Mailbag miscellany from HAL BOYLE on odd facts and quips
A column listing varied curiosities from Hollywood lore to science trivia. Notes cover Jayne Mansfield bedding, DDT resistance in boll weevils, a grand Miami hotel, rising car and human counts, high priced gowns, ancient cave paintings, expectant fathers’ psychosomatic ills, infidelity linked to drinking, magnesium in seawater, smog solutions, radar locating Los Angeles, pearl cultivation in Japan, Truman fish pictures, vacuum cleaner pitches, lobster reproduction, Kate Smith opera hopes, grocery clocks, doctors smoking trends, and a Santayana quip about laughter and tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Jayne Mansfield
Hollywood
Lassie
Miami Beach
Milion
United States
Edith Adams
Daisy Maze
Homespac
Giette
Frank
Caprio
Washington, D. C
WCTU
Los Angeles
Japan
Harry
Truman
Fisherman’s Magazine
HST
Fulton Fish Market
Kate Smith
Rave Bo
Leopold Sukowski
John C. Argue
California
U.S
George Santayana
Bolivar News Notes Holiday Visits and Local Marital Event
Bolivar residents report Sunday visits at Mrs. J L Euckles home. Visitors include Ralph Harper and daughter, Gaithers born, Mrs Edith Siewbridge, William Lehman family, and Joy Lancaster with Donald Stottlemyer, who quietly wed in Hagerstown on December 26. The couple stay with groom’s parents. Also listed: Reedson and Cumberland visitors, Martinsburg weekend guests, ambulance care for Jimmy Tumblin at Charles Town General Hospital, and Christmas Day at the Webb residence near Bolivar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Webb
Bolivar
W. Va
J. L. Euckles
Ralph Harper
Baltimore
J. W Ramsail
Jionday
Mr. Wilt
Nimrod Wilt
Lloyd Frvre
Martinsburg
William Henretta
Jimmy Tumblin
Vernon Tumblin
Charles Town General Hospital
Douglas Stanley
Brenda Sue
Charles Town
Vernon Webb
Bolivar Methodist Church
O. A. Webb
Mirs
Donald Miller
Linwood
Robert Brinkman
Hatre de Grace
Thomas Lightner
Lena Lightner
Washington
William Potts
Marcus Carper
Ranson , Jr
David. Gageby
Eagles
J. L. Mulls
Brunswick
G. E Webb
Mtlis
Towson
Terry Glover
R. M. Mason
Berges Eggborn
Bensie
Orange
Jacob Egeborn
Pollyanna
Earl Staubs
Richmond
J .Robert Stuart
Charles Cline
Louisiana
Robert Stuart
W.O. Ray
Silver Spring
Stuart
Christmas Social and Honors Highlight Local Gatherings
Christmas Day events featured gifts to Mrs. Violet Ring and honors for Sheriff Horace M. Alexander, with numerous family visits noted from Washington to Silver Spring. The report details holiday parties, showers, hikes, and charitable contributions across several households and area clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Ring
Frank Dinkie
Nancy Bulls
Robin Ann Malone
Catherine Butts
Kitty Burleigh
Washington
C. E. Garten
Nannie Marlatt
Kate Marlatt
Christmas
Homeland
Granville Dinkle
Roy Buits
M. O. Filler
Mary Susan Grehan
Lovettsville
M A
J. A. Raum
Raymond Raum
Hugo Ambrosi
Takoma Park
Vernon Webb
Woodrow Higgs
Silver Spring
Raul Watkins
Bethesda
Arthur Thomp
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Boyle
Horace M. Alexander
Rose Marino’s
Kenneth Layman
Sheriff Alexander
C. E. Dudrow
George Bender
Gordon Smith
George Flickinger
Floyd Smith
Roger Layman
Jack Reed
Raymond
Peter
Winnter
Daniel
Lester Webb
George Palmer
Lester Utterback
Cora Ramsburg
Edgar Wachter
Ralph Hessong
Earl Putman
Naomi Putman
Martin Putman
Linda Atkins
Sirs. Searte Atkins Jr
Alrs. Atkins
Woodsborg Guild
Ira G. Houck
St. John’s Reformed Guild
Woodsboro
Willam Scbhwarber
Allen Bowers
Steiner Cramer
Arthur Jones
Emory Catshall
Glen Lenhart
William Schwarber
Glen Stottlemyer
Ellen
R. Stotlemyer
Lutheran Woman's League
Utica Lutheran Woman’s League
iSearle Atkins Jr
North Market Street
Frederick
Carroll Ray Dorsey
Margaret Clabaugh
Welcom
Charles N. Sing
Westminster
Janie V. Sier
Airy
Jane
Helen Franklin
Robert
Betty
Billy Franklin
Algie King F
Donald Shipley
Donnie
New Windsor
Charles ‘Cornell
Richard Myers
Rick
Pfc
Chestier Pierce
Durgin
Damascus
George Gouker
Janie VY. Sier
Charles N. King
Charles Comell
Ricky
Pie
Chester Pierce
Dergin
Jerusalem
Hebrew University
Tiran Island
Gulf of Aqaba
Red Sea
Frank Keefer
M. Bucheimer
East Patrick Street
Municipal Airport
G. Richard Buchemes
Siren
Moundsville
Airport
Uni-Science
Bucheimer
Wea
Mobley, JK
Universal Insulation Co
Wilson Avenue
Penney
The
Rai
Utry Squire
Ang
Ford
Bonneville
Utah
Frederick Motor CO
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