Area 4-H winners shine at Kansas State Fair
Franklin County 4-H members excel at the Kansas State Fair with Fred Wingert Ottawa RFC 4 winning champion Polled Hereford and first in the 1981 heifer class. Harold Wingert and Lexie Dreddy Ottawa RFD 4 claim reserve lamb and top ribbons in clothing and demonstrations while Trent Lancaster Ottawa RFD 2 earns purple for lambing demo. Other results span beef sheep swine poultry clothing knitting crochet food nutrition home environment woodwork photography horticulture and fashion. A 26-year-old Ottawa man is jailed on aggravated burglary charges in Elder residence break-in. Bible and $143 found nearby. Franklin County campaign chair appointment announced for Attorney General Bob Stephan.
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Hutchinson
Franklin County
Fred Wingert
Ottawa Rfc
Harold
Lexie Dreddy
Ottawa Rfd
Duke Wasmund
Princeton Rfd
Wasmund
Buck Watts
Augus
Simmental
Sheila Channon
Heath Higble
Trent Lancaster
Keith Watter
Kevin Walter
Keith Walter
Ottawa
Elia F. Elder
King
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Topeka
Bob Stephan
Richard Skoog
Skoog
S. Main
Stephan
Kansas
Sedgwick
Moran and Skilling funerals mark crowded local service day
The Daily Report lists funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Moran 75 of 520 N Oak and Mrs. Thelma Cain Skilling 74 of Lehigh Acres Florida. Moran died at home Wednesday with service Monday at Dengel Sons Mortuary and graveside at Earlton Cemetery. Skilling died Thursday in a Kansas City hospital with service Saturday at Dengel & Son Mortuary and burial Highland Cemetery. The notices include extensive survivor lists and who will attend. An additional death Fred C Baer La Mesa California is noted along with admissions and dismissals at Ottawa area facilities and two arrest reports for Jerry Wingo and James Kirkland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth A Moran
Elizabeth Ann Moran
N. Oak
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Murray Jackson
Moran
New Matamoras
Ohio
John Lyle Moran
Three Sands
Okla
Olive Hall
Earlsboro
John L. Moran Jr
el Dorado
Billy D. Moran
Beltsville
Bobby L. Moran
Chanute
Richard W. Moran
Joetta Cruces
Evelyn Gamill
Irving
Texas
Ethyl Harris
Midwest City
Bill Hall
James Hall
Velma
Jacob Wheeler
Seminole
Earlton Cemetery
Earlton
Kansas City
Dengel & Son Mortwry
Highland Cemetery
Fey
Rulf Leed
Skilling
Horton
Wellsville
Ottawa
Florida
Dale Skilling
San Jose
Calif
Kay Pool
Gaithersburg
Ellen Neis
Melba Markley
Lehigh Acres
Fla
Donald Cain
W. Std
Jack D. Cain
Littleton
Colo
Shirley Granger
Lyons
June Kenton
Kan
Frances Baum
Sioux City
Iowa
Jerry Wingo
Eldon Brockus
Wingo
James Dean Kirkland
Moore
Martha Kirkland
Oak
Page
Thelma (Cain) Skilling
W.E. “Brick” Skilling
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Missouri
Dengel & Son
Elizabeth Ann (Wheeler) Moran
Oak St
Kansas
John L. Moran
Earltan
Ottawa area community ads and events roundup
Local listings show weekend openings and sales at Wrights Studio and Frame Shop and CHEAP Records on South Locust. Events include Princeton Tavern Friday blues, Looking Glass open house, a Williamsburg street dance benefit, yard sale at 427 No Mulberry, and a Lions Club ham supper in Pomona plus numerous parlor and club activities.
Northside Rapist Denied Probation
Judge Floyd H. Coffman denied probation for Larry E. Owen, a 36 year old from rural Melvern convicted of northside Ottawa rapes last September and January. Owen, sentenced to five to 20 years on six felony charges, will return to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing.
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Floyd H. Coffman
Melvern
Larry E. Owen
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Owen
Ottawa
Coffman
Kansas Adult Authority
Whippoorwill Showboat case appeals to restore defendants
Relatives of Whippoorwill victims press Kansas Supreme Court to reinstate three more defendants to eight Osage County suits over the June 1978 Lake Pomona capsize. Judge White had dismissed Park and Resources Authority, Sheriff Masters, and Aquamarine Co. The Rogers still face suits. Supreme Court previously limited liability of the boat's former builder.
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Topeka
Kan
Lake Pomona
Kansas Supreme Court
State Park and Resources Authority
Robert E. Masters
Osage County
Aquamarine Co
Vassar State Park
Donald L. White
Ottawa
Whippoorwill
State Supreme Court
Bruce
Veda Rogers
Vassar Playhouse
White
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Ottawa Rfd 2
Lancaster
Carol Montgomery
Terri Montgomery
Young Cock
Julie Arwood
Juanita Sluder
Theresa M. Wiederholt
Kathleen Wiederholt
Sandra Wiederholt
Teresa Corbin
Jo Lynn Coen
Roberta Shamble
Lindee Pope
Connie Frank
Rhonda Jeffries
Tracy Hines
Laurie Bromert
Linden Pope
Karen Williams
Michelle Ahlers
Kate Bromert
Lise Baley
Mary Rocker
Brenda Seltz
Lisa Lickteig
Janie McClaran
Phil Altendor
Rob Dunlap
Bill Rodgers
Chris Hoch
Curd Calling
Lest Campbell
Alan McClain
Tracy Shuck
Polar Bear
Andrew Sampson
Milton Sampson
Waar
Wade Cartmil
Skoog Aids
Charles A. Scribner
Research Hospital
BE. Meyer Blvd
Oasis Club
Briscoe's Drug
Tiffany’s Attic
Ken Bower
Garnett Gir
Calvary Baptist Church
W. 7Th
Chris Elkins
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Blue
Carrie
Peggy Sandusky
Linda Foltz
Terry Walleck
Garfield School
Bill Ratliff
Wes Wilson
the Daily Report
Thelma Skilling
Fred C. Baer
la Mesa
Pomona
Mildred Stevens
Helen Bush
Williamsburg
Fern Burns
Esther Tomberlin
Wichita
Fred Young
Callie Pauly
Michael Allis
Doris Kruger
Amanda Blankenbeker
Andrew Derousseau
Public Safety News
Wrights
Avon
Princeton
Vickie Shaw
The
Looking Glass
Medical Arts Building
Street Dance
Mulberry
Country Club
Baldwin Jet
Sat
Sun
West Ist
Sharlee
Lions Club
Eagles Club
J.C
Jewelry Repair
Drake Jewelry
Raggedy Ann Pomona
Boot Hills
Fri
Willis Garden Center
Cherry Man
Young Place
Main
Monty
God
Ron Tompkins
Assoc
First Assembly OF God 13Th
Northside
Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center
Franklin County Mental Health Center
Supreme Court
Memoriam
Elizabeth (Wheeler) Moran
Hickory
Ottens
Lamb-Roberts
Funeral Home
Pomarg
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