Daylight Saving Origins and Willett’s Clock Idea
A retrospective on daylight saving time tracing its roots to William Willett a London house-builder. It covers Willett's push in 1908 the wartime adoption in England and the US 1918 law by Robert Garland and later wartime restoration with changes by state choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agle
Benjamin Franklin
William Willett
London
Willett
Serphet
Santer
Houses of Lords and Commons
England
Wipske Churchill
Eday
Wake Up Time Poem Readiness Call
A fragmentary verse by Frances Gorman Risser urges awakening and action as the sun rises. The muddled lines depict snakes and sleepers rousing, calling readers to move and wake with the new day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Gorman Risser
Johannesburg students tour Kruger park on school safari
Every Monday a Transvaal Education Department convoy of three buses carries about 200 Johannesburg pupils to Kruger National Park for a five day stay. The program, open May 1 to Oct 15, costs around 20 dollars and includes tents meals and field trips with air ambulance support and on site lectures and tours of nearby fruit packing and malaria research stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Kruger National Park
Transvaal Education Department
Malelane
Junior
Kruger’s Zoo
Hluhluwe
Kruger
Oregon Dams Hidden in Puzzle Pete Clue List
Puzzle Pete hides three large Oregon dams in a word puzzle. Rearrange weird words to reveal three dam names and note fir trees in Oregon, plus the state silhouette by Cartoonist Cal. Names include Diamond and Douglas fir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Puzzle Pete
Cal
EVIL
Sal
MC Yarn
Fragmentary item in Polk paper highlights sports note
An incomplete clipping from Polk reports a brief sport scene with unclear names. It hints at a game or event but lacks sufficient readable details to confirm teams players or score.
Give a Gift Of Yourself Chore Book Idea
An inexpensive thoughtful gift for parents or friends is a self made Chore Book. It acts as a coupon book promising chores like washing the car babysitting vacuuming or quiet time. Recipients redeem coupons by you performing the duty, making it a personal useful present.
Wax museum brings Hollywood to Buena Park with lifelike figures
Visitors stroll through Movieland Wax Museum housing 70 life size sculptures of Hollywood stars. The realistic wax figures use real hair and exact costumes, staged to feel like a film set. Created by 43 year old Allen H Parkinson, the venue aims to recreate a studio atmosphere for families and fans.
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Roy Rogers
New Movieland Wax Museum
Buena Park
California
Hollywood
Roy
John Henry
Movieland Wax Museum
Allen H. Parkinson
Patricia
Pen Pal Wanted Names and Addresses in Ohio
An appeal invites children to write to a captain for pen pals. The listed names include Denise DeCapito in Ravenna, Jeri Palmer in Cuyahoga Falls, Michael Smith in Cuyahoga Falls, and many others across Akron, Stow, Massillon, and nearby towns, with ages ranging from 9 to 15.
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Denise DeCapito
Lynn Rd
Ravenna
Ohio
Jeri Kay Palmer
Oakwood
Cuyahoga Falls
Michael Smith
Ironwood St
Tommy O’brien
Lincoln Ave
Karen Kreiger
Hickory St
Akron
Deborah Ford
Merces Ave
Mary Jane Lowry
Beardsley St
Rex Raper
King Dr
Stow
Geraldine Riese
North Ave
N.E
Massillon
Tony Magloine
Elmwood
Ted Rutledge
R.D
Orrville
Phillip Harmon
Fairview Place
Brain Teaser Answer Key
A set of multiple choice questions with correct options: 1 b 2 c 3 c 4 b 5 b 6 c 7 a. Provided answers indicate the circles to be drawn around each correct choice.
Balloon Volleyball Fun Setup and Play Rules
To play balloon volleyball use a tennis or badminton style net a balloon and several extras. Stretch the net pick teams and hit the balloon back and forth across the net with hands. Score can follow tennis badminton or volleyball rules.
Toss Test Indoor Ring Toss Game
A simple indoor game uses rubber jar rings and a clothes hook. Players aim to toss the most rings onto the hook within a set number of tries.
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Churchill
Leona
Duggs
Pete
Oregon Trail
Lake
U. A
Prince Edward
Douglas LA Ss
Calif
Wax
Weldon D. Woodson
Rudolph Valentino
Jean Harlow
Captain Hal
Tom Dague
Jeromeswheltman
Hometown
Norton
Nancy Frese
Boston Rd
Hickley
Barbara Chapman
Highgrove Blvd
Karen Tompkins
Herbert St
Magadore
Susan Ruhly
Ellsworth Dr
Penny LaCont
Robert Smead
S. Portage Path
Bobby Byrd
N. Rose Blvd
Charles L. Kimberly
Portage Path
Jane Carrick
Seedin Ave
Jean Coberly
Rhodes Ave
Susan _ Brumbaugh
Auegusta
Omar Esmile
Debbie Alborn
Kutler
Buddy Estes
Buddy
Larry Miller
Middlecoff
Robert Thomasson
Stadesmen
Maureen Sullivan
Barcelona
Linda Thompson
Sandra Walsh
Madrid
Vickylyn Zenner
Elmore Ave
Linda Radda
Ellen Markus
Grandin Rd
Lvs
LOTIV
Stovn ‘von
Gnonvig
Thomssoud
Axel
Shssadeep
Uy Jojem Onig Onyddes
Aye
Southeastern
Asia
Gran
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