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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1961
Page
5
KC Markets Kansas City cattle and calves totals 4200 and 450 with steers heifers and cows market moves. Hogs 3000 with barrows gilts firm to higher and sows down. Sheep 1000 lambs down, ewes mixed. feeders steady to slow with prices across multiple grade ranges.
Pomona High announces homecoming on Friday Oct 20 with a 1 30 kickoff against Carbondale on the home field. Queen and king chosen from Esther Larson Anita Stankard Susan Crawford and Jim Burgon Dick Stoneking Jim Goracke with band and pep club performing and a 7 30 dance in the gym after the game.
Richmond items note Rosalie Jackman and Joyce Bowman honored with mixed showers at homes and church basements in Garnett and St Therese Church basement. Gift tables, pink and white decor, and 90 guests reported. Additional local news covers hospital recoveries and visits, travels, and community events from Garnett and nearby towns.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Terhune are mentioned. Terhune works at the plant. Mrs. Terhune will be remembered as Mildred Emond, a former Pomona resident and student.
Admissions list includes James A. Jennings Sheldon Hall Monday and several others in Ames areas including Mrs Rex Weigand RFD 3 Mrs Walter Lassen Overbrook Mrs Cecil Price Michigan Valley Myrion Young Knoxville Iowa and George Yockey Quenomo Tuesday Also births show James Poe Rantoul son 8 8, Koch 810 E 7th daughter 6 9, Gumm 1105 N Main son 6 10, Miller 511 E 9th daughter 8 0, Vogler RFD 1 daughter 8 7 Wednesday Dismissals include Teresa Gahagen 907 Ash James Norman Waverly Mrs Robert Hamilton and baby son Princeton Mrs Walter Smith RFD 3 Mrs Lester Myers and baby daughter RFD 4 Mrs Millard Rodgers Wellsville Wednesday
Funeral services were held for Dora Alice Lee who died Oct. 14 with Rev. Charles P. Knight officiating and pallbearers listed. Burial followed at Maple Grove Cemetery in Wichita. Also, services for Cornelius Francis Connie Jacoby were conducted at Coughlin's Chapel Wellsville with Rev. James Nabors officiating and burial in Wellsville Cemetery.
AP states Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday for October 18 1961 showing 415 fatalities for the period, compared with 387 in the comparable 1960 period.
Francis Mack Grover aged 21 of Emporia and Linda Kay Holman aged 18 of Oxford obtain marriage license. Vincent Lee Burarelli aged 27 and Shirley Ann Mason aged 20, both of Ottawa, also receive licenses.
New York AP report notes a well known touch football player sparking talk on Americans loss of vigor at a Champions dinner. President Kennedy praised Robert F. Kennedy and joked about him as signal caller while Eisenhower era travel programs were outlined. A delegation announced Kennedy as winner of the 1961 National Football Foundation gold medal with a Dec. 5 NYC dinner pending his attendance.
Plans for Franklin County 1961 CROP drive were made at Ottawa First Baptist Church. Dale Ferris Topeka state CROP director outlined aid through food and self-help materials. County goal is 1700 with events Oct 22 27 and 28 and letter mailing Oct 23.
Milo B. Sweet of Palo Alto California formerly of Ottawa died October 13 from lung cancer. Funeral services were held October 15 in Palo Alto. Survived by widow Golda Sweet mother Eva Gambrill Arlington Virginia brother Lord A. Sweet Barstow California sister Juanita L. Shively Arlington Virginia another brother George M. Sweet died in 1932.
Finnish President Urho Kekkonen arrived in New York from Washington aboard a military plane for a four day visit. He will address the U N General Assembly and meet former President Herbert Hoover. A reception by the American Scandinavian Foundation is planned. His U N speech is set for Thursday afternoon.
A list of upcoming auctions and sales in Kansas towns including Overbrook, Emporia, Osage City, Ottawa, and Williamsburg. Entries cover estates, household goods, farm and livestock sales, with dates from Oct 17 to Oct 28 and associated organizers such as Emporia Livestock Sale Co and Franklin County Sale Co. Local addresses and time details provided for each event.
Charles Lyndon Kansas October 17 night consignment horse sale by Neosho Livestock Commission Co Neosho Missouri October 20 New Hope District No 12 School House and contents northeast of Ottawa October 26 night consignments Ottawa Livestock Commission Co Ottawa Kas Printy and Sons Ben Printy Cap CH 2-1974 CH 2-1201 community auction every Thursday night 7 p.m. 1136 N Malin community sale every Thursday night 1136 N Main Gordon James Phone Feed Store CH 2-5596 Home CH 2-1460 Ottawa Market Sale one mile East of Main on Wilson every Saturday p.m.
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