Cricket as Thermometer and Tales of Frost
A humorous piece recounts Albert Pry of the Tennessee Valley Authority using a cricket on a hook as a living thermometer to gauge lake temperatures. It also recalls Dr Edwin Frost and a Chinese cricket Ah Sing that helped him read heat changes, accompanied by poetic reflections on crickets and moonlit landscapes.
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Albert 8
Pry
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wight
China
Ah Sing
Frost
Edmond Gilligan
Catskills
Bishop Ward to Visit St. Andrew's on Trinity Sunday
The Rt. Rev. John C. Ward will celebrate communion at 8 a.m. and preach at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Trinity Sunday June 8. Rev. Charles J. Burton will address the church school at 10 a.m. and observe anniversaries of his deaconate and priesthood.
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John C. Ward
D. D
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Charles J. Burton
Bishop Ward
Nicea
Simper
St. Bees
Federal Street
Father
Regent Square
Thomas J. Evans
Ethel Evans
Charles H. Brent
Burton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Veteran's Association
Buffalo
New Castle
Masonic, Eastern Star
Knights of Malta
Birth and community notices from Castlewood column
Mr and Mrs William Reale announce the birth of a son Friday May 30 at New Castle hospital. Local residents visit, host and move homes, with schools outing and hospital updates. The town notes include arrivals, travels, family visits, and a major operation for Mrs Whiteman. The piece ends with a historical remark about the first low mood in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reale
New Castle Hospital
James G. Houk
Allan Wright
Rose Point
Akron, Co
William Irvine
George Brandon
Wampum
Harold Currie
W. E. Currie
Weigletown
Grace Johnson
Sam Kennedy
Mae Quarterson
West Virginia
Car
Thomas Helle
West Pittsburg
Paul Quarterson
Poland E. Fleecer
Ronald Eugene
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Norman Currie
Geneva College
W. G. Campbell
W. C. Shaffer
Follansbee
W. Va
Billy
Joseph Campbell
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King Featurs Syndicate
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Earth
East Washington ST
Is Mo
J. F. Perelman
Wallace Block
Washington and Jefferson Streets
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Castlewood
United States
W. C
Barathea
D. Rayon
Yles
Penco
Belle Isle
Sun Sui
Penney
Stevens
Jacquard
Slopoliitliotl TE
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