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Cartoonist Hank Ketcham, 32, has realized a father's dream: he converted his troubles with his squirmy, spring-legged, 4½-year-old son into a $40,000-a-year net asset. Ketcham's Dennis the Menace is syndicated in 112 U.S. newspapers and in 52 others all over the world. Dennis, who is not intimidated by his view of the world between a clutter of long adult legs, is the constant winner in his never-ending war with the exasperated adults who surround him. For example, he can easily undo both his mother and her tea guest...
...last week Dennis' antics had become so popular and struck such familiar chords that a $1 collection of his cartoons (Holt) had sold close to 121,000 copies in less than six months; Cartoonist Ketcham was readying Dennis for a 30-minute TV show; his freckled face was being printed on cocktail napkins, towels, glasses and cookie jars; and many a parent had already begun to warn a misbehaving child: "Don't be like Dennis...
...mass donation was the result of a plea sent to the Law School student body by vice-Dean Livingston Hall on behalf of Albert R. Ketcham...
...Ketcham was sick in Peter Bent Brahman Hospital and needed 16 transfusions during the height of his illness. Unable to meet the costs, he asked the Law School for aid. The Dean's Office says the Dormitory Council responded by rounding up volunteers to replace the blood in the Boston blood bank that had been pumped into Ketcham...
Duke Gormley and John Ketcham, both second basemen, were on the '50 Freshman team. Bob Woodruff is a heavy hitter as well as a competent catcher, Cleanup batter Harry McKean is a veteran third baseman in the House League...