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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1957
Page
3
A family supper salad features potatoes onion celery and green pepper with sweet mixed pickles. Dressing uses bacon drippings vinegar and seasonings with frankfurter pieces for added zest. Serve with crisp vegetables and crusty bread.
Mothers Party Girl Scout Troop No 34 held a Mother’s Day event yesterday in Sacred Heart parochial school basement. During the Court of Awards several girls earned second class and proficiency badges. Names include Kathy Brown Carolyn Mages Margery Golden Teresa Morrisey Sheila Mulcahay Mary Catherine Tipton Delores Hopkins Jane Wedman Theresa Schmidt Susan Shipman. The program featured a flag ceremony songs badge presentations and a tribute to mothers. Each girl gave her mother a decorated plant pot. Refreshments from a spring colored table. Troop leader Mrs James Brown with assistants Mrs Francis Golden and Mrs Don Shipman.
The What-So-Ever Circle of First Methodist Church held a noon potluck at the church yesterday. Food committee members included Mrs L J Smay, D C Whitaker, W L Pickering, Hattie Wilson, J R Kincaid, and Bertha Lancaster. Mrs Kincaid led a business session and hosted a high school girls quartet with Sally Liggett, Katie Chism, Judy and Patty Stevens, accompanied by Elizabeth Pinney. Twenty six members attended along with two visitors, Mrs Bert Heminger and Pamela Sue Gish of Macon Georgia.
The Truth Seekers class of Wesleyan Methodist Church held a social gathering last evening with Mr and Mrs Bernard Briggs Larry and Karen and other attendees. After a brief business session, games visiting and refreshments followed with Rev Wayne Caldwell and others present.
Using aluminum paint as a primer prevents dark colors from bleeding through a light finish. It works well on closet shelves and table tops as touchup blends without visible lines where new paint is added.
Mrs. George McDowell chaired the Child Welfare report, noting a valuation of 381 dollars for cash and services including 480 pounds of clothing sent to Save the Children Federation. Plans for Poppy Day on May 25 were outlined with Mrs. Joel Towner as sales chair and Mrs. James Durbin in charge of window displays. Delegates elected for the Lawrence district convention were Mrs. Henderson, Clara Sinclair, Ray Waddell, Jennie Wisdom, H. F. Duvall, J. J. Meyer, and J. W. Roberts, with alternates Mrs. R. E. Lancaster, Mrs. Joel Towner, and Mrs. Tom Flory. Eighteen attended.
A PEO program last evening themed Famous Mothers was presented by Mrs G H Marshall with Mrs F F Fockele as hostess. Members included Mrs Lewis Irwin Mrs Glen Brown and Mrs Paul Haggard. Guest Mrs Winton Winter attended with Miss Lulu Brown Lanah Cameron Ruth Carr Gertrude and Margaret Clark Lola Sloan among others.
Ethel Smart Mines J F Barr B F Bowers D L Carver J R Henning Ivan Jacobsen C A Peacock W A Penny W G Ransom and Wallace Wells appear in a local notices collection detailing residents and associated figures. The fragment names individuals linked to the Mines and various local entities.
The son born May 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Loren Bainer of Lyons has been named Scott Douglas. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robbins of Pomona and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bainer of Ottawa, with great grandparents also listed.
French cooks favor pressing unpeeled garlic cloves to avoid residue mess. The unpeeled method lets the pulp lift out cleanly, while a splash of hot soap suds rinses the press quickly and leaves dishes brighter.
A new line of cotton fabrics for summer dresses features three properties: stain resistance, spot resistance, and a lasting aroma. The perfume is bonded into the fibers and is said to endure washing.
Winner is 10 months old, Allen LeRoy, son of Howard and Mrs Thrasher of 506 No Sycamore. Second prize goes to Stephen Duane Elliott, 3 months, son of Cecil Elliott of West 15th, and Carol Lynne Flory, 6 months, daughter of Alvin Flory of Lawrence Rt. 5. First prize includes a Sterling Cup, spoon and fork set.
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