Hamsby was Norvelt's first postmistress, and she saved undeliverable letters in her home, like a "tiny museum of lost history" (21.44).
Through her obituary, we learn that Mrs. Huffer notices that she had "body spasms" before her death, and that she also died in her kitchen) (21.37). Another old lady death: This time, Mrs. Our hero makes a total fool of himself in front of his love interest when he gets freaked out by a fake plastic skeleton in Miss Volker's trunk. We would eat a thousand cookies just … because they were in front of us. Jack takes a risk and tells Mertie-Jo that he would "eat a thousand cookies" if she could stay in Norvelt. Dead-end Norvelt strikes again: Mertie-Jo's family is moving to Pittsburgh because her father needs a job. 
We learn more about how Jack has a thing for Mertie-Jo, but won't even admit it to himself.
Rules were different then.) He makes a trip for Miss Volker to Mertie-Jo's to pick up some more Girl Scout cookies. For the first time ever, Jack gets to drive all by himself.
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