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...Girl Scout's merit badge." He came to like Thurber, but he never liked fancy writing, which he always greeted with "This story is in bloom!" Other good men well remembered are Cartoonist Billy Ireland (a man so kind he once complimented a friend's wife with "Edna, that's the prettiest washing out there I ever saw"), several profs at Thurber's Ohio State University, the self-appointed athletic coach of Columbus' asylum for the blind. Mainly the Album is a lesson in human affection, shrewd but not hard, done with a wonderful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sincerely Yours | 6/2/1952 | See Source »

Pequot's directors thought it best not to ballyhoo the collection: if the books were known to be worth $15,000, someone might steal them. Librarian Edna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Treasure of Pequot | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Love from a Stranger, with Ray Milland, Edna Best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Mar. 17, 1952 | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...Edna Adele Gilmore '53 of Cabot Hall and Quincy appeared to have defeated four other candidates for the presidency of Radcliffe's Student Government, according to unofficial tabulations late last night of over 700 ballots cast during the last three days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gilmore Winning | 3/6/1952 | See Source »

...Horse's Mouth. In Chilliwack, B.C., Mrs. Edna Fenton walked into police headquarters and asked the desk constable how she might get herself jailed to escape her angry husband, was advised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 18, 1952 | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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