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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1962
Page
5
Mr and Mrs M W Holmes of 416 Elm returned home last night after a month abroad visiting Athens Vienna Switzerland and Copenhagen with Mrs Holmes sister and retired Adm F X Gygax joining part of the journey. Other items note local church service health notices and community events.
Admissions include Mrs. Clifford Lyman 804 Walnut on Wednesday, Mrs. Alice E. Miller 720 S Sycamore, and Mrs. Paul Archer 1021 S Hickory on Thursday. Dismissals feature Mrs. Chester G Schulz and baby son RFD 1 Rantoul, Mrs. Ward Reed 629 Ash, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hopkins 823 S Sycamore, Mrs. Roy B May and baby daughter Eudora, Mrs. Gary Mietchen and baby daughter 427 S Mulberry, Jack Englehaupt 1105 N Main, and Mrs. Alice E Miller 720 Sycamore on Thursday.
Trials for two persons were canceled after guilty pleas in Police Court. Harold I. Gumm, 42, Red Wood Court, pleaded guilty to being drunk and forfeited a $50 bond. Robert W. Barnes, 25, RFD 1, pleaded guilty to DUI and reckless driving, fined $125 with a 30 day suspended sentence. Several others forfeited bonds or were fined for various traffic offenses. trials set for June 14 and June 21 for additional defendants.
Manhattan voters approved an 845000 school bond with under 30 percent turnout. Bond issue one passed 1766 to 1048 for classroom additions at a grade school a cafeteria at the junior high and extra classrooms at the senior high.
Nelson Showalter a 1961 Ottawa High graduate and former J C Penney salesman was named classified advertising manager at The Ottawa Herald. He succeeds Gordon Nordquist as Jack Day moves up to advertising manager while Don Shipman leaves in June for a Troy Ohio paper.
Died May 18, Charlotte Kennedy services were held at Dengel & Son Mortuary May 22 with Rev. Lee Spitzer officiating. Pallbearers included John and Alfred Mathias Tom Rathjen Henry Brown Emory Deaton and Clar on Sobba. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery with Virginia Wilkerson singing hymns assisted by R L Stevens. Eastern Star honors were presented by Sadana Chapter 194.
A Waynoka cattleman now with the Army at Ft. Riley will conduct a survival snake demonstration at Wilson Field House tomorrow at 8 p.m. Harmon, an infantry corporal, uses live rattlers for Army and Boy Scout groups. Edwin L. Gardner, Ottawa Elks sponsor, urges scouts 4H members sportsmen farmers and stock men to attend with field glasses or cameras.
A warm front moves north toward Kansas as the Weather Bureau forecasts showers and warmer temperatures through Friday. Showers should begin in southern Kansas this afternoon and spread statewide tonight. Weatherman Richard Garrett cautions that rainfall totals are uncertain, but south central Kansas is likely to receive needed precipitation.
Bruce Manufacturing Co thanks Ottawa city commissioners for help in opening a new cutting department in the 100 block on North Main. The Ottawa Industrial Development group assisted with property alterations. The expansion raises payroll to 175 employees, with plans for further increases.
The Sunday School at Bethany Chapel Baptist Church 131 Poplar will hold its second Annual Day at 3 p m on Sunday May 27 Rev Richard Smith and the Humboldt choir will be guests Smith will deliver the sermon and the choir will sing Thelma Small chairs the program Roy Lewis is Sunday School superintendent Rev Stacy Hopkins pastors the church Everyone is invited to attend the program
Frank Tuttle of Ottawa a former Cities Service employee and son in law of Mrs H J Murphy Ottawa was among 45 people killed when a Continental Airlines jet crashed in Iowa on Tuesday His daughter Evelyn married Harold Keltz son of Mrs Wiley Keltz Ottawa
KC Markets Kansas City AP reports cattle numbers 2,300 calves 50 cows steady vealers 50-1.00 lower good steers 19.26-22.00 utility cows 14.00-15.00 vealers 94.00-28.06 hogs 3,209 barrows and gilts steady to 26 lower sows 25 higher to steady 1-3 195-240 1b 16.60-16.00 1-3 270-400 lb sows 13.60-14.25 sheep 400 all classes steady good to prime lambs 18.38-29.00 utility and good 4.50-6.00
Ronald E Meyer aged 33 of Ottawa and Judith Kay Winters aged 16 of Overland Park applied for marriage licenses. The union would occur under Kansas state law pending approval.
At last night’s Ottawa city commission meeting discussion focused on unspayed dogs ten years and older and whether ordinances should change. Dr Joe Selby urged considering the problem of older unspayed females and questioned the $1 dog licensing fee's usefulness. He proposed vaccination oversight by veterinarians with the Franklin County Humane Society as the policing body and noted vaccination tags vary by year color for enforcement. Further discussions are planned before changing existing rules.
City voters designate The Ottawa Herald as official paper for city legal notices for May 1962 through May 1963. The decision follows input from City Attorney Robert A. Anderson and attorney Jules Doty, with remarks by Mayor Charles Williamson, Commissioner James Grogan, and Tallman publisher remarks on paid circulation and statutory requirements.
W C Goodman of 1125 W 7th Street Terrace questioned last night if charges could be filed in the traffic death at 3rd and Walnut. City Attorney Robert A Anderson replied no city ordinance covers such charges or jurisdiction exists. Goodman, not knowing involved parties, said he read in The Herald about Minnie C Albright, 82, killed May 7 by a truck driven by Oscar W Baker.
Speer son of Dr Louis Speer will assist in presenting a new reviewing stand at Kemper Military School Boon Mo The stand is a gift from the high school and junior college graduating classes The presentation will be a feature of a Sunday afternoon parade William will represent the junior college graduating class at Kemper in the ceremony
Don Baldwin of Kansas City and Robert Wilbur of Mission led a Rotary club program on Scouting. A display illustrated activities. Visitors included Scout officials Dr. David Bemmels, Frank Holden, Fred Adamson, William Campbell of Paola, Lee Replogle of Garnett, and guest Dewey Cook, Woolworth manager.
The Coltrane family thanks friends neighbors nurses and Dr Roberts for kindness during illness and death of their loved one. They also thank the women for food and other acts of kindness. Ottawa Shrine No. 19 notices and music instruction ads follow.
A compiled listing of sale dates and contacts for multiple Kansas auctions and livestock sales. It includes locations in Ottawa, Michigan Valley, Emporia, Ottawa Franklin County, Overbrook, Gas City, and more with partial addresses and contact numbers for weekly events and specific estate or furniture sales. The notices name sellers such as Mrs Allen Roberts and Earl Lee Estate, plus venues like Locust & Wilson, Ottawa and 1136 N Main.
Harold Stewart and Charles Beatty organize night consignments at CH 2496 with Lyndon Kansas on May 24 and Ottawa Livestock Co locations in West Wilson and Janes. Additional sale at Neosho Livestock Co in Neosho Me coordinates May 31 and future consignments.
A home freezer guessing game invites participants to estimate the combined weight of all frozen foods. No purchase or obligation required. Contest closes May 31 with a chance to win the food.
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