Speed Riggs Auctioneer Historic Tobacco Seller in Radio Lore
New profile of Speed Riggs a longtime tobacco auctioneer famed for rapid chants and a 42 minute tobacco sale record. He recalls starting at 12 learning to improvise and becoming the voice behind 1930s to 1950s radio shows and later film and TV appearances.
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New York
UPI
Oscar Levants
Kay Kyser
Sinatra
Lee Aubrey
Speed
Riggs
Speed Riggs
North Carolina
Sherman Oaks
California
Regina
Shelly
The
American Tobacco Co
Los Angeles
Greenwich native earns C-133 Cargo Master wings at Dover
Captain Ronald E. Mead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Royce S. Mead, certified air craft commander at Dover AFB Del. A seven year veteran of the service and Greenwich High School graduate, he earned a B.S.E.E. in 1959 from Ohio University and joined the Military Airlift Command. Meanwhile, Willard L. Paden, USN, son of Willard Paden of Willard, participates in LANTFLEX 66, the Atlantic Fleet Exercise involving 94 ships and 42 000 men from November 28 to December 16 aimed at boosting readiness across allied forces.
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Ronald E. Mead
Royce S. Mead
R.D. 1
Greenwich
Dover Afb
Del
Mead
Military Airlift Command
Greenwich High School
Ohio University
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
U.S. Atlantic
Canada
U.S
Secretarial position offered with benefits and contact
An opening for a secretarial position with excellent compensation and benefits is advertised. Apply by calling Mr. Prentice at 668-8291. Equal opportunity employer Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc located at 166 Milan Avenue Norwalk Ohio.
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Prentice
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Milan Avenue
Norwalk
Ohio
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Donald H. Derby
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William F. Ward
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Verna Miller
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Dson Insurance PLC
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Cring Realty CO
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Bob" Thomas
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Martin Motor Sales, Inc
Sandwick Motors CO
Pontiac - Cadillac
Norwalk, CO
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Electrolux
Robert J. Forney
Walnut St
Kohlmyer
Main St
Jack Eastman
Richard H. Bower
Rt. 3
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Clyde
Remington
Enfield
Stevens
State Street
Louis G. Frey Realty CO
J. O. Tatt
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L. J. Buckley
Ralph J. Tarka
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Bertha L. Hohler
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White Roofing and Lumber CO
Call Keller Bros
William A. Brown
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Paul R. Neate
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Deadline
Monroe
Foster
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Bernard Schilens
Clinton Rd
Zenobia
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Rug Town
Perkins Ave
Sandusky
S. A Pickworth Fed
Curtiss A Suhr
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Merry Christmas
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AN & Lpn
Lorain Community Hospital
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