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Ten Year Ago This Week Ottawa Chronicle Dives Into Historic Dates
A weekly wrap summarizes key Ottawa area events from June 1991 to 1951 across Franklin County. It recalls canoeing tragedies near Miller's Dam, franchise talks with Communications Services Inc., aging services shifts, school bonds, hospital funding, and foundation gifts, plus 1951 flood and local civic milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Miller’s Dam
Christine Thurp
Wellsville
Sam Garnett
Quapaw
Okla
Tom Jackson
Osage City
Ottawa City Commission
Communications Services Inc
CSI Systems
Rick Comfort
Franklin County Commissioners
Franklin County Commission
Franklin County Aging Services Advisory Council
Leona Jones
Glenn Stottlemire
Rantoul
Wilson Richmond
Orlin Milliken
Williamsburg
Clayton
Whetstone
Lane
Olive Ness
Daryl Montague
Pomona
Garnett Board of Education
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ransom Memorial Hospital Foundation
Bud Gollier
Pam Kanies
American Legion
Iola
Olathe
Orlis Cox Field
John McAdo
Main Street
Franklin County
City Commission
North America
Sycamore
Daryl Shutt
Jerry Stevenson
Franklin County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Lewis A Pick
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army
Congress
Pick
Bureau of the Budget
R.B. Elling
Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Elling
Kenneth McGinness
Herm Lovett
Lyndon
Lovett
Warner Steel Products Co
Comfort Equipment Co
Kansas City
Holden
Warner
Gene” Warner
North Lawrence
National Guard