Local notices mix with military service and events
Abstract attendees from Haley Abstract Company join the American Land Title Association meeting in Kansas City. Community events include a big Sunday Coffee Shop gathering, a pancake supper for a scholarship fund, and an Easter dinner at the Country Club. Oak Street resident John L Rowland arraigned for vagrancy with trial set. ship crews from US Navy and Marines noted, plus a dance event by the Rhythm Ramblers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Be, E, Haley
Haley Abstract Company
Ameri ‘can‘Land Title Association
Hilton Motor Inn
Kansas City
KC Markets Kansas City Cattle and Hogs Report
KC Markets Kansas City AP cattle and hogs report shows slaughter steers and heifers steady to higher, cows steady to lower, calves steady, feeders weak. Sheep lambs uneven with weights over 105 pounds down, spring lambs and shorn lambs mixed, hogs mostly lower across barrows gilts and sows compared with last week.
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Kansas City
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Highlight Local Names
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Earl Allan Williams and Mrs Walter Ottaway at addresses in Hickory and Williamsburg. Births announce Mr and Mrs Terry Crump from Gerdner welcoming a son Friday with weight details. The Herald offers a $5 prize for the best reader tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Allan
Williams
Hire
Walter Ottaway
Hickory
Richard William Williams II
Maple
Harry W. Reiner
Williamsburg
Terry Crump
Gerdner
Friday
Alaska profile highlights state facts and history
The Associated Press summarizes Alaska focusing on Anchorage as the state's largest city with 48,000 residents and location on Cook Inlet. It notes Juneau as capital, Fairbanks proximity, Elmendorf Air Force Base, chief industries fisheries minerals timber and furs, Mt McKinley as North America's highest peak, Arctic Circle coverage, 1912 organized territory status, statehood in 1959, and the 1867 purchase from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Alaska
Cook’s Inlet
Juneau
Fairbanks
Elmendorf
North America
Mt. McKinley
Arctic Circle
United States
Russia
Home Show Plans Set at Ottawa Association Event
Booth spaces go on sale for the third Home Show set for May 15 17 at the Armory. Harold Gahagan heads the booth committee with Gail Nitcher Gary Gorton and Harold Shomber acting as exhibitors from last year. More than 4000 people attended last year. Displays will be by builders merchants suppliers and related fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Home Builders Association
Armory
Harold Gahagan
Gail Nitcher
Gary Gorton
Harold Shomber
Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Waves Hit World
A capsule summary of the Alaskan earthquake and global tidal waves reports Anchorage devastated with potential hundreds of deaths. Kodiak, Valdez, Seward, Juneau, Crescent City, Depoe Bay and other areas suffer tidal surges, damage, and missing persons. Gov. Egan seeks disaster declaration. Pentagon reports ongoing tremors.
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Alaska
Anchorage
Kodiak
Valdez
Seward
Juneau
Egan
Johnson
Ottawa High Students Win Two Firsts At KU Speech Contest
Ottawa High School students Sally Corlis and Linda Showalter won first division awards at the District Speech Contest at the University of Kansas and qualified for the State Speech Festival in Manhattan. Turner High School entries included a modern dance and skits during an exchange assembly, while juniors sold sweatshirts to raise funds for the May prom. Ottawa University hosts a high school art exhibit March 26 to April 10 featuring about 40 students work at Mammel Art Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHS
University of Kansas
Ottawa University
Sally Corlis
Linda Showalter
Manhattan
Renetta Engles
Beth Butler
Turner High School
Turner
Dra
Conrad Downing
Barbara Hughes
Barbara
Marla Babecock
Marla
Downing
Ottawa High
Deaths Mrs Lenna Dennis 93 of Redondo Beach and Laura Hodgson 94
Mrs Lenna Dennis 93 of 314 Emerald St Redondo Beach Calif died Friday at home after long illness Services Monday 3 p m Lamb Funeral Home Rev Charles P Knight officiating Burial Evergreen Mound Cemetery Baxter community Ottawa Survivors include two daughters five sons sister 21 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren Mrs Laura E Hodgson 94 formerly Mission Hills died Friday night in Cedar House nursing home She lived in Kansas City area most of life Funeral Monday 10 30 a m Rev Charles P Knight officiating Burial Highland Cemetery Surviving three daughters eight grandchildren 11 great grandchildren three great great grandchildren
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Lenna Dennis
Emerald St
Redondo Beach
Calif
Ottawa
Lamb Funeral Home
Charles P. Knight
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
Baxter Community
Mgs
Dennis
Was
John A. Dennis
Maude Adams
Olga
Wash
Mamie Barnes
Albany
Jesse A
Austin
Tex
Arthur
Pomona
Archie
Milwaukee
Wis
Clark
Oakland
Wilda Wariner
Kansas City
Laura E. Hodgson
Mission Hills
Cedar House Nursing Home
Highland Cemetery
Louisville
Arthur Hodgson
St. John’s Methodist Church
Lenna (Beal) Dennis
California
Pacific Rim Felt After Alaska Quake Sees Wide Damage
A massive Alaska earthquake sent shock waves across the Pacific, flooding Hawaii and damaging California Oregon and Washington. In Crescent City California five drowned and downtown was ravaged. A Tacoma family narrowly escaped as a wave submerged Beverly Beach. Port Alberni Vancouver Island reported 40 miles of surge and hotel damage. Hawaii islands saw tidal waves and Maui reported minor flooding. Seven injuries at least were reported and several vessels were affected.
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Washington
Pentagon
Big Air Force Army Base
Anchorage
Langley Air Force Base
Usaf Tactical Air Command
Alaska
Crescent City
Calif
Tokyo
Japan
Hokkaido
Honshu
Depoe Bay
Ore
Tacoma
Wash
Honolulu
Hawaii
Port Alberni
Vancouver Island
Alberni Canal
Los Angeles
Santa Catalina Island
Pacific
Canada
California
Deppe Bay
Beverly Beach State Park
del Norte County Sheriffs
Texaco Co
Union 176
Maui
Civil Defense
Islands
Quake Strikes Across Coast and Alaska In Turbulent Aftermath
Reports from the 1964 quake describe coastwise tidal waves and aftershocks causing widespread damage. Drowning and missing persons rose as waves overran Oregon and Washington shores, floodwaters surged in Port Alberni, and Kodiak Island villages were reported wiped out. Anchorage faced freezing temperatures, lost jet fuel, and collapsed infrastructure while officials held emergency meetings and dispatches noted uncertain death tolls.
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Hawaiian Islands
Houston
Tex
Vancouver Inlet
Port Alberni
B.C
Keni
Seattle
Associated Press
Coast Guard
Juneau
Seward
Tueguyak
Kodiak Island
Adak
Aleutian
Anchorage
Valdez
Prince William Sound
International
Wiew Alaska
Fairbanks
Merrill Field
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Egan
Capitol City
Bennett seeks clemency after 1960 burglary sentence
William Edward Bennett filed for executive clemency on April 30 1964 after a February 29 1960 burglary conviction in Anderson County Kansas. The petition, KSP No 14706, lists his crime as second degree burglary and consecutive terms seeking governor review in Topeka Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edward Bennett
Lore
Anderson County
Kansas
Topeka
KSP
Gilmore Mason
Franklin County
Beasley and McCarthy Funerals Held in Garnett and Calvary
Funeral services for Mrs Alta McKay Beasley 86 of the Iantha area near Richmond were at Farris Memorial Chapel Garnett with Rev Ronald Burt officiating and burial in Glenloch Cemetery Pallbearers included Zean Ratliff Dale Lybarger Bill Valentine Ray Duke and the Lankard brothers William J McCarthy died March 25 and services were held March 27 at Lamb Funeral Home with Father Robert A Burger officiating American Legion pallbearers Howard Doyen William Adams Gene Mavity H D McGrath Bernard Didde and Chester Medaris attended. John Stark bugler played taps at Mt Calvary Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta M. Beasley
Alta McKay Beasley
Iantha
Richmond
Farris Memorial Chapel
Garnett
Ronald Burt
W. H. Craig
Thomas Talbot
Zean Ratliff
Dale Lybarger
Bill Valentine
Ray Duke
Edwin
Keith Lankard
Glenloch Cemetery
William J. McCarthy
Lamb Funeral
Robert A. Burger
American Legion
Howard Doyen
William Adams
Gene Mavity
H. D. McGrath
Bernard Didde
Chester Medaris
John Stark
Mt., Calvary Cemetery
Man Charged In Friday Wreck
Edwin H. Payn of 814 Willow was charged with failure to yield after a Friday afternoon collision at 2nd and Walnut. His 1955 Hudson traveling east on 2nd stopped then pulled into traffic, hitting a 1964 Ford pickup owned by the city and driven by Arthur Hogelin. Hudson damage pegged at 35 dollars and the city truck at 133.94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Payn
Willow
2Nd
Walnut
Payn
Arthur Hogelin
Laura Hodgson obituary and probate notice
Laura Hodgson 94 passed away last evening funeral at Lamb Funeral Home Monday 10:30 officiating burial Highland Cemetery. Also appears a forged crime judgment for Admiral Gilmore Mason and probate notice of the estate of Charles F. McGinty with creditors to file claims within nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Kansas
Charles F. McGinty
Multiple Farm and Auction Sales Planned in Franklin County Area
Franklin County sale company and numerous auctions listed for late March and early April across Ottawa Pomona and nearby towns. Dates include March 30 to April 4 with dairy livestock farm machinery household items and mobile homes advertised. Vendors include Leo and Louis Peine Ralph Garrett Karl Neider Karl Renos Printy sons and others.
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Leo and
Louis Peine
Franklin County
Ottawa
Ralph Garrett
Karl Neider
Lone Star
Kas
Karl Renos
Rusty’s Market
Lawrence
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Gilbert C. Hammons
Trenton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Msburg
Msburg Lions Benefit Scholarship Fund
Terry Thornbrugh
Mian
USN
John N. Thornbrugh
Shipfitter
W.R. Thornbrugh
Midway
Yokosuka
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Bills
Wayne A. Hoopes
Ruth B. Hoopes
RFC 1
Bon Homme Richard
Country Club
Adv
James M. Roth
Elmer A. Roth
South Oak
First Marine Division
11Th Regiment
Camp Pendleton
Gambles
John Louis Rowland
S.oak
Eagles
Ramblers
Hospital
Fhe Herald
Military Command
Grays Harbor
Copalis River
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Davis
Turner Brass Band
Ottawa High School
Teresa Morrisey
Mammel Art Center
Tom Jordan
Linda Smith
Mrs
San Francisco
Ocean Beach
Washington Coast
Oregon
Ottawa Herald
Henry W. Collins
Winton A. Winter
Executor
Said
Lloyd Albert Schweitzer
Alma Schweitzer
Alma ‘Schweitzer
Executrix
Tancred Commandery No
K.T
Carlos J. Pence
Totasco
Oklahoma and Tire Supply Co
Legals
Hodgson
Laura Ellen Hodgson
Ernor
Topeka, Kansas
Admiral Gilmore Mason
Lamb
State of Kansas
Said County
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
RFD
Franklin County Sale Company
North
Nate and
Leona Gibbons
Household Furniture & Misc
Bank
Printy
Ben Printy
Main
Lincoln School
Printy’s
Todd Mobil Homes
Jack Nelson
Overbrook
Allen County Livestock Auction
Gas City
Council Grove
Harold Stewart
Dunlap
Robinson Armore
Ozark
Woodsum Nursery
Mescina
Cedar
General Services
Gene Powell
Lee Carter
Standard Rendering Co
Ottawa Herald General Services Section
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