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...social whirl, John Sparkman relaxes by gardening, sometimes shoots a "terrible" game of golf (low 100s). A staunch Methodist, he teaches an adult Bible class at Washing ton's Hamline Church. (In 1944, when asked to describe his idea of Heaven, Sparkman offered this modest vision: ". . . Heaven must afford an opportunity of again meeting . . . our loved ones ... I am sure that in Heaven there must be an opportunity for purposeful work, always with a glorious accomplishment rather than a failure as the result...
...startling additional information about Kittredge's Sir Thomas. It appeared that Sir Thomas had been a prodigious troublemaker in his day, had tried to ambush the Duke of Buckingham, had broken into the home of one Hugh Smyth and raped his wife Joan, had extorted 100s, from a Margaret Kyng and a William Hales and 20s. from a John Mylner, had broken into Hugh Smyth's place and raped Joan again, had gone to Leicestershire and there stolen "seven cows, two calves, a cart worth ?4, and 335 sheep." Sir Thomas, it appeared from the records, had also...
...famed Ned Parke in the 220 and 100. Powers has never beaten Parke but this time the cards are stacked a bit in favor of the Crimson leader. Parke, presumably, has not yet regained his 1940 form, while Powers has been cracking off a series of spectacular 220s and 100s; and he has not yet been wide open in the 220. Bus Curwen will also be gunning for the Nassau captain, and Lonnie Stowell will swim with Powers in the century...
Design: All the new bills are black & green (no more "yellow-backs"). All $1 bills portray Washington, all $2s Jefferson, $5s Lincoln, $10s Hamilton, $20s Jackson, $50s Grant, $100s Franklin, $500s McKinley, $1,000s Cleveland, $5,000s Madison, $10,000s Chase...