Dear Abby letters and bicycle shop tale headline
A collage of Dear Abby Q and A items on etiquette and relationships followed by a feature on Nantucket’s bike culture. It covers light questions about lighting cigarettes and courtesy, and a lengthy profile of Roger Young’s bicycle shop and growing bike rentals, with families using bikes in daily life and seasonal traffic.
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Jan Johnson
Virginia
Dad
Massachusetts
Ducklings
Nantucket
Roger Young
Bicycles Gain Popularity On Nantucket Island
Nantucket residents and visitors alike embrace bicycles as a practical and enjoyable travel option. Despite a prevalence of cars and pricey upkeep, locals note bikes are increasingly common for getting around the whaling era town, with young visitors leading the trend.
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Nantucket, R. I
Young Aple
Nantucket
Whaling
Mustache comeback hints at Victorian trend across America
New York reports wives may face a ticklish time as a bushy mustache regains popularity. Barbers and press note a yearlong rise, with Harry Kaye recalling England's 1930s revival. Victorian decor, slim trousers, and waxed ends push a military style, while brunets risk scraggly bristles. Women reportedly like the look.
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New York
Harry
Kaye
England
Toilers-by-the-Sea Open Fall Meetings at Home
Old Orchard Beach clubs announce first fall gatherings with address details. The Toilers-by-the-Sea meet at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Mrs Muriel Gooch s Colby Avenue led by Rev George Phinney. Mrs Donald Jones hosts the Dessert Bridge Club on Portland Avenue at 1 p m Tuesday for its season opener.
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Toilers-by-the-Sea
Muriel Gooch
Colby Avenue
George Phinney
Donald Jones
Portland Avenue
Engineers Exploring Space Vehicle Mating At Martin Facility
James D. Harpster reports from Denver on Martin Co. engineers testing a space rendezvous facility to link two orbiting craft. The mock up uses fixed and movable heads, computer aids, and two man control to study piloting, latching, and crew transfer for future space stations and missions.
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Denver
Martin
Martin’s
Joint venture cleans up Boston hospital wash chaos
A British Army colonel devised a cooperative washing and ironing enterprise for Boston area hospitals to solve excessive wash days. In two years of planning he established the Hospitals Laundry Association Inc, launching in 1961 under Col William Smith of Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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Boston
Hospitals Laundry Association Inc
William Smith
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Laundry plant reaches two years of operation
In its second year of operation the facility, now profitable, processes 13 million pounds of laundry annually, indicating steady growth and efficiency gains before the owner's death.
Taxpayer urged to call for 1963 tax bill info
If you suspect you should pay a poll tax personal property tax or a real estate tax but have not yet received a tax bill for 1963 call AT 4-8062 A call now could be the
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