Fixing Up Old Lampshades For Teenagers Fun
A practical guide shows how teens can revive old lamp shades with decorative motifs from seed catalogues or leftover wallpaper. Use glue, varnish, and careful re covering to conceal stains, or replace the shade paper with art paper treated in linseed oil and turpentine for an uneven mottled look.
What's Happened to Spelling
Prof. Fred C. Ayer reports a long term decline in high school spelling ability from 1915 to 1950. He notes 91 percent correct on the word trouble in 1950 and blames reduced emphasis on spelling in elementary grades. He urges dedicated spelling instruction and a specialized textbook. Oklahoma rural and town water use averages are also given.
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Arizona Actor Tom Higgins Spans Films Across State
Tom Higgins has acted in about a dozen films without leaving Arizona. He recently finished a role as a Confederate soldier beside Ronald Reagan and Rhonda Fleming in The Last Outpost on location in Tucson. He plans to head to Sedona as Nat Holt prepares Fort Savage, aiming for another part.
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What's Score With Junior Conducted by Editors of Book House
A workbook style text questions parents on child development and social play. It covers parental motivation, preschool peer interaction, and friendship choice with true false items and a multiple choice select one question.
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Sport Shorts
A bullet dropped from the hand and a rifle bullet fired with the bore parallel to the ground strike the ground at the same moment due to identical vertical acceleration. This notes a physics principle likely explained for readers.
Nature Facts For Small Fry
A child friendly roundup of animal and plant curiosities. It notes sheep as lawn mowers on golf courses, turkeys roosting in trees but nesting on the ground, and robins preferring mulberries to cherries when trees grow together. It also covers hummingbird migrations, sponge anatomy, starfish feeding, the flounder eye shift, turtles lifespan and bite, the burrowing owl and North American owl diversity.
Weighing Pigs Suits Market Demands Better
The U S Department of Agriculture says pigs around 200 pounds fit market needs better than 250 pounders. A ton of live pork sold in 200 pound lots includes less low priced meat and a higher share of leaner pork.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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