Briefer notes from area churches and community events
Sunday services feature Rev. Merwin Kurtz at Trinity United Methodist and Union Chapel United Methodist. Pastor Willard Braker is on vacation. Local Army updates include Sgt Motter earning the Bronze Star for Vietnam service and Pvt Benton completing basic training at Fort Knox. Community notices cover remodeling sales, a watch repair move, ROTC camp attendance, a defense training update, and a local electricity outage. Thefts of engines and a baseball glove are reported. Marguerite Bischoff is a hospital patient in Kansas City.
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Trinity United Methodist Church
Merwin Kurtz
Ottawa
United Methodist Church
Union Chapel United Methodist Church
Willard Braker
Trinity Union Chapel
Obituaries and local notices from Wellsville area
Obituary notices for Elmer Fields and Eldon L. Finch, both of Wellsville, include funeral details, burial at Highland Cemetery, and family information. Also listed are police citations, court actions, admissions and dismissals at the local hospital, and Kansas livestock market results and prices.
Finch Eldon Lee Finch Dies at 46 in Wellsville Area
Eldon Lee Finch of the Wellsville area died recently at age 46. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with Rev. Houchin officiating. Interment will be at Highland. Friends may call at the funeral home from Friday morning until service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon L. Finch
Eldon Lee Finch
Wellsville
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb-Roberts
Harvey Houchin
Highland Cemetery
Finch
Harry and
Grace
Hume) Finch
Eileen Anderson
Ottawa
Lawrence Co-Op
Lawrence
Grace Anderson
Willard Lister
Elm
S. J. Northway
Robert Beall
Shawnee
Michael Lee Finch
Cancer Fund
Finch Eldon Lee Finch
Lamb
Roberts
Rev. Houchin
Highland
Jens
Area Youths Earned $75,000 From Seed Co
Students from the Ottawa area worked in 24 crews in Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn fields earning about $75,000 in wages. A company representative said another around $100,000 was spent on transportation and supervisor wages. The de tasseling season ran from spring to mid month, with work starting Saturdays before school ended. Next year’s job opportunities are expected for area students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Company
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Junior High School
Corn Blight Not As Damaging As Expected
Associated Press reports corn leaf blight damage this year is light across the Corn Belt with slower spread than expected. Dry weather through the growing season could yield a fairly good crop. officials in Kansas Nebraska Illinois and other states call the impact not serious with no significant economic damage yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Corn
Kansas
Clifford M. Hardin
Sioux City
Neb
Hardin
Minois
University of
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MAC and Rhythm Ramblers
Naomi’s Club
Army Pvt
Timothy T. Benton
Thomas R. Benton
Garnett Rfc 3
U.S. Army Training Center
Armor
Ft. Knox
Plaza Theatre
Vietnam
Army
Robert E. Motter
George Motter
Richmond
Reed
West 3Rd
Adv
Ft. Benning, Ga
Ross L. Fulton
Rex L. Fulton
Lee Shelden
Richard E. Welch
Richard L. Welch
Princeton Red 1
Ft. Polk
Barbara
Princeton
Pomona
C.F
Montgomery Ward
Eagles
Dewey Richardson
Joel Towner
Damron-Towner
Community Action Group
Franklin County Community Development
Ottawa Tractor and Implement Company
Glen Underwood
Rawlings
Ted Haworth
S. Mulberry
Forest Park
Marguerite Bischoff
Williamsburg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
the Daily Report
Elmer Fields
Spruce
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Richard Grubbs
Pat Camby
Leo Johnson
Walter Robe
Don Yockey
Peter Papps
Gerald Harford
Daniel Wolken
Gary
Daves
Williamebirg
Ralph K. Wade
No. Main
Gary W. Davis
Ronnie D. Price
Ray A. Wards
S. Maple
Jess McCloud
E. 15Th
Robert C. Coulter
North Highlands
Calif
Francis D. Evans
Kan
Randy
W. Brownrigg
S. Oak
Donald J. Gibson
S. Walnut
Apt. C
Rebecca L. Beers
Larry W. Beers
Vernell Carroll Kosnik
Sanford
Mich
David J. Faltermeier
Overland Park
Hardy Carb
Waverly
Howell K. Lunsford
Clarence Catt
Harry A. Palmer
South Main
Robert L. Wilson
Belton
East Fifth
Donna J. Witham
John O'Neill
Rfd
Anita Guinn
Wellsvi Ible
Claude Ois
Poplar
William Salb
N. Poplar
Jeff Nicholson
John Heaton
Baldwin
Bruce Cox
Hickory
Mary Jones
Lawrence Ogg
Roy Reneau
W. 3Rd
Leo Boyke
N. Mulberry
Bryan Kelley
Robert Tulloss
Ray Meade
Waldo
William Ferris and Son
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Bamront
Zazeysay
Towner
McKinley
Mack) Fishburn
Ap- Panoose
David McNew
Paul Damron
David Miller
Janica Damron
Rena Towner
Dorothy Reams
Seed Co
Rotary Club
Glen Hayward
Jim McCrossen
Stan DeFries
Bob Bechtel
George Marstall
Lex Gislar
Cliff Gruver
Walter Dengel
Ernest Watkins
Bill Bowers
Bill Snyder
W. F. Kramer
Duke Ralston
Raney Orvas
Stanley
Davis Paint Store
Main
Montgomery Wards
Square
Garnett
Martha Jones
Liberty Loan Corporation
Osawatomie
Gale
Ottawa Herald
Playhouse Toys
Call
Betty Weaver
W. Wea
Paola
Kay Electronics
Cherokee
Gardner, Kansas
Rawleigh
Ray Harris
Rawleigh Co
Freeport
Illinois
General Services
Pickering
Fred Meador
J.W. Taylor
Gene Dyer
Bennie Stinson
Lloyd McClure
Leonard Hoopes
Lister Plumbing
Budge’s ‘Hardware
Kansasiand Packing
East Dundee
Printy
Ben Printy
Printy's
N. Atain
Printy’s
N. Main
Clinton Sweetwood’s
Quenemo
Everett Cook
Baldwin Junction
Charles W. Detwiler
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Franklin County Sales Company
John “J.T.” Schwalm
Baldwin Furniture and Antiques
Gladys Early
Col
John Schwatm
Marie Fritts
Cecil Beatty
Jack Nelson
Osage City
Anchor Savings Association
Jet-Flow Manufacturing Inc
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