Bound Volumes, Hometown History
August 31, 2023
50 Years Ago
While many Oneontans are bemoaning the meat shortage and only reluctantly acquiring a taste for meat substitutes, at least one local resident is well prepared to face the shortage. Patricia Keddell, age 17, and a senior at Oneonta High School, adopted the vegetarian diet of her host families during her stay as a Rotary Exchange student in India this past year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Keddell of 8 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta. “I went to India to learn their customs,” she said. “I was a vegetarian almost all the year.” Miss Keddell’s year was spent in the Indian State of Gujarat where she learned to speak the local dialect.
August 1973
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