Word: belmonts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bethlehem Steel since 1916, moved over to chairman of the board, a chair vacant since Charles M. Schwab died in 1939. Grace will continue as "chief executive officer." But much of the day-by-day operating will now fall on the new president, Arthur Bartlett Homer, 49. Born in Belmont, Mass., Homer graduated from Brown University and Annapolis, served in World War I as a lieutenant on submarines, joined Beth Steel in 1919. During World War II, Homer, whose hobby is sailing his 40-foot yawl, bossed Beth Steel's shipbuilding program. In five years he turned...
...Jayvee soccer team booted out its third straight triumph on Thursday, blanking Belmont High, 3-0. Manny Aguirre scored in the first and third periods, and Dick Miller tallied in the second. Belmont boasted capable control of the ball, but lacked the accuracy of the Crimson aggregation. Tom Ragle and Bill Dawson led the stubborn defense that consistently frustrated the schoolboys' onslaughts...
Neck & neck down the stretch last week, battling to be the year's top money-winning racing-stable owner, came two beauty specialists: Cosmetician Elizabeth Arden and Movieman Louis B. Mayer. Arden's Star Pilot won the Belmont Futurity and $52,940. Mayer's Busher won the Hollywood Derby and $40,470 (to become the alltime tenth best moneywinner*). The dollar derby between the stables stood: Mayer $452,605, Arden...
Swarthy William George Helis, who since 1943 has spent more than anyone else on horses, watched some of the money come back last week. From the stands at Belmont Park, he could not spot his pale blue & white colors across the infield, but he would have no truck with field glasses; as usual, he relied on the announcer. After the announcer spotted Helis' Greek Warrior in front, down the stretch, across the line to win the Legion Handicap and $6,050, Helis muttered: "That guy's a good announcer...
...Father Matthiesen believes that he has found a nonnational, nonracial avenue for carrying the message of Orthodox Catholicism to Western people in their own terms. So far he has made some 30 converts among the Danes, Swedes, Poles and Germans in the neighborhood of his church at 3716 West Belmont Avenue...