Snethens to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Mearl Edward Snethen and Elizabeth Lorraine Hicks mark their 50th anniversary with a 12:30 p.m. ceremony at Ottawa Church of the Nazarene. Married Oct 16, 1946, in Christian Church parsonage, he served Ottawa street department 1946–1982 and she Ottawa High School food service 1966–1987. they have a daughter Carolyn Barrett, two grandchildren, and a great grandson.
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Mearl
Elizabeth Snethen
Ottawa
Church of the Nazarene
Mearl Edward Snethen
Elizabeth Lorraine Hicks
Christian Church Parsonage
City of Ottawa Street Department
Lorraine
Ottawa High School Food Service
Carolyn Barrett
Deatons Edith and Emory Deaton to celebrate 45th wedding
Edith Mathias and Emory Deaton mark their 45th wedding anniversary with a covered dish dinner at 1 p.m. Sunday and a reception until 4 p.m. at the Princeton Community Center in Princeton. Their nieces and nephews host and the couple requests no gifts. Cards may be sent to 4249 Iowa Terr., Ottawa, 66067.
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Edith
Emory Deaton
Princeton Community Center
Princeton
Edith Mathias
Iowa Terr
Ottawa
Hetricks Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Ivie Garber and Max Hetrick marked their 50th anniversary with a family dinner and reception at Lamont Hill after their Oct. 5, 1946 marriage in Great Bend. Hosts were their children Willa Hamilton Pomona Lois Ikenberry Montgomery Ed Garber Ottawa and Faye Gilliland Overbrook, with 12 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Max
Ivie Hetrick
Lamont Hill
Ivie Garber
Max Hetrick
Great Bend
Willa Hamilton
Pomona
Lois Ikenberry
Montgomery
Ala
Ed Garber
Ottawa
Faye Gilliland
Overbrook
Pumpkins Fail In Virginia Amid Wet Summer Woes
EW Kent Virginia AP reports pumpkin growers face disaster from heavy rainfall. Stewart A Taylor says half of 30 acres at Fairview Farm lost while Charles Davis quits 10 acres of 8 000 pumpkins. Local shortages push some to out-of-state suppliers.
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Kent
Virginia
Stewart A. Taylor
Toano
Fairview
Packer
Kansas City
Ginia
Charles Davis
Eltham
Mummified cat decorates porch in Ohio neighborhood
UNBRIDGE Ohio AP Fluffy the mummified cat hangs from a porch wire as the sole Halloween decoration. Neighbors call it in poor taste while Roz Smith defends it as harmless lawn art. Health official says there are no regulations banning dead animal decorations.
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Unbridge
Ohio
Fluffy
Roz Smith
Larry Sorrells
Wood County Health Department
Smith
Dunbridge
Toledo
Sorrells
Nasal flu vaccine tested on children in several centers
Doctors begin enrolling 1,000 children ages 1 to 6 in a Phase III trial of Aviron nasal influenza vaccine. Half receive the spray, other half a placebo. If effective, FDA approval could target the 1999 flu season, offering an at home friendly alternative to injections.
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Ashington
Aviron Inc
Dominick Iacuzio
National Institutes of Health
Aviron
NIH
Paul Mendelman
Mendelman
Mountain View
Calif
University of Michigan
Worm Lady wins big but keeps selling bait in Oregon
ULINO Oregon AP Mary Leiber and her husband Keith both 55 continue selling crates of night crawlers to stores across northwestern Oregon after winning a 2.75 million lottery payout on September 11. They bought two five dollar tickets weekly for nine years and will receive 99000 per year after taxes for 20 years.
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Ulino
Ore
Mary Leiber
Mary
Keith
Oregon
Ten foot Burmese python at center of custody dispute
A 10 foot 45 pound Burmese python found on a roof of a bridal shop in INCLAY Ohio becomes the focus of a custody fight between a snake lover and a snake catcher. Julie Dauer trapped the snake and took it home. Police do not want to intervene as the owner never stepped forward.
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Inclay
Ohio
Toledo
David Hartzell
Julie Dauer
Ber
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