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Orphan Finds Parents and Other Tiny Tales
A collection of brief dispatches features a seven year old boy freed from a chimney, an adopted Chinese orphan welcomed by her new Tacoma parents, a boxer puppy named Q escaping from an attic mishap, a Georgia spelling contest twist due to an honesty act, a probate court note about a tea loving late matriarch, and smog linked excuses for bad report cards in Los Angeles schools.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tom Gambill
Mike
Gembill
Ben S.gambill
Hershey
Ed Savely
Tom
Savely
Tak Oi Shi
Lawrence Skinner
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle- Tacoma
Skinners
U. S
Hong Kong
Thomas A. Wheeler
Atlanta
Anne Warren
Georgia
Monticello
M. D. Collins
Anne
Stephen Johnson
West Point
State Board of Education
London
Ada Biggs
George KR. Dodd
Los Angeles
Claude L. Reeves
Board of Education