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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1962
Page
5
A brief historical and etiquette overview of bowling from ancient origins to modern play. Highlights include Egyptian finds dating to 5200 B.C., English bans, Luther’s interest, Dutch influence in New Amsterdam, and core sportsmanship rules for mid game conduct and respect.
Joey and his father hike to Eagle Lake and find a smoldering campfire. They warn that careless fires start nine in ten forest blazes and recall two men who burned 212 acres. They teach the rules to extinguish: scrape away combustibles, clear ten feet, dig a fire hole, and soak it with water. They work together to put it out.
A father and son discuss safe camping practice and the dangers of fire in forests. They describe smothering coals, wetting sticks, and watering the ground to fully extinguish a campfire. They warn about crown and surface fires, ecological damage, and economic and fishing impacts, stressing careful endings of fires.
A butcher boy named Anton Dvorak in a small Bohemia village grows to become a famed composer. His father urged him to stay in the trade, but poverty limited lessons and opportunities, shaping his early path.
A historical note traces Chinook jargon among Pacific Northwest tribes and white settlers, highlighting Judge Ford’s family and Mary Angeline Ford. It shifts to Anton Dvorak’s musical path from Bohemian roots to Prague, detailing early education, family pushback, and late triumphs including a Vienna prize.
A compact list of starter Chinook expressions with translations covering greetings actions and common terms. Phrases include absent halo and mitlite for farm related words plus words for fear age and departure. It provides basic equivalents like come cook and dog with simple usage notes.
Captain Hal asks readers to print name address and age and send to his care. The list includes Beth Kimpel nine Sandy Kay Stevie ten Linda Seymour nine Carlotta Wilson ten Kathleen Metzemackers eleven Linda Ray ten Rosemary Sikelsky thirteen Terri Henderson thirteen Connie White eleven Pattie Gambrell eight Geraldine Alexander twelve Cynthia Alister age unknown Sara Charlton thirteen Peter Bartle thirteen and others from Indiana Ohio Mississippi and Pennsylvania.
Puzzle Pete shows an acrostic style word triangle based on FRIENDS. The second word is RR abbreviation, third Hawaiian wreath, fourth a sport, fifth an old language and sixth to cause memory. Finish the triangle.
Several wolves or coyotes compose a pack. When starlings congregate it is a murmuration. Meteo erie is the term for ants. Buffaloes may make a herd but a group is also a muster. In their boxes bees are a colony but in flight they are a swarm. We have schools of herring or bass but also a shoal. A gathering of snipes is a stand. A flock of plovers is a wisp. Put a bunch of hogs together and you have a sounder.
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