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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1956
Page
13
A song and prayer service was held Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blunk by friends and neighbors. Mrs. Blunk is recovering from a rest cure for a heart ailment.
The report details numerous visitors and social visits across Lawrence Ottawa and Topeka including Mundell Powell Sluder Evans and Dean families. It notes a church service election of officers a quilting session and ongoing home improvements and visits among local residents.
Do You Know six U S Presidents served as National Guardsmen. The note adds statistics on home ownership among seniors, wheat consumption, early rail passenger transport, insect-borne disease impact on insects, and municipal water sourcing from wells and springs.
County Agent Don Brown discusses agri business defining farming as a full scale enterprise. He notes typical land requirements of 160 to 200 acres for a volume operation, varying land value, and livestock investment. Labor costs and machinery balance, plus skilled management and a wide technical skill set, shape modern farming and community improvement efforts supported by Kansas State University Extension in Franklin County. The column ends with a WWII era remark on eraser tipped pencils becoming popular abroad.
The Herald reports new subscriptions and renewals across multiple towns. Names include Ottawa George Stewart Edgar Baker Claude Sink J F Weaver John Standt dr J J Turner Thomas O Dea Fred McFarland Donald Wood Don Jansen Williams burg Mike Collins Richmond Frank Roatech Mrs James Mor ford Emery Burgoon Ran loul Tom Gregg Lawrence Encihen A O Kennedy Wellsville John Leecy I W Kunard Al Rodgers Wilbur Hutchinson J Cree McDaniels Ernest Taylor Lane Carl Jones Edith Crites Richard Ware W J Robinson James Needham Princeton Lloyd Means Evan Lloyd Leroy Pearson C W Martin Robert Foltz BE W Warner Pomona J W Bennett R A McEathron C D Wray D M Barnhart R H W Lopez C J Lewis Waverly Andrew Gill land Perry Chamberlin Bald win Orvil Pohl Melvern John W Kendall Charley Lane Overbrook John Snyder Paola Mrs Effie Bone Garnett Mrs Lola Boyles.
Estimates indicate about 80 percent of the United States rural nonirrigation water comes from wells. This figure underscores the reliance on groundwater in agriculture and rural communities.
Leo Santee Unit 179 American Legion Auxiliary hosted a birthday party for post members on Monday night. Mrs. J L Heth presided with over seas cap place cards and blue and gold decor. Commander Otis Brock served cake baked by several members. about 50 attended.
Wednesday night events include O'Neill joining the State Board of Agriculture. Mrs A F LeChien learned Monday of the death of her sister in law Mrs J T Morrison. She had been in a Hays hospital for 11 months. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon May 8.
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