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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1955

Page

2

Zig Zag Club Meets in Ottawa For Craft Demonstration

The Zig Zag Club gathered with Mrs. C E Cook in Ottawa for a display of spark and swirl stitches by Miss Norma Keith. Plans included a Kansas City field trip for ideas and a May 9 meeting at Mrs. Otto Zebert’s Paola home. Attendees included Mmes Zebert Cuthbertson Case Sybrant Juffmire Wittman Poss Garner Lacey Scheckel Velthoen Setter Renzenberger Kimball Smedaker Pelkey Conner Butler and Shade plus others from Pomona Greeley and Garnett. Beta Sigma Phi Omicron Exemplar hosted by Mrs T E Trigg with program on fighting in the home. Bare Omicron discussed gardens and landscapes with Mrs Gardner Campbell and Mrs John Lamb. Beta Omega met in Williamsburg with Mrs Walter Moore and social games. Boyd Ladies Aid hosted by Mrs Edith Thompson with layette shower for Mrs Jimmy Parks. Roundabout Club hosted by Mrs W A Penny with readings from Thackeray and Vanity Fair. Job’s Daughters initiated four new members Barbara Mewhinney Judy Peters Barbara Dahlstrom Patricia Wilson and planned district events for March 26 Ottawa.

C. E. Cook Ottawa Norma Keith Kansas City Otto Zebert Paola Zebert G. E. Cuthbertson Frank Case W. L. Sybrant Jewell Juffmire Pomona Leo Wittman Greeley Earl Poss Roy Garner O. W. Lacey Lavern Scheckel Vernon Velthoen John Setter Garnett Francis Renzenberger Lane Joss Kimball William Kimball the Mines W. G. Smedaker Paul Pelkey Earl Conner Walter Butler Don Shade Gardner Campbell John Lamb Mmes A. H. North George Antone Dean Harsh Bill Baldwin Edwin Sheldon E. I. Miller Ponca City Okla Lawrence Ott Harold Smith R. J. Barnes Gay Harris Robert Melroy J. T. Spright Harvey Stephens David Woods Robert Engles Joel Nordeen Charles Crusey Don Madison Beta Omega Williamsburg Walter Moore Robert Baer Robert Anrig Robert Lantis Robert Moore Byron Faden Charles ‘Queen Lloyd Prentice Charles W. Williamson Carlos Pence Jackers Paul Andree Don Sellers Job Masonic Temple Barbara Mewhinney Judy Peters Barbara Dahlstrom Patricia Wilson Carolyn Kelley Carol Day Grand Guardian

Elizabeth Blanch Dobler Born In Camp Verde Arizona

A daughter named Elizabeth Blanch was born March 8 to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dobler of Camp Verde Arizona. The baby weighed six pounds 15 ounces. Mrs Dobler is the former Bessie Grace Neilson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Neilson of near Williamsburg. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Joe Dobler of Chino Valley Arizona.

Hollywood Finds Top Movie-Goer

Hollywood discovers George Raborn, a Texan sports writer from Waco News-Tribune, as the world’s top movie fan. Since 1932 he has seen 5,508 films, across 38 states and five foreign countries, with a peak 402 in one year and a 177 count in one month.

Hollywood 4 Hollywood Today George Raborn Waco News-Tribune Radio City Music Hall Raborn

Congress Faces Half-Billion Dollar Bill for Unneeded Gifts

Congress moves an $855,212,429 supplemental appropriation for the remaining 32 months of the fiscal year. The measure would fund pay to lawmakers and benefits to veterans and the needy, boosting funds for various federal agencies.

Washington Congress House Appropriations Committee

Six Die In Hotel Fire in Laramie Wyoming

Six men killed in a early morning fire at the Johnson Hotel in Laramie. Fire Chief Blake Fanning said the blaze spread from the rear lobby near the stairs and guests escaped from windows and fire escapes. Five identified victims were Harold C. Dahl, Ed Smith, Eric Irene, Henrich Lund, and Walter Finnel. another victim remained unidentified. Outcome notes include multiple hospitalizations and one critical case. Alfred Warner aided by escaping onto a hotel sign.

Laramie Wyo Blake Fanning Johnson Hotel Harold C. Dahl la Porte Colp Bots) Smith Eric Irene Henrich Burglund Walter Finnel Cheyenne Fanning Warner

Heavy Rains in Bourbon County Cause Flooding

Heavy rains in the north part of Bourbon County last night pushed the Little Osage River out of its banks and flooded highways K31 west of Mapleton K81 west of Fulton and K65 north of Xenia. Fort Scott, south of the affected area, recorded .87 inch of rainfall alongside hail.

Fort Scott Kas Bourbon County Osage Mapleton Fulton Xenia

Largest atomic blast called off in Las Vegas tests

In Las Vegas a planned atomic test, possibly the largest of the current series, was cancelled shortly before the 5:15 am schedule due to unfavorable weather. The Atomic Energy Commission gave no new date for the test. A brief historical note mentions gas in salt mines used by ancient Chinese for illumination.

Las Vegas Atomic Energy Commission AEC

Tornado Strikes Cameron Missouri Injuring Woman

A tornado damaged eight farmsteads and injured a 31 year old woman in a house trailer southwest of Cameron Missouri. The tornado cut a four mile path a quarter mile wide from thunderstorms that also brought heavy rain and hail across Kansas and Missouri with 1.05 inches of rain measured near Atchison in 200 minutes.

Cameron Here Kansas Missouri Glenn Jones Atchison, Kas

Missing Plane Found Crashed Near Garden City

A light plane missing since Sunday was found this morning about three miles southeast of Garden City. The body of Harold Resh, 40, of 1 Red Oak Town, was found in the wreckage. Resh had been working on a nearby farm.

Garden City Kas Here Harold Resh Red Oak Town Resh

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