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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1979
Page
3
Mr and Mrs W B Smith celebrate their 59th wedding anniversary with family at the Senior Club after a Friday program. They were married October 12 1920 in Wellsville. They lived on a farm near Wellsville before moving to Ottawa in 1944 and now reside at 835 S Mulberry.
The General Edward Hand Chapter of DAR hosted a Saturday program at Mrs. Glenn Wicke's home, highlighting new library resources in The Kansas Room at Ottawa Library. Speakers noted cemetery lists from neighboring counties and welcomed new members Mrs. Mary Douglas and Mrs. Mary Lou Sheldon. Mrs. F. A. Trump reported on the Shawnee Mission Pilgrimage, with the next meeting set as a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. on November 10 at the Courts Building.
Forty members of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met for a morning brunch at Roberta's Tea Room in Paola with reports on the September regional meeting. Jan Allison was welcomed as a new member. Mrs. Lena Johnson reviewed a book by Kate Long. The next meeting is set for November 10 in Garnett.
Advertisement outlines Printed Pattern Co Misses pattern 4729 with no waist seam zipper or frills. Lists sizes 8 through 20 and fabric yardage for 45 and 48 inch materials. Also mentions Afghan patterns quick transfers sweaters and black quilts with prices.
Letter to Ann Landers begins with a heated attack on Bemused in Berlins claim of a change in American women over 20 years, defending women against a double standard and noting reader reactions. The piece also reports Angela Catherine’s second birthday in Burlington Vermont with family details and lists her relatives and grandparents.
Fifth grade students at Garfield Elementary painted a Kansas wide banner for Oz Il the Children s Art Festival to be hung in the Capitol Rotunda in Topeka October 20. The banner features The Wizard of Oz imagery and the caption Have A Heart For Children. Sponsored by the Kansas International Year of the Child Committee Topeka Arts Council and others, the event will include music dance theatre activities parades and art displays for families.
An all day arts and entertainment event unfolds on the Kansas Capitol Complex grounds in Topeka on October 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission with a suggested sack lunch. The Wizard and friends invite children to join the Yellow Brick Road parade to a new Emerald City style celebration with activities and performances.
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