Word: chilapa
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...ramshackle house in Chilapa, Calif, moved six Sousas...
...trail of duffel bags and duck decoys filled the Sousa hallways. "All the best closets were quickly filled with sleeping bags, tents, canteens, fishing rods, tackle boxes. . . ." Father had a passion for the society of policemen, for presiding on committees. "After the first couple of months [he] virtually ran Chilapa, although not necessarily by consent of the inhabitants...
Father succeeded in diverting county funds for the construction of a new road to eliminate a dangerous mountain pass to the building of tennis courts. Soon Chilapa consisted almost exclusively of tennis courts. Once a year Father made use of the courts in a tennis tournament. It was well organized. First Father intimidated the sporting-goods dealers by declaring their balls were too full of felt and the wrong color. He had the balls dyed robin's-egg blue for better visibility. On the day of the tournament he put on his white ducks and special...
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