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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1977
Page
7
A duplicate bridge event at 7:30 p.m. January 17 at the Elks Lodge Ottawa will feature pre dealt hands and national comparisons. Open to all, the $2.25 fee funds international game expenses and experts will explain bidding and play afterward. The Ottawa Elks Duplicate Bridge Club meets weekly with a $1 admission.
Girl Scouts of the Santa Fe Trail Council announce annual cookie orders from January 14 to January 23 with deliveries February 18 to 27. Five varieties at $1.25 per package. Proceeds fund camps, training, and program services. top sellers earn $40 credits toward camp fees. Local coordinators Donna Skiles and Chris Fleming listed.
A reader with a failing green thumb seeks guidance. Ann Landers cites C Z Guest’s First Garden as a helpful reference while noting practical tips for gardening challenges. The column also addresses bicycle traffic laws and safety mandates for cyclists and drivers.
DETROIT AP Plants have cheered up patients and sped recovery at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital through a horticultural therapy program. Officials say it helps physically handicapped persons the aged drug addicts and prison inmates. A middle aged man with major injuries began tending a plant and soon regained spirit, even singing to it. Children, an 8 year old with brain surgery and a 10 year old asthmatic girl, grew more animated after being assigned a plant. The program is described as a model for the country by Merle Moore, chief horticulturist at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
Smith Pattern Shop accepts orders via mail. Send $1.25 per pattern plus 3 cents handling for first class mail to Alice Brooks Needlecraft Dept. Ottawa Herald Box 163 Chelsea Station New York NY 001. Include name address size and style number for each pattern.
SPEAKER Mini Jane Johnston will headline the Ottawa Christian Women's Club luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Ottawa University Student Union. Marcia Houck Franklin County Extension economist on fashion will also speak. Music by Dr Don Philgreen and Judy Reusch. Reservations or cancellations by noon Wednesday to Pauline Geiss or Linda Anderson.
Club Forecast notes WEDNESDAY events at 100F Hall SKILTON Music 7:45 p.m. with Mr and Mrs Loren Matthews SEQUEL Mrs Harry Rybolt CHILD Study Phyllis Lytle and ZIGZAGGERS Club meeting canceled to conserve energy the oven tip warns keep door closed to avoid thermostat reactivation
Jimmie Lu Daidone a 30 year old former elementary school teacher is second in command at the Stardust Hotel race book in Las Vegas. She left teaching after divorce to join a gambling operation that offers four major and five smaller track selections plus bets on baseball and football. Daidone says she’s around gamblers her whole life, enjoys the job, and believes pay should be equal for women if performing the same work. Celebrities visit the plush, high tech facility as bettors spend long hours in the big room.
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