Ottawa area brief highlights from local notices
A collection of short items reports a tire and wheel stolen from a truck at 634 Beech and lists Ottawa High School tryout times for drum major and twirler positions. It notes adult woodworking classes, a coast trip for Mr and Mrs Blair, milk production records for Guernsey cows, and bids sought for road work on West 15th Street and the John Brown Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Gregg
Beech
Ottawa High School
Wayland Blair
Hawaii
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Ottawa
Nampa
Idaho
Glenn Blair
Franklin County Commissioners’ Office
West 15Th Street
Princeton
Newsman Injured Testing Army T44 Rifle
Aberdeen Md the veteran reporter Bem Price recounts his test firing of the Army T44 rifle at the proving ground where the semiautomatic or full automatic options can be selected. A bipod spring came loose during full automatic fire causing fragments to strike his left arm in four places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Army
Army Proving Ground
Mutual of Omaha
1854
Ottawa Fresh Beat Garnett Freshmen in Track Meet
Ottawa High School freshmen dominated Garnett with a 64 to 31 win. Ottawa swept 10 of 11 events led by Dennis Smith Allen Glenn Thorpe Nolan and Jack Smith with multiple firsts and a winning 880 yard relay. Garnett’s lone first came in the 880-yard run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Garnett
Ottawa
Dennis Smith
Allen Glenn
Thorpe Nolan
Jack Smith
Smiths
Nolan
Tom Mormisey
Morrisey
Jim Roth
OHL Fresh
Lawrence
D Smith
Woods
Bemmets
Roth
Fink
Alen Glenn
Otta
Raymond
Peters
Riley
Bechtle
Martin
Hastert
Bemmels
J. Smith
Stockton
Bundy
Feuertorn
Williams
Ottawa Girl Named To M. Y. F. Post
Kathy Clinton of Ottawa was elected president of the Ottawa District MYF at a spring conference in Garnett. Sally Liggett won the secretary post. Ottawa youths from First Methodist Church attended, including Bill Hysom, Don Knight, Barbara Dahlstrom, Betty Hargage, Paul Stone, Don Wilson, Lauren Ward, Patty Stevens, Linda Davenport, and Jere Berglund, with Rev. Charles P. Knight giving the closing dedication and Mrs. Nelle Stout serving as District Director of Youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Clinton
Ottawa
MYF
Garnett
Sally Liggett
First Methodist Church
Bill Hysom
Don Knight
Barbara Dahlstrom
Betty Hardage
Paul Stone
Don Wilson
Lauren Ward
Patty Stevens
Linda Davenport
Jere Berglund
Charles P. Knight
Nelle Stout
Driver Dies At Wheel As Cab Hits Five Pedestrians
In midtown New York a taxicab struck pedestrians after the driver, Fred J. Zeffer aged 84, apparently suffered a heart attack at the wheel. The vehicle mounted a sidewalk, struck five pedestrians with two seriously injured, and continued two blocks before stopping. A woman passenger endured shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Midtown
Fred J. Zeffer
Funeral Services for Bradford Chandler in Garnett
Funeral services for Bradford Chandler who died yesterday will be Thursday at 2 p m at the First Methodist Church in Garnett with Rev. Cecil Orr officiating. Burial will follow in Garnett Cemetery. Funeral services for John Ernest Funk who died May 4 were held today at the Lamb Funeral Home with Ronald Steward officiating. Pallbearers were Herbert Cochran William Crabb Peter Johannes Carl Wemmer Gene Reh Clyde Wyatt Wesley Graffham and Os good Harder. Misses Betty Jo Johannes and Karen Hendrix sang hymns with accompaniment by Mrs J R Henning. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Chandler
First Methodist
Garnett
Cecil Orr
Garnett Cemetery
John EF. Funk
John Ernest Funk
Lamb Funeral Home
Ronald Steward
Herbert Cochran
Willian Crabb
Peter Johannes
Carl Wemmer
Gene Reh
Clyde Wyatt
Wesley Graffham
Osgood Harder
Betty Johannes
Karen Hendrix
J. R. Henning
Antioch Cemetery
Hospital Notes Admits and Birth Announcements
Admitted William HH Gardner Cedar House Edith K Link 404 Logan B L Taul RFD 2 Baldwin Monday Mrs Leland Monroe 1637 S Main Phillip Bishop 718 W 10th today Births Mr and Mrs Dale Sehamile Monroe Courts daughter born Monday weight 6 lb 344 oz Dismissed Mrs E E Humbred Pomona Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William HH. Gardner
Cedar House
Edith K. Link
Logan
B. L. Taul
RFD
Baldwin
Leland Monroe
S. Main
Phillip Bishop
Dale—Sehamile
Monroe Courts
E. E. Humbred
Pomona
Hypnotist draws small Ottawan crowd at Memorial Auditorium
Nationally known hypnotist Prof George Singer performed last night at Memorial Auditorium. Ottawans reported a smaller-than-expected turnout by the Franklin County Mental Health group. The show featured standard hypnosis feats with local subjects. Many younger Ottawans had not seen a hypnotist before. The act recalls vaudeville days when such acts were common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Singer
Memorial Auditorium
Thec
Franklin County Mental Health Committee
Deaths Mrs Frank Draper 54 Ottawa resident dies
Mrs Frank Draper 54 of 907 E 8th Ottawa died yesterday at 4 30 p m in Ransom Memorial Hospital after long illness. She was born Aug 5 1902 in Minda Louisiana and lived in Ottawa since 1944, married twice. Survived by husband Frank Draper one son Joe Howell Kansas City Kans one daughter Mrs Rosetta Henry Tallahassee Okla 10 grandchildren and one sister Mrs Nola Rogers Lenapah Okla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Draper
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Trene Chappell
Minda
Ottawa
Powter
Oklo
Willie Howell
Church of God
Joe Howell
Kansas City
Kas
Rosetta Henry
Tallahassee
Okla
Nola Rogers
Lenapah
Plead Guilty In Police Court
Arthur Day and Charles Pierce pleaded guilty in police court after a Friday crash on US 50 south of Ottawa. Day admitted DUI and speeding, received 30 days in jail and fines totaling 110 dollars with license suspension. Pierce admitted allowing an underage driver, fined 100 dollars and 30 days in jail. Both were paroled after paying fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Vernon Carroll
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Arthur Day
Osawatomie
Charles Pierce
Wichita
Day
Pierce
Ottawa
US 50
Milo Harris
Franklin County
Harris
Helen Moore Resigns As Dean Of Women
Miss Helen Moore, 63, will resign July 1 as dean of women at Kansas State College in Manhattan Kansas to join the mathematics department as a teacher. She will be replaced by a new dean pending selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Moore
Manhattan
Kas
Kansas State College
Retirements at 68 noted for Hutchinson college dean
The Ottawa Herald reports the retiring of a longtime administrator who had served as dean of women at Hutchinson Junior College. She is required by regulations to give up administrative duties at age 68 and her successor at Ottawa University has not been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson Junior College
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Drake's Bakery
C. K. Smith
Jay Ellis
Howard A. Kissinger
Guernsey
Ransomville
James Franklin Carcoran
E. Logan
Sth
Eugene Field School
Franklin County Humane Society Animal Shelter
Paul Smith
Joe R. Wenning
C. W. Hasselblad
Kansas Medical Society
Hasselblad
Kansas
Missouri
Civil Service Commission
Jean Marie Lewis
Norman Lewis
Santa Fee
Santa Fe
Wilky’s Pottery
Jardinieres
US 59
Farmers Club
W. S. Bowers
Max Hunter
Homer Perry
Lila Bergman
Chuck Langdon
Bem Price
Korea
Ottawa Fresh
M. Y. F. Post
Harry L. Collins
Towner
Ows
Ery Sia
THE
GAS Service CO
McVe - Dengel
Louis H. Dengel
Freeland West
Miami
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association
F. Freeland West
S. Willow
Miss Moore
Ottawa Herald
Bob McCrea
Mgr
First National Bank
Eral Deposit Insurance
State Bank Bldg
S.W. Cor. 3Rd & Main
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First National
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