Ottawa News Briefs Spark Local Happenings
Hospital returnees and car show plans highlight a string of Ottawa items. E. L. Jack Peters returns from VA hospital in Kansas City. A large Ottawa group attends a preview of 1957 Dodge in Kansas City. Local clubs, school lunch programs, and PTA activities are noted along with minor incidents including a tire theft at Burlingame and a speeding arrest. Enrollment shifts and polio vaccination plans are reported, with a move from Independence to Los Alamos.
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E. L
Jack’ Peters
Kansas City
Floyd Minnick
Jerome Minnick
Frank Thayer
Jim Warnock
Ivan Yingling
Minnick Motor Co
R. M. Clogston
F. P. Hufstedler
Mark Walter
Carl Warnock
Los Alamos teacher to coach at high school
N Mex educator Mr. Shepard will teach and assist coach at Los Alamos high school next year after ten years at Independence junior high. Mrs. Shepard, formerly Miss Beulah Foley, attended Colorado State Teachers College with Mr. Shepard, who is Ottawa University graduate. Address 2121 33rd St Los Alamos. Rug fire at 407 Locust damaged by floor furnace. River bank trash fire near North Sycamore at 2:25 am. Grass fire at vacant lot 1220 S Cedar Saturday at 2 pm. Hawkins community club to meet Friday at the school. families bring pies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Mex
Los Alamos
Indépendence
Shepard
Colorado State Teachers College
Greeley
Ottawa University
Beulah Foley
33Rd St
Myrtie Smith
Vass
North
Sycamore
S. Cedar
Hawkins Community
Hawkins Community Club
Local Hospital Admissions Births and Dismissals
Admitted Mary Miller 230 S Elm Saturday and Mary Reneau 212 Walnut Alta E McCrea Richmond Sunday Cecil Dennis Harris Peggy Ann Miller Lyn don Monday. Births Lucian O Fabert Route 3 son born Saturday 7 lb 907 Oz Bob Brown Williamsburg son born Sunday 6 lb 13 oz Kenneth Nitcher Pomona son born Sunday 7 lb 6 oz Benjamin G Stinson Greeley son born today 10 lb 8 oz. Dismissed Cecil Schneider Route 3 Saturday Mrs Harry Bebee Melvern Mrs B G Otto 636 N Mulberry Christ Straub Route 2 Overbrook Mrs Ralph Riemer and baby son 519 King Sunday Nelson Peed 128 N Cedar Albert Hoskinson 740 Olive Mrs William Bowers and twin sons 635 S Main Mrs David Griffin and baby daughter 707 S Oak today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miller
S. Elm
Mary Reneau
Walnut
Alta E. McCrea
Richmond
Cecil Dennis
Harris
Peggy Ann Miller
Lyndon
Lucian O. Fabert
Route 3
Bob Brown
Williamsburg
Kenneth Nitcher
Pomona
Benjamin G. Stinson
Greeley
Cecil Schneider
Harry Bebee
Melvern
B. G. Otto
N. Mulberry
Christ Straub
Overbrook
Ralph Riemer
King
Nelson Peed
N. Cedar
Albert Hoskinson
Olive
William Bowers
S. Main
David Griffin
S. Oak
Funeral notices for Clare Ely Olin Minckley and June Hamilton
Funeral services for Clare Ely will be held at Towner's Chapel at 2 p m Tuesday with interment in Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin Kansas. Olin Minckley’s services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m from Towner's Chapel with burial in Colony Kansas. June M Hamilton's service is Wednesday at 10 a m from Towner's Chapel with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona Kansas. Joe Towner's Funeral Chapel.
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Bolton
Chester A
Chet” Bolton
William Weber
Highland Cemetery
Ely
Clare Ely
Towner’s Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Baldwin
Kansas
Minckley
Olin Minckley
Colony
Hamilton
June M. Hamilton
Woodlawn
Pomona
Deaths and funeral notices from Ottawa area
Deaths toll includes Clare Ely 72 of Franklin county with services at Towner's Chapel and burial in Oakwood cemetery Ottawa residents Paul Kesting and Nora Rapp also noted with funeral details. Rites for Ely and Kesting set for 2 p.m. with Rev. Craig and Rev. Fredrikson officiating. Rapp burial in Hope cemetery.
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Clate Ely
Clare Lobingier Ely
Franklin County
Jennie Morrison
S. Mulberry
Ottawa
Warren B
Mary Bardin Ely
Morrison
Clarence Ely
Hazel Harrison
Walter Red
Homewood
Hux Ritter
Topeka
Matthew Buchele
San Augustine
Tex
Robert McCormick
Lansing
Mich
Towner's Chapel
R. B. Craig
Oakwood Cemetery
Baldwin
Paul Frederick
Lamb Funeral Home
Roger Fredrikson
W. A. Elliott
Highland Cemetery
Mrs Lillie Bales Dies At 79 In Ottawa Area
Mrs Lillie A Bales aged 79 of 911 S Locust died yesterday morning at Ransom Memorial hospital. Born March 30 1877 she was first married to John Harshman and later to Sampson W Samp Bales who died in June 1945. She lived on a Centropolis area farm then moved to Pomona and Ottawa. Survived by brother S L Nichols Pomona and sister Mrs Cora Harshman Waverly plus many nieces and nephews.
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Paul Frederick Kesting
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ripley County
Ind
Simon A
Catherine P. Fal Kesting
First Baptist Church
Kesting
Flora Elizabeth Dennis
Tauy Baptist Church
Roger Fredrikson
W. A. Elliott
Highland Cemetery
Lillie Bales
Lillie A. Bales
S. Locust
John Harshman
Sampson W. “Samp” Bales
Bales
Centropolis
Pomona
L. Nichols
Cora Harshman
Waverly
Mrs Gerald K Hamilton Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Gerald K Hamilton aged 34 of route 1 Ottawa died last night at Ran som Memorial hospital at 9 o clock after an illness lasting since Saturday. She was admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon. June Maxine Bushnell was born.
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Gerald K. Hamilton
Route 1
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
June Maxine Bushnell
Pomona Woman Dies. Funeral Planned at Towner's Chapel
June 12 1922 Pomona native daughter of Oral James and Harma Hughes Bushnell dies. A Pomona High School graduate and Rock Creek Farm Bureau member she married June 28 1941 in Ottawa to Mr. Hamilton. Survived by husband three children Glen E. Bushnell Vivian Rae Bushnell Florence N. Hamilton a grandmother Mary Hughes. Towner's Chapel service at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev Charles P. Knight officiating. burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona.
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Pomona
Oral James
Harma Hughes Bushnell
Pomona High School
Methodist Church
Ottawa
Hamilton
Rock Creek Farm Bureau
Gerry
Bruce
Nancy
Glen E. Bushnell
Vivian Rae Bushnell
Florence N. Hamilton
Grand
Regional Livestock Auctions and Estate Sales Listed
Sale dates announced for multiple auctions across Kansas including James Chester White hog sale near Ottawa, James Firestone Estate in Centropolis, Elson Thayer Estate in Paola area, Ralph Ferguson estate northwest of Richmond, and Homemaker sale of F A Sparks in Ottawa. Weekly sales held by Overbrook Livestock, Waverly Sale Pavilion, and Paola Hereford consignments. Listings include contact numbers and sale locations such as Pomona, Paola Fair Grounds, and Ottawa area farms.
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James Chester White
Ottawa
Wilson St
James Firestone
Centropolis
Elson Thayer
S. Hickory
Ralph Ferguson
Richmond
Anderson County
Overbrook
F. A. Sparks
Kansas
Paola Fair Grounds
Paola
Fire Burns in San Juan National Forest Colorado
Fire in San Juan National Forest 28 miles east of Durango consumes an estimated 320 acres. Started by lightning last Thursday, the blaze draws 260 forest service personnel plus Indians from Gallup and volunteers. A Denver charter helicopter supplies camps with food and gear.
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Durango
Colom
Gallup
N.M
San Juan National Forest
Colorado City
Paul Lundell
Forest Service
Denver
Man Suffocated In Hotel Fire in Springfield Visit
John J. Gatewood, a Springfield, Missouri salesman, suffocated in a hotel room fire yesterday. Coroner Dr. G A Chickering said the blaze was apparently started by a cigarette on the bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
John J. Gatewood
Springfield
G. A. Chickering
Gas Lighter Than Air Yet Way More Weighs Than Steel
A striking comparison shows natural gas, though lighter than air, can outweigh a full year of U S steel production by about two and a half times. The fact underscores the immense scale of gas output relative to steel in the year observed.
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U. S
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Jay Ellis
Mike Mulcahey
Buick Co
Edge of Ottawa
Liberty Community Club
Sand Creek H.D.A
Sacred Heart Parochial School
C. W. Thompson
Bill Russell
Smith Conoco
Burlingame
Frank Johnson
Osage County
Speeder
Charles Meeks, Driv
Osage
Otawa
North Main
Joe Wollam
PTA
Lincoln Pta
Harold Sodaman
J. J. Scott
Princeton
Princeton High
Richmond Elementary
Ransom Hospital
Louis H. Dengel
Smith
Sowers
America
Joe Towner
Nora Rapp
Willow
Shelbyville
Rapp
Indiana
Henry
Rachel Yarling Rapp
Margaret Rapp
Anna Rapp
Hope Cemetery
Horace J. Smith
Malibu
Calif
P. F. Kesting
MATS
Ironrite
Malott
Curry Auto Supply
Nora
Willow Street
Gerald Hamilton
C. A. Myers & Son
Jack Nelson
Pomona, Kas
Gordon James
Chester White Hogs
Nichols Sale
Main
Wilson Street
Colorado
Qytawa
Porter Spears
Tom Porter
George Spears
Organization of
ANC
Kansas City, Kansas
D. William Overton
North American Building
J. Dean Nofsinger Manager
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