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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1955

Page

5

Women’s Page honors guest at coffee shower

Betty Kerr was guest of honor at a morning coffee and personal shower hosted by Mrs. R. L. Stevens. Miss Kerr’s engagement to Marlin Dean Kimball is set for April 6. Guests included Mrs. Edgar D. Kerr and a long list of local residents. Invitations went out for Joyce Zacher and Jack Ward Keller’s April 9 Kansas City wedding. Also noted is a Far and Near club noon potluck at the J. O. Taylor home in Ottawa.

Betty Kerr R. L. Stevens Miss Kerr Marlin Dean Kimball Edgar D. Kerr The Mines W. (. Saunders Herbert Harrah George Lister W. &. Bancroft W. D. Bancroft Raymond Lucas Randolph Bundy Robert Bates Nashua Joyce Zacher Jack Ward Keller Kansas City Keller Jack Keller Trinity Lutheran Church In Mission Black & Veath Engineering Co J. O. Taylor Ottawa W. E. O’neal Frank Morris Harold Bones Larry Grant Carey Ray J. C. Hannaman Harry Earl Schmit Almes Eugene Domnanish Denny Rita Carolyn Helen Kersley Howard Linneman Roberta Birdie Macy Rosalie Darrell Ruth Moody Bennie Stinson Lois Joyce Naren David Brown Craig Harry Moody

Socialettes G L club hosts card games and prizes

Socialettes G L club members spent Thursday afternoon at Mrs O L Breckenridge's home enjoying card games with prize winners Mrs B F Holmes Mrs J A Marsh Fred Frakes and Lyle Enyart a guest A business session was led by Mrs C W Cudd and Mrs Adam Wicke won a mystery gift Eighteen members attended Also noted were visiting members and a Soroptimist meeting at Mrs C A Peacocks home where revised by laws were approved chaired by Miss Nelle Buchanan with co host Miss Nell Barnaby Refreshments concluded the social hour A Chicago visitor Miss Clare Laury arrived for a week end visit and a piano recital at Baker University is planned for Charlene Callahan from Independence KS Other local social notes and a Beauceant board party plan were included along with a Centropolis program by QC A students Rosita Remon and Soon Is Park a Korea pianist Also a forthcoming basket supper and school program were announced for the next meeting Herald Want Ads-Phone 47.

G. L. Club O. L. Breckenridge B. F. Holmes J. A. Marsh Fred Frakes Lyle Enyart C. W. Cudd Adam Wicke Guy Monroe Roy Rybolt Max Cramer C. A. Peacock Nelle Buchanan Nell Barnaby Clare Laury Chicago D. G. Laury Dr. Laury Charlene Callahan Baker University Baldwin Callahan Independence Kas Centropolis Community Club QC. A Rosita Remon Cuba Soon Is Park Korea Howard Myers

Bowling Form Was Too Good for Injury Judgment

St. Louis jurors cut Carl A. Wodraska’s $35,000 claim to $2,500 after watching bowling- action films. The 27 year old said bowling helped his back after a 1953 auto crash with Betty McQuade, 31, named in the suit. Foreman George Lorey quipped about wishing he shared the skill.

ST. Louis Carl A. Wodraska Circuit Court Wodraska Betty McQuade George W. Lorey

Club Forecast Monday Board Meeting and Various Group Notices

Community calendar items list weekly meetings and events across clubs and chapters including League of Women Voters board meeting, Monday stitching groups, Beta Omega and Omicron chapters, Mothers Club, North Baptist church recruit class, and Pinochle and luncheon gatherings at Ottawa Country Club with several auxiliary groups hosting activities throughout the week.

League of Women Voters Wilbur Fouiss P.m. M EL . Jucker Joan Kramer Beta Omega B.S Pulding Robert Moore Beta Omicron Gardner Mothers Club Vincent Skidmore North Baptist Church Merrill Bills Ermina Don Capper DE Molay Pat

Molds Said to Have Shaped Phidias Statue

In Berlin archaeologist Emil Kunze is credited with finding clay molds that Phidias used for the famous Zeus at Olympia. Professor Erich Boehringer reported during a recent lecture that excavations near Olympia revealed a fourth century BC guest house, with numbered molds ranging from 10 inches to 2 feet, believed to be the workshop of Phidias and the source of the gold plates for the statue.

Berlin IV Emil Kunze Phidias Zeus Olympia Erich Boehringer Kunze Apusanias Boehringer

Brothers Die of Heart Attacks in Brooklyn Home

New York report says Dr. Dahir E Abu-Khair, 62, and his brother James, 60, a shipyard foreman, both born in Syria, died of heart attacks after a physician collapsed while treating the elder brother at their Brooklyn residence. Dr Anthony Nasif arrived after the collapse.

New York Brooklyn Dahir E. Abu-Khair James Syria Anthony Nasif Abu-Khair Alice

Informal Dress For This Church In Covina

The Rev Donald R Locher of West Covina Methodist Church says beach wear will be suitable for summer services. Come as you are services begin at 8 30 a m each Sunday from April 17 through the beach season to let families spend more time outdoors.

Covina Calif Donald R. Locher the West Covina Methodist Church Locher

Mundt Pushes Opinion On Communist Officers in Army

Senator Mundt urged that battle trained officers decide whether suspected Communists in the Army should face the same risks as loyal soldiers. He suggested alternatives include dismissal from service or assignment to noncombat duties under watch as young Americans are drafted for hazardous duty.

Washington Sen Mundt

Senate inquiry on Peress case unsettled issue

The Senate probes into the Irving Peress matter leaves one key question unresolved. Peress, a New York dentist drafted under the doctor dentist draft law, rose from captain to major and received an honorable discharge amid reactions to Communist service policies.

Senate Irving Peress Peress New York

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