Tell Me Why and The New Book of Knowledge Prize
This item notes a contest for the 20 volume New Book of Knowledge with entries to be mailed, winner Kenneth Nolan, 12, Worcester Mass, and asks readers to answer a science history question about the telescope. It recounts early telescope history including Hans Lippershey Galileo Kepler and Herschel with a puzzle and riddles section.
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Kenneth Nolan
Worcester
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Hans Lippershey
Lippershey
Gallileo
Galileo
Book of Knowledge
UMW Meeting and Community Visits Highlight Local Notes
The UMW will meet at Beverly VanderVeen’s home on February 21 at 8 p.m. with Pat Eisenmann as guest speaker fresh from Africa. Local residents Frank Brda, Pearlview Nursing Home visits, Ohio University trips, and weekend gatherings among Granger and Brunswick families are reported.
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Beverly VanderVeen
Pat Eisenmann
Africa
International Farm Youth Exchange
Frank Brda
Akron City Hospital
Dorothy Sylvester
Frances Raw
Edith Frost
Geraldine Webster
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Gary Webster
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Donald Codding
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Sue Frase
Diane Pelot
Cindy Pribish
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Librarian's Notebook: Reading Picks for the Week
The library highlights several books across genres. Margaret Albrecht's Parents and Teenagers explores bridging the generational gap and the drug scene impact. Konrad Kellen's The Coming Age of Women Power analyzes female empowerment with blunt clarity.
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Margaret Albrecht
Parents Magazine Press
Konrad Kellen
Kellen
Vic and Sade creator Paul Rhymer recalls nostalgia
The Small House Halfway Up in the Next Block is examined as a doorway to memory. Paul Rhymer created and wrote the Vic and Sade radio comedy, famed for its provincial humor and enduring characters.
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Vic and
Sade
Paul Rhymer
Wartime pillbox resident billed for council tax
Leighton Buzzard England resident Bill Cartwright received a 47 dollar annual tax bill for his wartime concrete pillbox home. He taps a spring for water, generates his own electricity, and burns his own garbage yet says he does not use any council services.
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Leighton Buzzard
England
UPI
Bill Cartwright
Cartwright
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