Photo Maxima 1959 and silhouettes for Christmas cards
Irving Desfor reviews Hope Sanders new Photo Maxima 1959 book featuring 77 selected photos from 1,100 submissions from global photographers. The piece highlights silhouettes as a strong pictorial form and offers practical tips for shooting and printing silhouettes, indoors or outdoors, with emphasis on contrast and simple backgrounds.
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Hope Sanders
Norway
Germany
Italy
China
India
Alaska
Hawaii
Wellington Lee
New York City
Williamson man retires after 50 years with railway
EXACTLY 50 WILLIAMSON, W Va AP When John E Phillips says he worked half a century for the Norfolk and Western Railway hes exactly right Phillips retired 50 years to the day after he first went to work for the company
Lost and Found Ad Recovers Lost Bill in Danville
In Danville Virginia E L Smart 72 a retired man advertised in the lost and found column that he had lost a $100 bill. The column carried an ad offering a round of ads for payment and Smart soon retrieved the bill from Howard Wooding.
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Danville
E. L. Smart
Smart
Howard Wooding
Homeowner hints and home improvement notes
A digest of home topic tips from science and industry. Copper roofs harvest sun heat for winter warmth while rejecting interior heat for summer cooling. termite checks follow heavy rains. future homes may standardize hi fi gear with climate systems. FHA standards relax minimum lot size. Casein glue tolerates near freezing. aluminum siding with fiber glass insulation. partial stripping suffices for refinishing. wallpaper softening by liquid application. 13 million home workshops estimated. field surveys show prefab plumbing savings. protect sills thresholds porches and joints from elements. tool motor guidance over individual advice. jigsaws gain stationary use with tables. fiberglass panel resurfacers restore panels. hardwood is best fire fuel. prefinished panels cleaned with wax and buffed.
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University of Arizona
R. T. Bozak
United States
Mink Bedding Boosts Wisconsin Wood Company Demand
In Hayward Wisconsin the Hayward Wood Products Co uses white birch to make medical swab sticks and has surplus shavings. A mink rancher tested the shavings as bedding for his mink, triggering strong demand. The firm plans to install another machine to expand shaving production for bedding.
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Hayward, Wis
Hayward Wood Products Co
Mink
Wood Company
Move of WEAF Broadcast Center From Manhattan
NYC broadcasters explain why WEAF relocated from Manhattan to Long Island citing strategic advantages in radio and television transmission for metropolitan markets. The change reflects broader industry shifts shaping urban media coverage.
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New York City
WEAF
Manhattan
Long Island
Appalachian To Fete Youngsters and Adults at Beckley District
The Beckley District of Appalachian Power Co. plans two holiday events. About 125 children will attend a Christmas party at 10 a.m. Saturday in Beckley Theatre featuring cartoons and Santa Claus with treats. An adults’ party will be held December 19 at the Elks Club with at least 250 employees invited, serving Beckley, Oak Hill, and Rainelle communities.
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Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
Beckley Theatre
Santa Claus
Elks Club
Oak Hill
Rainelle
Food Commodities Distribution At Bethel Church
A food commodities distribution will take place at Bethel Church in MacArthur on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event aims to provide needed supplies to residents and is organized by local community groups.
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Bethel Church
MacArthur
The Childrens Quest to Free the Hag in Castle
Charlotte and Esteban hide a gas bottle while a professor confines them in a locked room next to his sleeping wife. The professor vows to destroy the Hangdog Hag by Christmas, to save others, even if it costs Fairyland. Esteban hopes Santa will answer via a blue bird, hoping for rescue.
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Charlotte
Esteban
Steban
Santa Claus
Santa
Santa Land
Blue
The Hawk and the Blue Bird at the Castle
Esteban comforts Charlotte as a hawk captures a blue bird atop a castle. He toils two days with a plan and tricks Charlotte into a feigned chill to obtain hot water tiles, enabling a rescue. The scene blends peril and ingenuity in a tense domestic tale.
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Esteban
Charlotte
Crosby studied law before Whiteman steered to singing
Early notes show Bing Crosby initially pursued law studies until Paul Whiteman advised him to switch to singing, a move that shaped Crosby's later celebrated career in music and film.
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Bing Crosby
Paul Whiteman
West Virginia Tops Surplus Equipment Purchases for Roads
The U S Bureau of Public Roads commends the West Virginia State Road Commission for leading in buying surplus federal highway equipment. Since May 1957 the SRC acquired items originally costing 1 577 683 with replacement value about 1 705 301, at a net saving of 1 381 607. Purchases include jeeps trucks tractors rollers generators chain saws and sand blasting machines.
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State Road Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Charleston
C. L. Bower
Patrick C. Graney
West Virginia
Graney
Bower
SRC
Pledged To Fraternity At Bethany College
Paul Chikos Jr son of Mr and Mrs Paul Chikos 107 Locust St pledged Kappa Alpha at Bethany College Bethany this week. A 1958 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate he is a chemistry major.
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Paul Chikos Jr
Paul Chikos
Locust St
Bethany College
Bethany
Woodrow Wilson High School
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