Ottawa area brief highlights and obituaries
Attendees at a Green Lake Kansas evangelism conference include Dale Willhite and J Wesley Trout with others named as speakers. Ottawan John Geiger and Harold Wallace join a Pittsburg State coaching clinic. Obituaries note Raymond Bailey, 82, died in Bedford Virginia. C A Brooke of Humboldt dies. Coroner cites electric shock in a one year old death. Ottawa University President Martin to attend Kansas Baptist Convention meeting. A collision at 1st and Walnut injures fender areas on two trucks.
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Green Lake
Wis
Dale Willhite
Stephen
J. Wesley Trout
Ottawa
Alan Richardson
Durham
England
Norman K. Gottwald
Newton Centre
Mass
Andover Newton Theological School
W. Carney Hargroves
Second Baptist Church
Philadelphia
John Geiger
Harold Wallace
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Raymond Bailey
Elks
Bedford
Bailey
Ottawa Elks Lodge
W. Walters
Lawrence
Mitchell Muir Wigglesworth
Russell Wigglesworth
Walters
Wigglesworth
Patricia Mitchell
R. W. Mitchell
Andrew B. Martin
Ottawa University
Kansas Baptist Convention Review Committee
Hutchinson
Local Market Prices For Grains And Poultry
Local markets list Wheat at 1.88, Soybeans at 2.15, White Corn 1.35, Yellow Corn 0.05, Shelled Yellow Corn 1.35, Oats 2.34, Milo 2.05 per hundred pounds, Butterfat 0.54, Eggs varied with straight run at 0.19 and graded at 0.31 to 0.24, Heavy hens at 0.08, light hens at 0.06, Cocks at 0.05.
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Ccc Ceca
Light Hong
Forbes AFB airmen face grand larceny charges in radio theft
Two Forbes Air Men Here In Car Radio Theft. Augustus R. Van Scoy 19 of Vin cent Ohio and William E. Carithers 18 of Brookhaven Miss waived preliminary hearings in County Court and were bound over for trial in September. They admitted thefts of radios in Ottawa and other cities, most resold to salvage dealers in Topeka. Bond set at 2000 each.
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Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Augustus R. van Scoy
Vincent
Ohio
William E. Carthers
Brookhaven
Miss
Tom Harrell
S. Mulberry
Eugene Flaherty
Ottawa
van Scoy
Flaherty
Roy Church
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Jay Brown
Church
Carithers
Brown
Forbes Air Base
Carthers
St. Joseph
Lawrence
Osage City
Forbes
Harrell
Milo Harris
Serpent cucumber on display at The Herald window
Local reader George Stewart brings an unusual vegetable to The Herald office a serpent cucumber now shown in the window. Other items note Hoover truck damage absent and a Waverly resident Mrs. Albert Kunkel admitted for observation at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Clinton G. Everson, 17, pled guilty to reckless driving, five days in jail and a $25 fine. A Neosho County car ticketed for parking on Main after 1 a.m. Maurice A. Wiederholt, Army Specialist, 3-c, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Wiederholt, recently took part in a field exercise in Germany with the 265th Field Artillery Battalion. He enlisted in January 1956 and is a Princeton Rural High School graduate. Ken Harris of Central Check Co spoke on printing at Rotary Club, covering offset printing. Paola Rotarian Herbert Cramer attended as a visitor, with Dale Mitchell and Ray Evans among other guests.
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George Stewart
RFD 3
Herald
Maurice A. Wiederholt
Leo R. Wiederholt
RFC 1
Princeton
265Th Field Artillery
Germany
Princeton Rural High School
Ken Harris
The
Central Check Co
Rotary Club
Herbert Cramer
Paola
Dale Mitchell
Ray Evans
Kansas Sheriffs Association Incorporates in State
TOPEKA The Kansas Sheriffs Assn based in Salina has completed incorporation in the secretary of state office. The organization serves present and former Kansas sheriffs and deputies and aims to promote better law enforcement.
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Topeka
Kansas Sheriffs’ Assn
Salina
Secretary of State’s
Kansas
Sheriffs and ‘Deputies
Five Arrested In Speed Check
Five people were cited for speeding in the 800 block on South Main after the electric speed timer operation. M. L. McGee of Overland Park was fined $22, LeReine Mae Corlis of 306 Ash paid a $20 bond. Ralph Ferguson of 735 N Mulberry pled guilty to 41 mph and was fined $21. Jack Gordon Paustian of Breckenridge Missouri paid a $24 bond. Jim Reeder of 413 Willow pled guilty and was fined $20.
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South Main
M. L. McGee
Overland Park
LeReine Mae Corlis
Ash
Ralph Ferguson
N. Mulberry
Milo Harris
Jack Gordon Paustian
Breckenridge
Jim Reeder
Willow
Damage suit settles over injuries at Peace Food Store
A district court settled a damage suit filed for Stacey Williamson, a minor, by her father Charles Williamson against Dorothy Griffin. Judgment for 1280.65 was entered by Judge Floyd Coffman after a May accident at Peace Food Store on South Main.
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Stacey Williamson
Peace Food
South Main
Charles Williamson
Dorothy Griffin
Floyd Coffman
Hospital Notes Admits Multiple Local Residents
Admitted Dennis Carpenter of Osawatomie and John Atchison of Mission along with Mrs. Dick Pratt of 1026 S Cedar Tuesday. Births report a son to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Simmons at 1641 S Main. Dismissals include Mrs. Anna Boyke of 835 N Mulberry Tuesday and Mrs. Alfred Yost and baby son of 325 S Hickory with John Atchison and Leonard Ray Crane noted today.
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Dennis Carpenter
Osawatomie
John Atchison
Mission
Dick Pratt
S. Cedar
Francis Simmons
S. Main
Anna Boyke
N. Mulberry
Alfred Yost
Baby Son
S. Hickory
Leonard Ray Crane
Tecumseh
Death notices for P A W Becker in Hartland area
Mrs. Raymond Wagner and children Janice Dick and Fob of Richmond traveled to Emporia for funeral services for P A W Becker father of Mrs. Wagner. Becker had lived in Hartford for 37 years and died after illness at KU Medical Center Kansas City.
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P.A.W. Becker
Raymond Wagner
Janice
Fob
Richmond
Emporia
Funeral services for Mrs. David W. Peterson
Mrs. David W. Peterson dies Monday evening. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Towner's Funeral Chapel with Rev. John B. Sweigart officiating. Pallbearers listed and burial planned at Hope Cemetery with local hymn singing.
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Winkler
Lydia V. Winkler
Towner’s Chapel
David W. Peterson
Towner
John B. Sweigart
The
Grace Episcopal Church
Shelly Ryan
Harper Wharton
Robert Barnhisel
Ward Ralston
W. A. Stanhope
Tom Powers
James North
L. M. Davis
William Ward
J. M. Kilgore
Hope Cemetery
Final Concert On Thursday Ottawa Band and Accordion Classes
The final summer band concerts of the season will be at 8 p m tomorrow in City Park with the junior band and accordion classes sponsored by the Ottawa Recreation Commission. Mary Pickenpaugh will teach and conduct the accordion group, Jolene Brink will conduct two numbers, and Bill Barker will conduct the rest. The program features Empire State March Italian Barcarole Carnival For Trumpets Oldtime Waltz Medley Missouri Waltz Whispering Hope Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie Come To The Sea Black Hawk Waltz You re Always In My Heart Butterfly Waltz Tulip Time Squadron March Short StoryMexican Sundae and Triumphant conducted by Barker.
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City Park
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Mary Pickenpaugh
Jolene Brink
Bill Barker
Barker
Herfurth
Tschaikowsky
Kinyon
Logan and
Eppel
Hawthorne
Lone Prairie
Stewart
Four Real Estate Brokers Lose Kansas Licenses
TOPEKA The Kansas Real Estate Commission revoked the licenses of four brokers Thomas Paul Downs Mission J Lawrence Baker Wichita Edward Vincent McCue Kansas City Kas and Margaret E Handke Leavenworth and suspended salesman James Cochran Wichita for 30 days effective Aug 21 The action followed findings that state statutes and commission regulations were violated.
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Topeka
Kansas Real Estate Commission
Thomas Paul Downs
Mission
J. Lawrence Baker
Wichita
Edward Vincent McCue
Kansas City
Kas
Margaret E. Handke
Leavenworth
James Cochran
Printing Firm Seeks Payment for Unfinished Bible Project
Foote and Davis Inc of Atlanta files suit in Garden City district court seeking 20,888 dollars from James E. Ely for unfinished Bible printing begun in 1948. The firm reports 25,000 copies ordered, 1,669 pages set, 620 electrotypes produced, 30 tons of paper and 72 tons of type metal tied up, with storage costs and 69,707 dollars already paid. The petition claims remaining expenses total 78,498 and 12,098 in profit expected if completed. Ely, a Kansas wheat grower and writer, formerly resided in the area. his current whereabouts are unknown.
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Garden City
Atlanta- Ga
Foote and Davis, Inc
James E. Ely
Kansas
Ely
Deadlocked In Johnny Dio Case
New York general sessions court reported an all male jury could not reach a verdict after an overnight deliberation in the racketeering and extortion case against Johnny Dio and two union officials. The jury was told to return at 11 am for further deliberation on charges of conspiring to extort $20,000 from two companies seeking labor peace. Dio faces additional accusations connected to the acid blinding of labor columnist Victor Risel, with that trial delayed as witnesses refused to testify.
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New York
Johnny Dio
General Sessions Court
John A. Mullen
Dio
Victor Risel
Risel
Chamber picks up health study noting rising county death age
Bednalillo County records show average death age rising to 62 from 40 in the 1902-10 era, a finding the Chamber of Commerce moved quickly to endorse.
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Ruderour
Chamber of Commerce
Bednalillo County
Wheat protein content runs below average in 1957 harvest
Kansas wheat harvest nears completion with tests on 4,384 carload shipments showing an average protein content of 12 percent and a test weight of 57.5 pounds per bushel. By contrast the 1948 56 average protein content was 12.6 percent and test weight 59.4.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Toll Topeka Kansas Traffic Fatalities Report
State records show traffic fatalities in Topeka over the past 24 hours and year to date. In 1957 the numbers are 275 for the period and 344 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fright Fatal To Car Passenger On Bay Shore Freeway
Miss Mary Ellen Mackay, 53, of Los Angeles, was killed when she leaped from a car after a fire blowout on the Bay Shore Freeway in San Jose. The car halted without further damage. The driver, Mrs. Cecile Howard, 58, of Los Angeles, said Mackay had previously lost an eye in an earlier accident.
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San Jose
Calif
Bayshore
Allan Nicholson
Mary Fllen Mackay
Los Angeles
Cecile A. Howard
Princess Margaret's Boyfriend May Quit Army
Lord Patrick Beresford, 23, lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards, may resign his army commission amid Princess Margaret's mounting influence. He is slated to leave within two weeks on a routine assignment to Cyprus, per a War Office notice and a Daily Mail quote.
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London
Princess Margaret
Cyprus
Patrick Beresford
Royal Horse Guards
War Office
The
Daily Mail
Nobleman vows resignation amid Cyprus rumor
Rumors circled last week about an imminent engagement between Beresford and 96 year old Margaret. Newspapers suggested Beresford's transfer aimed at embarrassing the royal family over the gossip.
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Beresford
Margaret
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