The Sewing Ladies use their skills to help residents at St. Mary Manor

On Tuesday mornings at St. Mary Manor in Lansdale, while many residents are playing bingo, getting manicures or resting, four women - Helen Dinda, Lorraine Clayton, Bea Sentman and Pat Beaver - are hard at work.

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Sun, June 18th, 2006

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  • The casino at Spa, a Belgian resort town noted for its mineral baths, was built by the Prince Bishop of the province of Liege in 1763.
  • Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
  • Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.