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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1965
Page
4
Readers share clever life hacks long used by households and offices. A note tucked in a cigarette pack’s cellophane wrap avoids missed reminders and spurs coworkers into action. Other tips include nylon net shower drapes from window screens, saving dog water for pet meals, and adhesive shelf coverings to tidy closets.
Pattern Dept in Ottawa Herald lists cataloging details including name address zone size and style number for print quality guidance. The note outlines formatting expectations for printing plainty items and related specifications.
Mrs. Hayes Johnson eighty one and Mrs. Harriet Johnson eighty two celebrate birthdays together for over twenty years. They live in Richmond after relocating from a farm community where neighbors once lived nearby. Both deny age but Harriet says she was born first. They are known as the Johnson twins and host a yearly street party at Harriet’s daughter Marguerite Roberts home.
A fragment describes trestle tables inset as far back in Elizabethan times and used in Colonial America. It mentions a universal pattern for cutting guides and steps for making ob dinins, part of the Furniture for Thrills Folks Packet No 15 from Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept New York.
The Love and Loyalty Club met Tuesday evening at the roadside park for a basket dinner with 12 members and one guest, Flora Sherman. Mrs. Rachel Hubbard presided. roll call covered the flag and independence. Lillian Spears won the mystery gift. next meeting set for August 3 with a watermelon feed.
A light dessert recipe called Phyl's Soft Meringue mixes milk cornstarch and sugar with shredded coconut, folds in stiff egg whites, and bakes in a water bath until puffed. After cooling, the merangue wedges are topped with thawed strawberries for six servings.
MEMPHIS AP reports a woman who screamed for police to help her escape from a man refused to testify two weeks later saying she is married to him now. The brief item notes the surprising turn in the domestic case and the woman’s decision to drop the testimony.
The Ottawa Memorial Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met at the VFW Hall with 13 members. They approved five new flags for Americanism projects and drapes for the hall, discussed a reception for district president G. E. Hinkle, and announced the second district convention in Ottae wa on October 23 24. A social hour followed with refreshments served.
The Busy Corner Social Club met yesterday with Mrs. Clare Ingersoll and Mrs. W G Tulless assisting. After coffee at 9 a.m. roll call was answered by 16 members and two guests, Verna Monroe and Carl Shoemaker. Mrs Shoemaker, visiting from London, England, spoke on London customs and displayed etchings of English scenes.
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