Library Line Answers Weekly Reader Questions
The library offers help and directs to the Community Information Center at South and Main. This week's questions cover an ounce aka snow leopard on the Tibetan plateau, a July 3 Lyndon bluegrass festival, duplex plural as duplexes, venetian blind repair by Melvin Clevenger, barometer weather signals, Nelson Art Gallery hours, and SoFro Fabrics ownership by House of Fabrics Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sth & Main
Tibetan
Central Asia
Lyndon
Lyndon Public Library
Lyndon Park
Ottawa
Melvin Clevenger
Nelson Art Gallery
Nelson Gallery of Art & Atkins Museum
SoFro Fabrics
SoFro
House of Fabrics
House of Fabrics, Inc
Riverside Dr
Sherman Oaks
Ottawa Chamber News Says Help Red Cross and Rodeo Fun
Chamber notes a Red Cross disaster fund shortfall and urges donations to Franklin County Red Cross. It thanks Gilbert Martin for 70 pints donated, promotes Businessmen Calf Roping at Franklin County Fair, notes Independence Day closures and local sales, plus ongoing water, sidewalk, and road work in Ottawa and nearby blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Chamber
Commerce
Red Cross
Ottawa
Franklin County
Gilbert Martin
Mary Livingstone Jack Benny Widow Dead at 77
Mary Livingstone, widow of Jack Benny, died at 77 in Holmby Hills after a heart ailment. Born Sadye Marks in Seattle, she met Benny while selling hosiery in Los Angeles, joined his act, and became a radio television regular before retiring about 25 years ago. Benny died in 1974 at 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mary Livingstone
Jack Benny
Miss Livingstone
Holmby Hills
Benny
Sadye Marks
Seattle
May Co
Orpheum Theater
Sadye Benny
ECKAN Elections At Franklin County Community Center
The ECKAN planning board for Franklin County will be elected by low income residents at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Community Center 132 8 Main rear entrance. The Multi County Board governs ECKAN in seven counties and representatives must be chosen by the low income group. Voters are those receiving ECKAN services this year. Call Mary Meeks at 242 7450 for details. A drought ended with 36 cases of license plates delivered to the Franklin County Courthouse ending a shortage that left truck owners using 15 day permits. Tr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ECKAN
Franklin County
Mary Meeks
Talbott
CERN
U.S
Richard Jackson
Ecean Community Center
S. Main
Jackson
July Fourth Weekend Community Notices and Events
A collage of local business updates and July Fourth activities. RING repair at Drake's Jewelry and L and L Cafe closures, DDT ROCKS at Forest Park with free admission and menu details, Pal opens nightly, Peoples National Bank advertises service, BE'S Wax and Gift renovation, LB'S HEADQUARTERS closure, Pony Rides in Forest Park, Sat night specials at Wagon Wheel and EDDIES, Sand Creek Restaurant anniversary with Ghost Riders, Little Dragon Restaurant closures, AREA Reunion for class of '73 in Quenemo, Half-Price fireworks at Black Cat Fireworks, sale at Young Place Kids Clothes, new A.S. shoes, and The Carpet Warehouse holiday closures.
Funeral services for Mrs Freda V Griffin and Mrs Carrie L Ruby
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Freda V Traver Griffin 77 of Ottawa who died Friday at home burial in Highland Cemetery She was a Sunflower Ordnance Plant worker and later a Made O Day seamstress and leaves six sons four daughters two sisters and many grandchildren The second notice outlines funeral plans for Mrs Carrie Lillard Ruby 99 a former Ottawa resident who died Friday at Cedarhouse with services at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home and burial in Hope Cemetery She was a homemaker and a church stewardess with ties to St Paul AME Ottawa and the Calanthe Lodge and she married twice with several step children noted.
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Ruby
Carrie Lillard
Lamb-Roberts
Emmett Williams
Hope Cemetery
Ottawa
Belarnoon
Freda V. Griffin
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Freda V. (Traver) Griffin
S. Poplar
Highland Cemetery
Lacon
Ill
Kansas
Franklin
Osage
Made O’day
Trinity United Methodist Church
Fred Delbert Griffin
LaVerne Griffin
Oxnard
Calif
C. Gene Griffin
Seattle
Wash
Donald Wayne Griffin
Buena Vista
Colo
Fred Delbert Griffin Jr
Palmdale
W. Gail Griffin
Viola
Kan
Adran Griffin
Troy
Nadine Carter
Manhattan
Vivian Gragg
W. 6Th
Maye Stewart
Greeley
Faye Franklin
Lee’s Summit
Hazel Gates
Fern McIntosh
Trinity United Church Memorial Fund
Carrie Lillard Ruby
E. 8Th
Cedarhouse
Lamb- Roberts
Howard County
Missouri
St. Paul A.M.E
Emma A. Sellers
Emma A
Sassaman
Trinity United Methodist Church Memorial Fund
Five Skimmers Found Guilty In Tropicana Case
Five of six men on trial for conspiracy to skim money from the Tropicana Hotel and Casino were found guilty on various counts by a federal jury. Peter Tamburello was acquitted. The indictments covered theft of about $280,000 in gambling receipts between June 7, 1978, and February 14, 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Tropicana
Peter Tamburello
Kansas City
Carl Civella
Carl DeLong
Charles Moretina
Carl Thomas
Anthony Chiavola Sr
Chicago
Civella
Kathleen Wiederholt Accepted to KSU Honors Program
Kathleen Wiederholt of Princeton Rural Fire District 1 has been admitted to Kansas State University’s honors program based on her high school record and ACT scores. She is the daughter of Leo and [unreadable] Wiederholt and plans to major in general engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Wiederholt
Princeton Rfd
Kansas State University
Leo Wiederholt
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Larry Powell
Chamber
Woolworths
Litwins
J. C. Penney
Alco
Wal-Mart
Tn Construction News
South Main
West 7Th Street
Peoples Bank
Earl Carroll
The
Vanities
Santa Monica Superior Court
Mary
Eckawn Elections
Marilyn Talbott
Drake's Jewelry
L and L
DDT
Rocks Forest Park
Monty
PAL
Peoples National Bank and ‘Trust
Be’s Wax and Gift
Forest Park
Trail Blazers
Wagon Wheel
Pomona
Sand Creek
Ghost Riders
Free Punch
Prairie Harbor
Lake Pomona
Little Dragon Restaurant
Sams
Quenemo
Mark LV
Bob Miller
Eating Aviarrowing. Co
Continenteling. Co
Marysville
Mulvat
Port Boot
Trinity Jas. Co
Ottawa Insurance Agency
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
the Daily Report
District Court News
Robert C. Sands
Legal
Betty J. Bowling
Rodney G. Simmons
Brenda R. Stankard
David R. Brenner
Mary M. McClay
Oklahoma City
Timothy Wayne Longan
Dena Sue Allison
Andrew Neil Stout
Karen Kay Anderson
Homer G. Ambler
Lori Ann Robinson
Bob's Mobil and Propane Service Inc
Steve Sutterby
Public Safety News
Sheriff's News
Richmond
Gwynne ‘Turner
RFD
Nadine Pass
Midwest
Joliet
Peoria
So. St. Paul
St. Paul
St. Louis
Iowa
Minnesota
Omaha
St Paul
Ibminals
Indiana
Towa
Carlol
Sioux Falls
St. Joseph
West Third
Mark K. Shumway
Ash
Connie Jonessen
Maple
Shumway
Jessen
Mexico
Mexico City
Miguel de la Madrid
Sen
Jorge Diaz Serrano
Diaz Serrano
PEMEX
Jose Lopez Portillo
Lopez Portillo
de la Madrid
DeLuna
Moretina
Thomas
Chiavola
Carl Caruso
Joseph E. Stevens Jr
Memoriam
Dengel Son Mortuary
Hickory
Ottawa, Kansas
By Dultmeier
Leonard Robbins
Jim Bond
Mark McCarty
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