CWU Marks May Fellowship Day With Women In History Theme
Ottawa Church Women United met at Trinity United Methodist Church on May 7 for May Fellowship Day with representation from nine area churches. Mrs. L. L. Harrison presided, and reports noted a $5,000 donation to Guatemala after the earthquake and 1500 pounds of clothing collected for Church World Service.
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Ottawa Church Women United
Trinity United Methodist Church
L. L. Harrison
C. &. Buckner
Verne Garrett
Nellie Welton
Church World Service
Garrett
CWA
Guatemala
Ralph Hodgden
Community club calendar and event notes
A condensed list of club meetings and events including a Spring Brunch at Westminster church with guest Mrs. Lowell Gish, Rotary Anns at Ruth Kressin meeting, Joes Daughters and VFW Memorial posts, TOPS groups, Overeaters Anonymous at Trinity, Lend-A-Hand potluck and steak supper, Army Mothers, Sweet Adelines, Knights Progress Chess Club, Alpha Delta Kappa potluck and more across Ottawa venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vande Kraft
Sacred Heart Happy Hour
Rotary Anns
Ruth Kressin
Joe’s Daughters
Ottawa Memorial
VFW Post
Anonymous
Trinity United Methodist Church
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
AU of Peo
Laverne Wallace
First Baptist Church
Mission Possible
Army Mothers
Sweet Adelines
Knights
Progress
Ottawa
Alpha Delta Kappa
Potluck
Elizabett Baker
Courage and gratitude in adoption and family life
A reader thanks Ann Landers for endorsing choosing adoption over abortion, recounting the joy of a seven pound daughter adopted by a couple after a young woman’s brave decision. A second letter urges family message etiquette and suggests a message pad by the phone. A third notes frustration with delays in medical offices and asks for empathy toward staff managing late, busy schedules.
Self Sufficient Family Moves to Walla Walla Farm Life
Sonia Trapani and chiropractor husband raise all food on an 114 acre farm near Walla Walla with cattle poultry vegetables and wheat for bread They plan wood heat and a woodburning engine for electricity The family emphasizes nutrition independence and avoidance of additives while noting some limits to full self sufficiency They relocated from Hawaii in 1974 seeking milder climate rainfall and isolation to support their farming lifestyle. The piece also notes Amy Kramers one year birthday and her relatives.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Sonia Trapani
Francis Trapani
Trapani
Kahaluu
Hawaiian
Oahu
Mainland
Paradise
Hawaii
Walla Walla
Washington
Rollie and Shirley Mersham 40th Wedding Anniversary
In Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Rollie E. Mersham celebrate 40 years of marriage with a 2 to 4 p.m. reception in the Richmond Community Building on Sunday. The couple’s children and spouses host the event, with 19 grandchildren, honoring their May 23, 1936, Paola marriage.
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Rollie E. Mersham
Richmond
Bob Merscham
Dale Anderson
Garnett
Don Reeves
Rollie Merscham
Shirley Lane
Paola
Working mothers shape views on sex roles says UW survey
A UW Madison journalism class survey finds male undergraduates with working mothers growing up are likelier to support changing sex roles in society. Ninety five percent of these men are moderate liberal or radical, versus one percent whose mothers did not work. Women show the opposite pattern, and overall 81 percent of men and 88 percent of women favor change, with a six percent rise since 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Knit In One Piece Pattern Offer
Pattern order notice from The Ottawa Herald carrier solicit pattern requests. Sender requests readers mail $1 per pattern plus 25 cents for first class and special handling to Alice Brooks in New York. Names, addresses and details required for order.
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Alice Brooks
Ottawa Herald
Old Chelsea Station
New York
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John Garst
Elsie Ferguson
Crestview Nursing Home
Garst
CWU
P. R. Jamison
The
People’s Platform For A Global Society
Wendell Lewis
Wesley Sylvester
Ronaie Small
Harry Brink
Tom Dawson
Eva Fleming
Everett Chapman
Kansas
Mary Black
Lowell Gish
Ann Landers
Dear Ann Landers
Mary
Bill
Joanie
Meriden
Conn
Michigan
Mich
Alicia Dawn
Thomas E. Taylor
Maple
Wendy Sue
Lisa Marie
Betty Jo
Thomas E. Taylor Jr
Merle Taylor
Raymond Adams
Williamsburg
Tom Elder Sr
Mary Jones
Homer Jones
Gertrude Adams
Saint Maries
Idaho
Hawaiian Islands
Amy
Amy Rachelle
Douglas Kramer
Lawrence
Lawrence Kramer
Willow
Frank C. Marconette
Oak
P. Geiss
Maude Kramer
Myrtle Fischer
Waverly
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
United States
New York City
Chicago
Iowa State University
Hartford, Conn
Alicia Taylor
Amy Kramer
Mark
ING Machine, Repair and Sar Service
Albright’s
Sewiny
Cireh
Mien
First National Bank
Rico Broels
Love Insurance
MFA Life Insurance
Wittmeyer
Ottawa, Kansas
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