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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1964
Page
4
At noon today the Ottawa City Commission planned only a single business item the second reading of an ordinance for special assessments on last year’s work. City clerk Don Capper noted other topics could be added later. several ads and notices appeared in the issue.
About 100 Ottawa laymen are being recruited to back the Heart of Eastern Kansas Crusade planned by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association for November 8 to 15. A Laymen’s Bar-B-Q Supper is set for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the North American Hotel. Training for counselors who will assist during nightly services will run Sept. 28 to Oct. 5 at First Baptist Church with Rev. John Dillon directing. Charles Anderson chairs the arrangements. Rev. Raymond P. Jennings leads the local crusade as general chairman.
AP notes Kansas City market figures with cattle and hogs pricing. Cattle: calves 200, steers steady, cows up 25 to 50, best steers 23.25 to 26.00, heifers 25.50, feeders around 50.20. Hogs: 3,000 head, barrows and gilts steady, sows higher to 25. prices 13.75 to 15.75 for sows. Sheep: 300 head, lambs 21.50 to 22.25, ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
AP reports Kansas City price updates for consumer eggs large at 31.35 with others unchanged. Wholesale eggs show large at 80 percent, medium at 80 percent. Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers priced at farm 1314.14 and plant 14.14 percent. butter unchanged.
Costs and production in metals rise as prosperity and demand recover. Copper prices lift abroad then at home amid higher mine costs. Steel products see selective hikes with longer delivery times and stockpiling by buyers. Competition shifts from price alone to metal performance amid substitutes like plastics and glass.
Bonn Germany AP Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and his West German Cabinet approved a landmark accord with the Communists permitting West Berlin residents to visit East Berlin crossings. The 214 million West Berliners and 55 million West Germans gain future access while East Berlin 17 million residents face travel limits. Negotiators to draft final details to be signed Thursday.
Flave Watts died September 18 and funeral services were held September 22 at Towner Chapel with Rev. R. C. Step hens officiating. Honorary pallbearers included Leo Hart Leon Reekie David Nicewander Alva Watts Donald Hurd Floyd Elton Watts and Richard Owen Watts. Active pallbearers were Toby Watts Clayton Watts Floyd Lichty Jr Wiley Watts Kenneth Watts and Norman Lee Watts. Don Lunger sang hymns accompanied by Mrs. J. M. Kilgore. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona.
Donald Gennett, 17, Clifton, charged Sept. 13 with improper passing. Pleaded guilty and fined 10 dollars plus costs. Robert J. Dodson, 31, Prairie Village, cited for speeding 90 in a 75 mph zone, 3 miles northeast of Ottawa on L395, fined 15 dollars. Oscar J. Armstrong, 46, Princeton, cited Sept. 15 for no tail or stop lights, pleaded guilty and fined 10 dollars plus costs.
Bridge wins announced with results: First North South Mrs E E Hazlett and Mrs Warren Casy of Lawrence. Second North South Ted Crandall and Merle Price of Ottawa. First East West Gliadys Jones and Mrs E W Prather of Osawatomie. Second East West Chester Hall of Pleasanton and Bob Patterson of La Cygne.
Larry Joe Murphy age 20 of Wells ville and Charlotte Ann Rogers age 18 of Paola obtained marriage licenses.
Masonic Lodge 18 in Ottawa marks its centennial with events Saturday. A grand meeting at 3 p.m. precedes a 6 p.m. dinner and a 7:30 address by the grand master. Pins will honor 25 year and 50 year members, with three receiving 50 year pins and 23 receiving 25 year pins. Also noted is the reorganization of the Ottawa DeMolay chapter led by two district leaders, with Steve Nichols Craig Davis George Moody and Gerald Reed present.
Franklin County 4-H members won blue or purple ribbons for displays at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. Clothing items included Martha Coffman blouse blue Connie Burkdoll jumper blouse blue Janice Wagner tailored dress blue Sherrill Shoemaker wool jumper purple. Entomology entries Midge Ransom purple Kenneth Watts blue Daryl Flager purple Cathie Flager blue Nora Massey blue Margaret Henning blue. Demonstration Anne Christie blue Electricity Loretta Alexander range light blue.
Marvin R Klein of 1242 Maple is slated to receive a certified public accountant certificate at the closing session of the 1964 Kansas Society convention in Topeka. He completed all four parts of the American Institute of CPAs exam and is among more than 35 state recipients. Klein is a graduate of the Abbey School in Canon City Colorado.
Gary Ball of 1039 North Main and Frank O Carlson of 319 West 5th were admitted to the hospital on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively per daily medical notes.
About 500 residents gathered in Melvern to honor J. W. Dick-Peddie a longtime town booster retiring from his sundries business A bronze plaque will be placed on the city hall Dick-Peddie a former Melvern councilman and mayor received a transistor radio in appreciation His son from Kansas City attended the event held on Main Street.
The Ottawa Golden Age club held a meeting with 18 members present. It was announced that officers must be elected soon after current officers completed two terms. An invitation was received to attend the district meeting in Emporia on October 15.
Myers Bros announces weekly and special sales across Franklin County Kansas. Listings include estates of Mrs O Wolf and Mrs Constant on Sept 25, George Miller furniture and antiques on Sept 26 near Vinland, Stocker and Feeder sale at Franklin County Sale Barn Oct 7, and L W Seright household goods sale Sept 28 near Ottawa. Sales start at 1 PM.
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