Goodwill clothes reveal shifting fashion trends nationwide
Goodwill Industries reports fashion trends show up in unwanted items as stores stockpile 1950s and 1960s fashions. Betsy Forte notes trends invert through unsold styles while centers train disabled workers to repair donated clothing and furniture for resale. Local stores in Los Angeles New Orleans and Chicago illustrate shifting demand from wedding gowns to quirky items with price points cited.
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New York
Goodwill Industries of
America
Betsy Forte
Washington, D.C
Goodwill
Chicago
Los Angeles
John Martin
New Orleans
DAV Auxiliary Aids Leavenworth VA Hospital Members and Friends
Members of the Jayhawk Chapter 22 DAV auxiliary have helped Leavenworth VA patients with cushions pockets and other items this year. Mrs. Vincent Wolfe and Mrs. Nadine Blaylock lead efforts making chair covers cushions pockets lap robes and poems and hosting monthly parties for 160 patients in building 122.
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Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Jayhawk Chapter 22
Leavenworth Veterans Administration Hospital
Vincent Wolfe
Rt. 5
DAV Auxiliary Hospital
Nadine Blaylock
DeSoto
DAV
Wolfe
Journal-World Photo
Social Activities Highlight Local Club Meetings
Beta Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosts a 7 30 p m program on Pictures at Douglas County State Bank with wrap wearing green exchange. Sigel Ladies Aid dessert meeting and Alpha Beta Kappa Kappa Iota fitness program noted among several Circle meetings at Centenary United Methodist Church and community homes.
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Kenneth Coffman
Michael Stultz
Beta Mu
Beta Sigma Phi
Douglas County State Bank
David Stine
Bob Wirthman
Alpha Beta Chapter
Kappa Kappa Iota
Dearfield School
Stanley Grigg
Virginia Williams
Social events and meetings calendar weekend and week ahead
Saturday events include University Club dinner and Do-Sa-Do Square Dance Club at LOOF Hall with Eighth and Vermont. Sunday schedule features Eye Bank Committee at LOOF Hall and PWP chapter 228 registration and meeting at University State Bank. Monday lists multiple clubs and groups with times and locations across several addresses and venues.
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University Club
Mass
Loof
Eighth
Vermont
Eye Bank
Loof Hall
University State Bank
Iowa
Hutchinson-Kimball Marriage Announced
Nancy Inez Hutchinson daughter of Mrs Earl LeRoy Hutchinson and John Theis Kimball son of Dr and Mrs Charles Kimball married February 18 in Wesley Center Chapel Lorane Oregon. Grandmother Mrs Robert Bruce Hutchinson attended. reception hosted by the Van Zandt and Kimball families. The couple will live in Kansas City after their June return.
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Nancy Inez Hutchinson
Earl LeRoy Hutchinson
Kansas City
Mr. Hutchinson
John Theis Kimball
Charles Kimball
Eugene
Ore
Robert Bruce Hutchinson
Ohio
Wesley Center Chapel
Peter James van Zandt
Lorane
Elliot Norquist
4-H Club and EHU News Meeting Notices
Sunny Valley Extension Home makers Unit meets 1 15 p m Tuesday at Sunnyside School hosted by Mrs Norris Wheeler with the lesson Ecological Decisions in the Home by Mrs Donna Johnson. Woodlawn Extension Homemakers Unit meets 2 p m Tuesday with roll call My Next Home Furnishings Purchase led by Mrs Leonard House Fabrics for Home Furnishings. Meadowlark 4-H Club holds its regular meeting 7 30 p m Tuesday at the County Fair grounds.
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Ingleside Club
W. E. Craddock
Bill Elzea
Sunny Valley Extension Homemakers
Sunnyside School
Norris Wheeler
Donna Johnson
Carl Holbeck
Woodlawn Extension Homemakers Unit
Leonard House
Meadowlark 4-H
County Fairgrounds
Less Heat for Protein Cooking Guidance
U S Department of Agriculture home economists advise using low or medium heat when cooking high protein foods such as meat eggs and cheese to prevent shrinking and preserve texture. The guidance emphasizes gentler heat to retain moisture and improve doneness.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Schmitendorf and Albert to Wed in June
Mr and Mrs George D Schmitendorf of 1211 Ky announce the engagement of their daughter Sandra Jane to Christopher D Albert son of Mr and Mrs Calvin D Albert of 1743 Miller Dr Miss Schmitendorf is a senior at Lawrence High School and employed part time by the Farmers Cooperative Assn Their fiancé a 1970 Lawrence High School graduate is employed by Ellis Roofing Their wedding is planned for June 10.
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George D. Schmitendorf
Sandra Jane
Christopher D. Albert
Calvin D. Albert
Miller
Miss Schmitendorf
Lawrence High School
The
Farmers Cooperative Assn
Ellis Roofing
Harberts Speak at WSCS Meeting in Fellowship Hall
The Rev and Mrs Warren Harbert spoke at the Women's Society of Christian Service general meeting at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. They spoke of four years as missionaries in Indonesia and shared slides from their work. Dr Edwin Price led devotions and Circle 1 hosted with daisies and lace table décor.
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Women’ Society of Christian Service
Centenary United Methodist Church
Morning Glory Circle
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Warren Harbert
Indonesia
Harbert
Kansas University
Wesley Foundation
Edwin F. Price
Harberts
Lawrence
Circle 1
Larry Wise
Stewart pledges to Zonta Club at Phillips University
Pamela Jo Stewart daughter of Mr and Mrs George E Stewart 901 W 28th pledged one of six social service clubs at Phillips University Enid Oklahoma as a freshman and a Zonta Club pledge Allan Daugherty of Wichita formerly Baldwin hospital patient at St Joseph Wichita recovering from a heart attack Mr and Mrs George Malicky Baldwin returned from two month Texas trip visiting their daughter Mrs John Raney and Raney in Beaumont and in Houston and Galveston
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Pamela Jo Stewart
George E. Stewart
W. 28Th
Phillips University
Enid
Oklo
Miss Stewart
Allan Daugherty
Wichita
Baldwin
St. Joseph Hospital
George Malicky
Texas
John Raney
Raney
Beaumont
Houston
Galveston
Dear Ann Landers readers weigh in on family strife and adoption
A reader group letter column explores conflicts from a daughter in law’s alleged aggression to a mother’s overbearing behavior. Other letters urge recognizing illness, resilience, and advising adoptees about current laws and legal protection.
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Ann Landers
Ingrid
Erma
Circuit Court
Kansas City
Ann
K.C
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Associated Press
Gerd Oppenheim
Leavenworth
Sigel Ladies Aid
Donald Breithaupt
Eunice Folks
Nathan Bramlett
Lewis Parsons
Myron Dicker
Gertrude Circle
Ben Fleshman
JOY Circle
Walter Houk
Lee Eilis
Edmund Eglinski
Beta Sigma
Phi
Phyllis Case
Ladies Literary League
R. H. Beamer
Harry Hart
Robert Payne
Avalon Rd
H. A. Ireland
Belleview Ladies Aid
Charles Ledom
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Arthur Nease
Amigas Club
Howard Wiseman
Tenn
R. C. Bearse
Xi Gamma Omega
Dick Ailer
Yorkshire
Barberhawks
Spebsqsa
South Park Recreation Center
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alford-Clarke
Ala
Ransford Electric, Inc
General Electrical Wiring
Hutchinson-Kimball
EHU
the Castle
Sandra Jane Schmitendorf
Kentucky
Lawrence Dry Cleaners
West 23Rd
New Hampshire
West Éth
Charme
Redkin
Vickie
Jaane
Mon
Mar
Mer
Salisbury
ALL Star
Dairies
M.P.M. Company
2Nd Street
West Turnpike Road
4Th
Maine
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