Senior toymakers at Landmark Huntington Beach
In Huntington Beach a dozen silver-haired men in aprons work in Landmark’s senior community wood shop. They design and craft toys for children, sharing a love of pine and play. Veterans like Joe Guardino and Walt Bentson recount leaving garages to join the shop, turning a small room into a bustling, communal workshop.
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North Pole
Toymakers
Joe Guardino
Landmark
Cen
Knight Ridder Woodshop
Ted Chubinskik
Semyon Khurgel
Huntington Landmark Community Center
Boynton Family Links Stir Elyria History to 19th Century
In Elyria lore, the Boynton surname stands tall with Washington Wallace Boynton, Patrick Henry Boynton, and others shaping law, city leadership, and local memory. The article notes two distinct Boynton lines, their roles as judges, mayors, and lawyers, and records of the 1859 60 directory listing meat market figures John H and J E Boynton while also touching Amtrak advocacy and a 1975 Elyria celebration.
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Elyria Street
Elyria
Washington Wallace Boynton
Russia Township
Lewis D
Ruth Boynton
Belgrade
Maine
Cleveland
Washington Avenue
Judge Boynton
Western Reserve
Lorain County
Stevenson Burke
Patrick Henry Boynton
John
Hilda Boynton
New England
Patrick
Oberlin College
University of Michigan
John C. Hale
Ohio
Patrick Boynton
Acupressure for Leg Cramps Goes Back to TV Find
Dear Abby shares a reader tip from the 1970s about pinching the upper lip under the nose to stop a leg cramp after watching Frank Broyles and Keith Jackson on a college game. The note credits relief to acupressure and urges medical check if cramps persist. The column also answers an Empty Nest worry from Arizona, advising that departure can signal parental growth and offering coping steps.
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Bear Abby
Keith Jacket
Frank Broyles
Keith Jackson
Don
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John Boynton
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Leonard P. Reichlin
Amtrak
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