Local News Briefs From Ottawa Area and Nearby Towns
Summary of short items including the death of Andrew Sellers of Downey and return of his siblings to Ottawa. ground observer corps plans at Lyndon High School with an Air Force speaker. relocation work on US 75 near Lyndon beginning. Paola opens Teen Town on West Wea Street with 100 youths attending. Miami County pays library dues with a $500 check. Winkler warns of numerous bad checks in Paola area. Fluor company banquet planned for February 4 at Arkville for service pins. police investigate a collision at Ninth and Mulberry. Lloyd Sparks fined $25 for drunkenness. Sheriff Brown on a hospital checkup in Kansas City. County Attorney White attends a state meeting in Topeka. four foreclosures set for February 16 involving Ottawa entities. Mrs Verne Alden elected first vice president of Kansas Council of Women.
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Observer Corps
Gyndon
Lyndon High School
Air Force
Hospital Notes and Demographic Trend
Hospital notes record admissions for Roberta Chester and Fred G Miller with addresses. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hunsaker’s son, weight 6 lb 6 oz. Dismissal noted for Mrs Milo Randell and Michael Noland. U S share of total declined from 12.1 percent in 1900 to 10.8 percent in 1955.
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Roberta Chester
Tecumseh
Fred G. Miller
S. Cedar
Lloyd Hunsaker
Wellsville
Milo H. Randell
Pomona
Michael Noland
Willow
United States
Pomona Sale Notice for Anderson County Tuesdays
Phone listed as 4-F-43 for Jack Nelson in Pomona Kansas, Anderson County. Sale conducted every Tuesday.
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Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Anderson County
Death of Mrs Ora Belle Riddle at 70 in Richmond area
Funeral services Sunday for Mrs Ora Belle Riddle 70 who died Wednesday afternoon at her home two miles northeast of Richmond She was born January 12 1886 in Schuyler County Illinois married to Fred Riddle November 20 1902 in Independence Kansas Survivors include her husband a daughter Ethel Oxford of Tulsa Oklahoma and four sisters The deceased was a member of Richmond Community Methodist Church with services at 2 p m at the church and burial in Richmond Cemetery
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Ora Belle Riddle
Richmond
Riddle
Schuyler County
James H
Sarah Jane Bishop
Fred Riddle
Independence
Kas
Ethel Oxford
Tulsa
Okla
Alice Barrett
Jane Musgrove
Flossie Backs
Central Valley
Calif
Nellie Hunt
Millsville
Richmond’ Community Methodist Church
Richmond Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie M Miller set for Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Jen nie M Miller at Towners Funeral Chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev Charles P Knights officiating. Interment in Highland cemetery beside her husband buried in 1947. Also services for C W Baxter Sunday at 2 p.m. at McVey Dengel Mortuary with burial in Princeton cemetery.
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Co. W
Bill” Baxter
Bill Baxter
Princeton Cemetery
Jennie M. Miller
Towner’s
Charles P. Knights
Highland Cemetery
C. W
BI Baxter
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Jennie Miller
Towner's Chapel
Highland Q Cemetery
Ottawa
Death of Emily Louise Johnson in Montgomery
Ottawa readers learn of the death of four year old Emily Louise Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson of 133 East Edgemont Montgomery Alabama from leukemia She was the wife Loretta Franks former Ottawa high school and college student Her husband is connected with the University in Montgomery The Johnsons also have a two year old son Peter
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Emily Louise
Robert Johnson
E. Edgemont
Montgomery
Ala
Johnson
Loretta Franks
Ottawa
Johnsons
Peter
Funeral services for Eva Lina Hankenson
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Lina Hankenson aged 83 of 1121 N Main will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Lamb Funeral Home Burial will follow in Sunset cemetery at Herington Monday Mrs Hankenson died at Ransom Memorial hospital yesterday at 12 40 p m She was born November 3 1872 at Parallel Washington Do she and her husband the late A L Hankenson moved from Herington to Pomona
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Evalina Hankenson
N. Main
Lamb Funeral Home
Sunset Cemetery
Herington
Hankenson
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Parallel
Washington Do
A. L. Hankenson
Pomona
Hankenson Family Noted In Pomona Area Obituary
In 1937 she moved to Ottawa after her husband’s death and later joined the Assembly of God church in Pomona. Surviving are two sons C. J. Hankenson of the home and E. C. Hankenson of Colorado Springs, a daughter Mrs Ralph Pence of Topeka, 13 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren.
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Ottawa
Baptist Church
Assembly of God Church
Pomona
C. J. Hankenson
E.C. Hankenson
Colorado Springs
Ralph Pence
Topeka
Queen Elizabeth Opens Africa Tour with Nigerian visit
London reports Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh began a three week Nigeria tour after saying farewell to her children at London Airport. The trip follows a pattern of imperial ties, aiming to promote self government and Commonwealth unity as Nigeria positions itself for independence.
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London
Elizabeth
Goodby
Nigeria
Prince Charles
Anne
Duke of Edinburgh
Spain
Africa
Commonwealth
Special Courses For Heart Patients At Ottawa U
The Kaw Valley Heart Association and Ottawa University offer a work simplification course for homemakers with heart disease. Amanda Rosenquist will teach February 13 20 and 27 from 7 30 to 9 p m in room 107 Administration building. Enroll by contacting Dr Trump or Miss Rosenquist by February 4. Cardiac patients have first priority. others may enroll if space remains. Lectures and demonstrations cover saving time and energy in cooking cleaning and housework.
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Kaw Valley Heart Association
Ottawa University
Frank A. Trump
R. M. Clogston
Amanda Rosenquist
Trump
Marriage Licenses in Ottawa Lawrence and Topeka Figures
Lee Dixon Hughs, 23, and Patricia Anne Bundy, 20, of Ottawa. Frank Pinet, 35, of Lawrence, and Winifred S. Meyer, 24, of Topeka. Americans eat 18 pounds more fruit per person annually than in 1915.
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Lee Dixon Hughs
Ottawa
Patricia Anne Bundy
Frank
Pinet
Lawrence
Winifred S. Meyer
Topeka
Supreme Court to hear appeal on scope of congressional inquiries
A U S Court of Appeals ruling limiting power of congressional committees to compel witness names of former Communists heads to the Supreme Court. Justice Department lawyers study the opinion for a possible overturn as the 2-1 decision questions whether exposing individuals to contempt is a valid legislative purpose and cites lack of prosecutorial power.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Justice Department
High Court
Appeals Court
Congressional
Henry W. Edgerton
David L. Bazelon
Congress
Walter M. Bastian
Court of Appeals
Court overturns contempt conviction of UAW organizer Watkins
The Supreme Court reverses John T. Watkins of Rock Island Illinois, a regional UAW organizer, on contempt of Congress charges stemming from his April 1954 appearance before the House Un American Activities Committee. He had been fined 500 dollars and jailed a year, suspended. Watkins argued the committee had no right to demand names of former Communists.
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Congress
John T. Watkins
Rock Island
United Automobile Workers
Watkins
U. S
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Grace Kelly to Quit Movie Career
Prince Ranier of Monaco says Grace Kelly should end her film career after marriage. He believes living in Monaco and she in the United States would not work. Kelly agrees the princess should give up acting. Buy U. S. Savings ponds.
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Grace Kelly
Hollywood
Prince Ranier
Monaco
Prince
Market quotes for grains and farm products
Wheat at 195 barley 210 soybeans 210 rye 80 white corn 1.25 oats 63 eggs 36 633 90 0.26 light hens 10 cock 8 yellow corn 185 mile hundred pounds 1.90 heavy hens butterfat 54 51.
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