Age slows quilt making by Mrs Smith of Richmond
Mrs Sarah Smith, 92, longtime Richmond resident, recalls a life of quilting and sewing. She recounts family store days on the Globe post office site near Ottawa, homesteading near Richmond, a golden wedding in 1957, and crafting quilts including a postage stamp and Ocean Wave design. Her daughters Etta Blanche Smith and Alfred Wilcox hold notable positions in Kansas.
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Sarah Smith
Richmond
Wisconsin
Globe
Ottawa
Lawrence
Amiti
Mrs. Smith
Featherston
Topeka
Harold Guys
Bethel 31 Installs New Council in Masonic Temple
Cheryl Campbell elected honored queen of Bethel No 31 Job's Daughters. Installations led by Mrs W Phil McCracken at the Masonic Temple. Council includes Ratliff Mavity Reynolds Hill Craycraft Steere Talbott Capper Kelley Moore Geiss Ledom. Theme for year is Music with librarian report by Marla Jo Babcock and accompaniment by Gail Garrett. Fourteen officers, 29 choir members and 14 council members present. A wooden spoon tip on stirring noted.
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Cheryl Campbell
Bethel No. 31
Job
Masonic Temple
W. Phil McCracken
Charles Ratliff
Gene Mavity
John Reynolds
Robert Hill
J. W. Craycraft
Myron Steere
Ray Talbott
Mavity
Figs Back to Ancient Times in Diets and Markets
Figs once known as the man’s food helped Mediterranean cultures. The fig tree, sacred in mythologies and linked to Bacchus, remains important in various climates including the United States. This winter canned figs are plentiful, with supply up more than 80 percent from last year. They are eaten fresh or processed, valued for sugar content and healthful qualities, served in breakfasts and meals.
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Christ
Bacchus
Agricultural Marketing Service
Penc
U.S
Socialettes Credit Women Add Two Members at Breakfast
Two new members joined the Socialettes Credit Women at Lee's Cafe breakfast this morning Ina Mitchus son and Marilyn Noah. Elaine Hills led a business session planning a food auction for the evening meeting on January 25.
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Credit Women’s Breakfast Club
Lee’s Cafe
Ina Mitchusson
Marilyn Noah
Elaine Hills
New Year Meeting of MPM Club Highlights Ottawa History
Mrs. Chalmers Clark presided at the Anchor building session where New Year greetings were given and a business meeting held. Mrs. Elder spoke on Ottawa’s early history, naming Jotham Meeker Isaac Kalloch C Hutchinson and Tony Jones, noting their roles in establishing an Indian school and the 1862 treaty for land for a university. Roll call will name early Kansas women at the next meeting. Hostesses were Mrs. E J Harris and Mrs. A C Heigele.
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Chalmers Clark
MPM Club
Anchor Building
Max Roberts
W. C. Harding
Erwin Elder
Elder
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Jotham Meeker
Isaac Kalloch
C. ©. Hutchinson
Tony Jones
Kansas
E. J. Harris
A. C. Heigele
Middle Of Ski Season Has Writer Looking For Spring
New York writer John Cuniff recalls ski season injuries in a humorous column. He shares crashes, crutches, and misadventures from winters in Vermont Massachusetts and New York. The piece ends with a recipe for steamed fig pudding and a dessert moment amid spring anticipation.
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New York
Zigzag Club Elects Officers amid gift plans
Zigzag Club elected new officers led by Mrs Wayne Hutchens Fontana as president and Mrs Arlan West Ottawa as vice president. Mrs Harold Guy Richmond becomes secretary treasurer and Mrs J W Burkdoll reporter. West hosted the meeting as 24 members attended with seven visitors and five children. A valentines gift exchange is planned for Feb 8 with Mrs Roy Schaub Princeton. The club, organized in 1951, displayed member made articles including formal gowns for high school girls.
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Zigezag Club
Wayne Hutchens
Fontana
Arlan West
Ottawa
Harold Guy
Richmond
J. W. Burkdoll
West
Roy Schaub
Princeton
Leo Wiederholt
SeVeen
Roundabout Club Program Led By Mrs Holmes
Mrs M W Holmes led the Roundabout Club program on Monday afternoon with a sequence of musical pieces and readings. The program included Goethe's Happy New Year Tahiti from Life Magazine A South Sea Idyl by Jonathan Rinehart readings on T S Eliot and an editorial tribute from the Kansas City Star, and Moon Over Miami by Joey Nash from The Independent. Mrs B F Bowers will be house less for the meeting January 25.
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Goethe
Tahiti
Life Magazine
South Sea
Jonathan Rinehart
T. S. Elliot
Elliot
Moon Over
Miami
Joey Nash
the Independent
B. F. Bowers
Wellsville Native Serves at Eglin Base After Fire Loss
Mrs. Linnie Tyler’s son CWO Kenneth Boone a radar maintenance man at Eglin Air Force Base Florida where a fire destroyed an 800 million dollar satellite and missile tracking complex Boone has been based about a year at Eglin A F B about 30 miles east of Pensacola
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Linnie Tyler
Cwo
Kenneth Boone
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Boone
Eglin A. F. B
Pensacola
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Holyoke
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AP Food Editor
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I Love
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Albright
Wellsville Area News
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East 2Nd Street
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