Fragmentary sports note hints at two names in hat trick
OCR fragment mentions a hat and two individuals linked to a ribli event. Details are unclear but imply a sports or game context with a pair involved in a trick or challenge.
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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
5
Charlie Andrews Turns Idea Into Profitable Hobby
World War I veteran Charlie Andrews turned a nerve disorder limiting ankle and foot use into a business by building and selling wooden bird houses after reading a magazine plasticraft ad. He served at Dwight Veterans Hospital and worked at Joliet plants before his wife’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charthe Andrews
Charlie
Dwight Veterans Hospital
Midwest
Joliet
Troy
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Packomatic
Charlie crafts bookend molds in his New York shop
Charlie builds a workshop from spare parts and makes bookends from plastic raft molds. He casts figures, dries them, sands bases, paints with homemade colors, and finishes with varnish. His work is sold through the Veterans Craft Exchange under the American Legion auxiliary, aiding disabled veterans. Charlie has a long, varied background including a shipwreck at age 14 and work as a crewman and cook on fruit ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charlie
Veterans Craft Exchange
American Legion Auxiliary
Atlantic
Carlo Verona
New England
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Baskin Building
Hickoks
Joliet’s
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