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First family of U.S. women's squash is the House of Howe. The dynasty began almost from the moment that the first clubs admitted women to their courts. When Boston's Union Boat Club organized the first-ever women's state tournament, the winner was Mrs. William F. Howe Jr. The wife of a prosperous Boston stockbroker and Yale athlete, Margaret Howe proceeded to take the national championship in 1929, 1932 and 1934, after mothering twin daughters named Betty and Peggy. As soon as Betty and Peggy got their growth and found time to give squash their...
...married to surgeons-Betty to onetime (1935) Princeton Football Captain W. Pepper Constable; Peggy to Robert White of Rochester. Each has three children. Chief difference: Betty is lefthanded. Peggy was champion in 1952 and 1953. Betty won in 1950, regained her championship in 1956 and has held it ever since...
...help: height, looks, youth." Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has written about his ability to mesmerize an audience, while Singer Diahann Carroll says in a more lyrical vein: "From the top of his head right down that white shirt, he's the most beautiful man I ever set eyes...
...Dennis back to Harlem, they moved into a white neighborhood, where Harry passed for a time as a "Frenchy" from Martinique. But he could not keep it up: "Once I got really hot and spilled the beans." After that, the fights were more frequent and more vicious than ever. Belafonte still bears a few of the scars of street combat, but, he says, "the emotional scars were worse. I was good at sports, and when they chose up sides they always chose me first. I was accepted then, but it never carried over. I would be sitting there...
...first time in Negro history. The other highlight of his naval career was his meeting with a well-to-do Negro girl named Frances Marguerite Byrd, who was a student at Virginia's Hampton Institute, where Harry was in training. He immediately recognized her as "everything I ever wanted," assured her that she would marry him some day, and departed for more training on the West Coast, leaving her with his signet ring, a gold locket and a white poinsettia. He served in the Navy as a storekeeper, was discharged after 18 months without ever getting overseas...