Edgemore Triumph and Restored Team Spirit in Close Enfield Battle
Wally leads Edgemore to a 17 13 victory over Enfield after a tense game without coach Haven. He overcomes guilt from past friction, improvises a key late play, and earns Haven’s trust. Dick Turner’s mistaken 22 call sparks postgame drama as Wally reveals Lightwine’s trick play.
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Ally
Edgemere
Haven
Wally
Tommy Grove
Tommy
Ommy
Enfield
Edgemore
Lightwin
Nemore
Lightwine
Dick Turner
Turner
Coach Haven
Willingness to Accept Responsibility as Leadership Test
The article argues that a captain must not abandon ship and that leadership hinges on accepting responsibility. Authority accompanies duty, and true leaders embrace risk and accountability, while avoiders shun blame yet miss growth.
Sleep Elimination Device Recalled in Family Parable
An exchange shows a father recounting a past device used to eliminate sleep when his son was an infant. The witty dialogue contrasts invention with a familiar household memory, implying a timeless joke about restless nights.
Absent-minded professor ignores son's plea about a bug
The son asks the professor to deal with a bug on the ceiling while the professor remains absorbed in reading. The reply is terse, telling the son to step on it and leave him alone. The moment captures the stubborn famed habit of the professor.
Plywood Born From An Undertaker Now Aids War Efforts
A sixteenth century Egyptian undertaker created a three ply wood casket, birthing plywood now a major industry worth millions in the United States. Modern waterproof plywood, resin bonded, strengthens ships and aircraft and enables prefabricated houses. It saves wood and metal use, supports boat, furniture and military needs, with two thousand uses recorded and more found daily.
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Egypt
Valley of Tombs
Wings for Youth Air Scouts Call for Early Training
Rear Admiral Turner champions the Be Prepared motto for Boy Scouts and the new Air Scouts program. He stresses air superiority depends on the number and quality of planes and the skill of crews, urging youths to read about aviation, build model planes, learn to identify aircraft, and prepare for emergency service. The National Aeronautics Association and Boy Scouts promote air youth clubs with teens gaining real airline work and training. readers are invited to join and write to fT. R. Hegel for organizations offering air training.
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Boy Scouts
Admiral Turner
Order of
Air Scouts
National Aeronautics Association
Air Youth
Ft. R. Hegel
Boys and Girls
Money Makers from Pottsville Girl Earns Extra Cash
Barbara Dukes of Pottsville Md describes making wreaths festoons and decorative greens from local materials after school. She earns about seven dollars yearly and sometimes more on special orders. She also gathers ferns for Decoration Day and has won a one dollar War Stamp prize this week. Readers are invited to submit Money Makers ideas for a dollar War Stamp reward.
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Barbara Dukes
Pottsville
Barbara
Prize Winner Mary Emma Keenum Publishes Shrimp Rice Recipe
Young reader Mary Emma Keenum of Rt 1 Gadsden Alabama wins this week’s War Stamps prize for best reader recipe. Her entry Rice with Shrimp Sauce features butter flour onion shrimp tomato paste and rice with cooking time about 45 to 60 minutes serving six.
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Mary Emma Keenum
Rt. 1
Gadsden
Alabama
Pocket Checkerboard to Carry Anywhere
Elma Waltner presents a pocket checkerboard project for on the go practice. Cut a 4 by 4 inch board from an apple box side or similar material, sand smooth with grain, then mark 1/4 inch squares for a portable set you can carry and use anywhere.
Making a portable checkers style game with dowel “men”
The guide describes painting alternating dark and light squares, centering holes with an icepick, drilling 3/4 inch or 34" bits, using 4 inch dowel for men, painting tops red and black, and ensuring loose fit. It suggests sand to loosen fit and using a cardboard box to store the board, noting the game can be used in moving vehicles without pieces sliding off.
Riddles and questions from readers in midweek column
A set of reader posed questions and pithy answers includes Anna Glenn asking which side of the pitcher has the handle Ruth George posing steps for danger from a lion Jimmite D Marvin asking what a plow said to a tractor Carmelita Reisz asking how to make money go farther and Lory Rodewald noting why Nae colors would make a good dress
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Anna Glenn
Ruth George
Jimmite D. Marvin
Carmelita Reisz
Lory Rodewald
Street Café Dilemma Sparks Appetite Debate
A witty exchange about where to dine ends with a humorous clash over venue ideas. One person worries about the material of the street and whether it suits a meal, prompting a lighthearted, fictional quarrel about eating locations.
Riddle Answers Set One
The list presents five riddle answers with terse clues. The answers include common phrases or objects tied to each clue such as the outside, lone ones, a play on john deere, giving to foreign missions, and a remark about colorfastness. The items appear as a sequence of puzzle prompts without further context or narrative.
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John Deere
Hippo Misnamed Yet Fierce Farmyard Giant
Read about the hippopotamus also known as Hippo the big land animal linked to pigs. The article notes he may reach 14 feet in length five feet tall and weigh up to four tons, with water loving habits and a cavernous mouth with tusks.
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Hippo
Answers to Last Week's Puzzles 1 Crossword Solutions
The list shows word pairs and one paranormal clue, indicating puzzle solution entries. It includes lamp damp dame dare, mask bask base base, hide, and a final line of goblin ghosts and witches.
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Dame
Dare
Dal Mask
Riddle on Election Offices and Word Clues
A fragment shows a playful prompt about elected offices and word clues. It asks to name three offices, with a frame about reelection and hints pointing to a meadow a girl name and other attributes, suggesting a puzzle style caption in a historical paper.
Crossword Tease and Recital Row Sparks Family Quarrel
A scrambled note about reelection hints and a crossword list appear as a page feature. A blackwood, oil of vitriol, and poetic phrases join clues while a child questions why the conductor hits a singer, prompting a whispered rebuke from his mother during a soprano recital.
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HE Was
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