European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday May 16, 1967 races n places Michigan House says motto needs updating for birthday from preys dispatches the Michigan House wants to rewrite the slate s Mono and bang in the sometimes neglected upper Peai Tuuli but Jou d better be a latin scholar if you want to understand the change. Michigan celebrating its 150th anniversary of statehood his you adopted a its original motto is Queris pc insular Amoena Circum spice if you seek a pm Chisam Peninsula lock around  Bui that was before it obtained the upper Peninsula i Exchange for land now in Ohio. The House voted 92-11 this week to approve legis lation thai would Amend the Mono from Peninou Lam Amoe Narn to Peninsulas amoebas for pleasant  the Bill s sponsor rep. Pat Anglia Fri whose District includes part of the upper Peninsula predicted similar vote in the Senate. Gagliardi said his upper Peninsula constituents have complained Aboul being overlooked by the More heavily populated lower Penl Nial we re not in proud of our former motto said Gogl Iriri we just want during the sesquicentennial to update it a Little bit. It s a positive change and it accentuates our  animal crackers turn 85 the Man who wrote animal crackers in my soup led a Lively children Singal Oflga thursday la Mark the 85lh birthday of the enduring cookie in the unique string handled Box. Brou Zitay lyricist May Caesar who s even older than the cookies belted out the song Shirley Temple made famous and captivated 40 Nursery school pupils with tunes and tales at the , Schwarz toy store in new York City. Animal crackers in my Soud monkeys and Rab bits Loop the Loop the 91 year old Caesar Sang in a gravely baritone blowing kisses o the children. The song was written in 1935 for the movie curly top in which Temple starred. The while haired songwriter remained in his chair but Hij feet kept time with a soft shot shuffle. It makes me so Happy to hear you sing my songs retold the children. I love All of you very very  mindful of his sponsor Caesar gobbled Nabisco s Barnum s animals throughout the show. Nabisco introduced  , modelled on English animal cookies that had been imported since the 18705, in 1902. The Box which depicts a colourful . Debt did circus Wagon was designed to be Hung on Christmas Trees. A Nabisco spokeswoman Ailene Grots said com Pany officials were unsure How the product became known As animal crackers but noted two possibilities they originated in England where the word cookie was not used and they Are not As Sweet As other american cookies. They were a Nickel a Box then. Now 35 billion crackers later they sell for around 59 cents. The recipe has stayed the same. Cemented stardom Popeye s their kind of Guy Attar Eddia Murphy in Hoff Tavit film it Huv Triy Hitatt cop ii autograph i wet Catano in Rewt Iid Woluc in front of Mann i Chitte theater in Hollywood on thar Day an 8-foot-h.igh statue of Popeye the spinach Lov ing Sailor was unveiled in Alma Ark which Bills itself a the world s spinach capital and holds a spin Ach festival this weekend. Itching for role Jack Klugman to Oscar Madison and a Iron to had hit new aeon o of to itchy a it Praport for hit Broadway Rolt in i m hat  Klugman it Ptah i Hal Linden in rite 19b6 Tony a Ward winning play. The statue is made of Concrete sprayed Over a wire mesh Frame and Hen coated with fibreglass. The famed cartoon character stands atop a 4-foot red Wood base that boasts Bema spinach capital of the  the Stal i was created by sign maker red Moore according to Alma spinach Booster George Bowie. He did it looking at a drawing of Popeye said Bowles. The own of 2,800 pc Opte is Home to alien can Ning co., which produces 56 percent of the nation canned spinach including he Popeye Label said Bowles. Bowles belongs to the Alma merchants Aas oct Tion which spearheaded a $2,400 fund raising drive for the statue and came up with the idea Lor the festival in this town of 2.boo people. The festival sponsored by the Alma area Cham Ber of Commerce opened Friday and is expected to draw up to 6,000 people Bowles said. In addition to the usual events there will be  lookalike contest and a Sweet pea crawling contest for babies. If they get up and walk they la be disqualified Bowles said. 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