy Eugene Gerstner seven pounds four ounces, Gregory Alan Clevenger seven pounds four and a half ounces, Randy Lee Hinderliter eight pounds twelve and a half ounces, Jo Ann Kirkland six pounds, Brandon Dee Otto eight pounds one ounce, with January birth dates and parental residences noted. The population statistic about U.S. growth is included in the same column.

Alt Ransom Memorial Hospital Willhite Merle Blackburn Willhite Jean Anne D. R. Willhite Ottawa V. F. Carmichael Burlingame McNees Abram Wallace McNeees Logan Kathleen Eddie Garcia East Wilson Anna Marie Goldsmith Raymond Calvert Goldsmith Monroe Coutts John Clark Chandler Lawrence Leyland Chandler Richmond Cary Lee Moon Snowden Curtis Moon Rantoul Marsha Jeanne Roecker Alfred Jacob Roeecker Homewood Beverly Jean Gerstner Jan Fs Eugene Willard Gerstner Walnut United States Randy Eugene Clevenger Donald Keith Clevenger S. Locust Gregory Alan Earl William Otto Edgerton Brandon Dee

Ottawa Society Notes From 1940 Gathering

Mrs Dean Fockele hosted the Tri Gimmas at her home on a 1940Ottawa afternoon. Mrs Warren Judd led a parliamentary drill while Florence Geiger reviewed Edna Ferber in The Peculiar Treasure. Guests included Mrs C L Hawkins re-elected sponsor, Mrs Kathryn Husbands, Mrs Ray Utley, Dollie Van Fleet Dorothy Jennings Barbara Jennings Frances Bambick and Ethelyn Wrench with Mrs Howard Ogg helping serve.

Dan Dean Fockele Warren Judd Florence Geiger Edna Ferber Howard Ogg C. L. Hawkins Kathryn Husbands Ray Utley Dollie van Fleet Dorothy Barbara Jennings Frances Bambick Ethelyn Wrench

Two Dixon Boys Ordered Community Service for Damaging Cars

In Dixon Illinois two high school boys Norman Thayer sixteen and Dennis Gorman fifteen were charged with damaging twenty automobiles after a Friday night basketball game. Judge Grover Gehant ordered each to devote half a day weekly during the summer vacation to sheriff assigned community projects. They slashed radio antennas and mirrors and pushed one car into a nearby lagoon.

Dixon Ill Grover Gehant Norman Thayer Dennis Gorman

City approves first pay raise in two years

El Dorado Kansas city commissioners approve the first pay increase for city employees in two years, totaling an average rise of about five percent. The action reflects ongoing budget decisions and municipal labor costs under local governance.

EL Dorado, Kas. Wi

Marriage Rate Down in 1954

New York The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co reports the marriage rate in 1954 was the lowest in 20 years at 9.1 per 1 000 population, down from the all time high of 16.2 in 1946.

New York The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co

Bill Rushes to Correct Tax Penalty Error

Washington reports a last minute bill signed by President Eisenhower to fix penalties in the revenue revision measure passed last summer. The measure addresses enforcement lapses affecting dope dealers and restores penalties that had been lost through a slip-up.

Washington Eisenhower Congress

Revenue laws as main weapon against narcotics operators

The article notes that although multiple laws allow prosecutions for illicit narcotics, revenue legislation has long stood as a principal enforcement tool. It highlights the enduring role of tax and revenue measures in combating drug-related activity.

Watts Couple Weekend Visit to Williamsburg Family Home

Socialettes note Mr and Mrs Floyd Watts will spend the weekend in Williamsburg at the home of her sister Mr and Mrs Charles ONeill and daughters. States was 163930000 at the end of 1954.

Robert Yakle Roy Lambert Max Cartmill Elston Bishop Yakle Ames Claude Yakle J. L. Montgomery Bob Burnett Bob Keim Clifford Keim Glen Daniel George Eneichen Mercer Bruce Welton Alice Keim Della Nellie Welton H. J. Fish Glendora Calif Mary Fields Wichita Eugene Heathman J. S. Welton W. L. Ramsey Willard Lister Mary Ferguson East Circle C. M. Ott Guy Briscoe C. E. Buckner George Pope F. F. Fockele J. L. Rokes Lucysee Emma Stout Southeast Circle Raymond Hosler Leroy Burkdoll A. J Howell Glenn Underwood H. J. Nordeen Nordeen H. G Williams Martha Jesus W. D. Bemmels Southwest Circle John Brecheisen E. H. Lancaster C. Schweitzer Russell Hoffman Mable Hay G. R. Fosmire Floyd Watts Williamsburg Charles O'Neill

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