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GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDED ON THIS DATE IN 1912

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Juliette Gordon Low founder of girl scouts
Juliette Gordon Low (shown above) founded the Girl Guides, which
would become the Girl Scouts of the USA, the world’s largest voluntary
organization for young women.

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IT’S BARBARA FELDON’S BIRTHDAY ~ 78 TODAY

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Barbara Feldon is a character actress of both stage and television who
is primarily known for the role of Agent 99 on the popular 1960s sitcom 
Get Smart on NBC and later CBS. Following her first work as a model,
Feldon’s break came in the form of a popular and much parodied TV
commercial (shown below) for "Top Brass," a hair pomade for men.

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Barbara Feldon with costar Don Adams in Get Smart

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JON PROVOST TURNED 61 TODAY

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Jon Provost, born in Los Angeles, California is a former child actor of film and
television. He is best known for his role as Timmy Martin in the CBS-TV series
Lassie (1957 – 1964).  

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WONDER TOY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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HISTORY OF THE POPSICLE

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The first ice pop Popsicle was created by accident in 1905 when 11-year-old
Frank Epperson left a mixture of powdered soda, water, and a stirring stick in a 
cup on his porch in cold weather. That night, temperatures reached a record
low, and the next morning, Epperson discovered the drink had frozen to the
stick, creating the idea of a fruit-flavored ‘Popsicle.’ Eighteen years later in
in 1923, Epperson introduced his idea to the public at an amusement park in
Alameda, California. Seeing that it was a success, in 1924 Epperson applied
for a patent for his confectionery idea which he called the Epsicle ice pop. He
renamed it to Popsicle and sold the rights to a New York company in 1925.

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Frank Epperson with his granddaughter

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