Senior Club Holds Session
The Senior Club met in the Youth Center with 27 members present. Mrs. Lillian Spears presided and opened with the song What a Friend. Mrs. Margaret Williams accompanied on piano as members recited the Lord's Prayer and a patriotic ritual including America and the flag salute. A potluck dinner is planned for December 15. Mrs. Spears spoke of a six-state trip with her brother. The program featured Beattitudes for the Aged by Flora Sherman, A Pioneer Story by A.M. Brady, a poem by Mrs. W.A. Fowster, Christmas Shopping by Mrs. Henry Smart, and Horse Sense by Mrs. Spears. The theme song closed the meeting, and attendees brought sack lunches and played table games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian’ Spears
February Wedding in Garnett Honors Nancy Young
Mrs. Vernon Young of Garnett announces the engagement of her daughter Nancy to Gayle Ane Anderson of Garnett. The couple plans a February 4 wedding at First Methodist Church Garnett. Nancy graduated from Garnett High School and Stormont-Vail School of Nursing in 1967 and works at Boulder Community Hospital. Gayle Anderson, a KU graduate, works with Stage, Simmons and Co. CPAs in Warrensburg MO and is grandson of Mr. and Mrs. D A Timberlake of Williamsburg.
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Vernon Young
Garnett
Nancy
Gayle Anederson
Clarence Anederson
First Methodist Church
Garanett
Miss. Young
Garnett High School
Stormonte Watl School of Nursing
Boulder Community Hospital
Boulder
Colo
Anderson
University of Kansas
Stage, Simmons and Co., Certified Public Accountants
Warrensburg
D.A. Timberlake
Willamsburg
Extra-easy no waist seams dress pattern
Printed Pattern 4824 offers a day time casual with honeycomb smocking and straight-away stitching. Includes sizes 12 to 22 with yardage and transfer instructions. Requests payment details and mailing to Anne Adams at The Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept in New York for pattern #4824.
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Anne Adams
Ottawa Herald
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Dinner For Harvesters Hosts Christmas Potluck
The Harvesters Fellowship of Westminster United Presbyterian Church held a Sunday potluck dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Strain. Tables featured candles, evergreen, figurines, and holly while W. B. Smith led carols. Miss Carrie Adams read Luke 2 1 20 for devotions. Elliott Barnes presented figures of Egypt Lebanon Turkey and was introduced by R. R. Redmond. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes attended as guests with twenty six members present.
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Harvesters Fellowship
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Dave Willliams
Ted Strain
W.B. Smith
R.R. Redemond
Carrie Adams
Elliott Barnes
Daughters Club Family Party at Centropolis Home
The Daughters Club of Centropolis held a Sunday evening family party at the Leland Gilliland home. Thirteen families attended, with Mrs. William Clark and Mrs. Ted Clark as co hostesses. Birthdays were observed, a gift exchange and games provided entertainment.
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Club of Cenetropolis
Leland Gilliland
Centropolis
William Clark
Ted Clark
Club Forecast Tuesday has multiple group events
Army Mothers luncheon Christmas party by American Legion Auxiliary Chapter AU P E O Mrs Bruce Spears Dinner by Flower Club and Pomona L W Club with Mrs A M Telfer at Elliott Hall Ottawa Hairdressers party Past Commanders Club election and party Ladies of G A CR Mrs Ray Koontz Lend a Hand Class party R E M Club Mrs Lillian Spears potluck Rotary AMS 1:30 p.m. dessert First Methodist Wesleyan Service Guild Nazarene Ladies Fellowship Mrs Bill Fowler Marcia Cudworth Circle Mrs Orville Glenn Rachel W S C S Circle Faith Lutheran Guild Tops Taperettes
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ARMY
American Legion Auxiliary
P.E.O
Bruce Spears
Clovis Johnson
Pomona L. W
A. M. Telfer
Lillian Spears
Rotary Ams
C. W. Hegberg
First Methodist
Wesleyan Service Guild
Nazarene Ladies Fellowship
Bill Fowler
Cudworth Circle
Orville Glenn Rachel W
S.C.S
Faith Lutheran Guild
Sheriff Slim Matthews Long Career in Grant County
Owen Slim Matthews 78 retired Grant County sheriff reflects a life split between baseball and law enforcement. A left handed pitcher for Copper League teams including Chino Copper Co. and Hurley, he later won election in 1934, famed for fearless tall tales and a goose mascot. He served 12 years across terms, was state race commissioner in 1947, gifted a diamond badge and kept a distinctive silver tie slide, remains known for hunting and hosting dinners on a Silver City patio, with ties to the Ross Ton Hill mine.
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Owen ‘Slim’ Matthews
Grant County
N.M
New Mexico
Emsployer
Matthews
Chino Copper Co
The
Kenniecott Co
Chick Gundel
Buck Weaver
Lefty Williams
Chicago Black Sox
Hurley
Hal Chase
Arizona
Adolph
Texas
State Race Commission
Globe
Butte
Mont
Silver City
N. M
Rosston Hill
Shrimp Poaching Method for Flavor Base Soup
Tie mixed spice in cheese cloth and simmer in the water used to cook shrimp. Remove spice before serving. Reserve the shrimp cooking liquid as a flavorful base for fish soup.
Potluck Program For Beta Sunday School Class
Thirty members and guests gathered for a potluck dinner in First Methodist Church dining room. Evergreen strands and red decorations framed a brief program in which Dr. J E Wallen presented color slides from a Through the Lens Tours trip to New England coast to Boston, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. Miss Genevieve Gillette led the business session with committee members named.
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First Methodist Church
Eunice Larkin
J. E. Wallen
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Genevieve Gillette
Larkin
Mariguerite McCurdy
Mars Jorie Collins
Vera DeWald
Ruth Hanna
Jessie Harold
Hope Mott
Luella Parrott
Alma Scheweitzer
Annual Dinner For Christmas At Pomona Stitch and Chat Club
The Pomona Stitch and Chat Club held its annual Christmas dinner with Mrs. Willard Bitts. Mrs. Cecil Frieden led with songs and a prayer. The group made 40 candles for Ransom Memorial Hospital and 240 cupcakes for Topeka V.A. Hospital, donated $6 to Greenwood Ladies Aid for Christmas boxes for Vietnam soldiers, and sent $2 in air mail stamps to Bernard Nelson. They donated 19 tea towels and three dish cloths to the Pomona W.S.C. Five, and members guessed mystery pals at roll call and opened gifts from the tree. Present were 21 members and one guest, Mrs. Charlie Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Stitch and Chatter Club
Willard Bitts
Cecil Frieden
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Topeka V.A. Hospital
Greenwood Ladies Aid
Vietnam
Air Mall
Bernard Nelson
Charlie Cain
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Amere Fca
Nancy Young
Daughters ‘Club Family Party
Westinghouse
Fulton Furniture
Ottawa
Kansas
Automatic
Sheriffs
Owen
Smith and Wesson
Club
Posmona W.S.C.5
Ating
Sver
Crites Appliance Center
Man
Donmoors
Dassmer
Terrill
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