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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1966
Page
5
A STORY HOUR for preschool children will be held at 9:30 a.m. each Tuesday in Carnegie Free Library. Mrs. Dennis Reynolds is hired as storyteller for this regularly scheduled event starting Tuesday. Also noted.
Mrs Wallace Wells died January 19 in House ton Texas. Funeral services held January 22 at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Roger F Greenslade officiating. Pallbearers named Bruce Spears Charles E Queen Floyd A Jacob James L Allen John S Sheldon William S Bowers. Organist Mrs Bruce Spears. Ottawa Soroptimist Club and Chapter AA PEO Sisterhood attended. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Wells was Ottawa University graduate class of 1916 whose 50th anniversary is spring commencement. Ellis J Maddan also dies. services at Lamb Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 p.m. burial Highland Cemetery. Rev Charles P Knight officiating.
The Elk's duplicate bridge club championship crowned champions led by Loren Kennedy Parsons Lou Martin and Mr and Mrs D H Forbes from Neodesha. A three way second place tie included Garnett Peterson Loretta Reynolds Mary McMahon Louise Weaver and others from Onawa Ottawa and Pleasanton. The club schedules a charity game at 7 45 p m Wednesday with duplicate hands played nationwide.
Two Western Kansas men were injured when a 1965 Chevrolet struck a Missouri Pacific freight train near a sewing factory on Garnett outskirts early Saturday. Larry Wadkins of Hill City suffered multiple lacerations and Alfred Mannebach of Hoxie had a fractured jaw and lacerations. Patrolman Jerry Webier said excessive speed and missing the railroad warning signal led to the crash. The car was demolished.
In Santo Domingo the Dominican high command weighs obeying a January 6 presidential edict to post 34 officers abroad, including Commodore Francisco Rivera Caminero, Army Chief Gen Juan de Los Santos Cespedes, and Air Force Chief Gen Jacinto Martinez Arana. Caamano Deno, exiled rebel leader, warned of trouble if the military refuses.
Rome AP report says Aldo Moro remains the most likely choice to form Italy's new government. President Giuseppe Saragat to conclude consultations with political elites and was expected to ask Moro, who quit as premier last Friday, to head a center-left coalition by Tuesday, ending a four day crisis.
An early Haitian commercial airliner DC3 crashed 25 minutes after takeoff from Port au Prince toward the southwest coast. Of 28 passengers and 7 crew, thirty died, five survived.
Noyes Sherman Battee died at 9 30 a m Saturday at Neosho Mercy Hospital Chanute where he had been a patient since November 19 He was born September 2 1892 in Oshkosh Wisconsin son of Henry and Amy Battee Services set for 2 p m at Ruhamah Baptist Church Rantoul with Rev Richard Copeland officiating Burial in Ruhamah Cemetery He left two sisters Elizabeth Dally Minocqua Wisconsin and Bonnie Battee Osawatomie
Charlie David Wrightsman 85 of Centropolis died at 2 20 p m Sunday at his home after five weeks illness He was a carpenter He lived in Garnett six years and Centropolis 11 years He married Lizzie Garber June 25 1917 in Fairview MO Surviving are his wife one son Amos Wrightsman two daughters Ada Altic Velma Boyd five grandchildren one great grandchild one brother Sam Wrightsman and two sisters Ida Reed and Rosella Skinnell Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery west of Centropolis Funeral at Old German Baptist Church of which he was a member. Born December 20 1880 at Verden TL to Anthony and Maggie Riffey Wrightsman.
Mrs Emma R Bennett aged 81 of Quenemo and Centropolis died at Shawnee Mission Hospital Overland Park at 12 15 PM Sunday after a short illness. She was a lifelong resident of the Centropolis and Quenemo areas.
KC Markets reports mixed livestock results with egg quotes unchanged. Hog prices rise for barrows and gilts, sow prices higher. Cattle and calves show gains for steers, heifers, and cows, with feeders steady and various weights and grades listed. Prices span hogs sheep and cattle across several weight ranges.
Obituaries note funeral services for Mrs. Bennett of Quenemo born 1884 and Lee Chamberlain of Wellsville. Bennett's service at Quenemo Federated Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. survivors include three daughters and a son. Chamberlain, 76, a Santa Fe railroad lineman, dies at Gardner Medical Center. services in Wellsville with Masonic rites and burial there.
Mrs Marguerite Ellen Smith aged 90 of 120 S Locust died at 12 15 am Sunday in Cedar House Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was a Sacred Heart Church member. Services will be held at 10 am Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church conducted by Rev Robert Bur.
Emma R Bennett lifelong resident of Quenemo and Centropolis died yesterday. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Quenemo Federated Church with Rev. Robert L. Harvey officiating. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery Quenemo. Friends may call Lamb Funeral Home Monday from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
An out of town driver pulled in front of Roberta J. Bright 16 of Wellsville around 9 30 p m Saturday two miles west of Ottawa on US 50. Both cars were damaged and occupants unhurt. Bouret 61 of Detroit Mich driving a 1965 Chevrolet pickup suffered $250 damage. Bright 1963 Ford station wagon had $500 damage. Mrs Bouret, passenger in Bouret car, also unhurt. Charges pending after investigation by Highway Patrolman Don Lytle.
Mrs. Smith daughter of Thome Jefferson Barnett and Amanda Jane Jenkins Barnett was born August 20, 1875 in Mitchell Kansas. She lived in Ottawa since 1919 after leaving Pomona where she resided three years and earlier lived in Marshall County. She taught school in Mitchell County 1891 to 1895. She married Henry James Campbell January 29 1896 in Marshall County who died December 1920. On September 10 1925 she married Walter Nelson Smith at Garnett. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Rosary tonight at Towner Chapel at 8 PM. Friends may contribute to heart fund or church memorial funds in lieu of flowers. Surviving are husband four children four stepchildren twenty three grandchildren sixty four great grandchildren nine great great grandchildren three brothers two are deceased four siblings and one sister. Two sons Mark Campbell Homer Henry Campbell are deceased.
Admissions list includes George Mcintosh 321 W 3rd Mrs M D Atchison 746 Cy press Mary Havens Ottawa University Saturday Bobby Huss Ottawa RFD 2 Robert Wilson Baldwin RFD 8 Arthur Williams Rantoul Mrs George Finley Princeton Sunday Kens nth ODea Wellsville RFD 2 Charles M Johnson Pomona RFD 2 Monday. Dismissals include Roger Comstock Quenemo Joe Hain 703 E 4th Mrs George Peck 914 W 6th Georryd Intosh Kansas City Saturday Mrs Pearl Bristow 2075 Cedar Mrs Albert Swallow Pomona Edward Hendrix 522 S Cedar Robert Tyson 122 W 10th Sunday Jean Henshaw Pomona Mrs Don Lytle and son 715 S Cedar Monday. Births Mr and Mrs Warren Hermereck Richmond a son weight 6 lbs 2 oz Saturday Mr and Mrs Jimmie Lee Walker 903 King a daughter weight 6 lbs 14 oz Sunday Mr and Mrs Dennis Smith Topeka a daughter weight 11 lbs 4 oz Sunday.
A compilation of sale announcements lists multiple January and February auctions in Franklin and Montgomery counties. Events include John Kaiser Estate stock and fixtures in Ottawa, Stocker and feeder sales at Franklin Co Sale Barn, Mrs Clyde O Connor farm sale near Wellsville, Lilly and Sons farm sale near Wave, Printy and Son community auctions in Ottawa, and weekly livestock auctions at Council Grove and Osage City with dates through February. Key contacts include Claude, Howard, Printy, and Nelson, with locations on Highway 59 and Main streets.
Classified ads details show rates and deadlines for local and national listings including per word and per line charges with minimums. The notice expresses gratitude from the family of Pearl Sarah Baxter for cards and sympathy during illness and death.
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