Rumpus rooms of boyhood differ from today’s play spaces
The author recalls cherished boyhood rumpus rooms from summer to winter, describing swimming holes, berry patches, gardens, nuts, woods, sledding, and a wood pile as essential recreations. He reflects that today’s generation has different amusements but questions if they are better. He also weighs the Hoover and Tydings-era civilian employment cuts in Congress.
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Long’s Creek
Helen Hayes
Electric Theatre
Wimpole Street
Mary
Jamie
Betty Rosemary Pettit Faces Hollywood Route
Betty Rosemary Pettit from Tulsa Oklahoma moves through California and New York to pursue film work. She appears in Warner Brothers The Lady Takes a Sailor and Michael Curtiz Young Man with a Horn after a stint in summer stock at Princeton New Jersey.
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Betty Rosemary Pettit
Hollywood
Tulsa
Okla
California
New York
Bits
Michael Curtiz
Warners
Curtiz
Princeton
N. J
Pringle Camp Dreams Turn to Studio for Work
Fictions ON BUSINESS owner Doug Pringle and wife Aggie buy Spur Lake camp to support Doug's Midweek Fiction earnings. They host guests, add a studio near the lake, and invite more visitors, while Aggie balances wardrobe needs and daily life amid expanding plans. The couple shifts from a workshop to a full studio as guests arrive and friends seek a tour.
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Aggie
Spur Lake
Pringles
Doug
Owever
Mrs. Holland
Stiff Collars and Cuffs Prompt Laundering Debate
A couple quarrels over laundry starch as shirts return starched and stiff. They joke about a conspiracy of laundries and workers enforcing starch, debating whether to change laundries or endure the issue.
No Starch in Shirts and a Bright Education Vision
Grace Noll Crowell humorously notes how specifying no starch on laundry results in gear coming back unstarched. She then shifts to a satire on education and TV schooling, predicting a future where lectures are televised, puppets appear in Latin and math, and diploma values shift with a booster-filled set. Ira Hirschmann announces Hunter College will test video education with synchronized historic lectures and a cash prize.
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Ira Hirschbaum
Hunter College
The Everlasting Arms Poem Prayer
A devotional verse praising God’s steadfast protection that grounds daily life. The speaker notes the divine arms as closer than any friend, shielding and comforting beyond human strength, promising constant care from dawn to night and through all life activities.
Prune Rebellion Sparks Parental Sermon
A small boy’s defiant refusal of prunes leads to a disciplinary moment. His mother warns of divine displeasure and seizes a thunderstorm as a chance to mend the rift. The boy stands by the window mutinously as thunder shakes the house and he mutters defiance.
Billy’s Puppy Wish Reaches New Twist
Billy pesters his father for a puppy. After a week the father reveals a baby brother. Billy eyes the newborn and then asks for a puppy, showing his preference for a pet over a sibling. The tale ends with his stubborn request to his dad.
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Billy
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Crossword clue list covering across and down entries from 1 to 38 with hints for fuel strike with the hand wavy herb aw eed award foreboding city Brazil river Ohio biblical character some bostow rail removed as bones employ talk ahead free from uncertainty very beautiful young man constellation Lukewarm and more Civil war era clues and general puzzles flagged by numbers and partial words
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Brazil
Ohio
As Bones
Puzzle Answer Key for Last Week’s Clues
Answer list fills nine clues from last week. 35 Precious stone. 36 City in French. 39 Chinese silk. 40 Point. 39 City in Massachusetts. 41 A contest of speed. 42 A home of bees. 43 Vehicle runners. 44 Book of the Old Testament.
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City
Mass
Pearl-coined fate: oyster pearl funds operation and funeral
Brown survived an operation to remove a swallowed pearl only to learn the gem was valuable enough to cover both medical costs and his funeral, a twist noted by a companion who marvels at his luck to the end.
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Brown
Glazed Pottery Firing Temperatures Vary by Color
Glazed pottery requires about three days of heat and can reach up to 2000 degrees. The exact temperature depends on the colors or grade of pottery being produced.
Radio Frequencies Public Interest and Fair Presentation
The statement argues that radio frequencies are limited and must be managed in the public interest to ensure equal opportunity for all sides of a question. It frames spectrum use as a matter of fairness and public accountability.
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Art Swanson
Field
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