Local brief highlights from Ottawa area expected fall events
Dr and Mrs H N Flora return from a three week trip. The Dale Carnegie Course returns this fall in Ottawa with a Lions Club sponsorship. K State scholars from area listed for optional fall attendance. Funeral notices for Elmer S Bennett and Lee Williams report Sept 12 services and Highland Cemetery burials. Jaycee Trapshoot at Forest Park Sundays at 7 pm. Auction and public sale notices for Isaac M McNutt and Frank Campbell. Various school PTA meetings and civic notices include Sacred Heart PTA, Juck dinner, and back to school night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer S. Bennett
Lamb Funeral
W. W. Robe
Ivan Jacobsen
H. L. Cartzdamer
W. R. Gamble
A. C. Heigele
R. H. Curby
M. K. Pettit
Olin G. Wollen
Raymond Schmidt
J. R. Henning
Highlandemetery
Lee Williams
Gordon Miller
Frank Swearingen
Eldon Mahoney
James Babcock
Floyd Jacob
J. R. Cheney
Fred Unger
Albert J. Williams
Trinity Methodist W.S.C.S
Highland Cemetery
Deaths and notices from Topeka jail and Ottawan obituaries
Tom Burgoon aged 46 died in the city jail Topeka from an abdominal infection after autopsy. Survived by sister Florence Lyon and brother Dell Burgoon of California, and father Edgar Burgoon of Ottawa. Funeral plans unresolved. Owen W. Followell reported radio aerial damage to car on driveway. W L Pickering and wife in Miami for Sovereign Grand Lodge then visiting daughter in Macon. Ottawan Elmer S. Bennett funeral attended by nephew Willard Wallis and his daughter Kay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Burgoon
Topeka
Donald H. Macrae
Shawnee
Edgar Burgoon
Ottawa
Dell Burgoon
Florence R. Lyon
Califor
Owen W. Followell
S. Mul
W. L. Pickering
Miami
Fla
Sovereign Grand Lodge
1.C.C.F. Enroute
Capt
Charles, Geiss
Macon
Elmer S. Bennett
Willard B. Wallis
Kay
Garfield P T A To Hold Monday Program
Garfield P T A plans a Get Acquainted program Monday at 7 15 p m in the school auditorium. Mrs Charles Southard is president. Parents will visit their children's rooms and teachers will be introduced. Garfield district adds 42 new families and 61 new children this year. Postmaster T J Cummings is affiliated with groups on S Elm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield P.T.A
Charles Southard
Garfield
P.T.A
T. J. Cummings
S. Elm
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Youths Admit Thefts Here In Ottawa Police Action
Ottawa police arrested four youths amid a string of car hub cap and accessory thefts. Edward Geiss, 19, and Larry Gervais, 16, confessed to stealing hub caps, mirrors, and a fender skirt from Kaw Valley Motor Co. Geiss also admitted several Ottawa thefts including tail pipe extensions. Kenneth Horner, 86, and Larry Kinsey, 16, Wichita, were taken into custody as officers pursued three more suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Eugene Flaherty
Lawrence
William Wheeler
Clyde Johnson
Edward Geiss
Larry Gervais
Kenneth Horner
Larry Kinsey
Wichita
Flaherty
Geiss
Gervais
Kaw Valley Motor Co
Country Club
Three Mishaps Reported Here
Ottawa police logged three auto accidents on Friday the 13th. Chauncey Ranner ran a red light at 2nd and Main, hitting Thelma Louise Arnold. Roger A. Keith, 15, collided with a car stopped to turn onto Park. Clarence Homer Stover, 71, turned from Ist to Main causing another crash. Police investigate three youths tied to thefts, with Geiss charged in a gasoline theft case. Kinsey, Horner, and others are held or sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Chauncey Ranner
2Nd
Main
West 2Nd
Thelma Louise Arnold
Cherry
Bainer
Park and Main
Roger A. Keith
RFD
Roger Downey
Baldwin
Park
Ist
Clarence Homer Stover
Hamblin
Flaherty
Geiss
Charles Edgar Andrews
N. Sycamore
Emporia
Jon Ast
Hospital Notes Admits J Earl Bruner and Others
Hospital notes show J Earl Bruner admitted at 924 Willow and Nelson Lee Higdon and Mrs Leslie Clark admitted today. Discharged include Mrs James L Turner and her baby daughter of 702 N Poplar today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Earl Bruner
Willow
Nelson Lee Higdon
Williams. Ourg
Leslie Clark
Williams
Burg
James L. Turner
N. Poplar
District Conference of Brethren to Meet in Ottawa
The District Conference of the Church of the Brethren for Northeast Kansas will convene in Ottawa from Thursday September 19 to Sunday September 22. Rev. Gerald Mease of Ottawa will direct, with Rev. James Elrod of Kansas City as moderator and a roster of leaders including Desmond Bittinger and Stewart Kauffman among speakers. A youth rally is planned and business sessions will continue into June in Des Moines for the denomination’s 250th anniversary. Also on Sunday a United Presbyterian meeting will set the hour for future morning worship, and North Baptist will install Rev. Jerry Tyler at 3 pm followed by a reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Northeast
Kansas
Ottawa
Gerald Mease
James Elrod
First Church of the Brethren
Kansas City
Desmond W. Bittinger
McPherson College
Stewart Kauffman
Elgin
Donald Rowe
McPherson
Gorman Zook
Mease
Earnest Watkins
W. B. DeVilbiss
Roy Gerhardt
Des Moines
Iowa
United Presbyterian Church
North Baptist Church
Jerry Tyler
United Presbyterian
Walnut
Free Methodist
Oak
Earl Fullar
Todd Macdonald
JMS
P.om
First Armet
Church of
Church of Christ
N. Poplar
C. B Andrews
Christian Science Society
Hickory
Tivet Baptist
Roger Fredriksen
Calvary Baptist
Faith Bible
R. Db. Clayton
Bible
Faith Lutheran
Leey Lennon
Walther League
Garnett North Baptist
Oak and Wilson
Church Directory and Worship Schedules in Town
A local church directory lists multiple houses of worship with pastors, service times, and Sunday schools. Entries include Episcopal, United Presbyterian, Free Methodist, Church of the Brethren, Church of Christ, Christian Science, Baptist, Assembly of God, Nazarene, Lutheran, and Methodist congregations along with schedule details and contact pastors. Also contains agricultural market prices for soybeans, corn, oats, butterfat, eggs, and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God
Harris
Reeces
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dale Carnegie
Ottawa Lions Club
Masonic Temple
South Main
Wright Studio
Jimmy L. Beauchamp
Pomona
School of Agriculture
Lois Marie Bones
Princeton
Sandra Ann White
James Emmett Bunyan
Forest Park
F. J. Weaver
Isaac M. McNutt
Isaac M
The
United Brethren
McNutt
Lane
Peorpia
Lane Methodist Church
Malcolm Brummitt
Lane Cemetery
Lamb Funeral Home
Pearl Bristow
Raymond Williams
Minn
Joel Towner
Black Hills
Brandon
Winnipeg
Canada
Osawatomie Implement Co
Fair Grounds
Osawatomie
Sacred Heart P.T.A
Leon
Cub Scout Pack No. 77
Rank Campbell
Frank Campbell
Michigan Valley Methodist Church
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Lincoln P.T.A
Pail Gaynor
Lewis Irwin
C. W. Henning
Parent Education
Lee Barnett
West 7Th Street
Horner
Kinsey
Gervis
Ottawa Transfer & Storage Co
United van Lines
Howard Brodie
Glenn Cunningham
Glenn
Cunningham
God
J. Dean Nossinger
Cee Pete
Louis H. Dengel
Rence
Church Directory
Grane Episcopal
Johnn
Dross
Aynday
B. Sweigart
Sacred Heart Catholic
Aunday
St. Paul A. M. E
Oéwin M. O'Neal
Restor
Church
Trinity Methodiat
Cedar
Charles
Bethany Chapel Baptist
2Nd and
Poplar
William Batley
Church of the Nazarene
Th and
Elm
Anthony V. Oddo
First Methodist
4Th
Charjes P. Knight
Aboo
First Christian
Gordon D. Millar
Bible “School
Ottawa Herald
Adelaide
Australia
Mandralinga
Ashley
Towner E geeTacr Ve Ras
Walnut St
East Wilson
Sunrise Dairy
Charles E. Riley
Myers and Son
First National Bank
Dean Berlin
Glen Lessen
N. Main
Galen Brennan
Floyd and
Velma Jacobs
Wallace Wells
Margaret Clark
Floyd
Hillcrest
Gary Cooper
Dorothy McGuire
Audrey Hepburn
Paris
Billy Wilder
Maurice Chevalier
Allied Artists
Claude Anet
Ariane
Tally Theatre
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