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The Seaforth News, 1960-11-24, Page 3i;�9'il'C.':9ss Games Are Vanishing Revelling the ,joy,e of hopscotch al my youth, I have looped frit the chalked squares of this chil- dren's game on the playgrounds between the great blocks of flats In Westminster, London, They Rare seldom there. I,; their ah- eenee significant? Where are the 1900 equivalents of youngsters who used to scuff out shoeleather hopping 'an one foot and kicking the elusive slate platter into the squares? On an evening prowl before ofticiat summertime ended, I found girls using a skipping rope, but the only similarity to "tag," "tig," or "catch" were the sudden sallies of boys with menacing -looking, if harmless, pistols dashing at each other with s series of staccato shouts: "Haug, bang, bang, you're dead!" Otherwise I found few children playing with the absorption which shuts out the grown-up world even the call to supper. The older girls and boys, the so-called teenagers who used to giggle and chatter under the gas lamps, now sit around plastic - covered tables in the Espresso hare. Their feet — enseoned in Winkle-picker shoes with stilet- to heels — tap to the rhythm of the jukebox. Their heads, piled high with puffed -oat hair, nod to the beat; The sum which one teen-ager now spends on soft drink and buns in one evening would have represented the weekly pocket money of a teen- ager 10 years ago. Mrs. Mary Stewart, wife of Michael Stewart, M.P,, has made a survey of 7,000 Ilford school children, comparing their leis- ure -time activities with those of children in 1946-47. Secondary modern children seem to be spending more time nn activities in which.they do not participate, and less on those re- quiring thought and initiative, she finds. Few children today, she says, are interested in activi- ties exclusive to children. Even sport, she says, is less popular, Children today read grown-up periodicals; they dance; listen to records; and talk with those of their own age group in clubs, cafes, and other places where they feel grownups will not join in, (I have never felt more cons- cious of grownupness than when, in search of light refreshment one evening, I stumbled by mis- take into one of these teen-age cafes, Mrs. Stewart notes a change in leisure tastes more marked in the case of secondary' modern children than in those who get more academics at the grammar schools. Grammar school children, she says, have retained their inde- pendence, "and their leisure pur- suits are, if anything, more var- ied and individual than those of their predecessors 10 years ago." This reminds me of the mother tot two who gasped with horror when I asked her if she had a TV set. "TV set, no," she said. "The children wouldn't spend any time on their photography." Fa- ther incidentally has a dark- room in which the children de- velop and print their own photo- graphs. Mrs. Stewart backs her conten- tion with statistics. As compared with 1946-47 she says the proportion of grammar schools naming football as a fa- vorite activity in 1958 has fallen from 58 to 37 per cent; those naming cricket from 67 to 31 per cent. Among the secondary mod- erns the fall in football is from 78 to 40 per cent, writes Melita Knowles in the Christian Science Monitor. The absence of hopscotch pitches in Westminster is ex - ISSUE 47 — 1960 >•eT Ix'" Japanese socialist party leader assassinated by rightist youth; riots follow, 'Se 1" .1• Newi,nap 26" , °Chs Boren killed in Windsor, One, department store explosion, tjt. offs Chartered piano crashes et Toledo airport, killing 22, including 16 members of California Polytechnic College football team; 26 m. others injured. Nine killed, 2S injured es two freighters collide on Mississippi Rlvor OCT.12 U,H, General Assembly, president Boland brooks gavel' hying to control riotous mating in which Nikita Khrushchev wares his shoe, u p OCT. 4, U.S, orbits Courier, advanced 4m BostoAirliner crashes le n harbor, killing 6 , lock of birds behoved curse, 1,4 *rM Pittsburgh Pirates beat N,Y. Yankees in 7th game to take World Series. k>+LvS. te II ii Qc,r 3A Khrushchre returns to Moscow after 25 days in Now York, CT2 '23 Bomb brash in New York arouse fours of another "Mad Bomber," AC,T,.'I31.= lb communications satellite. Throe American* executed in Cuba for 1' Three blook'mico are attempting to overthrow rocketed 700 miles into space, government, recovered alive. '" ""' QCT, s9; U.S. imposes goads embargo on Cuba, OCT 26 Army coup takes over QCT, 25, Castro seizes last government of El Salvador. remaining U.S. business firms, ---' e. 0 1 r e i r --, - OCTS' Y u South Africa otos to leave British Commonwealth, become Republic. GOING STRONG — Mrs. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, holding a rose, flashes a big smile in New York as she attends reception for U.N, delegates on her 76th birthday. plained to some extent by Mrs. Stewart's figures, Among the sec- ondary school girls she says the popularity of street and garden games has dropped from 56 to 5 per cent, Reading to is down: from 38 to 29 per cent among grammar school boys, from 69 to 58 per cent afong the girls. Among the "modern" boys it has gone down from 37 to 15 per cent, and in girls from 58 to 30 per cent. The young boy or girl of today goes to the youth club, dances, listens to pop music, or watches TV. Youth club membership among the "modern" boys more than doubled in 11 years, Fan clubs and jazz cubs are a new feature of teenage life. Scouting was less popular in this group though Boy Scout headquarters here reports their over-all mem- bership has increased. Music, without doubt, emerges as one of the pleasures of mod- ern youth. Seven out of 10 of the boys and girls in the second- ary schools have a record play- er or radiogram at home. Nine out of 10 included listening to records among their pastimes. Classical music is less popular among "modern" than among grammar school children, and among boys than girls. "Rock" is popular among the younger chil- dren, jazz among the over -six- teens. The child of 11 apparently watches TV "most" nights whereas his viewing decreases considerably by the time he is 16. With more "looking in," there is less cinema attendance. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Stook of food 5. Was god 0. headpiece 1.2. 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AI Intim 4e, Itom roe 47 4tb•nipt 14 Aurirl, in St•.tln Ancwer ekewhree on t11s page What does the Canadian farm housewife consider the most use- ful piece of equipment in her home? This question was posed to 352 homemakers residing in each county and district of Ontario by the rural sociology unit of the Canada Department of Agricul- ture, in conjunction with the home economics service of the provincial government. The answer: a power washing Machine. 4, 1' e The survey, reports Dr. Helen C. Abell, who is head of the rural sociology unit, listed 37 pieces of equipment as considered "most useful" by the rural housewives. An analysis showed that an electric or gas stove ranked next to the washing machine, and was closely followed by a refrigera- tor. All three were in 85 to 98 per cent of the farm homes and were the choice of three-quarters of those surveyed, is u q, Fourth piece of equipment considered most useful was an automatic clothes drier. Al- though found in only 11 per cent of the homes included in the study, the drier was named as one of the most useful labor savers by over half of the wo- men who had one. High on this list of useful home equipment came these electrical appliances; a freezer, a vacuum cleaner and a floor pol- isher, t, N 0 Other items mentioned by few- er of the women were: an ironer or mangle, an electric food mix- er, a sewing machine, an elec- tric coffee maker and toaster. Comments Dr. Abell: "These pieces of home equip- ment which save arduous physi- cal labor need to be recognized by farm women and their hus- bands as a desirable and neces- sary part of farm family living." e ° o Canada's poultry industry has been urged to make fuller use of the contributions being made by research. A challenge was thrown out to the Canadian Hatchery Fede- ration at its Saskatoon conven- tion by A. Drew Davey, director of the Poultry Division, Canada Department of Agriculture "If you had a full appreciation of the contributions being made by the various resarch groups, I am sure you would be making greater use of the information and facilities that they have," he declared, Mr. Davey referred specifical- ly to work being carried out on blood typing as an improved and more accurate method of achiev- ing breeding improvement. Thie project, conducted by -officers of CDA's production and marketing branch working with flocks at a number of agricultural colleges, should greatly benefit the gen- eral breeding program of the country, he suggested At the same time, extensive basic res:uch that is extremely valuable to the poultry industry is being carried on through the department's research branch and Animal. Disease Research In- stitute. ,, ,, And, he added, ,aggressive ex- tension programs are being car- ried out by officers of provinciai departments of agriculture in the interests of more efficient and better quality production. Mr. Davey felt that niarkcl re- search has failed to keep pace with extensive and successful 1'e - search in .such production fields WE breeding, nutrition and man- agement. While a number of pro- jects have been undertaken at Ottawa and at agricultural col- leges, mare work is needed in this area. He outlined tests being made for a more accurate measure of internal quality as a basis for grading eggs, and reviewed work aimed at establishing suitable standards for corrugated egg cases and poultry boxes. 4, 4, The new insecticide ronnel, given to steers in pill form, was highly effective against cattle grubs in tests at the Experimen- tal Farm, Nappan, N.S. As in tests elsewhere, the treatment controlled the grubs without affecting the health of the animals. 4' e t, Ronnel, they warned, must not be given to milking cows because of possible residues in the milk. ,...Nor may it be given to ani- mals that are to be slaughtered within 60 days, A single pill, or bolus, was given to each of 16 yearling Hereford steers in November. A similar group received no treat- ment against the grubs. The lot - lowing May the untreated group had an average of 18.5 warbles per steer, in comparison with less than one (0.8) for the treated group. The two groups of steers were similar in general condition. She Kept A Ghost In Her Closet Over the years, Mrs. Sarah Jane Harvey had kept her secret locked up in a closet at the top of the stairs. When boarders in her home at Rhyl in Wales got nosy, she told them that the closet contained only her choicest linens. When her pink-eheeked son, "Bubbles," a curly-haired, perennial winner of baby beauty contests, became curious, his mother shooed slim away. Not until he was a grown man did Bubbles discover the secret of the closet on the second floor. Then, thinking to please his Mo- ther by redecorating the house while she was undergoing hospi- tal treatment, Bubbles, pried the closet door open. Inside, clothed and crouched, he found Mrs. Alice Knight; who hadn't been seen for -twenty years. Mrs, Knight wore a faded blue dressing gown and a long-sleev- ed night dress. But around her neck, pulled tight, was a stock- ing tied in a reef knot, and near her were bottles of deodorants whose labels showed they had been purchased a year or more after Mrs. Knight disappeared. Mrs. I{night, it turned out, had been dead since 1940, but her body — through a freak of air currents ---had been mummified. It. was preserved intact and so hard that one learned Egyptolo- gist reported that he could not chip it with a hatchet. How this could have happen- ed I'emaine a nn,Merry to experts cn muuumiflr itluu. But in the • Denbighshire Assizes Court Last month, all the other facts in the case were made startlingly clear. Mr,. Kersey, it appealed, had let a room to the semi -crippled subs. Knight in 1930. And being a kindly soul she had gone to the Rhyl magistrate's office every - Friday • morning to collect the VA weekly tllnwance made to Mrs, Knight by her estranged husband, Always, s, the clerk etiled, MrsHarvey would have some word to say about hes lodger's condition ("Feeling poorly, this week"; "A little bet- ter ,. today") as he payment; mounted over the }cal.; to about $6,0911. This titmice' Mrs. Harvey spent an baubles for Bubbles and later on ballroom dancing lessons for him, But as her son grew older and got mauls d, slie no longer took in boarders but worked nearby as a hotel maid. When arrested, after Bubbles re- ported his finding to police, Mrs. Harvey at first said: "0 bobl Annwyl" which in Walsh means "Goodness gracious," But she freely admitted placing Mrs, Knight in the closet, "I did it in a panic," she said, although she denied having first strangled her. It was on this point that de- fense attorney Andrew Rankin, a heavy -set, 36-yearold barrister from Liverpool, hammered re- lentlessly last week. Facing him were the two main prosecution witnesses: Dr. Gerald Evans, Home Office pathologist and Dr. Alan Clift, Hoene Office biologist. An expert on pathology himself, Rankin contended that the pro- cess of mummification had made it impossible for the prosecution to prove that the stocking found around Mrs. Knight's neck had been stretched by human hands before it had been tied there. It was impossible (after twenty years) to prove she had been murdered. The point carried when, after five hours of rigorous cross-ex- amination, Dr. Clift collapsed and fainted on the witness stand, The Crown then conceded that although there were "manifold circumstances of suspicion" cen- tering on Mrs. Harvey, murder could not be proved. The judge promptly erdeied the jury to re- turn a verdict of "not guilty." For Mrs. Harvey, however, the court "victory" was almost mean- ingless, Her son, Bubbles, was jailed for embezzling his em- ployer's funds and she herself was sent to prison for receiving Mrs. Knight's "maintenance money" under false pretenses. The jail term was set at fifteen months—but doctors said she is not likely to survive, Mrs. Har- vey is now 65 and is suffering from an advanced case of cancer. —From NEWSWEEK. The carcass of a deer should be hung in cold storage for two weeks, but four weeks would be better. This aging process is im- portant, just as it is in prime beef. After the venison is aged, cook it like good beef, but don't overcook it. Wife — A letter marked pri• vate and confidential came for you today, Husband — And what did it say? SCH001 .ESSON rev Rev. lt. seiselay Warren ILA., 11.». 'elutsiks lie to Gott i'salm 103: 1-18 This psalm is 'a el"( at sort' of thanksgiving, rich in (.raise to Clod. John Angell James of. Bir- mingham, England, used to read it in his house every day. When j his wife was on her death bed she wanted it read, for she de- clared It is as full of comfort as of think -riving." The first two verses of the Psalm are. our Memory Set..'e- tion; `Bless the Lord. 0 my soul: and all that is within me, bless his 'holy *lanae., 131ess the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his benefits." In all the world's literature where is thews anything SO expressive of grati- tude as this? Donald Deinaray, writing in Arnold's Commentary, points out that in the expressing of grati- tude :or the mighty acts of God, (verses 3-7), the first listed is forgiveness of sins. Then follows praise for other works of God: redemption (v.4), justice (v.6), revelation (v.7). The never -failing love of Gori is the theme of verses 8-10. Someone has said that this pas- sage is perhaps "tlie richest des- cription of the divine love in the Old Testament." God is merci- ful and gracious. He is readily forgiving, not punishing us ac- cording to the gravity of our sins; His love is boundless, be- ide higher than the heavens. And then comes the concept to be so strongly emphasized by Jesus: God is like a father (Vs. 13, II). On December 2, 1950, wh'i2e meditating on the first 3 ver =es of this Psalm, I had a very prof- itable experience, By God's grace„ in spite of the intense suffer- ing of the past eight months from rheumatoid arthritis, I was able to bless the Lord with all my soul. There had been some struggle to face what appeared to be a life of invalidism and say without any reluctance, "My times are in Thy hand." Psaln 31:16. His benefits were great, ' .At the age of 15 I had found Hit pardon. Then I thought upon Him in the light of the words, "Who healeth all thy diseases.'° There alone in my room I trust- ed that He was healing me of rheumatoid arthritis. He was very near as I took the venture of faith. I knew that He wase pleased that I should trust Hine. Seven weeks from that night, 1 who had been using crutches part of the time, went skating, I have no trace of the disease although I carry some extra cal- cium deposits at some joints. They are no inconvenience. I am very fond of Psalm 103. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking ©L 1 A Ave,,LZe 031y'2i3OI3g!:55er itee•n 3 5 `eese 3 c=�s ee3 et 3 S 5 %if 3 N 5 I S 1 ''t 3 iz O d rrM1, 5,3 I3N 8Y 30 tr. 1d,S 3'I30 x;1 3 ©' d d e 1 ((1 111 3 dSl 5 N3tL •ON i:. d S` ,u V S Dieted bei 3 eilet el 3i_LiSit+' et e 2i! r1+0 N 3 0i3M'O 3ILIIt1'id mpra...9 sem t;:2 i Re a pa i REA Lim, rdir Ancwer ekewhree on t11s page What does the Canadian farm housewife consider the most use- ful piece of equipment in her home? This question was posed to 352 homemakers residing in each county and district of Ontario by the rural sociology unit of the Canada Department of Agricul- ture, in conjunction with the home economics service of the provincial government. The answer: a power washing Machine. 4, 1' e The survey, reports Dr. Helen C. Abell, who is head of the rural sociology unit, listed 37 pieces of equipment as considered "most useful" by the rural housewives. An analysis showed that an electric or gas stove ranked next to the washing machine, and was closely followed by a refrigera- tor. All three were in 85 to 98 per cent of the farm homes and were the choice of three-quarters of those surveyed, is u q, Fourth piece of equipment considered most useful was an automatic clothes drier. Al- though found in only 11 per cent of the homes included in the study, the drier was named as one of the most useful labor savers by over half of the wo- men who had one. High on this list of useful home equipment came these electrical appliances; a freezer, a vacuum cleaner and a floor pol- isher, t, N 0 Other items mentioned by few- er of the women were: an ironer or mangle, an electric food mix- er, a sewing machine, an elec- tric coffee maker and toaster. Comments Dr. Abell: "These pieces of home equip- ment which save arduous physi- cal labor need to be recognized by farm women and their hus- bands as a desirable and neces- sary part of farm family living." e ° o Canada's poultry industry has been urged to make fuller use of the contributions being made by research. A challenge was thrown out to the Canadian Hatchery Fede- ration at its Saskatoon conven- tion by A. Drew Davey, director of the Poultry Division, Canada Department of Agriculture "If you had a full appreciation of the contributions being made by the various resarch groups, I am sure you would be making greater use of the information and facilities that they have," he declared, Mr. Davey referred specifical- ly to work being carried out on blood typing as an improved and more accurate method of achiev- ing breeding improvement. Thie project, conducted by -officers of CDA's production and marketing branch working with flocks at a number of agricultural colleges, should greatly benefit the gen- eral breeding program of the country, he suggested At the same time, extensive basic res:uch that is extremely valuable to the poultry industry is being carried on through the department's research branch and Animal. Disease Research In- stitute. ,, ,, And, he added, ,aggressive ex- tension programs are being car- ried out by officers of provinciai departments of agriculture in the interests of more efficient and better quality production. Mr. Davey felt that niarkcl re- search has failed to keep pace with extensive and successful 1'e - search in .such production fields WE breeding, nutrition and man- agement. While a number of pro- jects have been undertaken at Ottawa and at agricultural col- leges, mare work is needed in this area. He outlined tests being made for a more accurate measure of internal quality as a basis for grading eggs, and reviewed work aimed at establishing suitable standards for corrugated egg cases and poultry boxes. 4, 4, The new insecticide ronnel, given to steers in pill form, was highly effective against cattle grubs in tests at the Experimen- tal Farm, Nappan, N.S. As in tests elsewhere, the treatment controlled the grubs without affecting the health of the animals. 4' e t, Ronnel, they warned, must not be given to milking cows because of possible residues in the milk. ,...Nor may it be given to ani- mals that are to be slaughtered within 60 days, A single pill, or bolus, was given to each of 16 yearling Hereford steers in November. A similar group received no treat- ment against the grubs. The lot - lowing May the untreated group had an average of 18.5 warbles per steer, in comparison with less than one (0.8) for the treated group. The two groups of steers were similar in general condition. She Kept A Ghost In Her Closet Over the years, Mrs. Sarah Jane Harvey had kept her secret locked up in a closet at the top of the stairs. When boarders in her home at Rhyl in Wales got nosy, she told them that the closet contained only her choicest linens. When her pink-eheeked son, "Bubbles," a curly-haired, perennial winner of baby beauty contests, became curious, his mother shooed slim away. Not until he was a grown man did Bubbles discover the secret of the closet on the second floor. Then, thinking to please his Mo- ther by redecorating the house while she was undergoing hospi- tal treatment, Bubbles, pried the closet door open. Inside, clothed and crouched, he found Mrs. Alice Knight; who hadn't been seen for -twenty years. Mrs, Knight wore a faded blue dressing gown and a long-sleev- ed night dress. But around her neck, pulled tight, was a stock- ing tied in a reef knot, and near her were bottles of deodorants whose labels showed they had been purchased a year or more after Mrs. Knight disappeared. Mrs. I{night, it turned out, had been dead since 1940, but her body — through a freak of air currents ---had been mummified. It. was preserved intact and so hard that one learned Egyptolo- gist reported that he could not chip it with a hatchet. How this could have happen- ed I'emaine a nn,Merry to experts cn muuumiflr itluu. But in the • Denbighshire Assizes Court Last month, all the other facts in the case were made startlingly clear. Mr,. Kersey, it appealed, had let a room to the semi -crippled subs. Knight in 1930. And being a kindly soul she had gone to the Rhyl magistrate's office every - Friday • morning to collect the VA weekly tllnwance made to Mrs, Knight by her estranged husband, Always, s, the clerk etiled, MrsHarvey would have some word to say about hes lodger's condition ("Feeling poorly, this week"; "A little bet- ter ,. today") as he payment; mounted over the }cal.; to about $6,0911. This titmice' Mrs. Harvey spent an baubles for Bubbles and later on ballroom dancing lessons for him, But as her son grew older and got mauls d, slie no longer took in boarders but worked nearby as a hotel maid. When arrested, after Bubbles re- ported his finding to police, Mrs. Harvey at first said: "0 bobl Annwyl" which in Walsh means "Goodness gracious," But she freely admitted placing Mrs, Knight in the closet, "I did it in a panic," she said, although she denied having first strangled her. It was on this point that de- fense attorney Andrew Rankin, a heavy -set, 36-yearold barrister from Liverpool, hammered re- lentlessly last week. Facing him were the two main prosecution witnesses: Dr. Gerald Evans, Home Office pathologist and Dr. Alan Clift, Hoene Office biologist. An expert on pathology himself, Rankin contended that the pro- cess of mummification had made it impossible for the prosecution to prove that the stocking found around Mrs. Knight's neck had been stretched by human hands before it had been tied there. It was impossible (after twenty years) to prove she had been murdered. The point carried when, after five hours of rigorous cross-ex- amination, Dr. Clift collapsed and fainted on the witness stand, The Crown then conceded that although there were "manifold circumstances of suspicion" cen- tering on Mrs. Harvey, murder could not be proved. The judge promptly erdeied the jury to re- turn a verdict of "not guilty." For Mrs. Harvey, however, the court "victory" was almost mean- ingless, Her son, Bubbles, was jailed for embezzling his em- ployer's funds and she herself was sent to prison for receiving Mrs. Knight's "maintenance money" under false pretenses. The jail term was set at fifteen months—but doctors said she is not likely to survive, Mrs. Har- vey is now 65 and is suffering from an advanced case of cancer. —From NEWSWEEK. The carcass of a deer should be hung in cold storage for two weeks, but four weeks would be better. This aging process is im- portant, just as it is in prime beef. After the venison is aged, cook it like good beef, but don't overcook it. Wife — A letter marked pri• vate and confidential came for you today, Husband — And what did it say? SCH001 .ESSON rev Rev. lt. seiselay Warren ILA., 11.». 'elutsiks lie to Gott i'salm 103: 1-18 This psalm is 'a el"( at sort' of thanksgiving, rich in (.raise to Clod. John Angell James of. Bir- mingham, England, used to read it in his house every day. When j his wife was on her death bed she wanted it read, for she de- clared It is as full of comfort as of think -riving." The first two verses of the Psalm are. our Memory Set..'e- tion; `Bless the Lord. 0 my soul: and all that is within me, bless his 'holy *lanae., 131ess the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his benefits." In all the world's literature where is thews anything SO expressive of grati- tude as this? Donald Deinaray, writing in Arnold's Commentary, points out that in the expressing of grati- tude :or the mighty acts of God, (verses 3-7), the first listed is forgiveness of sins. Then follows praise for other works of God: redemption (v.4), justice (v.6), revelation (v.7). The never -failing love of Gori is the theme of verses 8-10. Someone has said that this pas- sage is perhaps "tlie richest des- cription of the divine love in the Old Testament." God is merci- ful and gracious. He is readily forgiving, not punishing us ac- cording to the gravity of our sins; His love is boundless, be- ide higher than the heavens. And then comes the concept to be so strongly emphasized by Jesus: God is like a father (Vs. 13, II). On December 2, 1950, wh'i2e meditating on the first 3 ver =es of this Psalm, I had a very prof- itable experience, By God's grace„ in spite of the intense suffer- ing of the past eight months from rheumatoid arthritis, I was able to bless the Lord with all my soul. There had been some struggle to face what appeared to be a life of invalidism and say without any reluctance, "My times are in Thy hand." Psaln 31:16. His benefits were great, ' .At the age of 15 I had found Hit pardon. Then I thought upon Him in the light of the words, "Who healeth all thy diseases.'° There alone in my room I trust- ed that He was healing me of rheumatoid arthritis. He was very near as I took the venture of faith. I knew that He wase pleased that I should trust Hine. Seven weeks from that night, 1 who had been using crutches part of the time, went skating, I have no trace of the disease although I carry some extra cal- cium deposits at some joints. They are no inconvenience. I am very fond of Psalm 103. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking ©L 1 A Ave,,LZe 031y'2i3OI3g!:55er itee•n 3 5 `eese 3 c=�s ee3 et 3 S 5 %if 3 N 5 I S 1 ''t 3 I,',;NOM O'd 1N Sib a. O d rrM1, 5,3 I3N 8Y 30 tr. 1d,S 3'I30 x;1 3 ©' d d e 1 ((1 111 3 dSl 5 N3tL •ON 3AT3 30aT;d,-9 d S` ,u V S Dieted bei 3 eilet el 3i_LiSit+' et e 2i! r1+0 N 3 0i3M'O 3ILIIt1'id WHAT A BOA — Squeezy, 10 -foot boa constrictor at Boston'e Museum of Science, seems unimpressed by penicillin ;hot, David Denney administors the treatment for Squeezy's hs+ lured mouth.