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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1962
Page
4
In a nostalgic look at premodern cold care, residents recall onion poultices and skunk oil applied to the chest, while liniments of lard turpentine camphor and sugared onion syrups were touted. Quinine in capsules and even neckwear of asafoetida bags appear, as does warning to read patent medicine labels today.
Andy West of Dodge City owns top quarter horses and works as a Santa Fe foreman. He bred Mr West, holder of the 870 yard world record at La Mesa Park in Raton NM with 45.2 seconds last July, after setting 45.7 earlier the same month. The horse weighs about 1100 pounds and stands 14 hands. West plans to retire Mr West in 1962 to focus on breeding, while continuing his stable of 35 four legged charges and racing interests on weekends.
Hollywood AP Elizabeth Taylor received $2.5 million in coverage to finish Cleopatra. Lloyds of London previously paid $2 million for production losses after her illness in London last year.
Mrs. Fannie Hull Wilson, who turned 100 on December 22, has lived in Potwin and El Dorado most of her life. Despite a hip fracture in 1960 she remains bright and engaged, recalling poetry and scripture. President Kennedy sent greetings on her 107th birthday, and she has long led Potwin’s Old People’s Day observance.
At Westmar College Le Mars Iowa six of fifty two Kansas students are ministers’ children including Dot Hegarty daughter of Rev H G Hegarty of 919 S Hickory Ottawa Dot is a sophomore president of the Westmar Christian Fellowship bassoonist in the college band and co chair of the YWCA adult advisor for Calvary Church Senior High Youth Fellowship Mark Sander a sophomore from Moundridge is president of Kansas Conference Youth Fellowship member of Chi Alpha Omega majors in music and plans to be an EUB minister LeRoy Chittenden Virgil a senior majors mathematics minor philosophy president of the IRC sports editor of the Gleam Elaine Findley sophomore co editor of the Eagle Andelyn Jordan Maize plans Christian education and participates in Dessin and WCF Mary Stark junior art and math editor of the Eagle and active in Chi Delt Pi Dessin and Gleam staff See full text for other minors and church ties.
Jessy Nkoba, Congo Christian teacher, will take an electric piano home from Ottawa University. First Baptist Family Forum class funded the gift, with about 130 dollars still needed. Nkoba, now with seven children, has studied in the United States since 1960 and will return to the Congo in February to teach and serve his church.
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