Ottawa League hosts reservoir tour call for details
Ottawa residents wishing to attend the Fomona reservoir tour sponsored by the Ottawa League of Women Voters should call Mrs. William H. Wright. The group will assemble at Park and Main at 9 30 a.m. and return by 11 50 a.m. The event aims to allow mothers of schoolchildren to be at home during noon.
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Fomona Reservoir
Ottawa
League of Women Voters
William H. Wright
Park and Main
Forfeit Bonds in Police Court
Nine persons, eight charged with moving traffic violations, forfeited more than 500 dollars in bonds as Police Court convened. W L Logan of Quenemo, 58, cited for DWI and hit and run, forfeited a 401 dollar property bond after missing court. Others include Leona Jones, Grace Flory, Paul Lockett, Frankie Yakle, David Blaker, and Marty Wintershied, with varied fines for speeding and reckless driving. Ray Stewart, 89, RFD, paid 5 dollars for red light, while Lucky Williams Jr and two others paid fines for loitering and related offenses. Trial set for Clarence Tillmen on Sept 14 after pleading not guilty to illegal turn.
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W. L. Logan
Quenemo
Leona Jones
Walnut
Grace Adele Flory
Topeka
Paul Lockett
Osawatomie
Frankie Claude Yakle
Ottawa
David G. Blaker
Bartelsville
Okla
Marty
N. Mulberry
Phillip F. Seaton
N.sycamore
Patsy L. Barton
S. Locust
Clarence W. Tillmen
Wellsville
Hospital Births And Dismissals Ledger In Pomona Area
Admitted list includes Fred E. Koon from Pomona and several others with addresses in Topeka Emporia Holton Topeka and Wellsville. Daughters born to O'Dea Sheridan Windstrom with weights 7 lb 13 oz 8 lb etc. Dismissals include John Presley and Marcia Lynn Dushuanack with other names and dates.
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Fred E. Koon
Pomona
Harold Hoover
N. Main
Jerry Vickers
Emporia
Cecil R. Ogg
Holton
George Beatty
Cypress
Dan Gates
Muriel Cowgill
Topeka
Kenneth O'Dea
RFD
Wellsville
R. D. Sheridan
Mulberry
Melvin C. Windstrom
RFC 2
Melvern
John Presley
Hickory
Marcia Lynn
Mary Lou Dushuanack
Princeton
Charles Wemmer
N. Mulberry
Amanda Rosenquist
S. Cedar
For Rent S large rooms and garden in county area
For Rent S large rooms with 2 porches on 1 acre chicken lot and garden. $30. Vacant. 7 miles south paving. Write or call Lucille McGinnis Princeton. Seaman Edward Ronald Jeffries, son of Mrs Mildred Jeffries, left for the West Pacific on the USS Kearsarge. Address: Edward Ronald Jeffries SN 519-83-16, Air Office USS Kearsarge CYS 3, c o Fleet Post Office San Francisco Calif. Mrs and Mrs Harry Abariotes and daughter Penni returned to Omaha after visiting since Aug 30 with her mother Mrs A O Head. Penni’s first birthday Aug 40. De Molay Mothers Circle Rummage Sale Wed Sept 9 Memorial Auditorium Adv Kay Jeffries and Deloris Bechtle have gone to Bethany Okla to attend Bethany Nazarene College as juniors. Traffic quiet. two collisions reported by City Police, one by sheriff, none called by highway patrol.
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Mi. S
Lucille McGinnis
Princeton
Adv
Edward Ronald Jeffries
Mildred Jeffries
West Pacific
U.S.S. Kearsarge
S.N
Air Office
C-O Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
Harry Abariotes
Penni
Omaha
Neb
A. O. Head
Kay Jeffries
Deloris, Bechtle
J. Harold Bechtle
Bethany
Okla
Bethany Nazarene College
Franklin County
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Harold Dean Alleberry 19 of Wellsville and Valera Gaye Miller 17 of Rantoul. James William Beeler 21 of Forsythe and Carolyn Ann Cramer 17 of Wellsville. Robert F. Knight 41 of Overbrook and Brooks Geiger 15 of Otlawea.
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Harold Dean Alleberry
Wellsville
Valera Gaye Miller
Rantoul
James William Beeler
Forsythe
Carolyn Ann Cramer
Welisville
Robert F. Knight
Overbrook
Mand Brooks Geiger
Otlawea
Police Report Two Collisions Saturday Night
Two crashes within ten minutes kept police busy in the 100 block on S Main and at 7th and Locust. Augus tus R. Van Scoy’s car was hit, W L Logan, 56, Que nemo, charged with driving while intoxicated and hit and run. Clarence Wayne Tillman, 18, Wellsville, caused major damage at 7th and Locust. Dean J. Sauer, 35, 910 Ash, had minor damage. Tillman cited for illegal left turn.
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Augustus R. van Scoy
Oak
W. L. Logan
Quenemo
Logan
S. Main
Clarence Wayne Tillman
Wellsville
Polce
Dean J. Sauer
Tillman
Funeral services for Clifford L Beang Hough
Funeral services for Clifford L Beang Hough who died Sept 4 were held Sept 7 at McVey-Dengel Mortuary officiated by Rev. Thomas Ingle. Honorary pallbearers included Fount Bullock Shawver Emmett Taylor Emil Milo Barnes Bill Johnson Max Sutterfat Bolton and active pallbearers Eugene Flaherty Robert Cowdin Arthur Barnett Clift McGuildin William Wheeler and David Griffin. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery.
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Iclifyord L
H. Bullock
Lonnie Oals
Shawver
Emmett Taylor
Emil Milo Ossete
Barnes
Bill Johnson
Max
Eugene Flaherty
Robert
Din
Arthur Barnett
Clift
William Wheeler
David ‘Wa Griffin
Jim Richardson
Fall Festival Draws Crowd in Forest Park
An estimated 375 pounds of beef and 240 to 245 chickens fed 1261 guests at the Labor Day Fall Festival in Forest Park. Mrs. Anton J. Strafuss, chair of the food committee, said 450–35 gallons of baked beans and macaroni salad and 255 pies were eaten. Leftovers went to Sacred Heart School. Entertainment included a trapshoot bazaar rides and a serenade by the Four-Gottens, who will perform at the Mid-America Fair in Topeka on Sept. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Forest Park
Harold Tickner
Don Lunger
Carlos Pence
Floyd Smith
Jack Fenton
Anton J. Strafuss
Strafuss
Sacred Heart School
Labor Day Bar-By
Four-Gottens
Deaths SEPTEMBER ANN MANN Services Held
September Ann Mann, day-old daughter of Kenneth F. and Barbara Weeks Mann, died the night after birth. Services were held yesterday afternoon from McVey-Dengel with Rev. William Weber officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery, Quenemo. Surviving are the parents, a daughter named April, grandparents Carl Weeks of Ottawa and Samuel Mann of Keene New Hampshire, and great-grandparents D. E. Hartis of Quenemo.
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Ann Mann
McVey - Dengel
Ann
Kenneth F
Barbara (Weeks) Mann
William Weber
Oak Hill Cemetery
Quenemo
April
Carl Weeks
Ottawa
Samuel Mann
Keene
N. H
D. E. Hartis
Congress Still Hopes To Quit By Saturday
Washington AP report that Republican and Democratic leaders press to adjourn by week’s end. Lyndon Johnson speeds progress but warns no magic date. Morse blocks some moves. House-Senate clash over housing and public works continues amid vetoes and a renewed Civil Rights Commission plan. Mary V Bruner, 92, Ottawa resident, dies. long obituary notes survivors and church affiliation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Johnson
Morse
House
Secretary of Labor Confers With Eisenhower Over Steel Strike
Washington AP James P Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, met with President Eisenhower for a half hour to report on the steel strike now into its ninth week. There was no sign of progress in negotiations, Mitchell said he merely updated the President on the situation.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Grain Markets Kansas City Wheat and Soybeans Mixed
Grain markets show API wheat at 289 cars with varied prices across grades. Corn 152 cars with mixed No 2 white and yellow values. soybeans quoted around 1.55 to 1.99 per bushel with broader ranges. Wheat futures end higher with mixed open high low close readings across September to May contracts.
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Kansas City
Cute
Ceeserreee
BCP O Deedennes
Kansas City Livestock Price Report Cattle Calves and Hogs
Kansas City livestock market report shows cattle and calf prices strong to 25 higher, high choice under 1100 lb steers 25.00 to 27.00, utility cows 16.50 to 17.50, hogs 40 to 60 higher with lighter weights 200 to 260 lb. around 50 to 60, sheep and lambs active with gains up to 25, ewes about 4.00.
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Kansas City
Funeral Services for Joseph C. Redding Held in Hamilton
Funeral services for Joseph C. Redding were held this afternoon at Hamilton Kansas Methodist Church. Interment followed in Hamilton Cemetery. Mr. Redding passed away Saturday.
Former Ottawans In Car Accident
Debbie Cox, a former Ottawa girl aged 6, was badly injured in a collision on US-50 west of Emporia at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The injury required surgery for a left knee fracture and she was moved to St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Injuries to Mr. and Mrs. Cox included cuts and bruises. the other driver, Lawrence Kufahl of Emporia, was charged with DWI and failing to yield.
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Ottawa
Debbie ‘Cox
Emporia
Us- 50
Guy Cox
Wichita
Cox
Montgomery Ward & Co
Debbie
Newman Memorial Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Lawrence Kufah
Kufahl
Dave Cox
Greg
Three Cited On Highways In Franklin County
Three people were cited for traffic violations in Franklin County. Levi E. Vetan, 37, Lawrence, was cited two miles north of Ottawa on US 59 for driving while intoxicated and lacking current tags, released on a $500 bond for County Court at 2 p.m. Hager, 29, Kansas City Missouri, and Grammer, 18, Lawrence, were cited on 135. Hager faced red light and no chain charges, paid $15 in costs. Grammer faces a stop sign violation and a Sept. 16 appearance.
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Highway Patrol
Franklin County
Levi E. Vetan
Lawrence
Ottawa
James Albert Hager
Kansas City
Donald R. Grammer
Hager
Grammer
Special Train Planned For the Library Event
About 150 government political and business leaders from across the nation will ride a Union Pacific luxury train to Abilene Kansas for the Eisenhower Presidential Library groundbreaking on October 13 President Eisenhower will attend after traveling from Washington to Salina and driving to Abilene The event marks the President's 69th birthday and his fourth visit to Abilene since taking office The Kansas City assembled train will arrive Oct 12 and guests including governors and library fund campaign leaders will be invited Ben F Fairless of Pittsburgh and William Robinson of New York are among the dignitaries The hostesses include Mrs Fairless and Mrs Docking co chairmen of the campaign
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Abilene, Kas
Abilene
Eisenhower
Washington
Salina
Ancheon
Union Pacific
Kansas City
William Robinson
New York
Coca Cola Co
National Eisenhower Library Commission
Ben F. Fairless
Pittsburg
U. S. Steel
Library Fund Campaign
Fairless
George Docking
Kansas
Harry Darby
U. S
Dockling
Darby
Eisenhower Library
Skeleton Found In Little-Used Pasture Near Ellsworth Kansas
In Ellsworth County Kansas a man’s skeleton was found Sunday in a seldom used pasture seven miles west of Ellsworth near the Smoky Hill River. Tony Zvolanek owner of the farm Sheriff Charles Zvolsky and Coroner Dan Urbanek said clues are few and identity and cause of death are unknown. The body appears young and has been dead about a year with a shoe plaid jacket blue trousers a sock and remains of a blue shirt nearby. The pasture, though lightly used, holds cattle now as the river is down.
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Ellsworth
Kas
Jman
Tallee
Smoky Hill River
Tony Zsvolanek
Charles Zvolsky
Dan Urbanek
Urbanek
Zvolanek
Union Mixup at Labor Day Program Ad Draws Attention
ALEXANDRIA La AP The Central Labor Union's Labor Day program was printed in a non union shop prompting questions about labor practices and union standards in the community.
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Alexandria
Central Labor Union
Burglars Foiled At Waters Hardware Store
Junction City Kansas AP reports two burglars were surprised by an employee as he retrieved a wrist band for a sprained wrist. The men forced their exit through a back door, taking eighty dollars from a cash register and leaving ten guns and nine transistor radios behind as they fled.
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Junction City
Kas
Waters Hardware Store
Hearings Planned In Two Franklin County Estates
In the probate court of Franklin County Kansas hearings are scheduled on estates of Jessie Camper and Althea Teeter. W C Bell petitions for administration of Camper estate with defenses due by September 4 1959 at 10 00 a m. Bowers & Bowers represent the Teeter estate seeking final settlement and approval of accounts with defenses due by September 18 1959 at 10 00 a m. Proceedings will be heard in Ottawa Kansas with potential decrees entered upon completion.
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Jessie Camper
W. C. Bell
Jessie Carper
Ottawa
Kansas
Althea
Teeter
Higness
C.t.a
Aitha B. Teeter
Petieion
Hugh Campbell
State
Karnas
Perth
Alice Campbell
Wald
Anderson Ard Byrd
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Corbin McGaa
John Minnick
Susan
Iowa City
Iowa
J. W. Gross
Virgil Phillips
Parker
Vina Elder
Judy Sneed
Ellis
G. H. Stinson
Stormont Wall Hospital
William Oliver
Clermont, Fla
J. W. Topping
Topping
Cedar House Nursing Home
Ottawa Community Theater Players
Memorial Auditorium
Barney Blanco
Salvador Blanco
N. Sycamore
Germany
U. S. Army
Stuttgart
Gary W. Riemer
Milo C. Riemer
Maple
Hohenfels Germany
Army
Ottawa High School
Fred Wilson
Louis Land
St. Luke’s Hospital
Beautyland
Mozelle Neelie Steele - Bula Cummings
Mae T. Chappell
J. ¥. Barnett
Colony
Lester Cramer
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett
de Molay Mothers Circle
Aya Aelupaue My Mae
A L. Stevens
Highland Cemetery
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
Mary V. Bruner
Eisendent
Hower
Sparta
Martin W
Elizabeth
Dickey) Wilson
Frank T. Bruner
Church of Christ
Earl Pomgas
Santa Fe
Carl Bruner
Meriden
Ross Bruner
Gladys Wood
Trexel Bruner
Secretary of Labor
Tke
KC Livestock
O.T.A
Ottawa Teachers Association
At & P.m
Garfield School
Bea Johnson
Kmbctv
Bulganin
Zhukov
Kremlin
Ottawans
Call Ferne
Bruce
Gilliland Garage
Php
Centrapolis
Kelsey & Winter, Attorneys
Bowers & Bowers, Attorneys
Bowers, Petitioner
Budge's
Stewart
Gordon B. Noland
Mgr
Aw Waren Co
Joe
Douglas Bros. Now
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