Word: greenock
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...King George and Queen Mary were gratified when the Socialist majority in the Scotch town council of Greenock which voted last month to boycott Their Majesties' Silver Jubilee (starting May 6) were defied last week by the council's loyal minority. Manifestoed the minority: "In order that the children of Greenock may not be denied the pleasure of celebrating along with their brothers and sisters throughout the Empire, a committee has been formed to organize local observances the extent of which depends upon the response to this appeal for funds...
...That really must not happen to May,"* was the word at Buckingham Palace last week after certain newspic- tures from Greenock, Scotland, had caught a royal eye. One showed a bottle of champagne exploding all over Lady Shaw-Stewart, dignified spouse of the Lord Lieutenant for Renfrewshire, just as she launched His Majesty's newest cruiser with the words, "I christen thee Galatea...
Curiously enough, both Mr. Simpson and Mr. McKinlay were born in Scotland in 1874, Mr. Simpson at Glasgow, Mr. McKinlay some 20 miles away, at Greenock. But Scot McKinlay did not meet Scot Simpson until, in 1891, the latter came to work as an office boy for Founder Field in the then small Chicago store, where the other had already been working for three years. Since 1917 Scot McKinlay has followed close on the heels of his brother Scotsman: he was made second vice president when Mr. Simpson was made first vice president; he was made first vice president when...