Virginia Barter Theatre Ends 53000 Mile Tour in 22 States
Virginia Barter Theatre concludes a 53000 mile tour across 22 states after a season of 535 performances in 241 cities before 208782 people. Next season expands into Kentucky Delaware Indiana and Illinois with Virginia supplying a 2500 subsidy. Theatre founder Robert Porterfield built a road worthy company from Abingdon and remains committed to reviving the American stage with barter style support.
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Virginia
Gerard Tetley
Abingdon
NEA
Virginia Barter Theatre
America
Virginia Hills
City Hall
Robert Porterfield
New York
Porterfield
Virginia Barter
Stuart Day
Barter
Leesburg
Day
Kentucky
Delaware
Indiana
Illinois
Cassius
We The Women By Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett offers travel courtesy tips for women: avoid bragging in postcards and endless trip talk, limit home movies and photo viewing to a few select pictures, skip souveniring friends’ homes with clutter, and remember friends at home while enjoying a vacation.
Bottle Type Feeding Tested On Calves
In Fergus Falls Otter Tail County Dr H J Larson devised a bottle feeding contraption to raise calves from a milk pail through a nipple at udder height. About 200 farmers report healthier calves and reduced labor costs compared with natural nursing and grazing.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Otter Tail County
H. J. Larson
Larson
Dorothy Dix on Jobs and Women in Business
Dorothy Dix argues that vacancies for women graduates shrink this year as employers demand tougher qualifications. She blames mothers for teaching daughters not to work and says women who apply themselves can achieve great success, while noting marriage and life require real preparation.
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Aoman
Bridge of Sighs
Miss Smith
Chicago Families Test Lake Michigan Water
Chicago researchers launch a summer study with over 2000 families recording illnesses after lake bathing. Health authorities compare bather reports to nonbathers to assess lake water effects while testing pollution from Milwaukee to Gary Indiana.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Gary
Ind
Comic Strips Studied By Sociology Students
Macalester College sociologists studied high school readers to gauge how comics affect behavior. Forty students led by Prof. Harold Eastman found average IQ readers favor Superman and Batman type comics while above average readers prefer Walt Disney strips. The study suggests reading certain comics may relate to racial prejudice contempt for law and order and fascist ideas.
Cigar Band Collector Hoards 50 000 Specimens
Gilbert Hudlow of West Allis Wisconsin, 33, leads the International Cigar Band Society with a 50 000 specimen collection. He built the archive by trading with cigar makers and scavenging bands from end markets and odd jobs.
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Chicago
Gilbert Hudlow
West Allis
Wis
International Cigar Band Society
Budlow
Poetic fragment by Rita M. Dragonette
A lyrical excerpt in which memory and laughter mingle as wind and memory choke a moment just before its words. The lines evoke vivid sensations and a vivid mood without revealing a clear narrative or event.
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Oust
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Maar
Lunt
Sterling
Lunt Sterling
Ness of Design
Ruth Millett
Dorothy Dix
Kady F
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Lovelleat Fine
Fortamann Charmona
Dothan
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