Word: hardison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Vice Admiral Osborne Bennett Hardison, U.S.N. (ret.), 66, skipper of the aircraft carrier Enterprise in the 1942 battle of the Santa Cruz Islands; of injuries received when he was run over by a truck; in Washington. The "Big E" was the lonely nucleus of U.S. naval power during the early phases of the Pacific war. Last summer, despite efforts to preserve her as a national memorial, the Enterprise was sold for scrap...
Oblique Compliment.On a typical Sunday, she drives 88 miles to meet her timetable: "Sorrento, 10 a.m.; Ashville, 11:15 a.m.; overhill to Franklin, arriving at home of 'Aunt Minnie and Uncle John' Hardison for dinner at 12:35; leave at 12:55 for 1 p.m. service at Franklin church; 2:30 p.m., Gouldsboro; leave for home at 3 :30 p.m., put wood on fire, play with pup, have nap, supper, make North Sullivan service at 5:45 p.m.; finish up with Prospect Harbor service, 7:15 p.m." At each church, she preaches the same sermon "but with variations...