Word: burgesses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...John Burgess (Deck...
Before Jacksonville, Fla., the first port-of-call, was reached quarrels among the crew had alarmed the captain and his four New England mates. Ashore in the Florida port the brawls, revolving around John Burgess, a fiery Californian, continued. In a waterfront saloon Burgess drew a knife, stabbed a fellow seaman, was promptly shot and killed by a landlubber. Shipped in his place was J. Hartley, an agitator more troublesome than Burgess...
...document was dated August 6, 1935, and stipulated that the residuary income from the estate was to go to his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Randolph Mills, with the exception of bequests to Mrs. George R. Burgess, and George W. Sands both of whom were wards of Mr. Mills. In addition life annuities yielding from $1250 to $12500 were left his servants and personal employees...
Richard C. Floyd '11, Chairman, Arthur A. Adams '99, C. Russell Allen '38, William A. Barron, Jr. '14, Edward H. Bennett '37, Charles C. Buell '23, James A. Burgess '04, J. Fletcher Chace '38, Frederic C. Church '20, Forrester A. Clark '38, John R. Clark '38, Laurence Curtis '16, Roger W. Cutler '11, John H. Dean '34, F. Stanton Deland '36, Charles Devens '32, Henry T. Dunker '25, Samuel M. Felton, 3rd '13, W. Cameron Forbes '92, George S. Ford '37, James J. Gaffney '37, William F. Garcelon '95, G. Peabody Gardner, Jr. '10, Robert H. Hallowell '96, Huntington...
Miss Bennett is charming and intelligent in her representation of the strong-willed heroine. Sometimes one suspects her of being just a little uneasy, but then the explanation always suggests itself that the embarrassment belongs to the character, and not to the actress. Richard Kendrick makes an excellent Keith Burgess, the Communist who thought better of it when he made some money, and Douglas Gilmore is a dignified victim of Hollywood's rapacity. The cast, however, is a huge one, and no small part of the interest comes from studying the various members of the Footlight Club. Having only...