Ottawa area briefs highlight church event sales and deaths
New Hope Baptist Church east of Ottawa will entertain foreign students from Ottawa University with a pot luck supper at 7 Sunday. Minnie M. Duffett estate to sell property and household goods on May 8 at 747 N. Sycamore starting 1 p.m. Otto residents attend funerals, scholarships awarded, and local students win music and journalism honors.
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New Hope Baptist Church
Ottawa
Logan
Eddie Morgan
Carl Root
Jos
Wiederholt
Ottawa University
Minnie M. Duffett
N. Sycamore
Deaths of Maude Rice and Joel Lockwood in Illinois and Maryland
Maude E. Rice 50 of Washington D C formerly Ottawa and Homewood died today in a Hagerstown Maryland hospital from injuries in a car crash. She had been in civil service with the U S government and lived in Washington most of the last 21 years. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Joel H. Lockwood 79 retired farmer of 803 S Sycamore died yesterday in a Baldwin nursing home after seven years of poor health. He was born in Illinois and moved near Rantoul in youth. Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery with services Friday.
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Maude E. Rice
Washington, D. C
Ottawa
Homewood
Hagerstown
U.S. Government Personnel Department
Miss Rice
Lewis C
Bessie Hawkins Rice
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Ft. Belvoir
Japan
Okinawa
Fresno
Calif
William H. Rice
RFD 2
Walter K. Rice
la Mesa
A. F. Lakin
Highland Cemetery
H. Lockwood
Joel H. Lockwood
S. Sycamore
Baldwin
Sangamone
Ill
Rantoul
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Traffic Toll In Topeka Traffic Deaths Reported
State Accident Records Section lists 24 hour toll in Topeka for 1957 at 165 fatalities to date, compared with 192 for the same period in 1956. Transport safety figures show ongoing fatality trend differences between years.
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Topeka
U—Kansas
Wheat Commission Seeks Funds to Start Operations
TOPEKA The Kansas Wheat Commission may borrow funds to operate its first month as the law takes effect June 1. A $20,000 appropriation becomes available July 1 and will be repaid by a two mill per bushel tax on wheat. Commission chairman Patterson says members may contribute or borrow the needed funds. Hutchinson was chosen for the office site as the group focuses on securing an administrator and distributing tax collection forms.
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Topeka
Kansas Wheat Commission
Commission
BR TL
Patterson
Oxford
Hutchinson
Ladies' Golf Luncheon At Country Club Held
Thirty women attended yesterday's Ladies' Golf Luncheon at the Country Club. Hosts were Mrs. Bob Hill and Mrs. Bill Wallace. A golf ball prize was awarded to Mrs. Dick Peters for varied reasons. Next week's event will be run by Mrs. Paul Gaynor and Mrs. Loren Latimer with reservations and program duties.
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Bob Hill
Bill Wallace
Dick Peters
Paul Gaynor
Loren la
Hospital Notes Admits and Births in Local Care
Admitted patients include Mrs Phoebe Martin 122 W 10th Mrs James Lemon 821 Noah Mrs E E Humberd Pomona Mary Collins 215 W 5th Debbie Casteel 300 Ash and births recorded for Mr and Mrs Ronald Haug 716 S Mulberry a son weighing 8 lb 5 oz Dismissals include Mrs Marlin Mooney Quenemo Mrs Rex Weigand and baby son RFD 3 Mrs Lloyd Neal Williamsburg L Hayes Johnson Richmond Linda Chism 601 N Cherry today
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Phoebe Martin
James Lemon
Noah
E. E. Humberd
Pomona
Mary Collins
Debbie Casteel
Ronald Haug
S. Mulberry
Marlin Mooney
Quenemo
Rex Weigand
Lloyd Neal
Williamsburg
L. Hayes Johnson
Richmond
Linda Chism
N. Cherry
Engdahl Funeral Services Held in Casper Wyoming
Will Engdahl funeral services were conducted in Casper Wyoming on April 24. He was married to Ruth Dumont formerly of Homewood and Ottawa, according to the notice.
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Will Engdahl
Casper
Wyo
Ruth Dumont
Homewood
Ottawa
Library survey plans made in Kansas
Plans forward for a library survey across Ot-Rye with a cross section age group five and older. A committee of the Kansas Library Association directs the project to study how a library can become more useful to the community. The text also lists various agricultural commodities and prices such as milo and eggs, indicating a mixed page of local notices.
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Mittee
Kansas Library Association Foldats
Ottawa seniors survey seeks volunteers to assist study
An Ottawa effort led by Dr. Donald F. Showalter and Miss Nell Barnaby at Carnegie Library plans a Monday 7 30 p m meeting to recruit volunteers for a senior welfare survey. About 1400 residents are 65 or older with roughly one seventh expected to be contacted. Dean Lingle of Topeka serves as project director assisting with data collection.
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Nell Barnaby
Ottawa
Carnegie Library
Barnaby
Dean Lingle
Topeka
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Jay Ellis
K. Dalbom
Newton
Fall River Reservoir
Dalbom
Raymond Harbison
Kit
Dal
Harbison
Kelley Lloyd
Calhom
Viola
Wichita
Vellene Beauty Shop
T.F
Marilyn To Irwin
Baker University
Baker
B. B. Nicholas
Walnut
Harry Rydbeck
St. Louis
Rydbeck
William Beal
Lane High School
Emporia
Duane Bechtle
Roy E. Jones
Holdrege, Neb
Gayle Twyman
Mr. Twyman
Wilky's
US 59
William—Allen-White
B. W. Bath
Towner’s Funeral Chapel
Kansas Funeral Directors Association
Rachel Corbett
Jay J. Scott
Elwida Thayer
Emory Morgan
Jay Brown
Thayer
Greeley High School
Edwin A. Lyons
Neodesha High School
James Morgan Jr
Greeley
Doris Martz
Nancy Bodenhamer
Joe Donahue
Robert Gilner
Mar Zie Guilfoyle
Lois Kratz
Jeannette Landwehr
Larry Lickteig
Victor Lickteig
James Miller
Elmer G. Carroll
Jessie C. Rhoads
Ernest G. Carroll
Ottawa High School Art Club
Kansas City
National Museum of Art
Swope Park
L. Bergman
L. A. Corlis
William J. Scarborough
Rotary Club
Lyle ‘Hanes
Hanes Greenhouse
B. F. Gessner
Ray Miles
Garnett
Willard Lister
al Gantz
The
Soil Conservation Service
Harry Smith
Garfield
First Christian Church
Chuck Langdon
Wheat Commission
Ansco
John G. Kaiser Drug Store
Rexall Store
Pho
Masonic
Richardson
Jacqueline
Heel Hugger
Children’s Spring Shoes
Buster Brown
Robin Hood
Connie
D. Richardson
Plymouth
BOB White Motor Company
McVe - Dengel
Louis H. Dengel
G&loan
Franklin County Institution
ASL
CaeWatl
Pest Schendel Pest
Ottawa Lumber Co
S. Main Ph
Pomona Lumber Co., Pomona
Wool and Dacron
Grover Knight
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