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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1966
Page
4
GEORGE GAGE, Pittsburg State College Tau Kappa Epsilon president, announces a pledge class of 21 the largest since chapter formation. Also notes student names, yard sale ads, emergency medical treats, and community notices in Ottawa and nearby areas.
Robert Shields of 919 S Hickesy will be awarded the CLU in New Orleans on September 28 at a National Association of Life Underwriters meeting. He is the first Ottawa resident to earn the CLU title, one of 90 in Kansas. The award follows five years of study including courses at Washburn University and Rockhurst College. Shields is a Wellsville native, eight-year Ottawa resident, past president of the local life underwriters, Ottawa Rotary Club member, and two-year participant in the Million Dollar Round Table group.
Kansas Attorney General Robert Sonderholm asked the U S Supreme Court to allow Kansas to join Delaware as a plaintiff in a suit challenging the unit system of casting electoral votes. He noted other states seeking to join and argued the current system can give disproportionate weight to large states, harming voters in small states.
Kansas highway traffic reached an all time high in the first eight months of 1966. State highway director Addison Meschke said volumes are 5 percent higher than 1965 and nearly 7 percent above eight months in 1964. He noted gains on interstate routes with improvements expected as new safety designs reduce roadside obstacles and slopes.
Amilla M. Pospershill, who turned 100 in March, left Providence Hospital a week after delicate surgery on a broken hip. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Charles A. Poretta said such swift recovery is rare for someone her age, as hip fractures are common in the elderly but typically require extended recovery.
An English pupil named Sam Wells attends sitar lessons in Bombay. He is known around town as George Harrison, the quiet Beatle, a detail that makes the ordinary instrument lesson newsworthy.
Mrs Mattie Edmundson died September 16 and funeral services were held September 19 at the Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Charles P Knight officiating. Pallbearers were Harry Funk Clyde Wyatt Henry Gilroy Claude Newby Andy Reed and Reid T Harder. Mrs Bruce Spears played hymns. Burial was in Highland Cemetery.
Market listings show prices for commodities with multiple garbled tokens. The fragment mentions COIN and currencies with values around 1.26 and 1.78, oats near 0.68, barley about 1.08, and wheat near 1.80, alongside soybeans and another unspecified entry BT.
Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery First Battalion 127th Artillery activated after the Topeka tornado on June 8 received commendations Monday night from Gov. William H. Avery, Kansas National Guard chief. Nine officers and 46 enlisted men were honored, with most from Ottawa and others from Wellsville Pomona Baldwin Williamsburg Centropolis Pavo la Osawatomie LaCygne Burlington Lenexa Edgerton Gardner Shawnee Mission Overland Park Kansas City Mo Kane Kansas City Kane and Topeka.
Oliver Chambers 73 of Riverdale California died Monday. He leaves wife Ola Henderson of Richmond a daughter two sons four brothers and three sisters including Lonnie Chambers Richmond Ella Johnson and Nelson Chambers Ottawa. Henry Slen 70 retired Michigan Valley farmer died Sunday in Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka services at 2 pm Wednesday Michigan Valley Methodist Church burial Valley Brook Cemetery four miles south of Ova He was a Julie tson Grange member survived by wife Emma two sons W G Henry Kansas City Missouri and Carl Henry Los Alamos New Mexico a daughter Maxine Me Daniel Kansas City Kansas eight grandchildren and a brother Wilford Henry Centropolis.
North South winners were Mrs John Wassmer and Mrs Floyd Indall first with second Mrs A W Peterson and Loréete ta Reynolds of Osawatomie East West winners were Mrs E E Hazlett and Mrs James Seavers of Lawrence first with second Mrs Lyle Hanes and W E Hegberg.
Admissions include Mrs. Fred Weidner of Ottawa RFD 2 and Harley Stewart of Ottawa RFD 4 on Monday. Dismissals include Mrs. Anna Thomas from Cedar House and Mrs. Lynn Hoover and daughter from 1119 N Mulberry on Tuesday.
Eighty homeowners from Garnett's southside confronted the city commission over sewer charges. The panel noted sewer bonds were issued two months prior and prepared to assign costs to individual property owners. The three year old line cost about $74,000 and $8 per foot, reportedly laid through solid rock, passing through alleys now closed by the city, with charges reverting to local landowners.
The page lists high scores from several leagues including MIXED COUPLES LEAGUE GOGO FOURSOME and OTTAWA BOWL. Notable performers include Wolgast 1030-C with 1966 marks, Fritts 10.30-N and 10.30-D with 204 and 497, Doman 161 with 1080-D, Whitacre 213, and Hettler 176.
Kansas City market roundup shows wholesale eggs at 80 percent A grade around 43 to 50 and 43.44, butter steady. Cattle totals near 3,000 head with steers and heifers mostly steady to higher, prime values around 26.25 to 26.00, cows 18.00 to 19.50, feeders 24.50 to 28.50. Hogs about 4,000 with various weight brackets from 22.00 to 25.00. Sheep 500 with spring lambs 23.25 to 24.00 and ewes 5.75 to 7.50.
Notice to all shareholders that a special meeting is called by the board to consider a merger agreement among Kansas Telephone Company Caldwell Telephone Company Inc and W E G Dial Telephone Inc. The notice is part of legalpublications first published September 13 1966 and last published September 20 1966.
The Board of Directors of W.E.G. Dial Telephone Inc calls a special meeting in Ottawa Kansas on September 23 1966 at 11:00 a.m. to consider a merger with Kansas Telephone Company Caldwell Telephone Company Inc and W.E.G. Dial Telephone Inc The merger would issue one share of 100 par value Kansas Telephone common stock for each share of Caldwell and W.E.G. Dial stock. Stockholders may inspect the Merger Agreement at the Ottawa office.
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