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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1961
Page
10
A reader panel questions modern education and domestic roles. A Phi Beta Kappa wife criticizes four years of college as neglecting home skills while a fiancée asks how to balance protection with partnership. Ann counsels realistic limits to control and influence. No Name warns about husband’s porno purchases and urges reporting to postal authorities.
The Club Meets Merry-Go-Round was entertained by Mrs. Ernest Johnson yesterday. After reading the club column, Mrs. Harold Crockett conducted a business meeting. The penny drill raised $1.86. Prize winners were Mrs. Roy Gould, Mrs. Crockett, and Stephen Crockett. Attendees included 10 members, seven children, and two visitors, Mrs. Henry Collins of Lawrence and Mrs. John Sheeley.
The annual Franklin County 4 H Style Review and Best Groomed Boy contest will be held in Memorial auditorium Monday starting at 9 a.m. 4 H Club members will model clothes on stage in five girl classifications and four boy classifications. Judges for the girls are Mrs William Seitz Allen and Mrs Jean Carlson Emporia while Tom Appleby Emporia will judge the boys.
A compact recipe for Oatmeal Jam Squares using flour baking soda salt oats and brown sugar. Butter is worked in and tart fruit preserves are spread over a 9 by 9 by 134 inch pan baked at 350 degrees for 25 minutes then cut into squares. Rhubarb strawberry jam can be used as the preserves.
Mr and Mrs Charles E Beach of Whiting Indiana announce the engagement of their daughter Rochelle to Bert Chronister of Wellsville The weddings set for August 19 at First Methodist Church Neodesha Rochelle a KU graduate and KU Medical Center virus researcher Chronister a KU graduate and future KU School of Medicine sophomore Both have worked at KU Medical Center Research this summer
Dr George Wheatley president of the American Pediatrics Society predicts a future where nursery school children may largely avoid measles mumps and chickenpox though the goal is not immediate. Immunization shots are standard for diphtheria scarlet fever whooping cough and tetanus and broader protection is provided as needed.
At Ransom Memorial Hospital several newborns are listed. Dietra Jeanean born July 22 to Al c and Mrs James E Woods Pritchard Ala weighs 7 lb 3 oz. Randy Eugene born July 30 to Warren Earl Milton and Mrs Loren Nokes weighs 8 lb 15 oz. Carl Edward born July 30 to Mr and Mrs Loren William Nokes weighs 8 lb 6 oz. James Christopher born Aug 1 to James Walter Pulliam Quenemo weighs 8 lb 13 oz. Jana born Aug 2 to John Coats Spears and wife in Kansas City weighs 6 lb 14 oz. Mr Woods to be stationed in Thule Greenland for a year.
The Wycoff Club met with Mrs. Ray Farris to plan an Aug 20 evening picnic at Roadside Park south of Ottawa. New officers were elected: Mrs. Ray Smith president, Mrs. Earl Farris vice president, and Mrs. Herbert Dowdy secretary treasurer. Mrs. Earl Farris co hosted and gave devotions. Aubrey Ponton won a contest prize. Visitors included Mrs. Eva Mitchell of Tulsa and Mrs. F C Drake.
The Socialettes Daughters Club of Centropolis scheduled a picnic during a lunch meeting with Mrs Harold Simmons. The annual event will be in Forest Park on Aug 13. Birthdays noted for Mrs Jay Brown and Mrs Edward Woodsum. Twelve attended.
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