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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1982
Page
7
Wellsville Days on Sept 18 19 centers on a kiddie and general parade down Main Street with about 50 arts and crafts booths. Parade entries due Sept 16 under Good Ole Days theme. Sunday features a horseshoe contest at 1 30 p m with warmups at 12 30.
The Kansas town named for Horace Greeley marks 125 years since its 1857 plat by Jacob Benjamin and August Bondi. Celebrations centered at St John’s Church reflect local history including the brief Pottawatomie City era and the name’s Civil War era renaming back to Greeley. The book Greeley’s Golden Years by Dorothy Lickteig and Dorothy Sommers highlights the town’s history.
Ottawa High School Cytones under Dale Fox perform at 1 15 p m and 4 30 p m Saturday and again at 11 45 a m and 4 p m Sunday in the Kansas Farm Bureau Arena at Hutchinson. Sound Alternative barbershop quartet performs at 12 30 p m Sunday with Mike Esser Bob Green Darrell McCune and Mark Hildebrand. Arena provided by Farm Bureau for rest and free ice water.
Franklin County residents who qualified for three government surplus cheese distributions may also obtain surplus butter. ECKAN Inc. plans to ship 38,400 pounds of butter to eligible families, with receipts mailed to those who got cheese, and a cooler to ease shortages. No school allocations. aims for October delivery, with spring follow ups and winter weather considerations.
Local ads announce Ottawa Veterinary Hospital and Rick's Auto Sound closing Saturday and reopening Monday, mart sales at Young Place and Town and Country Supply, Town & Country specials, Democratic candidate meeting at Forest Park, a tax school open house by H and R Block, Monty's Broasted Chicken, Dog Dip Day at the Feed Barn, and various shop specials, classes, and services including hair appointments, watch repair, and decorative art courses starting mid September.
A Franklin County juror returned a $28.80 jury duty check to the Courthouse stating the county needs the money more than she does. Commissioner Carmen Peffig expressed thanks as the decision surprised and delighted the panel.
The Ottawa Board of Zoning Appeals meets at 7 tonight in City Hall for a single public hearing. Ottawa Cable TV seeks a special-use permit to raise the earth station fence at 814 Cleveland beyond six feet with three strands of barbed wire for added security.
The Ottawa City Commission will meet at 3 p.m. Monday in City Hall to act on a resolution certifying to the Kansas Department of Transportation that all necessary perpetual and temporary easements for the Seventh Street widening have been obtained. The Monday deadline aligns with KDOT’s timing for the easement completion before the November bid letting. Meanwhile an Ottawa man injured in a pickup lawnmower crash on East Wilson is reported improved to fair at Kansas City hospital after being moved from intensive care.
The 97 year old Ella May Phillips of Cedar House died Wednesday at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Dengel & Son Mortuary with burial in Hope Cemetery. She was born November 22, 1884 in Franklin County and lived there most of her life. She worked as an office secretary for Willis Nursery for over 30 years and was a member of First Baptist Church. She married Blaine Phillips in 1937 and he died in 1979. Survivors include two daughters, two sons, a brother-in-law, a sister-in-law, 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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