Ottawa Garden Club celebrates Bicentennial with heirlooms and humor
Ottawa Garden Club members recall early years from 1924 as they share family treasures from the Civil War era plus humorous items such as a blue grass stripper and a revolving-handled flat iron. The gathering at First United Methodist Church blends nostalgia with plans to sell trees at low cost to promote planting in the Bicentennial year while enjoying supper.
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Ny DE McGlashon
Odena Detwiler
Ottawa Garden Club
Ottawa
Owen Fallowell
Harold Stevens
Phyllis Williams
Buffalo Bill
Elliott Barnes
Marie Harding
Cedarhouse Nursing Home
Barnes
Gun murder shocks Omaha family and gun law debate sprouts
A 33 year old man shot on an Omaha street died, leaving grieving parents with no clues to the killer. The letter includes a call for stronger federal gun laws amid public demand. Also features Ann Landers advice on marital separation, insecurity, and parental estrangement tied to education.
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Ann
Omaha
America
Topeka Wedding: Elizabeth Davis Chandler Weds Homer Swensen
Elizabeth Davis Chandler of Williamsburg and Homer Swensen of Topeka were married January 3 at St. David's Episcopal Church Topeka. Attendants included Beryle Elliott and Wayne Swensen. A reception followed in the church annex. The couple plans a West Coast honeymoon and will reside in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Davis Chandler
Williamsburg
Homer Swensen
Topeka
St. David’s Episcopal Church
Beryle Elliott
Wayne Swensen
Salina
Korea
U.S. Marine Corps
Owen Shofner
Ottawa
Chris Shelar
Lillian Morlang
Gene Berryman
Meriden
Bonnie Shelar
Art Geiss
David Geiss
Warren Davis
Lawrence
George Max Davis
Kansas City
Frank Davis
Gilbert Swensen
Jamestown
San Diego
Calif
Turner Reunion Brings Turner Family to Lawrence Area
Members of the Turner family gathered at the Youth Center on a Sunday for their annual reunion. Attendees included Elmer and Ruth West and multiple Turner relatives from Tonganoxie Lawrence Baldwin Eudora Wellsville Ottawa and surrounding areas. The gathering brought together many generations of the Turner lineage in a communal family event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Youth Center
Elmer West
Tonganoxie
Royce Brandt
Delbert Felts
Barbie
Pam
Janet
Calvin Flory
Stan
Margaret Turner
Lawrence
Warm crochet jacket pattern with size range 8 to 18
Readable text advertises a crochet jacket pattern labeled TWICE a5 warm. It lists yarn type worsted synthetic, color options, and a patter number 7176. Instructions include send $1.00 per pattern plus 24 cents for first class mail and special handling to Alice Brooks care of The Ottawa Herald Neediecrat Dept. 80x 163 New York NY. Include NAME ADDRESS ZIP SIZE STYLE NUMBER.
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Alice Brooks
Ottawa Herald
Neediecrat
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
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David Young
Tolleau
Limoges
Jeanne Jost
France
Thelma Egginton
Ireland
Sunshine Gaddis
Esther Slawson
Eva Fleming
DL. Young
Helen Happy
Ann Landers
Washington
Mrs. X
Dear Ann Landers
First Baptist Church
First Christian Church
Arnel
South Main
Price Ke
Mr Ore
Mwomaaidsa SN
Colton
NATO
Jim Taul
Baldwin
Bob Brandt
Ryker and
Ryan
Eudora
Alice Broers
Shirley
Jill
Lori
Wellsville
Louis Turner
Richard Turner
Donald Turner
Ruth Turner
Lyle Turner
Eldon Turner
Rae
Lou
Tracy
Gail
Bernice West
James L. Turner
Dale
Kristie
By Ace Brees
Young Place
Dickies
Ottawa Retail Assn
Romsey Charge
S. Main
Bank Americard
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