28 Dec 1950
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
1
A compact guide emphasizes planning a bathroom as a practical five and a half by seven feet minimum. It advocates maximizing storage, avoiding clutter, and thoughtful layout including proper window and plumbing placement, safe electrical setup, and coordinated colors to enlarge and brighten small spaces.
H. I. Phillies piece follows a couple whose wind toppled two grand trees and led to a comic chase for the elusive tree surgeon. After drama and delays, Dr Widgeon arrives with crew and ladder to upright the trees, only to leave them with a towering bill that tops the saga.
Kathleen Norris argues husbands and fathers should relax and engage with family. She cites responses from over 100 women about New Year resolutions, urging mothers to welcome dads with warmth and truth. The piece stresses mutual tenderness, shared parenting, and open communication as foundations of home happiness and world peace.
Washington D C Dr Benjamin Spock of the Rochester Minnesota Child Health Institute urges broad public health study into why many parents cannot enjoy their children. He cites education from nursery school through college as key to maintaining children’s delight and guiding them to adulthood with the value of caring for children. Spock says American schooling spends less than Russia and calls for investigation into methods.
The piece traces Auld Lang Syne through Burns and earlier claims, noting the song’s muddled origins. It explains Burns did not invent it, though he popularized the tune, with earlier attributions to Francis Sempill and Sir Robert Aytoun. It reflects on nostalgia and New Year ritual, concluding the song endures in English heritage.
For six days each year Tokyo is transformed into a green forest. Pine trees and bamboo flank household gates with rice straw ropes and other decorations across lintels. The custom venerates evergreen pine for eternity, bamboo for courage, and plum within the home.
An old English custom links wearing something new on New Year Day to good luck. In parts of England and Scotland it is believed unlucky to leave a house until someone has first entered it, a tradition carried through generations.
Bernard Shaw paused between acts and asked the audience what they thought. A man in the pit shouted Rotten. Shaw curtseyed and replied I agree with you but what are we two against so many.
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