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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1961

Page

6

Ten Year Old Prodigy Organist and Composer

John, a ten year old assistant organist at St Spirdon Greek Orthodox Church, is a skilled pianist who has composed several pieces including Waltz of the Winter Winds at age eight and music for a Christmas carol. He studies piano and organ, practices daily, and is fluent in Greek while performing at school events in Sheboygan.

St. Spirdon Greek Orthodox John Robert Retzack Longfellow School Sheboygan Donna Lugg Pape

Puzzle Bird Word Diamond and Crossword Items

Puzzle page features BIRD DIAMOND with ostrich and clues for five items including a vowel free bird set and EST abbreviations. It also presents BIRD CROSSWORD read in rotation and Puzzle Pete’s hidden birds puzzle plus a humor gag about longitude and a clothesline.

Pete

Spaceman Befriends Juke Box in Earth Landing

A visitor from space, clad in a aluminum suit and helmet, feels out of place on Earth. He longs for home and then humorously greets a shiny restaurant jukebox as a fellow traveler, asking why it didn’t warn him they could have traveled together.

Outer Space Earth Nas Spaceman Pal

Do Smiles Rub Off

A short poem by Frances Gorman Risser on how happiness spreads through smiles. The speaker notes a bright fresh paint like happiness that makes their fingertips shine and wonders if smiles rub off to lift others.

Frances Gorman Risser

Life-Size Dinosaurs Guard Ridge Above Rapid City Park

Dinosaur Park on a South Dakota ridge displays life size reconstructions. Brontosaurus towers 80 feet long with a 30 foot head, Tyrannosaurus Rex exceeds 45 feet, and Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Trachodon, Protoceratops among others narrate the dinosaur tale.

Rapid City South Dakota Dinosaur Park Tyrannosaurus Triceratops

Captain Hal's Pen Pal List Readers Seek Letters

A call for pen pals printed in the newspaper invites readers to mail their names addresses and ages to Captain Hal. Names and addresses include Vernon Lee Pupke in Willmar Minnesota age 14 and several others across Colorado Ohio Illinois and Pennsylvania along with ages ranging from 8 to 13.

Hal Vernon Lee Pupke Willmar, Minn

My Most Important Childhood Lesson From Work in Wisconsin

A Wisconsin youth in Chippewa Falls recalls a summer at Warehouser Lumber in Lake Nebagamon earning 15 cents an hour. The hard labor taught him the value of education, skill, and purpose, guiding him to college and law school. He later reflects on Senator Wiley, a Chippewa Falls alum who has served Wisconsin since 1938.

North Woods Wisconsin Lake Nebagamon Warehouser Lumber Company St. Paul Wiley Chippewa Falls Wis Augsburg College Minneapolis, Minn University of Michigan Law School

Reproduction Rights Note

Newspaper Enterprise Association prohibits reproduction in whole or part without written permission. This notice appears on U.S. printed pages to deter unauthorized copying and distribution of content.

Newspaper Enterprise Association U.S.A

Penny riddle asks about symbols on Lincoln cent

The puzzle prompts observant questions about the penny including trust, Lincoln, the cradle of liberty, a number, language on the coin, Lincoln's beard, a flag on the building, and whether states are separated. It tests recognition of national symbols and inscriptions.

Abraham Lincoln Lincoln

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