Ottawa briefs mix church events and local notices
Ottawa readers learn of missionary talks at Pomona Assembly of God and Calvary Baptist church, a vacation Bible school closing, a new Osawatomie fire truck purchase, a traffic crash, historical site survey, and a grand jury discharge with one rape and incest indictment. also notes on retirement pastor Hastie, a divorce filing, and a KU chemistry award.
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Eugene Bugene
Africa
Rock Creek H.D.U
Pomona
Two Divorce Suits Filed
In Franklin County District Court two petitions for divorce were filed. Meriel Patrick of Sycamore seeks divorce from LeRoy Patrick on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty, also requesting a restraining order and custody of three minor children. Lucile Hayden seeks divorce for her daughter Lila H. Ledom from Harry L. Ledom, alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect, with Ledom to support a child due in September 1955. attorneys are Bowers and Bowers.
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Kathryn E. Iames
Williamsburg
Raymond P. Innes
Myron Steere
Ottawa
Franklin County District Court
Meriel Patrick
Sycamore
LeRoy Patrick
Rse
John B. Pierson
Lucile Hayden
Lila H. Ledom
Harry L. Ledom
Bowers
Chemical Will Prevent Dust Demonstration on John Brown Highway
A Dow Chemical expert demonstrated calcium chloride application to about 11 miles of the John Brown highway near Princeton. The county will not incur costs, with the work starting at Princeton and heading east. County Engineer Fred Gardner said observers from other counties attended to study the dust suppression method.
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Princeton
Fred Gardner
Dow Chemical Co
Flexible pricing not the fix for wheat market says veteran grower
Washington wheat growers spokesman Kenneth Kendrick of Stretford Rev and Walter Lillard of Tex president of the National Rev. Walter B. Lillard told senators that a flexible price support system will not reduce production or consumption. Walter Lillard, 73, died at his Ottawa home after years of failing health. Born March 12, 1882, he followed ministry after leaving Ottawa at 18, preaching in Salina Manhattan and Kansas towns. His last charge was St Paul AME church in Dodge City, he retired and moved back to Ottawa about two years ago.
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Kenneth Kendrick
Stretford
Walter Lillard Tex
National
Walter B. Lillard
E.assn
Ottawa
Salina
Manhattan
Kansas
St. Paul A.M.E
Dodge City
Funeral for long listed relative at Diamond church near Lone Elm
Funeral services will be held at the Diamond church near Lone Elm Friday at 2 p m. The body will lie at Sleepers Funeral Home Iola until the hour. Interment will be in Lone Elm cemetery beside her husband who died in 1952. Family includes brother 13 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Diamond Church
Lone Elm
Sleepers Funeral Home
Iola
Lone Elm Cemetery
Fire Levels Beach Concession Stands at Seaside Heights
NE wind fanned a blaze that destroyed about four blocks of seaside concessions in Seaside Heights New Jersey. Estimated damage reached one million dollars. The fire swept the oceanfront resort for two and a half hours before 150 firefighters contained it at around 8:30 a.m. Survivors include Nadine Lillard and family members in Kansas City.
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Seaside Heights
Nadine Lillard
Carrie Page
Ryland
Wendell
J. C. Lillard
Phil Clarity
Kansas City
Ing
Charles Norton
Kas
Hospital Notes and Local Obituaries Mixed Dates
Admitted Harold Tickner and several others with addresses in Iola area. Births announce a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis of Williamsburg. Dismissals include David Lee Morris and Mrs. Martin Reh of Williamsburg. Funeral services for Jess Heidner of Pomona and others planned at St Paul A M E church Ottawa. Interment details and local school notes appear amid community notices and a Moler's Cafe death notice.
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Harold Tickner
Cottonwood
Howard Huston
N. Poplar
Helen Benson
King
Clyde Hodges
Olive
Thelma Nicholson
S. Poplar
Robert Davis
Williamsburg
David Lee Morris
Martin Reh
Harry D. Brown
N. Cedar
Jess Heidner
Pomona
John
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
Ottawa
J. Green
Quenema
Lee
Rodger
Thomas Kelley
Ameria
Can
Hope Cemetery
Moler
Ola
N. Main
W. G. Smith
Iola
Meials
H. D. Smith
Sa. m
U. S
Moser Mae Chappell
Buteen
Ethel Banta
Wellington
Markets At A Glance Local Markets NEW YORK
Markets mixed after profit taking with stocks light trading and steady bonds. Soy beans and wheat near steady with distant barley deliveries. corn firm with 1.50 to 2.60 ranges for oats and rye. Hogs steady to strong while cattle remain uneven. butter fat and eggs reported with small variances. The paragraph also notes life expectancy for Norwegian women at birth about 73 years and calcium making up roughly 3.4 percent of Earth's crust.
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New York
Chicago
Little Movement in Chicago Prices on Grain Board
Prices moved within narrow limits on the Chicago board of trade as rain and wet fields affected harvests. Early winter wheat in the Southwest suffered while spring crop prospects improved with continued rainfall. Army purchases of 8,500 tons of soybeans were offset by favorable growing conditions for the new crop.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Wall Street Mixed as Prices Fluctuate in Late Trading
In New York the stock market showed mixed prices in late afternoon trading after an opening surge. Profit-taking trimmed gains, with many stocks sliding while a few shares advanced sharply.
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New York
Hindu flood tale echoes Noah figure Manu in legends
A Hindu flood narrative parallels the Christian account with Manu as the prime figure. The myth centers on divine guidance, a great deluge, and a surviving lineage revived afterward.
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Noah
Manu
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