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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1961

Page

5

Local Briefs Spotlight Officers and Meetings

Floyd Minnick flies to San Francisco for the National Motor Car Dealers Association convention representing Kansas Dodge dealers with plans to visit Los Angeles to see two brothers before returning to Ottawa. Hawkins club meets Friday at 8 pm with fruit salad or cake. Wayne Agnell assigns Ways and Means Water Resources Public Utilities and Public Health in Kansas Legislature. 4H home improvement leaders training tomorrow at 1 30 pm in Masonic Hall basement. aliens warned to file address reports by January at the post office. Three truckers cited for speeding on Interstate 35 face court January 31. Pfc Lee A Gregg to return to Ft. Riley after Germany service. Wellsville Rebekah Lodge rummage sale January 28. Marie Danielson elected Ottawa Teachers Association president correcting yesterday’s report. Everett Finch injured in car crash and hospitalized with meck injuries while Ruth Schoepflin of Lyndon caused the rear impact.

Floyd Minnick San Francisco National Motor Car Dealers Association Kansas Motor Car Dealers Association Kansas Dodge Dealers Los Angeles Ottawa

School Play Cast Named at Ottawa High School

The cast for The Burglar an operetta by Drake Mundy and Eager is set with Lucy Susan Kelly Mrs Gynch Eleanor Ott Information Paula Perkins Miss Fidge Judy Schmitt Peter Potts Tom Campbell Waldmar Crud Bill Douglas Senator Kelp John Ott Hugh Garf Terry Reed Braithwaite B. Bearing Chuck Simms The late Mr Lacy is a ghost others include sales girls scrub women school boys floor walkers a little old lady and a policeman Rehearsals begin next week at Memorial Auditorium March 17 and 18

Mr. Lacy John W. Jones Ottawa High School Jones Alfred Drake John Mundy Edward Eager Memorial Auditorium Columbia University New York Emporia State College Lucy Susan Kelly Gynch Eleanor Ott Paula Perkins Miss Fidge Judy Schmitt Peter Potts Tom Campbell Waldmar Crud Bill Douglas Senator Kelp John Ott Hugh Garf Terry Reed Braithwaite B. Bearing Chuck Simms Joan Harsh Paula Howell Judy Lister Chris Larios Diane Bones Sylvia Smith Mike Edwards Alan Rybolt Les Staadt Marvin Pratt Joan Spitzer Walter Calkins

Mrs Bert Ross Dies At Hospital

Mrs. Bert Ross 78 of Ottawa and vicinity died yesterday at 5 30 p m in Ransom Memorial Hospital after failing health. Born May 7 1882 in Hillsboro Ohio she was daughter of Thomas A and Amanda J Mason Walker. She married Lester Burton Ross Oct 27 1901 and was member of First Methodist Church. Surviving are widower two sons Harold F and Beryl D Ottawa one daughter Mrs Don Riegele Richmond Va two grandchildren one brother Elmer B Walker Truth or Consequences NM and a sister Mrs A J Jorgenson Sidney Neb Funeral services Saturday at 2 p m Lamb Funeral Home Rev Charles P Knight officiating Burial Highland Cemetery.

Bert Ross S. Oakia Ottawa Ransom Memorial Hospital Maude Blanche Walker Hillsboro Ohio Thomas A Amanda J. (Mason) Walker Lester Burton Ross Ross First Methodist Church Don Riegele Richmond Harold F Beryl D Elmer B. Walker N. M A. J. Jorgenson Sidney Neb Lamb Funeral Home Charles P. Knight Highland Cemetery

Local Market Prices Report

Local markets show middling grain and dairy quotes with wheat at 1.80, corn around .90 to .95 for shelled and yellow varieties, oats and barley near 0.87 to 0.95, butterfat at 48 and 43, graded eggs at 28 and 24, heavy hens at 0.8, light hens 0.5, and cocks 0.3. Prices reflect midyear values across commodities and poultry products.

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Hospital Notes Admissions And Births From Wednesdays List

Washington AP reports Mary Anderson and John Rossman among admissions and births include Albert E Bullock and Rolland Farris. Dismissals list Brenda Watts Helen Murphy David Peterson Ches ter Coats W C Fogle Glen Gorton Seyler Stewart.

Mary Anderson N. Locust John Rossman Richmond K. B. Richardson Jr Po- Washington Newsmona Wilbur A. Ross York Herald Tribune Brenda Watts RFD Helen Murphy Edgerton David .Peterson N. Oak Chestter Coats Princeton W. C. Fogle Williamsburg Glen Gorton Sugar Creek Charles Seyler N. Main Lewis Stewart

Deaths of John C Brady 95 Former Ottawa Resident

John C Brady, 95, a former Ottawa resident, died yesterday morning in Osawatomie. Born in 1866 in Springfield Illinois, he moved to Ottawa in 1879 and later to Osawatomie where he lived. Survived by son LaMont of Osawatomie, daughter Mrs Fannie C Carson, four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Eddy's Funeral Home in Osawatomie.

John C. Brady Ottawa Osawatomie Mr. Brady Springfield Ill LaMont Fannie C. Carson Eddy

Wellsville News: Keith Guy Recovering After Leg Surgery

Keith Guy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Guy of Wellsville, is in KU Medical Center Kansas City in room 3360 after Tuesday surgery. 18 months earlier he injured his left leg and heel in a mower accident. part of the Achilles tendon is missing. A skin graft closed the mound but left a hollow area beneath. He recently had both legs in casts with a cross leg skin graft. likely will not walk for six to seven months. His good leg is nourishing the injured one. Also in the issue are notes on American Legion Auxiliary activities, library donation, clothing drives, and a court suit notice in Franklin County.

Guy Keith Guy Calvin Guy Wellsville Keith University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas’ City H Hanson American Legion Auxiliary Legion Auxiliary Save the Children Federation Knoxville

Personal Ads and Help Wanted in Ottawa Herald

A collage of notices includes personal ads seeking companionship and ride shares, plus varied help wanted and service offers. Items mention Boz 981, Fred Coon auction, two men for livestock feed business with Gene Popham, and jobs ranging from machine quilting to dirt work, with contact details and local business names such as Franklin County Sale Co and Standard Rendering Co.

Ottawa Kansas Kansas City Franklin -County Sale Co Wilson & Locust St Fred Coon Gale Claud Meyers Ernest Arnold John Ogle Cattie Call- Koch Ottawa Herald Gene Popham Manhattan Kas General Services Thomas O'Dea Henry Alban Conrad Standard Rendering Co Ottawa Herald General Services DeVore Peoria McCracken

Kansas City livestock auction report notes mixed gains

Kansas City AP auction totals show 800 cattle and 2,300 calves, with steady trends. Steers bring 26.50, cows 13.00 to 15.50, hogs active with barrows and gilts up 25 to 50, sows 2 higher, hogs 1-3 200-240 lb at 18.50 to 19.09, sows 360-550 lb 14.50 to 15.75. Sheep 230 head, lambs 16.00 to 28.00, ewes up to 8.00, feeders at 15.00.

Kansas City

Slick Streets Cause Of Accident At Hickory Corner

A station wagon and a convertible collided at 4th and Hickory around 9 45 a m today causing major damage to both vehicles. The convertible was driven by Harvey A Martin 36 of 1121 College street and the station wagon by Louis David Larkin 62 of 320 S Cherry street. Larkin said he saw the car but could not stop on the snow covered street. No injuries or charges were reported.

4Th Hickory Harvey A. Martin College Louis David Larkin S. Cherry Larkin

Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am

In Topeka the Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending at 9 am with 38 deaths in 1961 compared to 26 in the comparable 1960 period, noting a rise in fatalities.

Topeka Kansas

Funeral Services for Mrs. J. B. Topping

Funeral services for Mrs. J B Topping will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Leopold Hoppe officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Try McNess N. Sycamore Hawkins Community Club Wayne Agnell Snyder Pharmacy S. Main Masonic Hall T. J. Cummings Interstate 35 Eugene D. Brock Floyd Haskell Leslie E. Ellett Ellis Lee A. Gregg Jesse Gregg Maple U.S. Army Germany Ft. Riley Wellsville Rebekah Lodge Rummage Marie Danielson S. Hickory Garfield School Ottawa Teacher's Association Marie Davidson Herald Everett Finch Baldwin Ruth Schoepflin Lyndon White House Soviet Union Pierre Salinger la Herald Tribune United States U.S.S.R The Herald Tribune Kennedy Salinger John Hay Whitney Washington Wise Albert E. Bullock Rolland Farris RFD 2 Wellsville News Armour Star SWIFT Prem. Lamb Holl Red River Jonathan Apples AJAX Oxydol SUN Joy Carey New Hope Baptist Church Womans Missionary Society Congo Lester Whitley Sr Harold Good Bob Groshong Legals Franklin County Lillian A. CreeEs Thos Swaney Gordon Q. Birmingham Agnes M. Birmingham Lillian M. Burgess Perry B. Burgess Lilian M. Burgess Bowers & Bowers State of C. W. O'Conner Charles William O'Conner Clara May O'Conner H & R Block, Inc Bill Bilts Positions Ltd Nee Home Clara Geiss Wilow Forrer East South Rock Creek School H. E. Ardell Lane A. Cowden Lawrence Sheldon Sheldon Truck Val Leeds Fert Bob Shhulz Melvern Roy Snyder Pomona Centropolis Gingerich Mary Gates & Family Peter Walner Peter Walker Electrolux Harold R. Bennett Max Wilson Gerald Breithaupt Quin Alba A. Hewitt Willow Truetone Mabel Montgomery Ward West Harry Order of 'the White Shrine of Jerusalem Lulu Campbell Holly Schilling White's Furniture & Appliance Cour White's Furniture Court House Douglas Brothers Maytag Doug Alas Bros Westinghouse Goodyear Contact” Humane Society Poe F. Lemon Senior Citizens Group North American KC Livestock Guneral Home Ross — Maude B S. Oak
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