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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1973
Page
4
Sue Hellar surveys food price trends driven by grain transport shortages and rail car constraints from 1972 into this season. The piece notes artificial shortages raising prices for cereals meat and poultry and offers Thanksgiving carving and cooking guidance along with tax workshop notices in Kansas.
The Town and Country 4-H Club gathered at Anchor Sayings Monday for a spooky Halloween masquerade attended by 36 members. Brenda Ferguson won best costume for portraying the lumpy ghost.
A dated sale catalog itemizes antiques and household goods including two large delph plates, Limoges china, a brass coffee pot set, oak and walnut furniture, a sewing machine cabinet, bookcases, dressers, beds, tables, chairs, a gas range, ice boxes, electric fans, a tin and wooden box collection, and other storage items. The list enumerates over 150 individual pieces such as a 150 old records bundle, a walnut desk, a rocking chair, a round walnut table, and kitchen items, indicating a comprehensive household sale.
New Franklin County 4 H leaders met at the Farm Bureau building for a training session led by Dave Smith. He urged detailing awards and covering Day Camp and County Camp. The article notes 12 new leaders this year and lists replacements and additions across multiple clubs.
Jim Taul of Baldwin, a Douglas county 4-H member and Baldwin High School graduate, is the 1973 state 4-H dairy award winner. He will attend National 4-H Congress in Chicago November 25–29, funded by Mid-America Dairymen. Taul operates with his father, manages 14 cows in the Dairy Herd Improvement program, and has demonstrated showmanship and project talks as part of his 4-H career.
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