Almanac Arrives Sparks Garden Plans And Reluctant Holiday Hesitation
The writer celebrates the arrival of the 1962 Farmer’s Almanac, imagining summer plans and planting dates while joking about Christmas preparations. A note about Marybelle Abbott Browne of Panama City Florida introduces a lively gardener known as a “sweat rag” digger who relies on almanac guidance. The piece reflects on aphids beetles and gardening challenges as the almanac arrives.
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Cratchy
Marybelle
Abbott L. Browne
Panama City
Fla
Weather Wit From Old Abe Prediction Digest
A humorous look at a 1962 weather digest claiming a 168 year secret formula by Old Abe Weatherwise. It discusses wooly worm forecasts for a long winter, animal fur coats, and skepticism about predictions while noting past accuracy and magical comparisons to Newton and Einstein.
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Abe
Newton
Franklin
Einstein
Almanac Weather Ways From Cold Winter Forecasts
A newspaper item parodies weather lore and almanacs, noting beliefs about predicting winter. It cites a Canadian lodge tale, jokes about animals and woodpiles, and outlines a forecast suggesting less snow overall, twenty one snowstorms, several large events, a cool spring, a sunny hot summer, and mid month storms, ending with a late December snow.
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O.K
Martha St. Clair Clark and Robert Dill Olt to Wed
Miss Martha St. Clair Clark, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hemenway Clark of South Bend, will marry Robert Dill Olt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Olt of Euclid Street, on January 27 in South Bend. Clark attended Abbot Academy and Wellesley College and belongs to the Junior League. Olt is a Cornell alumnus, Alpha Delta Phi and Tau Beta Pi member, and with Union Carbide in Chicago.
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Hemenway Clark
South Bend
Ind
Martha St. Clair Clark
Robert Dill Olt
Theodore Frederick Olt
Euclid Street
Clark
Abbot Academy
Andover
Mass
Wellesley College
Massachusetts
Olt
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Alpha Delta Phi
Tau Beta Pi
Union Carbide Corp
Chicago
New Suede Gains School Crowd Approval
The school crowd loves the new cotton suede apparel for its look and feel while mothers rate it A plus for washability, signaling broad appeal and practical wear.
Sauce Ratios for Seafood Cocktails
Some cooks favor equal parts mayonnaise and tomato ketchup for seafood cocktails while others prefer mayonnaise at twice the amount of ketchup. The choice affects creaminess and tang, with readers noting personal taste and texture preferences.
Play-Learning Games Pay Back High Returns
Eleanor Ross reports rising family playtime boosting children's reading arithmetic and spelling through curriculum aligned kits and games. Phonetic Word Drill and Fractions Are As Easy As Pie convert lessons into competitive fun for solo, pair, or adult play while Link Letters and Link Numbers aid recognition. Home science interest grows with microscope group viewers and experiments in physics chemistry and astronomy while French and Spanish flash cards accompany phonetic spelling.
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Toy Guidance Council
Piano Tuning and Repair Services Offered
Local piano service advertises guaranteed tuning repairs refinishing restringing rebuilding and minor fixes. Recommends appointments and suggests tuning twice yearly to maintain instrument quality. Includes contact prompt for scheduling.
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