Ottawa High School Class of 1951 60th reunion noted
The Ottawa High School Class of 1951 held its 60th reunion on May 27 and 28, 2011. Activities included a Prairie Star gathering, a Washburn Towers tour, and a 6 p.m. catered meal by L M in the community room. Fifty five guests attended, with 37 alumni from eight states, and 33 of the 89 graduates from 1951 are deceased. Named attendees include Lois Ann Eversmeyer, Doris Bell, Carol Grimes, and Mary Ann Fergison Neiswander among many others. Joe Terrill and Jim Ferguson attended but were not pictured.
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Ottawa High School
Prairie Star
Mark Kane
Washburn Towers
Mary Ann Ferguson Neiswander
L&m
Florida
Oklahoma
Utah
Oregon
Texas
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Lois Ann Batdorf Eversmeyer
Doris Finch Bell
Carol Stansbury Grimes
Eleanor Dawson Harris
Arlyce Farmer Bailey
Sue Gatlin Gillette
Anita Gladstone
Hometown Hero Private First Class Hermreck Graduates Fort Jackson
Private First Class Nicholas David Hermreck completed Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson South Carolina on May 26 2011 as a 2009 Ottawa High School graduate. Attendees included his mother and relatives from Ottawa and Lawrence. He will go to advanced training at Fort Lee Virginia and then be stationed at Fort Hood Texas following his late grandfather Fred Hermreck who also served in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas David Hermreck
Fort Jackson
S.C
Ottawa
Marsha Hermreck
Lawrence
Mickey Hermreck
Michelle Gray
Jordan Gray
Hermreck
Fort Lee
Fort Hood
Texas
Fred Hermreck
Fort Hood, Texas
Birthday Jo Thompson Celebrates 101st in Overbrook
Jo Thompson of Overbrook marks her 101st birthday this Sunday born July 10 1910 in Hopkinton Iowa. She moved to Kansas in 1919 and graduated Pomona High School in 1929. She married Oden Thompson in 1930 and has four sons Arlen Charles Everett Gary eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Cards may be sent to Brookside Assisted Living Overbrook Kansas 66524.
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Jo Thompson
Overbrook
Hopkinton
Iowa
Kansas
Pomona High School
Oden Thompson
Arlen
Charles
Everett
Gary
Brookside Assisted Living
Seventh St
Scholarship Awarded by Union Chapter No. 15 Eastern Star
Grace Duda, pictured with Jewell Chapman and Phillip King, Worthy Matron and Patron, received the first educational scholarship from Union Chapter No. 15 Eastern Star in Ottawa. Duda is a West Franklin High School graduate.
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Grace Duda
Jewell Chapman
Phillip King
Union
Order of Eastern Star
Ottawa
Duda
West Franklin High School
Carlson Couple, 65th Anniversary Celebrated in Ottawa Area
Ruth Carlson and Neil Carlson marked their 65th wedding anniversary with family on Sunday. Cards may be sent to Village Manor Room 137, 1100 W. 15th St., Ottawa Kansas 66067. Albert Neil Carlson of Hiawatha and Ruth Stansbury of Williamsburg wed July 3, 1946, at Lyndon and have lived in the Ottawa area most of their married life.
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Ruth
Neil Carlson
Village Manor
15Th St
Ottawa
Albert Neil Carlson
Hiawatha
Ruth Stansbury
Williamsburg
Lyndon
Garnett Duplicate Bridge Club hosts weekly games night
In the June 29 event Wanda Durbin of Ottawa and Gladys Turner of Burlington tied with Marilyn Grace and Maxine Moore of Ottawa for first and second place. Lyndé Feuerborn and Faye Leitch Garnett took third. The club meets at 7 p.m. each Wednesday at the Garnett Inn and invites all bridge players to join.
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Wanda Durbin
Ottawa
Gladys Turner
Burlington
Tiec
Marilyn Grace
Maxine Moore
Lyndé Feuerborn
Faye Leitch Garnett
Garnett Duplicate Bridge Club
Garnett Inn
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Kelsey Coen
Pat Payne Evans
Vada Johnson Miller
Joanne Langdon Schick
Dorothy Brown Fitzgibbons
Joan Worthington Markman
Thelma Bunch Miller
Rose Anne Crawford Taylor
Suzanne Hammond Seger
Lyndell Staadt Beauchamp
Patricia Dale Fredricks
Mary Mickey Cross
Eleanor Funk Wells
Lee Hughes
Larry McGrath
Armand Harrison
Ivan Long
Gordon Dickerson
George Miller
Robert Mickey
Wil Barnes
Jess Gilmore
Dale Royer
Bob Dunn
Joe Terrill
Jim Ferguson
Nnington
Werell
He Carie
Price
Freize
Ane
Richmond Public Library
Richmond
Avis
Thompson
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Ruth and
Club News
the Herald Today
Ottawaherald.com
the Herald
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