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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1961
Page
3
Visiting mothers and dinner outings mark Mother's Day in Ottawa and nearby towns. Local reports cover hospital visits, piano recital prizes, grade school commencement at Appanoose, a car wreck near Baldwin, Ottawa employment planning, church garden tours in Lawrence, and community updates including a student body election in Buhl Idaho.
Charles S. Williamson aged 78 of Willow was ill last week but shows some improvement. The final accounting for Chau tauqua Days expenses remains unsettled after a meeting last night. Some bills and receipts are not yet turned in while chairs urge brochure sales to cover week long activity costs.
May 29 to June 3 are the Ottawa Kiwanis Club dates for the annual Mears Park boys camp. About 40 seventh graders may attend with activities including hiking archery softball nature study swimming and rifle shooting. A full time camp cook will provide three hot meals daily. Applications to Lowell Gish by May 22. camp cost is 5 dollars per boy.
Mr and Mrs Harold Ireland and Bill of Yates Center Kay Ireland Baldwin and Jo Ireland were guests of Mrs Charles Hill and sons. Mrs J E Beets spent several days in St Margaret's Hospital Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Wayne Hettler and family of Humboldt and Lavon Hettler Ottawa visited their parents Mr and Mrs W H Hettler. Mr and Mrs Leo Barnett and son of Lakeside Calif are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jess Christian and family. Mr and Mrs Howard Neal and family of Council Bluffs Iowa are spending the week with her parents, Mr and Mrs Dave Johnson. Mr and Mrs John Rutledge and family of Ada Okla and Rex Needham visited Mr and Mrs Oscar Rutledge of Weableau Mo. Mrs Lillian Allen was honored as the oldest mother present at Evelena Chapter of Eastern Star. Mrs LaJuie Bodenhammer was honored as the youngest mother. Mr and Mrs J D Nitcher of Coffeyville visited her parents Mr and Mrs Curt Duncan. Mrs Challous Hay left for Arizona for health reasons. Beverly Rowland visited Wilma Rowland of Topeka.
Williamsburg High School earned a plaque for placing first in Class C scholarship with a 9 percent score, a first since 1930. Thirty WHS entries took the April 8 Emporia scholarship tests. Sharon Bond won $100 for first in Scholarship and placed 2nd in English 12, with many other students earning top marks in subjects like Plane Geometry, English II, Chemistry, Algebra, Bookkeeping, and Typing. Local notices add family visits, 4-H recognitions, a May Day schedule, and a birth announcing Timothy James Mersmann.
AP market update from Kansas City lists cattle and hog prices with ranges for steers heifers cows and calves, plus stockers feeders and sheep. Notable figures include good to choice steers 21.50 to 23.50, heifers 22.50 to 23.00, cows 15.75 to 17.50, hogs 16.50 to 17.00 for 190 to 240 pounds, sows 14.50 to 15.25, and lambs 12.00 to 15.00 for choice lambs.
Frank Hayden Miller 69 of Wellsville died at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a short illness he taught school and served on area school boards a WWI veteran he was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and is survived by his widow daughter and son Franklin Price 47 of Flora died in Memorial Hospital Logansport after a heart attack he had lived in Ottawa Lions Club member and past Flora Masonic Lodge master his survivors include wife two sisters and two daughters Katherine Mary Rouse 53 Ottawa resident died at Ransom Memorial Hospital after two years of ill health born Worcester Massachusetts she was married in 1937 and lived in Ottawa 13 years she leaves husband two daughters and sister Ruth O Connell
Admissions include Mrs Grace Morris of Quenemo and Mrs F Sanford of RFD 2 plus Jay Sauer of 1233 Willow Ray Auer of 319 S Hickory today. Dismissals include Mrs Duane Lee and her baby son of 521 S Oak today.
Gua C Anderson aged 55 and Zephyr Embray aged 52, both of Kansas City Missouri, received marriage licenses.
Wellsville Baptist Church honored several mothers during the morning service for Mothers Day. The youngest mother was Mrs. Larry Cramer, the youngest infant mother Mrs. Leroy Price, oldest mother Mrs. George Chappell, and the grandmother with most grandchildren Mrs. Theresa Wright. A tie for mother with most children present featured Mrs. Damon Chesbro and Mrs. Robert Thomas. Oldest grandmother with youngest grandchild was Mrs. Vinton Cramer. Sid Frink visited his daughters in Idaho after Sunday services.
NEW YORK AP The treasurer of Ringling Bros. describes feeding 20 elephants 30 bales of hay daily plus all the peanuts while lions and tigers need 550 pounds of horse meat each day. Bundy notes animals eat constantly and rarely stopped by show times as the circus inventories 35 horses 30 dogs 2 chimpanzees 2 gorillas 8 camels 3 llamas 4 bears 15 cats 2 white cats 3 roosters a tapir 2 giraffes 2 zebras a fox a hippopotamus and a goose. He ranks people as more temperamental than animals and recalls a 30 year journey from clarinetist to treasurer. Once 180 circuses existed. now only about a dozen remain of real size.
Three persons appeared to enter pleas in a brief Police Court session today. Sheldon Mundy 16 was fined 25 dollars for following too closely in a collision. Anna Adcock 17 was fined 10 dollars for failing to stop at a stop light. Alma Sundstrom 45 pleaded innocent to failing to stop at a stop light and posted a 10 dollar bond pending trial June 6. Delmar Rockers 28 forfeited a 30 dollar bond for speeding. Richard Ledom 33, Ottawa, scheduled for trial today on drunkenness, will be tried June 6.
Cecil Vining Floyd Brock and others hosted a combined W.S.CS and Elda Barry meeting with a potluck supper. New officers were installed led by Miss Ardella Stevenson. High school girls attended. visiting relatives came from Lima Ohio and Kansas City. Senior class members and sponsors returned from a weekend in New Orleans and Biloxi.
Classifieds list openings for route sales at Eastern Migr. of Chemicals and Studio Girl Cosmetics. Other postings seek men for driving routes, women for beauty work, cashiers, waitresses, and a chrysanthemum plant supplier in Lawrence area. Includes contact details and hours.
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