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Published the First Friday of each month by the SilverStringers of Melrose, MA -- November 5, 1999
STRINGERS GET ROSE AWARD: The Melrose Silver Stringers were honored at State level this monthfor the continuing production of the Melroose Mirror, and for their contributions not only to this community, but to the hundreds of people around the world who find the Mirror an informative and entertaining way of staying in touch. "The Massachusetts 'ROSE'Award reflects not only on the Stringers themselves", commented COA Director Jack Beckley, "but on the two orginizations who sponsor the group: The Melose Council on Aging and the graduate students and faculty at the Media Lab at Massachussetts Institute of Technology, who provided the impetus for the project four years ago." (The full story begins below)
Jim Driscoll & Jack Beckley
... Silver Stringers, MIT's Media Lab, COA share State Honors
On Thanksgiving
Len Peterson
... "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer"
Seniors' Appreciation Reception
Jack Beckley
... special people, special recognition ...
Senior Center Forum on Health, Prescription Problems
Virginia Hanley
... tremendous changes taking place in the health field
Memories Are Wonderful Things
Bob Ross
... How things change as we get older
Dowsing for Fun and Profit, Part II
Bill Jodrey
... dowsing can find more than water
Words
Russ Priestley
... some mental gymnastics
The Mystery of Spelling
Marjorie Burgess
... complicated by pronunciation
Buying Stamps in Spain
Bob Ross
... We were stumped ... no one understood
Melanzane sotto olio
Ella Letterie
... Directly from Albanella, Italy