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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stop. As a respectable father (ten children), he was roused by the rascalities of a French wencher, hoped that "Some Gentleman would only Cetch the Low minded Dog and Cow hyde him well." Sadly he reports: "A Mr. - was caught in bed with Mr. Parkers old Big Black woman Buster and a Mr. - was Caught in bed with old Lucy Brustie, Hard times indeed, when Such things Ocur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Slave & Slaveholder | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

...taken the teams a record 36 innings to settle two successive games.* After that glorious comeback, the limp Chicago fans expected their heroes to sweep the fourth game for an even break. The White Sox led, 2-1, going into the ninth, but lost, 3-2. The buster-upper: Clyde Vollmer. It was the sixth time in seven games that he had knocked in the winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Week | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

...Louis, the employee newspaper of the Famous-Barr department store broke the news under a notable headline: BUSTER BECOMES OUR PRESIDENT. No further identification was necessary for the employees. Everyone in the store, chief link in the May department-store chain, knows that "Buster" is Morton David May, 36, son of the chain's longtime President Morton J. May and grandson of one of the founders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: A Boost for Buster | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

...class of 1936, he went to work as an $18-a-week stock boy at Famous-Barr, spent his spare time playing in tennis tournaments in Missouri, where he was a top-ranked player, started a modern art collection now considered one of St. Louis' best. Gradually, Buster May rose to assistant buyer and assistant merchandise manager in Famous-Barr's basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: A Boost for Buster | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

...Company. Three years ago he became manager of Famous-Barr's $3,000,000 new store in suburban Clayton, and last year the $100,000-a-year general manager of the company's two St. Louis stores. As president of the 24-store, nine-city May chain, Buster will boss an operation that last year had record sales of $417 million. Said father Morton J. May, 67, who is stepping up to chairman: "He likes it, he's interested in it, he wants to carry on. What could make me happier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: A Boost for Buster | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

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