Word: dudley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...created its own legends. A puzzle still unsolved by the Ministry of Health: the case of the dentist who pulled two of his own teeth, and sent in a claim for payment to himself. Last week* a butcher in Dudley, Worcestershire, asked for three pairs of eyeglasses: one for reading, one for looking at far-off things, one for chopping meat. He got them. In Cambridge, an elderly woman, bald since the age of six, asked for a wig. Ruled S. W. Davis, the pensions officer: "She will be provided with two wigs, as one occasionally has to be cleaned...
Yesterday, on Soldiers Field, this rule was pushed to its extremes when Winthrop plucked a 6 to 2 win from Adam and Dunster won over Dudley Hall...
...other House game, Dunster tried the Dudley ends for the first half with little success. Commuter quarterback Dave Bishop playing in the backer up position accounted for most of the Dunster offensive difficulties with his hard hitting tackles...
...Dudley Hall, which had the largest turnout at its first practice four weeks ago, had trouble mustering an 11-man team Friday. It had a total of thirteen men to plug the large holes bored by an undefeated Kirkland House offense for 32 minutes of play...
Games tomorrow: Dunster vs. Dudley and Winthrop vs. Adams...