Unique Canes Collected By Hobbyist in Port Elizabeth
William Johns of Port Elizabeth collects walking sticks with notable origins. One cane came from thorn wood near Napoleon’s grave on St. Helena. another carved from whalebone. a third from shark bone. His oldest piece is an 1864 ebony cane given to his father.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
William Johns
Johns
Napoleon
France
St. Helena
T. Allender
Albert
South Atlantic
Doveton Johns
Special Ambulance Built for Milwaukee Firemen Emergence
Milwaukee Fire Department uses a mobile hospital ambulance built in spare time by Lt. Daniel Lipski and Fireman Dick Lueders. It features two cots two doctors accompany on emergencies and includes stainless sinks a hot plate and resuscitator.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Fire Department
Daniel Lipski
Dick Lueders
Sleepy Heads Use Waffles As Cushions
In Shelton Connecticut the B F Goodrich Sponge Products plant converts a kitchen waffle iron into a latex pillow mold. Foreman Henry Faulkner says the one piece pillow with thousands of air holes prevents surface tension and won’t fight back. His machine can produce 3400 pillows daily, outpacing his wife’s waffle production.
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Shelton
Conn
B. F. Goodrich Sponge Products
Henry Faulkner
Nick Earns Duel Title
Dr William V Nick a senior resident in surgery at Ohio State University expects to be the only person in the nation who is both a lawyer and a surgeon upon completing training next July He has an index of 1 5 million legal medical items and has practiced law for a year before medicine He is also a pilot and sailing enthusiast Since 1961 treasure hunters have recovered over a million dollars in gold and silver from a Spanish fleet wrecked off Florida in a 1715 hurricane.
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Columbus
Ohio
William V. Nick
Ohio State University
Nick
Florida
Insects Like Dirty Bait
South Africa scientists say mosquitoes prefer feeding on people with an unwashed flavor. Researchers use unwashed bush dwellers as mosquito bait to study virus-carrying insects at the South African Institute for Medical Research and Poliomyelitis Research Foundation.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Institute For Medical Research
Peter Jupp
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation
Air Officer's Hat Returns To Roost
Fairborn Ohio Lt Col Arthur Dreyer notes Air Force hats behave like birds returning home. After leaving the Wright Patterson AFB officers club he found he was last out and the only hat left was another man's. A month later he again found himself last to leave with the same lone hat missing from his original loss.
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Fairborn
Ohio
Arthur Dreyer
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Afb
Concrete lawn blends grass look with skid proofing
Dayton resident Al Metzner, 78, an inventor and retired researcher, developed a concrete yard covering after hospital stay. A thousand square feet feature deep brushed finish to resemble grass while providing a skid resistant surface.
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Dayton, Ohio
al Metzner
Metzner
Second UCLA Drama Is Broadway Bound
UCLA Theater West readies its second production for Broadway transfer Carroll OConnor's Ladies of Hanover Towers is listed by Bassing McDermott Productions for next season Spoon River previously earned unanimous critical praise on Broadway last year
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Los Angeles
Ucla Theater West Group
Ladies of Hanover
Racine Notes Highlight Local Births And Visits
Mr and Mrs William Lake of Zanesville welcomed a daughter born Jan 3. Grandparents Christine Lake Athens and John Glab Millfield. great grandparents Francis Morris and Frank Lewis. A series of visits and travel entries note relatives in Ohio and Virginia, plus a TV schedule segment listing programs from 5:30 to 10:00.
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Francis Morris Racine
William Lake
Zanesville
Christine Lake
Athens
John Glab
Millfield
Francis Morris
Frank Lewis
Jim Simpson
Columbus
Robert Knightster
Lavinia Simpson
Kathryn Philson
Blacksburg
Fred Philson
Bob Byer
Middleport
T. G. Hilldare
Susan Galbreath
Little Hocking
Bob Beegle
Portland
Vern Watteson
Margaret Houdashelt
Milton
Social news from Harrisonville and surrounding areas
Visits and family gatherings across Harrisonville with many relatives from Zanesville Dayton Columbus Gallipolis and Charleston W V. Charles Jones Laurel and Thomas Jackson families hosted and traveled. Ruby Dee to play Katherine in Stratford Sh Shakespeare Festival next summer marking first Negro actress in major Stratford assignment since 1955. Earle Hyman previously played Othello and The Merchant of Venice in 1957.
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Harrisonville
Charles Jones
Bill Tye
Leslie
Scott
William Howard
Cheryl
Melody
Danny
Zanesville
Larry Godby
Dayton
Robert Allen
Charleston
W. Va
David Riggs
Akron
Casa Markins
Bertha Hinds
Laurel
Thomas Jackson
Kathy
Harry Jacksons
Leroy Wyant
Judy
Joe Carsey
Columbus
James Payne
Howard Gilkey
Gallipolis
Ava Gilkey
Carl Sayre
Florida
Joe Sayre
Timmy
Clinton Gilkeys
Albany
William Barnhart
Fred Dean
Bill Barnhart
Pomeroy
Stratford, Conn
Ruby Dee
Katherine
Miss Dee
Stratford
Earle Hyman
Television Listings Note From The Messenger
Station listings note states the Messenger is not responsible for schedule errors when corrections are not provided. Bold type marks color programs. Evening lineup includes 6 00 News 6 30 Huntley Brinkley and 9 00 Jamboree.
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The
Messenger
Huntiey-Brinkley
New Haven Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Club Actions
Local residents and visitors are listed from New Haven and surrounding areas. The New Haven Junior Woman's Club hosted new members at Bob Evans and held a brief meeting, voting a Kiddie Party donation. Garden clubs and county agents led talks, with several families visiting relatives in Columbus and Cleveland Ohio, Mason and Letart Falls.
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Dorsey Lee Roush
Carolyn
Dave Bair
Cleveland
Gerald Gerlach
Cuyahoga Falls
Loren Roush
William Garfield
New York
William Chisler
John Wolfe
Beverly
Marietta
New Haven
Bob Evans
Robert Bernitz
Wanda Stemple
Nehaclima Garden Club
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E. A. Schaekel
Schae
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Gary
Mason
Mary Aumiller
Hartford
Maxine Arnold
Susie
Pomeroy
Jack Fowler
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Tony
Point Pleasant
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Floyd Cummins
Pauline
Larry
Letart Falls
Jack
Russell Cummins
Columbus
Coralee Manual
Bob Ray
Racine
Florence Thorton
Jeff
Rex
Letart
Visitation notes and early publishing milestones
Several families from Joppa and nearby towns hosted or visited relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Clearmont Harris Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Harris Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grossnickle and others. The item closes with a note on Aldus Manutius and the rise of softcover and Tauchnitz editions in the 1500s to 19th century.
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Clearmont Harris
Sonny Harris
Herman Grossnickle
Buford Blake
Marion
Dale Barr
Eva Sampson
Emmett Heiney
George Reed
Hobart Smalley
Chester
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Janice
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Warren Vanmeter
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Rita Baker
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Vienna
L. R. Barr
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Poy Rollins
Middleport
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Leipzig
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