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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1961
Page
8
A reader asks if polishing a husband's shoes is a wife’s duty. Ann Landers replies it is optional and a labor of love, not a duty. The column also offers marriage and dating advice, urging field testing and honest standards, with quick advice to a sister-in-law about housekeeping.
Bargains headline Fourth of July weekend specials at supermarkets and neighborhood stores. Sirloin, porterhouse, and round steaks lead the offers with prices down 7 to 20 cents a pound in many areas. Poultry price competition lowers beef, pork, and lamb costs while fryers stay popular. Shrimp tops the fish specials as crabs, salmon, lobster, and halibut also featured. Eggs rise 4 to 5 cents a dozen. Best veggie buys include beets, carrots, celery, endive, greens, lettuce, squash, while asparagus, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, and peppers are also highlighted. Fruits show strawberries, limes, mangoes, plums, lemons with apricots, blueberries, honeydew, peaches, nectarines, grapes, and oranges listed as good buys.
The Ottawa Herald advertises Printed Pattern 4724 by Anne Adams for misses sizes 10 through 18. It promises a sack style without waist seams, available in poplin, pique, denim, calico, with mix colors for a gay effect. Send 35 cents plus 10 cents for first class mail to Pattern Dept New York and include name address zone size and style number.
Miss Marie Kelly and Lois Smith attended a Lawrence event for the Annual Writers Conference directed by Frances Grinstead of Kansas University. Carl Detzer of Reader's Digest spoke at the student union dinner and convocation, followed by a reception hosted by Miss Grinstead and Lucille Kohler. Local attendees include Mrs. Lee Perkins, Miss Dorothy Bishop, and J. B. Mickey from Ottawa.
The article presents a dinner menu featuring pork chops and a banana orange slaw. It covers baked pork chops, new potatoes, green peas, rolls, fruit, cupcakes and beverages. The salad combines shredded cabbage and mayonnaise with mashed banana, lemon juice, orange, and salt served in lettuce cups, yielding about three servings.
New York AP advises travelers how to avoid faux pas while abroad. It offers polite phrases and humorous stereotypes from Britain Russia and Germany to ease cultural exchanges and earn respect without bragging. The piece emphasizes humility over American bravado and suggests listening more than speaking.
The June birth announcements name Jeffry Alan to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Alphy Cramer of 1641 S. Main. Tul ly Clay to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harry Larkin of 931 S. Mulberry. Lisa Jane to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Louis Weimer of Oliver. Sallie Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee Porter of 832 Olive. Richard Dennis to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Dennis Hinderliter of RFD 4. Connie Lynn to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew James Mietchem of 1122 W. 7th. Weights range around seven pounds with ounces noted.
Socialettes Rebekah Lodge met in Oddfellows Hall with Mrs. William Boucek presiding. Twenty five attended as plans to vacation in July and August were approved. Mrs. Fred Inman and Miss Winifred Inman hosted a patio supper for Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Tucker and family, with other guests including Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Blunt and Henry Gilroy. The Gilroys, visiting from the East, toured major cities and met former army friends. Vera Stephenson hosted a birthday party for her daughter Stefanie at the Shoger home, with a group attending a drive in theater and a slumber party afterward.
Mr and Mrs Roy Clary held an open house June 25 at Ines Chapel Church to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Two hundred guests attended, with out of town guests listed including Mr and Mrs Ora Casteel Buffalo and Mrs Ethel Turner Fairview Mo. Flowers decorated the reception table with magnolia lilies gladioli and babys breath.
Joe Lauer and Mrs. Francis Blau attend a Westphalia function. Ruth Boles visits with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hartley and Myra Craddock in Kansas City.
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