Word: dewar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major value of the book--to this Montrealer, at least-seems to lie in MacLennan's incredible sympathy for his characters and their city. If in advanced middle age they now appear flabby and indifferent as they quietly sip Dewar's Best-Ever-Bottled, they exist, at least. MacLennan has explained how hard knocks made them the way are. Hard knocks always arouse sympathy, particularly if the victims are people you know...
Died. John Arthur Dewar. 63, British sportsman and whisky distiller (Dewar's White Label); of a heart ailment; in Montecatini, Italy. Heir to a $5,000,000 fortune and a famous thoroughbred stable at 38, "Lucky" Dewar hit the headlines in 1931 when his horse Cameronian won the first two legs (the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket, the Epsom Derby) on Britain's Triple Crown, missed pulling off a rare coup when Cameronian ran a dismal last in the St. Leger...
Arlon T. Adams Jr., Shelburne Falls, Mass.; Dickenson W. Adams, Shelburne Falls, Mass.; George P. Bates, Gloucester, Mass.; Hugh P. Chandler, Auburndale, Mass.; Kenneth B. Culbert, E. Boothbay, Me.; Frank G. Dewar, Cambridge, Mass.; Donald J. Fern, Forest Hill, L. I.; John H. Leo Jr., Newton, Mass.; Frederick J. Davis, Roslindale, Mass...
...Dewar was voted "outstanding, performer" in the finals of the Intramural boxing championships, held Tuesday. He defeated Norm Wyner in the finals...
Except for Lee, Chandler, and Bates, Coach Bob Pickett's lineup is still indefinite. But he expects brothers Dick and Bud Adams to start at 130 and 137 pounds, while Frank Dewar, Joe Hubbard, and Ken Culbert will probably wrestle in the 147, 157, and 177 pound divisions...