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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1976
Page
2
Dear Abby columns mix bridge etiquette and family advice. A husband questions a man’s foot proximity to his wife during a bridge game while another reader seeks guidance on a daughter’s early-stage engagement and a manager asks how to address a coworker’s bad breath and body odor with tact.
Ideas exchanged on plant care after a coffee hour at the Leaf and Petal Garden Club gathering held Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. Jack McHnerney with co host Mrs. Ronald jaaffeld. Discussion touched on limited plants and pattern printing for child sizes.
Albion church women met Wednesday afternoon as Mrs James Wolf presented slides from Israel and Romania. The Rev Lester Anderson and others led prayers. They planned a $2 million gift to the Medical Area Development Corporation for the Vietnamese Fund and heard a reading of the Statue of Liberty inscription.
Promote a bicentennial themed quilt pattern set with 80 motifs and 72x72 inch size. Laura Whesler at Columbus Telegram advertises Pattern 667 with per pattern price and extra handling, directing buyers to Old Chelsea Station New York for mailed orders.
At the winter Council meeting held at Ag Park in Columbus the Platte County Extension Council selected a Bicentennial Cookbook as the group project. The cookbook committee includes Mrs. Melvin Gertsch as chairperson, Judy Robertson, Oma Weaver, Mrs. R.P. Nelson, Ms. Ed Sokol and Mrs. Harold Boning. County club members are asked to submit recipes through their clubs by March 1, with some recipes from an earlier cookbook to be included.
Xi Beta Kappa Chapter Beta Sigma Phi held a meeting at Mrs. Dora Hagee's home. Mrs. Phyllis Blaser led a program on women's traditional roles, with a discussion on home, work, and government. Mrs. Linda Carver announced staff for Bicentennial school week and sought artifacts. Plan for a Las Vegas party and March craft auction were shared. Next meeting at Mrs. Karen Morgan's home.
Ruth Boyd led a memorial service for deceased UMW members at a Thursday dessert luncheon at the church. Latretta Dierberger led a pledge service assisted by Marilyn Zebring. Corsage for Missions went to Christine Schutt and Ludeene Tambling. UMW plans pies for SMYF fund dinner on Jan 29 and a Lenten study titled Decision for Destiny led by Rev. John Mikkelsen with Shirley Walgren giving devotions.
The article recounts the epic blizzard of 1888 with hogs frozen in wagons and humans perishing in Dodge and Butler counties. It details livestock losses near Columbus, Indian trapping deaths near Silver Creek, and Nebraska teachers and families facing the deadly cold, along with widespread darkness and washed away clotheslines.
A collage of quick tips includes using unpeeled boiled potatoes to save time and spoilage, labeling phone sections with diagonal page cuts, protecting dog tags with clear wrap, lengthening pet string management with tubing, labeling grandchildren with toothbrushs, and reheating crystallized preserves by warming on a stove pilot light.
Federated Fellowship held installation rites after a Wednesday luncheon at Federated Church. Mrs. Lee Hicks installed officers and circle leaders for the Women’s Fellowship, with memorial services conducted for four former members. Luncheon hosts wore colonial attire to honor the Bicentennial year and gifts supported Columbus Manor.
An advertisement from Las Vegas promotes a chewable grapefruit pills diet that allegedly lets overweight individuals slim down quickly while eating many foods. Claims include up to a pound lost daily without exercise, with vitamin C, and a mail order offer from Grapefruit Growers in Henderson Nevada for 5 to 10 or 20 day supplies, with a money back guarantee.
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