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TV DADS (continued) ● Another classic 1950s dad was Ward Cleaver, head of the family on Leave it to Beaver, husband of June and father of Wally and Theodore (the Beaver). Ward was a native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, who graduated from State College in Philosophy and served in World War II as a Seabee. During the series’ duration from 1957 to 1963, Ward was most frequently seen in his business suit and white shirt, toting his briefcase to his job at the trust company, although he drove his Plymouth Fury to Mayfield’s country club golf course on the weekends. In real life, actor Hugh Beaumont was a licensed Methodist preacher, who opted for a career in show business. After retiring, he began a new career as a Christmas tree farmer in Minnesota. ● Baby boomers will remember the trials and tribulations of single parenthood from the long-running series, My Three Sons. Steven Douglas ranks #7 on TV Guide’s list of the greatest TV dads. Played by actor Fred McMurray from 1960 to 1972, Steve was a widowed aeronautical engineer raising three boys on his own, assisted by cranky Uncle Charlie. MacMurray was the only cast member to appear in every one of the series’ 380 episodes. The sons changed over the years, with some growing up and moving away and others being adopted, and the addition of triplet boys to one son’s family in keeping with the “three sons” theme. ● It wasn’t the plan for Eight is Enough’s Tom Bradford to be a single dad. The series started out in 1977 with actress Diana Hyland starring as his wife, but Hyland fell seriously ill after taping just four episodes, and passed away 12 days after the first episode aired. Tom remarried a schoolteacher during the series’ second season. Tom was a columnist for a Sacramento newspaper, a storyline based on the real life of syndicated columnist Thomas Braden, a father of eight children who wrote a book about his parenting adventures.

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● On June 10, 1692, in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be tried in the Salem witch trials, is hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft. In October, on order of the governor, the Salem witch trials, which resulted in the executions of 19 innocent women and men, effectively ended. ● On June 14, 1777, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution describing the design of the national flag. It became known as the "Stars and Stripes." ● On June 13, 1905, pitcher Christy Matthewson of the New York Giants throws the second no-hitter of his career. Matthewson won 31 games and lost only nine, and ended the 1905 season with an earned run average of just 1.28, more than a run and a half lower than the league average. ● On June 15, 1917, some two months after America's entrance into World War I, the U.S. Congress passes the Espionage Act. The Act essentially made it a crime for anyone to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. Anyone found guilty of such acts would be subject to a fine of $10,000 and a prison sentence of 20 years. ● On June 12, 1940, Edsel Ford agrees to manufacture 9,000 Rolls-Royce-designed engines to be used in British and U.S. airplanes. Edsel's father, Henry, who still retained control over the company, personally and publicly canceled the deal, telling a reporter: "We are not doing business with the British government or any other government." ● On June 16, 1961, Rudolf Nureyev, the young star of the Soviet Union's Kirov Opera Ballet Company, defects during a stopover in Paris. Nureyev threw himself into the arms of airport security people, screaming, "Protect me!" ● On June 11, 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor born Marion Morrison, dies at age 72. The "John Wayne" name was created during his first starring role "in The Big Trail" in 1930. The director didn't think Marion was a good name for an actor playing a tough Western hero.

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TV DADS (continued) ● Single dad Andy Taylor served as the sheriff and justice of the peace of Mayberry, North Carolina on CBS from 1960 to 1968 on The Andy Griffith Show. Fans will remember the opening credits that featured Andy and son Opie strolling down a country lane, fishing poles in hand, to a whistled tune called “The Fishing Hole.” Andy put up with his harebrained deputy Barney Fife, who also happened to be his cousin. Around town, Andy played checkers at Floyd’s Barber Shop, visited Gomer Pyle and his cousin Goober down at the filling station, and romanced schoolteacher Helen Crump. At home, he enlisted the help of his Aunt Bee for household chores and assistance with Opie (played by Ron Howard, who went on to movie directing fame.) ● The old West had its own version of the single dad with Ben Cartwright, owner of the 600,000-acre Ponderosa Ranch on the shores of Nevada’s Lake Tahoe. Bonanza endured 14 seasons from 1959 to 1973, frequently ranking as TV’s number one program. Ben was widowed three times, with one son from each marriage – Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe. His first wife was from Boston, where Ben had been a seaman and later a shop owner specializing in supplies for merchant vessels. Newly widowed, he and Adam moved out West. Ben ranks #2 on TV Guide’s list of greatest TV dads. ● It wasn’t the plan for Eight is Enough’s Tom Bradford to be a single dad. The series started out in 1977 with actress Diana Hyland starring as his wife, but Hyland fell seriously ill after taping just four episodes, and passed away 12 days after the first episode aired. Tom remarried a schoolteacher during the series’ second season. Tom was a columnist for a Sacramento newspaper, a storyline based on the real life of syndicated columnist Thomas Braden, a father of eight children who wrote a book about his parenting adventures.

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For Advertising Call (740) 446-4543 MARY KAY ASH (continued) ● The Dallas store opened with nine salespeople. It generated a profit its first year, and by the end of the second year had sold nearly $1 million worth of products. In 1968, the company went public. Mary Kay offered her employees incentive programs for their home demonstrations, including vacations, jewelry, and automobiles. Known for her love of the color pink, beginning in 1969, Mary Kay began giving pink Cadillacs to her top sales performers. The first cars were painted the color of one of her products, a shade of blush called Mountain Laurel. Twenty-five years later she had awarded 7,000 cars with a value of $100 million. The particular shade of pink used to paint the cars belongs exclusively to Mary Kay, Inc. and is not available to other customers. A General Motors dealer will not repaint any outside vehicle Mary Kay’s pink. GM estimates they have produced more than 100,000 pink Cadillacs for Mary Kay. ● From humble beginnings of nine salespeople, Mary Kay representatives now number more than 2.4 million. From secondyear sales of $1 million, worldwide sales in more than 35 markets are close to $3 billion annually. Fortune magazine has included Mary Kay, Inc. on its list of “The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America” and “The Most Admired Corporations in America.” Mary Kay was a devoted fundraiser for charities, establishing foundations to combat domestic violence and to fund cancer research. ● Mary Kay retained her CEO position until 1987, but remained active in the company until 1996 when she suffered a stroke. She passed away in 2001. The tremendous success of her company lives on, thanks to a personal belief of hers – “People are a company’s greatest asset.”

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AUCTION JUNE 15, 2013 10:00AM Location: MEIGS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS Pomeroy Pike-Pomeroy, OH 45769 Intersection of SR 7 & SR 33 We have been commissoned to sell the personal property of the Grindstaff family, life-long residents of Racine, OH. Due to lack of parking at the Racine loaction, we have decided to move this auction to the Fairgrounds. Antiques And ColleCtibles: Hand sewn quilts, rooster collection, bell collection, milk bottles, blob top bottles, local advertising, retro, chrome leg, red top table, curved front glass china cabinet, toy train parts, over 30 Jim Beam decanters (most have boxes), iron stone china pitcher and bowl, old bottles, library desk, state spoons, thimbles, green Depression pitcher, Carnival basket, 5’ china hutch, match holder, Player piano and rolls, large rugs, child’s very nice, old rocking horse, carpenter tool box, old sleighs, old books, old toys, Batman hand puppet, lawn furniture, concrete lawn jockey (new), old stock auto head lights, corner hutch, oak dining table with 6 pressed back chairs, butter dishes, and more. tools: Radial arm saw (never out of the box), hand saws, cross cut saws, several step ladders, 24’ aluminum step ladder, snow blower, push mower, riding mower, staple guns and staples, large air compressor, mig welder, house jacks, draw knives, hatchets, hand tools, masonry tools, large fan, Pennzoil advertising items, and a lot of building material. HOUSEHOLD DISHES & ITEMS FOR ANYMORE STARTING A HOME!

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● A 1930s family living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia was led by John Walton, who ran a sawmill on the family property. In actuality, The Waltons was filmed entirely in California, split between the Warner Brothers Studios and the nearby Angeles National Forest. John Walton and his wife Olivia raised their seven children through the Great Depression and World War II for nine seasons on CBS television. The series was based on creator Earl Hamner’s childhood in the tiny community of Schuyler, Virginia, and Hamner served as the narrator of each episode. CBS executives wanted Henry Fonda to portray John Walton, but when he turned it down, Ralph Waite was chosen. ● The bigoted and narrow-minded Archie Bunker was the guy television viewers from 1971 to 1979 loved to hate. The Bunker family included Archie, his wife Edith, daughter Gloria, and son-in-law Mike “Meathead” Stivic living in the borough of Queens in New York City. As a young person, Archie was an excellent baseball player, and had a dream of playing for the New York Yankees, a dream he gave up when forced to drop out of high school during the Great Depression to help support his family. Archie served in Italy during World War II for 22 months, where he was awarded the Purple Heart. After the war, he worked on a loading dock where he eventually became a foreman. Every race, religion, and political party were the target of his bad-tempered barbs, many of which were delivered from his favorite armchair, which is now exhibited in the Smithsonian. Many of Archie’s insults were directed at his longsuffering wife Edith, who he called Dingbat and frequently ordered to “Stifle it!” Norman Lear, who conceived the series, acknowledged that Archie’s behavior mirrored that of Lear’s father toward his mother. ● The life of wealthy carefree bachelor Bill Davis was dramatically changed when his brother and sister-in-law were killed in an auto accident. From 1966 to 1971, the series Family Affair recounted the adventures of this successful Manhattan civil engineer who became the guardian of twins Buffy and Jody and their teenaged sister Cissy. Uncle Bill was assisted in his efforts by his stuffy English valet Mr. French. Six-year-old Buffy’s favorite doll Mrs. Beasley was so popular that Mattel began production of the blond-haired talking doll in 1967, and was still experiencing favorable sales two years after the show was cancelled. ● Ranked as TV’s biggest hit of the 1980s, The Cosby Show featured Bill Cosby as Heathcliff Huxtable, head of a Brooklyn family from 1984 to 1992. Cliff was an obstetrician married to attorney wife Clair raising four daughters and a son. Cosby based the series on his own family – he also had four daughters and a son. His son Ennis was found to be dyslexic, and that was written into the Huxtable saga, as son Theo was diagnosed. Fictional wife Clair’s maiden name was Hanks, that of Cosby’s wife Camille. Dr. Huxtable was the son of a noted jazz trombonist, played by actor Earle Hyman, who was actually only 11 years older than Cosby. The role of the oldest daughter was given to Sabrina LeBeauf, who narrowly edged out a 21-year-old newcomer named Whitney Houston.

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● Summer travel season will soon be in full swing. So this week, here's a collection of tips for airline travel, beginning with one of my own: Make all reservations with the name on your official ID card, be it your driver's license or state ID. It will streamline every encounter where you need to present your ID and tickets. ● "Get samples of your favorite cosmetics, if you can, from your department store. This way, you'll be able to leave your full-size cosmetics at home during weekend trips." -- B.B. in California ● If you travel quite a bit and are in the market for a new suitcase, spring for a color or pattern version -- the brighter, the better. There is an endless parade of black cases on every baggage-claim belt. Ribbons and tags can come off in travel. If your case is black and you aren't ready to replace it, try decorating it with colorful duct tape on all non-fabric areas. ● "Bring contact information for your airline with you. If you miss a flight, call rather than stand in line. It's more effective. Make sure you have all your information handy." -- A.R. in Ohio ● A "nonstop" flight goes directly from one city to the destination city, no stops. A "direct" flight means that you might make stops along the way, some even requiring that you disembark, but you will not change planes before your destination. There can be many hours' difference in travel times, so know the difference! ● "Delayed flights happen. If you are late getting to your hotel, call ahead and have dinner waiting. If the hotel does not have room service, the front desk will have the phone number of a local pizza or other food delivery service, guaranteed! It's one less stop to deal with." -- J.L. in North Carolina Send your tips to Now Here's a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475 or e-mail JoAnn at heresatip@yahoo.com.

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Q: I always order a few cords of firewood in the summer, even though I will not likely need it until late fall. That way I can stack the wood the way I like it and make sure it seasons evenly between now and winter time. And I don't have to pay a premium or compete with all the other folks trying to get their firewood in the fall. Hope your readers find this useful! -- Carl F., White River Junction, Vt. A. Good tip! June's milder temperatures are a great time to start outdoor repair and maintenance projects. In northern states, homeowners can begin preparing the house for winter weather; in the southeast, the lull between spring storms and fall hurricanes gives people breathing room to shore up their homes and yards, and replenish emergency supplies. If you have a fireplace, schedule a professional inspection and cleaning this month -- again, it will help you beat the fall rush, and many chimney cleaners offer discounts during the slow season. If you have a septic tank, schedule its annual inspection for this month, too -- it may not need to be pumped out every year, but the tank and related systems, including the drain field, should be checked for small problems before they become big, expensive problems. Outside, finish spring cleanup in the yard and garden. Grab a ladder and a helper, and climb up to the roof to see if there's a lot of debris or damage to the shingles, eaves or soffits. Visually inspect the gutter system for damage, debris dams, rust or other problems. Again, the sooner you tackle smaller issues, the less costly the repairs will be. Finally, get your air conditioner ready for the hotter months. Change the air filter, and purchase a few more if necessary so you can change the filter every month until October. If the A/C unit hasn't been inspected in a few years, have a professional come and do a complete system inspection, including the unit, blower, vents and registers. HOME TIP: Attach a gutter screen to the top of your home's downspouts to reduce or prevent blockages and damage. Send your questions or home tips to ask@thisisahammer.com. My new e-book, "101 Best Home Tips," is available to download on Amazon Kindle! Pick it up it today for just 99 cents.

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