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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
5
Minneola once a Kansas capital near Centropolis is featured with a local mystery. Four sheep vanished after reaching Highland cemetery. tracks disappeared by morning. sheriff notified. Also notes visitors from Grant City, Mo., recalling Ottawa ties and a deer enclosure once built on North Cherry Street.
Franklin County fields ripen as dry weather returns and county agricultural agent Don Brown warns harvest cannot be estimated yet. Combines will move into high, well drained ground soon, with a rush of harvesting expected as grain ripens rapidly. In Kansas, rapid expansion of the harvest is forecast statewide, with northwest reports predicting an earlier start by 7 to 10 days.
The Kansas National Guard plans a $350000 armory and motor vehicle maintenance shops in Hutchinson funded by federal and state dollars. Cities with two guard units must provide site and $60000. single-unit towns supply site and $5000. Federal aid rises with guard unit counts. construction often funded by city and state, with additional federal support when costs exceed local capacity.
One-ton air conditioner sold listed for 189.50, under filing 166-c-2 for Douglas Bris. The.readable text shows a sale item with price and docket reference. The brief entry records a unit price and a party identifier.
Franklin county commissioners disapproved a petition to resurface Willow and West Fifteenth streets with widening and full blacktop surfacing. They favor improvements but not at the proposed cost, which could reach about 90 000 dollars. Property owners and opponents weighed options while drainage needs on South Willow were highlighted. The decision ends the current plan, but further action could follow.
Forecast calls for partly cloudy, hot and humid conditions through tonight and Wednesday with lows in the 60s to 75 and highs in the 90s to 100s. Scattered thunderstorms are likely extreme west on Wednesday. Yesterday reached 87, overnight low 72, rainfall trace, southeast breeze, river stage 0.95 feet.
The Herald notes a noonday temperature of 96 degrees on Main Street with 90 at a local station at noon. Hot, humid conditions persisted statewide with no near-term relief. Central Kansas saw 101 degrees in Russell, Salina, Concordia and Garden City hit 100, while Ottawa rose from 72 to the 90s as sunshine dominated. Overnight storms aided last night’s weather, bringing varying rainfall to Smith Center, Lebanon, Norton, Scandia, Hill City, Jonia and Goodland.
Officials of Homewood and Richmond townships have passed resolutions to submit to voters propositions for special levies to fund township road improvements. Homewood voters will decide on a 2 mill levy and Richmond on a 4 mill levy at the August primary. Law allows levies up to 10 mills for up to two years.
Ad lists 2-ton air conditioners with thermostat and cleanable filter at 339.95. Also mentions Cheney Market promotions with $100 Wednesday and $150 Thursday in Cheney’s Bond Clubs.
Edward Leon Williams 27 led officers to the body of Tommie Robert Cooke 24 an assistant pastor at Tulsa's Glenwood Baptist Church found near a grassy Arkansas River bottom after a daylong chase through Kiamichi Mountain country Williams confessed to abducting and killing Cooke after forcing his way into the car at a downtown Tulsa intersection. He said he tied Cooke with a belt and shot him in the head with a .38 after the minister resisted. The hunt began when Williams robbed Herman Couzzens at their Talihina general store and included detentions from Talihina to Wilburton and a bus ride before capture.
About 20 4 H club members from Franklin county will travel to Rock Springs Camp near Junction City for the rest of the week. Leaders include Dick Jameson 4 H agent Mary Dean Holle Gavona Michaels Don Brown and Roddy Brown and Mrs Carl Channon. Brown and his son along with Miss Michaels stay at the camp with the group. Members listed: Roger Barnett Dean Robison Judy McClure Joan Roeckers Anna Channon Emma Channon Joy Long Kathy Smith Marie Hird Stanley Hird Karen Kirkland Nancy Kirkland Janie Anderson Dale Winters Judy Maxwell Jerry Miller Ray Pope Betty Pope Steve Harrington Delon Jacoby.
Franklin county clerk’s office sets noon tomorrow as the filing deadline for candidates. Recent filings include J. R Birzer and Eva M. Chambers for precinct roles in Greenwood township and Veronica Mages and Warren Wesen in other wards. A corrected Homewood township slate lists Roy Herring for clerk and Martin Dickinson for treasurer, both Republicans. TOPEKA reports a wave of entries for state and district offices as the deadline nears.
Lyndon special report states Irvin Harring of Melvern had his car stolen Friday night and found abandoned Saturday in St. Marys. Osage County Sheriff Frank F. Johnston believes the same thief or thieves also stole another auto in Wichita and left it three miles east of Lebo.
Receipts for the July 25 Ottawa Day baseball game in Kansas City are on sale at the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce North American Hotel and Peoples National Bank. For 4.40 per person, travelers receive a Santa Fe air conditioned train ride to Union Station, bus to the park, game ticket, return bus and train back to Ottawa. The train departs Fifth and Walnut at 5 15 pm with boarding nearby to be announced.
One percent ton air conditioner feature promoted by Douglas Bros at 166 C-21, with bold pricing like 294 and 50 cited in the ad style, signaling a bargain focus and local sale emphasis.
Fifty members attended the annual meeting of the State Line Peace Officers association last night in the basement of the First Baptist Church. Ottawa participants included Don White county attorney Jay Brown Josephine Evans and Dean Driscoll from the sheriff's office Bob Couaty and Art Jensen from highway patrol, Bob Cowdin and E W Flaherty city police, and Kenneth Andrews mayor. Clovis Sevills sheriff of Bates county Missouri is president. Friendship class of the Baptist church served dinner.
Richmond Lions club and wives marked a full year with a picnic at the new Richmond lake. They showcased six built picnic tables, work on seven, and planned picnic ovens for the park. Land donated by Ralph McCrea hosts a city water supply lake, located southeast of the lake area. Merritt McDonald installed new officers: Joe Wittman president, John Roeckers 1st VP, Charles Edwards 2nd VP, George Dietrich 3rd VP, Herb McClure secretary, Louis Riebe treasurer, George Riebe Tail Twister, Dee Spaulding Lion Tamer, E. H. Henderson, Al Pickett, Sandy Sims, and Dee Spaulding as directors.
Frankie Yakle 23 of 1004 E 7th bound over to district court on one forgery and one non enough funds check count. Three more forgery counts to be heard Friday in county court. Arrested June 11 in Topeka and returned to Ottawa by Sheriff Jay Brown. Checks total $114.05. In jail for failing to post $50 bond on each count.
Donald Roth a Dodge City welder and relic collector for 15 years uncovered bones on Bucknell Creek in Hodgeman County about 25 miles north of Dodge City. The find is identified as an Indian skeleton possibly prehistoric and was discovered during a relic hunt.
Republican leaders express confidence Eisenhower will run, predicting a Senate gains and convention plans proceed. Sen. Schoeppel cites strong GOP chances, while Bricker expects no change in Eisenhower’s hospitalization status.
An important county meeting is set for Wednesday June 27 at 8 p m in Memorial auditorium Ottawa to discuss the Soil Bank acreage reserve program. Farmers landowners and interested persons are urged to attend to hear the program details.
Tomorrow marks the final date for payment of 1955 taxes without penalty. Taxpayers have rushed to the county treasurer Elisabeth Briggs’s office as deadlines loom, with after tomorrow accruing interest at 10 percent per year. An ambulance service is listed with phone 380 for inquiries.
Partial ad items show 1% ton Kelvinator air conditioner offer at 299.95 installed by Weidmann Tire and Battery Service. Also listed are piano tuning by 61 Piano tuning and Jay Ellis with 1973-R entry.
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