News Briefs from Ottawa Highs and Local Areas
Brief items cover NROTC scholarship tests for Jim Green Larry Ogawa and Bob Luce Ottawa seniors. Temperance Day activities by local churches with WCTU tracts. W J Noonan visiting from Pensacola after staying with the Wassmers. a 16 year old James Finian skids into parked cars on Ash. Mrs Paul Blough reports loss of billfold with 15 to 20 dollars. Richard Banks fined 15 for speeding 80 mph after dark. Ray Reed fined 25 for reckless driving. Judge Harris rules for plaintiff in rental suit by Herbert Jones and Mrs Jones against Colbern’s drive in at 18th and Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Green
Larry Oga
Bob Luce
Ottawa
Kansas City
Milo Harris
Herbert Jones
Manirovia
Calif
C. A. Colbern
Colbern
18Th and
Main
Protection racket hits Houston used car lots
Police report a string of windshield breakages on 30 Houston used car lots with over 500 shattered windshields causing about 30000 in damage. An owner said an anonymous caller demanded 500 for protection while another dealer received similar demand calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
W. E. Young
M. G. Whitney
Fire destroys two story Emporia business block
A two story Emporia business building housing a paint store grocery barber shop and four apartments burned yesterday causing an estimated 55000 in losses. The fire, Emporia’s most destructive since 1950, was partially insured.
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Emporiam
Meeting Postponed by Kansas Ban Johnson Assn
The annual meeting of the Kansas Ban Johnson Assn. scheduled for Sunday here has been postponed indefinitely. John Tincher of Garden City, president, said many association officials would be unable to attend Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcpherson
Kansas Ban Johnson Assn
John Tincher
Garden City
Deaths Mrs J L Hutchison Ottawa resident 而
Mrs. J L Hutchison 88 of 709 S Cedar died yesterday at Ransom Memorial after a two week illness. Born April 3 1867 in Nebraska City she moved from Pleasanton in 1920 with her husband a Franklin county farmer who died in 1945. Survived by three daughters two grandchildren five great grandchildren a sister and a Spanish teacher in Hutchinson High. Funeral Tuesday Jan 31 at 2 pm Elder C B Andrews to officiate Highland Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hutchison
S. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Pleasanton
Franklin County
Hutchison
Tal Davis
Nebraska City
Tulsa
Okla
Elder C, BE. Andrews
Highland Cemetery
New Pastor Plans Fund Drive for Ottawa Church
Rev. C. J. Prince, newly appointed pastor of St. Paul A M E church at 415 S. Oak, announced a fundraising campaign to renovate the church building. He also said the Topeka district Conference will meet in Ottawa in April, drawing up to 350 attendees for three days. He urged every Ottawa resident to donate at least one dollar and said he aims to present himself as a Christian servant to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Prince
St. Paul A. M. E
S. Oak
Prince
Topeka
Ottawa
Reunited With Mother After 26 Years Ends in Death
Elizabeth Forney, 73, from McGraw New York, was reunited with her son Kenneth Forney 48, in San Fernando California after 26 years apart. Kenneth, a tubercular patient who suffered a stroke, died nine hours later. He had not spoken since 1932 and last wrote home from Tampa. Major Leon Forney, Kenneth’s brother, reported Kenneth recognized him before passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fernando
Calif. Wi
Sonny
Elizabeth Forney
McGraw
N.Y
Kenneth Forney
Kenneth
Forney
Tampa
Fla
Watertown
Ker
Emit
Olive View Sanatorium
Syracuse
Post-Standard
McGraw Chamber of Commerce
Army
Leon Forney
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Sacramento
Night Thoroughbred Racing Planned in Illinois Tracks
Fairmount Park at Collinsville and Cahokia Downs in East St Louis, Illinois, will host night thoroughbred racing next summer, expanding racing hours and offering twilight events for fans and bettors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount Park
Collinsville
Cahokia Downs
East St. Louis
Ilinois
Hutchison M rs J L Ottawa Resident Dies
Mrs J L Hutchison longtime Ottawa resident dies. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM from Lamb Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb Funeral Home
Ottawa
Afghan gov threatens US information work amid Kabul Moscow ties
Afghan observers warn the government may curb U S Information Agency operations as Kabul deepens links with Moscow. Foreigners face heavy suspicion in this landlocked country reflected in official controls on information services. Wellington Koo leaves Formosa after fifth Chiang Kai shek talks in Washington. Moscow radio says U S farm machinery exhibition may be shown in Moscow's Gorky Park.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S. Information Agency
Moscow
London
Moscow Radio
U.S
Gorky Park
Air Force Chief Sees Nuclear War Imminent
General Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff, warned at The Citadel that a conflict could be fought with nuclear weapons and that traditional fighting after an initial exchange would depend on how well foot soldiers survive. He rejected claims that war would be short or that foot soldiers are obsolete.
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Charleston
S. C
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Twining
Citadel
Plane Crashes Over Atlantic With Diamond Cargo
A New York bound iStratocruiser returning to London carried 47 passengers and a diamond cargo valued at 8.4 million dollars. After a mechanical issue forced a return, the craft landed with one engine idle and resumed flight once repairs were completed. The postal hold contained rough diamonds including a 426 carat stone hailed as magnificent by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer.
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London
Atlantic
British Overseas Airways Corp
Ernest Oppenheimer
South Africa
Prestwick
Scotland
To Install New Pastor At Faith Lutheran Church
Rev. Lee W. Lennon is to be installed as pastor of Faith Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 30 p m at 316 AE Twelth. Rev B J Loessel Paola will preside. Lennon is a Port Huron Michigan native and former Bucklin Ashland pastor and a World War II disabled veteran who graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary.
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Lee W. Lennon
Faith Lutheran Church
Twelth
B. J. Loessel
Paola
Port Huron
Mich
Bucklin-Ashland
Concordia Theological Seminary
Missionary Reverend Lennon Family Stationed in Springfield
Rev Lennon served two vic ar years as missionary to the deaf in the southern district covering Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. He also supplied in the Iowa Nebraska and South Wisconsin deaf missions. The Lennon family includes three sons and a daughter, David seven, Derrell six, Iris three, and Jimmy eighteen months, residing at 614 S Cedar.
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Springfield
Lennon
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Iowa-Nebraska
South Wisconsin
David
Derrell
Iris
Jimmy
S. Cedar
Sunday church notices at local parishes collection
Sunday schedules from United Presbyterian to Church of Christ include morning services Bible school and evening worship across multiple churches. Notable pastors listed include M Todd Macdonald and J Russell Smith with times ranging 9:45 for Sunday school 11 worship and 7:30 services. Additional notices reference Watchtower study and midweek meetings with no collections and open reading rooms.
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United Presbyterian
Third and Walnut
M. Todd Macdonald
Christian Solomon Society
South Hickory
Seared Hoshommote
Yourth and Cedar
Mathew Gullfoyie
St. Paul A.M.E
Oak
Co. J. Prince
Kingaam Finner
Bethany Chapel Baptist
Second & Poplar
Wm. Batley
Church of Christ
Poplar
C. E. Andrews
Church of the Nazarene
Seventh and Elm
J. Russell Smith
Fifth and Cedar
Wesleyan and area church schedules listed
A roundup of Sunday school and worship times for Wesleyan Methodist First Christian Federated North Baptist First Baptist Grace Episcopal First Methodist Church of the Brethren Free Methodist Trinity Methodist Faith Lutheran and others. It notes pastors, service times, and special events such as Bible study and youth programs across several local churches.
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Wesleyan Methodist
Wayne BH. Caldwell
Wesleyan
First Christian
Cedar
Bible School
School of Missions
Annex
Federated
Presbyterian-Congregational
Wm. Ward
North Baptist
Oak and Wilson
Willam L. Luce
First Baptist
Roger L. Fredrikson
Christian Witness In
Latin America
Richard Chartler
Fellowship of Prayer
Grace Episcopal
Locuat
John B. Sweigart
Young People’s Fellowship
First ‘Methodist
4Th
Hickory
Charles P. Knight
Church of the Brethren
Ninth and Main
Gerald Mease
Free Methodist
N. Oak
Carl Adolphson
Trinity Methodist
N. Cedar
Robert B. Craig
John Clintom
M.Y.F
Faith Lutheran
East 12Th
Lee W. Lennon, Jr
B. J. Loesel
Paola
Salesman Narrow Escape Prompts Savings Plan
Russ Burger, a salesman, faced a tax demand but substantiated his deductions with receipts. He plans a Savings Account at The Ottawa Building & Loan Association, with FS LC insured deposits and 3 percent semiannual earnings. Small deposits will grow to meet emergencies. visit to open an account.
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Russ Burger
Russ
Ottawa Building & Loan Association
FS & LC
Ottawa Building & Loan
Adv
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Council of Churches
W.C. T.U
W. J. Noonan
J. L. Wassmer
Pensacola
James Finian
Cherry
Ash
Norman Chambers
Russell Morgan
Baldwin
Paul Blough
S. Main
Richard Banks
Lawrence
Banks
Art Jensen
Bob Couaty
Ray Reed
Bill” Baxter
Bill Baxter
Robert F. Todd
R. G. Seward
Princeton Cemetery
Mrs
Hazel I. Davis
Green Lawn Cemetery
Louis H. Dengel
Emporia Fire
Richardson
Hes
Tee
St. Paul
A.M.E
Portland
Ore
Rev. C. J, Prince
J. L
S. Cedar Street
OC. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
John Peters
Richmond
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Anderson County
Albert Stewart & Son Farm
Albert
Harold
Rae
Wilson and
Cul
Frankin County
Wilson and Locust
Oliver Nels
E. Wellsville
L. Kapp
Don Jansen
South
Taipei
Formosa
Wellington Koo
United States
Washington
Chiang Kaishek
Peoples National Bank of Ottawa
The
Bank of Friendly Service
Air Force Chief
Cliff Burgoon Plumbing & Heating
Herald
Robert Barnes
Ditana
Kansas
Laren Latimer
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