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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1968
Page
4
Margaret Ann Williams of Ottawa and Daryl Leo Wichman of Richmond graduated from Kansas State University Saturday night and received scholastic honors for outstanding academic achievement. Both grads earned cum laude with GPA above 3.3, with an A equal to 4.0.
The Excelline Reunion will be held Sunday June 9 at the Marion Springs School near Worden with a basket dinner at 1 pm. Attendees should bring their own table service. Friends and patrons of the former Excelsior and Range Line school districts are invited.
A local yard sale at 210 Maple Webworth Street runs Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advertisements note miscellaneous household items and likely furniture for sale.
Steve Roush son of Mr and Mrs Max E Roush of 206 Locust is appointed chairman of the Hope Award committee for the 1969 KU senior class He will serve on the cabinet planning senior year activities and events for the campus group
The annual reunion of the descendants of G. A. and Mary Jane Brock will be held Sunday, June 9, at the home of granddaughter Mrs. Ray Talbott and family, 917 Maple. All relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Local notice announces a yard sale on Friday April 3 at 617 South Poplar. Advertiser invites community shoppers to attend.
A representative of the Kansas Veterans' Commission will appear at 1 p.m. each Tuesday at Ottawa city hall to assist veterans and their dependents or survivors. Inquiries by phone or mail may be made to the commission at 745 Vermont, Lawrence.
A wedding advertisement features Mickey, a photographer at 839 West Fifth, offering color wedding photography services.
Social Security representatives will be at the Youth Center 11 S W 4th from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday to provide claims assistance and information.
A C E yard sale is planned for Wednesday June 5 at Locust. Advertisement notes this single day sale with location and details.
Rev. Donald Smith, a student at St. Paul Seminary in Kansas City, has been appointed the new minister for the Lane Plum Creek parishes and will preach at Sunday mass.
Ad states Every Wednesday 50c off each large pizza from Pizza Village in Ady. Includes no specific dates or locations beyond the placeholder.
A large garage sale is planned Thursday and Friday south of the Pomona Post Office. Advertised items likely include household goods and furniture. Local residents are invited to browse and bargain.
A PEO scholarship fundraiser hosts a garage sale featuring antiques and children's clothes at 1404 S Oak on June 7 and 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds support scholarships.
MEMPHIS Tenn AP Zoo director Robert Mattlin feared the Kongont antelope would injure each other with their sharp horns so he covered the horns with sections of rubber hose to reduce risk.
Frank Weber 54 died May 29. Services June 1 at First Baptist Church Wathena Kansas officiated by Rev John Parker. Burial at Wathena. Survived by wife Irene Weber two sons Dave and Joe Weber five grandchildren a brother Scott Weber Concordia Mo and a sister Effie Johnston Monitor Wash. District Court divorces filed: Leland Morrow vs Patricia Ann Morrow. Kansas City AP wholesale eggs dairy cattle hogs and other market notes follow.
Belgrade Yugoslavia Communist leaders fear student protests may spark wider unrest after clashes left over 60 injured. Students demand abolition of social privileges, job guarantees for graduates, democratization of the party and media, and reorganization of the university with student input. Professors support the protests and threaten resignation if demands are unmet.
A compact notice from Ottawa on June 4 1968 highlights brief local happenings with community focus. Names and places remain readable, signaling routine municipal or social items typical of a small town paper.
Violette F. Davis filed a civil suit for 45395.35 in District Court seeking damages after her husband Harley S. Davis died from injuries suffered in a March 6 pedestrian accident. The suit names driver Robert L. Kohler as defendant. Davis died March 10 after sustaining head injuries and fractures while crossing Main Street. Witnesses say Kohler tried to stop and steer to avoid the man. The case cites Davis' death as Ottawa's first pedestrian fatality since May 1962 and first traffic death since 1965.
Violette F. Davis designated on May 29 1968 as Administratrix c t a of the Estate of Harley S. Davis deceased creditors must file their claims within nine months from the first publication date or be barred. notice dated June 4 1968 at Ottawa Kansas with attorney Robert W. Green First National Bank Building Ottawa Kan 66067.
Santa Monica California Mrs Kenneth Villaros gave birth to quadruplet boys Kenneth Gary Kevin and Stephen weighing three pounds eight ounces to two pounds fourteen ounces born Saturday and in good condition Hospital officials noted odds against quadruple birth are 750000 to one and the couple also have a year old daughter
George Perry of Waverly became the first recipient of a Joseph P Harris graduate fellowship at the University of Kansas. The $1 000 award plus fees funds a rising political science graduate student in their second or third year. The prize honors Harris a KU alumnus who endowed the gift with $23 250 to the KU Endowment Association.
Reserve Officer Training Corps commissions were awarded Monday at the University of Kansas to including Second Lieutenant Air Force William L. McElfresh Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. McElfresh Sr. and Second Lieutenant Army Douglas E. Higbie son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Higbie Wellsville RFD 2. Other named cadets were Larry A. Robinson Jola and Charles C. Yockey sons of their parents in Lyndon and Wellsville area.
Twenty three seniors completed Williamsburg High School in 1968. The names include Regina Ellen Collins Julie Temple Crowley Stella Kathryn Rea Linda Christine Jones Barbara An Roecker Brenda Ann Miller Sandra Lee Smith Campbell Joanne Thene Sutton Irene Evelyn Collins Waneta Ann Stinebaugh Joyce Lynn Stinson Rosalie Ann Hogan Judith Marie Kesner Virginia Marline Price Judith Kathryn O'Neill David Lance Hart Ernest W Larrick Fred Lee Collins Harold E Lear James Robert Moore Max Leon Broyles Richard Allen Howard Darrell Lee Hirt. Thirty students graduated Williamsburg Grade School class of 1968.
Registration for Ottawa University's summer term runs Wednesday morning from 8 to 10. Classes start five minutes after registration ends. The first of three sessions ends June 28 with two more from July 1 to 26 and July 31 to August 23. Up to four credit hours per session may be earned. Some courses are offered at the OU lodge at Lake Pomona.
In Franklin County Kansas a notice of appointment for the estate of Harley S Davis and a hearing notice for the estate of W G Wilson were published. Everett Grage as administrator seeks descent of real property in Ottawa Kansas with a June 12 1968 defense deadline and court hearing in Ottawa.
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