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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1977
Page
4
A reflection on Roberta’s series about the Child Support Enforcement Act and a mother’s fight for monthly support. The author recalls petitioning for ex-spousal payments, the hopes and frustrations, and a shared resolve among many women seeking their children's rights.
The golden wedding anniversary was celebrated Sunday at 604 8. Cherry with open house hosted by siblings. Wichita friends Nellie Haworth Ruby Rutledge and Louise Harrison helped serve along with Ottawa residents Mina Stoffer Elsie Garrett Helen Campbell Bill Adcock and Viola Coate. Also notes on lettuce storage tips from Sphere magazine and a Friday County Action Group meeting.
More than 100 4 H youths took part at Elliott Hall in two divisions junior and senior as top scores surfaced. Julie Wasmund led the junior field with 339 points followed by Teresa Heckman and Lori Davis. In the senior division Gaylene Springer topped with 315 points as 62 juniors and 35 seniors competed. A second contest is Friday at the Richmond Fair to determine the county team for the Kansas State Fair Hutchinson with eligibility set at age 12 and up.
Cairo reports that the mazzoun, a 1,000-year-old official who conducts Moslem marriages and divorces, faces criticism for escalating child marriages, high dowries, and fee-driven divorces. Critics say passports birth certificates are burned to wed girls as young as 9, while reform advocates urge limits.
Franklin County 4-H youths presented garments in Eliott Hall as judges evaluated hems, edges, seam allowance, and trim. Blue ribbons were awarded for strong work with red and white ribbons also announced. garments await Franklin County Fair July 26 to 30 for final placings and champion selections. Over 100 girls entered the clothing construction judging, with praise for first year sewers and noted improvements.
More than a million youngsters entered a national glue craft contest with works ranging from trash collages to an urban renewal scale model by Keith Gomillion. The grand prize went to Keith, a Jamaica, New York, seventh grader, who won 1500 dollars in savings bonds and a Disney World trip for his project.
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