Local News Briefs From Ottawa and Vicinity
Synod sessions in Arkansas City involve Rev. M Todd Macdonald and Arthur Cunningham with Kansas Synod joining for meals and evenings. Lane high hosts a pie and box supper Friday. Pomona Grange meets Saturday at North Baptist with a 7 pm meal and business session. Glenn Gould family reports son James Allen Gould in the U S Air Force at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas. Pvt Milton Farris completes track vehicle maintenance course at Fort Sill. Charles S Gray becomes Ottawa Edmiston store assistant manager after eight years at Hunt s Fayetteville store. Oakland community club meets Friday at the school. Wayne Yohn released from St Luke s hospital and returns home. County officials to attend Southeast Kansas County Officials association meeting at Independence. Office redecorated. odors cited as stinker. Three Kansas City men fined in county court for drunken driving and related charges. New home at 1421 S Main draws 800 1000 visitors with prizes. Collision on county road near Ottawa involves 1940 Ford and 1951 Ford. minor damage. Two divorces granted in district court. Frances Needham vs Raymond Needham affirmed for extreme cruelty. Larry L Cow- remains incomplete.
Mother Keeps Long Vigil For Her Son
Decatur Illinois Mrs Luella Miller keeps a Christmas tree lit since 1950 for her son Pfc Clifford Sapp missing in Korea then presumed dead in 1951. She waits at Decatur station for his remains to arrive and plans a military funeral while holding to hope he is alive.
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Decatur
Ill
Luella Miller
Miller
North Korea
Faction
Ottawa divorce case cites gross neglect of duty
Din, Ottawa, received a divorce from Norma J. Cowein on grounds of gross neglect of duty. John B. Pierson represented both plaintiffs. Donation to Ransom Memorial Hospital featured 15 tea towels and 97 cancer dressings. Mrs. Henry Gilroy presided over a 15‑member unit.
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Din
Ottawa
Norma J. Cowein
John B. ‘Pierson
Modernettes Hdu
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Henry Gilroy
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Many Patients
Admitted: Mrs. John Hogan of 528 S Oak Floyd Rochenower Princeton Mrs. Joanna Robbins Agricola Mrs. Ervin Zabel Quenemo Mrs. Willard Wallace 908 N Main Tuesday. Everett Denman Garnett admitted Tuesday and dismissed Wednesday. Barbara Paul 118 S Oak Lawrence Ogg 408 E 13th Curtis Miller 319 Ash today. Mr and Mrs Myron E McCall 514 W 7th son born Tuesday weight 8 lb 5 oz. Dismissed: John Doudna 201 N Oak today.
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John Hogan
Floyd Rochenower
Princeton
Joanna Robbins
Agricola
Ervin Zabel
Quenemo
Willard Wallace
N. Main
Everett Denman
Garnett
Barbara Paul
S. Oak
Lawrence Ogg
E. 13Th
Curtis Miller
Myron E. McCall
W. 7Th
John Doudna
N. Oak
Deans Meet At Newton Bethel College October 27
The annual conference of Kansas college deans and registrars will be held at Bethel College in Newton on October 27. Dr. Clyde Vrooman of the University of Michigan will speak.
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Newton
Kansas College
Bethel College
Clyde Vrooman
University of Michigan
War Aftermath Is Cause Of Decline
Herschel D. Newsom of the National Grange told the Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City that the disruptive aftermath of war has driven down farm prices and flooded markets. He said production for war cannot be quickly cut to peacetime levels and warned against restricting output to shrinking markets. He noted stabilizing dollar purchasing power and rising openness to new ideas as hopeful signs. The third session drew about 10,000 farm youths.
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Kansas City
Herschel D. Newsom
Washington
National Grange
Future Farmers of America
Newsom
Royal Romance Rumors Stir Over Margaret and Townsend
In London RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend returns from Belgium for a month’s vacation as speculation grows over a potential royal marriage to Princess Margaret. Townsend declines to answer whether he will see the princess or anticipate a startling announcement soon. Princess Margaret arrives in London from Scotland amid ongoing romance rumors.
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London
RAF
Peter Townsend
England
Princess Margaret
Belgium
Scotland
Elizabeth II
Townsend
Boy Accused Of Shooting Father In Kansas Farmland
A 13 year old farm boy, Leon Casteel, was captured while riding a horse along a Butler County highway after allegedly shooting his father Clyde Casteel. The father, 38, sustained three bullet wounds in the lower back and was hospitalized in Wichita. A .32 pistol was found in the boy’s saddle bags. Undersheriff Ercel Reed reported no immediate charges. Detective notes indicate the shooting followed a rebuke for breaking a yard light. The boy reportedly told little about the events before and after the incident.
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Augusta
Kas
Kansas
Ercel Reed
Leon Casteel
Reed
Butler County
Leon
Leon Was Taken To the Sheriff's Office
Clyde Casteel
Wichita
Manhunt Follows Shooting Near El Dorado
Deputies and a sheriff’s deputy located a horse and driver along Highway 54 east of El Dorado after a shooting. Leon fled in a family truck, drove to Ivan Steward’s farm, left the vehicle, then stole a horse and saddle before vanishing.
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Highway 54
el Dorado
Reed
Herman Tarrant
Leon
Ivan Stewards Farm
Marriage Licenses Reported for Talbott and Berry
Charles M. Talbott of Ottawa aged 22 and Leila Arlene Berry of Richmond aged 18 are listed in Herald Want Ads under marriage licenses. The notice notes their ages and residences as the key details.
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Charles M. Talbott
Ottawa
Leila Arlene Berry
Richmond
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Cail the Herald
United States
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Herald
Pho
M. Todd Macdonald
United Presbyterian Church
Arthur Cunningham
Tider
Arkansas City
Synod of the Plains
VU P
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas Synod of the Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Pomona Grange
Fellowship Hall
North Baptist Church
Glenn Gould
East Ninth Street
James Allen
United States Air Force
James A. Gould
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Milton Farris
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Fort Sill
Oklo
Ray Farris
Rt. 3
Charles S. Gray
Fayetteville, Ark
Edmiston
Hunt’s
Department i
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
Korea
Gray
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Oakland Community Club
Wayne Yohn
Hal Adamson
S. Maple
St. Luke's Hospital
Fuller
Bruce Spears
John Fleming
Southeast
Kansas County Officials Association
Independence
Court House
Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Fred J.smith
E. L. Adams
Harry Davis
S. Main
R. D
Pat
Anchor Savings and Loan
Bob White
Weien Real Estate
Charles McDaniel
Star Grain and Lumber Co
E. J. Welsch
Davis Paint Store
Jean Wright
Bill Wright
Jay Brown
Loren O. Newkirk
Franklin Hazen
Newkirk
Hazen
Frances Needham
Lane
Raymond M. Needham
Larry L. Cow
Louis H. Dengel
Wue
D & EE
Cary
C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Irven Horst
Pomona
P. C. Wilson
Overbrook
Jack Nelson
Anderson County
Elmer Arnold
Neill George
Waverly
Waverly Sale Pavilion
Albert
Tewart & Son
Harold
Britain
Clana Tarrant
Casteel
Sheriff's Office
Ottawa 14Szeteees Building&loan
Lamb Funeral Home
Illinois
Klenzo
John G. Kaiser
Masonic
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothcraft
Sterling Craft
Hart Schaffner
Marx
J. L. “Bud” Wassmer
John N, Wassmer
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