Strange trades and Hogan memories in Gazette column
A Gazette columnist shares odd job tales including a medical supply salesman who allegedly sells chastity belts for caretaking and Arab markets. He recalls Ben Hogan’s Cedar Rapids exhibition, Gay Brewer’s caddying, and jokes about sports clichés while noting upcoming political ads and Yogi Berra quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Old
Arthur
Lancelot
Guinevere
Ben Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Jack Stuhr
Country Club
Pkwy
Jack
Hogan
Bantam Ben
Gay Brewer
Brewer
Yogi Berra
Real life survivor stories from Hollywood stars
Celebrities tell Cosmopolitan how they rose from hardship to success. Nathan Lane recalls an alcoholic father and a mother who raised three kids alone. Rene Russo and Patrick Stewart describe poverty and teenage baldness, while Holly Hunter discusses living with deafness and Judd Hirsch recalls welfare in the Bronx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tars
Nathan Lane
Rene Russo
Patrick Stewart
David Ragan
Cosmopolitan
Daniel
Lane
Burbank
Calif
Holly Hunter
Judd Hirsch
Bronx
Steinway piano saved from sale by Elchertown residents
In Elchertown, Massachusetts an 120 year old Steinway concert grand, once in the town library since 1887, faced sale to make room for computers. A citizen group led by Doris Stockton and her son Tom moved the piano to the First Congregational Church for at least 20 years, keeping its library ownership while plans to relocate the church grand proceed.
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Elchertown
Mass
Doris Stockton
Stockton
Tom
Most Holy Trinity Church
Wallingford
Conn
Stocktons’ Group
Tom Fuller
St. Celia
Fuller
Jessica Spencer
Krystal Carroll
Belchertown
Clapp Memorial Library
Divorce Magazine targets growing divorce information niche
A new ABCs report shows magazines serving specific interests grow faster than general titles. Divorce Magazine, launched by D D Communications, expands from Canada to Chicago with a New York edition due mid December at 2.95. Associate Publisher Wayne Laszlo notes the magazine aims at those considering, undergoing, or curious about divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divorce Magazine
D+D Communications
Toronto
Canada
Chicago
New York
Wayne Laszlo
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Wyne Soaan
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Deena Diana
Teer
Tro
Cta Pela
Blairs Ferry Rd
Hiawatha
Blairs Ferry
Edgewood Rd
the Great Furniture Mart
Flexsteel
Boston
Art Gauthier
First Congregational Church
Congregational Church
Newsday
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Lisa Oberreuter
Mt. Vernon Road
Big Dog
Reservatio
Amana
Williamsburg
Rion
Technigraphics Rvicg Cook
National Golf Amana Colonies Golf Art & Craft
Blairsferry Outdoors
Campbell Steele Carmike Cinemas
Casino Express Colony Village Restaurant
Comini Copyworks
Cedar Rapids Martial Arts
Cedar Rapids Bowling Center
D & B Tree
KCRC
Excaliber Network
Family Psychology
Assoc
Fox Eye
Gibson Partners
Uringo
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
Helzberg’s
Internet Navigator Kgan
Kory Inn
Longbranch
I Center
Norwest Nova Mortgage Peck
Flower & ‘Garden
Phelan
Pierson’s
Flower Shop & Restylers
akOgMan
Slender World Technigraphies,inc
the Blind Factory
Voelkers
Zimmerman Ford Mitsubi
Iowa City
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