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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1975
Page
6
The second annual Art in the Park will be held June 14 at the Osage City community building on Highway 170 and Safford Strat. For details contact Mrs. Daphne Davies or KWAN Suh, with Suh listed as a Baldwin City resident.
Kansas City reports the origin of carnations as the official Mother's Day flower. Anna Jarvis, Miss Jarvis, suggested carnations for the day representing sweetness and endurance. Initially white carnations symbolized purity, later red carnations honored living mothers and white for deceased mothers, forming the tradition.
Rose Lily Hutchins died May 8. Funeral services May 10 at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with Rev. Leon Nelson officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Choir from North Baptist Church and organist Mrs Eldon Rader provided music. Pallbearers listed. attendees included North Baptist Recruit Class members. Also noted: vehicle damages and multiple local police and civic notices.
Sewing machines repaired by Dykstra. Extra rebate offer from Fulton Furniture in Ottawa boosts rebates by 10 percent when applied to accounts. Canned dog food 24 cans priced at 2.40 and 5.49. Metzger Salvage at 109 N. Main. Weight Watchers classes at First Baptist Elliott Hall Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Congratulations to Rose Sansel at 929 N. Sycamore for winning a bean pot at Town & Country Supply. Mother's Day C.B.A drawing.
AP analysis notes no current full-scale wars since Vietnam fadeout but warns of persistent violence. It cites Korea, Middle East issues, and broad guerrilla activity across Asia and Europe, with July UN force mandates in the Middle East key to future stability.
The excerpt notes NATO's efforts to erode southeastern anchors, enduring sectarian strife in Northern Ireland, and widespread upheaval as Africa gains independence. It highlights Congo and Sudan turmoil, Rhodesia’s quest for freedom, and guerrilla wars in former Portuguese colonies becoming internal conflicts among liberation fighters.
Ottawa University senior Joel Fredrikson will present two vocal music recitals in the Administration Building auditorium. The first recital is at 8 p.m. on May 18 with a formal program of opera arias and works by Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. The second is an informal program at 8 p.m. on May 21 featuring songs by James Taylor Jackson Browne and Loggins and Messina. He is the son of former Ottawans Mr and Mrs Roger Fredrikson now of Sioux Falls Iowa.
Henry Morton, 6 7 Parsons star and 1978 3A champion, signed a national letter of intent to attend Kansas State. Coach Jack Hartman announced it amid Morton being named to multiple All American teams and a consensus all state pick. He averaged 20 9 points 14 rebounds and four blocks per game last season.
Texas Southern University faculty display at The Corner Gallery in the Ottawa Library features Larry Junkin’s mixed media sketches in gray and black. The artist’s collection of 30 works has toured several states and will remain on view through this week.
Wall Street opened with a scattered pattern as profit taking and buying clashed amid hopes for a developing economic recovery. The Dow stood at 848.09, down 2.04, while NYSE gainers led losers about 3 to 2. Occidental Petroleum jumped as it reported a new California gas find. Crutcher Resources rose to 6 American.
CHICAGO AP reports mixed early futures for farm commodities on the Board of Trade. Wheat steady to down two cents at May 3.20, corn up to two cents, oats from a one-half to four and a half cents higher, and soybeans from one to two cents lower.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Mae Atchison wife of Glenn T. Atchison will be from Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home Tuesday May 13 1975 at 2 00 PM with Rev Harold E Dungan officiating Interment will be in Highland Cemetery A gathering with friends will be at the funeral home Monday evening from 7 00 to 8 30 PM
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