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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1956
Page
1
Herald readers are urged to call 47 from UH 6:30 if the main line fails. Piano tuner Jay Ellis 1973-R spent two years in Ulm Germany and now lists Sp Eugene Field Chicken-noodie as address. A 47th penny supper hosted by Co A 9th Division at Ft. caring starts 5:30 Tuesday Oct 23, bring your table.
Today In Ottawa Davis is one of three sophomores and a son of the Nelsons with straight A averages. Visitors: Mr and Mrs Raymond Nelson Gardner were Sunday afternoon visitors. Back To Camp Jacob W Drag otieff son of Mr and Mrs George Dragieff of Princeton has returned. Weekend guests to Ft Carson Colo after spending 30 day leave with his parents. Evelyn Halstead nursing student and Joan Halstead hospital secretary are their daughters. Their school's vocal triple trio won first at the state student nurses convention in Wichita. Bazaar New Nove Church. Patrick Noland 5 son of Gordon Noland will attend bazaar and supper 6:30 with chance to meet Annie Oakley after winning an Annie Oakley drawing contest prize. Honor Roll John A Davis James C Pool John E Hieber listed on KU Engineering spring honor roll. On British Isles Dolph Simons Jr Lawrence Journal World will address Rotarians and their wives. Simons spent seven months on London Times staff and interviewed Russian leaders. On Committee Homer J Hennig Ottawa CPA named to committee on relations with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in New York. Visitors Mr and Mrs Peter Madson of Harlan IA visited Lars Nelson in Ottawa. Joint Meeting Fouts and Elm Grove communities hold a joint meeting Friday at Fouts school. bring doughnuts. Speeding Ed Huber Madison forfeited 330 bond for 40 mph in 20 zone and $10 for no driver license. arrested early morning.
Death notices from Hough infant Littrecta Ann dies shortly after birth at Ransom Memorial Hospital with services at Highland cemetery and burial led by Rev William Luce. Other items report bonds, deaths of related relatives, grandmothers, and court actions. Included are notes on a Volga City murder-related claim, a sister-in-law Levi Snappy, and a statewide radar check leading to citations.
New York City resident Mrs. Emhardt endured eight days without food after a bathroom door jammed, leaving her unable to escape. Police finally forced entry on Oct. 20, and she described the ordeal as torture with cramps and dehydration, while awaiting help and medical assessment.
Mr and Mrs N C Doc Dugan of Wichita visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Joe Towner. The men attended the Ottawa Drum and Bugle drill team reunion at Mears Park Saturday evening.
The League of Women Voters will gather tomorrow at 9 30 a.m. at Mrs Mike Elliotts home and Thursday at 9 30 a.m. at Miss Ruth Carrs home. A red and white Western Flyer bicycle was found and may be claimed at Police Headquarters with proper ID. Bonds of Richard H Green and Curtis B E Gray, both 19 from Quenemo, forfeited $25 each in police court for drunkenness on East 5th Street Saturday night. A Cowley County truck was dismissed for parking on Main Street after 1 a.m. while at a local garage for repairs. Dr Ernest Ikenberry, son of Mrs Lettie Ikenberry, has a paper published in the October issue of the American Journal of Physics. He is a research professor in mathematics.
Ronald Dean Ball age 20 of Ottawa and Wilma Joan Brown of Ottawa. Arthur P. Folsom age 74 of Ottawa and Chanie Benford age 52 of Kansas City Kansas.
Hospital notes list admissions including Edgar C. Werntz Pamela Spencer Jim Anderson Mrs Laveta Hensley Etta Yates Della McKay Albert Spring Thomas Barlow James Robert Adkins J W Hudelson Births announced for Trexel Warren Floyd Smith Parents per various addresses Dismissals include Melvin Stockard baby daughter Clifford Dean Burgoon Lyle Hunt Roberta McClanahan Lyle Reed and others plus Mrs Charles Talbot and Mrs Frank C Nelson with baby sons or daughters
Whitehall Montana Clark Russell Lane aged 10 was killed yesterday by a bullet that ricocheted after hitting a rabbit. Coroner Kyle Scott reported Gary Lane 13 fired a .22 rifle at a rabbit. the bullet first killed the animal then struck Clark in the head after ricocheting off a tree stump.
Whitney C. Hansen skipped Utah deer hunting over the weekend after choosing it might be unsafe. While in his driveway a bullet ricocheted off a garage gutter, burning a streak across his back and embedding in the ground. Moments later a second bullet struck the house nearby. The shots appeared to originate from the mountains northeast of Salt Lake City, close to his home.
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