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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1961
Page
2
Testie P. Eichman, 17, of RFD 7 Westphalia, was cited by police last night for driving miles per hour in a hamile zone and failing to heed a red light and siren, with a $70 bond posted.
Edward Revey and Glen Head completed the new city warehouse for street and road equipment on Thursday. The six 40 ft. corrugated metal buildings include three roller doors and will store maintenance trucks and sweepers. The site is at 6th and Elm with remaining space for other city equipment storage. A parked car owned by Norma Dickinson was lightly damaged when struck by Ruth Ellen Brady.
Glen Head began work Friday on a partition in the outer office at Wellsville High School to create a counseling room for guidance counselor Alton Williams. ADCS Poole has returned home from naval hospital and duties at Olathe NAS. Donnie Poole, 13, had emergency appendectomy and is expected home soon. Lansing has been sentenced to 10 years for forging a check. The case involved a $87.19 check drawn on Topeka bank payable to Leslie Brown.
Hospital notes list admissions including A C Watts at 504 N Oak on Friday. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Marvin D Sturm Wellsville a son born Friday weight 8 pounds 12 ounces. Dismissals include Mrs Mary Freese Cedar House nursing home John L Wallace 217 Ash Karen Snider 405 E Std Miss Ethel Dale 724 S Cherry and Patricia Warner. Lyndon Mrs Dora Jones 1522 Hickory Duane Dickinson RFD 2 Pomona Mrs Clarence Higdon RFD 1 today.
Bonnie and Frank Mertz of Kansas City visit Mrs. Linnie Tyler with Doris Mertz and Connie. Wellsville Garden Club met at Mrs. Ralph O’Neil’s. opening remarks by Mrs. Lester Whitley Jr.. lesson on Pest and Insect Control by Mrs. W. D. Farney. Fall flower show schedule discussed with Mrs. W. H. Moherman. Lee Chamberlain discusses building walls and plumbing at Junior High. Harry W. Bradley visits supper guest of Charles Steen. R. K. Weston family welcome daughter Deanne Michelle born July 20 at Olathe Community Hospital. grandparents listed. Township road from Bill Coughenour’s east to K-33 being graded and ditched in prep for rock. S. F. Schowengerdt notes efforts to ditch and grade other roads for rock delivery.
TheCr press records numerous resident relocations across several streets including Blasingame Cedar Mulberry Ash S Cedar Poplar Walnut Princeton and Maple. Individuals named include Mrs Joe M Bellefurdle Richard Clemens Minnie Higdon Francis Willian Woo John W Jones Clinton O Schoonover Bobbies Klein Gaien E Smith Ro Mitchell Shaw Delores Swanner Turmer Floyd West Ruth Williame Barah Mire O W and Wilmer Thompson with destinations ranging citywide to Springfield Mo and other local streets.
A garbled list of real estate transfers and lot swaps in Pomona and nearby additions. Names include William V Haeg, Zones J Innex, Coralie, Nancy MacWinter, Arlene War rem, Turner, Cora tl, Carter, Rolin, James O Boone, Roger L McClintic, Beth W Brudebaker, Elliott Barnes, Scot, Ross, Laybourn, HL W Martin, R Mitchell Smith, Bertes A McKinley, Harry J Mandy, John EF Lindsey, Albert W Bywal, Zoney C Jones, Cleda Gentry, Harry J Moody, O W Wamire, Roy Nichols, Daryl Lee Montague, and Gerald B McGrath among various lots and blocks in Blks 2, 22, 74, Gleason Add, Crestview Add, Main St Pomona, and other sections.
New York AP reports nearly 600 companies disclose midyear earnings with 243 beating 1940 first-half profits and 330 posting declines, total profits down 11.5 percent. Utilities and certain sectors rise while steel, autos, chemicals, and electronics lag. Six of ten drug firms fall. railroads and meat packers drop sharply. oil, containers, and some manufacturers show gains.
Kansas City area department store sales slipped one percent in the week ended July 22 in the Tenth Federal Reserve District while the four week period to that date rose three percent. For the year ending that date sales were up four percent with Lincoln Nebraska posting a 14 percent gain, Omaha 13, Albuquerque 11, St Joseph and Joplin 7, and Denver up. Oklahoma City led declines at 14 percent, with Tulsa 13 and Wichita 10 percent declines. Kansas City and Topeka were unchanged from the prior week.
Rex M. Hiner, 20, Garnett, and Elizabeth A Foushee, 18, Ottawa, obtained a marriage license.
Frank Robinson homered twice driving in three as the Reds beat the Cubs 4-3 to hold a one game lead over the Dodgers. Podres won again for L A, while Wally Post and Jim O'Toole contributed, and the Giants split with Philadelphia as Malkmus and Buzhardt sparked two wins.
Salina council president Mrs Marie Webb announced a Kansas Civil Defense Council meeting in Hutchinson on August 29 to discuss a proposed stronger civil defense law. The legislative committee may outline details at the session held at Underground Vault Storage Inc. The council may also urge the legislature to appropriate funds to preserve state records stored in the capitol basement.
TOPEKA AP Gov John Anderson appoints Topeka banker Charles Clevenger to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System board of trustees. Anderson plans to name the final city representative next Monday as several mayors are under consideration.
Funeral services for Frank E. Hollingsworth who died yesterday at Ransom Memorial Hospital will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Towner's Chapel. Mrs. J. Richard Kaiser Private funeral services were held today in Palm Springs, California, for Mrs. J. Richard Kaiser who died yesterday after several months illness. Richard Kaiser, a former Ottawa resident, is the brother of Fred Kaiser of Ottawa and Dr. Max Kaiser of Los Angeles, and nephew of John Kaiser and Miss Clara Kaiser of Ottawa.
A brown eyed Dutch model from Amsterdam, Stanny van Baer, 19, won Miss International Beauty of 1962 in Long Beach. She captured best photogenic and playsuit awards, earning 10000 dollars for the year as the pageant’s new queen. Second place went to Vera Marie Brauner of Brazil, with Spain, Canada, and Iceland finalists following.
TOPEKA AP A supplemental August draft call for 45 Kansas men brings the month's quota to 118. The original August call was 71 men. Francis Marlin assistant state Selective Service director said the September quota has not yet been received.
In Franklin County Kansas Probate Court a petition by Ermine B Foulks seeks determination of the decedent J W Foulkes real and personal property including 160 acres in Sec 92 2n 18s 31w and Lot 7 McLain Add to Wellsville. Hearing set for Aug 4 1961 at 10:00 in Ottawa Kansas. failure to appear may lead to judgment. Also notice of appointment of Kathryn Kochenawer Executrix of Veronica M Stoerman estate with nine month creditor claims period.
Weekly and upcoming livestock sales across Kansas listed with dates locations and contact numbers. Auctions include Overbrook Ottawa Waverly Neosho and Neosho locations with Holstein dairy cows horse sales and consignments. Listings note sale barns sale times and organizer names along with telephone contacts.
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