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YESTERYEARS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:54 AM CDT

80 Years Ago

March 17, 1929

Notes on the Perfect Bedroom:

When a bedroom is shared, it is a good idea to place tiny lights under the beds, controlled by a switch convenient to the beds. Thus a person retiring late or finding it necessary to arise in the night may have sufficient light to guide his footsteps without disturbing the sleeper.

Every bedroom should boast an electric fan and a portable electric heater. Getting up on a winter morning is much less terrifying if one can dress in the warm glow of a radiant heater. And sleeping and dressing can be much more comfortable accomplished in summer when an electric fan (preferably suspended from the wall) keeps the air agitated.

60 Years Ago

March 17, 1949

A confectionery sale, chili supper and square dance will mean a busy day for Pine Bluff high school students Saturday as they continue their efforts to raise money for a youth center.

Cakes, candy, cookies and pies, all home made, will be exhibited for sale from 9 to 2 o’clock Saturday in the dining room of the Hotel Pines. Ninety students from the home rooms of Mrs. Zach McCammon and Mrs. Annie Eddins will sponsor the sale.

Committee members include: Johnny Miller, Sloan Cummins, Charles Bonner, Ann Parish, Marianne Scott, Milton Caplan, Fletcher Welch and Kay Baim.

44 Years Ago

March 17, 1965

SAIGON, South Vietnam — Two more American dead were reported in South Vietnam today. A United States Navy officer was killed by the Viet Cong in the Mekong River delta, and a Marine died of wounds suffered in an accidental shooting at Da Nang air base.

Their deaths raised the unofficial total of Americans killed in Vietnam since December, 1961, to 430 — 304 of them in combat.

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