Wellsville Court Forecloses Two Mortgages Against Newton
News briefs report a district court filing to foreclose two mortgages on Wellsville property owned by Merle D Newton et al. The item also notes local happenings including a Promenader’s Square dance, a speeding citation, a return of a lieutenant to Wright Patterson AFB, a Rawleigh Products advert, a university entrance exam, Grange election, 4-H nutrition demonstration, Drake’s Bakery ads, a tornado impact on Fouts School, a KU extension appointment for Tom Rea, and local service details for Herald delivery and hearing aids.
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Wellsville Bank
Wellsville
Merle D. Newton
Hospital Notes Admits Several Patients This Week
Admitted to area hospitals are Mrs Earl McFadden RFD 4 Wanda Nitcher 807 N Cedar Sheldon Mundy RFD 1 Overbrook Mrs C A Hobbs Rantoul Tarry Harper 129 S Locust Thursday Dismissed are Mrs John Kelsey 515 Birch Linda Lee Wagoner Baldwin Thursday Mrs Everett Snethen 39 Olive Mrs R J Dillon and baby son RFD 1 Friday
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Earl McFadden
Wanda Nitcher
N. Cedar
Sheldon Mundy
Overbrook
C. A. Hobbs
Rantoul
Tarry Harper
S. Locust
John Kelsey
Birch
Linda Lee Wagoner
Baldwin
Everett Snethen
Olive
R. J. Dillon
Baby Son
Traveler scam artist caught after eleven years
Indiana State Police Lt. Edwin C. Schroeder arrested Charles R. Speedie after an 11 year manhunt for a check passer known as The Traveler. Speedie, 51, of San Fernando California, faced 40 state pursuits and a federalized plea deal proposal as detectives gathered 30 pounds of evidence from Speedie’s nationwide activity.
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Cleveland
Indiana
Edwin C. Schroeder
Schroeder
Charles R. Speedie
San Fernando
Calif
Speedie
Middleburgh Heights
John McCrory
Indiana State Police
Lane resident Mary Banks dies at 88 in Lane
Mrs Mary Lavina Banks lifelong Lane resident 88 died at home at 7 15 am after a year of declining health Born Nov 3 1868 in Lane daughter of Lilburn and Phoebe White married Dec 22 1885 in Ottawa to Willis Martin Banks who died in 1940 She was a Christian Church member Surviving Emma Van Horn Lottie Burnett Bill John six grandchildren 18 great grandchildren Funeral at Lane Methodist Church burial Lane Cemetery Albert Crumpacker 67 former Centropolis resident died Sept 2 in hospital near Flora Ind services held in Flora Survivors include widow one daughter one son four grandchildren one brother Carolyn Sweigart 72 of 12 S Cedar died at 3 10 am in Ransom Memorial Hospital heart condition Entered hospital yesterday Born Dresden N Y Dec 12 1884 daughter Caleb Ida Brundage married to Mr Sweigart in Aug 1918 Member Grace Episcopal Church and Dresden NY Eastern Star Survivors widower one son Rev John B Sweigart two grandsons Funeral at Grace Episcopal Church
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Mary L. Banks
Mary Lavina Banks
Lane
Lilburn
Phoebe Mills White
Ottawa
Willis Martin Banks
The
Christian Church
Emma van Horn
Lottie Burnett
Bill
John
Lane Methodist Church
Lane Cemetery
Albert Seth Crumpacker
Flora
Ind
Centropolis
Carolyn
Sweigart
John L. Sweigart
S. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dresden
N. Y
Caleb
Ida Townsend Brundage
Grace Episcopal Church
Dresden, N.Y
Eastern Star
John B. Sweigart
Bevan to Moscow on London flight for talks
Aneurin Bevan a left Labor leader flew from London to Warsaw and Moscow aiming to meet Soviet leaders. He planned to connect with officials vacationing in the Crimea en route.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
British Labor Party
Warsaw
Moscow
Crimea
Ottawa Youth Held In Connection With Thefts
Norvel Cooper an 18 year old of 810 S Cherry was arrested in Ottawa on suspicion of involvement in a series of store and railroad thefts in Osawatomie. A revolver he tried to sell was recovered with serial numbers matching a railroad theft at Osawatomie yards. He is jailed in Ottawa with possible charges pending by Miami County authorities.
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Norvel Cooper
S. Cherry
Osawatomie
Eugene Flaherty
Cooper
Clyde Johnson
S. W. Oberg
Missori Pacific Railroad
Flaherty
Ottawa
Alva Farrar
Miami County
Paola
Farrar
Six Sooner Players Quit University of Oklahoma squad
Norman Oklahoma February 1 six Oklahoma players quit the team due to dissatisfaction with fall practice. Rocky Boydston said he would focus on studies. Others named include Roland Hall Roland Powell Fred Hood Lyle Burris and Lynn Burris, who did not practice. Coach Bud Wilkinson confirmed five reported quitting and one failed to report.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Rocky Boydston
Roland Hall
Oklahoma City
Roland Powell
Sweetwater
Texas
Fred Hood
Denver
Muskogee
Lyle Burris
Burris
Lynn
Mantle In For Hospital Rest After Shin Troubles
New York Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle was hospitalized overnight to rest his shin splints with aims to recover by Tuesday. Publicist Bob Fisher says Mantle is not ill, the hospital stay is to keep him off his feet as rest is the cure. Mantle has played sparingly to protect his batting crown while insisting on being in uniform for games.
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New York
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankee
Mantle
Bob ‘Fisher
The
Yankees
Traffic Toll In State Reports Fatalities
State accident records show 24 hours with deaths doubling from 1950 figures. One recently unreported fatality brings total for the period to two times the 1950 tally, reflecting rising roadway dangers in Topeka and statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Banker Retires After 45 Years of Service
E. E. Lofgren vice president of the First National Bank retires after 45 years as employee and officer. He will remain a director and has served on the board since 1928. Larry S. Willson, cashier, is named to succeed Lofgren.
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Chanute
E. E. Lofgren
First National Bank
Larry S. Willson
Lofgreen
FiveYear-Old Dies In Refrigerator Tragedy
A five year old boy, Dwayne Reed, died after being placed in an empty basement refrigerator by three girls during a hide and seek game. The incident occurred about 3 p.m. and his father found him six hours later when returning from work.
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Washington
Dwayne Reed
Robert Reed
Dwayne
Babies Sweep Wellsville Fair Baby Show Winners
Blue ribbon winners announced at the Wellsville Fair baby show with awards across ages from under six months to three years. Winners include Barbara Lynn Drown and Ronald Wayne Patton in under six months, Lori Stockard and Donnie Caruthers in over six months, Diane Fiehler and Kelvin Moherman in 1 to 2 years, and Karen Sue Rhoades and Larry Matile in 2 to 3 years, with Mrs. W. D. Farney as general chair and a committee led by Mrs. Coffman and others.
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Wellsville
Barbara Lynn Drown
W. H. Drown
Edgerton
Ronald Wayne Patton
Lucky Patton
Lori Stockard
Melvin Stockard
Princeton
Donnie Caruthers
Donald E. Caruthers
Diane Fiehler
Duane, Fiehler
Kansas City
Kelvin Scott Moherman
Scott Moherman
Karen Sue Rhoades
Waverly Rhoades
Larry Matile
Dayton Matile
W. D. Farney
Clarence Coffman
Jennie Lytle
Linnie Tyler
Lloyd Hiatt
John W. Stalions
Forbes Base Awaits Word On Sunflower Housing Plan
TOPEKA Sunflower Village housing for Forbes Air Force Base awaits military action. A Forbes spokesman said funds must be appropriated for maintenance of the housing development east of Lawrence now kept on a caretaker basis. About 800 airmen and their families have been unable to move to Topeka due to housing shortages.
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Topeka
Sunflower Village
Forbes Air Force Base
Forbes
Lawrence
Two Accidents Reported In Ottawa In One Day
Two automobile accidents occurred yesterday in Ottawa. At 1:05 p.m. Ken Jones 22 of 205 S Cedar collided with a light pole in a city parking lot at 2nd and Hickory causing major front end damage. A second minor crash happened at 3:40 p.m. at 14th and South Main involving Alice L Gentry 46 of Williamsburg who was driving south on Main and attempting to.
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Ottawa
Hickory
Ken Jones
S. Cedar
Jones
14Th and
South Main
Alice L. Gentry
Williamsburg
Main
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Francis L. Couch
RFD 1
Milo Harris
Jay Ellis
Eugene R. Nichols
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
R. D. Nichols
Rawleigh
E. F. Risdon
Wright Studio
Cecil Schneider
University of Wichita
C. W. Schneider
RFD 3
H. A. Willis
Mud Creek
Glenn Gillette
Gail Calkins
Kay Lederer
Franklin County
Drake’s Bakery
Fouts
Tom Rea
K.U
Ted Strain
S. Sycamore
Franklin D. Murphy
Rea
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Shirley Strain
Tommy
Nancy
Zenith
C. R. Norman
S. Main
Acme Hearing Center
K. C
Bevan
Louis H. Dengel
Gary D. Maxwell
Richard Maxwell
Gene
Judy
Pat Hay
Keesler Air Force Base
Mississippi
Alec Gary D. Maxwell
Staron
Keesler Afb
Miss
Albright Sewing Circle
Ead Inne
Seidlitz
L .Bess
Price
Budge's Hardware
Organization of
Anchorg Savings and Loan Association
D. William Overton
Kansas City, Kansas
North American Building
J. Dean Nofsinger Manager
Ottawa Herald
14Th
Herbert H. Jansen
Kodak's
OK Photo Service
Kansas Loan Co
Ottawa, Kansas
Kansas State Bank Bldg
C. L. Kapp
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