Bertha Belensley's buttonhooks muse becomes publishing career
Bertha Belensley a retired Chicago schoolteacher now in Westville Indiana pursued buttonhooks as more than a hobby. She researched their history and materials, wrote down findings, self published several books, and runs Educator's Press from her home. Her latest work Antique Buttonhooks for Shoes Gloves and Clothing offers illustrated pages and is available by mail order.
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Bertha Belensley
Chicago
Westville
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Educator's Press
You Should Know Q&A on Social Security Burial Costs
A reader asks why Social Security denies burial benefits when the military paid for the funeral. Burial expenses are not covered if another U S government branch paid. Also advice for reporting earnings if over limit: file at the Social Security office by April 15 or call in W-2 farm earnings and skip the farm.
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Social Security
J. W
Salt Lake City
Utah
U. S
Study finds seat belts unnecessary on California school buses
SACRAMENTO AP Seat belts are impractical and unnecessary on school buses a CHP study says Commissioner Glen Craig calls the Southwest Research Institute work definitive because it covers all aspects. He cites a cost of about 2830 dollars per bus for California s 15223 buses totaling 49 million and notes usage cannot be reliably ensured even with belts.
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California Highway Patrol
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Glen Craig
Southwest Research Institute
California
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Buttonhook nostalgia sparks renewed interest in obsolete fashion tool
The article recalls Miss Betens ley’s early writings on buttonhooks and how grateful readers across the country sent notes and collections. A Michigan woman donated a box and an Indiana woman lent her late mother's collection, giving the author a new purpose despite the tool's obsolescence.
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Michigan
Edly
Indiana
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