Memory Quilt From 1921 Fundraiser At New Century Church
The Old Depot Museum displays a 1921 memory quilt made to raise funds for the New Century Methodist Episcopal Church north of Ottawa. It features hundreds of embroidered names, red for families and blue for the deceased, and includes area business advertisements. The quilt arrived via Ruth Collins Hope of Corvallis, with provenance tracing to Grace Collins and Lottie Riley, and names like Brad ford Milan and Cora Milan appear among local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Herald
Old Depot
Franklin County
New Century Methodist Episcopal Church
Ottawa
John Mark Lambertson
Franklin County Historical Society
Ruth (Collins) Hope
Corvallis
Ore
Grace (Staley) Collins
Hope
Lottie (Ewer) Riley
Severy
Collinses
California Springs
Dickerson
Dee (Johnson) Wray
Mary Staley
Fort Townsend
Wash
Nelson
Melcher
Keith
Ring Swallowing Help From Dr Donohue On Shatzki Ring
A reader asks about Shatzki ring causing intermittent esophageal narrowing and swallowing difficulty. Dr Donohue explains the ring is a tissue web at the esophageal bottom, not nerves, with treatment ranging from altered eating habits to surgical division of the tissue. Olive oil is now considered beneficial for cholesterol, raising good HDL and lowering LDL, with future studies unlikely to tarnish its reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Donohue
Rochester
N.Y
Roch
Ann Landers
Big D
Sibling reconciliation sparked by a newspaper column
A reader praises Ann Landers for mending a long running sibling feud with her brother after their father shared the column. The author and her brother both resolved to meet halfway, hoping others with grudges will try the idea and share reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Lucille
St. Louis
Dad
Wendy
Baton Rouge
Harmon lands waving flags on friendship flight to Moscow
Retired New York educator Millard Harmon 61 flies a Beechcraft 36 with American flags into Sheremetyevo Airport Moscow marking a Washington to Moscow friendship flight. He capped the journey 41 hours 31 minutes after departing Washington. Harmon aims to build bridges while noting Mathias Rust’s unauthorized Red Square flight. He previously faced visa issues on a 1985 trip and holds 134 other flight records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
New York State
Sheremetyevo
United States
Millard Harmon
Washington
Mathias Rust
Kremlin
Red Square
Harmon
Delmar
N.Y
Albany
Rust
Washington-Moscow
Dayton
Ohio
Stephen Honeybill
Galway
Honeybill
National Aeronautic Association
Goose Bay
Labrador
Reykjavik
Iceland
Helsinki
Finland
State University of New York
Soviet Union
Board Seminar At Lawrence TOPEKA Kansas Museums Association
The Kansas Museums Association will sponsor summer workshops for museum workers in several locations. In Lawrence a session on board dynamics covers board duties staff relations and member recruitment at the Museum of Anthropology, KU, July 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration is 30 dollars for members and 40 for non members, lunch included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Museums Association
Lawrence
Center For Management Assistance
Kansas City
Museum of Anthropology
University of Kansas
KMA
Jim Powers
Kansas Museum of History
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ruth
Milan) Dickerson
Elm
Bradford
Otto Milan
Amazing Grace Baptist Camp
The
Lamb Funeral Home
East Side Baker
Gowan’s Confections
Furness Brothers Grocery
Forester Dry Goods
Peoples National Bank
I.M. Fisher’s
Purity Spring
Fisher
Ruth Farrel
Ruth Dickerson
Diane Yeantans
Paul Donohue
Hazel Harmond
Mary Horstick
Richmond
RFD
Sians Glazing Service
Bess
MoMgr Success
Michael 1
FOX
Ernest
Gees
McDonald
Ronald Peanut
Princeton Circle
Ottawa, Kansas
Ronald
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