Franklin County & Ottawa History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03fc8c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Park"><B><IMG SRC="0410b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oral Histories Of Ottawa"><B><IMG SRC="0420b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>     </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="18"><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa High School Class of 57"><B><IMG SRC="04312120.png" border=0 width="18" height="18" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="71"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="30" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="71" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Ottawa Herald Article contributed by Morgan Williams</B></I></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=94 BGCOLOR="#FF3300" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0403c5e1dvmwlb.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Ottawa High School Class of '57</B></FONT><B>     |    </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa High School Class of 57"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id211.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa History In Postcards">Ottawa History In Postcards</A>   |   <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa 1896">Ottawa 1896</A>   |   <A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Business">Ottawa Business</A>   |   <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flood of 51">Flood of '51</A>   |   <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="50s Memories">50's Memories</A>   |   <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lions Band">Lion's Band</A>   |   <A HREF="id205.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barbershop Chorus">Barbershop Chorus</A>   |   <A HREF="id250.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas Houses">Christmas Houses</A>   |   <A HREF="id181.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Tornado 1957">Ottawa Tornado 1957</A>   |   <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forest Park">Forest Park</A>   |   <A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Park">City Park</A>   |   <B>Franklin County & Ottawa History</B>   |   <A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oral Histories Of Ottawa">Oral Histories Of Ottawa</A>   |   <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Municipal Auditorium">Municipal Auditorium</A>   |   <A HREF="ottawa_bus_line.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Bus Line">Ottawa Bus Line</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=386 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Franklin County & Ottawa History</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Articles From The Ottawa Herald</B></div> <bR> <div> The following articles were published in the Ottawa Herald on the date indicated.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Nov. 16, 1956</B></div> <div> H.K. Stevens, basketball coach at Ottawa High School, has been taking an early look at some of his basketball prospects for the coming season. Since coming to Ottawa three years ago Stevens has not failed to place his charges in the top two spots in the conference</div> <bR> <div> <B>Jan. 9, 1957</B></div> <bR> <div> Walter William Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Butler, has been notified that he is one of the 7,500 high school seniors to reach the finals in the National Merit Scholarship competition. </div> <bR> <div> Teenage vandals threw a small black powder bomb into the Brunswick Recreation Center, 121 N. Main St., last night but the bomb did little damage. </div> <bR> <div> Business and residential growth of Ottawa is indicated by the continued demand for additional telephone service. At the start of last year we had 4,735 telephones in service here," J. T. Morrisey, manager, said. Now we have 4,852 for a net gain of 117 during 1956.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Ottawa Herald, Ottawa, Kansas</div> <div> OTTAWA - A book about Franklin County and The Ottawa Herald has recently been published by The Ottawa Herald.  The book has stories and news items in it from 1869.  There are more than 200 photos.</div> <bR> <div> The new book can be ordered by calling 1 (800) 467-8383, or online at The Ottawa Herald website or at the offices of The Ottawa Herald.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>