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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1962
Page
5
The article recalls nearly 40 years since the first international encampment at Camp Edith Macy near Pleasantville New York in April 1926. It notes that over 20 000 Girl Scouts from the United States and 80 foreign countries have attended leadership training at the site.
A newspaper invites readers to join a pen pal program. It lists numerous children with ages and addresses across states including Ohio Pennsylvania Florida North Carolina Illinois and Wisconsin seeking correspondence with Captain Hal supervising the effort.
Puzzle notes include a moving letter game to form sleeveless garment and pause plus former, a picture word square with four letters per entry, a triangle word puzzle on MANNERS with six steps, and hiking tip to keep gear dry by elevating it on logs. It mentions phrases like Paradise and a low sand hill and urges repeating steps to reveal answers.
A concise poem by Harris Gardner describes the west wind roaring across the sea then turning to storms. The verse emphasizes strength, motion, and the pull of nature on coastlines.
Features statues and plaques honoring mythical figures and legendary characters from Hans Brinker to Robin Hood and Paul Bunyan. The piece notes the Dutch dyke boy statue unveiled in 1950, Popeye in Crystal City, an Iowa apple-tree statue, and Captain Hanson Gregory birthplace plaque in Rockport Maine among diverse commemorations.
A compact history of lighthouse keepers from family roles to the Coast Guard era. It describes duties from oil and wick maintenance to waking watch, and notes the shift to male crews after electric lights and modern motors. It ends with reflections on the pride of saving sailors.
Readable letter rearrangements reveal seven iconic structures: Grand Coulee Dam, Empire State Building, Hoover Dam, Panama Canal, San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Columbia River Aqueduct, and Chicago sewage disposal system.
If your favorite record albums are worn or frayed, tear off the album tapings and loose bindings. Press iron on tape right onto the albums and print the record names on the tape with ink.
A light sunlit method to flatten warped phonograph records places the disk between two glass panes for an hour or two.
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