Coaching Legend Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech
Long profile of Bill Alexander, Georgia Tech graduate manager and former coach to 25 years, noting his lack of college playing star status but mastery of football strategy and deception. Includes reminiscences of his 1920 1945 tenure, seven conference titles, 1942 coach of the year, and anecdotes about the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame and his sharp wit.
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Camp
Haughton
Rockne
Little
Crisler
Bierman
Neyland
Thomas
Hickman
Voigts
Yost
Heisman
Bill Alexander
Georgia Tech
Alexander
Red Clay
Georgia
Touchdown Club
John Heisman
Pennsylvania
Bobby Dodd
Alex
Tech
Notre Dame
Army
Princeton
Stanford
Palo Alto
Harry Stuhldreher
Don Miller
Jimmy Crowley
Elmer Layden
Mystery at Miss Tillsit House Breathes Heavy
Georgine and Nella host tense vigil after Miss Tillsit’s death as intruder noises spark fear. Georgine confronts a shadowy presence while Barby sleeps away from danger. lights fail and a missing child triggers a frantic search led by Mary Helen and Todd.
New Year Watch Night Services Begin Worldwide
Religious groups observe watch night services on New Year Eve from 9 or 10 pm to midnight. The Methodist Episcopal church pioneered the practice. In 1947 St George's Methodist in Philadelphia held its 178th watch night service, church founded in 1769, with early Protestant services dating to 1770. Many churches now hold similar celebrations.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
St. George's Methodist Church
Philadelphia
America
Mummers Parade History and Philadelphia Traditions
The Mummers' parade linked New Year celebrations in Philadelphia to its English and Swedish roots. Early settlers shared customs, hospitality to masqueraders, and evolving forms from St. George plays to informal masquerading, with Washington later shaping the festival. Official recognition came in 1901 as civic participation grew.
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Philadelphia
New Orleans
George Washington
St. George
Silver Crown
Public Reception at the White House through Early Republic
The article notes the long standing custom of the President welcoming the public on New Year’s Day. It recalls Washington's practice of opening his home to the people on the first New Year’s Day after his inauguration and continuing annually during his seven years in Philadelphia, the nation’s capital at the time.
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Republic
United States
Washington
Philadelphia
George McCoog
Paterson
New Jersey
Pretty Woodland Scene Needlework Pattern
Woodland panel design offered as pattern 7011 transfer of panel 15 by 20 inches. Diagram shows a single stitch project suitable for framing or wall display. The Needlework book explains how to complete it and includes free pattern illustrations and guidance.
New Year Kisses Began In Scotland
The piece recalls a Scottish New Year custom of platonic kisses at midnight. It notes the tradition from Lord Langdale's memoirs and cites 1904 as a time when no work was done in Scotland. It also mentions empty Waverley Station and a noble lord traveling by milk cart to his hotel.
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Georgine
Todd
Barbey
Scotland
Lord Langdale
T. D. Hardy
Waverly
Edinburgh
January Named For Ancient God
The name January comes from Janus the two faced god. He was the god of light and day and gradually became the god of beginnings. The year’s start was sacred to Janus and his Angonia festival was celebrated. He was sought for aid at the start of important undertakings and worshiped as guardian of trade and shipping and inventor of agriculture.
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Janus
Angonia
New Year’s Observance Through Millennia
The article notes New Year’s is a long standing holiday spanning civil and religious traditions for 5 000 years. It cites Babylonian reverence for Marduk 3 000 years before Christ and describes ancient gift giving and rejoicing as enduring customs across eras and regions.
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Babylon
Marduk
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The
Four Horsemen
Cleveland
Miller
Layden
Stuhldreher
Crowley
Ernie Nevers
Duke McKinnon
Jodd McKinnon
Georgine Wyeth
Barby
Mrs. Pea
Borgine
Nella Peabody
Nella
Mrs. Peabody
Mrs. Crane
Mary Helen
Gilbert
Grantland Rice
Melass
Lenore Glenn
RS. Peabody
Body
Miss Tillsit
Horace
Broad Street
White House
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
American Cancer Society
Beaver Street
New York
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