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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1956
Page
5
Paola residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over several days. George Brassfield and family welcomed guests from Kansas and Maine. George Wobker and multiple Wobker relatives were seen visiting, with hospital tests for George Wobker and a birthday party for Colleen. Local kinship ties and small gatherings dominated the week’s social notices.
In Carthage Missouri Tony Eno 44 of Kansas City is on trial for armed robbery under the habitual criminal act for the January 7 Safeway store robbery in Joplin totaling 1887. He was identified by two Joplin employees Norman soyd 17 and Shirley Gibbs 17. Eno has spent most of 24 years in prison and faces links to Safeway robberies in Topeka Miami and Springfield. Clarence Eno 52 and Charles Pierson 27 await trial on robbery charges connected to the Joplin event.
Do You Know. Half of U S spending units families and single people had incomes over four thousand dollars each by 1955. For an Englishman, an auto trunk is a boot. The Shanghai metropolitan area contains 6 200 000 people.
Oklahoma bids for a proposed 19 million dollar animal disease research plant to be built by the U S Department of Agriculture. Oklahoma A M faculty members state officials and chamber delegations from eight cities met to draw plans and the college prepares a brochure of qualifications. An A M delegation will meet the site selection committee June 27 in St Louis. Safe Buy. U S Savings Bonds.
Briles News reports a string of local happenings as Emil Kirchhoff entertains Kansas City kin and the QO. D. Garretts host Golden hour class at the church. Jerry Vickers returns from Emporia while Paul Garrett visits Ottawa and the Ralph Batdorf family attends the Dairy show there. Various neighbors drop by, farm work continues with haying and plowing, John Slaven travels to the V A hospital in Chicago for schooling, and Mrs. G W Gould injures her right hand.
In a wringer incident she suffered cuts requiring seven stitches and was cared for at Maurice Fishburn’s home. The Clark family traveled home from a visit with Howard, Leonard Clark, and their families near Yakima, Washington. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elschlager and sons of Lancaster, Missouri, and Mrs. O N Baker of Lawrence, who called on Mrs. Virginia Aldridge and children.
A Bethel church crowd enjoyed a children’s day program directed by Mrs Charles Jones followed by a basket dinner at noon. Visitors include Mrs Don Cole and daughter from Washington state visiting the G C Clarks. other trips note Osage City and Topeka relatives and friends from nearby towns.
The Golden Arrow jet airliner, aiming to lead the jet age, would cruise at 609 mph in a gold finish. Announced by Howard Hughes with Convair General Electric Delta and Transworld Airlines, Convair will craft the airframes, GE will supply engines, and Delta and Transworld will operate the planes for medium range service.
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