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Show Climbs 273 Steps Each Day to Knit ERRATA, MISS. Mrs. Merle Lucille McDaniel has to climb 273 steps to get up on top of the world, but the quiet she gets for her knitting knit-ting makes it worth the long pull. Mrs. McDaniel is a fire watcher for the forestry department. Her office of-fice is a cabin perched atop a 120 foot tower. The tower originally was built at the start of the war as a lookout post, a lookout for enemy planes. Her husband got the job of spotter. However, it wasn't long before the war department deemed a Japanese invasion of southern Mississippi as unlikely. So Mr. McDaniel went back to railroading and Mrs. McDaniel Mc-Daniel took over the post for the forestry department. She keeps regular office hours atop the tower, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily. Most of the time she just knits and reads. But a few minutes every hour she scans her 20 mile territory with binoculars. |