Trapp Family Music Camp Offers Unique Vermont Sing Week
The Trapp Family Music Camp at Stowe Vermont draws 600 Americans for 10 day sessions teaching polyphonic singing and recorder playing without piano accompaniment. Led by Father Wasner and the von Trapp family, the program blends outdoor instruction, performances, and traditional dances amid Green Mountain scenery, with scholarships and family activities to promote music at home.
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WNU
Nebraska
California
Boston
Beacon Hill
New York
Trapp
Stowe
Ufe
Baron Georg von Trapp
Baroness von Trapp
Moore
Trapps
CCC
Vermont
Franz Wasner
Johannes von Trapp
Stephen Foster Hall
Father Wasner
Ously
Maria von Trapp
Brahms
Schubert
Reger
Bruckner
Mount Mansfield
New England
Lake Elmore
Tyrol
America
Green Mountains
Rocky Graziano Crowned Middleweight Champion Of World
The Dead End kid from Brooklyn is now the world middleweight champion. Graziano profiles as intense and polarizing, barred in New York over politics, yet proving his fighting nerve with a comeback against Zale. The piece also surveys baseball greats Wagner and Boudreau as remarkable shortstops and infielders.
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Ocky Graziano
Brooklyn
Rocky
Braziano
New York
District Attorney’s Office
Eddie Eagan
Boxing Commission
Graziano
Vasi
Joe Louis
Gus Lesnevich
Ray Robinson
Robinson Crusoes
Tony Zale
LaMotta
Cerdan
Zale
Contouring Reduces Soil and Water Loss
Logan County Ohio farmer Morgan Connor added 1.37 acres to his Bellefontaine farm to reshape fence lines for contour farming. He adopted soil conservation practices, reduced water run-off, and minimized soil loss. A curved half-moon fence now follows the contour with diversion ditches and six acres of trees planted.
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Ohio
Logan County
Morgan Connor
Bellefontaine
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Connor
Wiley Connor
Know Your Breed Minnesota No. 1 By W J Dryden
Minnesota No 1 is a new highly inbred pig strain not a hybrid. It results from crosses among Danish Landrace Typical Minnesota No 1 and 2 cross barrow Tamworth first raised in 1936 at the University of Minnesota. The breed is long bodied short legged with a full hum light shoulder and light strong bone. Breeders were chosen for fertility survival growth rate and economy of gains. A Minnesota No 2 is also being developed at Minnesota.
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Minnesota No. 1
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Easy Method For Dipping Pigs In Vaccination Time
A Nebraska veterinarian Dr J O Black outlines a simple pig dipping method using a cut 50 gallon drum placed outside the pen. After vaccination a pig is dropped onto its back into the drum, which causes it to roll and exit, ready for the next pig.
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J. O. Black
Nebraska
Soil Packing Reduces Productivity of Land
Experts warn soil compaction lowers yields and reduces organic matter due to heavy equipment and farming methods. The Middle West Soil Improvement committee endorses deep rooted legumes as a permanent remedy to restore soil structure and productivity.
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Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Irish Rose Inset Design Crochet Pattern for Pillowcases
Crochet Roses for Pillowcases and Tea Towels offered in lacey white designs. Two tone or all white options possible. Send 20 cents and pattern No. 5406 with your name and address for complete instructions and size sketch.
Oddest bridge carries canal across Irwell near Manchester
A unique swing bridge spans the Bridgewater canal over the Irwell river near Manchester England. The bridge can seal its trough ends and open the structure to pass high-masted ships on the river below.
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Irwell River
Manchester
England
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Dirndl
Hans Wagner
Mickey Cochrane
Bill Dickey
Gabby Hartnett
Johnny Kling
Buck Ewing
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
Pete Alexander
Carl Hubbell
Rube Waddell
Lefty Grove
George Sisler
Lou Gehrig
Hal Chase
Bill Terry
Eddie Collins
Pic Traynor
Art Devlin
Bill Bradley
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Joe Jackson
Joe DiMaggio
Honus Wagner
Wagner
Herman Long
Hughey Jennings
Travis Jackson
Dave Bancroft
Marty Marion
Flying Dutchman
John McGraw
Ed Barrow
Haas
Pittsburgh
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland
Boudreau
Three Eye
U. of Ilinois
By C. W. Gee
KNOW
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Chicago
Fleischmann
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