Old Time Sportsmen Challenge Modern Athletic Glory
Veterans lament the present generation in baseball football and other sports while arguing the game has evolved. They cite players like Cobb Ruth Hornsby Musial Williams and Berra as benchmarks and note the shift from speed to power and the platoon system. Catalina Island training camps and Branch Rickey’s Pirates completing their rebuild are also referenced.
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IME
Grantland Rice
Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Cobb
Hornsby
Musial
DiMaggio
Williams
Laurel
Olive
Ruth
Honus Wagner
Bernard Gimbel
Rizzuto
Slaughter
Reese
Robinson
Terry Moore
Johnny Mize
Marty Marion
Yogi Berra
Bill Dickey
Berra
Arkansas
Bill
Los Angeles
Catalina
Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Frank Frisch
Cubs
Branch Rickey
Pirates
How to Gain Typing Speed Told by Fastest Operator
Margaret Hamma Dilmore set a one hour typing record of 149 words a minute and offers guidance for faster typing. She stresses posture, relaxed hands, knuckle-originating finger motions, quick key release, and daily practice with practiced phrases to build rhythm and accuracy. A free Typing Guide mailed to secretaries and students supports these methods.
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Margaret Hamma Dilmore
Hamma
Madison Avenue
New York
N. Y
Miss Hamma
Rhode Island State College Forms Speakers Bureau
A speakers bureau is established at Rhode Island State College to meet requests from civic, social, and educational groups. Available science topics include Atomic Energy, Chemistry Catches Criminals, Native Plants in Rhode Island, The Insect World, Textiles, Seashore Life, and Spider Silk and its Uses with noted speakers such as Dr Eugene C Winslow and Dr W George Parks.
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Rhode Island State College
Eugene C. Winslow
Atomic Energy
H C Harrison
Elmer A Palmatier
Rhode Island
Herbert Knutson
W George Parks
Donald J Zinn
John G. Albright
Easy Trick to Dress Up Gelatin Desserts
Advertise Ann Page Sparkle Gelatin Desserts sold at A&P in six flavors Strawberry Raspberry Cherry Orange Lemon Lime. Steps describe a two tone Banana Cherry treat with cherry gelatin, banana slices, whipped gelatin, and maraschino cherry, chilled to serve.
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Ann Page
A&p
Combined Choirs Sing Cantata at St Michael's March 18
Sacred music lovers will hear The Seven Last Words of Christ performed by mixed choirs from First Congregational and St Michael's Church at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday March 18. Gloria Gargani soprano leads solos with Vernon A. Gray tenor and Allen M Newman Roswell Bosworth bass. Organist J Pierce Anthony directs.
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St. Michael’s Church
First Congregational
Gloria Gargani
St. Michael’s
Cranston
J. Pierce Anthony
St Michael's Church
Providence
Vernon A. Gray
Allen M Newman
Roswell
Bosworth
Anthony
Fred Rounds
Mae Canning
Frances Catalano
Frederick Coggeshall
Marion Darling
Doris Hartwell
Clara Herreshoff
Anne Lyons
Hope Martin
Ellen Metcalfe
Railroad Engineers Of World War I Will Have 32nd Convention
The 32nd annual reunion of the 14th Engineers Veterans Association will be held at the Hotel Lenox in Boston Saturday, March 31. Reservations may be written to Harold C. Chase, B Company, 9 Greenwood Avenue, Hyde Park 36, Mass. The regiment was recruited from five New England railroads, served in France in 1917 1918, and remained on the front until 1919. The association numbers about 500 former members, some who also served in World War II.
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14Th Engineers Veterans Association
Hotel Lenox
Boston
Harold C. Chase
Greenwood Avenue
Hyde Park
Mass
New England
France
Veteran Association
Scout Notes From Bristol Troop Meeting Highlights
Tomahawk patrol led by Carlton Pinhero won best site and topped scoring with 77 points as Mohawk trailed with 61. Reports covered March 10 hike and Yawgoog summer trip. next week packing for overnight hike will be taught by junior staff. Troop Scribe Raymond Faria and Manuel Correira led the program.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Hall
Tomahawk Patrol
Carlton Pinhero
Mohawk Patrol
Yawgoog
Raymond Faria
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RISC
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Allen M. Newman, Bass
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Chaloff School
Emma Beldan
Newport
Manuel Correira
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps
Manuel P. Goulart
Lincoln Avenue
Mary Guimarey
Jamestown
R. I
Agnes Foto
Easterbrooks Avenue
National Council, Boy Scouts of America
William F. Head
Charles C. Mello
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