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Middletown Journal in Middletown, Ohio

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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1971

Page

5

Tom the Parker Driver’s Delight in Baltimore Meter Service

AP profile of Thomas Lewis aka Tom the Parker a 75-year-old Baltimore parking attendant who has watched meters multiply and customers grow since 1928 he minds a block of meters provides car washes and valet-like help while guarding vehicles for small change and a fixed rate. He works ten hours daily six days weekly rain or shine and claims no thefts on his watch.

Associated Press Baltimore, Md Baltimore Tom the Parker Thomas Lewis Tom North Avenue Benson

Oldest ferry in Maryland serves tourists on Tred Avon

Oxford Maryland’s Tred Avon ferry, 56 feet long, carries cars and people daily under Capt William Benson who has operated it since 1938. He says the elder craft is not useful as in the past but remains a local attraction offering about 30 trips daily in summer and charging 15 cents per person and $1 per car.

Oxford, Md William Benson Benson Elizabeth Skinner Staten Island Tred Avon River

WISHING WELL puzzle message from a 1971 syndicate page

A short puzzle instruction outlines counting letters in a user’s first name to derive a key number by rules of adding or subtracting. Start at the rectangle’s upper left and read letters under checked figures left to right to reveal a fortune message. King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1971.

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