TV’s Ding Dong School: Frances Horwich’s 62 Million Viewers
Frances Horwich, founder and host of Ding Dong School, runs a Chicago children's program watched by about 62 million viewers from ages 7 months to 87. The educator started in 1929 teaching kindergarten through third grade and insists on an educational approach over entertainment. She has earned 29 awards, including AP Woman of the Year in Education, and she keeps sponsor choices and content child oriented.
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Bob Thomas Hollywood
Frances Horwich
Dr. Horwich
Ding Dong School
Chicago
Horwich
Associated Press
Visitors and guests span cities during Apple Blossom week
High View residents hosted a varied group including Snapp Williams Carlton Cadwallader and families from Richmond and Pittsburgh. Roanoke guests joined for a surprise birthday dinner and a festival visit. Arlington and Staunton correspondents also attended events around the Williams and Ride households.
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High View
Irvin Williams
Snapp Williams
Carlton Cadwallader
R. A. Harkness
Richmond
James Williams
Pittsburgh
Harry Crank
Hazel Perry
Nadine Perry
William Owens
Rose Smith
Mike Seal
Ellis Seal
Washington, D. C
William Smith
Hattie Dodson
Kernstown
Robbie Miller
Paul Koenig, Jr
Arlington
Johnnie Hartley
Winchester
Franklin
Electronic Weight Machine Unveiled at University of Virginia
The University of Virginia unveiled a ultra sensitive magnetic microbalance built under Dr. Jesse W. Beams and Lt. Charles W. Hurlburt. It measures weight differences to a billionth of a gram using a sugar grain sized sphere suspended in a vacuum and tracked by light reflected onto a photoelectric cell. The test aims to quantify weight loss when mass converts to energy.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Jesse W. Beams
University
Army
Charles W. Hurlburt
Anoka
Minn
Virginia Academy of Science
29th Division Commander to Retire May 31
Norfolk honors Maj. Gen. William H. Sands who will retire May 31 after leading the 29th Infantry Division since its 1946 reactivation. Gen. Charles L. Bolte will speak at the banquet, with Gen. Edgar C. Erickson and adjutants general from Virginia Maryland and West Virginia in attendance. Brig. Gen. Henry C. Evans of Baltimore may succeed him.
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Norfolk
William H. Sands
National Guard
Sands
Charles L. Bolte
USA
Edgar C. Erickson
Bureau
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Henry C. Evans
Baltimore
Apple Blossom guests and local visitors noted
Ridings Chapel families from Alexandria Front Royal and Winchester mingled with locals during the Apple Blossom Festival. Mr and Mrs Marvin Hammock hosted relatives while other guests included Paul Beatty and daughters Betsy Margie Peggy Phyllis and Johnny Willis Cecil Hill and Sandra Burcham. Additional visits tied to Maynard Boyce Arlie Starkey and Hagerstown visitor Jim Settles.
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Ridings Chapel
R. T. Creel
Charlotte
Alexandria
Elizabeth Grubbs
Front Royal
Marvin Hammock
Maynard Boyce
Paul Beatty
Nancy
Virginia
Winchester
Betty
Margie
Peggy
Phylli G
Johnny Willis
Cecil Hill
Sandra Burcham
Charles Lowstutter
Daugher
Carolyn
Arlie Starkey
Austin Glaize
Adell
Henry Snider
Helping Hand Mission
Indian Hollow
Jim Settles
Bob
Hagerstown
Mrs Roosevelt answers husband's divorce complaint in Pasadena
Mrs Romelle Roosevelt 58 files response to James Roosevelt 46 alleging infidelity and cruelty. She asserts him unfit for custody of three children and notes his conduct caused her mental and physical strain. She retains some keepsakes but claims he still possesses a $12,500 necklace.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Romelle Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James
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