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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1961
Page
5
The American Legion announces a coffee tour at the North American Hotel dining room on Monday Oct 23 at 2 p.m. State and district Legion officials will meet local Legion members and school officials to discuss the national oratorical contest and other Legion education topics.
KC Markets Kansas City AP cattle numbers show 5,300 head with calves 500 and steers to 25.25. Cows steady to peak, vealers unchanged, stockers steady. Hogs 3,800 with barrows and gilts uneven, sows steady. Lambs slow, feeders weak, good to prime lambs 15.25-17.00, ewes 2.50-3.50, good to choice feeders 11.50-12.00.
Wellsville High School junior class will stage The Boarding House Reach a 3 act comedy by Donald Pay ton on November 10 Lowe Frisbie leads the production with cast members including Robert Harra Robert Coons Susan Glessberg Nancy Barnett Karen Clayton Delon Jacoby Pam Poole Nancy Harris John Burrell Judie Fiehler Larry Denton Omera Knoop Don Good Bonnie Bivins Charlotte Rogers Larry Triplett Pvt Frederick R Ferguson has completed an automotive maintenance course at Fort Leonard Wood Mo He is with the Army and is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward W Ferguson Rural Ottawa wife Marlene A large group of Brownies and Girl Scouts are registered with the Santa Fe Trail Council and training includes many named scouts from Brownies through fourth grade plus a long list of names from the Girl Scout ranks The Rebekah and Odd Fellows lodge assemblies at Liberal KS concluded with Mrs Melvin Pierce and Mrs Armour Larrick attending from Wellsville Delegates toured Dodge City Greensburg and the Dillinger hideout A family fellowship supper is set for Sunday Oct 22 at Wellsville Methodist Church The Social Concerns Commission will show The Sound of A Stone and discuss The Washington trip highlights and local social activities The McBeth family formerly of Wellsville visited during Bill Shields Washington tour Mrs Jennie Lytle celebrated a birthday with family visiting from Wichita and Shawnee Mission plus others in Overland Park and Prairie Village and Lathrop Mo
Atty. Gen. Kennedy announced that three major railroads have ordered desegregation of all facilities in the South. Illinois Central and Louisville & Nashville officials disputed ongoing segregation claims while Southern provided no comment. The plan, discussed with Justice Department officials, targets ten southern states and follows discussions with the railroad operators.
Unseasonably warm weather continues in Kansas with 80s highs and 40s to 50s overnight. Monday temperatures ranged from 76 at Olathe and Wichita to 86 at Hill City, with lows from 39 Goodland to 57 Concordia. The Marais des Cygnes River crested 3.7 feet over flood stage at La Cygne and neared flood stage at Trading Post. a cool front from Wyoming and North Dakota will bring 70s by Thursday.
Topeka AP The attorney general will represent the Civil Service Board in seeking restoration of Jewel Ogden to his post as conservation director. A Friday hearing in Shawnee County District Court will address a temporary restraining order blocking further board action to replace Ogden after the job was abolished by the corporation commission and later the Finance Council. The board maintains the abolition was a subterfuge to remove Ogden and seeks reinstatement and back pay.
Richard Arthur Ledom, 33, of 115 N Locust, charged in County Court with felonious assault after arraignment. Bond set at 2000. He allegedly beat his wife Delores on Oct 2, causing loss of sight in her left eye. Preliminary hearing scheduled Oct 27 at 2 30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Heth marked their 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday October 15 by hosting a turkey dinner for relatives. Attendees included extended family from Ottawa Parsons Topeka and Williamsport area as well as the Heths three children who could not attend. Guests also included the Heths’ relatives from Mullinville Belen and Arkansas with plans to travel back to their winter home in Florida. Several local visits and birthday celebrations for family members followed, including an 86th birthday for L W Sutherland.
Rantoul Rural High School announced the school term cheerleaders: Phyllis Stevenson Janice Pennington Connie Mundell and Pat Ball. Local residents and guests from Independence Missouri Merriam Kansas joined various social visits and church activities including L L C of Rantoul Presbyterian gatherings and a Royal Neighbor meeting in Osawatomie with a turnout of 17 members and guests.
Admissions list includes Mrs James Norman of Waverly Jessie Mundy of 114 N Locust Tuesday brings Mrs Margie Jackson 318 E 4th Teresa Gahagen 907 Ash Births announce Mr and Mrs Thomas A Ingram RFC 3 son born Monday weight 8 lb 4 oz Dismissals include Mrs William Parker and baby son 103 N Locust George Wiggins 711 N Sycamore Mrs Rex Myers and baby son RFD 1 Baldwin Lars Nelson 741 Tremont Randle Bronson 815 Pec an Mrs Gerald Lindsey RFD 2 Quenemo B F Jones Muscatine Iowa Tuesday
Mmes Guy Reichard and Noah Hutchison hosted Thursday afternoon activities. Mrs Virgil Smith led worship and the lesson New Churches for New Times was led by Mrs R S Gault. Guests included Mrs Bess Martin of Ottawa. Twenty three members attended. Gene and Mrs McCain announced birth of daughter Tamera Sue Oct 10 at Miami County Hospital Paola. They and the baby were with sister Mrs Francis Kueser in Overland Park for a few days. Chamber of Commerce members dined at O Mara s Cafe after the meeting as Bob Brown explained Dial Telephone Center functions. Mr and Mrs Martin Bowman of Wichita announced a son born Sept 27 named Robert Martin. Abe Severns Alma Bastin Grace Keller and Ella Fox spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Earl Billett in Council Grove. Har ld Maley and Larry MacArthur hosted the Elda Barry group meeting. lesson Church es for New Times. Eighteen present. Nate Sharpless learned his sister Edith was found unconscious in Osage County and is under treatment in Emporia hospital. John Roeckers Phillip Rose Delbert Roeckers and Melvin Phillips attended a Traffic Safety Conference in Topeka with teen panel discussions and a concluding talk by Gov John Anderson. Richmond pupils will take TB tests at Princeton Oct 23. Advertisements for the high school annual were sold in Garnett and Ottawa Wednesday. R W Hill of Overland Park brought his aunt Mrs Harden Watkins home from K U Medical Center Sunday. Frank Dietrich and family spent the weekend with daughter Mrs Raymond Coleman in Warrensburg Mo.
Three persons charged with drunkenness plead innocent and await trials in Police Court. Robert L. Whirley Floyd J. Unscheid and Raymond F. Hoskinson faced DUI and related charges with trial dates set for November 7. Umscheid pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated and reckless driving with a October 31 trial. The session also saw bonds forfeited total 167 and eight guilty pleas with fines totaling 135 for assorted traffic and drunkenness offenses. John J. Martin convicted for driving while intoxicated and open bottle, plans appeal. various others fined for red lights, speeding, and related violations.
More than 200 Ottawa ninth graders will tackle the Differential Aptitude Test tomorrow, guided by counselor Mrs. Howard Doman. The eight part exam covers verbal numerical space mechanical reasoning along with clerical speed and accuracy spell ing grammar and punctuation. Scores will be used for counseling purposes.
Sale dates announced by Ottawa RFD 4 Franklin County Sale Company listing events each Saturday in Ottawa Kansas. Veronica Steerman Estate household goods sale October 17 at 210 West 4th Street Ottawa. L E Wilson sale October 18 two miles southwest Williamsburg. Waverly Livestock Sale October 19 at Waverly. Prairie City School Building and contents sale October 20 near Baldwin. 688
Neosho Livestock Commission Co and Ottawa Livestock Commission Co announce night consignment horse sales in Neosho Missouri and Ottawa Kansas on October 1 and October 26 respectively. New Hope District No 12 School House hosts October 20 event with contents. Weekly community auctions held Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 1136 N Main, Ottawa market rate posted one mile east of Main on Wilson every Saturday at 1 p.m. Contact Gordon James for feed store and home numbers CH 2 5596 and CH 2 1460.
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