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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1955

Page

4

Lane Social News Recaps Visits and Travel

Lane residents share Western trip stories and weekend gatherings. Harry White Homer returned from Oregon to be with family. Dozens visit and host: Snow Fuller Hume Swogar Edwards Brownlee Cole Morlan and others. The Junior class runs a paper drive. Open house marks 25th anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Birchard.

Harry White Homer Oregon Ricky Smith Beagle Merle Cole George Snow Jack Brownlee Bob Snow Carl Fuller Ottawa Charles Fuller Linda Clarence Hoffman Marie Lincoln Ed Hume Iola Lane Hume Royden White Junction City Jay Swogar Stevie Paola E. F. Brownlee anMr Guy Edwards Dean Kennedy Walter Williams Leroy Day Gail Chambers Verne Morlan L. D. Morlan Lavon Hettler W. H. Hettler Willard Birchard

Savings Bonds as the Smart Investment Advice

Twenty percent of American women and eight percent of men have been telephoned on a radio or TV quiz program. Most did not know the right answer or win a prize. If you buy U. S. Savings Bonds regularly, you don't need one. Savings bonds are an investment.

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Rain Creates Ideal Topsoil Conditions

Topsoil moisture improved after recent rains across Kansas. Wheat planting lagged with only 22 percent of planned acres in by Oct 1 due to prior dryness. Western fields show spotty emergence and replanting underway as moisture returns. Pastures green but feed limited by late season. volunteer wheat in western counties expected to add feed within two weeks.

Topeka Federal State Departments of Agriculture Kansas

Dulles Predicts Swift Recovery for Eisenhower

Secretary of State Dulles said Eisenhower should recover soon to handle major foreign policy, but at present no urgent issues require the president’s personal attention. He noted two factors for any future trip to Denver: the president’s health and the urgency of matters, stressing there is no alarm despite illness.

Washington Dulles Eisenhower Denver National Security Council

Ottawa City approves Eleventh Street improvement plan

A 1955 Ottawa Kansas resolution authorizes grading guttering curbing and paving Eleventh Street from Main Street to the Atchison Santa Fe Railway right of way including alley intersections. The plan calls for steel reinforced Portland cement concrete on a 4 inch native sand base with 6 inch curbs and drainage facilities. Special assessments will be levied to fund the project. Mayor W. W. Robe signed September 21 1955 with City Clerk Donald R. Capper.

Ottawa City Resolves Seventh Street Improvement Project

A resolution from Ottawa Kansas mandates grading guttering curbing and paving of Seventh Street from Cherry to Lincoln including intersections. It specifies a 25 foot width on a 4 inch native sand base with curb inlets and drainage facilities and levying special assessments to fund the work per Kansas law. The resolution was adopted by Mayor W. W. Robe and City Clerk Donald R. Capper on October 21.

Ottawa resolves Hickory Street paving project in Kansas

A resolution from Ottawa Kansas declares the improvement of Hickory Street from Grant to Dundee as necessary. It specifies 6 inch thick steel reinforced Portland cement concrete pavement with 6 inch curbs on a 31 foot width and 4 inch native base, including curb inlets and drainage facilities. Special assessments will be levied to pay for the work per Kansas statutes.

Ottawa resolves Cedar Street upgrade in 1955 plan

Resolution from Ottawa Kansas orders Cedar Street South Line of Grant Street to Dundee Street widened improved guttered curbed and paved with steel reinforced Portland cement concrete six inches thick and 31 feet wide including curbs within the width to be built on a four inch native sand base. Special assessments to fund the project with drainage features and curb inlets per city plans filed with the City Clerk. Published September 21 1955 and October 3 4 8 6 7 8. Sycamore street project follows.

Hickory Street Ottawa Kansas Grant Street Dundee Street Cedar Street Logan Street Massasoit Street Avenmore Street Sycamore Street Logantreet Massagoit Street W. W. Robe Powhattan Street Ottwa Robe Poplar Street Wilson Street City of Kangas Red Jacket Street Ninth Street Seventh Street Birch Street Kanang Powhattan’ Street

Ottawa Kansas to pave street improvements 1955

The city council of Ottawa Kansas declares the paving and improvement of Avenmore Street from Logan Street to Massasoit Street and intersecting streets as necessary. Plans are on file with the City Clerk and special assessments will be levied to cover costs. City of Ottawa Kansas 21st September 1955. Major W W Robe.

Ottawa City approves Hickory Street paving plan

The Ottawa Kansas city council on September 21 1955 declares necessary to grade gutter curb and pave Hickory Street from the north line of Powhattan Street to the south line of Massasoit Street with six inch steel reinforced Portland cement concrete, 31 feet wide, four inch native sand base, for drainage, including intervening street connections. AVLW Robe mayor Attinots Donald MELLEL rata.

Massasoit Street to be graded paved in Ottawa Kansas

The city governing body of Ottawa Kansas resolves to grade gutter and pave Massasoit Street from the east line of Cedar Street to the west line of Oak Street including alley intersections. Pavement will be 6 inch thick steel reinforced Portland cement concrete 25 feet wide with 6 inch curbs on a four inch sand base and proper drainage facilities. Resolution dated September 1955. Attest: Donald R Capper City Clerk.

Seventh Street Ottawa Kansas Cherry Street Lincoln Street General Statutes of Cedar Street Massasoit Street Oak Street Massasont Street W. W. Robe Redjacket Street Kansans Nassasoit Street Poplar Street Blackhawk Street Main Street Thia

Ottawa City to grade Hickory Street paving in Ottawa Kansas

The governing body resolves to grade gutter and pave Hickory Street from Logan Street north line to Powhattan Street south line. The project proposes six inch pavement, 31 feet total width with six inch curbs on native soil for drainage, per plans on file with the City Clerk. The resolution 12-603 provides for the improvement and was duly passed.

City Resolution Orders Street Pavement Improvements

A 1955 Ottawa Kansas city resolution directs pavement work on Sycamore and Poplar Streets, detailing grading, guttering, curbing, and concrete overlay. It specifies 6 inch thickness and 31 foot width, with demolitions, drainage needs, and assessments to fund the project, adopted September 28, 1955.

Resolution to Improve Maasasoit from Cedar to Oak

A resolution proposes improvements to Maasasoit from the east line of Cedar Street to the west line of Oak Street including an alley intersection for the width of the tui.

Ottawa City to pave Powhattan Street in 1965 plan

A resolution adopted September 21, 1965 by Ottawa Kansas proposes paving Powhattan Street from Oak Street east to Poplar Street west and connecting alley intersections. The project includes six inch thick pavement twenty six feet wide with integral six inch curbs and salt curbs, a four inch native sand base, curbs inlets and drainage facilities, and related street improvements.

City to grade pave Grant and Cedar Streets

City declares street improvements on Grant Street from Wilson Street south to its end and on Cedar Street as necessary. Paving to be steel reinforced six inches thick on a four inch native sand base. Special assessments to be levied to cover costs, per city clerk Donald R Capper.

Resolution to Improve Reidjacket Street Section

Published October 3 to 8, the notice outlines a resolution to upgrade Reidjacket from East Line of Main Street to West Line of Cedar Street. It details street and alley intersections for the full project along Main Street where it intersects Reidjacket.

Ottawa City to pave Redjacket Street and widen Cedar Street

The city of Ottawa Kansas declares the paving of Redjacket Street from Main Street east to Cedar Street and the full width intersection with Cedar Street including street and alley intersections. Construction will be six inch thick concrete pavement, 31 feet wide with six inch curbs on a four inch native sand base, with curb inlets and drainage facilities as per city plans. Special assessments will be levied. Date September 21 1955. Mayor W. W. Robe. Attest.

Resolution calls for grading and paving Redjacket Street in Ottawa Kansas

A public resolution proposes grading gutting curbing and paving Redjacket Street from the east line of Cedar Street to the west line of Oak Street including the Cedar Street alley intersection. It notes Cedar and Oak Streets are paved at their intersections with Redjacket Street and specifies a six inch average thickness for the improved street.

City of Ottawa to grade and pave Massasoit Street

A resolution proposes grading guttering and paving Massasoit Street from Oak Street to Poplar Street in Ottawa Kansas. The plan includes a 25 foot wide concrete pavement on a four inch sand base with curbs inlets and drainage facilities per city plans on file.

City of Ottawa street paving project description 1985

North Line of Massasoit Street to the South Line of Red Jacket Street details a pavement plan for Hickory Street in Ottawa Kansas. The project specifies 6 inch thick asphalt over a 4 inch native base with 31 foot width and 6 inch curbs, including curbs and drainage facilities. It references plans and a September 1985 resolution approving improvements to Pecan Street South Line of Seventh Street to the North Line.

Ottawa Kansas Seventh Street

Ottawa to Pave Pecan Street Between Seventh and Ninth

The city governing body of Ottawa Kansas votes to pave Pecan Street from the south line of Seventh Street to the north line of Ninth Street. The project will include six inch pavement and a 25 foot curb, with special assessments to cover the cost. Plans are on file with the City Clerk Donald R Capper.

Ottawa Kansas Resolution to Grade Blackhawk Street Project

A resolution by the Ottawa city government declares the need to grade gutter and pave Blackhawk Street from Main Street east line to Cedar Street west line and at adjacent intersections. The plan calls for 25 foot width street with six inch curbs and steel reinforcement as part of the paving project.

Resolution to pave Redjacket Street in Ottawa Kan

A historical resolution proposes paving Redjacket Street from King Street east line to Main Street west line. It notes King and Main Streets are paved where intersecting Redjacket, but Redjacket between them is ungraded and unpaved. The plan includes curbs gutters and grading in city specifications.

Ottawa council approves Birch Street graded paving project

By resolution the Ottawa Kansas city government orders Birch Street from Logan to Powhattan graded guttered curbed and paved with six inch steel reinforced Portland cement concrete six inches thick and an overall width of 31 feet including 6 inch curbs and necessary inlets and facilities under Kansas statutes as of the date stated.

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Minnick Motor Company S. Hickory Belle* Brownlee Kansas Loan Co Kansas State Bank WurulZer Saunders Martin Luther Europe World Osawatomie City Auditorium Legals Eleventh Street Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Eleventh Atchison, Topeka and Santa Railway Company Donald R. Capper Mellel Rata Donald R. Capper Attest Donald R Capper Kanees Attent Donald R.capper King Street
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