Word: crafton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Holes. Amon Carter was born in a log cabin at Crafton, Texas, the son of a blacksmith. At twelve he left home and took a job as a dishwasher in a boarding house. His extraordinary salesmanship showed itself early when he began selling gilt-edged picture frames, soon had a staff of salesmen working for him. In 1905 he went to Fort Worth for the first time, rented a typewriter for 50? a month, and had business cards printed that said: "The Texas Advertising and Manufacturing Co." But his most impressive piece of business equipment was a $2,000 diamond...
...that point. Doris Ann had been lucky. She had taken each word slowly, often asking the pronouncer to repeat it for her. But her opponent, Marjorie Foliart of Crafton, Pa., was a speller who could go both forwards and backwards. To add to the tension, the spelling bee suddenly had a visitation: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer came down from his office to witness the final rounds...