Get A Grip On Yourself - For the third time this year, Middletonians next week will have to tremble through a Friday that alights upon the 13th day of a calendar month. This is not a record for such coincidences but a mere tie. For in 1857, 1863, 1874, 1885, 1891, 1903, 1914, 1925, 1931 and 1942 the same phenomenon occurred. And, if all goes well, keepers of the clocks predict a similar situation in 1959, 1970, 1981, 1987, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2026, 2037, 2043, 2054, 2065, 2071, 2082, 2093, 2099 and perhaps more. All these years are unfortunate enough to own a February Friday the 13th. March, an unmighty mimic, on all but leap years keeps the same calendar for the first 28 days as February. Thus, February Friday 13th has usually meant a March Friday 13th. After gathering two 13ths with one swoop, finding a third - somehow always November - has not been difficult for whoever busies himself yearly with calendar printing...

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