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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1963
Page
5
Capt Edward Stith from Ft Meade Md and his family visit Mr and Mrs E G Stith this week in Ottawa. SPEBSQSA Barbershop Jamboree is at Memorial Auditorium Tuesday June 25 at 8 pm with the Dominoes of Topeka. free coffee and doughnuts.
Kansas City AP market brief with soybeans and grains listing prices, and cattle hogs and sheep data. Cattle demand strong to higher, hogs higher, sheep steady to higher with lamb and pelts figures. Prices include steer and heifer ranges, barrows and gilts, sows, lambs, and ewes across categories.
The Herald offers a five dollar weekly reward for ae news tips submitted by readers.
The Navy deploys two man bathyscaphe Trieste to a 220 mile Atlantic site near Thresher’s last position. Capt. Andrews says efforts aim to locate wreckage after debris and magnetic contacts found. Debris including a battery plate and a hull sheet seen. investigation ongoing after court inquiry linked destruction to probable ruptured engine room pipe.
Funeral services for Jackson Earl Dunham 33 who died June 22 at K U Medical Center after heart surgery will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wellsville Baptist Church Rev Homer Ganong officiating. Born March 1 1980 in Delia he lived in Wellsville since 1954. He worked as a pipefitter for the maintenance crew at Sunflower Ordinance Plant and served on the Wellsville school board for three years. Surviving are widow Lois six children Darlene Gail Jacalyn Ann Linda Kay Nancy Jane Steven Arthur and Kelly Marie his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Dunham Wellsville four sisters Hazel Paul Dorothy L Ryan Ruby May Burgdorfer Betty Ann Van Bibber two brothers Richard Arthur Dunham Archie Mo and Kenneth Dale Wichita.
Funeral services for Mrs Ka tie Washburn formerly of Quene mo will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Quenemo Federated Church She died Saturday at Doctor's Hospital Independence Born August 15 1888 in Washington County she was a nurse 25 years at North East Osteopathic Hospital Surviving sisters Eva Windett Westphalia and May Bennett Emporia plus many nieces and nephews Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Quenemo Friends may call at Shaffer Mortuary until noon Tuesday
Funeral services were held at Lamb Funeral Home on June 22 at 10 30 a.m. Rev Roy Armstrong officiated with pallbearers Jesse Blake Harry Hjorth A E Sullins Frank Cannady Frank Stanturf and Ralph Brinkmeyer Mrs Ervin Happy was the soloist and Mrs J R Henning played the organ Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona
Bids on two bridges in Franklin County will be opened at 10 Wednesday morning June 26 by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners at the courthouse. Contractors submitted bids for a cemetery road bridge west of Wellsville and a bridge near the Martin School in Pottawatomie Township.
Henry Silvius will celebrate his 90th birthday on July 1 while confined to bed at Valleyview Home in Lawrence. A Wellsville native since 1941, he and his wife Mrs Silvius recently had hospital stays. Their children include John Silvius Wells ville George Silvius New Braunfels Colleen LeGer McAllen and Virginia McNish Ottawa. Family members gathered in the past week with many grandchildren present, while Paris Bendixsen attended Everett Junior College and was absent.
A passerby noticed a baby opossum in the Davis Paint Store window. Mr Leitaker set traps and captured the animal Saturday morning, ending its curious indoor presence in town.
Wayne Eugene Hobson heads to the Southwest Pacific after visiting Richmond. A St Therese School picnic at Garnett Lake, hospital and church news, and a scientific program invite for Melvin Phillips mark community events. Local funerals, births, and family travels thread through the week’s notes.
Hospital notes list admissions including Louise Burrell of Wellsville and Erma Dillon with others in Pomona and Osawatomie observed over the weekend. Births recorded for Hotaling Richmond Ackmann Ybarra families with weights of 6 pounds 4 ounces, 7 pounds 13 ounces and 7 pounds 8 ounces. Additional entries include Sands Lee Gollier and Beeler in local addresses.
In Franklin County Probate Court a hearing on final settlement in the estate of Chester C Burgoon is set after petition by executor Joel H Towner with July 17, 1963, defenses due. The Board of County Commissioners seeks tax lien actions on multiple tracts with August 7, 1963 plead date. The City of Ottawa invites sealed bids for 30,000 gallons of regular gasoline to be delivered over six months, bid opening July 10.
Oslo AP dispatch reports a Soviet cultural delegation visiting Finnmark showed more interest in military installations than culture. The three Russians allegedly photographed a coastal installation near Vardoe from a liner and crawled under cod-drying frames to get close to targets.
The Herald announces a weekly reward of five dollars for the best news tip submitted by a reader. Tips are expected to be timely and verifiable, with the newspaper reserving rights to publish the information.
A fragmented classified list shows a series of farm and household auctions and sales across Kansas. Entries include Myers Bros sales in Centropolis and Ottawa areas, Irvan L Heth household goods in Williamsburg, Gene Kalb Holstein cattle near Baldwin, Overbrook Livestock Sale, Allen County Livestock Auction in Gas City, Pomona consignments, NATE AND LEONA GIBBONS in Melvern, Crawford Welding Co in Le Loupe, and weekly auctions in Lawrence and Pomona with dates, locations, and contact numbers.
Kansas City area AAA 1 manufacturer, 75 years old and part of Hooker Chemical Corp, seeks a representative for a protected territory across thirteen counties. Direct selling to industrials preferred but not essential. Training by District Manager, car required, liberal commissions, full credit on orders. Interview in Ottawa Kansas at the North American Hotel with District Manager C. W. Pratt on June 24 or 25.
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