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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1965
Page
5
Kansas University professor Allen Crafton will present Songs I Forgot to Forget at an 8 p.m. Community Theatre meeting on Wednesday at Mrs. Patricia Wigglesworth’s home. Public invited to attend.
Charles E. Nicholson of Kansas City Kansas has accepted the position of foreign language consultant with the Kansas State Department of Public Instruction. He has taught French at Arrowhead Junior High in Kansas City for five years and will move to Topeka with his wife Dianne Clark and son Kevin this summer to assume duties August 1. Nicholson is the son of Glen W. Nicholson of 317 Ash.
Mrs John F Kennedy and her children Caroline and John Jr will use a White House jet to travel to England for the dedication of a memorial to President Kennedy. The Air Force plane is among four available for the President and top officials on official missions. They are to depart New York at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
A county court docket lists John S. Welch of Kansas City pleading guilty to DUI and related offenses after cited May 2 on K-68 near Pomona, receiving 90 days in jail and 540 dollars in fines. Others include Michael J. Spark fined 10 dollars for speeding near Princeton on US-59, Kenneth Oldham 8 dollars for speeding on US 150 near Homewood, Robert Baucom 10 dollars for following too close near Ottawa, Joe Yockey 5 dollars for disobeying a stop sign near Princeton, George Fulton 5 dollars for improper passing near Ottawa, Mark Feuerborn 10 dollars for speeding on I-35 near Wellsville, Ray Wormington forfeiting 10 dollars bond for speeding near Ottawa, and Arthur Christensen fined 50 dollars for drunkenness on a public highway near Pomona.
Greeley High School graduation set for 8 p m May 18 in the gymnasium Father Jack Harrington of St. John Church will deliver the commencement address Reverend James Townson will give the invocation and benediction The program includes processional pomp and circumstance salutation by Carol Martz senior girls piano by Carol Martz valedictory by Paul Wernsman diplomas presented by Wayne Martz and other traditional ceremonies A list of 27 graduates is read including Richard Tush Floyd Jasper Gerry Hunt Dean Lickteig Leon Kratzberg Michael Lickteig Delmar Katzer Vickie Bilderback Judy Peine Hilda Penka Barbara Miller Judy Laws Joseph Gullfoyle David Yates C A Rues Michael Gelhaus Ronald Pedrow Darryl Sutton Louis Williams Larry Egidy Sharon Spencer Judy Osborn Eva Mae Scheckel Judy Rae Borovicka Bonnie Mickens and Carol Martz.
Market notes list soybean and wheat prices with miscellaneous figures. Ear corn shelled corn butterfat barley oats and other commodity values appear, though many figures are garbled. Entities include soybean and corn products, butterfat and oats.
Clara L Hopkins 79 of 713 King died Monday afternoon at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a period of ill health. Services set for 2 PM Thursday at Greenwood Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Dennison officiating. Born June 5 1885 in Franklin County she lived at 713 King 20 years. Survived by three daughters Mrs John Wiles Mrs Martha Terry and Mrs Edith Edler six sons James Spooner Eugene Spooner Jeff Hopkins Ralph Hopkins George Hopkins and Clyde Hopkins 21 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Morris Mast and Mrs Carrie Plake.
At 4 20 p m Monday in the 100 block of North Main Street, a backing crash occurred involving a 1958 Chevrolet driven by Fred Carl Frahm 173 Des Moines Iowa and a 1962 MG convertible driven by Gregory A Vanert 18 Wichita. Frahm struck Vanert on the right front. MG damage to the right front fender is undetermined while the Chevrolet sustained no damage.
An outside mirror on a 1965 Ford truck clipped the rear of a city bus, causing a minor sideswipe at about 4 p.m. on South Main. Driver Louis E. Plaschka, 34, Ottawa RFD 3, and Maurice A. Rodgers, 48, Mulberry, the bus operator, reported both were in their own lanes. Damage noted on the truck door and side mirror. no estimate given for the bus. No arrest made.
Clarence R. Rowe, 68, died after a fall from a tractor on his Burlingame area farm. He was cultivating corn when he became caught under the cultivator and dragged about three quarters of a mile. His wife discovered his body.
AP reports Missouri and Arkansas live fryers were delivered at plant 1354016 from farm 13-141 with only those deliveries noted and no changes to other produce.
Kansas City wholesale livestock report shows cattle 3,000 head, calves 100, steers and heifers steady to up 50, cows steady to up 25, calves and feeders steady. Slaughter steer 25.50 to 27.00, heifers 24.00 to 25.00, cows 13.25 to 15.50, calves 16.50 to 19.50, feeder steers 23.50 to 25.00, heifer calves 19.50 to 21.00. Hogs 4,000 head, barrows and gilts 25 lower to 20.00, sows steady. 195 to 260 lb 19.50 to 20.00, 260 to 280 lb 19.00 to 20.50, 300 to 425 lb sows 17.00 to 18.00, 425 to 600 lb 16.50 to 17.00. Sheep 800 head not enough slaughter lambs to establish trend. ewes 4.50 to 6.25.
Mrs Inez I Gardner 61 of Springfield Missouri formerly of Ottawa died Monday in a Springfield hospital after long illness Services at 2 pm Wednesday at Waugh Funeral Home Iola burial Iola Cemetery She was born June 28 1903 at Lebo married Dec 22 1921 to William L Gardner Survived by husband one son William L Jr one daughter Mrs Ord Leslie five grandchildren one great granddaughter one brother C L Ransom three sisters Mrs T T Johnson Mrs A D Caler Mrs Earl Troxell Lucille Harrison 48 of Wellsville died today at Paola Hospital Funeral arrangements by Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville
Manuel G Smith died May 7. Funeral services held May 10 at Dengel and Son Mortuary with Dr. Raymond P Jennings officiating. Honorary pallbearers Hale Parker Walter Wood G D Weilepp C E Hoffman A C Morrison and Raymond Rainer. Active pallbearers William West Robert Clark O L Rathjen LeRoy Pearson Howard Doyen Donald L Smith Co. J Milton sang hymns with Mrs R L Stevens. Burial in Hope Cemetery.
Oklahoma City AP report says Supreme Court Justice N B Johnson faced further questions as impeachment neared completion. He admitted keeping up to 2000 behind bedroom curtains to cover bills and deposits. Prosecutors seek links between trips to his deposit box and cashier’s checks totaling over 6000 in five years.
State Attorney General Robert C. Sonderholm ruled districts may not use anticipated funds to set operating budgets. The 104 percent cap applies to last year’s legally budgeted amount to limit increases for foundation plan eligibility. Exceptions exist for unusual cases. budgets above actual revenues are not legally budgeted.
Franklin County reported 88 service establishments with total receipts of 1.8 million for 1963, down 9 percent from 1958. The census covered personal and miscellaneous services, auto and other repairs, motion picture and recreation trades, hotels, and motels, employing 162 people with a 384 thousand payroll. The statewide totals included 12 318 establishments earning 291.8 million. reports are available from the Superintendent of Documents and the Commerce Field Office for 40 cents.
Admissions include Alvin Breithaupt of Wellsville Sanford Miller of Baldwin Jean Miller of Pomona Monday Lance Keim of 712 Pecan Ernest Bald win of Ottawa RFD 2 Tuesday
Mrs Garry Davis and her infant Marvin Lee were dismissed from Anderson County Hospital May 5 to her parents home. Mrs Charles Feuerborn and daughter Linda Jane returned home May 6. Scipio K of C Council 2680 delegates to state convention May 15 17 at Hutchinson include Father Leonard Kinzler Alfred Nilges Don Poss Dan Lickteig and Ben Brummel plus Mrs Lickteig and Mrs Nilges. The council sponsors the Richmond Girls softball team this year.
A ladder on top of a paint truck was broken when struck by the mirror of a southbound truck. The 1963 Ford paint truck, driven by Lawrence E. Alcorn of Kansas City, was parked on South Main at 8:45 a.m. A 1962 International truck, driven by Donald M. McBride of Excelsior Springs, struck the ladder causing $45 in damage. No injuries reported.
Robert Heckman of Richmond has joined Citie zens State Bank at Paola as manager of the consumer and installment loan department. He brings farming and retailing plus finance experience. In the past 12 years he worked for Securities Acceptance Company and Associates Discount Corporation in Kansas and Colorado. He is 41, with wife and three children Jerry 19 Ronald 15 and Linda 10. The Heckmans live in Lawrence and will move to Paola when school ends.
Community Auction every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Thursday at 7 p.m. at Printy's Auction House, 1136 N Main, Ottawa. Harold Stewart Gen, Auctioneer Real Estate contact CH 2.4836. Clifford R Hobbs Ottawa Kansas.
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