Word: briarcliffe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their National Jamboree in Washington (TIME, July 12), spent their happiest hours swapping horned toads, pickled scorpions, live hoot owls-everything but puppy dog tails. The first international encampment in the U. S. of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides -only 101 strong-convened last week in a grove near Briarcliff Manor, about 35 miles north of Manhattan, but again the primeval urge made itself felt. Their barter, however, consisted of more appropriate articles, cotton bolls from South Carolina, scarves, tubes of powdered iron ore from Minnesota. Scout Sally Page of El Paso appeared with trade goods consisting...
...Sylvia is the Girl Scouts' "ideal" name. Unfortunately at Briarcliff the nearest thing to a bona fide Sylvia was one Solveig (Pahle) from Oslo, 18 years old, a four-language polyglot...
...born, went to an Ethical Culture school, Swarthmore College and the Columbia School of Journalism, then did publicity work and odd jobs on Manhattan newspapers. She has traveled widely in Europe, is still a spinster. At present she is teaching something called "creative writing" at a girls' school (Briarcliff Manor...
...centre of the arena to judge the champion steer. In the ring were four finalists-a Hereford, a Shorthorn, two Anguses. One of the Anguses belonged to Oakleigh Thorne. Mr. Thorne could not forget that no individual had ever won the championship twice, that his entry in the ring, Briarcliff Model, was heavier (1,217 Ib.) than was nowadays popular. Judge Biggar passed his sensitive hands over well-meated ribs, examined shoulders, circled again & again. Finally he pointed to Briarcliff Model. There was applause. By now Farmer Thorne was an upstart Eastern breeder no longer. Technicians talked of "new contributions...
...days later, as is the custom, Briarcliff Model was auctioned off. Highest bidder: Chicago's Palmer House. Price: $1,573, or $1.30 per Ib., highest since 1930, 5? per Ib. higher than last year...