Exodus Leads Berries to Ottawa Refuge in Cold Night Flight
Fasst Berhe and wife Teblez fled Asmara to Khartoum then Ottawa seeking safety from war and religious persecution. Pregnant Teblez wore her white escape dress as they endured 500 miles of heat and danger to reach freedom. they now live in Ollawa and pursue work with support from Church groups and Refugee Resettlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Murphy
Asmara
Ethiopia
Khartoum
Sudan
Berhe
Teblez
Berbes
Fossil
Tebler
Little Fares
Filmon
Ollawa
Church of the Brethren
9Th and Main
Brethren Office of Refrugee
Church World Service Organization
Berke
Rome
Italy
United States
Community club schedules span Ottawa area events
Wednesday features United Presbyterian Church and QU Women’s Club activities at 7:30 p.m. Thursday lists Odd Fellows Family Night and Ottawa Amateur Radio Association at 9 p.m. Includes TOPS meetings at Youth Center and Trinity United Methodist Church, Welcome Wagon newcomers, Soroptimist noon, Merry Go Round at 2 p.m., and more. Friday Christian Women’s Club bazaar at Elliott Hall. Latimer Neighborhood pot luck. Senior Club 1:30 p.m. Saturday Nightcrawlers host ham and bean dinner at 5:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star Association
Dorothy Harrison
Naomi Group
First Christian Church
Ottawa Amateur Radio Association
Trinity United Methodist Church
Municipal Auditorium
Soroptimist Club
Ottawa
Ottawa Elks Bridge Club Winners List
Winners of Monday eveningBridge Club games at Ottawa include first place Lafe Haughn and Lora Haughn, second Doris Mefford and Dot Miller, third Mary Hill and Wanda Durbin, and fourth Freda Gilmore and Marie Huffstedler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Finch Family Reunion Highlighted at Celebration Hall
Members of Calvin and Willard Finch families gathered Sunday for their annual reunion at Celebration Hall Ottawa. Eighty-one relatives attended from Kansas communities with guests from Gladwin Michigan Sacramento California and Springfield Missouri. The event included a brief meeting a basket dinner and a sharing table with awards crafts and trophies. The next reunion will run noon to 5 PM on September 26 at Celebration Hall Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin
Willard Finch
Celebration Hall
Kansas
Gladwin
Mich
Sacramento
Calif
Springfield
Ottawa
Dear Indiana Love and Lies in a Desperate Marriage
A reader in Indiana describes a 20 year unhappy marriage where intellectual companionship is missing, her husband is content, and she contemplates divorce. She praises a courageous mother who left a clergyman, laments family pressure to stay, and details isolation, a deteriorating home life, and a spouse harmed by drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berke
Fares
Teblez
Filmon
Fassil
Carol Murphy
Indiana
Ann Landers
Newborn Daughters Named Lindsay Lee and Monica Rae
Mr and Mrs Terry Porter announce Lindsay Lee born Oct 1 at Ransom Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Grandparents Ledom and Porter. great grandparents McClay and Wiggans. Mr and Mrs David Alegria announce Monica Rae born Sept 29 at Ransom Memorial Hospital weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces. Grandparents Pixiey and Alegria. great grandparents Babcock and Sanchez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Porter
N. Mulberry
Lindsay Lee
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lindsay
Robert Ledom
Willow
Raymond Porter
Leavenworth
Dewey McClay
N. Main
Guy Wiggans
Kansas City, Mo
David Alegria
Meadow Lane
Apt. 1
Monica Rae
Monica
George Pixiey
Mexico City
Mexico
Orlando Alegria
Sebaco
Nicaragua
Merton Babcock
Kalamazoo
Mich
Blanca Sanchez
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.R. Jamison
College
Main Street
H.D. Lee
UPW
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
QU Women’s Club
Sheantie Fridell
Mulberry
EFORM
Legal Secretaries Association Union
Order of
Nightcrawlers
John Fritts
Baby's Story
Ann
April Dawn Keith
April Dawn
Dan L. Keith
Pomona
April
Carter A. Keith
Sycamore
Kenneth &. Chapman
W. 7Th St. Terrace
Mina Stofter
S. Poplar
China Hutch
Spode
China
HUTCH
S. Main
Ace Brook
Mit
AMI
Dolls
Eslon Home Uiting
Alice
Ottawa Herald
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Freel
Natonal
All Savers
America
Federal
Missouri
FSLIC
Indivisibls
Hickory
Sas
U.S. Hwy
Ottawa, Kansas
Negra Otley
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