Word: jacksons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year-old mother of four, Mrs. Janice Pollock was having some weird experiences. A manifestly shapely young woman (128 lbs., 5 ft. 6½; waist: 25½; bust: 34½; hips: 35) with handsome brown hair and eyes, she had journeyed from her home in Columbus, Ohio to Jackson, Miss. to compete in a beauty contest sponsored by a dressmaking company. In giddy succession, she had edged 19 other unusual wives out of the title of "Mrs. America," won a $2,500 prize and assorted "emoluments," and sat on a glittery throne. All she had to do in return...
...losing contestants warmed up at a cocktail party, Mrs. Pollock called her husband to tell him the great news. But Salesman Marion S. Pollock was in an ornery mood. With great abruptness, he told his wife to get her winning combination home "and stop showing it off in Jackson." Weeping openly, Mrs. Pollock packed her bag and took a plane for Columbus...
Although busy extolling the work of his own Fred Nadherny, Levi Jackson, and Company, Odell nevertheless did find time to praise Harvard's "Chip" Gannon for "his splendid work." On the line, he also gave accolades to center Jack Fisher who "was raising hell in there all afternoon." As for the team as a whole, Odell declared that it was "by far the best Harvard team I have ever faced as a Yale coach...
...saga of Chip Gannon and Levi Jackson, due for three more years of exploration, started with a bang . . . . Levi looked very much like a frightened freshman in the opening quarter as he fumbled, stumbled, and then got off a kick on the bottom of his shoes . . . . Chip performed like a veteran, gaining the praise of both sides . . . . Jackson came back later in the game with a series of fine plays . . . . he almost went all the way once, but was stopped by a flying block by Gannon...
Much of the Eli strength lies in its formidable, beefy line, which averages 210 pounds from tackle to tackle, and the presence of three excellent backs in the highly-publicized Levi Jackson, Tex Furse, and Ferd Nadherny, who have utilized the T formation to its best advantage...