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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1969
Page
3
Ann Landers addresses a reader arguing over ironing and household duties with a future marriage in mind. A letter on baby gender myths claims luck determines sex and sleeping side supposedly influences outcomes, while medical views warn against unnecessary Caesareans and note normal birth is typically easier.
Readers share practical kitchen and home tips from baking pancakes with salt to drying grapes with a cloth, plus help requests and small crafting ideas. The letters mention memory quips, dish drying, fabric hacks, and DIY storage solutions.
A reader shares a morning beauty hack using a hot washcloth to tame a cowlick during shaving. Another contributor describes a fast method to clean a son after a haircut with a soft furnishing dusting attachment.
An old Needlecraft catalog advertisement lists lilac themed patterns and a variety of quilt and slipcover projects. It promotes transfers, patches, and decorator items with playful pricing and mailing details to Alice Brooks in New York.
Veterans of World War I Ex-Service Barracks No 209 and auxiliary announce an Ice Greany Social on August 18 at Quis Fellows Hall. A luncheon will precede the next Foghth Peshmet meeting at 12 30 pm at the P W Building in Columbia. Guest Robert L Debo presents the film So Life Time by the U S Department of Interior, showing duck migration. The next meeting is scheduled for July 21.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bo Tage in Raste on the third day of the month at Marys Hospital. The delivery occurred without reported complication and the family requests privacy.
Auxiliary gathered at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Bryan Zalkun presiding. New member Mrs. Nancy Purrier and six candidates were named for fall obigation while May ceremony drew many out-of-town visitors. Refreshments followed business. Earl DeHaven and a group provided music. Next meeting in September with a summer family picnic planned. Grotto Tin Lizzie unit will take part in Shring Circus parade in St. Louis Thursday. Buttered cooked rice with grated Parmesan or Romano and strips of canned pimiento.
The Jefferson City Public Schools Association of Educational Secretaries closed its 1968 69 year at Poor Boy's Country Kitchen with 33 members present. New officers were installed by Miss Lottie Langerhans including President Evelyn Link and Vice President Jean Adams. Mrs. Helen Roberts, a ten year JCPS secretary, received a demitasse set as she and Mr. Roberts plan a July move to St. Joseph. An upcoming secretaries workshop was announced for August 15 at the Board of Education building.
Members of Jane Randolph Jefferson Chapter DAR held a Flag Day luncheon at Cecil's Restaurant in Fulton with about 50 attendees. Chapter regent Mrs. James M. Davis opened the meeting, assisted by flag custodian Mrs. Laura Clatterbuck. The event featured red white and blue decor, a poem reading, and a Red Skelton pledge recital before a tour of the Winston Churchill Memorial on Westminster Campus and slides on Churchill and Fulton church reconciliation.
Patricia Ann Wegman of Colorado Springs married Lt Larry B Prenger at the U S Air Force Academy Chapel in a military double ring ceremony. Rev Maj Robert Auer officiated as guests and family attended a Dublin House reception before the couple departed for a Laguna Beach honeymoon and future base at Laredo Texas for pilot training.
The Board Members of the St Marys Hospital Auxiliary held a monthly meeting at Mrs Nicholas Monaco home. Five new members were announced: Mrs Stanley Gunter Mrs Charles Kaiser Mrs Don Suthoff Mig Paul Braun and Mrs Eloise Drisler. Eleven donations were made to the Tribute Fund in memory of Judge Henry West Hues Bernadine Heimrichs Daisy Margaret Wilson and George Robben. Volunteer hours totaled 282 1/2 for the Pink Bell Gift Shop and 182 hours for the Information Desk.
Shirley Walther 2128 Dackgon Street was honored Sunday with a miscellaneous shower hosted by her aunt Miss Anna Kaiser of High Ridge Missouri. Seventeen guests attended at the honoree's mother's Algoa Road home with rainbow colors and games yielding prizes. Miss Walther will wed Vaughn Whiting of Blackfoot Idaho on July 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Veronica Szigety celebrated with a kitchen and linen shower hosted by Mrs. William Gott and Mrs. Cletus Bulle. Prizes went to Miss Barbara Vossen and Mrs. Terrance Neuner before gifts were opened and desserts served. Miss Szigety and Webb Foster plan to wed July 5 at Immaculate Conception Church.
Young ladies from the community embark on a Current River float May 15 to 22 as part of Heart of Missouri Girl Scout Council camping program. Fourteen Scouts and four advisors join from several towns. trips include canoeing safety tests and campcraft reviews before launch at Pulliite Ferry.
Mr and Mrs Joy O Talley of 821 Southwest Blvd were honored at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club where about four hundred guests attended. Mr Talley has served as state director of vocational rehabilitation for the State Department of Education since 1943.
NARCE Chapter 313 at Memorial Park hosted a basket dinner with Mrs. Theodore Wisch Sr. presiding. J.C. McCarty reported on the Springfield State Convention. Helen H. Storm joined as four new members. next meeting set for August 2 at McChing Park. Honors and arrangements noted with local officials and organizers.
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