The Amish Cook: Weekend church cleanup and German hymn meals
Elizabeth, an old order Amish from Indiana, writes by lantern light about weekend church gatherings. The piece details home cleaning, varnish and paint tasks, kitchen and dishwashing duties, and barn upkeep. It notes German songs from Ausbund, church leadership and Ordnung, and bench wagons. It also lists a no television rule variant by district and a post service lunch menu. The column includes a cookie recipe and bread pudding, and invites readers to write with cultural questions.
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Elizabeth
Indiana
Coblentz
Oasis
P.O. Box
Middletown
Ohio
River rise floods Illinois town. residents shelter
The Ohio River flooded Equality Illinois as about 50 families struggled with rising waters. Reginald McCaughan saved a sister’s photograph while his family evacuated boatloads of belongings. Predictions warned of two more feet by Friday as towns along the Illinois Kentucky line braced for broader flooding and levee threats.
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Ohio
Reginald McCaughan
McCaughan
Beulah
Regina
McCaughans
Equality
Illinois
Illinois-Kentucky
Mississippi
Louisiana
Bob Stucky
New Orleans
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Cincinnati
Louisville
Old Shawneetown
Ill
Freeman Oldham
Loyds celebrate 50th anniversary with family events
Allen and Virginia Loyd marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a family celebration at Celebration Hall followed by a roller skating party at Skate Center. The couple wed on March 8, 1947, in Emporia, and their children Linda Fine, Allen Loyd, Douglas Loyd, and Kathryn Winters hosted the gatherings.
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Allen
Virginia Loyd
Linda Fineman
Allen Loyd
Douglas Loyd
Kathryn Winters
Bration Hall
Emporia
Larkins to celebrate 40th anniversary at Ottawa Country Club
Jessie Larkin and Patsy Lewallen will celebrate forty years with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Ottawa Country Club hosted by their children Darrell Larkin Sharon Larkin and Peggy Larkin. Two grandchildren will attend. They were married March 9 1957 in Great Bend.
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Jessie L
Patsy A. Larkin
Ottawa
Ottawa Country Club
Darrell Larkin
Sharon Larkin
Morrisonville
N.Y
Peggy Larkin
Jessie Larkin
Patsy Lewallen
Great Bend
Women s statement casts doubt on scandal
In Berdeen Maryland five white female recruits allege pressure to charge black superiors with rape. They refused rape accusations and lament lack of promised incentives for cooperation. Lt Col Gabriel Riesco denied investigators pressed them. Eight servicemen at Aberdeen Proving Ground face sex crime charges, all eight of those charged are black.
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Berdeen
Army
Tony Palm
Navy
Palm
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Pvt
Brandi Krewson
Dallas
Aberdeen
Gabriel Riesco
Riesco
Herman Gunter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Ed Starnes
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the Larkins
Patsy and
Ottawa Herald
Gloon Legal Services
Baldwin
Clean Legal Services
White Shrine
Wanda Kraft
Marjorie Ott
Wa Herald
Lin
John W. Forth
Nicholas John
Love
Paula
Sandy
Donna
Fresh Start
America
NCGS
Kansas
F.S.C.C
Missouri Welding Institute, Inc
Nevada
Missouri
Asphalt Construction Workers
Franklin County Contact
Better Business Bureau
City OF
Pomona
p/t Animal Control Officer
City Hall
EOE
Crestview Nursing Home
7Th St
Cmaigna
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett
Saint Luke's Shawnee Mission Health System
Jackie Broyles
Don
Ltc
Beth Anderson
Boe
Globe Corner
Lawrence
LeLoup
Jack Williams
Anytine
Scott
CNA
Eves
Osawatomie
City Memorial Hall
Ogawatomie Thur
Crossland Canatructicn Company
Fay Pot
Wadesh
Golden Heights Living Center
Pine, Garnett
Country Mart
the Hill
S. Ash
Furrs
Iowa
Lawrence, KS
M-F
S. Keeler
Lakemary Center
Robert Ellis
Lakanyary Drive
Paola
Alan Heinlein
Sonic
S. Main
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