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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1961
Page
3
Police records show Francis Button of 620 N Mulberry reported a theft of a box containing assorted carpenter tools. The brief item mentions other ads and local notices but centers on the missing tools report.
Clarence E. Cain 30 of Pomona was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises after his 1957 car hit a stone wall near the Douglas County line late yesterday. The accident occurred on North Arthur Road about 10. Major damage also hit cars driven by Glenn G. Jones 22 of Cypress and Eugene L. Smith 41 of Eureka in a separate collision on US 50 near Williamsburg city park at about 6:30 p.m. No injuries or citations were reported.
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie Mae Cash will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from St Paul A M E Church with burial at Hope Cemetery.
KC Markets report cattle with last week gains in slaughter steers and heifers up to 26, calves up 1.00, vealers steady. good to primes steer 93.25 to 96.00, primes heifers 22.00 to 34.35, calves 19.50 to 23.00, vealers 22.00 to 26.00, stockers 22.30 to 28.00, calves 22.50 to 35.00. Sheep with lambs 60 to 1.00 lower, swea up to 50 higher, feeder lambs down 1.00, prime lambs 13.50 to 17.00, natives 7.00 to 4.95, hogs lower across barrows gilts and sows with various weights and prices listed.
Mrs. Dora Mable Jones, 44, Albuquerque, former Ottawa resident and Bruce Manufacturing co. operator, died at Albuquerque hospital after years of poor health. Born Dec 6, 1876, she left a husband Elva A. Jones who died in 1952, and is survived by daughter Ethel Goff, son Harold Jones, Albuquerque, and a brother Theodore Johnson, Eads, Colorado. Funeral arrangements at McVey Dengel Mortuary. Mrs. Mary A. Barlow, 73, died at 9 15 a.m. Saturday after a year of declining health. Born July 1888 in Missouri to Samuel Monroe, she married Thomas A. Barlow in Olathe on July 2, 1952. he died June 30, 1959. She is survived by one daughter Bertha Cooper, Paola.
Admissions list includes Melvin Sumner RFD 2 Dessie A Baker 931 8 Locust Alfred W Kohler RID 1 Wellsville Clarence Cain RFD 1 Pomona John W Elliott 521 W 2nd Friday Dismissals cover Mrs Allen Hewitt 416 Willow Friday Clarence Cain RFD 1 Pomona Mrs Roy Heckman RFD 1 Mrs Pearl Martin 110 Maple Mrs Mark Nesbit and baby daughter 1426 8 Cedar Mrs James Poe and baby son Rantoul James Jennings Sheldon hall Saturday
Seventeen paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division trained at Fort Bragg were hospitalized after a practice assault jump at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Injuries ranged from broken bones to bruises but none were serious. About 200 Ft. Jackson soldiers acted as the aggressor force during Operation Apache.
A nationwide look shows Mrs. Middle Class America spends about $86.87 yearly at beauty parlors, twice the milk per capita, with 22.8 visits annually at $3.81 each. The industry grew to $2.5 billion in sales as shops rose from 72,000 in 1950 to 140,000 by 1959, and hair coloring surpassed permanents in 1961. Four of ten women now use hair color, while new watchmaker hires and Armco fallout shelters appear in local business notes.
Judy Austin of Sullivan Missouri stays with Mr and Mrs Charlie Cain of Pomona. The Cains drove to Warrensburg for her last Sunday and will bring her home October 23. They met through a Disabled Citizens of America group and plan a short Ozarks trip before returning. They also visited Mr and Mrs Harold Hale in Topeka Tuesday.
Police Chief Eugene Flaherty reports Clyde Kooser of Nortonville aged 48 and Lloyd Milene of St. Charles Minnesota aged 35 were arrested around 4 am by Capt. David Griffin and Patrolman Fred Espinosa. Officers say both gave conflicting statements and had been seen in several parts of town before arrest.
Floyd H. Milton aged 40 and Eloise M. Hughes aged 34, both of Ottawa, obtained marriage licenses.
Wellsville Junior Senior High School lists high and regular honor roll members by grade levels with a 3.75 GPA for high honor and 3.15 for honor roll. Notables include Peggy O Neil Teresa Slaven Sheila Dominick Bill Coughlin and many more across grades seven through twelve. The notice also covers local club news the Kansas School Health Council attendance and a Rebekah Lodge rummage sale with community visits and weekend guests.
Hollywood reports on the shift from a two-evening to a one-evening screening for the James Michener adaptation Hawaii. Director Fred Zinnemann weighed scripts from Daniel Taradash and Dalton Trumbo while producers and backers United Artists and Mirish Co. reassess pacing and completion before casting.
At the centennial convocation banquet in Wilson Field House on the Ottawa campus five individuals received bronze Distinguished Service plaques for leadership in community affairs and Christian values. Recipients included F. R. Bennett for community leadership, Kaw Council Senator Frank Carlson for Christian statesmanship, Norwood L. Jones for business management, Mrs Adrian Miller for social service, and Bert Nicol for business leadership with long service to Ottawa University and local organizations.
In Kansas City Kansas an explosion of tar heating equipment killed 29 year old roofer George Doyle. The blast drenched him with flaming kerosene and hurled him about 75 feet.
A scrambled notice listing various farm and livestock auctions across Kansas and nearby towns. It notes sales in Overbrook Osage City Empara Emaria Ottawa and Pomona with dates in October and weekly community auctions. Names include Ernest Arnold Charles Kline C C Brannan Estate Printy and Sons and Gordon James with contact details and locations for each sale.
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