Through and Through Bill Seeks a Summer Job
Bill Dodge vents anger at hostile town peers after a month of social isolation. He recalls park tennis and pool insults, learns their motive ties to the Huntington family, and contemplates leaving town. A plan to work at Hager's drugstore may bridge his need to fit in, but risks ending his chance at group acceptance.
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Bill
Park Courts
Mrs. Dodge
Hank Parthmore
Trevor
Bett Brombaugh
Betty
Brombaugh
Merrill
Dodge
Bil
Park Tennis Courts
Hank
Ganz
Mr. Huntington
Huntingtons
Dad
Hagers
Hager’s
Hager
Laser
You Can't Keep an Egg Man Down Fun Toy Heads
Craft idea from a 20th century feature describing how to turn eggshells into pop up egg man toys. Fold tinfoil pad, glue to shell, draw facial features, insert a rolled paper cylinder for a nose, and decorate with paint or crepe paper. They serve as table decorations and place card holders.
Money Makers Of Our Readers EXTERMINATOR
Ants in Phoenix, Arizona, are raiding lawns and John Reddy funds his schemes by charging for removal. He burns anthills with gasoline and a lighter, earning 25 to 30 cents profit per job plus fuel. Readers invited to send details to the editor, with 1.00 compensation for published items.
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Phoenix
Arizona
John Reddy
John
Route 4
Box 381
Bows and Girls
Misatet
Magic Roller Returns Without Touching It
A simple hands on toy builds a rubber powered roller that ceases when pushed and then returns. Using a can, rubber bands, a weight, and paper decoration, the device winds the bands as it moves away, causing the weight to pull it back. The spiral and careful edges enhance the illusion of motion.
Fit in with Hostess Family A Guide To Gratious Hospitality
Katherine Houison offers advice on being a welcome guest in a hostess family home. Emphasizes punctuality, courtesy, helping without overstepping, keeping belongings tidy, and avoiding clutter. Encourages light tasks for guests and a courteous thank you note after visits to secure future invitations.
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Katherine Houison
Wings for Youth on Air Line Kitchens and Care
A young airline passenger learns that meals are prepared in a commissary and finished in Jumbo containers mid flight. La Guardia Field kitchens operate 24 hours servicing 65 outbound American Airlines flights under C W Archbold and Miss Bowers dietitian oversight. Baby formulas and kits are prepared. readers are offered aviation questions with a stamped reply.
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la Guardia Field
C. W. Archbold
Miss Bowers
Mr. Archbold
Camping puzzle and word square trivia mix ends week
A playful camping themed puzzle column teases word squares and crosswords. It presents fragmented clues about camping gear, a taxi, a carving, colors and numbers, plus a mixed bag of crossword style hints and humorous asides, ending with incomplete puzzle answers from last week.
Riddles and contributors from a quiet column
A humor page presents several reader riddles with simple wordplay and names city and state origins. Entries include questions about mice, rugs, trees by the sea, rabbits on stumps, and a joke comparing a married man to a dog, with contributor credits from various towns.
RIDDLE ANSWERS and clues prompt press
The list provides playful puzzle answers for humorous prompts. It includes items like a floor show and a heart’s constant beat, a pun on the word beech for beach, and a phrase about what follows after a tree is cut down. It also hints that dogs are frequently in doghouses.
Wolverine Odds and Ends: fierce, crafty, territorial beast
The wolverine is depicted as a formidable, cunning predator amid rivals, raiding camps and stealing bait or traps. It lives in underground dens, cannot climb trees, and ranges across the Arctic and northern United States. It preys on small animals when its raids falter.
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Arctic
United States
The Good Old Days Revisited
A reader reflects on nostalgia for medieval glory and the so called good old days. He argues modern life offers far better health, sanitation, and comforts, despite current troubles, noting knights and commoners lived harsher lives than imagined.
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Hey
Pirl
Arthur
Yorkshire Pudding Recipe From Louise Conaway
A brief kitchen item from Louise Conaway of Laurel Delaware shares a Yorkshire pudding recipe. Mix flour salt and milk with eggs then pour into a six by nine pan with beef drippings and bake 30 to 40 minutes until squares. Submit your own recipe to Aunt Pesey in The Kitchenette for a chance to win a date.
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England
Louise Conaway
Route 1
Laurel
Delaware
Louise
Pesey
Sonn
Aedl
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