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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
3
Readers share practical dieting notes such as keeping a four column diet diary to track food and calories, adding a creative good deed column, and noting dates weight and tips. Other tips include using gelatin shaped as a birthday cake to celebrate diabetics, freezing soup seeds, and prewriting birthday and anniversary cards with mailed dates for easier remembrance.
An ad announces the international Spa-type diet and the famous 4-day snack and slim diet. Readers are asked to send 25 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Reba and Bonnie Churchill at P O Box 46 181 Hollywood California 90046 for the plan.
Miss Eilen Zimmerman and Robert William Lake wed in a December evening ceremony at St Luke Church United Church of Christ. Rev John McGea officiated. Witnesses were Judy Owers and Don Lake of Leigh. The couple, both Kearney State graduates, will live at 3157 20 Avenue. Lake served 14 months in Vietnam.
The 1972 travel and social season calls for a slimming pantsuit plus dress and blouse in knits. Pattern 9083 offers new women sizes from 36 to 50 with a 238 yard fabric estimate for jacket and 1% yards for pants, reflecting era styling and fabric usage.
Announced by Mr. and Mrs. DonaldOS Liss the engagement of their daughter Cecelia to Dave Levens of Yankton, both students at Mount Marty College. Cecelia is a junior nursing student and Dave, son of Mrs. Ervin Levans of Yankton, will graduate in May in sociology. They plan an August wedding.
The Eagles Auxiliary held a brief meeting followed by its annual Christmas party and gift exchange. Members donated toys for Beatrice State Home and sacks of candy for the Columbus Opportunity Center. Special prizes went to Mrs. John Post and Mrs. Viola Liebschwager. Santa visited with Little Ellie amid card games and novelty girls.
Pattern 04 parycha offers an easy crochet project using knitting worsted. Instructions read like a quick guide to make hairpin lace strips, add contrasting shells, and join with a single crochet. Sizes and stitch counts are given in shorthand, indicating a simple, beginner friendly approach.
Milton Bemis and Janet Susan Fricke married Thursday at First Lutheran Church Rising City in a holiday setting. The couple plans to honeymoon in Florida en route to the Orange Bowl, with a large wedding party including Mrs. Wayne Vanek, Miss Lisa Fricke, and other relatives. The reception followed at the church with organist Jack Gross and vocalists, and the couple will reside in Lincoln where the bride works for Cengas and the groom for CID Productions.
The term chairman reflects medieval authority as desks and chairs were scarce with only the lord and wife seated. Britannica notes chairs symbolized power. The word’s origin highlights how seating denoted leadership in large houses.
Mr and Mrs Jim Lawthers of Shelby were honored at a Columbus American Legion Hall reception for their golden wedding anniversary. Guests enjoyed seasonal decor and piano music by Beth Coffin. Attendants from their 1921 wedding included Mr and Mrs Ernest Eschler of Oregon.
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