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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1968
Page
6
Richard H. Seaton assistant attorney general and 1968 consumer protection bill author will address Ottawa Kiwanis at noon Thursday. The Coffeyville native campaigns on the Republican ticket for attorney general and will speak at the North American venue.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will stop at First Baptist Church in Ottawa on June 19 from 2 to 7 p.m. and June 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 45 p.m. Franklin County aims to collect 856 pints this year to cover a deficit from last year.
Readers are alerted to a yard sale at 634 South Poplar on June 14 and 15 with advertised offerings and prices.
Darryl Wichman son of Mr and Mrs Albert Wichman of rural Richmond has graduated from Kansas State University on June 1 and accepted a teaching position at Manhattan Junior High School. He will teach mathematics and driver education.
Color wedding feature by photographer Mickey, located at 839 West South Avenue, advertising wedding portraits and time slots.
The Horse Show at Franklin County Fairgrounds on Sunday was sponsored by the Ottawa Junior Wranglers under the Kansas State Horse Show Circuit rules.
Neighborhood sale advertised for Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Located at 1104 N Oak. Antiques, clothes, tools, and household items expected.
Rep Robert Dole, a Senate candidate, will appear at a Friday night coffee event at 9 p.m. in Ottawa. The gathering is at the House of Douglas, announced by county chairman Bob Tyson.
Mrs S A Jensen mother of Charles E Jensen of 521 S Sycamore died Tuesday morning in Coffeyville where she had lived many years. Funeral will be at 2 pm Thursday in Coffeyville.
Notice that prescriptions previously filled at Seyler Drug Co. may now be obtained at Kramer Drug Store located at 134 South Main. The message directs customers to transfer their prescriptions to the new location.
Former Kansas governor William H. Avery, seeking the U.S. Senate, will hold a campaign stop in Ottawa from 9 a.m. to noon this Friday, announced local chairman Charles Williamson.
The Purple Haze in Ottawa hosts a Wednesday night dance from 9 to 12 featuring The Emperors Of Sound in cool comfort. Adv. Leon H. Mahoney, former Ottawan, has been elected president of Park Lane Savings and Loan in Wichita. He is the son of Eldon and Mrs. Mahoney of 815 S Oak.
A yard sale on June 12 and 13 featuring novelties clothing and a fan at 1411 South Cedar. Advertisements note the dates and item types.
The annual Pomona Picnic will be held on July 5 and 6 with Toby Amusement Co. providing entertainment on both evenings.
Obituary item detailing the death of 78 year old Mrs Gertrude Burgoon of 503 N Sycamore with services at Towner Chapel and burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Also notes infant Tamara Ann Colbern stillborn in Kansas City and graveside services in Ottawa plus a list of survivors and family references. Includes births at 609 E 8th and 513 W 7th and emergency treatments at Ransom Memorial Hospital with several local names and addresses.
Edward J Magrath died June 7 and funeral services were held June 11 at St Patrick s Catholic Church near Williamsburg with Rev Norbert Lickteig officiating. Pallbearers were Harold and Hugh McDonald Lloyd Neal Charles O Neill Frank Collins and Emmett McEvoy Burial took place at Emerald Cemetery in Anderson County Rosary was recited June 10 at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home Also listed are hospital admissions and a dismissal for several individuals including D R Allen Nora B Coon Linda Panos Earl Higdon Lee Hysom Eva Morris Ione Glaum Arthur Sizemore Harry Gilliland Sue Ann Henry Wesley Skilling and Simon Peace with dates noted for Wednesday and Tuesday respectively.
Rick Harmon of Johnson County, a GOP governor contender, attacked Docking's education plan and leadership. He called Docking ineffective, accused him of fueling a Democratic machine, and proposed boosting education via foundation funding, new revenue, sales and income taxes, and higher gasoline taxes along with a highway bond program. He also suggested using school facilities to aid those trapped in welfare.
In Paris Harriman urges North Vietnam to halt rocket and mortar attacks on Saigon and its surrounds. He cites defectors and says the current offensive is planned by Hanoi with troops infiltrating civilian areas. More than 10,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong casualties cited since May.
In Topeka three youths were charged with robbery and first degree murder in the May 15 fatal shooting of cab driver James Long. Dale Chase 18 Douglas Dewitt 19 of Topeka and Kenneth Roth 18 of Canton Ohio face hearings in Shawnee County Court. About $27 was taken from the driver after his body was found in southeast Topeka. Long had reported picking up a fare near a hotel entrance around midnight.
Ottawa University will share a $19,000 Union Pacific Railroad Foundation grant with 18 privately supported colleges for unrestricted operating aid. This 1968 gift marks the tenth year of Union Pacific support to Kansas church-related colleges, with Baker Bethany Bethel Central Donnelly Friends Hesston Kansas Wesleyan Marymount Mount St. Scholastica Sacred Heart St. Benedict Saint Mary St. Mary of the Plains Southwestern Sterling McPherson and Tabor Colleges.
Franklin County Kansas district court orders sale of an undivided interest in 316 acres in the South half of Section 17 Township 16 Range 20 to satisfy a $3 action under execution. Sheriff Joe Ferns will offer the property at 2:00 PM July 15, 1968 at the Ottawa courthouse front door for cash without appraisement.
In Anderson and Byrd First Natl Bank Building Ottawa Kansas 66067 attorney for petitioner William D Bancroft executor of the will asks the court to approve acts and accounts and determine heirs and devisees for final settlement and distribution of Dollie Bancroft deceased Estate. Defenses must be filed by June 27 1968 at 3 00 PM in Ottawa Kansas with the court.
State of Kansas Franklin County probate court action by Lyle A. Hanes as son heir to Lyle D. Hanes deceased seeks descent of described real estate in Ottawa and Mineral Point. Defendants must file defenses by 2 PM June 27 1968 in Ottawa Franklin County Kansas court or judgment by petition will be entered.
Notice of suit against multiple defendants including unknown heirs and spouses filed in Franklin County District Court Ottawa Kansas for quieting title. Also estate matter for M Frances Frye deceased Ancillary Administrator petitions final settlement and heirs determination. Respond defenses by June 27 1968. First published June 5 1968 last published June 19 1968.
An OCR fragment outlines classified ad pricing and formats. It mentions 1 insertion per word, multiple insertions with per word rates, cash minimums, card of thanks at 4 cents each, display ads, frequency discounts, lodge notices with emblem, one inch and two insertion terms, extra national rates, and out of trade territory charges. Counts, lines, and discounts are specified but partially obscured.
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