News Items From Our High School Years

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Huls and Davy Cox, a vocal trio; Jack Day, singer; and Elmer Benson, singer and musician. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="105"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="105" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="658" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="105"><div> Nov. 16, 1956</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><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> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="105"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="105" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="658" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="105"><div> Jan. 9, 1957</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><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> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="105"><div> Jan. 9, 1957</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><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> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="105"><div> Jan. 9, 1957</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><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> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="105"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="105" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="658" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="105"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="105" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="658"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="658" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>