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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1961
Page
4
A Hawkins School District special meeting is set for Friday at 8 p.m. at Evergreen School to discuss unification. The brief note lists community notices and local events including a rummage sale, a smorgasbord, and various short items about residents and local organizations.
Wellsville Garden Club held a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Oliver Neis home to elect officers. Elected were Mrs. Bernhard Fleming president, Mrs. Oliver Neis vice president, Mrs. Hugh Macy secretary, and Mrs. Mary O'Neil treasurer.
Anson Camp of Rantoul will be buried after a 2 p.m. service Thursday at Farris Funeral Home Garnett with Rev. R. B. Shoemaker officiating. Masons will pallbear and a Masonic graveside service will follow. Relatives may call at Towner's Chapel until noon Thursday.
Richmond residents share family updates with relatives in California Illinois and Kansas United States. Families return from Japan announce births travel guests attend birthdays and surgeries are reported along with hospital visits and relocation notices. Local households send best wishes as relatives move or travel.
Mercy Flight from Miami lands in Belize with food and medicine for Hurricane Hattie victims. Belize City, 50 to 75 percent destroyed, 9 to 10 feet flood surge. Belize evacuees 30,000, Honduras and US ships aiding, consular families safe, Belize exports mahogany and lignum vitae.
In Russell Kansas the murder trial of George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham faces repeated courtroom exclusion as jurors are kept out while judges rule on statements made to authorities in Salt Lake City. York, 18, and Latham, 19, are charged with first degree murder in the June 9 shooting of Otto Ziegler, 62, of Oakley, Kansas, and linked to other slayings in multiple states.
Franklin County sub committee on school district unification held a regular meeting led by County Superintendent Maurice Ponton. Discussion focused on boundary lines near Wellsville with possible joint Franklin and Douglas County meetings to reach a mutually satisfactory line and broader informational talks on unification.
The United Church Women will host an Ottawa World Community Day on Friday at 2 pm at Westminster United Presbyterian Church. Derek Kelly, an Ottawa University student from Haiti, speaks on the 1961 theme Freedom to Know as announced by Mrs. Henry Alban.
AP report from Kansas City shows cattle priced firm to higher with good to choice steers 33.50 to 25.50, heifers up to 75, cows 14.50 to 36.00, vealers 23 to 26, stockers 22.75 to 24.50, and feeders 23.50 to 24.00. Hogs rise 1 to 15 with barrows and gilts 100 to 260 pounds, sows 270 to 400 pounds. Sheep firm to higher with lambs 25 to 50, ewes and feeders steady, good to prime 15 to 17.50.
The Truman family Harry Bess and Margaret will be honored at a dinner then stay overnight in the White House. Mr and Mrs Truman will occupy the Lincoln and queen's rooms while daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs E C Daniel of New York will have a third floor suite.
Admissions list includes Mrs. Fred Gollier of Paola and Mrs Wilbur Yates RFD 3 on Tuesday James Williams of 609 S Sycamore on Wednesday Births record Noah G Roberts Princeton a son born Wednesday weight 6 lb 10 oz Dismissals include Mrs Marlin G Heffner and infant daughter RFD 2 Baldwin on Wednesday
Two Ottawa area deaths reported Velma Emerson Icenhower age 64 born in Waverly later Ottawa high school graduate married William Icenhower in 1922 in Ottawa survived by one daughter and three grandchildren services set for Thursday in Kansas City. The second obituary notes Mrs Carl Graves 68 of Azusa California former Ottawa resident lived Los Angeles area 20 years survived by widower eight grandchildren three sons and two daughters services Saturday in Whit tier California with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Earl T. Garrington aged 32 and Georgie R. Watson aged 37, both residents of Scranton, obtained marriage licenses. The filing appears in the local notices, listing the couple and ages.
Pomona community plans a Saturday carnival at the high school gym starting 7 p.m. with committees organizing food stands games a fish pond grab bag and more including a voiceless auction plus a Christmas bazaar flea market and cake walks. The issue also lists local engagements and visits including marriages and hospital updates.
Ottawa weather observer John P. Kelsey reports rainfall through October totals 49.65 inches in the northeast, with 12.10 inches above normal for the year. September proved the heaviest month, rainfall reaching 13.20 inches, and March and May also exceeded norms. With two months remaining, the year’s total sits 11.76 inches short of the 1951 record of 61.41 inches.
Charles Keith Clark of Topeka pleaded guilty to a reduced illegal left turn charge from March 27 in District Court. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs. The case stemmed from a collision on US 50 at Sand Creek Road that killed Kenneth Larry Reddick, 19, of 224 West Seventh, home on Navy leave. Clark suffered cuts and severe bruises.
Calcutta India AP Nehru enthused over the United States saying no major conflict exists between India and America He will travel Friday to meet President Kennedy and tour the United States He told an East West conference sponsored by the Ramkrishna Mission and the United Nations that India and the United States share democratic systems and institutions
Wichita AP reports seven Kansas farmers charged with over planting wheat have had charges dismissed. U S district attorney aide Robert Green says settlements are being negotiated by the Department of Agriculture with the farmers named: Albert Ratzlaff Hillsboro Alvin Dean Krehbiel Pretty Prairie Leland Chizek Lincolnville LaVern Funk Peabody Earl Banman Wesley Duerksen and A S Klassen Jr Lehigh.
A compact poultry and livestock sale schedule lists events across Kansas including Osage City, Topeka, Ottawa, Emporia, and other towns. Featured dates cover late October through November with multiple sales, consignments, and weekly auctions at Ott awa, Overbrook, and nearby venues. Listings name organizers and contact numbers for buyers and sellers.
In the Probate Court Franklin County Kansas a petition by Mary Jo Kelley and Elizabeth A Die rich seeks descent of undivided half interests in 160 acres and in Lots 27 29 and North 19 feet of Lot 31 Block 119 Ottawa with half and three fourths interests described. Hearing set for November 17 1961 at 10:00 am. failure leads to judgment.
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