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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1981

Page

7

Ottawa Middle School orientation draws parents and PTA

Parents and some fathers attended the Ottawa Middle School orientation on Tuesday with new student fees and class tours. Principal Betty Coughenour reviewed rules including T shirt slogans, language, and behavior. Visitors are asked to sign in, inform the office on arrival and departure, and coordinate with teachers for observation times. The first Ottawa Middle School PTA meeting will be held at the open house on September 22.

Ottawa PTA Herald Ottawa Middle School Betty Coughenour

Ernest Tubb Set To Perform With Texas Ragubadors

Country legend Ernest Tubb returns to headline a 7 30 p m concert at the principal Auditorium with the Texas Ragubadors. Auditorium director George Jaworski said about 200 tickets remained and noted door price is 7 advance tickets available at Farmfest 81 and Butler Music. Jaworski urged season-ticket holders to pick up passes by Sept 19.

Ernest Tubb Texas Ragubadors Vncipal Auditorium George Jaworski Butler Music Tubb Texas Willie Nelson Charlie Daniels Charlie McCoy

Ottawa Chamber Update Highlights United Way Drive

Local residents donated over 8000 to the MD telethon. United Way plans its annual drive starting September 28 led by drive chairman Joe May to support 16 Franklin County organizations including Red Cross Boys Club Girls Club Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Day Care Center and Home Base. Also notes store moves new neighbors 107 E Second Douthit Electronic Service Center Kansas flags at Didde Office Supply repairs to J C Penney building and a warning about envelope stuffing scams with contact for reporting. Farm Fest 81 and a farm auction at Trinity Methodist start 9 a.m. today.

Ottawa United Way Joe May Franklin County The Red Cross Boys’ Club Girls’ Club Boy Scouts Girl Scouts D.A. Douthit E. 2Nd Montgomery Wards Fulton Furniture Jerry Didde Kansas Didde Office Supply Tom Porter J.C. Penney Porter Tom U.S. Post Office Texas Consumer Protection Agency Carol Harvey

Library Line Answers and Resources at Fifth and Main

The library offers help via phone, mail, or in person at the Communi ty Information Center. Readers learn how to reach Judy Blume, locate Fuller Brush dealers, evaluate legalities of help-wanted ads, and access the pamphlet file with consumer articles. Population data for Liberal Kansas 1980 and other reference items are available.

Fifth and Main Judy Blume Harold Ober Associates E. 49Th St New York Ottawa Carolyn Schmidt Darrell Slemp Liberal Kansas Census Bureau

Embezzler Pleads To 2 Of 16 Counts

A 30 year old Wellsville man Charles Busk was found guilty in District Court of two counts of theft from LaJer Inc. He pleaded nolo contendre before Judge Floyd Coffman and sentencing is set for Oct. 9. Fourteen counts were dismissed with restitution pursued at sentencing. Busk, former transportation manager, allegedly embezzled about $20,000 through December to June, involving checks payable to Ladet and a $5,400 truck payment.

Wellsville LaJer Inc Charles Busk Nolv Econtendre Floyd H. Coffman Busk Coffman Abilene Texas Ladet James Weaver N. Poplar John Baker Pomona Nolo Wellsville Propane Inc Clyde Rhine Replevin United First Morgage Corporation Ronald Charles Sibthorpe

Ottawa man Jim Meyer licensed as embalmer and funeral director

The Kansas State Board of Embalming approved licenses for Ottawan Jim Meyer 3255 Hickory as both an embalmer and a funeral director. Meyer, a Ottawa resident since 1974, studied at Wayne State University Detroit Ottawa University and Kansas City Kansas Community College mortuary science and has worked with Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home for three and a half years.

Jim Meyer Hickory Kansas State Board of Embalming Meyer Wayne State University Detroit Ottawa University Kansas City Kansas Community College Department of Mortuary Science Ottawa Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home

Daily menu and incidents from Sept 14 18 local reports

The page lists weekly school menus with daily dishes from Monday to Friday including items like Fizza, turkey chunks, taco salad, Salisbury steak, spaghetti, and various sides with milk. It also notes non-injury collision on Second and Walnut with two drivers and damages, vandalism involving a watermelon thrown at a car, a sentencing event for James Weaver, civil cases filed, and Kansas feedlot market reports detailing cattle, hogs, and sheep prices and movements across several terminals.

U.S.D Midwest St. Paul St. Louis Sioux Falls Iowa Minnesota Linois St. Joseph Sioux City Kansas City Barrawa Omaha Minnegota Illinois Peoria

Wilkins eulogized by leaders at New York funeral

Nine hundred mourners including Vice Presidents George Bush and Walter Mondale attended Roy Wilkins's funeral at the Community Church of New York. Notables such as Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Mitchell Jr., and civil rights leaders joined in tributes to Wilkins, NAACP head from 1956 to 1977, who died at 80. The service featured Leontyne Price singing and the crowd singing We Shall Overcome as activists remembered his faith and advocacy for civil rights.

New York U.S. Supreme Court Roy Wilkins Arnold Aronson Leadership Conference On Civil Rights Wilkins Aronson National Association For the Advancement of Colored People George Bush Walter Mondale Community Church of New York Manhattan Thurgood Marshall NAACP Benjamin Hooks Maynard Jackson Vernon Jordan Ralph Abernathy Bayard Gustin Dick Gregory Roy Innis Jesse Jackson Julian Bond Edward I. Koch Hugh L. Carey Edward M. Kennedy U.S Ramsey Clark David Rockefeller Jacob Javits Amanda Terence Cooke Leontyne Price Clarence Mitchell Jr

Ottawa Farm Fest Tickets and Local Sales Ads

Tickets to performances at Ottawa Auditorium will be available at Farm Fest 81. Young Place Kids Clothes offers 20 percent off denim for all sizes Fri and Sat. Pat Zamora accepts appointments at Bonnie's Beauty Boutique. Eagles Lodge hosts steak night and dance. Fashion Alternative advertises daily dress arrivals. USD 287 Board meeting noted for Pomona High School Home Ec room on Sept 14 at 8 p.m.

Ottawa Auditorium Young Place Kids Farm Fest Board of Education USD 287 Pomona High School

Scouts Seek New Recruits Session Thursday Night

A School Night to Join Scouting will be held at all local elementary schools at 7 30 p m Thursday. Prospective Cub Scouts ages 8 through 10 and Boy Scouts ages 10 to 13 plus their parents are invited. Membership recruiting will continue through fall. Private school students should attend nearest public school session. For more information call Maurice Ponton at 242 2575.

Herbert Yamabayashi Twin Hivers Scoui Yamabayashi Maurice Ponton

Oasis Club invites Waldo-Astoria attendees sign up at Briscoe Drug

Oasis Club members invite anyone wishing to attend the Waldo-Astoria event at 10 30 p m on Sept 30 to sign up at Briscoe Drug The Wesleyan Church at 933 N Cherry holds Back To Sunday School at 945 a m Sunday All kindergarten through high school attendees will visit Swope Park Zoo on Sept 26 Correction: Mrs Richard J Potter of 1426 Maple was misnamed Cotter in Friday Herald She is a patient at Shawnee Mission Medical Center Room 2065 2 The Herald regrets the error

Oasis Club Waldo-Astoria Briscoe Drug Wesleyan Church N. Cherry Swope Park Zoo Richard J. Potter Maple Cotter Herald Shawnee Mission Medical Center the Herald

Baby Bottle Tooth Decay Warns Parents In Dental Advice

A dental guide warns nursing babies with bottles at nap time can cause severe tooth decay. Sugar in milk formula or juice pools around teeth during sleep, risking pain and extraction. Recommend last feeding before bed and limiting bottle use to awake periods or water only at nap time.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Middle School News Country Music Hall of Fame Grand Ole Opry Pat Boone Bing Crosby Larry J. Powell Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Frank Garcia 34Th St Miami Shirley Temple Mississippi U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, D.C American Territories Canadian Provinces Wendell Barker Barker State Board the Daily Report Second Walnut Streets John H. Harris Jr Orlin M. Milliken Williamsburg Milliken Sheriff's News Jeff B. Austin Austin District Court News F.o.b Joliet Ad Briefs L&m Shoe Repair Pat Zamora Bonnie’s Beauty Boutique Eagles Lodge Smokehouse Boys Fashion Alternative Lamb-Roberts Saffron Glass Co Robert L. Bell D.D.S South Main Street
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