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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1968
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Harold Staadt of 1621 Chestnut describe how they stay busy in retirement. A single home visit reveals their daily routines and activities shaping an active postwork life.
Staadt operated a seed business from a farm west of Ottawa for 48 years and served 25 years on the Kansas Crop Improvement Association while directing the Kansas Hybrid Association. He joined state agricultural boards in 1945. Mrs. Staadt built two dozen scrapbooks and is writing a church history for Richter Methodist amid a lifetime of hobbies and collecting.
Mrs Glenn Fitch returns from Superior Nebraska to visit Cliff Bird and daughter family in Raytown Missouri while W L Pickering visits Belleville Illinois with a gravely ill relative. Mr Ralph Dietrichs returns to Boise Idaho after visiting Richmond area relatives. Mrs Staadt organizes trade card displays from the 1870s and adds merit cards. Staadt collects barbed wire, drafts, and woodworking pieces, plans a Kansas Wire Convention, and remains active in 4 H and church groups with sons and grandsons referenced.
Leisure Hour Club hosted by Mrs. Ivan McLees in rural Richmond featured a Christmas Wrappings program by Mrs. Norman Shire with ten members present. Future Dec 4 meeting planned at Mrs. Floyd Brock’s home. Richmond WSCS charter service held Nov 14 at United Methodist Church with 28 charter members. agape feast followed. Naomi Club met at Mrs. Frank Sargent’s with plans for Dec 20 noon Christmas dinner and gift exchange at IOOF Hall. Adult Bible Class at First United Presbyterian elected officers and approved $5 to Boys' Club clothing fund. Spring Branch Club met at Mrs. Anna Teter’s home. Will Sobba to host next.
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