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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1957

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Jay Ellis Huston son of Mr and Mrs Harold Huston 1005 W Sixth recently completed 10 weeks of advanced training at Fort Knox Ky in the Army Armor Training Center He trained to drive the Army s medium tank and qualified as a .30 and .50 machine gun gunner and as a 90 millimeter tank gunner Graduated Overbrook High School in 1953 and entered the Army in September 1956

Harold Huston Army Armor Training Center Fort Knox Huston Overbrook High School

Deaths and local notices crowd Ottawa findings

Obituaries and notices from Ottawa area including Rev Lee Lennon's discharge after chest surgery at KU Medical Center and George Gusto farm sale near Wellsville on Feb 5. Also Louis P Broderson of Kansas City Ottawa links, dairy dispersal sale by BR P Lieb, parking violations, court actions, Army grad Donald J Rhoades, Dorothy Farris petition in district court, first dental exams at Eugene Field, Ronald Hus in training, and a dispersal sale near Paola on Feb 2.

Lee Lennon Cedar Faith Lutheran Church K. U. Medical Center Lennon George Gusto Wellsville Maurice M. Casey M. A. Martin Wellsville-Paola Paula

Hospital Notes and Births Reported in Local Entries

Admit ted Leon Spore 832 Hamblin Clyde Zielsdorf 918 S Sycamore Tuesday W R Lancaster 804 N Poplar John Oshel Quenema today Births Mr and Mrs William Whitacre 311 W 6th son born Tuesday weight seven pounds Dismissed Mrs Duane Young and baby son Melvern George Parks Pomona today

Leon Spore Hamblin Clyde Zielsdorf S. Sycamore W. R. Lancaster John Oshel Quenema William Whitacre Duane Young Melvern George Parks Po Jmona

Funeral notices and obituaries from Ottawa area

Funeral services were held for Marinda A. Kirkwood who died January 22 at Towner's Funeral Chapel with Rev. Robert Craig officiating. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery. Christina Bohnet's funeral is set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Towner's Chapel with Rev. William J. Britton officiating and burial in Highland Cemetery. John Joseph Wackowitsch, 75, longtime farmer died yesterday at his home. survivors include son Frank and daughter Lena Morgan. Burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery with services led by Rev. Matthew Guilfoyle. Charles J. Marsh, 79, formerly of Ottawa, died in Lewis, Kansas. burial at St. John, Kansas, with wife Belle Black, son Georgette Marsh, and other relatives listed. The Marsh family attended Mt Hopeful School in the area.

L. P. Broderson Louis P. Broderson Kansas City Ottawa Post Office Santa Fe Lula ‘Mae 8Roderson C. S. Pugh W. B. Sandner Harry Broderson Kellar BR. P. Lieb J. R. Henning Florida Texas D. F. Daniel Arizona Sale C. E. Daniel Olathe Merly Newcomer Chapel Mt. Moriah Cemetery Kirkwood Marinda A. Kirkwood Towner Robert Craig John Sheeley Clyde Phillips Henry Wherry Edward Hazen Ernest Johnson Frank Cannady Craig Lawrence Ott Rex Adams Trinity Methodist Church Highland Cemetery Christina Bohnet Towner's Chapel William J. Britton The Faith Lutheran Church John Joseph Wuckowitsch Johnson County Sacred Heart Catholic Church Edith Bowley Concordia Frank Wackowitseh Merriam Lena M. Morgan John L Frank L. Morgan George Wacko- Wwitsch Osawatomie Matthew Guilfoyle Mt. Calvary Cemetery Lamb Funeral Home Lewis Kas Charles E. Marsh J. A. Marsh Route 2 J. E. Borland Rantoul Borland Adam F. Wicke Route 1 St. John Belle’ Black Georgette Marsh Great Bend Auer W. L. Marsh Corvallis Mont A. M. Jacob Salem W. Nelson Spokane Wash Marsh Mt. Hopel Wackowitsch John J Franklin County Matthew Guilfayre

Surgery For Blues Singer Ella Fitzegrald

New York blues singer Ella Fitzegrald fell ill Sunday and will undergo an operation today for an abscess near the appendix region.

New York Ella Fitzegrald

Sheep and Wool Meeting At Masonic Temple

About 140 people attended yesterday's sheep and wool meeting at the Masonic temple. Franklin County agricultural agent Don Brown reported attendees from ten counties and estimated the group owned about 5000 ewes. A lamb dinner was served at noon by Princeton Methodist church ladies.

Masonic Temple Don Brown Franklin County Princeton Methodist Church

Franklin countians to attend district Extension meeting in Lawrence

County Agent Don Brown announced three Franklin County residents will travel to Lawrence for a district Extension meeting. They will select members for the state's Extension advisory committee, including Lee Perkins, Mrs. Russell Wray, and Roy Herring, with the session in the 4-H building in Lawrence.

Franklin

Military church trend noted at Lutheran meeting

Atlantic City NJ officials report a shift toward a nondenominational military church in U S armed services. The National Lutheran meeting cited indications of breaking denominational distinctions in military religious services as a growing tendency.

Atlantic City U.S National Lutheran’ Council

Local Farm Sale Dates Across Kansas and Missouri

Public notices list weekly sales from Walter Medlin to Franklin County events. Auctions include used machinery from John Deere Co and multiple livestock sales in Ottawa Overbrook Lawrence and Wellsville with dates in February and March.

Walter Medlin Paola Kansas Drexel Tohn Deere Co Iawatomie Overbrook Kans Horse & Pony Safe Haatith Street Lawrence Lyle Raymond “Wall West Centropolis Albert Stewart & Son Farm Ottawa Albert Harold Franklin County Wilson & Locust Sts Franklin Co Wilson and Locust C. L. Kapp Wilson and Locust Sts

Confession in Grimes Sisters Case Revealed at Inquest

Chicago reports detail a Skid Row confession by Edward Bedwell that he and an unknown man named Frank killed Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 Grimes after luring them from home on December 28. Bodies found January 22 near Willow Springs as coroner cites toxicology showing no alcohol.

Chicago Grimes Sisters Edward Bennie) Bedwell Frank Barbara Patricia Joseph Lohman Bedwell Willow Springs The Ottawa Herald Walter E. McCarron Walter Camp Mc Carron

Local Market Wheat and Farm Prices Noted

Local market report lists wheat and barley prices alongside soybeans yellow corn oats and eggs. It mentions television and billboards, AFL CIO unions, and Ottawa churches welcoming visitors amid varied farm commodity quotes and livestock figures.

Afl-Cio Ottawa

AFL-CIO eyeing seven million for Southern unions drive

The AFL-CIO reportedly plans to spend seven million dollars over three years to persuade Southern workers in Miami Beach Florida to join labor unions.

Miami Beach Fla Afl-Cio

Senate panel approves probe of labor racketeering

Washington The Senate Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to authorize a nationwide $350,000 Senate investigation into alleged racketeering in labor unions and industry.

Washington Senate Rules Committee Senate

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Jay Ellis Ottawa Police Department Don Risdon Kenneth Hutton Donald J. Rhoades Fred C. Rhoades European Ordnance School Feussen Germany 382Nd Military Police Battalion Rhoades Wallsville High School Dorothy Farris North Mulberry Eugene Field School Pvt Ronald W. Hus Howard Barlow John J. Wuckowitsch Ottawan McVe Louis H. Dengel UDA Redecee i Belle Pavone Ivan Brown Tire & Battery Service Jack Nelson Pomona Anderson Neill George Waverly Tereke Cay Southern Drive Joe Towner National Selected Morticians International Association of Funeral Directors National Morticiana Pressonville E. R. Shields New Holland Wisconsin Allis Chalmers Woods Brothers Dempster George Gugle Myers & Son Wellsville Bank Daybreak Flintridge Ivin’s Your Association Wesrasusven Franklin County Institution Dougherty Elmer Lamb Funeral Ben Moor First Baptist Church Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin
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