Appalachian seamstresses rise from welfare to fashion
In Dogbone West Virginia a poor community finds hope as Appalachian women learn to sew and supply fashion designers with quilts skirts and jackets. Patterns from designers boost earnings to two dollars an hour and Vogue highlights a hostess outfit sold for about 120 dollars. The piece links personal grit to broader social uplift.
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Atlantic
America
Caribbean Sea
Dogbone
West Virginia
Florette Angel
Appalacia
New York
Vogue Magazine
Take a Swing Through Kansas Roadside Parks
Kansas has built 240 superior safety rest areas over 40 years. The latest, on US 36 at St. Francis, features a modern restroom building and trailer parking. Overnight camping is allowed in 154 areas with water and rest rooms. Visitors praise Kansas roads and scenery. Mr and Mrs Jim Reed and four children from Santa, California plan to settle with Mrs Ted Larson. Jimmie will stay in California and join in August.
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Kansas
US 36
St. Francis
Jim Reed
Santie
California
Ted Larson
Jimmie
Cindy
Diana
Gary
Baby Shower Held for Mrs Delbert Aspegrefy at Royal Cafe
A Sunday baby shower honored Mrs. Delbert Aspegrefy with a luncheon at the Royal Cafe dining room hosted by multiple friends including Mrs. Andy Thompson Mrs. Bill Farrell and Mrs. Bob Larson. Guests listed include Mrs. Kenneth Coffman Rhoda Davis Topeka and many others from Courtland Cawker City Belleville and nearby towns.
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Delbert
Aspegrefy
Royal Cafe
Andy Thompson
Bill Farrell
Bob Larson
Larry Johnson
Gerry Thompson
George Stromberg
John Cardwell
iMirs
Aspegren
Jane Ann
Kenneth Coffman
Shelly
Kathy
Rhoda Davis
Topeka
Lorraine Aspegren
George Chaze
Courtland
Jack Thull
Michelle
Cawker City
Kenneth Cook
Belleville
C. H. West
Lloyd Brown
Homer Cardwell
Harold Melhus
Todd Cardwell
Charles Robison
Dale Lewellyn
Sheri
Clarence Strom
Joel McDonald
Kenneth Cardwell
Charles Klima
Glenn Scrivner
Darrell Garst
Ethel Modlin
Edith Norris
Algor Anderson
ElRene Sederlin
Carl Erickson
Merle Hager
Edward Forsberg
Ralph Moe
Honor Mrs McCormick and 40th Anniversary Celebration
Mrs Bertha Christie hosted a morning coffee on July 1 honoring Louise Ormick who is leaving Scandia. Guests included Ilene DeWitt Fern Terow Marie Newcomb Ruby Larson and Mrs McCormick. Mr and Mrs George McCormick marked their 40th wedding anniversary with a June 27 lunch and dinner hosted by Rev Merle Bolte at Augustatia Lutheran Lafayette St Omaha.
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Dale Ainsworth
Kansas City
E. M. Eastvedt
Hastvedt
Martin Larson
Karen Ross
Clarice Ross
Bertha
Christie
Louise Ormick
Scandia
Ilene DeWitt
Fern Terow
Marie Newcomb
Ruby ‘Larson
Mr. and
Mirs
George McCormick
Merle Bolte
Uta
Augustatia
Lafayette
St. Omaha
RI Campo
Texas
South
Pat
Arsl
Earl Hawkins
Konorado
Burlington
Ted Sellman
Sam Sellman
Ralph Hawkins
Downers Grove
Gerald Hawkins
Dor
Marvin
Teresa
Longmont
Ival Dean
Kathy
Tabor
Iowa
Paul Hawking
Linda
Paula
Karla
Boulder
Robert. Compton
Kelly
Connie
Katy
Curtis
Ken
Hoffman Estates
Ill
Dale Shields
Kale
Goodland
Mildred Hawkins
Ken Compton
Harmon
Earl
Ethel
Larson Anderson wedding unites Scandia in June ceremony
Rebecca Suzanne Larson and Carl B. Anderson Jr. wed at Messiah Lutheran Church Scandia officiated by Rev. Ralph D. Anderson and Rev. Eugene Nelson. The event featured candlelight attire, elaborate floral arrangements, a large guest list including relatives from Lindsborg and Chicago, and a reception at Bethany College. The couple, graduates of Lindsborg High School, will reside in Lawrence after the Colorado trip.
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Elmer Copley
Roger Thorstenberg
William Wade
Chicago
Ill
L’jean Burnison
Marquette
Vicky Stenquist
Wilmette
Pam Webster
Golden
Cole
Judy Nelson
Judy Henry
Denver
Michael Larson
Scandia
Eva Anderson
Houston
Texas
Robert Brax
Donna Henry
McPherson
Julia Duckwalls
Abilene
James M. Anderson
Biloxi
Miss
Richard Anderson
Dwight Swisher
David E. Larson
Lindsborg
Grant Tideman
Wichita
John Billing
Grandview
William Larson
Birger Sandzen Art Gallery
Beth‘any College
Vernon Johnson
Superior
Neb
Joe Hermanson
David Anderson
Anderson
Lindsborg High School
Bethany
Kappa Gamma Phi
Pi Sigma
Chi
Douglas County State Bank
Lawrence
University of Kansas School of Law
Colorado
Yucca Plant and a Kansas Wedding Memory
The poem by Esther Johnson follows a yucca plant on a hillside as a memory aid. A Denver woman Miss Pamela Steinsrud and Dennis V. Hutchinson of Jamestown wed June 26 1969 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Lindsborg Kansas. Both earned Bethany College degrees and will teach respectively in Scandia this fall.
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Pamela Steinsrud
Denver
Colorado
Dennis V. Hutchinson
Jamestown
Messiah Lutheran Church
Lindsborg
Kansas
Bethany College
Scandia
Hutchinson
Wednesday Evening Guests At Anderson Home
Wednesday evening visitors included Mr and Mrs Bill Reece Mr and Mrs Everett Johnson Bryan and Shari and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Nelgon joining Mr and Mrs Alggt Anderson for the social gathering.
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Alggt Anderson
Bill, Reece
Everett Johnson
Bryan
Shari
Lloyd Nelgon
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Nebraska
Larry Melon
Princeton
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Albert Schweitzer
Haiti
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Tracie
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Waterville
IM R
John Buck
Sioux City
Gary Hammer
Lopmaine Aspegren
Rhonda Davis
Rhonda
Torka
Coffmans
George Larson
Wallace Aspegren
Republic
Paul Beck
Ah Hi
Jeannette Sap ‘Sok
den, Largon
Ent Ani Thayne
Jack Ok
Asa Denesen
Duaine Greenslade
Honor Mrs. McCormick
Bee
Om Heerfather
Ernest Nelson
Marie Johnson
Steve Arnoldy
Mankato
Vernon
Vernice Swanson
Mrs
Aroldy
Harold Hammer
Don
Virginia
Esther Johnson
U. S. Brewers Association
United States Brewers, Association, Inc
P.O
Atainay
Cufon
A. Tava
Church News
United Methodist
Lyle Miller
Sunny School
Amana Lutheran
Melvin T. Peterson
Peggy Hallgren
Linda Limdecrantz
Charles Kliima
Beverly Anderson
The
Kansas Wheat Commission
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Marine Corps
St. Moritz
Bob Harris
Tibbetts Brothers’ Funeral Home
W. D. Tibbetts
J. A. Tibbetts
Douglas Plumbing
Odispdals
Rydal
Business Directory
E. Porter Ambens
Fit
Dr. J. Bennett
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