Readers Courtroom shows art clash over puddle blame
In a quirky column, Steve Windam sues neighbor artists after a road puddle splashes his car, while gamma iota sorority judges nearby paintings. The court rules contributory negligence not proven. winners include Gloria Nipple, Phyllis Douglas, Bernice Christman, and others amid a neighborhood art show dispute.
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Jane Toner Scott
Anderson Civic Art Associat
Tion
Steve
Madison Countpuddie
Franny
Schwanzes
Yeat
Highway Department
Gamma Iota Sorority
Steve Windam
Winston Churchill
Gloria Nipple
Phyllis Douglas
Bernice Christman
Goris Edgecomb
Em Flanagan
Mary Keltner
Beraldine Pavey
Advice on parenting when tired during disputes
A mother explains she is too tired to argue and prefers to pause decisions until she is rested. She stresses that delaying talks can benefit both her and the child, avoiding hasty or fatigued arguments.
Frog and Friends Aid Escape From Deep Rut
An optimistic tale of a trapped frog rescued by friends after a truck forces escape, illustrating perseverance through hardship. The piece weaves in a moral about resilience and personal effort amid difficult times.
How to repair wooden bowls and rugs and ferns care
A reader asks how to repair cracked wooden salad bowls using shellac flush with the surface. Another asks how to fix limp curled scatter rugs by sizing with laundry starch after shellac sealing and drying. A fern treatment suggests spraying with white oil soap ensuring leaf coverage. Oslo region notes Europe of Norway has a glacier reaching from mountains to sea.
Greener Thumbs THIS IS IT Poison Info
Warning label advises avoidance of contact with a toxic weed killer also known as IT POISON. Exposure causes irritation and severe rashes. Study the image to recognize the substance, use gloves when handling, and eradicate plants with appropriate weed killer.
Try and Stop Me on Pornography in Literature
A discussion questions who judges what books deserve banning as pornography. It cites D H Lawrence calling Jane Eyre pornographic yet taught in schools and compares bans of Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Thackeray’s editor’s rejection over a single word. The piece notes the paradoxes in literary censorship.
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Helen
Heart Fund
Plutarch
Gracescious Living
Newport
D.H. Lawrence
Charlotte Bronte
Lawrence
Lady Chatterley
Thackeray
Cornhill
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Fanny Hil
Emma
Chaucer
George S. Kaufman
Summitville Guild Appoints Leaders
Summitville Guild of the Christian Church held a meeting in the church basement. Mrs. Dorothy Vinson opened with song and prayer. Officers named: Worship leader Benna Moore, Service leader Fern Silvey, Study director Lucille Harrold.
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Summitville
Guild of the Christian Church
Dorothy Vinson
CWF
Denna Leer
Shirley Dean
Benna Moore
Fern Silvey
Lucille Harrold
Barbara Hunter
Louise Cunningham
Janice Byers
Gladys Small
Donna Leer
Phyllis Cunningham
Ruby Vinson
Barbara Corn
Virginia Greec
Eva Jackson
Faya Cunningham
LaVenda Brummer
Janice Armstrong
Opal Watts
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