Teacher Honored for 42 Years of Service in Ottawa
Letha Figgins, Lincoln School fourth grade teacher, is Ottawa Education Association’s Kansas Teacher of the Year nominee after 42 years in teaching. She values love, understanding, and basic fundamentals, and writes a year start poem on her board to inspire students. She taught at Middleton Chippewa Spring Creek and Lincoln, plans retirement soon to enjoy family in Topeka.
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Diane Yeamans
Letha Figgins
Ottawa Education Association
Kansas
Lincoln School
Middleton
Chippewa
Spring Creek
Lincoln
Red Cross praised for relief work and wartime aid
Dear Ann Landers case recounts veterans’ critique of Red Cross and Ally story cites Stimson letter confirming Red Cross losses and nonprofit status while providing club facilities for U S and allied troops overseas. Column also offers parenting book recommendation for a Syracuse reader.
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Ann Landers
American Red Cross
Ann
Stockton
Red Cross
Salvation Army
G. I. Joe
Joe
Henry L. Stimson
Norman H. Davis
U.S
Stimson
Ikenberrys to Celebrate 60th Anniversary at Open House
Mr and Mrs Otis Ikenberry will mark 60 years of marriage with a Sunday open house from 2 to 5 pm at 903 S Willow. Hosts are children John Hamerickhouse of Ottawa and Freddie Ikenberry of Montgomery Alabama. They wed October 1 1919 in Ottawa by Rev W B DeVilbiss.
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Otis Ikenberry
S. Willow
John Hamerickhouse
Ottawa
Freddie Ikenberry
Montgomery
Ala
Olive Shoemaker
Rev
W. B. DeVilbiss
Wilhite Grandsons and Family Details
Wilhite grandsons James Justin Gorton and Jason Alan Wilhite are named. James is seven months old, son of Jim and Mrs. Gorton of Woodward Oklahoma, with sister Kristina, five. Grandparents Fred Wilhite of Baldwin and Frank Ward of Ottawa. Jason is six months old, son of Fred and Mrs. Wilhite of Clay Center, with grandparents George Lavery of Clay Center and others.
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James Justin Gorton
Jim Gorton
Woodward
Okla
Jason Alan Wilhite
Fred Wilhite
Clay Center
Justin
Kristina
Baldwin
Frank Ward
Ottawa
Jason
George Lavery
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Kan
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Harold Myers
Clerks
Wanda Kirkland
Elaine Roberts
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