Word: jims
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only has returning farm prosperity benefited virtually every Oskaloosa business (Lumber Dealer Jim Mathew figures his sales are up 50%, due largely to farmers fixing up the old home place or repairing the barn), but it has brought a flock of new civic improvements in progress, e.g., three new schools, a $200,000 bowling alley and amusement center. Two years ago Oskaloosa, hungry for an industry payroll to offset the setbacks to farming, almost landed an American Chain & Cable Co. plant, but at the last minute lost out. Putting its finger on the reason, the Iowa Development Commission said: "Poor...
Behind 6 to 5, the Crimson came back in its half of the inning with a matching brace of scores. Two bases on balls off Penn loser Ed Langhorne were followed by run-producing singles by Jim Shue and John Davis...
...Holy Cross debacle, five extra-base hits, two of them homers by Tom Ryan, gave the Crusaders an easy victory over a varsity team that couldn't seem to do anything against the fast balls of pitcher Jim Farino...
...Weld, Al Goldman, and Fred Vinton all won both their matches with little difficulty, as did Bill Wood and Laurie Pratt. Pete Krogh picked up a win Friday, and on Saturday both Jim Cameron and Denny Briggs won singles contests...
Captain Reider, appearing in his last Yale meet, was the unbeatable Reider of old as he won both the mile and the two-mile events. In the former, he outran Eli Jim Wade and romped to an easy win in 4:20.1. In the two-mile, it was Eli John Morrison who shadowed Reider for most of the race only to fall to Reider's finishing kick, which thrilled the large partisan crowd. Morrison was operating under an unusual handicap, however: he had to run the last mile and a quarter minus one shoe...