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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1961
Page
5
A richly described dessert, Chess Pie, claimed by the South though traced to England, is noted for a puffy golden top that settles into a chewy crust with a custard filling of brown sugar eggs evaporated milk and vanilla plus dates raisins and nuts. Recipe instructions include baking at 350 degrees for about an hour in an unbaked 9 inch shell, yielding 6-8 servings.
Washington AP report on President John F Kennedy attending five inaugural balls with no one dancing. Jacqueline Kennedy leaves after the third. guests pay up to 40 dollars, wear formal dress, and watch TV coverage while the crowd mostly abstains from dancing. The armory setting features orchestras, royal boxes, and a mass fruit cake souvenir of 5,617 pounds.
Mrs Jim Ralston chaired a meeting of committee chairmen to plan year book work and assemble folders with each panel’s material. Members included Mrs R H Modelen legislative, Mrs Clarence Keefer rehabilitation, Mrs Victor Sowers publicity, Mrs Bob Robinson Americanism, Mrs Rose Abbott community service, Mrs Ed Curby cancer, Mrs Warner Lutz membership, Mrs Frank Wise national home, Mrs Garland Hinkle youth, and Mrs Roy Lambert secretary. Dues were turned in boosting paid up membership to 94 percent. hostess provided refreshments.
A condensed roundup of local club meetings and groups. Items include Monday programs for the Mothers Club and Stitchers, Beta Sigma Phi chapters, Omicron and Exemplar chapters, Founders Day events, and various circles and guilds. Also notes on Wednesday and Friday gatherings, unions, and the Hawkins community group.
The Senior Cub met with 20 members at the Youth Center yesterday, Mrs. Myrtle Graham presiding. Refreshments were hosted by Mrs. R. C. Marcell, Mrs. Meda McCune, and Mrs. Nell Johnson. G. G. Club hosted by Mrs. Don Harbison with nine attendees and refreshments. Liberty community showed pictures by Joel Towner at the school, with entertainment committee members Mrs. Bernard Cowdin and Mrs. Albert Barnhart. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Richard Lantis and Mrs. John Schultz for 28 present.
Mrs Donna Stantorf hosted the Helpful Service class of North Baptist Church with Mrs William Meinig presiding and opening prayer Yesterday afternoon. Members recorded 30 calls on roll, Mrs Fred Shoemaker led devotions and prayer, recreation was supervised by Mrs Floyd Perkins, and Mrs O C Tucker’s birthday was noted. Visitors included Mrs Maude Richardson and Mrs Ada Edington.
A pressure saucepan recipe note suggests soaking smoked tongue first to remove excess salt before cooking. The tip emphasizes reducing saltiness to improve texture and flavor in a pressure-cooked dish.
Announcing a major Spring Summer fashion show with new Color Catalog and patterns. Misses pattern 4835 offers waistless, belt tied options in prints checks or solids for sizes 10 through 20. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams at the Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept for pattern 4835 and catalog details.
Mrs. Eber Swanson hosted the Ran jioul Alpha Study Club on Wednesday for its twenty sixth anniversary. Eleven members attended and paid dues while presenting papers on the Kansas Centennial and related topics. The luncheon was served by Mrs. Willard Miller and Mrs. William Foster.
Miscellany notes Ottawa residents Mary Belle Chappell and two others will appear in a Kansas Centennial pageant in Topeka. Ame lia Earhart and Sadie Thompson roles are outlined, with remarks by national committee member Mrs. C Wayne Brooks. A Kansas Day coffee in St Cloud, Florida, honors the centennial, and a quoted Kansas history story is shared.
Mrs Bob McGhee was honor guest at a layette shower in First United Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening. Sponsored by the church choir with Mrs Fred Brandon as chair. Gifts centered on a stork with blue and white streamers. A pink and blue booties cake decor decorated the serving table. Mrs Bill Abbott and Mrs Thomas Michel won games prizes. Twenty four guests attended.
A collage of Ann Landers Q A exchanges. A husband who dreams he bites soap and undergoes fake pains may feel real distress and should seek medical help for imagined pain. Critics argue about parenting styles and dinner table discipline, with Ann urging gentler, shared family moments. A divorced woman watches her former fiancé rebound in oil deals and pines for the past. Landers quips it’s likely the new match fits him better.
Beef and pork appear prominently in stores this week with rib roasts, rounds, various steaks, and ground beef in many markets. Pork shifts toward picnic hams and cheaper cuts as grain fed beef remains plentiful and pork stays scarce. Lamb leg leads East and Midwest demand while poultry stays limited. Winter vegetables, onions, cabbage, mushrooms, peppers, and local greens fill bins alongside apples, cranberries, citrus, and squash.
Old time cooks flavored gingerbread with lemon while modern cooks can bake gingerbread mix and frost it with lemon juice and confectioners sugar, then add grated lemon rind.
Naomi Club members discussed items about Kansas during roll call at yesterday's meeting led by Mrs. G. W. Ponton. Mrs. Melvin Sellers served as assistant hostess. Mrs. Ben Gibson gave devotions and Mrs. William Boucek presided. Visiting committee members were Mrs. W. V. Becker and Mrs. Harry Loyd, reporting four calls to shut ins. For next month, the visiting committee was named as Mrs. Lee Shobe, Mrs. H. O. Breckenridge and Mrs. Elmer Mellis.
A church nursery shower was held yesterday at Mrs. Wallace Hart's home. Committee members included Mrs. John Douglass, Mrs. Kendall Hay, and Mrs. Bruce Bredeson. About 25 women attended, others donated to the money tree or gave gifts, including educational toys.
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