Miscellany, May 19, 1947

A Day to Remember. In Pittsburgh, St. Cyril's parish celebrated the final payment on a mortgage with a cheery party; the document was burned—and so was a tidy little portion of the church.

Entree. In Norman, Okla., University of Oklahoma Botany Professor Lawrence M. Rohrbaugh had a suggestion for finicky fruit eaters: throw away the apple and eat the worm; it is more nourishing.

Caches. In Chillicothe, Mo., a nervous second-hand dealer looked up the car he'd sold six days before, opened the trunk, pulled out $2,000, explained to the new owner: "That was my...

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