Good Spanking Is Koala Bear's Way Of Punishing Young
A whimsical piece about koalas as marsupials with mothers spanking their young using the flat of the paw, then baby koalas climbing to their mothers and sleeping. It describes koalas' appearance, diet on eucalyptus, and the threats to their habitat in Australia and captivity in San Diego and San Francisco zoos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Mary
Andy
Bobby
Willie
Susie
Tommy
Puzzle Pete Reveals Mrs Harrison Birthplace Puzzle
Puzzle Pete hides Mrs Harrison details in a rebus puzzle set from 19th century clues. The text reveals Lavinia as a name central to the diamond puzzle and asks for a four or five letter married surname derived from hidden letters and rodent, ranting, doctrine, and perch clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Harrison
Scott
Benjamin
Caroline
Lavinia
Singing Bus Driver Harland Nonhof Becomes High School Music Teacher
Harland Nonhof known as the Singing Bus Driver of Sheboygan has left Sheboygan Bus Lines after 12 years to teach music at a high school in New London Wisconsin. He earned Lakeland College music major status while driving and performing for passengers. He plays multiple instruments, leads choirs, and even makes music on a carpenter saw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Harland Nonhof
Harland
New London
Lakeland College
WLS
Sheboygan Community Players
Ing
Harry
Tommy's Nursery Rhyme Turns Into a Bad Dream
A mother reads aloud from a Mother Goose book and Tom finds himself in a dream world where a large shoe houses many noisy children and a stern old woman. He flees through a forest back to the sofa, waking from a dream about the shoe and its occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Edith
Tom
Tom the Piper
Red and Green Stunt Complementary Color Trick
A short noted stunt explains after staring at a red circle then a blank sheet the observer sees green circles due to color afterimage. The explanation says eye fatigue makes red fade and green appears, noting yellow and purple as other complements.
Chalk Town Play With Chalk On Driveway Streets
Children create chalk towns this summer using colored chalk to draw streets houses and shops on cement driveways. They pretend in games like store or traffic cop and can erase with soapy water and a broom and start anew with bigger towns.
Name It By Ethel Jacobson
A short verse list presents items linked to common nouns with playful rhymes and a taunting incentive to name the object. The piece reads as a light verse or children's riddle style from a literary page.
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Ethel Jacobson
Capt Hal Lists New Pen Pals In Reader Request
Readers seek pen pals from across the country sending name address and age to Captain Hal care of the newspaper. Names and ages include Thelma Johnson 14 Gulfport Pauline Gulotta 15 and many others from Ohio New York Indiana Wisconsin Mississippi and more with ages ranging from 7 to 15.
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Hal
Thelma Jean Johnson
Chillicothe Rd
Hudson
Ohio
Pauline Gulotta
22Nd St
Gulfport
Miss
Kevin McDowell
Helena
N.Y
Sue Suominen
Maple St
Rifton
Cheryl Engel
Wanatah
Ind
Linda Gillespie
W. Water
Biloxi
Edward Shaffer
17Th St
Akron
Judith Adams
R.F.D
c/o
Donald
Perrysville
Debbie Kotte
Middlebury Rd
Kent
Debra Dawson
South Blvd
Wadsworth
Julia L. Seaquist
N. 22Nd St
Superior
Wis
N.H
Juliette Laquerre
Linden St
Nashua
Carol Morgan
Welsh Hill
Frostburg
Marsha Perry
Charlotte Rd
Saugus
Mass
Shelley Rich
Franklin St
Revere
The Griffin's Quest
The Griffin sets out to rescue a princess but finds she fears him and rejoices at his departure. He grieves but earns a second chance, discovers treasure in a hollow tree, and uses it to build a splendid home beside the tree.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cy la Tour
Koala
Benjamin Harrison
Caroline Harrison
Mineral Spring
Lavinian
Oury
Noasy WestJeury Oy
Utuefueg
Palqieul
Honglnas Gaia
Tiassay
Gyomssoud
Donna Lugg Pape
Bill
THE
By Gary Bargar
Zoo's
South Western
Asia
India
Weaver
Carpenter
Mason
Mechanic
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