Florence Harrah Celebrates 90th Birthday at Ottawa Home
Mrs. Florence Harrah, born 1887 west of Pomona and longtime Ottawa resident, marks her 90th birthday. A former alterations tailor, she still sews for friends, manages housework and cooking, and plays cards weekly with a 35-year group. She lives near her son Herbert, in a home built after the 1951 flood, and looks forward to Christmas visits from relatives in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
David
Julie
Oklahoma City
Practical Pleasant Compact design preview for Las Vegas homes
A compact home design description highlights privacy and pleasing exterior and interior. It notes garage layout for privacy and invites contact for purchasing full working drawings and plan books from Larry Farnsworth in Las Vegas Nevada with address and phone.
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Larry Farnsworth
P.O. Box
Las Vegas
Nevada
Electrically Lighted Tree Dates From Christmas 1882
Menlo Park New Jersey saw the first electrically lighted Christmas tree in 1882 at Edward Johnson home. Edison associate Johnson promoted electric lighting for trees and sparked a trend of festive displays nationwide. The Detroit Post and Tribune reported the event with vivid detail of 90 lights in glass globes in white red and blue.
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Menlo Park
N.J
Thomas Alva Edison
Edward Johnson
Edison
Edison Electric Company
Phillip Snyder
Johnson
New York City
New York
Croffut
Detroit Post and Tribune
Fifth Avenue
Edward H. Johnson
Edison's
Electric Company
Lola Pindar Hosts ADK Sigma Chapter Dinner
Alpha Delta Kappa Sigma Chapter met at Lola Pindar’s home for a 2 dish Christmas dinner and a meeting. Cynthia Montague was initiated. Program titled Our Human Resources featured members sharing hobbies and collections. Next meeting Jan 10 at Naomi Harrah’s home with Kansas Day program.
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Sigma Chapter
Alpha Delta Kappa
Lola Pindar
Cynthia Montague
Our Human Resources
Naomi Harrah
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Florence Harrah
S. Mulberry
Jiffy Crochet
Sluganoyera
Alice Brooks
Ottawa Herald
Needlecraft Dept
Oid Chelsea Station
N.Y
By Larry Farnsworth
Fanestil
DELTA
Pringles
Bush
Chuck Roast
Pepsi Cola
Stokely
Sac
Smaster
Bai
National
NCEL
USDA
ADK
Carol Lynn
Ronnie Slifer
Hutchinson
Harold Slifer
N. Mulberry
Frances McFarland
Hickory
Carol Lynn Slifer
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