Family tradition guides OU choices for King siblings
Russell King chose the University of Oklahoma to join siblings Kevin Susan and Dale at OU. Kevin and Russell benefited from multiple scholarships while Susan completed nursing training. The Kings join earlier OU graduates Esther Bemmels and others in a pattern noted by campus lore.
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Don Lambert
Russell King
Kevin
Susan
Dale
Adonna
Russell
Everette King
Overland Park
Baptist College
King
Everette
Wilma King
Lincoln School
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas College
Kansas
Alumni Association
Kansas State
Esther Bemmels
Skidmore
11Th and Mulberry
Bailey
Kevin King
Obituary for Mrs Ida Wilson Lyndon area resident
Mrs Ida Wilson 80 Lyndon died Thursday in an Osage City nursing home. Services set for 10 30 a m Monday at Lyndon United Methodist Church with graveside rites 2 p m at Wamego City Cemetery. She was born March 14 1897 in Louisville and lived in Lyndon since 1935. survived by husband James F Wilson. She was a former secretary for the state club leader of extension services in Manhattan and a Lyndon United Methodist Church member. Call hours at Feltner Funeral Home 12 Saturday to 9 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Wilson Lyndon
Ida Wilson
Lyndon
Osage City
Lyndon United Methodist Church
Woman heads local phone store in Lawrence
LAWRENCE Pauli Knight will succeed Bill Collinson as the public office manager for Southwestern Bell in this area upon Collinson's retirement this month. Collinson, who has 31 years with the phone company, spent eight of them as manager in Lawrence. Mrs. Knight will be responsible for the Lawrence Phone Center Store operation and customer relations for an area consisting of Lawrence, Ottawa, Tonganoxie, Williamsburg, Eudora, Lecompton and Clinton. She is a native of Baldin City.
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Lawrence — Pauli Knight
Bill Collinson
Southwestern Bell
Collinson
Lawrence
Franklin Savings to open Baldwin City branch
Franklin Savings Association will open a temporary office at 721 Eighth in Baldwin City as a prelude to a new saving facility. The branch, approved Sept. 9 by the State Savings and Loan Board, will be the Ottawa based firm's second location after the Olathe branch opened in 1969.
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Franklin Savings Association
Baldwin City
Jess Gilmore
Eighth
State Savings and Loan Board
Ottawa
Olathe
Baldwin
Gilmore
Association
Duane Hall
The
S. Main
Franklin Savings
Ottawa Mutual Loan and Savings Association
Lions Start Selling Brooms Saturday
The Ottawa Lions Club begins its annual broom sale on Saturday at 133 S. Main from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Items include brooms and kitchen goods made by the Kansas Foundation for the Blind in Wichita. Proceeds aid Ottawa Little League and Babe Ruth teams. Young teammates canvass the town, Sept. 24, door to door, with orders also taken at Shelden's Men's Wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Lions Club
Eldon Vowell
Gardner Hayden
Lions
Bill Curry
S. Main
Kansas Foundation For the Blind
Wichita
Ottawa
Shelden’s Men’s Wear
Belly Dancing Flowers Top ORC Offerings
The Ottawa Recreation Commission offers three fall classes including Belly Dancing and Flower making. A six week course covers flower design and arrangements, two evening options run Sept 22 to Oct 20, and Sept 22 to Nov 3 for Belly Dancing and Exercise with instructors Pat Garvin and Lorene Ledom. A football game watching class runs Sept 21 to Oct 19 with Larry Miller guiding, plus registration details and Winter courses under consideration.
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Pat Garvin
Lorene Ledom
Ottawa
Larry Miller
Recreation Commission
W. 4Th
Local Ad Briefs and Events Roll Through Town
Weekend listings include live bands at Ottawa Skate Land with multiple showings, Mike’s Kozy Kitchen specials, a reopening of Guy and Mae’s Tavern in Williamsburg on Sept 19, and reliability service ads for cab and wake-up calls. Also notices for job openings, VFW oyster fry, Saddleback Lounge acts, H R Black Tax School enrollment, and Blue Room Tavern music tonight.
Do Roman collars label Catholics or Episcopalians
A reader reflects on Roman collars labeling Catholics and Episcopalians and other denominations. He notes Protestants trace to the Reformation and argues the term Catholic means universal. The piece mentions the back collar originated with a Church of England priest in London. David Mouille, rector, signs.
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England
Universal Church
Church of England
Episcopal Church
United States
London Dock
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James Coughlin
Richmond
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Keith J. Holdsworth
Smithville
Garnett
Merritt Hiner
Guy Trimmel
Louis S. Powell
Lamb-Roberts
Glenn Scharff
Burr Oak Cemetery
Burr Oak
Kan
Boise Cascade Corporation
Mark Nelson
Leon Nelson
the Daily Report
Benjamin Kiefer
Harvey Wilson
S. Sycamore
Lee Olmsted
E. 17Th St. Terr
Cecile Hood
N. Main
Johnnie Dorsey
Joseph D. Ferguson
James Ferguson
RFD
Ft. Leonard Wood
Texas
PVI
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Ad Briefs
Skate Land
Sun
General Store
Mike
Kozy
Guy and Mae
Williamsburg
Reliable Cab
A&p
Herald
Davis Paint Store
Kazy
Mountain Oyster Fry Vfw Post
Marvin Ross
Saddleback
Bill Jordan
Karen and the
Eastaways
Darin and
the Dudes
Friendly Blue Room Tavern
King Radio
Julie Seymour
Davis
Violet Robson
David Bunch
Joe Ferns
Dorothy Reams
Rena Towner
Jerry Robson
Robson-Towner Chapel, Inc
North Main
Kentugls Chicker
Kentucky
Ain St
Anns Pists
Grace Episcopal Church
West
David Mouille
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