Captain Hal’s Pen Pal program spans cities and letters
Junior Achievement headquarters at 345 Madison Ave New York outlines sponsored enterprises in many cities from Atlanta to Toledo. Readers are urged to mail school papers to Eiichi Miura in Japan and respond to pen pal inquiries from girls and boys aged 9 to 15, listing names and addresses for responses.
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Junior Achievement
Madison Ave
New York
Atlanta
Barberton
Ohio
Boston
Bridgeport
Conn
Chicago
Columbus
Cleveland
Dayton
Denver
Detroit
Elizabeth
N. J
Fort Madison
Iowa
Hartford
Houston
Louisville
Eiichi Miura
Glenda Abbott
Purple and Gold
Vinton Consolidated Schools
Lock Drawer 360
Vinton
Elichi
Genohe High
Aomori-Ken
Japan
Hal
Janice Beyer
Luverne
Minn
Mary Wingert
Ponca
Nebr
Discovery Day message celebrates Columbus and new worlds
A reflective essay marks Discovery Day 1951 noting Columbus as a model of learning discipline faith and courage. It urges readers to become explorers of new worlds in science art mechanics and medicine and hails self control and purpose as keys to discovery.
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United States
America
Christopher Columbus
Arctic
Columbus
Queen of the Jingles Mary Mayo rises to fame in radio and records
Mary Mayo, the Queen of the Jingles, has recorded thousands of advertising songs in three years. Her success includes a Capitol recording contract for Serenata and a star spot on Your Dancing Party, plus being Frank Sinatra’s leading lady on his show.
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Mary Mayo
Mary
Met
Metropolitan Opera
Arthur Godfrey
Pretty Mary
Frankie Carle
Tex Beneke
New York
Statesville
N. C
Frank Sinatra
Lady
Capitol Records
Capitol
Puzzle Patch Ends In Ice Wordplay and Pole Explorer
Five six letter words ending in ICE with definitions provided. Names, clues and a concealed proverb puzzle hint at a polar explorer born in Winchester Virginia in 1888 who became a U S Navy officer and aviator, with a first flight to the North Pole in 1926 and pole to pole journeys. Start west and use every seventh ten to reveal the proverb.
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Winchester
United States Navy
United States
Canada
Floyd Bennett
North Pole
Spitzbergen
South Poles
Antarctic
Puzzle Answers Cold Words Police Mailice Splicer Office Advice
Puzzle answers give hidden wordplay where police and office terms appear. A playful crossword clue set hints at word fragments forming familiar terms. The page presents related puzzle entries and a prompt for a completed crossword.
Space Columbus and the MEASLES triangle riddle
Puzzle Pete presents a six word puzzle triangle with clues on space exploration and humor about measles. The second word is a compass point, the third a body of water, the fourth setters, the fifth a flower part, and the sixth serene.
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Pete
Space travel basics fuel future Columbus of Space
Review of Willy Ley's Rockets Missiles and Space Travel explains rocket history from V-2 to planned journeys to Mars and Venus. It details takeoff timing, orbital paths, and how solar influence dictates success, noting two years eight months round trip to Mars and two years to Venus. The piece encourages teen readers to explore science and space careers.
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Venus
Christopher Columbus
Moon
Mars
Willy Ley
Viking
Space
Ley
Earth
Mr. Ley
Columbus
Build a Glass Brick Bookcase Without Nails
A simple two board bookcase uses four glass bricks and two plywood panels. Place bricks 30 inches apart against a wall baseboard, layer a board over them, align a second brick line, then lay the top board. Finish with varnish or paint for a ready shelf for books.
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Captain Hal
Stella M. Spencer
West Grant St
Paris, al
Captain Hallam
Melvin Epley
Waterloo
Virginia Kellum
Round Lake, Minn
Nimrod Economics
Queen of Jingles
Joey Sasso
George
Mary Ann
Beth
Julie
Tess
Eddie
ICE
Public Protective
Ness
Sheltered Inlet
AL Karalfa
Lolo
Westminster Abbey
Earth Man
UO Laumenbo
Pvereit Mes
Violet M. Roberts
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Explorer
Tri
Marion P. Stevens
Rita F. Dewey
France
Father, Son
Holy Ghost
Jean
Miss Lancaster
Cornelia Bowen
Jim
Jimmy
Willie
Uncle
Cornelia
Herbert V. Prochnow
Wes Jean
Clara Barton
Daniel Boone
Jim Bridger
Kit Carson
The
Bill
John James Audubon
Margaret McKenny
Russ Winterbotham
Thomas Tortoise
Brown
Shing
Cortez
Anavac
Mexico
Montezuma
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