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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1985
Page
7
Franklin County 4 H clubs competed in Model Meetings and Gavel Games with Acorn Rustlers winning top honors in model meetings and advancing to regional in Baldwin on March 9. Gavel Games featured four participants per club, with several Pomona and SHAFF groups led by presidents.
A meeting to organize a Parent Teachers Association will be held at Central Heights School lunchroom at 7 tonight. A free Gospel Lads concert is scheduled for 7 30 tonight in Pomona High School Multi purpose Room. Airman Franz F Birzer son of Mr and Mrs John R Birzer Ottawa RFD 3 has arrived for duty at Clear Air Force Station Alaska. Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p m Tuesday in the hospital conference room. Ottawa Library Board meets at 7 tonight in basement to elect officers and discuss top floor remodeling. Ottawa Library offers February Toddler line spots for 18 months to 3 years with a parent Thursdays at 9 30 a m register Pat Powell 242 3000. Debbie Dungan and John Dungan of 1304 S Poplar named TCU Scholars for 1964 fallsemester for 4 0 GPA over 12 or more semester hours.
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah B. Maddox 87 of Ottawa will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dengel Son Mortuary with burial in Highland Cemetery. She died Sunday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a long Franklin County life with church and family ties. Survivors include her son Jesse L. Maddox a brother and sister and five grandchildren.
Dr Donald Philgreen will leave his Ottawa area practice July 1 to become medical director and physician at the LIGHT House in Kansas City Missouri. The LIGHT House serves girls with unwanted pregnancies and plans to open February 15 with capacity for 150, expecting 480 births annually. Philgreen, active in the UFC and longtime Ottawa emergency chief, has delivered over 1,200 babies and will move with his wife Martha and five children.
Advertisements list new arrivals at Alley Shop swimwear and Bean and Gift Nook. Furniture, haircuts, and beauty services offered by Touch' & Glo with price points. Drake Jewelry offers ring repair. Cloud Nine Bridal Shop opens evenings by appointment through February. Wallpaper sale features 30 percent off and a new pine Street location with over 50 books to browse.
Franklin Countians are invited to join Farm Bureau members in a caravan to Topeka for a 7:45 a.m. meeting at Dengel and Son Mortuary, then car pool to the State Capitol. A 3:30 p.m. joint House and Senate Education Committee session on school financing highlights the day, with Senate panels on resort development in the reservoir master plan and district attorney appointments starting with the 1988 election. House panels will discuss repealing the major fuel tax deduction on state returns and ongoing hearings on the State Water Plan, plus bills on care for mentally retarded and mentally ill persons.
Pomona High School announced honors for a group of students and staff recognizing academic and leadership achievements. Among those named were Superior Patrick Fovter Lori Lentis Sebring Porter Osaenn Scott Tim Witham and Principal Michele Balmer plus multiple faculty and students.
Wellsville U S D 289 will consider how to handle interest money earned on back railroad taxes withheld by counties. The district joined others in seeking to recoup funds and will review a report on the taxes and options tonight. Other items include calendar, field lease, custodian contract and teacher negotiations session. It is 7:30 p.m. in Wellsville. The AP items note stock market gains with the Dow up 7.40 to 1283.46 and AT&T slipping to 21 1 2 after reporting 1984 earnings. In Geneva, UAE minister Mana Oteiba walked out amid tensions over oil cartel price cuts.
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