Local notables head to Kansas municipal session and hospital news
Steve Mudrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mudrick of 306 S Elm, joins Sigma Alpha Mu at University of Missouri, Columbia as a freshman. Mayor Kenneth Andrews, Commissioner Ivan Brown and City Clerk Don Capper plan to attend League of Kansas Municipalities sessions in Wichita next Monday and Tuesday. A rummage sale is set for Saturday Sept 21 at 114 S Main by Army Mothers. Visiting Ransom Memories Hospital today are Gene Dahlgren and George Yeckel, admin residents at Bethany Hospital, Kansas City. Walter Coburn, Ransom Memorial Hospital administrator for five years, has become administrator of Bethany Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. H N Flora traveled to Emporia for Dr Flora to attend post graduate study. Harold Gumm of Ottawa was arrested on drunkenness and trespassing charges at 404 Logan. he pleaded innocent. Judge Milo Harris set trial for Saturday and released him on 50 dollar bond. Helen Frances Gage filed for divorce from James Chester Gage on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Walter Coburn and spouse plan to attend the American Hospital Association meeting in Atlantic City Sept 29-Oct 3, stopping in Indiana to leave children with grandparents. Wilky’s Pottery offers jardinières and gazing globes. Sgt Walter Huff of the Ground Observer Corps will attend Ottawa Post meeting tonight at the armory, 7:30 p.m., under oversight of Mrs Howard Henderson and Don White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom Memories Hospital
Gene Dahlgren
George Yeckel
Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
Kas
Walter Coburn
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Harold Gumm
Ottawa
Logan
Milo Harris
Gum
Walter Huff
Ground Observer Corps
GOC
Howard Henderson
Don White
Armory
Ottawa hosts visiting Kerrs as tickets sale nears total
Mr and Mrs Hollis Kerr of San Francisco visit Ottawa with friends Mr and Mrs T J Cummings. Mrs Kerr is Katherine McClanahan of Paola. Ottawa High reports 790 student activity tickets sold to date, near last mid term total. Postmaster T J Cummings recuperating at Ransom Memorial Hospital aims to return Oct 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Kerr
San Francisco
Ottawa
T. J. Cummings
East
Kerr
Katherine McClanahan
Paola
Ottawa High School
Family ties span four brothers and two sisters in obituary
The obituary mentions a family including a wife, Mrs Delma Peterson, and a sister Yoncella of Oregon, along with four brothers Ora of Osawatomie, Joe and Jean of Ottawa, and Ray of Hamilton, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delma Peterson
Yoncella
Ore
Ora
Osawatomie
Joe
Jean
Ottawa
Ray
Hamilton
Ohio
Deaths of Neils C Olsen and Mrs Lovelock in Missouri and Kansas
Neils Cameron Olsen 78 of Pomona died of a heart attack at his home at 4 am. He was a retired farmer, formerly owned a shoe repair shop, and had lived in Napa and Tonganoxie before moving to Pomona. Born Oct. 26, 1878 in Buffalo New York, he left a wife Emma Spoor and three sons Ralph, Leonard, and Lee, plus three brothers. Funeral at Tonganoxie. Mrs. T W Lovelock died Sept. 12 in Hamilton Missouri after a long illness. Funeral Sept. 15 in Hamilton. She left a widower, five children, sixteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Formerly of the Princeton area. Surviving children are Estelle Allwood, Flo Lovelock, Lee, Marguerite Scheibel, and Madge Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neils Cameron Olsen
Pomona
Napa
Calif
Quenemo
Lyndon
Tonganoxie
Buffalo
N.Y
Emma Spoor
Congregational Church
Ralph
Vallejo
Leonard
Des Moines
Iowa
Lee
Rapid City
M. D
The
Lamb Funeral
T. W. Lovelock
Hamilton
iLovelocks
Princeton
Estelle Allwood
Cassville
Flo Lovelock
Kansas City
Marguerite Scheibel
Lebanon
Ill
Madge Warren
Las Vegas
N. M
Death notices for Mrs Archie Bell funeral set
Mrs Archie Bell died from auto accident injuries in Nevada on Sept 13. Funeral services are Friday at 2 p.m. from Towner s Funeral Chapel with Rev Anthony Oddo of the Nazarene Church officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. She was born May Esther Burgoon in Concordia Oct 18, 1907, daughter of Joe and Lecy Sutton Burgoon now of Ottawa. She lived in Utah the past 20 years and was a Nazarene. Survivors include husband three children Mrs Charles Smiley Ottawa Eugene and Archie Bell Jr Salt Lake ten grandchildren and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Bell
Nevada
Towner
Anthony Oddo
the Nazarene Church
Ervin Happy
Lawrence Ott
Highland Cemetery
May Esther Burgoon
Concordia
Joe and
Lecy Sutton Burgoon
Ottawa
Utah
Nazarene Church
Charles Smiley
Eugene
Archie Bell Jr
Salt Lake
Hospital Notes Admits Bruce Cox and Births Recorded
Hospital notes list Bruce Cox admitted today at 849 Hamblin. Births include Mr and Mrs Ivan Knight at 824 W 5th with a daughter born today weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces. Dismissals mention Mrs John W Kendall Jr Williamsburg and Mrs Maida Milward Rantoul. John J Holderman Lane also discharged along with Mrs John Rubick and a baby son Williamsburg and Mrs Wayne Reichard with a baby daughter at 217 E Logan today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Cox
Hamblin
Ivan Knight
W. 5Th
John W. Kendall Jr
Williamsburg
Maida Milward
Rantoul
John J. Holderman
Lane
John Rubick
Wayne Reichard
E. Logan
Night School Draws Man at Ottawa University
Ottawa University night school enrollments show strong demand with 31 students registering for basic mathematics taught by Prof. Glen Dick in Ward Science hall. Additional classes in painting, drawing, economic botany, contemporary literature, and a minority groups course also attract interest. sessions will run Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings with openings still available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa University
W. D. Bemmels
Ward Science Hall
Ottawa Steel
Glen Dick
Thomas E. Flowers
Bemmels
Visits Red China by Indonesian anti Communist Leader
Mohammed Hatta left Indonesia to visit Red China invited by Premier Chou En Lai. The trip aims to discuss Sino Indonesian relations and bolster anti Communist collaboration amid regional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Mohammed Hatta
Indonesia
Red China
Choy En-lai
Dulles urges UN to intervene in Middle East crisis
Secretary of State Dulles urged the United Nations to act in the Middle East, warning that Soviet arms in Syria threaten Turkey. He warned the UN may not tranquilize the scene but must use its influence to curb Soviet power and protect independent nations, calling on free nations to be vigilant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec
Dulles
Middle East
United Nations
N. Y.P
State Dulles
U.N
Syria
Turkey
General Assembly
Assembly
Funeral services announced for Cameron Olsen in Tonganoxie
Funeral services for Cameron Olsen, who died this morning, will be held in Tonganoxie Kansas with time to be announced. Friends may visit Lamb Funeral Home Friday afternoon and evening.
Two Vehicle Crashes Reported Near Ottawa
Two accidents were reported in the Ottawa area yesterday. At 2 48 p m a truck and car collided on the Main Street bridge. Ralph Waldo Selby 73 of 1102 Milner was driving north across the bridge. Herbert L Meeks 50 of Kansas City Mo tried to pass Selby on the bridge with a GMC tractor and trailer and collided with him. Damage to Selby s car was minor and no damage listed to the tractor. The second crash occurred five miles west of US 50 on Sand Creek Road at 6 45 p m. Albert Fritts 61 of RFD 2 drove his car into a grain drill towed by John P Stewart 45 of RFD 3 driving a farm tractor. Brown said Fritts could not see the drill because of the bright white light on the tractor s back. He estimates damage to both car and drill as major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Main Street
Ralph Waldo Selby
Milner
Herbert L. Meeks
Kansas City
Selby
US 50
Sand Creek Road
Jay Brown
Albert Fritts
John P. Stewart
Brown
Fritts
Arnold Jones Assumes TVA Board Seat in Recess Appointment
Arnold R. Jones begins his term as a Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors member under a presidential recess appointment by President Eisenhower. The former deputy director of the budget succeeds Dr. Harry A. Curtis, who retired, with Senate confirmation expected when the 1957 session reconvenes in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Arnold R. Jones
Eisenhower
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jones
Harry A. Curtis
Senate
Curtis
Moherman Cleared In District Court Verdict
A district court jury deliberated less than an hour to acquit Scott Moherman of loitering on Floyd Moldenhauer property and disturbing the peace in Wellsville. The case, once delayed by a demurrer and appeal reaching the State Supreme Court, ends with a full acquittal on both counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Moherman
Moherman
Floyd Moldenhauer
Wellsville
Moherman - Moldenhauer
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Legion Ends Advance Ticket Sales for Merchants
Warren Black Post No. 60, American Legion, voted to discontinue sponsoring shows with advance ticket sales to merchants for distribution to children. Commander Dr. Joe R. Henning announced the change and said the Legion will soon sponsor a banquet for Ottawa Legion junior league baseball team members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Black
American Legion
Joe R. Henning
Legion
Ottawa Legion
Legion Asks Half Billion For Pensions
At its 39th annual convention in Atlantic City New Jersey the American Legion urged Congress to provide nearly 500 million dollars yearly for veteran pensions The group rejected broad age 65 pensions and approved a plan that would deem World War I World War II and Korea veterans totally disabled at 65 if income is under 1400 for singles or 2700 for married Those under 65 would qualify only if totally disabled and the measure would raise disability payments to about 14 55 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
American Legion
Congress
Legion
Korea
Plowing Contest Opens At World Exposition
Twenty seven men from 14 nations compete in Adams County Ohio to determine the world plowman champion. The event opens a two day test at the World Conservation Exposition with two half acre plots for scoring tractor and plow performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peebles
Ohio
Adams County
United States
Plow Through Time For Agriculture Oathbound Tool
The plow stands as the basic tool of farming from primitive soil scratching to modern mechanized systems, shaping work and landscape across eras.
Emporia Firm Low Bid for Toronto Dam Road Relocation
Neosho Constructors Co. of Emporia appears to be the low bidder at 483,683 dollars for the relocation of Greenwood County roads in connection with the Toronto Dam project. The Army Engineers report the government estimate at 526,602 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Emporia
Neosho Constructors Co
Greenwood County
Kas
Toronto
Army Engineers
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Steve Mudrick
Dave Mudrick
S. Elm
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
University of Missouri, Columbia
Kenneth Andrews
Ivan Brown
Don Capper
Wichita
League of Kansas Municipalities
S. Main
Army
H. N. Flora
Flora
Vel Rene Beauty Shop
Jay Ellis
Helen Frances Gage
James Chester Gage
N. J
American Hospital Association
Indiana
Barbara Sue
David Keith
Wilky's
Jardinieres
Wright Studio
Carnegie Free Library
the Keen Co
Lamb — Funeral Home
Arnold Jones
Bargain
Kansas
McVe Dengel
Louis H. Dengel
Davis Leader House
S-M-L
Davis
Davis Paint Store
S. Main Ph
Roup No
Bunny Bear
Women’s & Children’s
F. R. Gagne
Navy
Lewey Kittle
Gagne
6Th Fleet
Gardner
Mass
Mozelle
Independence
S. Cedar
Necchi Or
Elna
Albright
Ottawa Herald
7Th & Main
Emporia Firm Low
Ottawa Transfer & Storage Co
United van Lines
Pressonville
G.W. Garrett
Karl Bowes
Auc
Louisburg, Ks
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