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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1961
Page
2
A worried reader asks if a boy should see a doctor as he may have slow puberty. Ann Landers advises seeking medical reassurance from a physician to ease the family, noting maturation can be gradual. She suggests requesting her booklet How To Be Well-Liked with a 20 cent coin and a self addressed stamped envelope.
Dear Ann Landers replies to a reader who escours strangers with a wallet full of kids photos. She urges polite refusal and suggests a quick, honest line to avoid social pressure while preserving dignity. The column also advises a Nyack reader on limiting his domineering aunt and recommends setting boundaries for visits. The letter ends by noting parental concern over a son’s delayed physical and vocal development and the social embarrassment it causes.
A compact menu style recipe titled The Bride Cooks Dinner presents Lamb Chops French fried Potatoes Green Peas Special White Onions Salad Bowl Bread Tray Fruit and Cheese Beverage. It lists 1 can small white boiled onions 8 ounces butter or margarine 2 tablespoons medium sherry 1 teaspoon sugar. In a saucepan heat onions in liquid, drain thoroughly. Melt butter add sherry and sugar stir. Add onions and coat in butter for a few minutes. Serves two.
Cardinal Spellman departed on his annual Christmas tour to visit American service members stationed in Germany and France amid ongoing wartime duties and religious outreach.
The Monday evening True Kindred installation at Retta Conclave No 8 in the Masonic temple marked the 36th annual installation of new officers led by Mrs Clarence Rea. Officers named include Mrs Louis Daleworthy commander and Mrs Thelma Waymire presiding as mistress of ceremonies with 65 attendees.
The daughter born December 13 to Eugene Leroy Adams and wife in Williamsburg is named Sandra Lee, weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces. The son born December 14 to Arnel Eugene Horne and wife of U2 Park Street is named Randel Eugene, weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces. A daughter born December 15 to Duane Rex Dickinson and wife of Pomona RFD 1 is Yolanda Jo, weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. The text continues with a birth listing for December 16 and other details.
Mrs Larry Lee Lines of 538 Beech welcomed a son named Randy Lee weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. In nearby Richmond an infant son to Mr and Mrs Joe B Claypool of RFD 1 was named Jerry Dean weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces.
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