Local News Briefs Hit Forest Park Bike Theft and Community notices
Richard Milton reported the theft of a black English bicycle from Forest Park. State Line Peace Officers meet tonight at the North American Hotel. A film will be shown. Four Franklin County extension officials attend the northeast district conference in Topeka including Don Brown and others. Claude R. Corbin, son of Mrs. Addie H. Field, serves aboard the USS Pyro in Exercise Peach Tree off California. James B. Miller of Kansas City promoted to field director with the Kaw Council Boy Scouts of America. KU preview days draw 109 prospective freshmen. A hay rope accident injures Joe Warren and injures his brother David. Joe hospitalized at Ottawa. Mrs. CC Redwine concludes a weekend visit in Ottawa. Hemlock Ar iss show noted. Miss Nellie March visits. SGT Gardner W Campbell promoted to W-1 in Ottawa National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Corbin
Addie H. Field
S. Cedar
Pyro
California
James B. Miller
Kansas City
Kas
Kaw Council
Boy Scouts of America
Ottawa-Lawrence-Leavenworth
Joe Warren
David
Paul Warren
Wellsville
Joe
Ottawa
Wellsville approves 60 new band uniforms
The Wellsville School Board voted unanimously to buy 60 new band uniforms. Students have been measured and delivery is scheduled for November. The outfits feature bright red West Point style coats trimmed in white with a detachable white shield bearing a large blue W, removable for concerts, and white plumes on white hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
West Point
Three Hurt in Three Car Crash West of Baldwin
Three Baldwin residents Geraldine Collins Kathy Collins and Janelle Puckett sustained minor injuries in a Sunday afternoon three car collision three and a half miles west of Baldwin on U S 56. All injuries were non life threatening. they were transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. James Hyatt of Shawnee Mission and his wife were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
U.S. 56
Geraldine Collins
Kathy Collins
Janelle Puckett
Highway Patrol
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
James Hyatt
Shawnee Mission
Ottawa Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses listed for Charles R. Bryant 19 of Ottawa and Margaret Dowdy 18 of Ottawa. Wallace Gene Sheridan 28 of Kansas City Missouri and Marilyn Jo Irwin 22 of Ottawa. Kenneth N. Vandeventer 21 of Wellsville and Clara Joyce Baldwin 18 of Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Bryant
Ottawa
Margaret Dowdy
Wallace Gene Sheridan
Kansas City
Marilyn Jo Irwin
Kenneth N. Vandeventer
Wellsville
Clara Joyce Baldwin
Obituary notices for Dr Anna Lister and Thomas Dillon
Dr Anna Lister 97 os teopath died Saturday at Cedar House nursing home after long illness Services Wednesday at 2 pm at Towners Chapel Rev E E Caylor to officiate burial in Highland Cemetery She was born December 16 1864 in Peotia township New Hope School Ottawa University and Los Angeles College of Osteopathy graduate Opened Pasadena office and practiced until 1942 Retired to Ottawa Westminster United Presbyterian Church survivor list includes sister in law and 17 nieces and nephews Thomas Lloyd Dillon 70 of Baldwin died July 14 in Baldwin Funeral at Washington Creek Church north and west of Baldwin Rev Orville Chase officiating He was born December 12 1891 in Roanoke Virginia a farmer and long time Douglas County resident Married Rosa Emma Turner April 4 1913 Survivors include widow three daughters two sons four brothers six sisters Burial at Washington Creek Cemetery near Baldwin Dillon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lister
Cedar House
Towner’s Chapel
E. E. Caylor
Highland Cemetery
Miss Lister
Peo- Tia Township
Lister
Thomas Lloyd Dillon
Baldwin
Washington Creek Church
Orville Chase
Roanoke
Douglas County
Rosa Emma Turner
Letha Louk
Abilene
Emma Mae Charlotte Ikenberry
Lawrence
LaVern
Elvin
George
Pomona
Sherman
Parkville
Jack
Howard
Mary Mohler
Lillie Johnson
Pearl Mesker
Laura Persinger
Lyndon
Alta Knowles
Sunnyvale
Calif
Bernice Craig
Norwalk
Washington Creek Cemetery
Edgerton Hotel Operator Elizabeth DeTar 93 dies in Arkansas
Miss Elizabeth DeTar 93, former Edgerton resident, died Saturday evening in the State Hospital Little Rock Arkansas. Services set for Wednesday 2 p.m. at Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville with Rev James Nabors officiating. Burial in Edgerton Cemetery. Survived by sisters Bertha Sloan Wellsville Cora Sloan Garnett and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth DeTar
Edgerton
State Hospital
Little Rock
Ark
Coughlin Funeral Home
Wellsville
James Nabors
Edgerton Cemetery
Miss DeTar
Arkansas
Bertha Sloan
Cora Sloan
Garnett
Many Studied In Summer Session At Kansas State
About 2,700 students enrolled in Kansas State University's summer session setting a new all time high. Among enrollees were Bill Bemmels Gordon Bruce Earl Gross Charles Shaughnessy Arthur Shaw Phillip Wiederholt Terry Silvius Richard Kramer Beverly Fogle Beverly Dunning Nancy Coffman Janet Batel Roberta Hughes Judith Rogers and others from towns including Pomon a Wellsville Williamsburg Overbrook Garnett and Princeton. The previous peak enrollment was 2,511 in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State University
Bill Bemmels
S. Hickory
Gordon Bruce
Earl Gross
S. Elm
Charles Shaughnessy
S. Main
Arthur Shaw
RFD
Pomona
Phillip Wiederholt
Princeton
Terry Silvius
Wellsville
Richard Kramer
Beverly Fogle
Williamsburg
Beverly
James Dunning
Melvern
Nancy Coffman
Janet Batel
Overbrook
Roberta Hughes
Judith Rogers
Garnett
Blue Cross Enrollment Opener In Franklin County
Franklin County hosts a Blue Cross enrollment campaign with a daily office at 120 W 8th Street open through July 27 except Sundays. The program, endorsed by the Franklin County Medical Society, offers no charges to participating physicians if the member lacks other medical coverage and stays in a semi private hospital room. Phone CH 24130. transfer for current members and enroll new ones. Local sponsor committee includes Dr. J F Barr and several Mrss Grabham Stephenson Barr and Gollier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Franklin County
Bob Barr
Bruce Spears
Evelyn McKinley
W. 3Rd
Franklin County Medical Society
Couny
KC Markets Report from Kansas City Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Kansas City market report shows cattle at 8 200 head and calves 400 with gains of 25 to 50 cents per cwt. Prime and choice steers priced up to 26 75. Hogs 4 500 head steady to 25 higher with feeder hogs about 18 50 to 18 75. Sheep 2 500 head steady to 25 higher with prime lambs around 23 00 and feeder lambs 14 50 to 15 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Home Economics Agent in Training for Miami County
Frances R. Bryson, graduated from Colorado State College in Pueblo, is in training to become Miami County home economics agent after a month. She and her four children Kristina Benny Kim and Daryl live in Paola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado State College
Pueblo, Colo
Frances R. Bryson
Miami County
Hospital Notes and Births in Local Listings
Admissions list includes Donald V. Carringer Lyndon Myra Stankard Pomona Mrs Billy W Fabert 716 S Main Mrs Clifford Fritts RFD 3 Sunday Mrs Lawrence Reyes 934 N Locust Linda Altic 802 N Main Marilyn Stecher Baldwin Monday Births to Herbert Harrah Jr 808 S Mulberry son weight 8 lb 7 oz Dale Schamle 724 S Mulberry son weight 7 lb 14 oz Dismissals Francis Mildfeldt 322 S Poplar Mrs Myrtle Geiger 411 S Locust Alvin Crawford 725 Pecan James Workman Crestview Saturday Mrs Carl Bobbish and baby daughter 1137 S Mulberry Mrs Thomas Jordan 511 E 9th Mrs Wendell Davis and baby daughter RFD 1 Williamsburg Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald V. Carringer
Lyndon
Myra-Stankard
Pomona
Billy W. Fabert
S. Main
Clifford Fritts
RFD
Lawrence Reyes
N. Locust
Linda Altic
N. Main
Marilyn Stecher
Baldwin
Herbert Harrah Jr
S. Mulberry
Dale Schamle
Francis Mildfeldt
S. Poplar
Myrtle Geiger
Alvin Crawford
James Workman
Crestview
Carl Bobbish
Thomas Jordan
Wendell Davis
Williamsburg
Five Die On Kansas Roads
Five people were killed in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend. In Rice County a family of four from Mulvane perished when two cars collided at a county road intersection after a stop sign was torn from its post. Also killed was a 10 year old boy from Louisburg in a separate Overland Park crash. his father and another driver were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas
Rice County
Curtis Welty
Margaret
Bradley
Robyn
Mulvane
Kan
Mrs. Welty
Zelma Monroe
Geneseo
Margaret Jane Ewing
Donne Walin
Overland Park
Death After An Argument Ends in Man's Death in Kansas City
In Kansas City a 76 year old man, Robert Perkins, died from a shotgun blast after an argument over bathroom use. Police say 64 year old Jack M. Johnson shot Perkins when he advanced with a straight edge razor. Perkins had been staying with the Johnsons for a month. Johnson is held for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert Perkins
Jack M. Johnson
Perkins
Johnson
Johnsons
Doctor Kept Thalidomide Off US Market for Years
Washington physician Frances Oldham Kelsey, an FDA officer, refused to license thalidomide in the United States from 1960 through 1961 amid safety doubts. European reports later linked the drug to birth malformations, notably phocomelia, with thousands of affected babies expected in West Germany as investigations confirmed the hazard. Thalidomide has since been withdrawn from sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Frances Oldham Kelly
Food and Drug Administration
Washington Post
Kelly
William S. Merrell Co
Cincinnati
United States
Canada
West Germany
Slays Wife Calls Police in Abilene
In Abilene Kansas a 42 year old husband shot and killed his estranged wife a 36 year old practical nurse at a nursing home before police arrived. He had been under a court restraining order and reportedly told police he had shot his wife and to come and get him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kan
J. D. Gibbs
James Prescher
Gibbs
Prescher
Five Die In Train Crash Near Quapaw Oklahoma
AP report from Quapaw Oklahoma details a car train collision that killed Baptist minister Rev Jack Shipman 42 and four family members plus a 13 year old Darrel Evans of Picher. Jackie Mae Shipman 15 survived in critical condition. The wreck dragged the car 1035 feet en route to Melrose Kansas where the minister planned to preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quapaw, Okla
Quapaw
Jack Shipman
Avis Shipman
Rebecca Ann Shipman
Rossman Lee Shipman
Darrel Evans
Picher
Okla
Young Evans
Shipman
Melrose
Kan
First Baptist Church
Jim Powers
Jackie Mae Shipman
Jackie Mae
Baxter Springs
See Deer On W. 7th Road
Mrs Roy Gregg reports two large deer crossed West 7th Road as she and her husband drove on a cross street. The first deer paused for passage then the second appeared and they stopped again. The animals were large but hornless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gregg
N. Cedar
West 7Th
Kansas Penitentiary seeks clemency for forgery convict
Admiral Gilmore Mason, sentenced December 7 1960 for forgery second acts, in Franklin County Kansas, applies for executive clemency to the Governor at his Topeka Kansas office on July 26 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Kansas
Kansas
Gilmore Mason
Franklin County
Topeka
Pomona Kansas Driving and Parking Ordinance Issued
A 1962 Pomona ordinance regulates driving and parking with penalties for illegal parking reckless or careless driving speeding and endangering others The measure takes effect after posting and publication Passed by the Pomona City Council June 8 1962 W L Nitcher mayor Vivian E Hichinger city clerk First published July 1962 Ottawa voter registration notice follows urging in person registration July 23 27 1962 and re registration for prior voters Donald R Capper city official
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Ban- Sas
State of
Kansas
Pomons
W. L. Nitcher
Vivian E. Hichinger
Ottawa
Tegister
Donald R. Capper
Pomona City of Pomona Financial Statement 1962
The Pomona Kansas financial report covers January 1 to July 1 1962. It lists General Fund receipts including tax from county treasurer state gas tax dog tags and water and light sales totaling 2 242.57 413.42 29.00 and 19 281.31 respectively with balances on hand and expenses for street curb fire police and cemetery maintenance totaling 3 039.72 and 644 per cent waned. The statement is signed July 10 1962 by Vivian K Eichinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Fomona
Pomona
Kansas
Hareere Mayor & Treas
Verevneeres
C.ceee
Printy and Son Sale Dates at Ottawa Auctions
Printy and Son Ben Printy Cap announce community auction nights at 1136 North Main every Thursday at 7 p.m. Also listed: July 20 Nelson Hotel furniture sale at 123 West 2nd Ottawa at 1 p.m. July 23 Mrs Lucy Clines at 631 South Who Street Ottawa for household goods in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Printy
Ben Printy
N. Main
Nelson Hotel
West 2Nd
Ottawa
Lucy Clines
S. Who St
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Charles — Lyndon
Kansas
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
West Wilson St
Nelson
2Nd St
Henry Beherns
Lyndon
Multiple Kansas Livestock Auctions Listed by Dealers
A historical notice lists several cattle and consignment sales across Kansas. Auctions occur at Neosho, Ottawa, Lyndon, Overbrook, Emporia, Osage City, Pomona, and Osage areas with dates including July and August and contact details for local auction firms and buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Arnold Overbrook
Kansas
Emporia Livestock Sales Co
Emporia
Franklin County Sale Co
Wilson ,and Locust
Ottawa
Osage City
Pomona
Kas
Overbrook Livestock Slc
Overbrook
Allen County Livestock Auction
City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richard Milton
S. Oak
Forest Park
State Line
North American
Franklin County Agricultural Extension
Don Brown
Ross Nelson
Rosemary Crist
Frances Bryson
Ellis
Tom Laury
E. 11Th
Walter W. Smith
Jane Gollier
Sue McKinley
University of Kansas
CC. C. Redwine
T. E. Bennetts
Nellie March
Memorial Auditorium
Rs. Fletcher Bell
Hedrick Cheverton
Rich Hill
Gardner W. Campbell
Ottawa National Guard
Lamb Funeral Home
Bob Roberts
Blanche Lamb
Dillon
J. F. Barr
Robert Grabham
Joe C. Stephenson
R. A. Gollier
Steve Ceanesees
Ottawa Livestock Com. Co
Misc
Mrs
Ea Eae Lamb Funeral Home
The
Tom” Dillon
Washington Creek
Legals
Admiral Gilmore Mason
Vivian K. Eichinger
Quscuull
Alvin R
Dutch” Miller
Jay Brown
Robert “Bob’’ Cowdin
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
AF. & AM
Louis Dale
Sidney O. Morris
Sec
Briggs and Stratton
P.H
Franklin
P. Quin
del Arnold
North American Hotel
Man
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Franklin County Sail Company
Locust & Wilson
Jack Nelson
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