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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1955
Page
5
Indian War Drums Beat at Peace Powwow in Portage Washington. The Lummi Stommish festival blends old and new with war dances and jitterbug. Participants wear traditional dress, eat salmon skewers, ride merry go rounds, and compete in three mile canoe races with crews of eleven.
A simple backyard shelter can be built using four broom and tool handles as vertical supports placed in a square. Top ends meet without tying, covered by a large can or bucket, then draped with a blanket or sheet to form a waterproof tent with three taut sides and one loose.
Firecrackers once restricted are now used by farmers to deter deer coyotes and birds raiding peanut and grain fields. In a week crop losses alarm growers prompting this new tactic to protect profits.
Farmers rigged a forty eight foot fuse rope with tied firecrackers to frighten deer coyotes and birds visiting two field sections. Explosions every forty five minutes kept animals away from nine p.m. until daylight for two to three months, proving effective and cheaper than shooting them on the Fourth of July.
Letters from young readers list names and ages seeking pen pals worldwide. Several children express hobbies such as piano, stamp and doll collecting, sports, stilys, and cats, mentioning hometowns Akron, Bainville, New London, Anaheim, Port Orange, Troy, Cupertino and states Ohio Montana Connecticut Florida Maine Illinois Colorado.
A historical overview of the U S seal evolution from 1776 to the present. It notes committees led by Jefferson Adams and Franklin, and later William Barton whose design became the first seal. It traces replacements in 1841 1884 and 1903 including 13 arrows 13 olives and the motto E Pluribus Unum.
A playful piece explains how the sweet potato is a cousin to the morning glory. It notes edible roots, color variations, and the mistaken identity with white potatoes and yams. It also mentions growing sweet potatoes by placing a tuber in water to sprout vines and leaves.
Bob watches his twin cousins Tim and Tommy skate with surprising grace but falls to the cement. After a rough day, he surprises them with two horses, Buff and Toby, hoping to gift them a kinder sport. The cousins struggle mounting but later agree to ride one at a time and plan to teach Bob to skate in return.
Puzzle Pete hides four facts about Mexico in rebus lines with wordplay clues. The puzzle references a federal democratic republic, a north american city in the netherlands, compass points, titles, pronouns and coins, plus a scrambled sentence about Mexico.
Build a tent so you can crawl in under it or cut a vertical slit to create a doorway. Pitch on elevated ground if possible to drain rain. if not, dig a shallow ditch between the tent and the hill to direct water away.
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