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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1966
Page
6
A Franklin County crop board workers meeting originally set for Wednesday was postponed to 8 p.m. October 12 and will be held in conjunction with the kickoff meeting. Local notices list various yard sales and public auctions around Ottawa and nearby towns with dates and locations.
Joe D. Gault of Wichita, son of Mrs. Mattie Gault and the late Clarence Gault, will represent Boeing Aircraft Nov 28 in Ottawa Canada to deliver a two hour address on Atmospheric Turbulence at the annual Institute of Aeronautics and Space Symposium. Gault has been a Boeing technician for 10 years and was previously sent to Seattle to present the same talk.
Samuel R Harrington 83 of 701 S Oak died Sept 2 services were held Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery Rev Robert A Burger presiding Pallbearers included John L O Neill Charles O Neill Mike Collins Frank Collins Louie Collins and Pit Collins Isaac N Stansifer died Aug 31 services Sept 3 at Lamb Funeral Home officiated by Rev Ned M Roberts Pallbearers were Claude M Hoss Chester Gibson Herschel H Britain Emil V Collins Bob Collins and Jeff Husky Burial followed at Highland Cemetery Mrs Bruce Spears played organ selections.
The American Red Cross urges early Christmas shopping by September 15 for Operation Shop Early. County schools superintendent Ponton says funds and bags supply service members, with a county quota of 100 bags. Officials will assemble bags with new items costing 2.50 to 8.50, to be mailed by October 15.
Walt Holliman today assumed the managerial post at Divco-Waynes Star Mobile Home plant in Topeka after training since June 1. He oversees mobile classroom installation on Washburn campus, with final materials arriving and inspections underway. Holliman, a Birmingham native and WWII Navy veteran, succeeds Rene Clay and brings a Tennessee degree, two decades in the mobile home trade, and a Ottawa residence with wife Sarah and four children.
Bill Mazeroski of the Pirates blasted two homers including a grand slam and drove in six runs as Pittsburgh routed Atlanta 135.
AP writer Bob Thomas reports lean Don Knotts at 127 pounds becoming a surprise film star after The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. Universal’s half million production earned over four million, prompting a bigger-scope project The Reluctant Astronaut. Knotts credits careful script work and studio strategy, noting a demand for film comedies.
Hospital notes list multiple admissions across Cedar, Waverly, Ottawa, Perry and Wellsville with patient names and addresses. Also records births for Maurice Wiederholt and Gene Broers with weights noted.
In Salina Kansas a widow learns her husband Sergeant Charles M. Jackson has been AWOL since August 7 1966 and will be declared a deserter by September 7 1966. His pay and allowances were cut off from that date. Mrs. Jackson continues to receive allotments for her two sons and awaits official action from Washington. Her husband’s commanding officer confirms the AWOL status in a Viet Nam letter.
Robert S Swinney 20 Bare tlesville Oklahoma cited in 400 block North Main for operating a motor vehicle without a valid Kansas license. John D Roach 18 Westphalia cited Sept 5 in 400 block North Main for speeding 42 in a 20 mph zone with $22 bond. Lee R Berry 31 609 N King cited Sept 1 in 300 block for driving without a valid license with $15 bond. Loren E Keller 38 1523 Wilson cited Sept 3 at Fourth and Hickory for disobeying a stop sign. Carl Bauer 55 Garnett cited Sept 3 in 700 block North Main for speeding 40 in a 30 mph zone with $10 bond. Robert L Brandt 17 804 S Oak cited Sept 1 in 1000 block South Main for excessive exhaust noise with $25 bond.
Roy W. Stevens 24 of Kansas City Kan and Aldin K. Pearse son 26 of Ottawa wed August 30. Kenneth Bowman 19 Pomona and Vicki Kelley 19 Ottawa wed September 1. Gale Lantis 19 Pomona and Willa McKinley 20 Pomona wed September 1. Charles Hull 20 Waverly and Carolyn Perry 18 Waverly wed September 1. James Yokum 23 Ottawa and Mary Ann Weaver 23 Wellsville wed September 2.
The Princeton Jolly Workers 4-H clubs and Rainbow 4-H will collect donations for a cystic fibrosis project during the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation drive this month. 44H members plan a stage day in Ottawa on September 24, offering leaflets for donations. Contact Mrs. Melvin Stockard at Princeton for contributions. The campaign theme is Give a child the breath of life, highlighting the CF challenge in breathing.
AP reports Kansas City market levels with cattle calves and feeders showing mixed changes, hogs down modestly, sows steady, lambs steady with prime and choice indicating strong demand. Prices include steers 26.50 75 for high choice and prime, hogs barrows and gilts 23.25 75, lambs 23.50 each.
Clint Jordan of Gypsy Oklahoma is named manager of the Otasco Store at 101 South Main succeeding Leo Laws who moved to Union City Tennessee to run a new Otasco. Jordan has 11 years with Otasco and was assistant manager at El Reno for five years. He is married to Pearl and they have three sons Gary Shawn and Lyndon.
Yoshiaki Akasaka of Japan won a 10 round decision over Terry Flores of the Philippines. Akasaka weighed 152 pounds, Flores also 152, in Tokyo.
Monday night results list North South first Mrs John Wassmer and E W Crandall second Mrs Warren Casey and John Eoff Lawrence East West first Mrs John Huderson and Robert F Miler second Mrs Richard Peters and Mrs Lyle Hanes
The State Department of Social Welfare of Kansas petitions for the appointment of an administrator of Maggie Plough deceased. Defenses must be filed by September 14, 1966 at 10 a.m. in Ottawa Kansas. The hearing will proceed in the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas.
Local ads pay 10 percent discount if paid by 5 p m the day after publication. Classifieds deadline is 5 p m the day before. Five line ads accepted until 9 30 a m on publication day. Rates vary by insertions and format including per word and per line options plus discounts. Republican candidate LEE C NICHOLS seeks votes in the November county commissioner race. Pol Adv.
Ottawa area sales listings detail weekly auctions at multiple Franklin County locations. Includes dates in September from the 5th to the 12th, with items ranging from household goods to furniture, real estate, tools, and antiques. Auctioneers include Jim Brady, Harold Stewart, Printy and Son, and Ivan Kay with addresses in Ottawa Garnett and Beagle.
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