Vacationing Editor Explores El Paso Texas Travelogue
Editor Lois Smith reports from El Paso Texas on a three week vacation sharing impressions of local demographics sites including Texas Western University and Ft Bills. She notes the city’s unique setting around Franklin Mountain and the Rio Grande forming the Tex Mex border while observing a Nike missile on site.
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Lois Smith
Otetawa Herald
Texas
Mexico
EL Paso
Tex
Norte Americanos
United States
Texas Western University
Ft. Bills
Franklin Mountain
Rio Grande
Ann Landers column and Juarez travel notes mixed
The letter column offers guidance on public kissing at a summer school and a wife seeking parenting tips, followed by a travelogue describing a Juarez tour. The piece notes a 60 million plan to change a border river, bull rings, a historic mission, varied architecture, and bargaining shops with price contrasts.
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Grande
Mexico
U.S
Juarez
Mexico City
Printed Pattern 4813 Teen Dress and Coat Set
Pattern notice for a coordinating dress and coat in shantung pique or print. Teen sizes 12 24% yards 45 inch fabric for dress and coat. 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents for mail handling. Send name address zone size and style number to Anne Adams, The Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept. New York.
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Anne Adams
Ottawa Herald
West 17Th St
New York
Club Forecast Monday RECRUIT CLASS North Baptist Church Tuesday LOVE AND LOYALTY Club
Community notice listing weekly gatherings by church groups and societies at various venues including Roadside Park and church halls with times such as 9 a m and 9 30 a m and activities like coffee, potlucks, and social events for organizations like WSCS Daughters Club and VFW Auxiliary indicating a busy weekly schedule.
Lyndon Woman Wins Tube Painting Prize
Mrs Grace Middleton of Lyndon wins prize at the four state Convention of Liquid Embroidery and Tube Painters held June 25 26 in Topeka. She places seventh for overall sales and demonstration and earns a first for a polished cotton nursing rhyme bedspread. Delegates from Kansas Nebraska North and South Dakota attend with visitors from New York Missouri and Colorado. A school accompanies the event with Mrs Middleton teaching shading techniques.
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Grace Middleton
Lyndon
Topeka
Middleton
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
New York
Missouri
Colorado
Alpha Study Club June meeting notes and picnic plans
The Alpha Study Club met in June with Pauline Jackson. Members sent a get well card to Mrs. Odena Detwiler. Secret pal gift went to Mrs. Oleta Richardson. A club picnic is set for July 21 at 6:30 PM at the R.V.A. Hall hosted by Mary Gleason and Hazel Andrews.
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Alpha Study Club
Pauline Jackson
Odena Detwiler
Oleta Richardson
R.v.a.hall
Mary Gleason
Hazel Andrews
Fizzy Remover Tips and Handy Home Hacks
Readers share practical hacks from fabric spot removal with fizz cleaners to simple safety reminders for broken oven bulbs. Includes DIY pockets for towels, improvised boat anchor from plastic jugs, cooling ironing tips, and a sand and grass control trick for kids’ pool areas.
Eagles Auxiliary Drag A Dish Meeting Report
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary met with 22 members including Mrs. Dick Hamm. A July 11 covered dish dinner at 1 p.m. at the club followed by games and an officers meeting at 4 30 p.m. Mrs. Harold Pratt received the mystery package. Mrs. Claude Sink received gifts for serving two dinners. Next meeting and initiation set for 8 p.m. July 15 with a white elephant exchange.
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Order of Eagles
Dick Hamm
Harold Pratt
Claude Sink
Social Hour Club Meets At Bishops
The Social Hour Club met with Mrs. Herbert Bishop Thursday. Mrs. James Allen led devotions and Mrs. Keith Page led singing and recreation. Pal gifts went to Mrs. William Ratzlaff, Mrs. James DeVore, and Mrs. James Allen. Mrs. Bishop received the hostess gift. Refreshments were served. The club announced a vacation until September 2 when it will meet with Mrs. J. W. Engeland.
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Baxter
Herbert Bishop
James Allen
Keith Page
William Ratzlaff
James DeVore
Bishop
J. W. Engeland
Declaration of Independence and Kansas Electric Cooperatives
A 1987 account recalls Kansan citizens signing a Declaration of Independence not to shed colonial rule but to form electric cooperatives. From 28 years after central station power began in rural Kansas, 37 cooperatives emerged, now serving nearly 100000 consumers with equal voting rights and a growth termed Electriconomy.
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Kansas
Central Station
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Union Chapel
Hawkins Grange
Busy Corner Society
C. W. Ingersoll Daughters Club
Fred Powers Merry
Roy Gould
Davidson
Froggatte
Beverly ’S Styling Salon
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