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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 2012
Page
2
Pam J. Mitchell 65 of Ottawa died Wednesday October 31 2012 Services pending and will be announced by Dengel & Son Mortuary Born June 30 1947 in Ottawa to Emery Burgoon Hazel Sutton Burgoon The obituary notes the death and funeral home handling.
Billy Witter Hurt 81 of New Lancaster died Oct 23 2012 at home. Funeral held Oct 26 at Calvary Baptist La Cygne with burial in New Lancaster Cemetery. Born May 4 1931 in Miami County he was a dairy farmer and active in Calvary Baptist rural water district No 1 board Drexel fire association New Lancaster Grange and Sunny Ridge 4 H Club. Survived by two sons two daughters eight grandchildren eleven great grandchildren and many relatives. Contributions suggested to Olathe Hospice via Schneider Funeral Home La Cygne KS. Online condolences at schneiderfunerals com and ottawaherbald com.
Scott R. Roalson, 59, Welda, died Friday October 26, 2012 at Via Christi Hospital Pittsburg. Born July 4, 1953 in Fairmont Minnesota to Richard Berton and Merrelene June Kunard Roalson. Condolences may be left at feuerson funeral and ottawaherald sites.
Ottawa notes the largest voter registration in history with 2139 men, plus about 300 women, ahead of the Nov 5 election. Other figures include 2125 city primary, 1825 August, 1887 1908 state, and 1939 1910 state tallies. An agreement between W R Stubbs and W H Thompson shapes the senatorial race. Columbus Kansas warns on Vernon school desegregation by Nov 1. Annie Rooney grows cotton in Franklin County. Mrs N S Filson visits Ottawa. The Indian council meeting among Creeks and Ottawas is recalled.
Ottawa Coop quotes on Wednesday afternoon list wheat at 8.59, soybeans 15.32, corn 7.66 and milo 6.91. Franklin County USDA Farm Service Agency prices show corn 7.29, sorghum 12.06, oats 3.77, soybeans 15.07 and wheat 8.50 with no bids noted.
The brief lists Lincoln naming McClellan as General-in-Chief in 1861, the Weather Bureau's first observations in 1870, axis alliance speech in 1936, Truman assassination attempt in 1950, Ivy Mike hydrogen bomb test in 1952, and the MPAA rating system in 1968. It notes obituaries including Mamie Eisenhower and William Styron, border reopening of East Germany in 1989, presidential pay paper privacy order in 2001, two World Series games and other sports milestones, plus notable birthdays from Larry Flynt to Penn Badgley.
Franklin County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved buying two truck cranes for the Public Works Department from Drake-Scruggs Equipment Inc. The $14,965 purchase funds an older crane replacement and an additional crane on the shop foreman's truck to raise safety and productivity. the project avoids bidding due to under $25,000.
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