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"We are never too old to learn." This old adage has been clearly proven in the case of Noe Demers of Massachusetts, who at the age of 70 years has mastered the English language and passed his citizenship examination. He was recently chosen as one of the three outstanding Americanization students in the state of Massachusetts and rewarded with a trip to the National Capital where he was received by President Coolidge today. He is shown in picture with Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts who presented him to the president [White House, Washington, D.C.]

"We are never too old to learn." This old adage has been clearly prove...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The capable hands of this craftsman belie the adage that an old dog cannot learn new tricks. For years those hands have carved most of the horses that appear on American carrousels. For the duration they're operating this lathe and machining landing gear housings for the dread Airacobra pursuit ship. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The capable hands of this craftsman ...

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Life begins at 70. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior, after 33 years of service, Mrs. Isabelle Haggett at 75 is now a co-ed at George Washington University, proving the old adage 'one is never to old to learn' still holds good. She retired from the government service in 1933 at the age of 70. Her worried expression in this photograph can be attributed to the fact she is now boning for the mid-year exams in English Romantic Poetry, 2-3-39

Life begins at 70. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Retired from the Bureau o...

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