A Shot In The Arm For Industrial Aim
Ottawa boosters hosted a pep rally to promote industrial expansion with Dwight Nesmith of Kansas State University outlining Ottawa's assets and a lively audience quiz led by Don Wiggins. Questions covered zoning, land use, salesmanship, incentives, power, and keeping youth home, with leaders Martin Nesmith and Wiggins offering practical paths and cautions for growth.
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Ottawa
Colbern’s
Kansas State University
Dwight A. Nesmith
Don Wiggins
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Nesmith
Wiggins
Robert Martin
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Franklin County
Martin
KIDC
State C of C
Kansas
Kansas City
Topeka
Ottawa Employment Service Office
Pomona
Better Grades Nason Returns to Education Work
Dr Leslie J Nason expands his Better Grades project with a plan to publish three education articles weekly under Nason on Education in the Herald starting September 18 He now writes and teaches at USC while his wife Frances runs city swimming programs The series has sold over 400 000 copies and helped students raise grades in two weeks.
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Dr. Nason
Frances
University of Southern California
Irving R. Melbo
School of Education
Renton
Wash
Nason
Coast Living News Briefs Update in Seaside California
Mr and Mrs Ted Shuler visiting Mrs Shuler s mother in Seaside California. Chappell s Cleaners closed this week due to sister s death. Smorgasbord adv at North American Coffee Shop. Ottawa Soroptimists sponsor rummage sale Sept 16 at Auditorium for Children s Book Week items. Robert Beeler admitted to Ransom Memorial Hospital in room 101. World Mission Cavalcade postponed at North Baptist Church. L E Burrichter Sale postponed to Sept 19. Exotic Candies Wright Studios ad and Snyder Pharmacy adv noted.
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Soroptimist’s of Ottawa
After Carla the Gulf Storm Leaves Texas in Ruins
Galveston and western Louisiana faced a massive cleanup as Hurricane Carla left 15 known dead along 250 miles of coast. Damages run into hundreds of millions with widespread flooding and water supply threats. A 38 car train and National Guard units aided restoration as Gov. Daniel urged federal help and residents faced long rebuilding.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Carla
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri
Ellis
Houston
Lyndon B. Johnson
Daniel
Texas City
Careful Study Emphasized In School District Planning
Marle Hayden of Hayden speaks in the district courtroom to the county school planning committee and sub-committee about Senate bill 400 unified districts. He urges careful study, outlines requirements for a county plan, and notes costs, valuation, area, and student population as stakes. The sub-committee schedules a new session for Sept. 19 to study finances.
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Hayden
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions list Mrs Clare Harris 223 S Locust Tuesday. Harry Holmes 1541 S Main Wednesday. Dismissals Mrs Jessie Mundy 114 S Locust. Mrs James 8 Brown Jr and baby daughter 1329 Willow Saturday.
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Clare Harris
Harry Holmes
Jessie Mundy
James
Brown, Jr
Willow
Deaths of Lucy Matile and Eliza Richardson
Mrs Lucy Mariah Matile 85 died at home in Wellsville born July 12 1876 Plymouth Ohio husband Henry died 1938 son Homer 1957 survived by daughter Marybelle Chambers and son Dayton Matile funeral arrangements by Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville Mrs Eliza Bell Richardson 89 of 912 S Cedar died at Ransom Memorial Hospital at 7 30 am born November 13 1871 Illinois lived Ottawa area 86 years married Feb 13 1895 to James Henry Richardson who died July 1939 daughter of James J and Martha Lawrence survived by two sons Lawrence W Richardson and Ewing Richardson Leawood one daughter Mrs Walter Swenson Overland Park 12 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren one son F Ross Richardson died 1940 services at Lamb Funeral Home Saturday 10 am burial in Wood Lawn Pomona.
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Lucy Mariah Matile
Wellsville
Plymouth
Ohio
Henry Matile
Homer Matile
Marybelle Chambers
Dayton Matle
James H. Richardson
Eliza Bell Richardson
S. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Illinois
Ottawa
James J
Martha (Warner) Lawrence
Pomona
James Henry Richardson
Baker University
Baldwin
First Methodist Church
Lawrence W. Richardson
R. Ewing Richardson
Leawood
Walter Swenson
Overland Park
F. Ross Richardson
Lamb Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Notice of Suit and Estate Matters in Franklin County
First published September 13 1961 notice of suit in Franklin County Kansas to Richard Long et al: petition to determine heirs and partition real estate in Ottawa and surrounding areas with Oct 20 1961 pleading deadline. Also hearing notice in estate of E Bechtle praying descent determination for Lots 33 35 Block 118 Otto and related properties. defenses due October 5 1961. Includes sale of real estate in Ottawa and Yates Center under court order for September 28 1961 at 2:30 PM with 18 month redemption.
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Suitmans
Ann Marie Omans
State of Kansas
Richard E. Long
Charles Connelly
Helen Poole
Marion Gallagher
James Connelly
Joanne Saunders Young
Joseph Omans
Ernest Omans
Mary Jane Omans
Cora Brewer
Gladys Mitchell
Vera Brewer
George Brewer
Silas Christie
Beulah Saunders
Minnie Ferris
Mary Connelly
Harry Brewer
Nettle Christie
Margaret Omans
District Court
Franklin County
Kansas
Rosa Brewer
Hazel Brewer Haney
Grace Brewer
Ottawa
Said
E. Bechtle
Ernest B. Bechtle
Earnest B. Bechtle
Otto
Chas. W. Davis
Floyd Meisner
Frankelin County
Towit
Max R. Gilmore
Buldings
Ottawa and
Yates Center
W. Fay Beasley
Topeka
G. A. Sutton
Chanute
Local Farm Sales Run Weekly In Ottawa Area
A sequence of sale notices lists weekly events across Franklin County and nearby towns. Listings include stock, horse and dairy sales at Ottawa, Neosho, and Quenemo with dates in September, contact numbers in Ottawa and Lyndon, and multiple auction venues on Locust and Wilson Streets.
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Ottawa
Franklin County Sale Company
Locust & Wilson
Kas
Frances Hanning
Quenemo
Leon Burrichter Holstein
Franklin Co. Sales Co
Locust and
Wilson Streets
Kansas
Albert
Harold
C. Beatty
Lyndon
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
West Wilson Street
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Missouri
Little Hope For GM Strike End
DETROIT AP Hope vanished that General Motors and the United Auto Workers could reach a new contract by Thursday. Strikes at more than 90 GM plants cripple operations while the union urged locals with plant deals to return to work and others to wind down as settlements arrive. The planned Thursday GM Conference meeting was canceled, signaling no enough at-the-plant agreements to wrap up a three-year pact.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
General Motors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chamber of Commerce
Lish
Ottawa Industrial Development, Inc
Leslie J. Nason
the Herald
Long Beach
Calif
Ted Shuler
Seaside, Calif
Chappell’s
Adv
Lawrence
Ruth Gagliardo
Kansas State Reading Circle
Ben Park
Nell Barnaby
Robert B. Wellington
Hester Lortscher
Robert Beeler
Beech
Wright Studios
World Mission
Russell Stover
Snyder Pharmacy
S. Main
L. E. Burrichter
Wed
Ady
Totwner
Kennedy
Prince Daniel
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Frank B
National Guard
J. N. Olson
Marie Harris
Ernie Miles
Fuirbright
Jonesboro
Okey Towner
Cubapel Sd Hee
OPP
AL Rans
Lomb Funeral Home
Marle Hayden
Milo Eaeovreee
Lamb Guneral Home
Richardson
Eliza Bell
James Henry
Woodlawn Cemetery
Legals
Ross Brewer
Hazel Brewer Haney and
Bowers & Bowers
Plaintiffs
Elba J. Bechtle
Anderson & Byrd Attorneys
Msron
Breeze
State Highway Commission
Addison H. Meschke
Gordon James
Claude
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Howard
Albert Stewart and Son
RFD
N. Main
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Order of the White Shrine of
RAM
Harry E. Brink
Ralph Criqui
Olivet
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