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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1958
Page
3
Mae Laverton Ross, 74, in Oklahoma City, resists mandatory $1.50 monthly garbage service. Police knock, wait, and issue ultimatum to subscribe or face jail. Ross remains unpersuaded, keeping to her compost heap and noting she has lived 43 years without service.
Mrs. George Slankard entertained the Busy Bee club at her home on Thursday with Mrs. Earl Wall presiding over the business session. New members included the Lyons Morgan Slankard and Cathy, with about thirty attendees. The next gathering will be at Central School with Mrs. Jim Cook as hostess.
Walter Caruthers of Kingsley visits relatives in the area and attends a Bethel church shower for Mrs. Richard Moses. Carl Eichenberger and Eddie Garber join L W Maag family for Sunday dinner in Topeka. Kathryn Elaine Steele born March 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steele. Hutchinson Ledbetters stay with the Riches Thursday. Appanoose Baptist church votes to proceed with its building project.
Detroit publisher Samuel Schiff of Industrial Machinery News plans to inject cash into the economy by giving each of his 14 employees a five cent bill to spend on anything beyond ordinary expenses. He aims to continue the practice for at least three weeks, hoping to spur broader circulation of money.
Donald Coughlin returns from Omaha district funeral directors meeting. Lawrence Harris’s Main Street home lot sold to James McAvoy. Wellsville gains federal sewage funds for plant. disposal system active with minor valve work. Local Girl Scouts clean up trash cans and promote store window posters. Hutchinson restaurant sold to Norma Pain. Bill Advance attends Western Retail board meeting in Kansas City. Families visit Paola Gardner Topeka Chicago and California locales in varied trips and gatherings.
The Post Office Department maintains its final dog sled mail route on remote St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. Postmaster General Summerfield calls the operation a symbol of the mailman's spirit of dedication amid harsh conditions. Chester Noonwook, 22, of Savoonga, an Eskimo village, is noted in the report.
An unnamed resident operates as a contract carrier between his home village and Gambell, 60 miles away, making a 100 mile round trip about twice weekly since 1956. He serves as the sole transport link, providing essential mobility for residents and goods between the communities.
State Highway Engineer Walter Johnson warns Kansas must cut back state road work by about five million dollars next fiscal year due to no extra funds from the Legislature. A larger shortfall could occur if Congress adds money to the interstate program. He notes potential reductions in non federal aid projects and urges consideration of a one cent gasoline tax increase.
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