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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1945
Page
2
Sammy, a small shopper, reflects pride in earning twenty dollars by selling scrap and delivering it to a city wrecking firm. He enters the large hardware store and chooses a storm door to protect his home from wind and storms, noting the purchase as meaningful.
A rambling Christmas vignette centers on a camel chasing its tail and a town facing land seizure, with John Bull weeping over losses and Sammy moving to help a hungry man by giving twenty dollars. The piece ends musing on lending and the true spirit of giving during wartime austerity.
Raymond E. Manchester reflects on a community butcher famed for his constant cursing and limited vocabulary. He argues the butcher failed artistically, and laments how the term pacifist is used as a slur in debates about war spending.
Ozzie and Harriet confide in their maid Gloria about son David's budding romance. Gloria shares a quip from her mother noting that men are like street cars you can chase to the next intersection if you miss one.
The Kent State Stater lists editorial staff led by W. Editor in Chief Norma Knisely W. Clarence Tonka as business manager with a roster including Charles West Jay Tassett and several others. The paper is published three times weekly on Tuesday Wednesday and Friday during the university year with vacations. Subscription price is two dollars per year. Entered as second class matter October 11 1927 at Kent Ohio. Printed by Commercial Press Inc 1158 DePeyster Street Kent Ohio.
CB Singer Ginny Simms guests on Columbia’s Request Performance praising Charles Laughton for sea pictures on the quarterdeck and facing a roaring gale. Laughton jokes about a shower cap opening a bottle of carbonated water. Billie Burke misquotes Beauty as skin-tight. Phil Baker offers a quirky autobiography summary.
Lyle Morey of Mary Reed Library at the University of Denver explains how microfilm copies of 5000 books can be carried in a brief case. Access is via a portable $65 microfilm reader with library approval from Librarian Joseph Hare for intensive research beyond standard loans.
A lighthearted campus digest from Kent recounts a chaotic weekend with students returning, romancesPrompted by Mike Friedland awaiting Sylvia Zelicksom from Winnipeg and various locals reminiscing about friends and misadventures. The piece notes party reveals, a car wreck costing $500, and social plans into Christmas vacation.
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