Word: germantown
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dead Aim. Marty's pal was quiet, tousle-haired Curtis Raymond Edwards, 14, son of a Germantown widow living on social security. As the two boys drove around all night, Marty poured out the troubles he was having with his old man. ended up by saying, "I'm fed up with him. I'm going to get a gun." Ray had won a marksmanship medal at summer camp in 1955-Would he help out? Sure. Young Daniels borrowed a .30-30 Marlin hunting rifle and one cartridge, also picked up a second recruit-Albert Strolis...
...valuable addition to the collection came in 1879 when the librarian discovered a package behind a board in old Gore Hall which contained the hand-drawn plans of British Revolutionary fortifications. Included is "A sketch of the Battle of Germantown 4th October 1777 where the rebels were repulsed." A short time later the red coated cartographer hid his maps and retreated...
...Budgeted $10 million for a new AEC headquarters at Germantown, Md., probably a "three-story, reinforced concrete structure," to withstand any H-bomb impact from Washington...
Little Grace went to the local Ravenhill convent school, then to Stevens School in Germantown. By the time she was eleven, she was appearing in a local amateur dramatic company. Turned down by Bennington (she flunked math), Grace got herself into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. From the first, her family was dubious about an acting career. "We'd hoped she would give it up," says her mother. Snorts Father Kelly: "Those movie people lead pretty shallow lives." The "Clean" Way. But Grace knew what she wanted. To assure her independence...
...president, the N.A.M. picked Henry G. Riter III, 62, president of Thomas A. Edison Inc., of West Orange, N.J; A graduate of Philadelphia's Germantown Academy, Riter joined Wall Street's Dillon, Read & Co. in 1919, became a member of the firm in 1927, and left during the Depression to start Riter & Co. While doing some financial work for Edison, he became interested in expanding the company, which was formed to produce the famed inventor's products. In 1946 he persuaded former New Jersey Governor Charles Edison, son of the inventor, to offer the firm...