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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1978
Page
3
Mrs. W. Harry Lennard reports two sturdy stalks from a giant amaryllis, each stalk branching into four red blossoms. Her plant grew rapidly, with daily stake marks over an inch apart as eight blooms emerged in about a month. Earlier, Mrs. Blanche Pinet’s coral pink amaryllis produced eight blooms and a third stalk, cut and then revived to yield two more blossoms.
Ottawa area clubs list upcoming gatherings with times and venues including AAUW meeting at Florence Jordan home with Mary Jane Neff speaker, Skilton Music Club, Senior Center events, and Soroptimist meeting at the First National Bank Conference Room among others.
Home gardeners should select transplants based on likes for cabbage broccoli peppers and tomatoes. Cabbage can be planted earlier and needs less frost protection while tomatoes peppers and some broccoli require last frost timing. Tomatoes need buried stems for roots and staking, peppers need shallow planting and careful handling of brittle branches. Sweet bell peppers dominate, with green to red ripening and some yellow varieties available.
VFW Post 5901 Ottawa sponsors a campaign to fund free rental of folding wheelchairs and crutches in Franklin County via Capper Publications subscriptions. Subscriptions may be arranged by a representative presenting a signed letter from Lee Bond and Joseph J. Wehrle. Donations are not accepted and unsigned letters are not valid. The VRW offers temporary hospital equipment to anyone in the county at no cost.
European style fruit topped cake recipe using yellow cake mix and custard. Prepare two 9 inch layers, cool, spread custard, arrange fresh or canned fruit, glaze with a lemon arrowroot mix, and chill to set. Garnish with whipped cream and toasted almonds if desired. Serves 6 to 8.
The Ottawa Business and Professional Women met Tuesday evening at Ottawa University Student Union for their annual Recognition Night. Guest speaker Robert Kearns urged attendees to stand for political change in a talk titled Time to Change the Baby.
A collage of Ann Landers columns including a reader grateful for a drug education booklet, a request to rerun a Michigan poet's piece, concerns over a husband’s overwork, critique of a study on domestic violence, rebuttals from Marlene Drescher of the Legal Center for Battered Women, and a practical note on office gift collecting with corrected arithmetic.
NARFE Chapter 785 met at L and M Buffet with Rev. James McCrossen as speaker sharing Russia trip slides. Guests included Mrs. Paul Durbin and Paul Archer. Delegates Earl Wier Harold Stevens and Esther Biederman were chosen for the Atchison convention April 23 to 25. alternates Wilbur Thomas Alving Morgan and Ofelita Ivey. Next meeting set for March 21 at 11:45 a.m.
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