Ladies Lead contest at Franklin County Fair draws ten
A new Ladies Lead competition at the Franklin County Fair featured 10 contestants guiding ewe lambs on halter while wearing at least 60 percent wool outfits. Judging split 60 percent poise and costume, 40 percent ewe control, with D Dee Anderson of Johnson County presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Wining
Franklin County
D. Dee Anderson
Johnson County
Kansas
Pam van Horn
Sharon Seitz
Kandee Wray Wallace
Marcia Houck
Marcia
Bra debate over braless fashion provokes column clash
Dear Ann Landers faces sharp critique from a reader insisting bras fuel a false standard of beauty. The letter cites ad manipulation and urges going natural, while a past pencil test recall claims decency hinges on whether a pencil stays under the breast.
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Ann Landers
Madison Avenue
Indianapolis
Donnybrook
Club Forecast Monday Tops 233 Youth Center Tops 560
Monday events note Club Forecast at 7 30 p m with Youth Center Tops 560 and other meetings including Head Start Tuesday Marais des Cygnes Chapter National Federation of LPNs at Ransom Memorial Hospital Tops 117 7 p m Trinity United Methodist Church Wednesday ABW First Baptist Church 1 30 p m in the church parlor UMW First United Methodist Church at the church FOAM 7 30 p m Legal Secretaries Association Union Chapter 15 Order of Eastern Star
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Marais Des Cygnes
National Federation of Lpns
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Trinity United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
UMW
First United Methodist Church
FOAM
Legal Secretaries Association Union
Order of Eastern Star
Party Honors Houdashelt By Vernon Seat
About 50 people gathered at the Santa Fe station last Friday to honor Bill Houdashelt on his retirement after 45 years with the railroad. Born November 12, 1913 in Pittsburg Kansas, he began as a trackman in LeLoup and rose to section foreman in 1968, planning to fish in retirement.
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Vernon Seat
Santa Fe
Bill Houdashelt
Bill
Wade Hines
William Houdashelt
Pittsburg
Kansas
LeLoup
R. C. Mansheim
Homemaker Awards at Franklin County Fair Honor Local Winners
Twenty three awards were presented by Extension Homemaker Units at the Franklin County Fair. Arlene Jensen captured five awards including best woman's coat best angel food cake best woman's suit and best cookies. Lois Smith won best charcoal or pastel and best jar of green beans. Other winners include Mary Schleicher best loaf of whole wheat bread Evelyn Shepherd best jar of jelly Doreen Newby best oil painting Debra Conner best dress for a child and Irene Peckham best patchwork quilt. Frances Warnock swept floriculture and Freone Hollinger won tri color in floriculture.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County Fair
Arlene Jensen
Better Homes
Elm Grove Homemakers
Fairmount
Harmony Homes
Wycoff
Mary Schleicher
Lois Smith
Evelyn Shepherd
Doreen Newby
Donna Schamle
Phyllis Williams
Frances Warnock
Freone Hollinger
Irene Peckham
Debra Conner
Karen McAdoo
Marilyn Ross
Joyce MacArthur
Harold Sutton
Patti Max
Sandy Sylvester
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Alice Brooks
Herald
Needlecraft
Old
Chelsea St
New York
N.Y
Sherry Gislar
Fuzzy Face
Sherri Vulgamore
Marlo Showalter
Sandy
Rhonda Lintner
Tracy Turner
Teresa Heckman
4-H
Chambers Farm
Korey
Joe Ward
Korey Joe
Donald Ward
Perry Ward
Oak
Keith Patton
Edgerton
Lenore Scott
S. Locust
Elizabeth Hutchison
Wellsville
Bright
Kansas City
Kan
S. Main
Lieaily Fy
Langley
Bank
Olympus New
Houdashelt
Mansheim
Wilder
Wade Hinds
Homemaker Awards
McArdle
Ottawa
Ceresote
Ramsay’‘S Department Store
Ottawa, Kansas
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