Marco Polo Glasses Drive Fame for Frame Designer
Maurice G. Evers of Los Angeles showcases a famed collection of antique spectacles including the Marco Polo pair from 1270. He notes glasses began as signs of status, with early frames simple wires, and credits Chinese invention with evolving function and fashion.
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Marco Polo
Maurice G. Evers
Los Angeles
Motion Picture
Maurice Evers
Mr. Evers
Weldon D. Woodson
Photographing the night sky with simple gear tips
Walter B. Hendrickson Jr offers practical guidance for star trail photography using box or telescope lenses. He covers long time exposures, locating Polaris via the Big Dipper, and aligning cameras for circular star trails. He notes differences by latitude and suggests daytime–nighttime composite landscapes and telescope viewing, plus consulting an astronomer for unusual findings.
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Equator
North Pole
Moon
Mars
Walter B. Hendrickson Jr
Captain Hal Wants Pen Pals from Young Readers
A newspaper notice invites readers to send names addresses and ages to Captain Hal care of the paper. The list includes Tamela Bauman 11 from Strasburg Ohio Jimmy Palmer 14 from Ercel Alabama Celeste Cooper 7 from Ravenna Ohio and several others with ages 5 to 14. A Coral Christi Texas resident Karen Fahrken seeks a pen pal and mentions interests including glass dolls and riding a bike.
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Hal
Tamela Bauman
5Th St
Strasburg
Ohio
Jimmy Palmer
Ercel
Alabama
Celeste Cooper
Linden St
Ravenna
Jonathan Heltebran
Crestwood
Twinsburg
Frances Moon
Akron- Youngstown
Brimfield
John Robert Moon
Akron-Youngstown
Loretta Koch
Marion
Corpus Christi
Tex
Karen Fahrken
Dixon Dr
Americas
Sand as Play and Pastimes From a Child’s Perspective
Charlotte Dowdall reflects on sand through history and play. She describes the sandman tale, historical uses of sand for cleaning and cooking, and playful craft ideas to make colored sand art and sand castles. She encourages children to enjoy sand in education and creativity.
Doll Crown From Foil Soap Wrapper
A toy crown can be made from a soap wrapper by removing the inner liner and using the foil tube. Flatten a wide strip, cut V shapes for crown points, and overlap with tape to fit the doll. For a larger crown start with a wider strip of foil.
Daring Danny Dived Deep in Tongue Twister Challenge
Daring Danny attempts a tough tongue twister diving deep with rapid phrases. The feat tests diction and delivery as he repeats the line to gauge speed and clarity.
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Danny
Tiny Bits by Frances Gorman Risser
A poem encourages tackling large tasks by breaking them into small steps. An ant serves as a model, proving big outcomes come from many tiny efforts. The message: stay steady, don’t groan, and complete tasks bit by bit.
Folding Screen From Picture Post Cards for Toy Village
Five old picture postcards are folded to form a miniature folding screen for a toy village or paper doll house. Tape the cards end to end in a row and crease along the seams first in one direction then the other to fan the panel.
Missing rhyming word in Billy Ed tale puzzle
A condensed children’s verse asks for the rhyming word that completes the line about Billy Ed and his coon Pete. The story hints at a final missing word that rhymes with the prior line and fits the juvenile adventure rhythm. The six options provided suggest a playful, end-of-story fill-in.
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Billy Ed
Pete
Vacation Calendar Diary for a Bright Summer
Plan a simple diary for each vacation month using a sheet per month. List dates on the left and jot a word or two about each day’s activity. Add a summer picture at the top and vary activities to stay energized and avoid boredom.
Learn to See Broad Masses in Harmony with Each Other
A photo feature urges readers to cultivate harmony among diverse groups. It emphasizes cooperative understanding and active efforts to bridge differences for social cohesion.
Puzzle Pete hides four poets in rebus clues
Read backward to spot names ROLYAT DRAYAB RELLIM NUQAOJ YELLEHS EHSSYB YOREP NOSNIKCID YLIME. A silhouette of Walt Whitman features. puzzles reference poets, word diamonds and scrambled lines.
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Puzzle Pete
Rolyat Drayab
Rellim Nuqaoj
Yellehs
Ehssyb
Nosnikcid
Ylime
Walt Whitman
Cal
Pete
Planting Grapefruit Seeds in a Bowl Pyramid
A simple grower’s guide describes sowing grapefruit seeds in a circular pattern toward the bowl center and repeating concentric rings each day. As sprouts emerge the foliage will form a stepped pyramid shape.
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Myobby
Sandra Averet
P.O
Citronelle
Ala
England
Charlotte Dowdall
ZOO
Linuke
South America
West Indian
Trinidad
Tongue Twister
Frances Gorman Risser
By Bill Aker
Whistler
Rebus
ASA
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Syroy
Suiumoia
Haqoy
Whitman
Alalaly
Shades of
Egypt
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