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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1968
Page
7
A high school senior asks how to handle a father who pressures him to excel. He curses the pressure to be top of the class and argues that being average can lead to happiness and social compatibility. The columnist replies there’s no need to worry about being tops.
A schedule lists multiple women’s clubs and church groups for a week including names like Mother and Girls Tea and Arm y Mothers with meetings at various venues. The piece ends with a harsh motivational tirade urging energy and discipline and belittling mediocrity amid references to competitive rewards.
Mrs Gruver and her husband, Kansan Peace Corps alumni, share Guatemalan dishes from banana bread to black beans and chuchitos. Recipes include banana bread from Western Kansas origins, black beans with onion and garlic, chuchitos with meat sauce, stuffed peppers, and a pot roast with a long marinating gravy.
Richard Eugene Palmer is the 16 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Palmer Lawrence. Mrs. Palmer is the former Janice Ingle. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingle Ottawa and Mrs. Frances Palmer Lawrence.
The Sigma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa held a meeting Tuesday evening with Mrs. Letha Figgins. Miss Lily Ruth Wilhite led the business as official delegate elected to represent the chapter at the state meeting April 20 at Glenwood Manor Motel in Overland Park. Florence Gamet will join the pledge pinning ceremony at the convention. The next meeting will be a potluck cook-out at Mrs. Gamet’s home.
The Richter Methodist Church hosted a Thursday afternoon WSCS Guest Day with Rev. Robert A Burger as speaker. Attendees included groups from Princeton Williamsburg Quenemo and Appanoose. The program theme Ecumene ism featured music by the Richter women's chorus and spring flower decorations. Sixty five people attended with heading committees led by Mrs John Staadt Mrs Truman Milton Mrs Jack Beauchamp Mrs Leonard Humphrey and Mrs Harold Staadt.
The Leisure Hour Club luncheon featured a program quiz led by Mrs. Bob Crick with Mrs. Henry Wilson of Richmond. New officers elected were president Mrs. Lonnie Chambers, vice president Mrs. Joe Wittman, secretary treasurer Mrs. Bob Cooper. Mrs. Chambers will host the May 17 meeting.
Socialette attended by seven members and guest Mrs. John Gordon gathered at Mrs. Leo Lingo’s home for a meeting. They completed a quilt for Mrs. Warren Davis and planned a follow up gathering at Mrs. Myrli Lingo’s home on the afternoon of April 30.
An old survey from the 1960s shows diets in the United States worsened from 1955 to 1965 with fewer households meeting good diet standards. Urban diets met vitamin A and C allowances more often than farm diets, while farm diets more often met calcium iron and thiamine. The piece notes possible links to birth defects, vision problems, and malnutrition, urging government study and highlighting nutrition’s role in alcoholism and public health concerns.
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