Side Swipes Tie Ottawa to State and National Events
Ottawa residents attend events across Kansas and beyond. W L Pickering and Steve Needham travel to Omaha for the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World. Mrs Needham presides over Kansas Rebekah Assembly, with Beulah Rogers installed as International Rebekah Assembly president. Ottawans join Mary Jo Kiefer at Hutchinson for the Kansas Dairy Princess contest. Mary Jo won district honors and a state title goes to Marcia Hall of Coffeyville with Helen Morris as alternate. Roberto Gomez from Ottawa visits Monterrey as Junior Chamber of Commerce ties strengthen cross border ties. Twin grandsons born to Mr. and Mrs. William S. Bowers spark local pride. Crites Body Shop seeks clean rags.
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Omaha
Nebr
W. L. Pickering
Ottawa
Steve Needham
Rantoul
Soverign Grand Lodge of the World
Needham
Kansas Rebekah Assembly
Lawrence
International Rebekah Assembly of the World
J. R. Raffelock
Kansas
Harry Loyd
Hutchinson
Mary Jo Kiefer
Franklin County
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Miss Carr
Mary Jo
Miss Hall
Chicago
Olathe
Quash Charge Against Youth in Wellsville Case
District Judge Floyd Coffman quashed loitering charges against Jimmy McGaugh and Richard Moherman, finding the statute misapplied since loitering was not tied to hunting or fishing. State prosecutor Myron Steere plans appeals. Additional cases, including Bob Miller double jeopardy, Herman Lee beer violations for underage sales, and negligent homicide from a July crash, were set for Wednesday hearings.
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Jimmy McGaugh
Wellsville
Floyd Moldenhauer
Floyd Coffman
John B. Pierson
Myrron Steere
Pierson
Steere
Richard Moherman
Bob Miller
Moldenhauer
Coffman
Scott Moherman
Wayne Leach
Kenneth Tilton
Lyle Hart
Ewing M. Hamilton
Kansas City
Kas
Safety Talks By Highway Patrol II
The state highway patrol conducts an annual safety program in Franklin and Anderson counties this week. Trooper Roy Phillips from Emporia leads talks and films with Troopers Bob Conaty and Arnold Johnson of Ottawa. The 45 minute sessions rolled out at Ottawa Senior High and Agene Field Elementary, with more schools listed in Franklin and Anderson counties to follow.
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Franklin
Anderson
State Highway Patrol
Roy Phillips
Emporia
Bob Conaty
Arnold Johnson
Ottawa
Agene Field
Williamsburg
Pomona
Appanoose
Wellsville
Garfield
Lane
Rantoul
Richmond
Princeton
Anderson County
Kansas car death total reaches 450
The Associated Press reports Kansas traffic fatalities climbed to 450 over the weekend with seven more deaths. Victims include Laura Alice Lutz of Larned in a three car collision west of Larned, plus Ralph Hart of Wichita and others across the state. Mills of Meriden, Hallowell, and nearby areas are listed among the recent fatalities and injuries in separate accidents.
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Kansas
Laura Alice Lutz
Larned
Raymond Smith
Beverly
Ralph Hart
Wichita
Marion
William Hart
Ernest Hall
Roy Bryson Fritts
Meriden
Peabody
Richard Wolf
William Edward Poague
Junction City
Neil Wayne Robinson
Hallowell
James A. Giller
Ft. Riley
Atchison
Holton
Leo E. Handke
Lonnie Dale McComb
W. F. McComb
Conway Springs
Schulte
Kenneth Laverne Huff
Great Bend
Polio Fatal To Pomona Girl
Addie Bell Lassen 19 of Pomona route 1 died of polio yesterday at 5 15 am in Stormont Vail hospital Topeka She was born December 17 1936 at Richland daughter of Hans and Nellie Tucker Lassen and a 1954 Ap planningose high school graduate She had worked for Capper Publications and cared for her stepmother later in Topeka Funeral services will be held at Towner's Chapel Wednesday at 2 pm Rev Wayne Hollins Pomona Methodist church will officiate Burial will be Clinton Kansas cemetery where her mother is buried
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Addie Bell Lassen
Pomona
Stormont- Vail
Topeka
Richland
Hans
Nellie Tucker Lassen
Appanoose High School
Capper Publications
Lassen
Mass Lassen
Route 1
Myrtle Quinn
Howard Kuiard
Ottawa
Carl Converse
Junior
John
Towner's Chapel
Wayne Hollins
Negro Pupils Withdraw From Clay School Fight
Four Negro pupils abandoned their bid to enter Clay Consolidated School after the school board denied admittance. Upon their departure about 150 white students returned to class.
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Clay, Ky
Clay Consolidated School
Emporia City Water Serves Most Of Lyon County Area
The drought pushes Emporia water use across Lyon County with 15 000 plus gallons daily at the fire station hydrant. Rural schools and residents within 20 miles rely on it for drinking. Farmers haul stock water from Cottonwood River while readings show nine inches of 1956 moisture deficit at Emporia airport and 44 inches since 1952. Reading area farmers report lake stock water shortages, prompting a request to county commissioners for a pump at the Reading lake. Lamb Ambulance. Phone 380.
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Emporia City Water
Lyon County
Emporia
Cottonwood
Sodey
Offi
Cial
Reading
No Check Of Petitions On Garbage Plan
Petitions opposing the proposed garbage disposal plan have not yet been checked for sufficiency of signatures. City officials are at a League of Kansas Municipalities meeting in Wichita. With 1900 signatures, the petitions exceed the required 932 by 25 percent. If valid, the council may put the issue to a vote or drop the plan. The present dump east of town must be removed for flood control work and new federal rules will bar dumping in the area. Channel work begins in summer 1957 if funds are approved.
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League of Kansas
Wichita
Army Engineer
Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Polio Shots For Ottawa University Students
Ottawa University students nineteen years old or younger may receive free polio shots Wednesday night at seven in the university infirmary. Dr. F A Trump, college physician, says the Salk vaccine is furnished by the State Board of Health. Students are not required to take the vaccine, but many are hoped to consent.
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Ottawa University
F. A. Trump
State Board of Health
Marshalls Win Garden Plaque In Ottawa
The Garden of the Month plaque, sponsored by the Ottawa Garden Club, was awarded today to Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Marshall, with runners up Mr. and Mrs. Walt Skeels and honorable mentions Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fitch and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Berthot. The Marshalls’ grounds feature a pyracantha bush, red cocks comb borders, Salvias, and hardy asters while the Skeels boast 125 iris varieties and iris hybridizing efforts. The Fitch home displays a long brick planter with blooming geraniums and others, and the Berthot yard shows neat evergreen plantings and a well-kept lawn.
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Ottawa Garden Club
G. H. Marshall
Elliott Barnes
Walt Skeels
Sycamore
Glenn Fitch
Tremont
F. W. Berthot
E. Logan
Marshall Home
Skeels
Complete Auto Service at Edge of Ottawa
Mike Mulheahy Buick Co offers complete auto service with free pick up and delivery in Ottawa's edge area. Phone 251-c-26t services include maintenance, diagnostics, and repairs. Local shop emphasizes convenient customer care and on site pickup.
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Mike Mulleahey
Buick Co
Edge of Ottawa
District P T A Conference Here
The Ottawa Parent-Teacher Association will host District 2 conference at Lincoln school on Wednesday. About 200 women from Kansas City Kansas Topeka Lawrence Olathe Paola Osawatomie and Ottawa are expected. Morning and afternoon workshops feature state president Mrs Ray Wright of Lawrence.
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Ottawa
Parent-Teacher Association
Lincoln School
Kansas City
Kas
Topeka
Lawrence
Olathe
Paola
Osawatomie
Ray Wright
C H S Elects Class Officers at Ottawa Senior High
Ottawa Senior High School named class officers across grades. Seniors elected Larry Forsythe as president Mickey Shaughnessy as vice president Janet Rice as secretary Ira Kay Jones as treasurer with Frank Johnson Dennis Smith and Morgan Williams as student council reps. Juniors chose Judy Corlis as president Rosie Meyer as vice president Don Knight as secretary Karen Sue Mack as treasurer with Bill Hyson and Nancy Scott as reps. Sophomores installed Roger Schmanke as president Bob Keelin as vice president Sandra Howard as secretary Wanda Robertson as treasurer with Ross Martin as student council rep.
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Ottawa Senior High School
Larry Forsythe
Mickey Shaughnessy
Janet Rice
Ira Kay Jones
Frank Johnson
Dennis Smith
Morgan Williams
Judy Corlis
Rosie Meyer
Don Knight
Karen Sue Mack
Bill Hysom
Nancy Scott
Roger Schmanke
Bob Keelin
Sandra Howard
Wanda Robertson
Ross Martin
Enrollment Down In Rural Schools in Franklin County
Thirty of the 34 rural schools report a total enrollment of 383 students, 21 fewer than last year, as three fewer schools operate. Wellsville shows 231 elementary and 147 high school students, Centropolis 51 with no high school, Lane 80 elementary and 51 high school, Williamsburg 76 in high school, Pomona 123 elementary and 58 high school, Rantoul 45 elementary and 38 high school, Appanoose 56 elementary and 52 high school. Princeton and Richmond pending. Williamsburg to supply missing elementary figures.
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Franklin County
Wellsville
Centropolis
Lane
Williamsburg
Pomona
Rantoul
Appanoose
Princeton
Richmond
Peffly's Team Wins Ottawa U Football Ticket Contest
Dr H P Peffly's team tops the Ottawa University ticket drive selling 29 seats while Walter Coburn's group moves 145 and Dr Clarence Nauman's 73 for a total of 509. Tickets are reserved at Wassmer's Store this week then Cookfield ticket office. First home game Friday against William Jewell College. Winning team earns a trip to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Jan 1. Doyen Har der Queen and Doman aided Peffly. Hale Blair led the reservation line at 6:30.
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H. P. Peffly
Ottawa University
Walter Coburn
Clarence Nauman
Wassmer’s
Cookfield
William Jewell College
O. A. Pelfly
Wilbur Foulks
Howard Doyen
Reid Harder
Dallas
Peffly
Doyen
Harder
Charles Queen
Howard Doman
Hale Blair
Charles Gillette
Jim Allen
Robert Bundy
U S Won't Back Detour Of Canal
Secretary of State Dulles, after meeting with President Eisenhower, said the United States has no plan to finance detouring the Suez Canal. He outlined contingencies to aid oil exports and transportation by other nations if canal transit becomes impractical, with focus on peaceful internationalization of canal operations.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Suez Canal
White House
United States
Africa
London
Egypt
Suez
Nasser
United Action
Eden
Minor traffic cases fill docket before Police Judge
Police Judge Myron Steere handled mostly minor violations today. Billie Bruce Stankard paid 1 dollar for an illegal U turn on South Main and 1 dollar for parking after 1 a m on Main. Bonds forfeited: Gerald Breithaupt Wellsville for parking across a line Lesh Oil Co for same offense Harold Peffly for parking in a loading zone. Three others cited and to appear: Virgil Smith persistent violator failing to appear L J Grater overtime parking Douglas Bros double parking.
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Myron Steere
Billie Bruce Stankard
South Main
Main
Gerald Breithaupt
Wellsville
Lesh Oil Co
Harold Peffly
Virgil Smith
L. J. Grater
Douglas Bros
Lightning Fire Destroys Higdon Barn South Of Homewood
A lightning strike last night started a fire at Earl Higdon’s farm 214 miles south of Homewood, destroying a barn and feeds. Loss included 2400 bales hay 160 bushels seed wheat 400 bushels barley and 500 bushels oats. Higdon carries 2500 dollars insurance. House untouched, weather cooled after a hot spell with showers predicted eastward.
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Earl Higdon
Homewood
Higdon
Ottawa
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Emporia
Russell
Chanute
Texas
Georgia
Atlantic
Maine
Landowners appeal highway awards near Wellsville
Five of 27 owners of small tracts sought district court review of the financial awards set by a three‑appraiser board for land to be used in a viaduct and highway improvements south of the Franklin‑Douglas line east of Wellsville. Appeals name W. J. Cramer and wife and four other plaintiffs. Attorneys listed for both sides.
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K33
Wellsville
Franklin - Douglas
W. J. Cramer
Robert Oyler
Lawrence
State Highway Commission
B. W. Kelsey
R. R. Massengale
Lawrence Kk. Murphy
Roy E. Burbridge
Ada B. Seyler
Seyler
John B. Pierson
Ottawa
Highway Commission
Hunters Find Body Of Man In Dry Creek Bed Near Topeka
The nude body of a man was found yesterday by a squirrel hunter in a dry creek bed a few miles southwest of Topeka. Dr. Donald MacRae Shawnee County coroner estimated the man had been dead more than a week. Cause of death not yet determined. No clothing or shoes recovered. Officers sought to identify the deceased.
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Topeka
Donald MacRae
Shawnee County Coronner
Weather forecast shows fair afternoon into night with cooler northwest Tuesday
Fair this afternoon and tonight then Tuesday cooler with north easterly winds 15 to 20 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight. Low tonight in the 40s northwest to 50s southeast. high Tuesday near 80. Record highs and lows noted for today with detailed hourly readings and yesterday’s sky clear and breeze from the south.
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Coe
Aee
la Foot
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