Braille Linked Phone Board Teaches Blind Operator
In Los Angeles the Braille Institute uses a Bell Labs switchboard for the blind. Jeanne Huffman, legally blind, operates the system by touch and sound. The 15 inch cabinet displays Braille above each plug, guiding plugs by touch after a buzzer signals. Since installation Miss Huffman has trained four blind women to use it.
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Braille Institute For the Blind
Los Angeles
Calif
Jeanne Huffman
Braille Institute
Bell Telephone Laboratories
United States
California
Miss Huffman
Weldon D. Woodson
Pen Pal recruitment invites readers to write letters
Capt Hal seeks young readers to send name address and age for pen pal letters. The list includes Bettie Carwile in Hopewell Virginia age 12 and many others aged 8 to 15 from Akron Barberton Lynn Lynnfield Muskego Waukesha Oconomowoc and nearby towns.
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Hal
Bettie Carwile
S. City Point Rd
Hopewell
Beverly Hamilton
Larkin Ave
Akron
Ohio
Karen Adelman
Herschel St
Lynn
Mass
Linda Louise Kumn
W. Coffee Rd
New Berlin
Wis
Nancy Thyberg
Glen Ave
Gayle Elaine Novig
Watkins Ave
Middletown
N.Y
Puzzle Pete's CAN word triangle and place fix
Pete must fix locations Mount Ararat Japan Ruins of Pompeii Scotland Loch Lomond Italy Mount Fujiyama Turkey and finish a CAN word puzzle triangle with clues for second word smells third a country in Kentucky fourth an Indian nurse fifth is able and sixth an abbreviation for East Side, using PALACES.
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Mount Ararat
Japan
Ruins of
Pompeii
Scotland
Loch Lomond
Italy
Mount Fujiyama
Turkey
Pete
Kentucky
East Side
Tree rings chart long weather history for centuries
A narrative on dendrochronology by Josephine M Opsah explains how tree growth rings record past climate. Dr. Andrew E Douglass linked sunspot cycles to wet and dry years, building a tree ring calendar dating back to 1260 AD and extending to 11 AD for Arizona. The method aids weather forecasting and dating ancient ruins.
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Douglass
Arizona
Douglas
Showlow
Ariz
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Josephine M. Opsah
Benny Learns Penny Has Value In Small Purchases
A boy named Benny tests what a penny can buy by visiting a toy shop, candy store, and bakery. He considers a wooden whistle, salted peanuts, chewing gum, a caramel, a cookie, and more but decides to save the penny instead, after realizing limited purchasing power.
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Benny
Beny
Benny Finds Penny Hidden in Pocket Lesson
A boy loses a penny while exploring pockets and shops. His mother eventually finds the penny in the lining of Benny's coat. She teaches him money lessons about saving and spending, noting that it's hard to buy much with a penny these days.
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Benny
Toy Shop
Ladybird Poem in Garden Rhyme by Ethel Jacobson
A short poem describes a garden scene where a bright red ladybird with gauzy wings visits the speaker. The speaker admires the insect as a useful helper that eats bugs and pests, urging it to stay.
Millepede Poem About the Centipede's Toes
A playful verse contrasts a centipede with a millepede. The speaker imagines barefoot freedom for many feet and jokes about managing a thousand steps and choosing which to use and when. The piece ends with the millepede seemingly outdoing the centipede in foot-counting challenges.
Seashells Stored In Egg Cartons For Later Use
A reader suggests lining a large tote bag with heavy aluminum foil to carry a damp sandy seashell collection and storing the shells in empty egg cartons at home until a planned use is decided.
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Annette Schnoebelen
Linden St. Waukesha
Alice Belknap
Wabash Ave
Pat Ringer
Valley Drive
Muskego
Carol Lacock
Kathy Zickert
Racine
John Tennant
Yale Ave
Dolores North
South Ave
Barberton
Gloria Worth
LaBelle Ave
Oconomowoc
Linda Simmons
Wyley Ave
Bob Pinkley
Fifth St
Start &T
Wal
Andrew E. Douglass
University of Arizona
George Scarbo
Australia
Jay Eay
Ss Sa Nvo
al Vis
Miriam Gilbert
Ladybird
Ethel Jacobson
Centipede
Sam
By Herry Hanna
Idaho
Texas
Florida
Tennessee
Yell
South Carolina
Thorn
Missouri
Kansas
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