Word: bachelor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Adolf Schmidt, a German-language instructor who came to the U.S. in 1939, was a man of "good moral character." Applying for U.S. citizenship, Schmidt admitted casually that he had had sexual intercourse with unmarried women "now & then." Schmidt said he saw nothing wrong with that: he was a bachelor, 44 years old, the women were unmarried, and nobody seemed to mind. But the examiner was shocked. Application denied...
Comedian Paul Silvers and wife Jo Carroll Dennison agreed on a temporary separation: she took a "bachelor" apartment, and he went home to his mother-in-law, "who understands me better than anyone else in the world...
Heady Glow. As the nuptials drew near, rings were chosen, dresses fitted, attendants picked, bachelor dinners and bridal showers enjoyed. Meanwhile, there was the business of arranging for a marriage ceremony and the signing of a sheaf of papers, all undertaken in a heady glow of anticipation...
Next month Chatillon plans to start exporting dresses to leading shops in the U.S., including Dallas' famed Neiman-Marcus and others. They will be copies of his expensive models, priced to sell at $40 to $50. What with his expanding business, Bachelor Chatillon is too busy to think much about social activities. "I am married to my hats," he says...
James D. Laurits, 31, of Cleveland, received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Yale in 1940. After three years in the Navy, he received his Master of Arts in Teaching from Chicago and has taught in the Elgin public schools for two years...