Franklin County News Briefs Highlights Local Notices
Local notices include a Franklin County Farm Bureau watermelon picnic at Forest Park with Mary Peckinpaugh’s accordion band, city Selective Service office hours, and several county residents returning from Olympia. Other items cover local court fines, police notes, and preview events at Kansas University with prospective freshmen and housing advisories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Forest Park
Mary Peckinpaugh
Farm Home Blast Injures Two In McPherson County
An explosion Friday shattered a five room farm home six miles west and a mile north of Inman injuring Melvin Wittorff and his wife. The Wittorffs were in an adjoining room when the explosion occurred in the kitchen. Fire and rescue crews found the couple and transported them to a local hospital.
World tour through books by Ottawa youngsters at Carnegie Library
About 300 Ottawa children join the summer reading program at the Carnegie Public Library. They travel the world in books, earn paper airplanes for every five books, and track progress on a map. Leaders Brad Reyball Molds and Greg Rey Gram-64 lead readers, with Jim Williamson close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Public Library
Brad
Greg Reynolds
Ottawa
Ssummer
Public Library
Paula Ivey
Europe
Carnegie Library
Brad Reyball
Greg Reygram
Jim Williamson
Atle
Heather
Ivey
United
Meee Rena
Greg
Jim
Steve
South America
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Summary
Hospital notes list admissions including Christine Scott of Quenemo on Friday. Births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clark Shepherd of Pomona RFD 2 on Thursday, weight 7 lb 8½ oz, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs Floyd B. Hughes of 838 S Oak today weight 8 lb 1 oz, and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs Charles R. Horne of 685 N Mulberry on Friday weight 8 lb 10 oz. Dismissals include Mrs Vernon C Herne Overbrook and others in Wellsville and Pomona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Shepherd
Pomona
Floyd B. Hughes
S. Oak
Charles R. Horne
N. Mulberry
Vernon C. Herne
Overbrook
Gordon Hughes
Wellsville
Christina Scott
Quenemo
Donna Jean Smith
RFD
Clarence Rea Damron
N. Cherry
Sherman Smith
Arthur Vogler
Lola
Hudson
St. Hickory
William Adcock Jr
Monroe Courts
Paralytic Polio Up 50 Percent In Past Week
Washington AP report shows paralytic polio cases rising 80 percent to 166 in the latest week, with total polio at 257 cases for the week ended July 18. Comparisons show higher 1959 activity than 1958 and 1957, with 956 paralytic cases year to date through July 18 versus 437 in 1958 and 1,500 in 1955, the year Salk vaccine was introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Pressure to Lift Clergy Immunity to Legal Level
Growing pressure on state and federal lawmakers to extend privileged communication protections to clergy, aligning them with lawyers and doctors. A Tennessee minister's fine and suspended sentence for refusing to disclose confidential divorce trial information spurred action. Theibault's report showed sixteen states and DC lacked ministerial privilege. since then Tennessee and South Carolina passed protections. The American Baptist Church and United Lutheran Church in America push for similar statutes ahead of 1960 conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
James Glisson
Washington
Robert Theibault
At Com
Baptist Joint Committee On Public Affairs
Theibault
Columbia
South Carolina
American Baptist Church
Conference of
Synodical Presidents
United Lutheran) Church In America
USCA
Heiress Admits Kidnap Story Was Fabricated
CHICAGO AP A New Jersey socialite heiress Jacqueline Gay Hart 21 admitted her tale of being kidnapped from Newark airport by two men and driven to Chicago was a hoax. She broke down under questioning by her father Ralph A. Hart and an FBI agent. The FBI is reviewing all aspects as she vanished from the New Jersey airport Tuesday night and cried for help beside a Grant Park police cruiser. Authorities broadcast a description of claimed jewelry including a 1% carat diamond ring an amethyst ring a brooch and a bracelet said to have been seized by the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Jersey
Newark
Jacqueline Gay Hart
Ralph A. Hart
Colgate - Palmolive Co
FBI
Miss Hart
Grant Park
Woman’s abduction tale puzzles police probes and family
FBI and police questioned the girl’s claim of being seized blindfolded gagged and driven in a car to a Chicago area then released. The account conflicts with physical evidence and lacks corroboration as Miss Hart receives medical care in Chicago amid her fiancé Stanley Gaines’s arrival from West Virginia.
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FBI
Andl
Touneau
Chicago
Alabama
Connecticut
Dela Lakefront Park
Wave
Florida
Ilinois
Maine
Miss Hart
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Hampshire
North Carolina
Sylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Virginia
Theibault
Local Markets and Visit Notes From Richmond Area
Local markets and social notes from Richmond area highlight visits by Mr. and Mrs. John Roman and guests from Independence Missouri and Osawatomie including Jimmie McGuire and Kenney Sims. Visits by Don Watson of Topeka to Virgil Beebe’s family, a birth announced in Kansas City, and gatherings at the Barley Discrees Michigan Valley. The piece lists Wheat and yellow corn prices and local social events such as the Canasta Club barbecue hosted by the Gerholds in Overland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roman
Lewis Weston
Independence
Kattie Carnety
Rose McCabe
Osawatomie
Roman
Jimmie McGuire
Kenney Sims
Kansas City
Don Watson
Topeka
Virgil Beebe
Beebe
Patricia
Chet Phillips
Rita Marie
Tom Kuiken
Glen Elder
Ali My
Fred Kuiken
Mile
Herbie Wolfe
Canasta Club
Norman Gerholds
George M
Overland Park Docks
Frank Gerhold
Wellsville area residents and travels noted in local items
Local column lists residents visiting relatives and officials travels. Henry Wilson underwent throat surgery at KU Medical Center. Several families, including the Shinkles and Browns, hosted guests from Kansas City and Arlington. Auto accident injuries to Miss Dean Lingle abroad in Pendleton, Oregon are reported with sister Lislora Welborn flying to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Shinkles
Fall River
Amos Lyon
Youth Fellowship
Garnett Lake
Mary Lucille Castro
Kansas City
Lulu Slusher
Sims Home
Elroy Brown
Bill Smuck
Lowell Collins
Bagwell Dam
Joe Palmer
Susan
Lester Whitley Jr
Robert Sleppy
Harold Staleys
Janet
Sue Carney
Sanders
Arlington
Tex
Julia Miller
Staley
Ray Wiggins
Royce Myers
Aden Stenson
Oregon
A. L. Lingle
Dean Lingle
Pendleton
Ore
Lingle
Lislora Welborn
Washington, D. C
Jack Dunham
Salem Hall
T. E. Cole
South Poplar
Coles
Jack Yakle
Yakle
Debby
Killeen
Jack
Clyde Yakles
Clyde Yakles. Mr. Yakle
Korea
Notice of Appointment in Estate of Cora J. Blunk
In Franklin County Kansas Alma Schweitzer appointed July 13 1959 as administratrix with will annexed of Cora J Blunk deceased creditors heirs and others warned to exhibit demands within nine months from first publication or be barred. Ottawa Kansas July 18 1959 Kelsey Winter attorneys for administratrix executor Josephine M Carter Wayne Loughridge Garnett Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Kansas
Franklin Courty
Cora J. Bunk
Cora Y._ Blunk
Alma Schweitzer
E.t.a
Josephine M. Carter
John N. Carter
Franklin County
Kansas
Wayne Loughridge Garnett
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Genevieve Rabeck
Wells‘rifle
Gains
Boward
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Snd
Milton
San Mateo
Floyd Perkins
New Main
Clarence Rabeck
Selective Service Office
Herald ‘Office
Emory Howell
Princeton
Sun
St. Anthony
Homewood
Adv
A. Kissinger
Ota Twa
Farmers Home Administration
Lawrence L. Murphy
Lee Perkins
Richmond
Harold van Horn
Paul Archer
Helen Lederer
He Springs Ranch
McCandless
E. 1Th Street
Theodore Owens
Williamsburg
William’ A. Alford Jr
Ady
Gary D. Maxwell
George Ferguson
Cleveland
K.U. Medical Center
Beattyland
Mozelle Gagne
Jo. Riley
Harold F. Crawford
John
Elmore
Eula May Cartmill
Kansas State University
Crawford
Miss Cartmill
Sacred Heart School
Paul Heckman
Floyd Bishop
Isaac
Montgomery
Willow Springs
SCN Adv
Roger Schmanke
Keith V. Ward
Lauren Ward
K.U
University of Kansas
Cliff Reynolds
Ash
Charles R. Williamson
Wilow
John Macdonald
Christine Scott
Howard Brodie
Sitting Bull
Pierre-Jean de Smet
Fort Rica
Yallowestone River
Jesus
Black Robe
Stanton
Delbert Hobbs
Faith Bible Church
N. Poplar
Hobbs
Walter L. Wilson
Hickory
Hart
Short Hills
Nad
Stanley Gaines
Fayetteville
W.va
Ganes Aug
Richmond Area
Miss Ollie Brassfield
Henry Wilson
K. U. Medical Center
Ruauy
Gené McPhersons
Myrie Roberts
Millie Chiles
Minneola, Tex
Carrie Wittman
Joe Wittmans
Ray Lidikay
Denver
Colo
DeGarmos
Richard Lammert
Oscar Newmaster
Wichita
Mabel Davis
W. K. McCall
Herman Hermreck
Alberta
California
Jude Love
Emporia
Ed News
Doug Kerschners
Gardner
Bill McCreas
Mission
Ralph McCrea
Jim Obatraicher
Olathe
Rayburn Werts
Harold Robertson
Legals
Laat
John WN. Garter
Alcoholics Anonymous
Seawe
Wen
Hare Jey E. Keeton
Taving Forge and Pipe Works of Kansas, Inc
Paola
Axtess
Chas, Pitts
Baldwin
General Services
Haves Guiter
Tre Meads
Henry Alban
Willow
Conrad's Spray
Bi Rendering Co
Cail Collec Ottawa
Aching
Henslek Grocery
Leo Tho
N. Sycamore
Logan
Fort
N. Main
Smiley
E. E
Red” Smiley
C. E. Andrews
Pleasant View Cemetery
Agricola
Kas
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
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