Side Swipes at Ottawa University Anniversary Events
Ottawa University takes part in the girls scout movement anniversary with Dorothy Stratton, OU 1922 graduate and former Purdue dean of women who led SPARS in WWII. A government car theft at Fort Riley prompts police comments, while a Baptist Women’s houseparty planning meeting gathers local delegates for June at Ottawa University.
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Ottawa University
Girls Scout Movement
Dorothy Stratton
O. U
Miss Stratton
Purdue University
The
Coast Guard
SPARS
Flood Crest Moves Along Ohio River Threatens Regions
The Ohio River crest moved downstream affecting Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana with about 2600 families or more displaced. Cincinnati faced a crest of 61 feet near flood stage and planned evacuations as Meigs County Pomroy areas saw five feet of water. Red Cross called it a disaster with millions in potential damage while officials warned higher flooding could follow.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Weather Bureau
American Red
Red Cross
Gallipolis
Main Street
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Paving Bonds Sold Today for Ottawa Streets
Nine firms bid on Ottawa paving bonds totaling 82321.47. Small Milburn and Co. Wichita bought at 134 percent with 376.00 premium. City Clerk Crater called the bid favorable and noted ongoing demand from investment firms.
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Ottawa
Small, Milburn and Co
Wichita
Oak
Ash
Cypress
Tenth Streets
L. I. Crater
Soden Investment Co
Kansas City
Driver Fined After Crash in Ottawa on Main Street
A Wichita man, Dean S. Yager, was cited by Undersheriff Dean Driscoll for failing to slow to avoid a two car collision on Main Street in Ottawa. Yager, driver of a 1952 Buick, rear ended Leocadio Rodriguez’s northbound 1949 Plymouth at about $350 and $150 damage respectively. Rodriguez was shaken but not admitted after X rays. Yager paid a $15 fine and costs in county court. Worcester Mass report on postwar manufacturing growth follows.
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Wichita
Main Street
Ottawa
Dean Driscoll
Dean S. Yager
Yater
Driscoll
Leocadio Rodriguez
N. Poplar
Rodriguez
Ransom Memorial Hospital
District Board Convention At Franklin County Court House
About 100 members from Franklin county’s 57 rural school boards will gather for the annual District Board Convention at the county courthouse Monday evening. The meeting begins at 7 30 p.m. in the courtroom. State official J E Needham will be the principal speaker and the group will discuss state aid to high schools and school finance bills under consideration by the legislature.
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Atchison High School
Ottawa
Hig
Henry A. Parker
Franklin County
Court House
John Fleming
J. E. Needham
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Topeka
Fleming
Five rural Franklin county schools pick new texts
Franklin county rural high schools select five year textbooks by a county committee led by John Fleming. The choice covers U S History Our Nations Story Augspurger McLemore, Citizenship Building Citizenship Hughes, Biology Exploring Biology Smith, Secretarial Office Practice Agnew Meeham Lose, and 20th Century Typing 6th edition.
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Franklin County
John Fleming
State Textbook Commission
Fleming
Houghton Mifflin Co
Willard R. Binns
Williamsburg Rural High School
Lamar F. Wallace
Pomona Rural High School
L. C. Dillon
Richmond Rural High School
U. S
Augspurger - McLemore
Hughes
Smith
Agnew Meeham - Lose
Pay Hike For City Teachers In Ottawa Schools
Ottawa public school teachers receive a $200 yearly raise with new contracts for the upcoming year. Salaries may also rise for tenure or college summer courses. Reports show Salina teachers getting $250 yearly, Pratt teachers $175.
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Ottawa
Henry A. Parker
Salina Public
Pratt
Sheldon Buy Paola Truck Firm to Expand Ottawa Dealer
Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co of Ottawa announced the purchase of Paola Truck and Tractor, the International Harvester dealer for the area. Eddie Sheldon takes over management and will commute between Paola and Ottawa, planning to move his family to Paola this summer. John and Franklin Sheldon stay with the Ottawa firm.
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Paola Truck and Tractor Company
Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co
Ottawa
Paola
International Harvester
Eddie Sheldon
John
Franklin Sheldon
Reading Books Donated to County Grade Schools
More than 100 reading books were presented to county grade schools by the local TB Association. County superintendent John Fleming said copies of Getting Acquainted and From Head to Toe are available for pickup in his office. Mrs. Ivan Jacobsen, 1146 S Cedar, TB stamp sale chair, organized the gift.
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Tuberculosis Association
John Fleming
Ivan Jacobsen
S. Cedar
County TB Stamp Sales
First Defeat in 65 Years at Old Orchard Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Maine veteran Republican town clerk Fred I Luce 92 lost reelection for the first time in 65 years Mrs Esther S Crowley a house wife won by coalition Republican Democratic fusion 893 votes to Luce 648 and independent William L Graham 184.
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Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Fred I. Luce
Esther S. Crowley
Crowley
Luce
William L. Graham
House panel backs 90 percent farm price supports plan
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to end the Eisenhower era flexible farm program and set 90 percent parity for basic crops wheat rice cotton corn and peanuts. Dairy supports would rise to 80 percent and wheat growers face a wheat price referendum along with extended dairy brucellosis eradication funding and school milk aid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
D-Nc
House
Senate
Park Out For School Board
Petitions circulate for B F Park of the Buildéx firm as candidate for the board of education. Five names named for three seats: Park Harold S Crawford Harry D Rybolt L B Paine and Dr A Berglund. No filings yet. Two candidates for commissioner of streets and utilities: Kenneth E Andrews and Ivan Brown. Filing deadline noon March 12. Primary if needed March 22. City election April 5.
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B. F. Park
Buildéx
Board of Education
Park
Harold S. Crawford
Harry D. Rybolt
L. B. Paine
A. Berglund
Streets and Utilities
Kenneth ,E. Andrews
Ivan Brown
Baldwins Bay Implement Agency Change of Ownership
E W Baldwin and sons Marvin and Bill have bought the New Holland farm implement agency from Mike Mulcahey. They plan a new building north of Ottawa on US 50S near the VFW hall to house the agency and Baldwin Metal Products Co. until completion the agency stays at 214 E Second with Mulcahey Buick Co. in Ottawa.
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E. W. Baldwin
Marvin
Bill
New Holland Farm Implement Agency
Mike Mulcahey
Baldwins
Ottawa
Us50s
VFW Hall
Implement Agency
Baldwin Metal Products Co
W. First
Mulcahey
Channel Improvement Plans To Change Ottawa River
The Army Engineers propose widening and clearing the Marais des Cygnes channel in Ottawa to increase flood capacity from 12 500 to 32 500 cubic feet per second. A 4 000 foot widening downstream, concrete bank and bed, flood walls, and north and south dike systems would shield Forest Park, north Ottawa, and the water and light plant. Ottawa will supply right of way. costs are shared as part of regional flood control funding.
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Marais Des Cygnes River
Ottawa
Army Engineer
Crete
Locust Street
Main Street
Melvern
Pomona
Army Engineers
Marais Des Cygnes
City of
Forest Park
Warm weather to continue with mild, dusty conditions
The weather bureau forecasts fair skies and mild temperatures with some wind and dust. Tonight lows in the 40s, highs tomorrow from the 60s north to the 70s south. Ottawa had 55 yesterday. today will be warmer. The business district shows bare heads and sleeves at noon. Franklin County farmers begin sowing 1955 oat crops as Willard Shoemaker and others work fields. Ground conditions described as just right for seeding. For Sale old newspapers 10c per bundle.
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Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Franklin County
Willard Shoemaker
Truman Milton
Russell Wray
Harold Johnson
New Car Business Boom In Ottawa
Ottawa reports a surge in new vehicle registrations with a list of 33 owners and models. The entries include Kennth F Boone and Norma H Boone Studebaker sedan in Wellsville, John H Kramer Ottawa Ford sedan, Howard Kunard Ottawa Pontiac Tudor, and many others across Ottawa and nearby towns.
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Kenneth F
Norma H. Boone
Wellsville
Studebaker
John H. Kramer
Ottawa
Ford
Howard E
Ruth Kunard
C. W. Hegberg
Harold E. Staadt
Plymouth
Loyd
Marie Murray
Chevrolet Bel Air
Ruth M. Folck
Buick Tudor
Gene
Mary Ellen Powell
Armory
T. V. Stars
Ed Hosler
Harry W. Or
Cornelia Gilliland
Hewitt M. Johnson
George M. Stewart
L. M. Or
Opal G. Oliver
Larry D. Wassmer
H. R. Williams
Marvin M
Frances M. Baldwin
George E. Thorpe, Jr
Eugene Or
Roland Bromert
Joe W. Selby
A. G. Atchison
Princeton
Lawrence W
Marjorie M. Mages
Cecil C. Puckett
Roland V. Or
Melba R. Larson
Raymond L. Or
Marjory
Jean Langley
A. H. Wittmeyer
Chevrolet
Weather forecast and past conditions summary
Fair windy and mild through Wednesday with occasional gusts. Low tonight 30 to 40 northwest to southeast. high Wednesday 60 to 70. Yesterday’s high 15, low today 33 to 35. Hourly temps listed. record highs and lows for date noted. Sky clear with southwest breeze. river at .89 feet.
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S. W. Light
Future Homemakers To State Meeting In Topeka
Members of the Williamsburg chapter of the Future Homemakers of America will attend the state meeting in Topeka on March 12. Seventeen members travel with two chapter mothers and adviser Miss Glenna West. Three Williamsburg girls Krista Belle Weigand Lois Schweitzer and Lila Bond join the all state chorus. Featured speaker is H Roe Bartle of Kansas City with Gov Fred Hall also attending. A highlight of the afternoon session will be a visit to the governor's mansion.
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Williamsburg
Future Homemakers of America
Topeka
Victor Weigand
Harold Bethell
Glenna West
Krista Belle Weigand
Lois Schweitzer
Lila Bond
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Fred Hall
Governor's Mansion
Mexican sportsman Jorge Pasquel dies in crash raid era
Jorge Pasquel, noted Mexican sportsman who spearheaded a notable 1946 raid on American baseball talent, was killed in a plane crash in San Luis Potosi last night. Five others aboard also perished in the crash.
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Mexico’ City
Jorge Pasquel
San Luis Potosi
Senator predicts Senate will reject tax cut proposal
Senator Knowland of California forecast at the White House that the Senate will reject by a substantial margin any proposal to cut income taxes by 20 dollars per person.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
White House
Senate
County Court A Busy Place
County court activity centers on judge Milo Harris as local case filings proceed. Roy Johnson of Ottawa is guilty of drunkenness with a 20 day jail sentence. Leslie R. Brown of Edgerton receives 30 days for hotel fraud after allegedly skipping a bill and long distance charges. Albert Fowler of Hutchinson pays a 10 dollar fine for following too closely. Milton Thomas, Gene Easley, and R A DeVries of Wichita are fined 5 dollars plus costs each for improper vehicle registration.
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Milo Harris
Roy Johnson
Ottawa
Jay Brown
Johnson
Leslie R. Brown
Edgerton
Brown
Lee Stallings
Johnson County
Albert Fowler
Hutchinson
Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Milton Thomas
Gene Easley
R. A. DeVries
Wichita
Contests Announced For Franklin County Dairy Day
County Agent Don Brown unveiled two Dairy Day contests for April 11. A children under 15 prize bundle offers 25 dollars for most milk cartons or caps, 15 for second, 10 for third, with sales slips or home milk receipts required. A women’s butter contest awards 10 pounds for first, seven for second, five for third, with dated store sales slips and butter cartons. Contests run from dawn until 9 a.m. Friday morning. Prize money is provided by sponsors. Morning open houses at Bennetts and cooperating dairies precede a Memorial Auditorium program featuring American Dairy Association and Dairy Council of Kansas City representatives and Kansas State College Extension staff.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Dairy Day
Bennett's
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Ottawa High Swing Kings
Ottawa High
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Barret
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George K. Baum & Co
Worcester
Mass
Dot Taylor
K. U
Sheldons Buy
Paola Concern
Baldwins Bay Implement Agency
Lamb Ambulance
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