Ottawa Herald News Briefs Summary
Local notices recap car services and tuning details. Sertoma names Ivan Brown Sertoman of the Day for his tire business background in Oklahoma and Kansas. Leaf giant castor bean from Big Leaf Ed Bradley amazes at Ottawa. Mrs. C. E. Morgan returns to Ft. Worth with her son Gordon to enter Ottawa University. Oakland Community Club to meet at school Friday. Rev. Lee Lennon released after lung tumor surgery. plans rest in Port Huron. Young Farmers Club hosts wiener roast. 23 members and eight children attend. County supervisors meeting planned in Topeka to discuss curricular issues. John Fleming and wife on Minnesota fishing trip. L. H. Foraker bound over on forgery charges. Richard Lee Allen cited for reckless driving. appears next day. Jess Pratt fined $50 for drunkenness, jailed until paid. Warren Brandon cited for speeding and no license. fined $40, jailed. Miami county car bond forfeited for wrong-angle parking. Union Church northwest of Centropolis sold at auction for $477. proceeds to United Cemetery Association.
Louisville Desegregation Progress Praised by Eisenhower
Planning and community support enabled Louisville to integrate its schools without incident. About 2,800 Black students, a quarter of local Black pupils, enrolled in previously all white schools as teachers and principals earned credit for dedication. Carmichael noted extensive outreach and cooperation from churches media and civic groups helped. The city already allowed Black students in universities and public spaces.
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Louisville
Eisenhower
Omer Carmichael
Carmichael
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Church to be moved for barn construction
Kring, living about two miles from the church built in the early century, plans to move the frame structure to his farm to repurpose its material for a barn. The article also notes sorority pledges from Baker University, visits by Emporia residents, a driving under intoxication charge near Ottawa, and county Red Cross water safety tests for 230 children across four divisions.
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Kring
Red Cross
Sheldon Family Runs Two Ottawa Truck and Tractor Firms
The Hardware and Farm Equipment magazine features the Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co of Ottawa and Paola Truck and Tractor Co, run by C. M. Sheldon’s family. C. M. Sheldon retired in 1953 and spends part of each day golfing at Ottawa Country Club. His sons John and Franklin operate Ottawa, while Eddie oversees Paola after taking over the business a year ago following Marine Corps service in Korea. Franklin previously lived in Havana, Cuba. The Sheldons specialize in International Harvester products.
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Hardware and Farm Equipment Magazine
Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co
Ottawa
Paola Truck and Tractor Co
Sheldon
C. M. Sheldon
Ottawa Country Club
John
Franklin
Eddie
Paola
Sheldons
Marine Corps
Korea
Havana
Cuba
Hardware and Farm Equipment
Western Hardware and Implement Association
Kansas City
L. L. Edge
Ottawa Herald
Baker University elects Scarborough to lead liberal arts focus
William J. Scarborough addressed students and faculty as Baker University’s new president in Rice Memorial auditorium. He framed Baker as a liberal arts college and urged mid century student responsibility, citing Hyde on liberal arts as a personal maturity challenge and stressing humanities, arts, critical thinking, and links to business and industry.
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Baker University
William J. Scarborough
Rice Memorial
William DeWitt Hyde
Bodin College
Scarborough
Hospital Notes Admitted Mrs Smay and Others
Admitted Mrs Ella Smay of 634 S Mulberry to hospital Tuesday. Dismissed Linda Lloyd of Princeton and Mrs Nettie Sullivan of 742 S Locust. Charley Eicchenberger of Pomona and Mrs Clive Bastin of Richmond listed among names with unclear final disposition.
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Ella Smay
S. Mulberry
Chris Straub
Overbrook
Linda Lloyd
Princeton
Nettie . Sullivan
S. Locust
Charley Eicchenberger
Pomona
Clive Bastin
Richmond
Predict Smallest Kansas Corn Crop
A 1956 Kansas corn crop of 33,432,000 bushels is forecast, one of the smallest on record, with only four smaller years since 1875. State sorghum production is about 24,714,000 bushels, down from last month, while soybeans stand at 3,828,000 bushels.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Protest on Team Pulling Contest at Kansas Free Fair
Shawnee County Humane Society president Mrs. Viola Hunt protested the team pulling contest urging it be halted under cruelty laws. County Attorney Roy Bulkley said no cruelty offense exists without evidence of mistreatment. Maurice Fager, Fair manager, claimed horses are not harmed as 26 teams from Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma entered.
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Topeka
Kansas Free Fair
Shawnee County Humane Society
Viola Hunt
Roy Bulkley
Bulkley
Maurice Fager
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Marriage Licenses Listed for Kansas City Couples
Robert Earl Smith and Mary Lois West, both of Kansas City Missouri, obtained marriage licenses. Billy Raymond Rose of Quenemo married Shirley Lynn Walker of Oskaloosa. Ottawa churches invite couples to wed.
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Robert Earl Smith
Kansas City
Mary Lois West
Billy Raymond Rose
Quenemo
Shirley Lynn Walker
Oskaloosa
Studebaker Packard Unveils 1957 Models in Station Wagon and Trucks
Studebaker Packard announces its 1957 passenger car line will add a four door station wagon and the company will enter the heavier duty truck market for the first time. The announcement was made today in South Bend, Indiana.
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South Bend
India
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
Overbrook and Paola Livestock Sale Schedule Noted
Weekly livestock sales announced for Overbrook every Wednesday and Paola Fair Grounds Paola Kansas hosting the Eastern Kansas Hereford consignment sale on October 6. Additional listings include a dairy sale near Pomona and Henry Delin identified at 51 percent miles southwest Pomona.
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Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Anderson County
Overbrook
Henry Delin
Kansas
Paola Fair Grounds
Paola
Community sale details scattered across Franklin County routes
An OCR fragment lists multiple sale locations and dates around Ottawa Franklin County. It mentions Harold yson and Kunard auctions, addresses on Maj ounty Sale and Logan streets, and weekly sales at 1136 N Main. Details are partial and jumbled with several incomplete names and dates.
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Wenige
Franklin Ci
Logan Street
John Kunard
Ottawa
Franklin County
Wilson
Studebaker Preview Of New Cars For Next Year
Harold E. Churchill, Studebaker Packard president, presents a press preview of the Studebaker line including cars trucks and sports models for next year. The new models are expected to reach the market about November 1.
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Harold E. Churchill
Studebaker- Packard
Studebaker
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W. A. Elliott
Ft. Worth
Tex
Gordon
Ottawa University
Oakland Community Club
Lee Lennon
Faith Lutheran Church
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Port Huron
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Young Farmers Club
Harlan Page
J. J. Scott
John Fleming
Minnesota
L. H. Foraker
Joplin
Richard Lee Allen
West 15Th
Jess Pratt
N. Locust
Warren Eugene Brandon
Miami County
Union Church
Centropolis
O. W. Kring
United Cemetery Association
Louis H. Dengel
S. Main
Nancy Hamilton
Osawatomie
Alpha Chi Omega
Patty McCalla
Garnett
Delta Delta Delta
George Russell
Ed. Bhim
Emporia
May Murphy
Russell
Murphy
Clarence E. Zimmerman
Lawrence
Zimmerman
Ransom Hospital
Saffron Glass Co
N. Main
Savings Vete
Systematic
Ist Run
Gregory Peck
Moby Dick
Joan Crawford
Vera Miles
Lorne Greene
Ruth Donnelly
Nat ‘‘King” Cole
Tedon Productions
Paya LaAy Pte A
Para Eeey
Geoffrey Keen
Josephine Griffin
Felix the Fox
PETA
Studebaker-Packard
C. A. Myers & Son
A. J. Dawson
Willow St
Wilson St
James Firestone
Northwest
Neill George
Waverly
Stewart & Son Rt
Harold
Ounty Sale, Wilson
Printy & Son
Ben Printy
Main
Riddle's
Denver
Colorado
Wassmer
A. Wassmer
Hart, Schaffner and Marx
America
John N. Wassmer
Larry D. Wassmer
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