Local Briefs From Ottawa Area Highlights
Community notes report incidents and events across Ottawa including a fine in county court, car accidents with a noninjury turn over on loose gravel, recovery updates on Princeton and LeLoup residents, and residents visiting from Neis City. Wilting details cover meetings, fishing derby plans, dance recital, café sale, and Lions Club gathering with guests and district news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Minerd
LeLoup
Neis City
Less Stallings
Art Jensen
J. J. Bradford
Willow
Rantoul
Bradford
Ottawans
Ford
Stallings
M. C. Moon
Plansansas City
Kas
Theodore. E. Moon
Ottawa Conservation Club
Co-Op
Beryl Ross
Hospital Notes and Births in Wellsville and Nearby
Hospital notes list admissions at Wellsville including David Seyler and Robert Schaber from Wellsville on Saturday, Ray Evans of Michigan Valley admitted Saturday and dismissed Sunday, and Stella Jean Franks admitted Sunday. Birth announcements include Gillette, Faden, Boucek, and others with weights, and several dismissals follow.
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David Seyler
Wellsville
Robert Schaber
Ray Evans
Michigan Valley
Robert Service
Route 1
Sundey
Stella Jean Franks
Sycamore
Charles Gillette
S. Cedar
Charles Faden
Bill Boucek
A. S. Mulberry
B. Norman
Muncie
Kas
Waldron Farley
Emia
Charles Willamsson
Willow
Melvina Rose
N. Poplar
Walter Price
Sol
Deaths: Eddie P Houser former Ottawa Pomona resident
Eddie Preston Houser 78 died in Topeka after a long plumbing career. Born July 15, 1876 in Appanoose County Iowa, he lived in Ottawa and Pomona from 1886 and in Topeka the last decade. Surviving wife Georgianna two sons Eddie Leroy and George Weldon a daughter Warren Warner and two sisters. Funeral Tuesday 10 am Lamb Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Fosmire. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Eddie Preston Houser
Ottawa
Pomona
Topeka
Lamb Funeral Home
A. P. Elder
Appanoose County
Iowa
First Baptist Church
Georgianna (Wampler) Houser
The
Home
Eddie Leroy Houser
Kansas City
George Weldon Houser
Abilene
Warren Warner
Canton
W. A. McDaniel
Michigan Valley
Albert Nitcher
George L. Lindsey
George Leland Lindsey
Toree
Franklin County
Poland
Mona
Central Methodist Church
Ethel (Niteher) Lindsey
Paul
Barnesville
Okla
Gerald
George Lindsey
A. R. Allen
Hattie Bethell
Hill City
Kas
Central Cemetery
the Lamb Funeral Home
Houser
Greenwood Cemetery
Presbyterians condemn Marian devotion at church assembly
The United States Presbyterian Church adopted a unanimous statement criticizing Roman Catholic Marian devotion. The long text, read at the 167th general assembly, notes concerns about MarianYear symbolism and Mary’s relation to Christ and church unity. A separate accident report from Texas mentions a four ton elephant crushing a man near McKinney, injuring another.
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Los Angeles
Dallas
Presbyterian
United States
America
Norman
E. Joseph
Newark
Queenie
W. C. Hendricks
Lordship of Christ and the United
Atlanta
Commie Hendricks
del Hendricks
Joseph
Agates
Corsicana
McKinney
Tex
John Alexander Mae
Truck
Kay
Princeton
N.J
T. J. Tidwell Shows
Car Theological Seminary
Big Spring
World Presbyterian Alliance
Lm Ao Blewda
Graham Preaches for Queen in Windsor Private Service
American evangelist Billy Graham preached a 25 minute sermon for Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family at Windsor Castle. The event followed by a lunch with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, marking Graham's first meeting with the Queen during Armed Forces Day celebrations. In Los Angeles the Marian highway debate and a record flight by a California Air National Guard team are noted alongside obituaries for George Leland Lindsey of Pomona.
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Windsor
England
Billy Graham
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Toyal Family
Los Angeles i
Fller
Royal Lodge
Lon
Duke of Edinburgh
Sixioyer
Windsor Castle
John M
Conroy
California
Ional Guard
Princeas Margaret
Horahanee Ah Graham
Mayors Attend Dinner Observing Israel Anniversary
Mayors of five Kansas cities will attend a dinner on May 29 to observe the seventh anniversary of Israel's establishment. Dr. Joseph Dunner of Grinnell College will speak. Sponsors include members of the Wichita Italionist and Hadassah organizations. Mayors attending include Joseph Faulconer El Dorado E B Edwards Newton C K Freeman Arkansas City Myron Vanderburgh Wellington and John Olson Hutchinson.
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Wichita WW
Kansas Cities
Israel
Joseph Dunner
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Iowa
Wichy Italionist
Hadassah
Joseph Faulconer
el Dorado
E. B. Edwards
Newton
C. K. Freeman
Arkansas City
Myron Vanderburgh
Wellington
John Olson
Hutchinson
Dr Swarthout To Washington D C
Lawrence Kansas Dr Don ald M Swarthout professor of piano at the University of Kansas for 32 years has accepted a visiting professorship at Catholic University of America in Washington D C for the 1955 56 school year He will retire next month from KU active faculty after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 He will join John Paul former KU student now director of music at Catholic University Paul Moran Kas earned a bachelor of music education degree from Kansas in 1937
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Catholic University
Paul
Moran, Kas
Kansas
Mary as Semidivine Figure in Catholic Worship
The text argues that Rome has fashioned the Virgin Mary into a semidivine female head of the church, a source of solace for the distressed and a sovereign over history, with devotion to Mary equaling or surpassing devotion to Christ.
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Church of
Rome
Mary
Christ
Kansas Ants Unsatisfactory for Picnic Scene
Hollywood director Joshua Logan seeks 200 Leptothorax enersoni ants from Connecticut to satisfy a Columbia Pictures picnic scene for the film Picnic. He states Kansas ants fail to meet the scope and Technicolor requirements and requests air mail delivery by June 2.
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Hutchinson, Kas
Kansas
Hollywood
Joshua Logan
Columbia Pictures
Connecticut State Department of Agriculture
Logan
Salina
Here
Flooding Wreaks Havoc in Geneva Alabama
Severe flash flood hits Geneva Alabama after a 4 inch downpour. About half of its business offices and many homes suffer heavy damage though no lives were lost. Three streams overflowed, cresting near 22 feet at 4 a.m. Mayor Wilbur Pridgen reported waters drained from streets and buildings as skies cleared.
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Geneva
Alan
South Alabama
Wilbur Pridgen
Pridgen
Kansas auxiliary officers elected at Topeka meeting
Mrs. Fred Cady of Osborne was elected president of the Kansas Department of the American Legion Auxiliary at its annual meeting. She succeeds Mrs. Carl Telford of Winfield. Mrs. Fred Plank of Baldwin was elected vice president, Mrs. Florence Batten of Manhattan chaplain, and Mrs. Welden C. Warner of Mulvane reelected historian. Mrs. Telford advances to national committeewoman over Mrs. Jack Fordham of Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Fred Cady
Osborne
Kansas Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Carl Telford
Winfield
Fred Plank
Baldwin
Florence Batten
Manhattan
Welden C. Warner
Mulvane
Telford
Jack Fordham
Wichita
Topeka Drowns Worker Found in Farm Pond
William H. Hendren, 34, was found drowned in a pond on a farm northwest of Topeka where he had been working. Authorities investigated the site for the circumstances of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
William H. Hendren
Here
Policy Hearing Set On Farm Price Support June 1
The Senate Agriculture Committee announced hearings on farm price support policy for June 1. The House has already voted to scrap the Eisenhower administration's flexible price support plan adopted by Congress last year. Little chance was seen for the Senate to follow suit this year.
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Washington i
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Six Kansas Car Deaths
Six Kansans died in weekend automobile crashes raising the year total to 197. The victims include Arthur Carder of Washburn University in Topeka, Julia Oscar Jacot and his wife Martha of Moline, and David Keown of Wichita. Others injured or killed in accidents near Perry, Alma, Conway Springs, and Arkansas City were reported.
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Kansas
Richard Chiles
Springfield
Perry
Arthur Carder
Washburn University
Topeka
Julia Oscar Jacot
Martha
Moline
Alma
David Keown
Wichita
Conway Springs
Frank Emley
Arkansas City
West Coast Trucks Hit by Prolonged Strike
Los Angeles reports show i Trucking operations across the West ground to a halt on the fifth day of a strike lockout impacting freight flow and logistics statewide.
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LOS Angeles i
Marriage Licenses for Finch and Pyle in Rantoul
Alfred R. Finch aged 18 and Patsy May Pyle aged 15, both of Rantoul, obtained marriage licenses. The pair appear in local records with minor status noted, indicating consent requirements and forthcoming nuptials under county oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred R. Finch
Rantoul
Patsy May Pyle
Traffic fatalities on highways in last 48 hours
Kansas State Accident Records lists 197 deaths on highways in the recent 48 hours with figures for the 1955 period and a comparison to 1954. The notice shows year to date totals and changes from prior year in a terse statistical recap.
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Tophkam
Kansas
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Empomia Teachers College
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Hilton Drilling Company
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Bob Conaty
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G. R. Fosmire
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Anderson County
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Topekan
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Excello
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Robert Craig
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
Lindsey
George L. Lindwey
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O'Keefe & Merritt
Mack Electric
West Coast
Thornton Minor Hospital
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Linwood
Kansas City 9
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Spears
Tom Porter
George Spears
Organization of Safe Saving
J. Dean Nossinger
North American Building
Clarence T. Rice
D. William Overton
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