Linda was with her mother while her older sister was being e=
xamined by a dentist. Linda kept herself busy playing with toys in the wait=
ing room until she noticed that her Mom was resting, with her eyes closed. =
Linda marched up to her mother, looked her straight in the face and shook =
her shoulder. "Mommy," she yelled. "Wake up! This is n=
ot church!"
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~~ANSWERS TO WISCONSIN QUIZ~~
1. AG=
RICULTURE. In 1844, George Esterly of Wisconsin aided farmers by inventing =
the HARVESTING MACHINE
2. POLITICS: In 1854,=
a group of Wisconsin abolitionists gathered in Rippon to form the REPUBLIC=
AN PARTY
3. BUSINESS: In 1868, Christopher L=
atham Soles of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, assisted office workers by inventing t=
he TYPEWRITER
4. AUTOMOTIVE: In 1871, Dr Joh=
n Carhart of Racine, Wisconsin, built the first STEAM POWERED CAR
5. SWEETS: In 1881, Ed Berner of Two Rivers, Wisconsi=
n, invented the ICE CREAM SUNDAE
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6. HIGHWAYS=
: In 1918, the Wisconsin Government established the nation’s first HI=
GHWAY NUMBERING SYSTEM
7. HOME: In 1935, the=
Hamilton Manufacturing Company of Rippon, Wisconsin, invented the first au=
tomatic CLOTHES DRYER
8. ENVIRONMENT: In 197=
0, the government in Madison, Wisconsin, became the first state to ban DDT
9. DRINK: In 1887, William Horlick of Racine=
, Wisconsin, invented MALTED MILK
10. SANITA=
TION: In 1883, John Michael Kohler of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, developed the f=
irst ENAMELED CAST IRON PLUMBING FIXTURES
11=
=2E PATRIOTISM: In 1885, Bernard Cigrand, teacher at Stoney Hill School in =
Ozaukee, Wisconsin, celebrated June 14 as the first FLAG DAY
12. MASS TRANSIT: In 1886, the city of Appleton, Wisconsin=
, operated the first successful ELECTRIC STREETCAR
13. COMMUNICATION: In 1917, the University of Wisconsin in Madison b=
egan the first RADIO STATION
14. EDUCATION: =
In 1856, Margarethe Meyer Schurz in Watertown, Wisconsin, opened the first =
public KINDERGARTEN
15. ENTERTAINMENT: In =
1882, brothers Alfred, Charles, John, Al and Otto of Baraboo, Wisconsin, be=
gan to travel and perform in the RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS=
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
bo=
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"=