How to revamp straw hats with spray paint tricks
A reader shares DIY tips for renewing old straw hats using dime store spray enamel inside and out to restore color and body. Advice covers restyling trims, avoiding felt hats, and creating Easter ready headwear. plus notes on other household hacks and a few Q&A voices on rug buying and shoe care.
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Heloise
Warren W. Mallin
National Institute of Rug Cleaning
Richard N. Hopper
National Institute of Rug Cleaning, Inc
Engagement of Paula Elizabeth Perkins to Ken Lloyd Clark
Mr and Mrs Paul Perkins announce the engagement of their daughter Paula Elizabeth to Ken Lloyd Clark son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Clark of Strong City The couple plan a December wedding Paula a junior at Kansas State Teachers College Emporia majoring in English and psychology Ken also a junior at the college majoring in industrial arts
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Paul Perkins
S. Elm
Paula Elizabeth
Ken Lloyd Clark
Lloyd Clark
Strong City
Miss Perkins
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Mr. Clark
Couple Married In Erie Church
In the Christian Church in Erie on March 13 Karen Harmon and Vergil Nicholas were united in a double ring ceremony performed by Rev. Glenn Crosby. The bride, daughter of Obed and the late Hart Harmon, and the groom, son of Vergil Nicholas and the late EB Nicholas, are from Erie and Kansas City respectively. Nancy Howard sang during the service. After a brief wedding trip to the Ozarks, the couple resides on a farm in Erie. The bride attends Parsons Junior College. the groom works at Heaton Mfg. Co. in Erie. Attending were many relatives and friends from Erie and nearby towns.
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Christian Church
Erie
Karen Lea Harmonson
Vergil Murrell Nicholas
Glenn Crosby
Obed Harmonson
Ottawa
Hart Harmonson
Eric
Walter March
Columbia
Vergil M. Nicholas
Kansas City
C. Nicholas
Lane
Nancy Howard
Ralph Watkins
Beverly Simmons
Mavis Gard
Robert W. Jones
Iola
Gene Sears
Larry Simmons
John Gard
Ozarks
Nicholas
RFD
Parsons Jun
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Sewing Meeting
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will hold a sewing meeting in the hospital on Tuesday starting at 9 30 a.m. All women who like to sew are asked to participate in this volunteer service.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Travelogue for FLA Club meeting at Cummings home
Mrs Sam Shumate gave a travelogue Thursday for the FLA Club meeting at Mrs E C Cummings home. Her slides showed a recent trip she and Mr Cummings took to Italy. Mrs Cummings served refreshments and gave each member a favor. A 15 ounce package of raisins yields about 3 cups.
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Sam Shumate
FLA Club
E. C. Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Italy
Gaults Return Home From South Pacific Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gault returned March 13 from an extended South Pacific visit. Highlights included Fiji Fiji Islands fire walking ceremony and the Sagawa tribe. They also toured New Zealand Australia and Tasmania observing trustystandards, Glowworm Cave and Port Arthur ruins. A hurricane shortened their itinerary prompting an earlier return.
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Wellsville
Ross Gault
South Pacific
Fiji Islands
Gaults
Tonga Islands
Fiji
Mrs. Gault
New Zealand
Waitomo
Australia
Alcatraz
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Mary Higgins
K. C
Harry Baminski
J.B. G
Gloria
Paula Elizabeth Perkins
Ior College
Heaton Mfg. Co
Nellie March
Gail Nitcher
Donna
Glenn Ainsworth
Roger Welton
Ted Johnson
Howard Huston
Rex
Kay. Reams
Ottaway
Gary Olmstead
Baldwin
Mandi
Betsy
Susan
Bes
Albright
Beltone Hearing Service
Beltone
Bob Smith
Casida’s Drive-In Cleaners
Hoover
Ottawa, Kansas
Tinada
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