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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1956
Page
1
Local Herald offers a free Vacation Pack service for subscribers on family trips or vacations. Call the circulation department at 47 to arrange delivery of all issues while away, with immediate resumption on return home. Also notes various brief items and notices from Ottawa.
Fair condition exists for Carmen Chloeann Grimm three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Grimm Rantoul Kansas City hospital. Visitation details show relatives from Hansford County Texas and Buckner family connections. Other items report improved health of Jerry Mare newborn and ongoing hospital stays.
Lightly brown bite-size shred ded wheat cereal in butter and sprinkle with a favorite seasoning. Good for nibbling and to serve with a hot or chilled soup. Delicious, too, with tomato juice.
Warren W. Shaw, GOP governor candidate, outlined six policy goals to grow Kansas. He urged a fair labor-management law, a single water policy, fair tax assessment practices, expanded college research on agricultural and mineral uses, a growth-minded state and city stance, and prioritizing new or expanded industry to create more than 10,000 jobs annually.
In Kansas City five incumbents of the Church of the Nazarene face renomination for four year terms during a delegates business session. The new system auto nominates the five general superintendents Hardy C Forbes D I Vanderpool G B Williamson Samuel Young and Hugh C Benner. A two thirds vote was required for election with successive ballots if needed.
The typical 150-pound adult consumes about 1 531 pounds of food per year.
The notice lists upcoming sale dates and locations across Kansas. Roberts Market Sale in Lawrence on June 23 and June 30, Hast 11th St. in Lawrence, June 23 and 30. June 25 Walter Wantland Ottawa, June 26 Raymond Randel Baldwin, June 27 Overbrook Live Stock Sale Overbrook, June 23 Tulsa? No. Overbrook Sale Wednesdays, Neill George Overbrook, Waverly Thursday Waverly Sale Pavilion.
Hospital records show Mrs. Paul Deneve admitted at 626 Linwood on Tuesday by Walter Bush of Pomona. Dismissals include Mrs. Roy Taylor from route 2 on Tuesday. Also noted are Fred Doman at 919 S Main, Mrs. Joe Moody at 607 N Oak, Mrs. Max Needham at Lane, Mrs. Fred Harris at 411 Maple, and Mrs. Ervin Zabel at Quenemo all today. Births record Mr. and Mrs. Merle Fleming in Pomona with a son born Tuesday weighing 5 lb 2 oz.
Carey F Gentry of Independence Missouri died at 418 am at Kansas City veterans hospital after five months illness He would have been 59 tomorrow Born June 21 1897 in Richmond he served in WWI with the 35th Division Survived by wife Pearl three daughters Carolyn Virginia and May one son Robert Carey Gentry mother E C Gentry two brothers J M Gentry and T R Gentry three sisters Mary Jacob Ruth Kimball and Claudia Payne and two grandsons Funeral at First Baptist Independence then McVey Denvel Ottawa burial Mt Olivet Princeton area
Kansas railroads seek a five percent rise in intra state passenger fares and have the proposal taken under advisement by the Kansas Corporation Commission. Interstate rates hike was approved recently by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Witnesses testified the increase would partially offset higher wages and maintenance costs. No protest appeared at the hearing.
Bernard Bruner, 24, and Naomi Dengel, 17, both of Ottawa, applied for a marriage license announcing plans for a private ceremony.
Robert B. McLeaish, head of the Farmers Home Administration, quit abruptly after a strong suggestion from Secretary Benson that he resign. He testified before the Senate committee that he felt the move was to get him “out of the picture.” The Texas appointee, 57, denied being a drunkard despite claims about excessive drinking.
Washington III names three senators and a governor as leading contenders for the Democrats national convention keynote address. The list includes Robert Kerr John Pastore Hubert Humphrey and Tennessee Governor Frank Clement. The Platform Drafting Committee chair remains unsettled as party leaders search. The drafting group meets in Chicago August 6, a week before the convention opens.
More than 1500 people enrolled for the first six weeks summer term at Emporia State Teachers College. Franklin countians include Ottawa Bill Boucek in physical education Ronald Boucek in milling technology Effie Evans in elementary education Warren Hay in business Bonnie Hughson in education Valera Niehaus in home economics Frances Rumford in elementary education Barbara Russell in English Aubrey Ponton in industrial arts Mary Ponton in biology Zena Ponton in elementary education Pomona Harold Parkison in administration Princeton Lois James in business.
Ernest Christian Sibberson, 70, famed for ministering to the deaf and blind, died after a long illness. He led the First Church of the Deaf and toured a circuit of Kansas cities conducting services for the deaf and blind. Funeral set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at Trinity Lutheran Church in PeKA.
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