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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1963
Page
4
Ottawa Garden Club plans a Monday evening slide program at First Methodist Church. Elliott Barnes and wife will show photos from their Seattle World's Fair trip, mainly flowers. A pancake supper starts at 6 30 p m. Visitors welcome. address Ward Underwood 1130 Underwood St.
Kansas State University in Manhattan announces a 21720 dollar NIH research grant to the mechanical engineering department to continue studies on how floor temperature affects human comfort.
Renelta Engles a ninth grade Ottawa Junior High student won in the poetry section of the Theta Sigma Phi creative writing contest, sponsored by the Lawrence Alumnae Club in Franklin Jefferson and Douglas counties. Honorable mention went to Ronnie Goodwill of Williamsburg High School, with other area winners Patti Benson and JoAnne Meinhardt among poets and prose entrants.
Mrs Agnes Oestreicher died April 29 and funeral rites were held May 2 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Henry J Beier presiding. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Burial followed at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary was said May 1 at Lamb Funeral Home.
Nell Barnaby city librarian leaves for Emporia to attend Region II Kansas Library Association gathering at Kansas State Teachers College. The event runs today and tomorrow with a banquet this evening in the Union featuring Margot Benary-Isbert, author of The Ark.
More than 100 Kansas high school and college students, parents and liaison officers pre registered for the first statewide Peace Corps conference at the University of Kansas. Seven Pomona attendees are Wayne Robuck Terry Heidner Den Engle Janet Simmons Jim Gingerich Leon B Graves and Mary Scott. The conference aims to help students form school committees to boost Peace Corps participation.
Hospital notes show admissions for Mrs Florence Bruce at 212 S Cedar Mrs Max Kirkland at 423 S Cedar Mrs Forrest Nicewander at 1128 N Cherry and dismissals including Allen Loyd Jr to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Kansas City and Mrs Narold Myers with baby son RID 2 plus other named patients Cedar House and Pomona entries appear with days listed Friday Thursday.
Franklin County Commissioners and welfare staff attended a state welfare meeting in Topeka with Wanda Baird and Allen Loyd. They met Kansas groups and State Welfare officials to discuss recent welfare legislation including community work programs Kerr-Mill medical care and aid to dependent children. Baird led part of the day as president of the Kansas County Directors Association.
Ottawa University senior Nancy Morgan Schendel will give a voice recital at 3 p.m. Sunday May 5 in the campus auditorium. She will be accompanied by Patty Sowers and perform works by Bach Martin Handel Schubert Menotti Thomas Hageman and Rasbach along with a group of folks songs arranged by John Edmunds.
A morning blaze at the Anderson Feed Store in Waverly caused nearly total loss to the business owned by Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Anderson. Firefighters from Waverly and Burlington responded after Jack Fitch sighted the flames around 2:45 AM. The machinery used to grind and mix feeds burned badly. damage estimate not yet set, with insurance reported.
Crayton Hotchkiss 72 of Melvern died at home. Retired farmer born September 28 1890 in Melvern. Married Mabel Heilman May 25 1915 in Ottawa. Survived by wife two sons Roger and James both of Topeka two daughters Mrs F J Roth and Mrs Gerald Miller a sister Mrs J P Bass a brother Clinton Hotchkiss and 13 grandchildren. Member of Rosemont Methodist Church. Funeral May 5 at 2 p.m. Melvern Methodist Church. Burial Pleasant View Cemetery three and one half miles east of Melvern.
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes cattle at 22.00 for arrival steers or untested, 1 800 hogs with barrows and gilts 25 to 40 higher and 13.60 to 14.75 for 1 3, sows 11.50 to 12.75, sheep 25 and market untested.
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee checked into Bethesda Naval Hospital after flu symptoms. An aide said a few days in bed would help him recover.
Public notice from Franklin County Kansas details Board of County Commissioners actions on vacating two roads in Ohio and Franklin Townships citing neglect and non-use. A May 27, 1963 hearing is set at the county courthouse in Ottawa with further steps to view the routes and hear public input. Bruce Spears, County Clerk. First published April 19 1963.
Visitors welcome to Iris Acres at Nurseries Leeds in bloom. Ward Underwood at 1130 Underwood Street. Female help wanted to stay nights with elderly lady. widow or single lady preferred and on social security. Write Box V-65 c-o Ottawa Herald.
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