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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1963
Page
3
A jumble of Ann Landers questions and answers tees up household frictions. Readers ask why ice trays stay empty and how to handle a neighbor, a drinker mother and teen dating, with advice on responsibility, AA, and communication.
Otta wa High School Class of 1947 held a July reunion in Ottawa on July 6 with a banquet attended by about 60 members and spouses. Don Waymire, class president in 1947, served as toastmaster. The program featured introductions by couples and current family updates, plus letters from absent members. A brief business meeting planned another reunion for July 1967 with a planning committee of Mrs. Robert K. White, Mrs. Clyde Johnson, and Mrs. Glen Hardesty.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles initiated three new members at a recent meeting: Mrs. Nadine Johnson, Judy Johnson, and Mrs. Ruby Staack. The district meeting is set for July 21 at 2 p.m. in the Nelson Hotel, followed by a dinner at the Aerie home. Mrs. Harold Showaller won a mystery package and Mrs. Jay Todd won a drawing. The next regular session is announced for July 18 at 8 p.m.
A former Offawan resident, Mrs. Anna Lester Johnson of Twin Oaks Live Oak Fla, will celebrate her 100th birthday on July 10. Born 1863 at 815 Princeton St., she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Lester. Her father ran a greenhouse and was janitor of Washington School. Anna and sister Hallie later operated a greenhouse now Osburn Greenhouse, later sold to a resident named Jacobus. She survived a near tornado disaster when featherbeds shielded her from overturned furniture.
One hundred friends and relatives attended the golden wedding reception for Mr and Mrs A C Starosta at the school auditorium from 2 to 5 PM. Family members dined at Colberns and out of town relatives came from Dodge City Independance Missouri Grandview Kansas City and other cities.
The Herald announces a weekly reward of five dollars for the best news tip submitted by a reader. Tips must be new, verifiable, and include contact details for follow up. The program aims to boost local coverage by incentivizing reader participation.
Opera singer Mr. Barry McDaniel, soloist with the Berlin Opera Company, visits Lyndon Kansas with his son and family. He recently premiered in Pelleas and Melisande in Paris and Berlin, sang Bach works in Germany, toured Europe, and will perform Mozart in Rio de Janeiro before returning to Berlin for fall season work and later Tokyo engagements.
A dense roster of residents and households shipped between multiple states and cities. Names like Avery Pat Brink Roger Caldwell Max and many others move from streets such as Walnut Cedar Locust and Main to new destinations including Topeka Wichita Falls and Independence Missouri in a broad community relocation rundown.
The daughter born June 27 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Bob Robbins 814 S Cedar named Cindy Kay. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. Grandparents John Franklin and Albert Robbins. great grandparents Roy Jones Daisy Robbins. At Ransom Memorial Hospital a son born July 6 to Ralph Benton Basel RFD 1 Quenemo named Michael Darren weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces. A daughter born July 7 to Robert Albert McCurdy 315 Oak named Amy Something weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces.
Paul Leonard Deets a Kansas State University senior from Oxford and two Sumner County 1963 graduates Marilyn Elaine Lange Conway Springs and Charlotte Anne Lawless Bele Plaine are named the first recipients of 250 dollar Boyer educational trust fund scholarships at K State.
Socialettes note a postponement of the July 11 meeting to July 18 with Mrs. Merle Jones at 116 N Sycamore. Local families, including the Gillette, Althouse, Marks, and McDowell households, spent weekends visiting relatives from Sabetha to Estes Park. Ottawa couples return from Tomahawk Lodge in Minnesota and share travel tales with extended kin near Hutchinson and Plackbuck.
William McLaughlin is transferred to Norfolk Virginia and will start duty around August first. The family began a three week vacation in South Carolina. daughters Lynn and Carol stay with grandparents as arrangements are made. McLaughlin was stationed at US Naval Air Station Olathe and now the Wellsville family plans rent changes. The Methodist Church Women’s Society meets July 11 for coffee with youth program plans. Refreshment committee members are named.
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