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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1956
Page
1
Local brief outlines a free Vacation Pack service for Herald subscribers, enables delivery of all copies while away, and directs callers to the circulation department. Also notes assorted community items including events, visits, arrests, discharges, and school district consolidation votes.
The Promenaders Square Dance Club hosts a benefit dance tonight at 8 o'clock in the Municipal airport hangar. Ice cream and cake will be sold to raise funds.
Admitted: Mrs William Fowler 907 King Mrs Gertrude Sheffield 1038 S Locust Ray Smith route 3 Mrs James J Chandler 405 S Locust. Dismissed: Fred Thielen 626 Willow Chris Straub Overbrook Mrs Gabriel Morelet and infant son 710 S Locust. Also notes on sheets and bologna shopping tips.
Shaw and Docking lead in the Wichita Beacon 83 county straw poll with Shaw 1,939 to Hall 1,164 and Docking 1,122 to Woodring 1,074. The Beacon notes limited Republican support for Holton and Stewart and substantial undecided voters.
Jetmore Kansas Ted Berger 43 a partner in Berger Truck Lines was killed in a single vehicle accident on a Hodgeman County road six miles east and half a mile south of Jetmore early today.
Topeka reports four year old Lester C. Cole Jr. faces risky heart surgery after early infancy repairs failed. He will enter the University of Minnesota Medical Center on Oct 30 for corrective work. Surgeons seek fresh blood donors from a nearby Air Force base volunteer group to support the operation. The family, stationed at Forbes Air Force Base, hopes to raise 2500 to 3000 for the procedure.
One of the twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Marshall L Hamilton of Vassar died at 1 35 pm yesterday in Ran som Memorial hospital born yesterday Surviving are parents the remaining twin a brother and grandparents Mr and Mrs M C Hamilton Michigan Valley Kas Graveside services set for Thursday at 10 am in Valley Brook cemetery Michigan Valley Rev Charles P Knight to officiate
Oscar J. Eagleson aged 76 died at 3 a.m. today in Ransom Memorial hospital after years of ill health following a stroke. He moved from Pittsburgh to live with his brother A B Eagleson at 522 Walnut. Born August 17, 1879 in Allegheny County, he remained single and attended United Presbyterian church since moving to Ottawa. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. Charles P. Knight officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Annie E Schinnerer were held Saturday at Phillips Funeral Home in Garden City. She died Thursday at 89 after months of ill health. Mrs Schinnerer came with her parents to Ottawa in spring 1885 and married Chris Schinnerer in fall 1885.
Sale dates listed for Overbrook and Lawrence area farms and markets in Kansas. Sellers include C A Myers Son Overbrook Livestock Sale Mrs Bert Brock Roberta Market Sale James Gabbert Roberts Market Sale Mrs Harrid Cook J W Beers W F Eichinger with Aug dates across Baldwin Pomona and Lawrence venues.
A record of local livestock sale notices listing Jack Nelson of Pomona Anderson County and the Overbrook sale every Wednesday. It also notes Aug 16 and Sept 3 events tied to East Central Kansas Holstein Breeders Association at Ottawa County Fair Barn.
Neill George of Waverly Kansas lists a schedule of farm auctions in the area. Dillon Bros Dairy Sale at 3 miles east of Baldwin on August 13. Albert Stewart & Son Farm Rt. 2 Ottawa auction on August 15. Franklin Co Sale dates set for Wilson and Locust on August 4 August 11 August 21. Chas Loney near Ottawaauction on August 25.
A married couple spent most of their life on a farm near Ottawa and later years in Finney County and Garden City. Mr. Schinnerer died last April 9. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Pearl Grover of Noble Oklahoma and son W. W. Schinnerer of Scott City.
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Moberly held Sunday afternoon at the Richmond Methodist church with Rev. Cecil M Orr officiating. Mrs. Ernest Eisele sang hymns as Mrs. Lee Perkins accompanied. Pallbearers were Joe Wittman George C Dietrich Allen DeGarmo Virgil Smith R S Gault Clyde Edwards. Burial followed in Princeton cemetery.
Sergeant Matthew C. McKeon testified at his court martial that as a recruit he was marched into marshes and water adjacent to Parris Island on several occasions during 1948 training. He faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and oppression of recruits over the Ribbon Creek incident in which six lives were lost. The defense also summoned Marine Commandant General Randolph Pate and retired Lt. General Lewis B. Puller to testify.
A simple suggestion to have crisp bread sticks ready for a spaghetti and salad supper. Focuses on quick serving ideas and complementary texture to the meal.
The page lists prices for wheat barley and soybeans with corn and oats. It notes eggs with various grade prices and mentions heavy hens. Savings Bonds are described as tax exempt.
Coffeyville and Montgomery County report a second polio case this summer, a 12 year old boy, Joel Tongier, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Tongier. He has partial paralysis of both legs and back and will be taken to a Tulsa hospital. Doctors say he had not received Salk vaccine.
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