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...steeple and stained-glass windows. He might have difficulty recognizing some of the 3,616 churches now on postwar planning boards. Among the more outlandish designs, most of them reported in this month's Architectural Record: ¶A community church in Carmichael, Calif., which will include a badminton court, tennis court and swimming pool, for the strengthening and immersing of the congregation...
...like something G.I. Joe had dreamed of but never expected to realize. One veteran of Italian foxholes complained that he could not sleep-the Miami Beach beds were too soft. There were badminton, tennis, golf, shuffleboard, but most soldiers preferred to loaf in the sun. Wives could be brought along for a mere...
...most notable member of the official family is Spaatz's WAC aide, Captain Sally Bagby, a tall, slim brunette from New Haven, Mo., who functions as the General's confidential secretary, personal batwoman, mess hostess, badminton opponent ("I'm the only one he can beat"), wardrobe checker-upper and last line of defense against bores and time-wasters...
Freeman, who comes from Pasadena, California, and won his bachelor's degree at Pomona College in Claremont, California, was runner-up in the National Doubles tennis tournament last year. One of the top tennis and badminton players in the country, he won the National Badminton Singles every year in the 1939-42 period, and the Doubles and Mixed Doubles in 1940-42 inclusive. He won the National Junior Tennis Singles in 1938, and last year won the Massachusetts State Singles...
Farm-raised Pauline, who majored in physical education at Penn State ('42) and was badminton champion of the college, is no tomboy. Softspoken, modest, Pauline was prompted to step into her mannish role because she likes kids and knew what a letdown a football-less fall would be for them. Salina's grownups were pleased enough at being put on the map, but were somewhat skeptical of Pauline's prospects...