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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1963
Page
5
Ottawa Christmas activities include lights at Main Street at 7 p.m. Saturday with sounds broadcast from loudspeakers. Also noted: vandals damaged a 1957 Chevrolet pickup windshield for $70, Peoria EUB Church chicken noodle supper, and a quiet title suit filed in District Court by George B. Cloon against Robert Ferguson.
In Great Bend Kansas AP reports widow of Lee Harvey Oswald may be offered a small three room frame house by Mrs Abraham Sheck wife of a local carpenter. Sheck said she has tried to contact Mrs Oswald who is in federal protective custody. Sheck spoke after a wreck she survived unharmed. She said the idea came after the crash and that two ministers approved the plan. The house belonged to Sheck’s mother in Otis Kansas and had been remodeled for her move there.
Daniel W Fleming 80 of 1128 W 7th died today at Crestview nursing home after a year of declining health. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p m at First Methodist Church with Rev Charles P Knight officiating. Burial in Evergreen Mound Cemetery. He was born August 22 1883 in Lehigh Iowa and moved to Ottawa from Jetmore with his parents at age 11. He partnered with his brother Thomas H Fleming at Richter store and grain elevator, later moving to Ottawa in 1942. Survived by two brothers Charles I Fleming Walla Walla Washington and Newts Fleming Pomona and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. O L Fowler formerly of Ottawa died November 28 in Boulder Colorado. Funeral services are planned for November 30 in Denver. She was born Helen Shinn.
Mrs Louisa Fanning died November 24 and funeral services were conducted November 27 at Dengel and Son Mortuary with Rev Chester A Hall officiating. Pallbearers named were Roy Bones Lyle Hanes Gene Ames Floyd Jacobs Randolph Bundy and Lloyd Daugharthy Burial followed in Highland Cemetery with Mary Martha Sunday School class attending in a group.
Services for Charles J Richardson, who died Nov 25, were held at Towner Chapel on Nov 27 with Rev. Roy H Armstrong presiding. Pallbearers were Bob Bailey, Bill Bailey, Harry Smith, Orville Lucas, Frank Morris and Charles Fisher. Mrs J M Kilgore played an organ selection. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery.
At 7 a.m. Tuesday a 1959 Oldsmobile driven by Guylene R. Smithy of 1136 N. Cedar struck the rear of a 1957 Ford pickup driven by Willis T. Rucker of 605 N. Main. Rucker was turning right off Hickory and stopped for a parked car. the other driver could not stop in time. No one was injured.
Funds for the family of slain Policeman J D Tippit flow into the Dallas Police Department at a rapid rate. Lt Verne K Hipskind said counting staff worked through Thanksgiving Day to provide handwritten receipts. By Thursday night 1100 pieces of mail had been processed.
In Caracas the pro Communist FALN bets on scaring voters, but rallies go on with 15 000 attendees and no major incidents as Raul Leoni of Democratic Action leads six rivals. A U S officer remains missing after a hijack and kidnapping linked to the guerrilla group.
Mary Hudelson reports the Pomona area church WSCS meeting on November 21 at the Methodist Church with devotions by Mrs. Arthur Shibe and Mrs. Charlie Burch. A $5 donation to Osawatomie State Hospital was approved, and a pot luck dinner is set for December 5. The Senior MYF hosted parents night with a memorial to the late president and a skit, while Thanksgiving plans and local visits are noted. Special events include College Day at Burlingame High School and County Exchange Day December 4 with Pomona and Williamsburg students visiting and hosting. An SOAP NIGHT inter-squad game at the high school gym is scheduled for November 30.
Earl Wayne Hole, 22, of Cha nute, and Marie Coats, 18, of Princeton, obtained a marriage license.
Robert J. Kaiser director of Kansas penal institutions will speak at the Fellowship Supper at 6 p.m. December 1 at the First Methodist Church on Prison Reform in Kansas Kaiser has 22 years in the Federal Bureau of Prisons and was associate warden at Leavenworth before October 1962 The public is invited and a covered dish dinner starts at 6 p.m Attendees should bring a dish and table service
Reports center on Bill Moyers as a leading candidate to become the new President's top aide, with Theodore Sorensen, Kenneth O’Donnell, Horace Busby, and McGeorge Bundy also discussed. Pierre Salinger likely exit, Carl T. Rowan tipped as successor in Helsinki. Rowan is a 38 year old former Minneapolis Tribune reporter and Kennedy era deputy secretary of state.
AP reports a 10 nation currency protection pact with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and European central banks acting in concert after President Kennedy's assassination to prevent a run on the dollar. The move limited gold drains and steadied the dollar in early market trading.
Fragmented hospital notes list multiple patients with names and locations including Mrs. Jennie Dexter Williams burg and Timmy Cochran in Richmond. References to addresses 1627 8 Main and 1004 Walnut appear amid Friday and Thursday mentions with Ottawa University and Kansas City as contexts.
Nine persons appeared in Police Court for speeding violations with bonds forfeited. Todd K. Hamton El Dorado $20 James D. Mace Kenzie Mission $20 Walter L. New Princeton $10 Danny F Rogers Baldwin $10 and Thomas J. Boyce Ottawa University student $20 Roland L. Stauffer Lawrence forfeited bonds $25 and $50 for speeding and reckless driving Clifford R. Brown Ottawa RFD 2 guilty to illegal registration fined $10 Robert J. Wills 534 N. Cedar forfeited $25 bond for careless and inattentive driving Jackie Gene Howard Corsicana Tex forfeited $15 bond for defective mufflers
The Thanksgiving weekend toll is about normal for a nonholiday period, with 146 deaths recorded from Wednesday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. An AP survey notes overall holiday travel is lower than typical, contrasting with past Thanksgiving highs and lows, including last year’s 514 and 442 in 1960.
Temperatures will average five to ten degrees above normal from Saturday to Wednesday. Normal highs range from 44 to 50 across regions with lows from 24 to 35. Expect little or no rainfall and a warmer spell Saturday and Wednesday with a cooler Monday.
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill will turn 89 on Saturday. A family spokesman says he is feeling very fit, better than in a long time, and he recently dined at The Other Club, founded by Churchill and Lord Birkenhead in 1911, a group known for fine food and conversation.
Ottawa Elks Lodge members will hold their annual Memorial Services at 2 p.m. December 1 in the Lodge rooms. Dr. Raymond Jennings will lead a ceremony honoring the late President Kennedy and commemorating deceased lodge members John Scott Arthur Brink Larry Cratery and Wayne Blair. A quartet will sing.
A compiled list of sale dates and contact details across Franklin, Ottawa, Richmond, Pomona and Overbrook areas. Listings include stocker and feeder sales, farm and household sales, and livestock auctions with dates such as Dec 2 Dec 4 Dec 9 and weekly events on Saturdays and Wednesdays.
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