Trivia and anecdotes about David Niven and other stars
Reader questions about David Niven spark a mixed batch of stories. Niven cheered as a tough WW II commando major after earlier school pranks, while Miranda Quarry’s illness led Peter Sellers to stay in Rome for tax reasons. Other items flag Oral Roberts income, Babel tower plans, Miller’s lechery denial, and child TV metrics.
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Naughty” Niven
Sandhurst
Sellers
Rome
Miranda
London
Disease resistant varieties aid home garden crops
Gardeners can combat soil borne diseases by choosing disease resistant vegetable seeds. Look for VFN labeled corn and cucumber varieties such as All-Female hybrids like Concorde or Victory. Silver Queen white corn shows strong resistance to Southern leaf blight and offers good flavor.
Garden Rites Proclaim Youth Benefit From Planting
A clergyman argues youth should be steered to gardening to satisfy adventure and avoid drugs. He highlights learning soil chemistry botany and market skills, recounts brothers growing tomatoes for sale, and urges families to foster plots for children. He promotes a pumpkin seed giveaway via the Men’s Garden Club of America to steer youths away from guns.
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Men’s Garden Club of America
Fairy rings in lawns puzzle Willoughby residents
Readers describe expanding rings in lawns each summer and wonder what causes the phenomenon. An expert explains fairy rings form from a fleshy fungus and mushrooms, with grass growth stunting inside the ring and nitrogen release during the fungal cycle.
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G.R. of
Willoughby
R. F. Fisher
Illinois Agriculture Experimental Station
C.M
Elyria
Rose Show Plans Discussed by Lorain County Society
The Lorain County Rose Society will meet Thursday at the Oberlin Community Center to plan the June Rose Show at Midway Mall. Public invited.
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Society
Midway Mall
Lorain County Rose Society
Oberlin Community Center
Arborist Ed Scanlon reshapes city trees for safer streets
Edward H. Scanlon, Cleveland Shade Tree Commissioner since 1946, advocates European style ornamental street trees tailored for cities. He favors grafted cultivars with form suited to parkways and lawns, warns against risky species like the common Honeylocust and urges scion grafting to reduce maintenance.
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Edward H. Scanlon
Olmsted Falls
Ed Scanlon
Scanlon
Cleveland
Herbs to repel moths and notes on honey locust and ash trees
The article discusses growing rosemary for moth repellent blends and provides a dried herb recipe including rosemary mint tansy thyme and ground cloves. It then critiques honey locust trees noting thornless varieties and Ed Scanlon's views, plus a personal reflection on the ash tree Fraxinus americana and related species with notes on growth, fall color and city planting suitability.
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Ed Scanion
Wyman
Ed Scanlon
Europe
America
Grandfather Schoepfle
Roll and twist paper for fire kindling method
The article describes folding five thicknesses of newspapers, soaking them, draining, and storing to use as hot fire fuel for fireplaces or grills. It notes the reduced fly ash and compares them to kindling wood for cottages and similar settings.
Premier Sunday Crossword Puzzle By Jo Paquin 44 Horizontal
A weekly puzzle feature by JO PAQUIN presents a 44 horizontal clue set. Solvers tackle a themed grid with crosswords spanning common terms and literary hints. Readers test vocabulary and recall as entries intersect to reveal the final grid.
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People Sc
Chronicle-Telegram
East Avenue
Ohio
David Niven
R.L
Miami
Asia
P.W
Dallas
Africa
Oral Roberts
Empire
T.F
Kansas City
Roberts
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa
Tower of Babel
D.N
Babylon
B.C
Peter Sellers
Miranda Quarry
Chicago
Henry Miller
H.C., Olney
M.B
Trenton, N.J
Buster Crabbe
S.E
Rochester
Clarence Linden Crabbe
Miome Herald Publishing Co
George Abraham
C. K
Leroy
Dee
the Chronicle
H & R Block
Internal Revenue Service
Lorain
Broadway
E. Eric
St. Obertin
JO Paquin
Horiontal
Very
Fortifica
Mr. Zola
Wander
India
Leach Hill
Garden
Simmer
Festival City
Jules
Nepal
Nostrils
Foe
Black Lake
Noah
Mischie
Iniqui
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