Ottawa High to Move Commencement to Memorial Auditorium
Ottawa May 29 8 00 p m graduation will be at Memorial Auditorium per last night’s Herald report replacing the high school auditorium. Also in brief notes piano pupils seek lessons and select service physicals by local youths and a German band entertained at the junior high assembly.
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Ottawa High School
Memorial Auditorium
Sheldon Meats
Ottawa
Girls Athletic Association
Piano tuning and pottery shop ads lead to local notices
An OCR fragment lists piano tuning by Jay Ellis at Vel Rene Beauty Shop with phone contact, plus Wilky's Pottery advertising bird baths and urns along East Lane near Ottawa. It references a Herald carrier contact and a phone line for reach and delivery details.
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Jay Ellis
Vel Rene Beauty Shop
T.F
Wilky’s Pottery
Ottawa
US 59
Deaths Plan Rites For Marsh Couple
James A. Bert Marsh 84 and Amma Reed Marsh 78 died when a tornado struck their farm home 2 1/2 miles southeast of Ottawa. Amma died at the hospital. Bert passed at 10:50 p.m. They married 59 years last February. Bert born November 16, 1872 in Illinois, moved to Kansas as a child and lived near Ottawa most of life. Amma born May 14, 1879 ten miles southeast of Ottawa, lifelong resident, last member of her family.
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James A
Bert’' Marsh
Amma Reed Marsh
Ottawa
Marsh
Illinois
Kansas
Mrs. Marsh
89 Will Get Degrees At Ottawa U
Ottawa University will award degrees to 89 seniors at the 92nd anniversary commencement in Wilson Field House on Sunday afternoon. Milo Farmer of Topeka will deliver the commencement address, and President Andrew B. Martin will give the baccalaureate sermon at First Baptist Church.
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Ottawa University
Wilson Field House
Milo Farmer
Topeka
Kansas Foundation For Private Colleges
Kansas
Andrew B. Martin
University
First Baptist Church
District of Columbia
Cuba
Ottawa
Interest Booms In Past Books At Library Reveal
Librarian Nell Barnaby notes growing interest in America's past reflected in local reading. Bruce Catton and Carl Sandburg top best seller lists with Civil War and Lincoln works. many titles cover Colonial and frontier history. Public libraries report booming history books and 15 million dollars spent by booksellers last year.
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America
Nell Barnaby
Carnegie Free Library
Bruce Catton
Dalton
Appomatox
Mr. Lincoln
Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Abraham Lincoln
Ruth P. Randall
Distaff Side
Mary Lincoln
Mackinlay
Kantor
Dee
van Wyck Mason
Garland Roark
John Gunther
Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Reverend Knight to Speak at Ottawa Junior High Grad
Charles Knight will deliver the address at the ninth grade graduation exercises for Ottawa Junior High School. The May 29 ceremony in the high school auditorium at 2 pm features the junior high band performing Triumphant and Overture Modern, with a mixed chorus singing selections from Show Boat. Rev M Todd Macdonald will deliver the invocation and Supt Henry Parker will present diplomas.
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Charles Knight
Ottawa Junior High School
M. Todd Macdonald
Henry Parker
Unsettled Weather Returns Across Eastern Kansas
The weather bureau forecast scattered showers and thunderstorms in eastern Kansas with a peak in the southeast. Western and central parts were set for fair weather this afternoon, while tonight and Tuesday bring more showers across the east and south central regions as clouds increase across the state. The unsettled weather follows numerous tornadoes that caused death and damage over a wide area.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Farm Near Rantoul Break-In Recovered Guns Stolen
A break-in at Fred Graves's farm home near Rantoul Sunday night saw entry through the front door. Thieves took a Winchester 126A shotgun, a Stevens single shot pistol, two beds, dishes including antiques, bed comforts, size 40 overalls, work gloves, a Sears Roebuck battery radio, sugar, and six junk batteries valued at two dollars each from behind the Champlin Service Station at Wilson and Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Graves
Rantoul
Stevens
Sears-J Roebuck
Champlin
Wilson and Main
Rev C V Lawrence Dies at 79 in Wichita
Rev C V Lawrence of Wichita aged 79 and former Ottawa resident died yesterday in Wichita after moving there from Oxford. Survived by wife four daughters and two sons four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Friends meet Lamb Funeral Home Thursday at 10 45 a m and proceed to Highland Cemetery for graveside services officiated by Rev Roger Fredrikson.
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Osawalomie
Don Moor
Avis Polley
Wellsville
Robert Cramer
Louisburg
Isabel Massey
Pomona
Mary Wismer
Sheila Eliott
David Hiebert
Roger Keltner
Nadine McClelland
Norman Stuermer
Kansas City
William Ackerman
Mildred Crow
Barbara Wise
Wichita
Joy Koons
Myra Moor
Kenneth McAdoo
el Dorado
Ronald Brown
George Diehm
Louise Herron
Parker
Louis Coppoe
Rhoda Prall
Belpre
Lawrence Gunnels
Faye Shirer
Newton
Olivers
Leighton
Edward Waters
Topeka
James
Joan Groganmorrow
Clay Center
Vernon Barnes
Adam Wicke
Mary Patterson
Hutchins Rfd
Arthur Victry
Greeley
Wadsworth Veterans’ Hospital
Frances Victry
Gladys Nichols
Helen McKnight
Betty Brownback
Richard
Gus
St. Johns Catholic Church
Farris
Garnett
C. V. Lawrence
Ottawa
Oxford
Viola Hamman
Montgomery City
Katherine Creswell
Roberts
Grace Lawrence
Ruby Lawrence
Kas
George W
Robert C. Lawrence
Rosehill
Lamb Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Roger Fredrikson
Multiple Names Listed As Seniors From Various Cities
The piece lists numerous individuals by name and hometowns across many states and countries, noting Justo Diaz as the lone senior from another nation with home in Sin Oriente Cuba. No further context or events are provided in readable text.
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Charles Fosnight
Elizabeth
N.J
Paula Quinton
Sioux Falls
Don Ripley
Winnebago
Minn
Russell Rude
Moses Lake
Wash
Harriet Shelton
Flint
Mich
Dexter Smith
East Providence
R. 1
James Springsfield
Evansville
Ind
Harry Talbott
Palisades
Colo
Donald Stenger
Holorwood
Calif
Colleen Walker
Fort Dodge
Yowa
Robert Yangas
Chicago
Justo Diaz
Sin Oriente
Cuba
Hospital Notes Summary From Local Admitted And Birth Entries
Hospital notes list admissions births and discharges in a condensed local record. Thelma Nicholson and Gloria Schartz noted admitted or listed, births attributed to Howard Linne rman Princeton and Wesley Dyer Uth, dismissals include Mrs Kenneth Evans and Irene Hart with addresses in Garnett and Oak locations.
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Thelma Nicholson
Oak
Gloria Schartz
George Steward
Garnett
Howard Linnerman
Princeton
Wesley Dyer
Aon E
Uth
Kenneth Evans
Gernett
Irene Hart
Kh. Ltd
Deborah Sue Norton
S. Oak
Bill Sims
Oak Terday
Storm Damage Halts Power Across Franklin County
Utilities report 40 light poles down in suburban Franklin County as heavy weather interrupts service to several homes. Bob's Truck Stop caused line damage that left Williamsburg without electricity while Athens bus routes were also affected by the storm.
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Franklin County
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Athens
Gunaii
Bob's
Williamsburg
Dr Bemmels to Speak at Queneme Commencement
Dr W D Bemmels, Dean of Ottawa University, will deliver the address at Queneme High School Commencement at 8 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium. His topic is The Sky's The Limit. Queneme Grade School graduation is Wednesday at ? p.m in the high school auditorium with Rev Charles Knight of the First Methodist Church giving the address.
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W. D. Bemmels
Ottawa University
Queneme High School
Queneme
Charles Knight
First Methodist Church
KU Pharmacy seniors win Merck Awards at banquet
John Robert Kramer of 10075 Hickory and Benji K Wyatt from Sunflower, students of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, earned Merck Awards for top prescription compounding. The honors, a Merck Index and Merck Manual, were presented at the annual pharmacy banquet last Friday evening.
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John Robert Kramer
Hickory
Benji K. Wyatt
Sunflower
University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
Merck
Scrap Of Paper Explains Act Of God In Tornado Hit Bank
A National Guardsman found a scrap of paper in rubble at the Hickman Mills bank tornado scene. It quotes the legal term Act Of God describing natural hindrances to progress and the general rule that no one is held liable for damages absent a special contract.
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Kansas City
National
Wellsville High School Roof Tragedy Claims Yorkville Worker
Gail Stephens of Western Fireproofing reported crews worked on the Wellsville High School roof after Valentine Fangman, Lawrence, died yesterday while on the job. Franklin County sheriff said responders arrived around 11:00 a.m. The body was removed as crews from multiple companies continued operations. Gas firms reported extensive damage but could not yet assess full impact or locate a 1000 gallon tank at the U-Rest Motel.
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Valentine M. Fangman
Arkansas
Lawrence
Wellsville High School
Seneca
Saints Peter and Paul
Valentine Fangman
Wellsville
Fangman
Gail Stephens
Western Fireproofing Company
Franklin County
Jay
o;Brown
Light Company
McVey-Dengel
Hometowa
Paola
Union Gas Company
Skelgas Company
U-Rest
Army Takes Over Control Of Haiti
Brig Gen Leon Cantave, backed by army officers, seized control of Haiti to avert anarchy and economic collapse. The seven member Executive Council was dissolved and a nightly curfew, press blackout, and ban on political radio were imposed. Cantave, 46, pledged free honest elections and promised a provisional president chosen by a provincial convention.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Caribbean
Cantave
Three Calls For Firemen In Tornado Struck Ottawa
The Ottawa Fire Department was called three times last night to keep crowds away from live electrical lines after a tornado. Off duty firefighters were recalled while the regular crew guarded hot lines. Clint Haines, off duty in Kansas City, described a chaotic scene with sirens and crowds jamming streets toward the Ruskin Heights area.
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Ottawa Fire Department
Clint Haines
Kansas City
Ruskin Heights
Ottawa
Hoffa Pleads Innocent in Wiretap Case in Detroit
James R. Hoffa ninth Teamsters vice president pleaded innocent in federal court to conspiring to tap telephones in Detroit. Co defendant Owen Brennan also pleaded innocent. Bail set at 2500 each with trial date to be arranged. Prosecution says wiretap aimed to expose subordinates to congressional and grand jury probes.
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New York
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Detroit
Union
Owen Berard Brennan
Teamtapper
Lawrence E. Walsh
Congressional
Grand Jury Investiga
Washington
Pao
Adfatte
Mer Business Administration
Desare
Tornado Disaster Areas Declared in Three States
In Kansas and Missouri disaster areas were designated for Franklin Tennessee due to a tornado outbreak. Roberts and Green real estate firm removed damaged property from two office safes to apply for SBA loans at three percent interest. A sign read No money inside Open for inspection and noted loan applications may be filed with the Kansas City regional office.
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Johnson
Miami
Franklin
Kansas
Jackson County
Missouri
Tor Franklin
Tenn
Altornadoes
Roberts and Green
Kansas City
Ional
Civil Defense Recruits Needed in Ottawa Area
Civil Defense seeks Ottawa volunteers to staff three posts. John Weidmann, director, announced after a meeting with Police Chief Eugene Flaherty and Fire Chief Harry Gilliland that gear for the Ground Observer Corps and auxiliary units has been ordered, including night sticks, helmets, badges, arm bands, and insignia. The priority is volunteers to man the posts.
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Ottawa
John Weidmann
Civil Defense
Weidmann
Eugene Flaherty
Harry Gilliland
Ground Observer Corps
Don White
Goc
Local Obituaries From Lamb Funeral Home
MARSH Amma wife of James A lifelong resident near Ottawa passed away last evening. Funeral Thursday 2 P M Lamb Funeral Home with Dr W A Elliott officiating interment Highland Cemetery. MARSH James A Bert well known near Ottawa passed away last night. Funeral Thursday 2 P M Lamb Funeral Home Dr W A Elliott officiating interment Highland Cemetery. LAWRENCE Rev C V formerly of Ottawa died yesterday in Wichita. Graveside service Thursday 10 45 A M Lamb Funeral Home then Highland Cemetery with Rev Roger Fredrikson leading. GATES Louise C widow of Frank C formerly of Ottawa died in Whit Uer California burial Highland Cemetery time to be announced.
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Lamb Funeral Home
W. A. Elliott
Highland Cemetery
Marsh—Amma
James A
Ottawa
Marsh
Bert
Alway
Gates
Louise C
Frank C
Whit Uer
California
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Eldon Griffith Evans
Rex Duane Stankard
Hezekiah Stallworth
Detroit, Michigan
Drake's Bakery
Hill
Ottawa U
Duane Bechtle
Norman Brown
Harry Cartadamer
Freda Gardner
Charles Gonser
William Haffner
James Hartshorn
Marine Haug
Joseph Henning II
Albert Keefer
Betty Kerr Kimball
Carol Macdonald
Mary Ponton
Fern Roseberry
Warren Welborn
Ronald Yingling
Joseph Lister
Rutledge
Charles McLean Andrews
Johon Adams
Catherine Drinker Bowen
C. S. Forester
Captain Paul
Edward Ellsberg
John Paul Jones
Irving Stone
Knight
Lowell Dailey
Garden City
Michael Ireland
Arkansas City
James Kahler
Fort Scott
Margaret Klein
Prairie Village
James Selfingwell
Salina
Glenda_ Morgan
Winfield
Elvin Phipps
Belle Plain
Lorren Popp
Studley
Shirley Schmidt
McPherson
Clayton True
Gredonia
Dale Turner
Averilla Wheaton
Lewis
William Young
Lansing
Leroy Hood
Richard Ahrens
Grimner 1
Town
James Bloom
Malvern
Miss Lee Bowman
Quincy Mass
Carol Brown
Fond du Lac
Wisc
Judy Burns
Melrose Park
John Butler
Aurora
Calo
Raymond Cooper
Rockford
Caleb Davis
Brooklyn
Thomas Dillon
Lamar Mo
Joan Fenton
Arlington
James Harvey
N. J
Ronald Haug
Cheyenne
Donald Hoyle
North Providence
R. I
Shirley Ireland
Washington, D. C
Myrna Les €On
West Trenton
Kaye Overstreet
Keokuk
Towa
Everett Phelps
Dr. Bemmels
Kramer
Pharmacy
Army
Hoffa
Serene
Senentee Cocks P
Ciees Sane
Dawner Tor
Stele
Lamb Guneral Home
C. V
Louis H. Dengel
Ates
The
First National Bank of Ottawa
First National Bank
State Bank Bldg
W. Cor. 3Rd & Main
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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