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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1966
Page
9
Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams of Vilas Colorado longtime Ottawa residents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house March 20 hosted by their daughter Mrs Paul Norton. About 70 friends attended as a short program and a white and gold table setting highlighted the event.
AP dispatch notes Harold Wilson chiding foreign TV reporters for filming hecklers at a British election stop. NBC aired parts of the message. a public reaction parallels Indonesia coverage. ABC reshuffles July schedules, canceling The Baron and moving The Avengers to new slots while adding movie reruns. NBC weekend recommendations include Viet Nam Home Front, Congo independence special, and Mary Martin at Eastertime.
An Army sergeant in Viet Nam sends an Oriental doll, a Marquette Prison inmate mails poetry, and Nancy Sinatra’s father Frank Sinatra sends records to Judy Lynn Funsch as fans rally behind her recovery from heart surgery at the University of Michigan Hospital. Doctors report gradual improvement and relief from pneumonia, with a hoped homecoming by Easter.
W S C S Circles of the First Methodist Church held study sessions Thursday evening at the church. Elizabeth Circle hostesses were Mrs. Robert Hollon and Mrs. Carroll Whiteford with twelve attending. Gertrude Mahanna presented God Isn't Dead. Sarah Circle featured a lesson on Concern and Communication of College Students by guest Mrs. Nelle Stout. Devotions were led by Mrs. Don Lauver. hostesses included Mrs. Don Sellers aided by Mrs. Robert Miller. A white elephant sale followed. guest Mrs. Merle Birckhead attended.
A letter from The Good Old Days recalls a British Parliament law of 1770 punishing women who use scents cosmetics false hair or other adornments to trap husbands, declaring such marriages void. The reader notes the era’s harsh view and jokes about male seduction by fashion. The column also includes Ann Landers style exchanges on privacy after medical news and college fairness, with sharp, period-voice responses.
New York AP reports the Metropolitan Opera prepares to move into a new Lincoln Center home opening Sept 16, 1966. The current house, opened 1883, will be torn down for a skyscraper. nostalgia clashes with progress as the last season closes April 16 with more than 50 stars planned to perform.
London AP Pickles the dog who sniffed out the missing World Soccer Cup will receive a silver medal from the Canine Defense League and a 148 dollar check Friday night. Royal Garden Hotel staff collected the money after the cup, kept in safe custody there, was shown at an outside exhibition then stolen. Pickles will appear in The Spy with a Cold Nose, much of it filmed at the hotel.
The son born March 29 at Douglass Hospital Kansas City Kansas to Rev and Mrs S E Hopkins of Ottawa was named Randy Brooks. The Hopkins couple already have three children Richard Patricia and Ronald.
Loyal Seekers of the Church of the Brethren were entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs Neal Sayler Sunday evening for a supper. Fourteen members and three visitors attended. Gene Ward, president, conducted the business session. The evening was spent visiting. the next meeting will be with Mr and Mrs Russell Wray.
Mr and Mrs Charles C Hefner of Amarillo announce the engagement of their daughter Sherry Gayle Pattison to Claude Lee Ferguson son of Mr and Mrs Lee Ferguson of 839 E Wilson Ottawa. The wedding is planned for June 15 in Perryton Tex. Pattison is a freshman at Amarillo College and a Liberal High School graduate. Ferguson works as a welder for Hanery Manufacturing Co Topeka.
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