Notable local and regional updates in Ottawa briefs
Ernest Wicker of Seattle, nephew of Mrs. Henry Alban, dies Feb 28 in Bethesda open heart surgery. Stephen Hull, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hull, returns from four years US Navy service. William Howe of Kansas City, formerly Ottawa, to exhibit butterfly paintings at Kansas City Flower Show. Rotary Chili or Vegetable Soup tonight at Masonic Temple. Arthur Harkins initiates into Alpha Kappa Delta at University of Kansas. Visiting Navy family arriving from Pentagon to Midway Island. Ottawa Chorus prepares Easter Messiah at First Baptist with Holy Week program. Franklin County farm couples complete 5 day farm management course. Franklin County Extension Council meets Monday at courthouse. James E. Higgins cited for driving without valid license. John Triplett identifies 10 cattle found by sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wicker
Seattle
Wash
Henry Alban
Willow
Bethesda
Mother Saves Her Son Life Through First Aid Training
Ellinwood Kansas five year old Pat Wirtz suffered a severe asthmatic attack with measles and convulsions. His mother Shirley Wirtz, a Girl Scout leader, used mouth to mouth resuscitation learned in a Great Bend Fire Department first aid class to keep him breathing until help arrived. He was discharged the next day.
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Noted
Hospital notes show admissions for Mary Alice Christian Lane Albert Eugene Kramer of Kansas City and Mrs John Franklin at 625 S Sycamore on Friday. Dismissals include Mrs Walter Hegberg at 1235 W 7th and Albert Eugene Kramer of Kansas City on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice Christian
Lane
Albert Eugene Kramer
Kansas City
John Franklin
S. Sycamore
Walter Hegberg
Haten tops ABC singles in first major bowling tourney
Buffalo New York AP Ron Haten a 25 year old bachelor and bowling tally clerk from Methuen Massachusetts leads the regular singles division of the American Bowling Congress Tournament in his first major event after only two years of bowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Ron ‘Haten
American Bowling Congress
ABC
Haten
Metheun
Mass
Library Notes Adds Richness To Life At Royal T Lanes
In Friday Night Ladies League at Royal T Lanes Sue Wolgast led Royal T to a 3-1 win over Gambles with a 546 series on lines 154 216 176. Other high scores include L Meador 466 for Helen & Bills Cafe and D Richeson 573 for Lee's Cafe in Ottawa Bowl. The Ottawa Bowl Leagues feature multiple high scores and team results, with coverage continued in the sports section. May Hill Arbuthnot notes books enrich living as the library expands its Children’s Room with titles for tots to preteens and space fans alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Wolgast
Royal T
Sue
F. Hughes
Kramer
L. Meador
Helen
Bill
M. Birckhead
Men Keglers
Lee
Helen & Bill's Cafe
Parmelee
Walker
McFadden
B. Brumit
E. Mathias
Fairmont Dairy
Reddick
C. Roller
B. Adams
Kramer Drac
Fence Food Center
H. Liegerat
B. Spata
Wills Cafe
H. Reddick
Wolgast
F. Hollon
Nell Barnaby
May Hill Arbuthnot
Mabel Leigh Hunt
Erik Bergaust
Carnegie Free Library
Those Losing Lakers Slide in Championship Chase
The Los Angeles Lakers dropped their third straight, fourth in five, 114-109 to the Chicago Zephyrs, falling to 50-21 in the season. Boston leads with 51-21 and a .708 percentage as races tighten. Elsewhere, Detroit beat St. Louis 115-113 and San Francisco defeated Cincinnati 132-125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers
Boston
National Basketball Association
Chicago Zephyrs
Detroit Pistons
St. Louis Hawks
Toledo
Ohio
San Francisco Warriors
Cincinnati Royals
Oakland
Calif
KC Markets Kansas City Cattle and Hogs Report
KC markets report cattle compared with last week with steers and heifers mostly lower, calves steady, feeders mixed. good to prime slaughter calves 21.00-24.00. hogs mostly 1.00 lower, barrows and gilts 14.78-14.60 range, sows 12.50-19.25. sheep lambs higher with good to prime lambs 14.80-19.00. feeders steady to higher in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Deaths: Betz and Cole prominent area residents
Frank Horne Betz 72 of Rantoul died Friday in Ransom Memorial Hospital after 23 days as a patient. A former county commissioner, he lived in the Rantoul area 17 years. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at Eddy Funeral Home with burial in Lane Cemetery. He was born May 9, 1890 in Duquoin Illinois and married Florence Needham in 1914. He served as county commissioner 1948 to 1956. Surviving are his wife two sons a daughter 10 grandchildren and siblings. Also Sarah A Cole 70 Pomona resident died Friday in a Eudora nursing home. Services Monday at Dengel and Son Mortuary at 2 p.m. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. She was born October 16 1892 near Overbrook moved to Pomona in infancy and lived in Ottawa nursing home before moving to Eudora. She married George W Cole in 1917. he died in 1960. Surviving are a son Rollin Cole Ottawa a grandson and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Horne Betz
RFD
Scottish Rite
Ioof Lodge
Hobart L. Betz
Lane
Barton Betz
Ash
Faith James
William Betz
Tallahassee
Fla
Mary Serra
Minneapolis
Minn
Sarah A, Cole
Sarah A. Cole
Pomona
Eudora
Dengel and Son
Woodlawn
Overbrook
Ottawa
George W. Cole
Funerals for Noble H. Hagar Held at Towner's Chapel
Noble Horace Hagar died February 27. Services were at Towner's Chapel March 1 with Rev. Charles P. Knight officiating. Pallbearers Ed Hoffman Hale Parker Donald Smith Albert Nitcher Harris Murray Melvin Sundstrom. C. J. Milton sang with Mrs. J M Kilgore. Burial in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble H. Hagar
Noble Horace Hapar
Bill would make yielding party line in emergencies illegal
In Topeka the Senate introduced a measure by the Public Utilities Committee prohibiting refusal to yield a party telephone line during an emergency. The bill imposes up to 1000 dollars fine or up to 90 days in jail, or both, for refusal. Falsely claiming an emergency could bring fines up to 100 dollars or 10 days in jail, or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Senate
Senate Committee On Public Utilities
Wardrobe survey reveals how college men dress and spend
A survey of 26 colleges shows the average male student spent 300 to 350 dollars on wardrobe additions last year. Suits cost 58, dress slacks 27, casual slacks 14, sport coats 36, outer jackets 10, and sweaters 33. Style topped importance at 93 percent, followed by price comfort and durability. Advertising influence was significant with 64 percent saying well dressed students and 56 percent advertising affect choices. Campus media reach was strong: 88 percent read campus newspapers, 65 percent the daily paper, 53 percent Sunday supplements, and 26 percent campus magazines. TV access stood at 94 percent with only 4 percent watching regularly, while 21 percent listened to the radio regularly. Sixty-nine percent felt advertising educated them about clothing, 72 percent said it made them more style conscious, and 72 percent found clothing advertising informative and 71 percent found it interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
State Penitentiary clemency notice and probate appointment
First published February 16 1963 and last published March 16 1963 notice from Kansas State Penitentiary. L Wiles Roy Gale appeal for executive clemency before the Governor at Topeka. Petitioner ESP No 12428 and estate matter Otis Burnett case 10984 in Franklin County Probate Court announce appointment and notices to creditors heirs devisees and others concerned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Kansas
Kansas State Penitentiary
L. Wiles
Roy Gale
Lar
Jeff Erk
Franklin County
Kansas
Hale
Topeka
Wiles
Roy Gayle
Otis Burnett
Ida McDonald Brown
Willams
Cain
Ottawa
William O. Cain
John B. Pierson
Photo Display At OU Impressions by John Goodwin
John C. Goodwin, OU senior, hosts a black and white photo show titled Impressions at Mammel Art Center, Ottawa University Library through March 9. The exhibit features works taken since 1959 including Ottawa scenes, floodtime pictures, and campus images with Coach Dick Peters, a sociology major who shoots for The Ottawa Campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammel
Ottawa University Library
John C. Goodwin
Ottawa
Dick Peters
The
Hawaiian to Preach Hawaiian by David K Kahikau
Hawaiian preacher David K Kahikau of Honolulu will deliver sermons March 3 at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 315 Cedar. The theme is Jesus Christ The Way with topics Faith in God Repentance The Way of the Kingdom What Is the Restored Church The Book of Mormon Testifies of Jesus Christ and Zion The Kingdom of God on Earth. A baptismal service is planned. Sunday service starts at 9:00 am and weeknight services Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at 7:45 pm. Kahikau studied at Graceland College and the University of Hawaii and served in Tahiti for four years. He and his wife and four children live in Lawrence. Visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David K. Kahikau
Honolulu
Hawaii
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Cedar
Jesus Christ
Zion
Tahiti
Lawrence
Average Family Income Rises in 1961 Census Report
The Census Bureau reports a 2 percent rise in 1961 average family income to about 5700, with college headed families averaging 9300 and high school headed 6300. Full year male earnings average 5700 and female earnings 3300.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Church Plans Conference Sunday Service at St Paul AME
A quarterly conference will convene Sunday March 3 at St. Paul AME Church with Rev. G. R. Maxwell announcing. Dr. T. E. Cox presiding elder of Topeka district will deliver the 11 am sermon. At 3 pm Rev. D. Meadows of St. Mark AME Topeka will give the fellowship service. Bethany Chapel Baptist of Ottawa groups join, public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Ame
G. R. Maxwell
T. E. Cox
Topeka
D. 9. Meadows
St. Mark Ame
Bethany Chapel Baptist
Ottawa
Stacey Hopkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stephen Lee Hull
George F. Hull
RFD 2
Oak Harbor
William Howe
Greater Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Rotary
Masonic Temple
Arthur Harkins
A. T. Harkins
Alpha Kappa Delta
University of Kansas
Josephyne E. Davis
George W. Davis V
USN
Davis
Navy
Pentagon
Washington D.C
Pacific
Midway Island
George W. Davis
Ottawa Community Chorus
First Baptist Church
Ottawa Ministerial Association
Ellis
Wilton Thomas
Kansas State University
Don Brown
Rosemary Crist
Franklin County Agricultural Extension Council
James E. Higgins
Kas
John Triplett
RFD 3
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Ron Averyt
Ottawa University
Robert Happ
Webster
Jere Maddux
Detroit
Library Notes
Associated Press
William P. Christie
Garnett
Mildred L. Harbison
Wellsville
Barnes
Seervesen
South Water Tower
Blanche Lamb
Bob Roberta
Lamb
George Hughes
Hughes
Auto ‘Parts
Johnny Boyd
Indianapolis
Keith Paine
Paine’s
Bootery J
St. Louis
Jack
Esther Goss
Goss
Hughes Auto Parts
Johnson-Golden Auto Parts, Inc
Armory
Walker Muffier
Lewis Irwin
Dallas
Merle Paul
B.O.W. Express, Inc
B.O.W. Express
Baldwin
Osage City
Den'sil Cox Truck Line
Legals
David Kaleikau
Church Plans Conference
United Income Fund
Waddell & Reed
National Distributi
Neal Pritchard
Towner’s Cave
Louisengels
Jon Hruny
Bille B. Burnett
Donald L. White
Altorney
Eee
Lée
Williamsburg
Charles E. Roberts
the Roberts
Veterans Foreign Wars
David L. McGee
Jack James
Roy Wm. Lambert
Gary Farrell
Ottawa Herald
G. E. Wertz
Lara Finch
W. C. Marie Raffelock
Secy
Buick
Pontiac
L & W Motor & Imple. Co
la Crosse
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Charles Lyndon
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Lawrence Livestock Commission Company
Mast Lith Street
Myers Bros
Centropolia
Claude
Howard
Franklin County Sals Company
Mvary
Bruce Hayes
Logan
John Hahn
Eas
Homer Bishop
Princeton
Jack Neton
Allen County
Austino Gap City
Printy
Ben Printy
Avery Cuseouy
Rae
Mats
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