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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1963
Page
6
Four girls representing Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and Senior levels, plus an adult leader, presented the new color illustrated handbooks to the city library. The books emphasize leadership and international understanding, with accounts of activities and ideas to do.
Readers share quick fixes for chrome rust using foil to rub away spots and note it can work on chrome plated car bumpers though pits aren’t removed. The column also includes simple household hacks from June Oh to keep kids safe, turn shirt tails into napkins, and reuse old sock tops as cuffs.
Miss Joyce Kline training groups in Ottawa on diabetic meal planning using the Exchange Lists booklet. She shows how 6 food groups and precise portions support diabetes control, with examples from breakfast to dinner and practical substitutions for calories and fat.
The Herald offers a five dollar weekly reward for the best news tip submitted by a reader. A prize of five dollars is paid each week for the top tip.
The Senior Club held a memorial ceremony for departed members at the Youth Center. Lillian Spears and Fayetta Burnett read names and verses, Viola Robinson read a memorial, and draped plates were placed. Myrtle Graham presided as 33 members and guests enjoyed refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Ward W Ralston of 910 Ash celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Emporia on Thursday. They were married Sept 12, 1918 in Emporia. Mrs Ralston, former Nellie Wells, is the daughter of the late George and Mrs Wells. The home wedding had 50 guests and Grady's Band gave a serenade afterwards. The couple has lived in Franklin County 49 years with two children, Mrs Ray V Smith and Don W Ralston, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr Ralston is a retired Santa Fe employee.
Mrs Raymond Gibson entertained the Socialettes Zigzaggers Club on Wednesday evening with a lamp shade covering demonstration. Guests included Mrs Jack Porter and Mrs Guy Monroe. It was announced Mrs Darrell Mullen will be hostess on Oct 9.
A list of weekly gatherings and events at local churches and clubs. Activities include faith chapters, ladies aid and auxiliary groups, guilds, and social dinners with times and hosts such as First U P Church Trinity Wesleyan and Ottawa Business Professionals Women’s Club.
Wellsville area residents note James and Mrs Mersman of Kansas City returned from a Colorado vacation and joined the Gary Horne family for Sunday dinner with J E Decker parents. Mrs May Ashcraft arrived in Glendora California to stay with daughter Howard Lanning for several weeks. Rosemont WSCS met with 15 attendees and planned hospitality at Miller farm sale with Club 13 HDU.
In a Satirical Chat, Ann Landers advises a reader to gently guide a large guest to seating and avoid billing for accidental furniture damage. The column features multiple letters about family tensions, alcoholism, mooching relatives, and dealing with an unliked son-in-law with practical, nonconfrontational guidance.
Thirteen members of Earnest Workers Sunday School class of Trinity Methodist Church visited Crestview nursing home with Rev. Roy Armstrong. They presented 12 knee robes, shared a program of singing and readings by Mrs. J. G. Lytle Mrs. Cora Pursley Mrs. Anna Bryan and Effie Gould, and the class motto.
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the First Methodist Church met in the church library with Mrs. A F Panton delivering Our Mission Today. Assisted by Mrs. Charles Wells, the session featured Mrs. George Hutchison presiding, Miss Luella Parrott leading devotion on Hands, and host Mrs. Anna Bunyan serving frosted lime punch.
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