Word: ashfield
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cambridge, Mass.; Beverly D. Causey, Jr. 4G, of St. Augustine, Fla.; William A. Davis 2G, of New York, N.Y.; Daniel C. Dennett, Jr. '31, 3G, of Winchester, Mass.; Robert B. Eckles '32, 3G, of York, Neb.; Ralph E. Ladd 2G, of Ipswich, Mass.; Arthur J. Mekeel 2G, of South Ashfield, Mass.; Robert O. Schlaifer 3G, of Santa Monica, Calif.; Richard P. Stebbins '33, of Newton Centre, Mass.; and Bradley DeF. Thompson 2G, of Concord...
Meanwhile George, Duke of Kent-"P. G." to his intimates-was up and about London, reported by the Daily Express to have had "the thrill of a lifetime." This occurred when H. R. H. descended into an underground station accompanied by pompous Lord Ashfield, chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board, and proceeded to drive an ordinary subway train up to 40 m.p.h. Suddenly the automatic signals went from green to red, the Duke of Kent removed his hand from the "dead man's handle" and the trainload of ordinary passengers, who had no idea who their motorman...
Just ahead a subway train had broken down. "P. G." decided that since it must be pushed to the next station by the train he was driving, he would stay at the motorman's post and do the pushing, a feat mildly ticklish. With undergroundmen, including Lord Ashfield, perspiring profusely, "P. G." pushed successfully. "I assure you, Sir," cried flustered Lord Ashfield as they alighted, "that the breakdown experience you have had is one which one of our drivers might not encounter in a lifetime...
...Cecil Blount DeMille was born in Ashfield, Mass, in 1881. His father was Henry-Churchill DeMille, who collaborated on plays with the late David Belasco. When Henry DeMille died, his widow first turned her home into a girls' school, sent young Cecil to Pennsylvania Military College. his older brother William to Columbia. Later she founded the DeMille Play Com pany, originally formed to supply the in creasing demand for DeMille-Belasco plays, which did a flourishing agent's business for 20 years. Young Cecil studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, set out to be an actor. After...
...manner seemed to please foreign statesmen as he told them what the U. S. was thinking and doing. In 1926 he published a novel (It Can't Be Done). Among his unproduced plays is one about the political life of Woodrow Wilson. He has a home at Ashfield, Mass, where he golfs, rides, picks apples. During the War he had an office near that of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt, knew him well. He climbed on the Roosevelt bandwagon early last year, worked hard at Democratic campaign headquarters. Last January he again traveled abroad where some statesmen...