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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1976
Page
8
A collage of local event ads and political notices runs through a Halloween weekend of activities. Listings include Eagles and VFW dances on Oct. 30 with live bands, Elks and Elbow Lounge entertainment, a weekend seafood buffet, and charity dances. Political spots urge support for Capper, Matney, Bowling, Coffman, McMahon, and county and state offices with rides to polls.
Funeral services for Charles Gambrill 79 of Erie were held at 1 p.m. Sunday in Erie Christian Church with Rev. Fred Jordan officiating. Burial followed at Peoria Cemetery east of Ottawa. Gambrill, born Oct 4 1897 in Harris Town DL, moved from Ottawa and Franklin County to Erie in the early 1940s and ran a Maytag dealership before retiring in 1971. He was married to Annis Hanes. survivors include daughter Mrs Carey Seyler of Houston Texas sister Mrs Rosa Kirkwood of Poplar Avenue Ottawa and brother George Gambrill of Boonville Missouri along with two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
In Russell County, Ford and Dole secured 76 votes to 18 for Carter amid a 50-35 percent national edge after 65 counties. Sebelius remained top GOP vote getter locally with 71-15 percent in the First District as polling across 67 counties nears final results.
UNICEF Sunday drive unfolds as local children collect funds for relief food medicine shelter and schooling for needy youngsters worldwide. The program supports Guatemala Ethiopia the Sahel Indochina and Bangladesh, with nearly 50 million raised since 1946. Chairmen Don Powell Dick Fears Harold Dungan available for info.
Five groups join a growing coalition backing renovation of the Ottawa Memorial Auditorium. Senior Club Kiwanis Club Skilton Music Club Soroptimist Club and Ottawa Recreation Commission all passed resolutions backing the two Nov 2 ballot questions. Volunteers for Save Our Auditorium plan a 1:30 pm Sunday meeting at the Ottawa Library.
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