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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1978
Page
13
The Community Senior Service Center signed with Harter Inc of Wichita to prepare a grant application for a 40 unit elderly and handicapped housing complex. The firm will handle paperwork and oversee development if funded. About 75 people have shown interest and a site will be chosen next week.
Ottawa High School hosted the third annual Speech Honors Awards with 130 students in attendance. Mindy Neuenswander led as MC, Principal John Kimbrough welcomed guests, and a student narrated a costume show reflecting the season’s drama. Winners included Tim Smith as Speecher of the Year and Randi Anderson as Debater of the Year, among others.
Wausau area briefs announce a public auction in the Country Club Parking Lot on Saturday May 20 at 2 p.m. Items from 100 homes. Display home hours 1-6 Tuesday through Sunday at 907 W. 11th. Unlabeled dog food at 2.99 per case and paneling at 4 by 4 inch 5.49 per sheet. Other notices include daily repair service at Don's Shoe-Boot (closed Mondays) and Metzger salvage at 109 N. Main.
Patsy Whitney 71 Garnett died May 13. services held Wednesday at Farris Feverborn Funeral Home Garnett with burial in Garnett Cemetery. Rev. Don Reeve officiated. Music by Patsy Case and Sharon Case. Pallbearers Ernest Anderson Fred Bailey Robert Dawson Warren Davidson Leo Pinney Jack Serene. Survivors: daughter Opal Kilburn Tulsa sister Margaret Baijley Pomona eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Admissions and births noted. local police report two traffic incidents near Lawrence and Eureka and tampering at a mobile home park.
Special dedication services mark the opening of the Baker University Kappa Sigma fraternity house in Baldwin City at 4 p.m. Saturday at 1215 South 8th. The event includes a memorial service and open house to honor five members who died in the August 1976 fire that destroyed the former 59 year old chapter house. Speakers include Baker President Jerald Walker and Rev. D. Allen Polen, with alumni and builders also participating.
53 seniors at Wellsville High heard alumnus Judith Hancock of Princeton and Harvard Law outline wide horizons, encouraging travel, study, and civic involvement. Hancock highlighted nonlimiters like attending KU then Princeton, and urged graduates, especially women, to pursue opportunities despite barriers. Mary Willoughby named valedictorian and Pam Van Horn salutatorian.
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