Time Saving Devices Give Homemaker Time
Homemakers gain time with labor saving devices, sewing machines, new fibers, and fashionable patterns. A 1965 inaugural gown by Mrs. Humphrey and a $300 magazine image illustrate trends. A grapefruit gelatin salad and a tested sugary apple muffin recipe appear as practical tips. About 25 men attended dinner with Girl Scout Troop 327 at Garfield School, aided by leaders.
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Hubert Humphrey
American Fabrics
Girl Scout Troop 327
Garfield School
Emerson Max
Dick Peters
Charles Beeman
Family Tastes Agree on Favorites in Mrs Converse Home
The Converse family from Ottawa, living on the former Rupf Hatchery site, prefers hot bread and a heart shaped tea ring for Valentine’s Day. Mrs. Converse shares recipes for Cherry Almond Cookies, a sugar cookie with festive cherry toppings, and a rich Hamburger Casserole, plus kitchen tips like using leftover vegetables in meat loaf and adding soup as liquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Myron
Leo Converse
Ottawa
Leo H. Converse
People’s National Bank
Rupf Hatchery
Converse
Ready-to-wear shirt and skirt pattern promotion
A vintage sewing pattern notice from The Ottawa Herald promotes a printed pattern 4700 for Misses' sizes 8 through 18. It details print yardage for shirt and skirt, pricing sixty five cents plus 15 cents for mailing, and instructions to send NAME ADDRESS SIZE and STYLE NUMBER to Anne Adams in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Ottawa Herald
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Community club listings and circle groups gather Monday
A mixed slate of local clubs and circles meets Monday at various venues from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Group names include Cosmpolitan, Beta Sigma Phi, Omega, OTTAWA Garden Club, Exemplar, and Retired Civil Employes. A luncheon and a dance club event are also noted among the activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan
Lee Finch
Lodge Plans Dinner, Ottawa Trip At Royal Neighbors Meet
Mrs Lois McIntosh led the Royal Neighbors gathering Friday in Masonic Temple. Plans were made for a basket supper at the March 1 meeting and a May 3 Ottawa convention with lodges from other towns. Mrs Henry Lilly reported finances. The charter was draped for Mrs Dollie M Richardson. A sick member received a get well card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois McIntosh
Royal Neighbors
Ottawa
Henry Lilly
Dollie M. Richardson
Phyllis Mores Gan
Lilly
Ben Gibson
A Hint Type Solution To The Cookie Juggling Act
Dear Heloise explains a simple trick for avoiding cookie breakage when transferring from sheet to rack. The tip covers timing, technique, and a method to keep cookies intact during the move. The reader shares personal experience with numerous similar attempts and seeks practical guidance.
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Heloise
Hints From Heloise and reader tips collection
Readers share small home hacks from decades of hints including using cookie sheet corners to release cookies, opening cans of asparagus from bottom, tweezers to pull threads, cat feeding ideas with divided frozen dinner trays, and cutting sponge corners to mark household chores.
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Heloise
Jessica Roosevelt
Socialettes Attend Meeting of Spring Branch Club
Ten members and a guest attended the Spring Branch Club meeting at Mrs. Ed Anderson's Thursday afternoon. The group sewed three small quilts for missions. Miss Therese Benus will host on Feb 15. Mrs. Lefa Higdon, Richmond, has returned from a visit with her son Lowell Puyear and family in Woodard Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Don Poss took their daughter Jeannie a Garnett High School senior to Fort Scott to arrange nurses training. After grade nation she will enter training at Sisters of Mercy Hospital.
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Spring Branch Club
Ed Anderson
Therese Benus
Lefa Higdon
Richmond
Lowell Puyear
Woodard
Okla
Don Poss
Jeannie
Garnett High School
Fort Scott
Sisters of Mercy Hospital
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James Peterson
California
Lois Smith
Minnee
Eagle Brand
Lorne Abdoms
A.U.W
Peter Armacost
Ray B
Kelly
H. A
Parker
Emery
A.C.E
Grace Metz
Pomona Stitch and Chatter
Charley Eichenberger
First Methodist
WSCS
C.w.vf
First Christian Church
Trinity Methodist
W.S.C.S N
Baptist
W.M.S. Westminster Presbyterian
Ladies Fellowship
Church of Brethren
L. H. Hoffman
Daughter’s Club
Harold Simmons
T. & W. Refrigeration
Main
Ottawa, Kansas
Lodge
Alice
Janice Swack
North American Hotel
Saffron Glass Co
Elna
Albright
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