Ottawa area briefs from The Herald May events
Advertising executive Don Shipman visits Chicago with a Standard Oil party and will return Friday. Walter Schwarz reports 5 inches of rain in April in Worden, above the 3.46 inch normal. Prof Glen Dick and Ottawa University surveying students tour Kansas City instrument firms. Rev Wayne Caldwell leads revival May 1–12 at Immanuel Wesleyan. A Cappella and choral choir from Omaha Baptist Bible Institute perform May 3 at Calvary Baptist. Mrs Fred Kaiser elected to Emporia State Alumni Board for 3 years starting June 1. Pvt Arlie D. McMahan completes medical technicians course at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. Ottawa High School to enroll sixth graders for next year in junior high. Kiwanis program featured Ottawa High students music: Bancroft, Brink, Jamison, Coltrane. Franklin County Dairy Day planning meets May 7. Dairy Day June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Caldwell
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Immanuel Wesleyan Methodist Church
Kansas City
Kas
W. A. Mennecke
Church of the Nazarene
Omaha Baptist Bible Institute
Calvary Baptist Church
Fred Kaiser
Emporia State Teachers College Alumni Association
Army
Arlie D. McMahan
Virgle T. McMahan
Paola
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Denver
McMahan
Fort Hood
Tex
Ottawa University
Rummage sales and community notices in Ottawa region
The page lists local events and civil notices including a rummage sale at Memorial Auditorium on May 4 hosted by Faith Lutheran Guild, and another at 122 South Main. Merle J. McLain of Topeka, formerly Ottawa, promoted to secretary at Shawnee Federal Savings and Loan Association. Also reports on Well-Child Clinic May 15 in Fairmount and a safety program by Ottawa Lions Club. Government law enforcement briefings in Chanut e with FBI instructors, and marriage licenses for Frank Mersmann and Lowell Gish, and Margie Nichols, both in Ottawa and Welda respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle J. McLain
Topeka
Ottawa
Shawnee Federal Savings and Loan Association
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Merle A. McLain
Homewood
Franklin County Agent to Attend Livestock Feeders Day
Don Brown Franklin County agricultural agent will travel to Manhattan Saturday for the 44th annual Livestock Feeders Day. He has reached out to numerous Franklin County farmers who may also attend the event. Dave Cox son of Mr and Mrs Guy Cox a sophomore at Kansas State College Manhattan has been initiated into Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Brown
Franklin County
Manhattan
Dave Cox
Guy Cox
Kansas State College
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
Visit to standardize Kay and Kayette programs
Miss Wanda M. Vinson of the State High School Activities Association will meet with junior and senior high Kayettes during activity period tomorrow and with the officers afterward to help standardize the state Kay and Kayette program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda M. Vinson
State High School Activities Association
Special meeting of Franklin County curriculum committee
The Franklin County School Curriculum Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the County Courthouse to plan an improved rural and graded school curriculum for the coming year using the new state curriculum guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Educator Conference Hosts State Supervisor in Lawrence
Jay J. Scott county superintendent of public instruction will attend an educators conference on superior children in Lawrence tomorrow. The event will be held at the University of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay J. Scott
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Obituary notices for Ollie J. Plake Howard F Baker Lela Bess Hay Lloyd Dunn
Funeral services were held for Ollie J. Plake who died April 19 in Alva Oklahoma with Rev Bennie R Harris officiating. Pallbearers included Harry Bittenbender Clarence Stankard and others. Burial at Highland Cemetery. Funeral for Howard F Baker who died April 24 held April 26 with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona. Mrs Lela Bess Hay died April 25 with service April 28. burial Wellsville Cemetery. Lloyd Dunn of Le Loup, died recently in Bay City Michigan. services set at Lamb Funeral Home Baldwin Saturday at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie J. Plake
Alva
Okla
McVey
Dengel Mortuary
Bennie R. Harris
Harry Bittenbender
Clarence Stankard
Johnnie Higgins
J. P. Spooner
W. M. Lantis
Phill Geiss
RL Stevens
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
A. F
A. M. L. Sellers
Highland Cemetery
Howard F. Bake
Howard F. Baker
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Charles P. Knight
G. W. Watkins
Wallace
Harvey Crow
Robert Cole
C. D. Hood
C. J. Farris
Howie Helgeson
R. L. Stevens
Woodlawn Cemetery
Pomona
Lela Bess
Lela Bess Hay
William Luce
Noriman Anderson
George Garnier
Norman
Kenneth
Max
Lee Likes
Albert J. Williams
Wellsville Cemetery
Lloyd Dunn
le Loup
Bay City
Mich
the Lamb Funeral Home
Baldwin
Deaths Mrs Jeanette Pierson 93 Topeka widow of Peter Pierson
Mrs Jeanette Pierson 93 of Topeka widow of Rock Island railroad conductor Peter W Pierson died Tuesday at her home. Surviving include two daughters Mrs Alta Adams and Mrs Laura Covert six sons George Johnson Orbie Pierson Orlie Pierson H W Pierson Lawrence Pierson and John B Pierson one step son J E Pierson fourteen grandchildren several great grandchildren seven great great grandchildren a brother Warren J Norris and a Topeka First Methodist Church member. Funeral services at Wall Diffenderfer Chapel Friday at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Pierson
John B. Pierson
Ottawa
Topeka
Peter W. Pierson
Rock Island Railroad
Salina
H. W. Pierson
Lawrence Pierson
Wichita
Maple
J. E. Pierson
St. Joseph
Warren J. Norris
Tulsa
Wall
Diffenderfer
U S Promises To Carry Out Defense Plans
U S assurances to NATO ministers in Bonn confirm full execution of 1957 defense plans as President Eisenhower's decision. Dulles reports Britain will cut forces. U S maintains deterrence with atomic arms and insists on robust verification of Soviet disarmament promises. Adenauer urges strict, permanent armament controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Bonn
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Washington
NATO Council
NATO
Britain
Europe
Bad Godesberg
Foreign Ministry
Russia
West
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
West Germany
Disagree On Air Charges
Two senators rejected President Eisenhower s plan to charge airlines for airway facilities arguing it would raise airline subsidies or ticket prices and simply shift costs to government or passengers. Eisenhower proposed user charges in a budget letter to Speaker Rayburn on April 18 to reduce federal subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Monroney
D-Okla
Schoeppel
R-Kas
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Hospital Notes Admits and Births Reported
Admitted Miss Hattie Clemens at 610 Walnut and Mrs Hal McCoy at 133 S Elm. Rex DeWayne Wilson from Richmond admitted today. Births include Mr and Mrs James Allen RFC 4 a son born Wednesday weighing 7 lb 6 oz and Mr and Mrs Donald Davis Princeton a daughter born Wednesday weighing 5 lb 14 oz. Discharges list Debbie Casteel 300 Ash Bill J Hughes 931 Cypress J M Bailey 1006 W 6th Mrs Hiram Browning 115 N Hickory Mary Collins 215 W 5th William H Lowe 318 W 2nd Mrs Herb Fredricks and baby daughter 517 Birch today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Clemens
Hal McCoy
S. Elm
Rex DeWayne Wilson
Richmond
James Allen
RFC
Donald Davis
Princeton
Debbie Casteel
Bill J. Hughes
Cypress
J. M. Bailey
Hiram Browning
Hickory
Mary Collins
William H. Lowe
Herb Fredricks
Birch
Former McPherson Editor Dies at 86
W. J. Krehbiel, 86, longtime editor and publisher of the McPherson Daily Republican, died last night of a heart attack. Father of current editor K. R. Krehbiel and M. R. Krehbiel, he once ran the Newton Daily Republican and edited the Topeka Daily Capital wire service before founding McPherson Daily Republican in 1899. He stayed active until 1944 when he retired and sold the paper to his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPherson
W. J. Krehbiel
McPherson Daily Republican
K. R. Krehbiel
M. R. Krehbiel
Norton
Topeka Daily Capital
University of Kansas
Newton Daily Republican
John Quin Recalled 50 Years in Ottawa
Ottawa attorney John C. Quin recalls five decades of service and life in Ottawa as he received a Kansas Bar Association certificate for 300 years of practice. His career included district court clerkship, county attorney, and city attorney roles, plus Ottawa University representation in state oratorical contests and vivid memories of Main Street changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quin
Ottawa
John C. Quin
Kansas Bar Association
Wichita
Quin
Ottawa University
K. U
County Bar Association
Franklin County
K.U
B. F. Bowers
Herald
Main
Rohrbaugh
Hickory
Lamb Funeral Home
Wood Auditorium
Forest Park
4Th
Four Mishaps Reported In Ottawa Area Cars
Four automobile accidents occurred in the Ottawa area in the past 24 hours. In the first, Roberta Ann Glanville, 16, backed into Jon Ray Ware, 20, causing $45 total damage. A second collision near a bridge involved Erma Sharpe and Max Floyd, with $230 damage overall. At 8 a.m. a DeSoto crash caused $75 damage to a nearby vehicle. The fourth hit a parked DeSoto and a Chevrolet, totaling $25 damage.
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Ottawa
Dth
Main
Roberta Ann Glanville
RFD 2
Jon Ray Ware
S. Cedar
Glanville
Ware
15Th Street
Erma Marie Sharpe
E. Ltd
Max Wayne Floyd
E. Wilson
Floyd
Sharpe
DeSoto
Atwell L. Johnston
N. Main
Tecumseh
D. A. White
Ward
Correction Of Hazard Sought Near Ottawa
A letter to the State Highway Commission requests a traffic safety check near Ottawa at the hilltop southwest of town by the Granger Truck Stop and the drive in theater entrance. Bob Killough of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce cites a dangerous junction where the truck stop and theater access roads meet. He urges warning lights at the two entrances and at approaches beyond them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Ottawa
Bob Killough
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Granger
iGranger Place
The
Highway Commission
Students to Hear Campaign Speeches at Ottawa Junior High
Ottawa Junior High students will hear campaign speeches for next year’s student council during activity period Tuesday. Candidates include Nelson Showalter Bill Jensen Sandra Mathias Sue McKinley Peggy Nordyke Janet Cox Joyce Thornburg Janice Barnhisel Joyce Cox. The election date will be set later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Junior High School
Nelson Showalter
Bill Jensen
Sandra Mathias
Sue McKinley
Peggy Nordyke
Janet Cox
Joyce Thornburg
Janice Barnhisel
Joyce Cox
Arab Unity Outlook Encouraging Despite Conflicts
U S officials say Saudi Arabia and Jordan may soon join Egypt and Syria in a show of Arab unity, a factor behind Washington not blaming Nasser. They caution real unity among the four is unlikely, but Saudi and Jordanian leaders could align to shield U S interests and avoid undermining policy. The U S argues the Jordan crisis was fueled by international communism with the Soviet Union while projecting Hussein and Saud as protectors of independence.
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Washington
U. S
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Egypt
Syria
United States
Nasser
Saud
Hussein
Shukri al Kuwaily
Suez Canal
West
Soviet Union
Russia
Bulgaria Criticizes Unusual Child Names in Paper
In Vienna the Bulgarian newspaper Vechernii Novini condemns parents for giving children ugly or indecent first names. It cites girls named Gramophone Telephonka Cassyerca and Prostituea as examples, noting a trend toward unusual monikers in Bulgarian society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Vetcherni Novini
Gramophone
Gramophonka
Telephonka
Prostituea
Another Union joins KC Strike
Kansas City workers report Union Local No. 101 voted to join a painters strike against the Kansas City Builders Association unless wage demands are met. C. C. Buck Andrews said contractors must raise wages 25 cents an hour now or work stops. Painters seek 17 4 cent an hour raise plus 50 cent premium when rollers used. Iron workers Local No. 10 threatens to strike if demands unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
C. C
Buck) Andrews
Builders Assn
Iron Workers Local No. 10
Lamonai Volcano Signals Impending Blow Near New Guinea
Porto Moresby reports Lamonai Volcano off New Guinea’s eastern tip shows signs of eruption. A crater swamp vanished overnight while tremors rumblings heat and steam clouds intensified. Authorities plan to move 7000 islanders within ten miles of the crater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Lamonai
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Don Shipman
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Walter Schwarz
Worden
Douglas County
Apri
Jay Ellis
Glen Dick
Melvin Cecil
William Lambertson
William Marley
Jack Serene
Gary Shofner
Drake’s Bakery
Hawthorne
Garfield
Eugene Field
Lincoln
Kiwanis Club
Larry Bancroft
Jolene Brink
Judi Jamison
Bill Coltrane
Jean Johnson
Elizabeth Pinkley
Meredith Williams
Franklin County Dairy Day Committee
Co-Op
Bill Ransom
PFC
Stanley E. Denton
Linda June
Olive E. Denton
S. Mulberry
97Th Signal Operations Battalion
Fort Gordon
Memorial Auditorium
Faith Lutheran: Guild
South Main
Soroptomist Club
John Largent
Ralph Bethell
Liberty
Lillie B. Grimes
Sargent
Bethell
T. A. Grimes
Holt
Ottawa Lions Club
Roland Johnson
Highway Patrol
Ray Phillips
Emporia
Willard Lister
Anderson County
Sam Geer
Chanute
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jay Brown
Don White
Bus Stanley
Frank
Mersmann
Lowell Gish
Margieal. Nichols
Welda
Courtney Ogg
West Side Grocery
Wisconsin
Bennett
Town and Country
Staw
Kingsford
Shurfine
Supreme
Top Kick Bespart
Pkg
Lockwood
Joel H. Lockwood
Towner
Ottawa Herald
Eete
Pee Een
Philco-Bendix
HILCO
Berndt
PeeLe
Spevep Ritter
Piell Phoote
Philco
Philco Corporation
S. Main
McVe
Louis H. Dengel
K Deoper
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