Kansas Officials Attend Municipal Utilities Convention
Mayor Kenneth Andrews along with Commissioners Queen and Grogan and Water and Light head Don Hamilton will attend the 33rd annual Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities convention in Wichita October 29 to 31. Ottawa Scouts shift Uniform Day to Tue Oct 31 and a New Hope Church supper and bazaar is set for Tue Oct 31 at 6 pm ten miles east on Route 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Andrews
Charles Queen
James Grogan
Don Hamilton
City Water and Light Department
Kansas’ Asociation of Municipal Utilities
Wichita
Ottawa Bay
New Hope Church
Chiropractors Hear Round Table on Workmen’s Comp Cases
A round table discussion on Chiropractic Care of Workmen’s Compensation Cases was held with Dr. J. C. South as vice president and a secretary present. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Nov. 9. Your Prescription Drug Store Snyder Pharmacy at 318 S. Main is noted. Four Ottawa students are among 5,748 enrolled at the University of Wichita Carroll McCool Cecil Schneider Patrick Wherritt and Bob Wiswell are named as enrollees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vey
J. C. South
Ottawa
University of Wichita
Carroll McCool
R. A. McCool
Cecil Schneider
C. W. Schneider
Patrick Wherritt
J. D. Wherritt
Bob Wiswell
A. H. Wiswell
Williamsburg News Honor Society Initiations and Local Notices
Barbara Johnson and Carol Bethell were initiated into Kappa Delta Pi at Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, with Carol also joining Pi Omega Pi. Mrs. Jean Kendall hosted a Sunday Abilene visit. L. W. Sutherland hosted a fish dinner Oct. 20 for J. N. Jefferson’s 86th birthday. Guests included O. P. Fritts and Irwin Heth. Velma Horne reports newborn great granddaughter Karen Louise Adams born Oct. 24 in Derby, child of Robert and Karen Adams. grandparents Velma and Robert Horne care for Karen’s 4-year-old brother Jeffery. Hobart Van Valkenburg and relatives from Amarillo and Overbrook visited, with naval son Max in Norfolk, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Johnson
Herbert Johnson
Carol Bethell
Vernon Bethells
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Carol
Pi Omega Pi
L. W. Sutherland
J. N. Jefferson
O. P. Fritts
Irwin Heth
Velma Horne
Karen Louise Adams
Robert Adams
Derby
Robert Horne
Quenemo
Karen
Jeffery
Hobart van Valkenburg
Amarillo
Tex
J. A. van Valkenburg
W. S. Blakesley
Hobart
John van Valkenburgs
Theodore van Valkenburg
Overbrook
Theodore van Valkenburgs
Max
U. S. Navy
Norfork
OU Debaters In Tournament At Kansas State University
Ottawa University debaters travel to Manhattan Kansas for a novice tournament with eight competitors led by Prof Michael Tweet. The team includes Jeffrey Cunningham John Williams Stan Brown Fred Coldren Sandra Gresham Tom Carter Tom Hendrickson and James Garwney to argue in support of labor organizations under anti trust legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa University
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Michael Tweet
O. U
Jeffrey Cunningham
John Williams
Stan Brown
Fred Coldren
Sandra Gresham
Tom Carter
Tom Hendrickson
James Gwartney
Diefenbaker Gets A Horse
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker rode in a decorated horse drawn carriage through Tokyo streets to meet Emperor Hirohito. He delivered a single sentence in Japanese and greeted the Japanese people in halting Japanese. The gesture surprised Japanese crowds and was rare for a foreign leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Hirohito
Japan
Five Car Collision on Main Street Bridge Injures Several
Eddie Garcia, 40, of 929 King, cited for following too close after a five car crash on the Main Street bridge. Garcia rear ended a pickup driven by Jerome A. Henley, pushing it into Bill O. Snider, with injuries to Garcia’s daughter Anna Marie and minor damage to several vehicles. The incident occurred shortly before 8 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Garcia
King
Main Street
Garcia
Jerome A. Henley
N. Mulberry
Bill O. Snider
N. Poplar
Snider
Gladys Salman
N. Cedar
Marguerite Douglas
Country Club Dr
Anna Marie
New Treasurer Gaede Arrested in Cherokee County
Barn ey T Gaede Cherokee County treasurer for two weeks was arrested on a charge of converting 900 in municipal funds to his own use while city clerk at Galena He was released on 5000 bond awaiting a preliminary hearing November 27 County Attorney Jimmy Shaw said a full audit of city books would be done to uncover other shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kan
Barney T. Gaede
Cherokee County
Galena
Jimmy Shaw
Gaede
Lee Best
Pomona News Conference At Church Tuesday
A quarterly conference at the Methodist Church Tuesday October 31 at 730 p m will be directed by Rev Melvin Booth district superintendent from Ottawa A congregational meeting will follow Friendship day observed by W S C S Thursday November 2 guests include ladies from Richter Quenemo Michigan Valley and a guest speaker from Thailand Hostesses namedReadings on T B skin tests at Pomona Greenwood high and grade schools show negative results with a few positives and some absentees Chest X rays offered to those with positive results via Franklin County T B Association About 50 outside adults tested with few returning for readings One positive read for a outsider Marcia Baxter Bill Driver and Jim Bob Driver attended officer training in Ottawa November program topic How to Give a Project Talk Garden party visits and travel notes follow including Wayne Sill and family and M E Flager healing trip to Colorado music fund purchases add two new instruments for school band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
Richter
Quenemo
Michigan Valley
Thailand
Fern Burns
Doris Shaw
Edith Hunt
Betty Driver
Franklin County
T. B. Association
Marcia Baxter
Bill
Jim Bob Driver
Victory Workers 4-H Club
Ottawa
Believe Woman Drowns In River Oklahoma
An expectant mother, Donna Jean Smith 25 of Kirksville Missouri, fell over a bridge railing into the Arkansas River on Oklahoma 104 east of Haskell and was presumed drowned. Trooper Willard Edge said her husband George Smith drove to the scene after they became lost en route to Kirksville. He reported she felt ill and they stopped on the bridge before she leaned over the railing and a splash was heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Okla
Arkansas River
Highway Patrol
Donna Jean Smith
Kirksville
Oklahoma 104
Oklahoma
Willard Edge
Welcome Home Balloon Delays Dentist in Topeka
Topeka dentist Dr. Donald E. Clark arrived back from a Philadelphia meeting to find his office filled by a giant plastic weather balloon. The balloon bent around chairs and equipment with a sign reading Welcome home Don. He removed books the next day after locating the valve and deflating it, a process that took three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Donald E. Clark
Philadelphia
Don
Seven Students Named to OU Choir in Ottawa Area
Seven Ottawa area students join the Ottawa University chorale for a November performance of Haydn The Creation. Names include Sharon Bond Williamsburg Margaret Ganong Wellsville Charles Cole Greensburg Bill Coltrane Linda Kerr Elaine Gaddis and Thomas Campbell all of Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Area
Ottawa University
Sharon Bond
Williamsburg
Margaret Ganong
Wellsville
Charles Cole
Greensburg
Bill Coltrane
Linda Kerr
Elaine Gaddis
Thomas Campbell
Haydn
Kansas City Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep
KC Markets reports cattle 1,200 head with calves and other classes steady to firm. High grade steers and heifers 23.50 to 25.10, cows 16.00 to 50, dealers 23.00 to 26.00. Hogs 2,200 head up 25 to 40, sows 14.50 to 15.50. Sheep 250 head, lambs 17.00. other classes scarce for test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Revival Plan at Ottawa Free Methodist Church
A revival will be held at Ottawa Free Methodist Church, 733 N. Oak, November 1 to 12 with 7:30 p.m. services daily except Saturday. Evangelist and musician duo Rev. and Mrs. Truman Bauer will lead, with Bauer a Taylor University and Asbury Theological Seminary graduate and former president of the Free Methodist Youth Nebraska Conference. A morning Bible class on Holiness runs 9:30 a.m. November 6 to 11. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Death of Alfred William Kohler at 87 in Wellsville area
Alfred William Kohler 87 farmer stockman active in Wellsville since 1928 died at 2:55 am in Ransom Memorial Hospital after a weeklong illness. Born April 4 1874 in Harrisonville Missouri he married Myrtle Cary in 1897 and survived by four daughters a son a brother and a sister plus seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was a Christian Church member. Funeral at Towne Chapel Ottawa at 1 pm Monday and burial in Orient Cemetery Harrisonville.
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Alfred William Kohler
Wellsville
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Harrisonville
John L
Margaret (Watkins) Kohler
Myrtle E. Cary
Bernita Eavey
Henrietta Conwell
Kansas City
Marie Freed
RFD
Okema Rick
Detroit
Mich
Alfred E. Kohler
J. M. Kohler
Margaret Wolfe
The
Christian Church
Towner Chapel
Ottawa
Orient Cemetery
Funeral services for Margaret Ann Culbertson
Mrs. Margaret Ann Culbertson died October 24 and funeral services were held at Towner's Chapel on October 26 with Rev. R. C. Stephens officiating. Pallbearers were Bert Bran, Bill Poston, Alton Davis, M. J. Morris, Tom Williams, and Elwood Walters. Mrs. J. M. Kilgore played organ selections. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culbertson
Margaret Ann Culbertson
Towner’s Chapel
R. C. Stephens
Bert Bran
Bill Poston
Alton Davis
M. J. Morris
Tom Williams
Elwood Walters
J. M. Kilgore
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs Ada Belle Reeder held at Towners Chapel
Funeral services for Ada Belle Reeder who died October 24 were conducted at Towner's Chapel on October 26 with Rev Roy Armstrong officiating. Pallbearers included Tom Porter Ernest Sellers Bill Markham James Grogan Richard Beatty Bryce Wantland. Dean Zook sang hymns with Mrs J M Kilgore accompanying. Burial followed at Valley Brook Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Belle Reeder
Towner’s Chapel
Roy Armstrong
Tom Porter
Ernest Sellers
Bill Markham
James Grogan
Richard Beatty
Bryce Wantland
Dean Zook
J. M. Kilgore
Valley Brook Cemetery
Local social notes from Richmond area gatherings
Richmond residents report hospital treatment for Mrs Etrula White at K A Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. Social events include a Monday bridge club gathering with Mrs Lela Duffey Frank Gerhold George Dietrich Abe Severns Alfred Sigler Lee Perkins Lon Mishler and Ernest Hendersons. Nov 13 meeting to feature the Siglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etrula White
K. A. Medical Center
Kansas City, Kas
Virgil Smith
Bridge Club
David Perkins
Lela Duffey
Frank Gerhold
George Dietrichs
Abe Severns
Alfred Siglers
Lee Perkins
Lon Mishlers
Ernest Hendersons
Nab Thief At Border
SEATTLE AP Two border patrol inspectors captured Thomas R. Fasenmeyer Jr a Kansas City jewel thief at the Canadian border near Blaine Washington. He was one of eight men who broke out of a Seattle jail Sunday night. One was killed in a nine story fall. five were recaptured and one remained at large. Fasenmeyer had pleaded guilty to jewel thefts from Seattle residents and authorities said he was wanted in 11 states for jewel thefts or escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Thomas R. Fasenmeyer, Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Blaine
Wash
Fasenmeyer
Marriage Licenses for Griffin Horne and Johnson Lawrence
Larry Clinton Griffin 18 of Pomona and Nancy Ann Horne 16 of Pomona obtain a marriage license. Donald Eric Johnson legally of Peoria Illinois and Helen Ann Lawrence legally of unspecified origin also receive a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Clinton Griffin
Pomona
Nancy Ann Horne
Donald Eric Johnson
Legal
Peoria
Ill
Helen Ann Lawrence
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reported
Admissions list includes Stephen Elliott 739 Willow Dan nie Debrick RFD 5 Paola and birth announced for Mr. and Mrs George C Small Jr 721 King a Friday birth weight Ib 11 oz Dismissals include Ben Nicholas 523 W 19th Norman Beach West Hall O C Mrs George Kyle RFD 2 Mrs John Berger RFD 1 Pomona Roscoe Smith Williamsburg Mrs Pearl Martin 110 Maple Mrs Arthur Allen and baby son RFD 4 Mrs George Miller and baby daughter 511 E 9th John W Elliott 521 W 2nd Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Small Jr
King
Ben Nicholas
Norman Beach
West Hall
O.C
George Kyle
John Berger
Pomona
Roscoe Smith
Williamsburg
Pearl Martin
Maple
Arthur Allen
George Miller
John W. Elliott
Drop in department store sales in district last week
Kansas City AP reports the Tenth Federal Reserve District saw sales drop 8 percent from the prior year. Albuquerque gained 16 percent while Joplin rose 9 and St. Joseph 2. Other cities including Omaha down 16 and Denver Wichita Tulsa Lincoln Oklahoma City Topeka and Kansas City downtown all posted declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Albuquerque
Joplin
St. Joseph
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Lincoln
Downtown
Denver
Wichita
Topeka
Tulsa
Bombers Allegedly Carry Atomic Loads Revealed
Rep. J T Rutherford a Texas Democrat said B52 bombers carry atomic loads of 50 megatons they can drop anytime. The Pentagon refused to disclose the nuclear power or yield of U S weapons. Rutherford spoke on a local Odessa radio station.
Notice of hearing in estate of Fred E Clayborn Ottawa Kansas
In Franklin County probate court Frances Rodgers filed to appoint an administrator for Fred E Clayborn aka Fred Clayborn deceased. Defenses must be filed by November 13, 1961 at 9 00 a m in Ottawa Kansas. Attorneys for Petitioner Anderson Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Kansas
Franklin County
Fred E. Clayborn
Fred Clayborn
Frances Rodgers
Ottawa
Livestock Sale Dates Across Kansas in Late October to November
Ottawa and nearby towns list a series of livestock sales beginning October 27 with Emporia Livestock Sale Co and Franklin County Sale Co. Osage City, Berryton, Ottawa, and Topeka hosts are noted, including a November 2 Chester Meganigle sale and a October 27 donation sale for Princeton Christian Church. Each event lists sale locations and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia Livestock Sale Co
Emporia
Kas
Franklin County Sase Co
Locust & Wilson
Ottawa
Kansas
Franklin Co. Sale Co
Wilson & Locust
Osage City
Chester Meganigle, Livestock & Machinery Sale
Berryton
29Th & California
Topeka
Franklin County Sale Co
Franklin County Sale Company
Night and consignment sales in Kansas and Missouri
A dense listing of weekly and upcoming auctions across Kansas and Missouri includes the Ottawa Livestock Commission Co sales in Ottawa and night consignments from various sellers. Items range from household goods to horses and livestock, with dates from Oct 26 to Nov 21 and locations such as Overbrook and Grandview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles — Lyndon
Kansas
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
Ottawa
Kas
Scott Blow
Misc
Highland Cemetery
Harold D
Neosho
Printy and Sons
Ben Printy
N. Main
Harold Burroughs
Homewood
Mel’s
Grandview
R. E. Trout
Princeton
Mel's
Norma Loux
Household Goods
Willow St
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Ray Koontz
RFD 3
Cleveland
Ohio
J. M. Cornelius
Larry Buckles
Montreal
Mr. Buckles
McGill University School of Medicine
City
Ottawa A.C.E. Adv
Bill Rice
Ottawa Rfd
Kansas State Grange
Lawrence
WIBW
Fred Kissinger
Ottawa Rfd 2
State Grange Ceres
Leonard Langford
Hallowesta
Raffelock’s Bargain Center
Adv
Oscar R. Strahan
E. 5Th
County Health Office
Lincoln P.T.A
Silhoutte Booth
Court House
Walter Jorgensen
William Orville Farmer
Moran
Farmer
Wright
City Park
Lois Schendel
James Dunn
Rawleigh Products
E. F. Risdon
Tno
Bob White Motors
Patricia A. Hughs
Lee D. Hughs
Drake's Bakery
Brenda Bishop
Roger Evans
Carol Ann Wichman
Cole
Cole and
Princeton Methodist Church
Ellis
Franklin County Chiropractic Society
Martin Brockway
Don McKel
Asia
China
Russia
North Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
Snyder Pharmacy
S. Main
Williamsburg News
Students In Honor Society
Mrs. Irwin Heth
Jean Kendall
Abilene, Kansas
Diefenbaker
Pomona News
Mary Hudelson
Methodist Church
Tues
Melvin Booth
Rebekahs
Warren Sellens
Warren L. Chambers Sr
Clyde Chambers
Treasure Island
San Francisco
U. S. S. Haleakia
Greenwood
Wayne Sill
Clara Nitcher
Margaret McNees
M. E. Flager
Willis Andrews
Longmont
Colo
Ralph Hunt Sr
Mrs
Walter T. Hunt
Truman Bauer
Ada B. Reeder
Richmond News
Medical Center
Ralph Patterson
Delmar Bowman
Joan Roecker
St Marys College At
Xavier
John Roeckers
Carl Sobbas
Mr. Roecker
Joan Kratsberg
Harold Robertsons
Chicago
Ed New
J. E. Love
James Palmers
Thomas
Norman Haight
Paola
Harvey Morrows
Steve
James
Frank Dietrich
H. S. Dietrich
Overland Park
George Kippers
Gurney Nutts
Daisy Crozier
Arnold Roeckers
Vernon Pickert
Gardner
Joe
Towner
Joe Towner
Rena Towner
Jay D. Saner
North Main
Stephen Elliott
Willow
Dannie Debrick
Legals
Francesa Rodgers
Anderson & Byrd
Ernest Arnold Overbrook
Myers Bros
Claude
Howard
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Gordon James Phone Feed Store
Main
Wilson
Gilges Brothers, Rt. 1
Baldwin
Rex _Huston
Bert Detwiler
Lane
Alcoholics Anonymous
Deena’s
National Concern
Morey Hotel
Ottawa Herald
H. W. Orr
Stafford
Topeka, Kansas
17Th
Kansas Avenue
Finley
Colgate Palmolive CO
Earl Smith
W. 38Rd
General Services Ironings
Lee Carter
KNAPP
Sycamore
Norman Scott
Singer
Albrights Ph
Watkins
ALBAN
Standard Rendering Co
Call Collect
Ottawa Herald General Services
Conrad
Spray
McCracken Electric
Jesse Edgecomb
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