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...Smith County Reformer, proclaimed it "the highlight of the year"-the opportunity to see old friends, run coonhounds, engage in a little politicking and, most of all, relish the earthy spectacle of competitive expectoration. The crowd comes early down the red clay road to Billy John Crumpton's pond five miles west of town. Easily 2,000 women, children and men in narrow-brimmed hats, drill trousers and sport shirts gather beside the one-acre pond for the day's events. While the Jaycees barbecue chicken and collect the $1 entrance fee, prize coonhounds -black and tans...
...London and on the Continent, the linguistic lag is sorely evident: phrases already discarded Stateside are just coming into common usage across the pond. Some Londoners estimate that it takes two years for a lively American coinage to make it as far as Chelsea. Esperantists, however, are making a valiant effort to cope more quickly. At their world convention in Vienna last week, some of the younger hotheads were talking about gruva young ladies with whom they hoped to scenumi (make the scene) in the evening...
...visitors, yet they made no attempt to prevent the thousands of invaders from reaching the site on foot. The authorities impeded the delivery of food and curtailed sanitary services, but made no move to evict the celebrators. They ignored the pot-pushing, the open lovemaking, the unblushing nudity of pond swimmers and sun bathers. The line between strict law enforcement and pragmatic reality was conveniently blurred. "What can they do?" asked one contented camper. "We're all staying...
FRED D. DYSINGER Round Pond...
Sewing Their Own. Denver's Bride-N-Groom Rental Salon is swamped with orders from women who do not want to spend $200 for a wedding gown. Sales at Chesebrough-Pond's, a producer of moderately priced facial creams and toiletries, increased by 13% in the first three months of 1970. Many women are putting off buying new summer wardrobes and instead are making clothes for themselves. Volume is ahead 80% at Discount Fabrics Inc., a chain in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Just as women are sewing their own clothes, they are also growing their own food...