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Features 1999



Huckleberry Finn, Where are Ya?
by Len Dalton
... 1940 in Barrington, Nova Scotia - Boys with no TV, no stores;

Dowsing for Fun and Profit, Part II
Bill Jodrey
... dowsing can find more than water

Idle Thots of an Idler - Part II
Bill Jodrey
... took to the highways and freight trains ...

Idle Thots of An Idler
by Bill Jodrey
... do we follow a path laid out for us?

Four Editors Are Exposed to "Zora"
by Virginia Hanley
... workshop at MIT introduces SilverStringers to virtual environment

Bolinas Earth Quake
by Sally Ryan
... Shake, Rattle and Roll!
The car jumped up in the air

War Declared on Prostate Cancer
by Len Dalton
... My fight with prostate cancer

Life On A Sheep Ranch In The Aleutians
by Len Dalton
... an Idaho mother becomes an isolated sheep rancher in Alaska

Helping Hand on the Road to Independence
by Dorothy S. O'Connor
... I could hear the whine of the saw
as the surgeon cut my tibia and femur bones.

Ted Williams and the Eephus Pitch
by Virginia Hanley
... memories of the 1946 All Star Game

Money -- More or Less ... 
by Bill Jodrey
... Tips for guaranteed gain.

An Honest-to-Goodness Bat Tale
Bob Ross
The "Good Neighbor" takes the bite

Playing Golf - they screamed! 
Tony Trebor
... Man, were they scared

Pets are like family members
Bob Ross
... I was going to get rich

Retirement? Not really
Bob Ross
... I didn't get rich but kept busy

Buying Stamps in Spain 
Bob Ross
... We were stumped ... no one understood

Our Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Bob Ross
... I didn't want to go

Volunteers Mark 'Clean Up Ell Pond Day'
Natalie Thomson
...In go the trees; out goes the trash

On Thanksgiving
Len Peterson
... "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer"

Melrose Council Wins Coveted 'Rose' Award
Jim Driscoll & Jack Beckley
... Silver Stringers, MIT's Media Lab, COA share State Honors

Senior Center Forum  on Health, Prescription Problems
Virginia Hanley
... tremendous changes taking place in the health field

Seniors' Appreciation Reception
Jack Beckley
... special people, special recognition ...

The Ultimate Fan Remembers "Dem Bums"
Arnold Koch
... the BROOKLYN Dodgers live on in memory

The Lifeguard
Arnold Koch
... the greatest accidental political training program

Like it Was in Melrose, in 1930
by Charles H. Thompson
... Michigan resident renews connection via The Melrose Mirror


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