Retirement toast for A&P's No 1 Checker Vesta Walters
Vesta Walters, longtime A&P checker at the Main Street store now Firestone site, retires after 24 years. She recalls early days with counter service, the conveyor belt, and busy weekends evolving to steady daily flow. Walters plans a Phoenix trip and reading, while shopkeepers praise future contenders Bean Ella and Henry for number one status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Walters
A&p
Main Street
Firestone
Vesta
Betty Keefer
Rhonda
Lisa
N. Mulberry
Phoenix
The
Bean
Ella
Henry
Squares Are Great Crochet Catalog Offer 1976
Advertises Needlecraft Catalog 1976 with 200 designs and 3 free prints. Lists pattern 7246 sizes 8 10 12 14 and various crochet books priced from 75 cents to 1.60. Orders: send $1 for each pattern plus 24 cents postage to Alice Brooks, Needlecraft Dept. The Olfawe Herald New York. Include name address ZIP size style number.
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Angie
Needlecraft
Alice Brooks
Olfawe Herald
Old Chelsea Station
New York
Community Club Schedules and Food Tips Collected
Local listings show Beta Sigma Phi MONDAY events at COSMOPOLITAN and First United Methodist Church Ottawa, plus TOPS meetings, a WCTU gathering, and Omega chapters. Also include a baked sausage tip and pepper peeling advice from reader notes and kitchen hints.
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Beta Omega
Beta Sigma Phi
Frank Laubhan
Cosmopolitan
Roy B. Church
Ottawa Garden
First United Methodist Church
Ottawa
Tickling Husband Revealed as Sadistic Weirdo
Dear Ann Landers answers readers about a husband who tickles his wife until she screams, describing it as a sign of a sadistic streak and warning against tolerating such behavior. The column also notes a donor organ question from an anesthesiologist about anonymous gifts and transplantation.
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Ann Landers
Annie
L. Gotcha
Ann
Tokyo
Ann Randers
Theresa
Frank Takahashi
Letter Writing Slowly Becoming Lost Art Form
New York AP notes letters can be more than formal messages as Margery Forer laments letter writing fading due to postcards and phones. She recalls its rise with accessible postal service and leisure, cites Madame de Sevigny and Prosper Merimee, and mentions Givenchy designing paper. The piece blends nostalgia with quotes and reader letters on donor cards and social etiquette.
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New York
Margery Forer
Prosper Merimee
Madame de Sevigny
Forer
Will Durant
Durant
Also Mentioned on This Page
DE McGlashon
By Price Brookes
Knights Progress Chess Club
Ottawa Library
Dan Landers
France
Hubert de Givenchy
Mrs. Forer
Boise
Gift of Life
Kidney Foundation
University Avenue
St. Paul
Minnesota
P.S
Sharon
the Miracle Worker
Radarange
Crites
Ottawa, Kansas
Wody Shop
Texaco
Ottawa Herald Business and Professional Guide
Optometrists
James A. Eaton, D
Optometrist
Olin G. Wollen, D.D
Ile Howe
Pharmacists
Raney-Reynolds
Rexall
John Reynolds
A-1 Cab CO. and
Dennis L. Smith
Rodney McClay, D.D
Auto Service
Hicks Electric CO
N. Main
FIX
Gordon
Linda Chirillo
Brown's Hardware
S. Main
BOB Luce
Johnson Motors
Newman Boats
Bosch
Canterbury Court
Chiropractors
Don L. McKelvey, D.J
Chiropractic
Orthopedics
J.C. South, D.c
Taylor Construction
Custom Building
Ralph E. Taylor
Rfd
Kansas
Behlen
E. Wilson
American Family Insurance
Mabibon
Ay Fu
Larry Shaw
Mike Kraft
Jimmy Hastings
Brockwayl RE
Main
L. J. Mathey
D.C
Franklin County
Health Clinic, Inc
S. Cedar
Richardson
Cartwright
Pomona
Kan
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