PAGE FOUR Q—Can yon tell me how many uranium claim* have been filed with j the Atomic Energy Commission? A—These claims are filed with the Defense Minerals Exploration Ad f ministration of the Department of Interior and as of May 1, 1955, | a total of 2,554 applications for exploration assistance have been 1 filed. - Q—What Is the highest military honor awarded hy the United States? A —The Congressional Medal of Honor. Q —How and when did this country acquire the Samoa Islands? A —By a treaty between Germany, Great Britain and the United States in 1899 the United States obtained right to the islands east of 177 longitude, west, and in 1925 after the World War 1, the U S annexed Swains Island to the North of Samoa. Q— Who v. as it who said, “What this country needs is a good five-c*"' cigar?” A—Vice President Thomas Marshall, in the Wilson administration Q—Cun you tell me the first cabinet offices set np in the Governorti A—ln the Administration of President Washington, the cabinet co. sis'.ed of Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary o' War, Attorney General and Postmaster General. Q—Can you tell me the name of the Vice President who was elected by the Sehate? was Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky in 1836. There were thre sr candidates, but Johnson failed to get a majority of the tn< •torrfl votes. In such case the constitution provides the S?n ict from the two highest candidates. - h,were Senators first elected by direct vote of the pei- ' " \ a adoption of the 17th amendment to the constitution f"; 3. Prior to that time Senators were elected by State legist' ”1 REMEMBER"! .?, BY THS OLD TIMERS j I From Mrs. Rudolph Hendrickson Hegewiscb, Chicago, Illinois: I re member about 60 years ago we were a family of nine children. My father had payday once a week and the 6 younger children got 5c , to buy lunch bags; 6 bags for a nickel. They contained pink pop corn, a gum drop or two and a little prize. We were sure happy for pay day. And, if we ran an errand and got two cents, we felt well paid indeed. I was third from the oldest and before going to school had to sweep 7and fix the beds for my two older j sisters were out working. On Mon day afternoons, it was scrub the clothes; on Fridays, do the Ironing while Mother baked about 12 loaves of bread in a coal or wood stove, so as to use the same heat in the summer. e After we got older, and had boy friends, we would take a walk around on the board walks, some times he would spend 10c for a bag of candy, and once in a long while, take us for a buggy ride. This was seldom since you had to hire the horse and buggy. Father had a horse and a big wagon and sometimes took us to visit friends and stay overnight, though it was only eight miles away. The wagon had two long seats on the side and we called it the “express.” •From Mrs. Henry Gunderson, Edgemont, South Dakota: What has become of the clay piper grand- ( mother used to smoke? And the small fry would purloin and blow wonderful bubbles? I remember one old lady whose grandchildren would blow bubbles on her woolen shawl as she sat in her rocking chaii Sometimes the tobacco and soap combination wasn’t agreeable, to grandma, but bubbles were fine. (Send contributions to this column to The Old Timer, Cornmnnity Press Serv- Ise, Frankfort, Kentucky.) »• p • -tor mow pure pleasure,, have a Camel ipnpii Bl a No other cigarette is so rich-tasting yet so mild "4 - Production of nickel by the frea high estimated at 390.000,000 pounds—about 50,000,000 pounds greater than the 1953 total and about 50 per cent above the pre- Korean output. Cancer as a killer has risen from eighth place in 1900 to second place today. HOTPOINT IDEAL-HUMIDITY REFRIGERATOR WHTH 75-LB. TRUE FOOD FREEZER 11.6 CU. 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