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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1986

Page

3

Childhood pen pals meet after long distance letters

Patricia Ingram of Llanfarmiet, South Wales, aged 26, travels to Reading, Pennsylvania to meet her 97 year old pen pal Linda Bickster. The pair began writing as kids after an American Girl article and have maintained contact for 12 years.

Patricia Ingram Llanfarmiet South Wales Atlantic Ocean Linda Bickster Bethel American Girl Magazine United States Keith Pen Pennsylvania

Tiny town recreated in painstaking early 1900s detail

Ralston Elliott and his wife Eleanor built miniature replicas of Sangamon County's downtown blocks from the early 1900s. Using scrap paneling and old photos, they detailed window panes bricks and rooftops, finishing each building in about a week for a potential permanent display.

Illiopolis Ralston Elliott Sangamon County Eliott Eleanor Eleanor Eliott

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