Word: oakleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...world's record long run of 966, including 200 straight in the North American men's championship, which he won for the third time. Housewife Hall, who has ample time to practice because her husband owns a restaurant, has been called the best shot since Annie Oakley. During 1937 she shot at 1,600 registered clay targets for an average of better than 97 out of every 100 (a world's record for women), and accomplished the unprecedented feminine feat of breaking 284 straight at the Grand. Last week 117-lb. Lela Hall established another record when...
...case of a tie, what happens? Well, that's a tough one. We would be only too glad to give more than one set of Annie Oakley's. Unfortunately, that's impossible. We will, therefore, have to give preference to the early birds...
...first day of the New England Intercollegiate golf tournament the four high Harvard representatives made a good showing yesterday at the Oakley Country Club. Bob Sides led the Crimson quartet over the 18 holes with a 73. Donald Prouty registered a 78, F. I. Olsen a 79, and Arnold S. Litman 31. Harvard now leads the large field with a collective score of 311. Holy Cross, yet to play, is expected to do better...
Four miles from St. Francisville. in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, there is an imposing, three-story plantation house called Oakley, built in 1810 by James Pirrie and still inhabited by his descendants. There, in the summer of 1821, a 35-year-old wandering painter named John James Audubon arrived to teach French and painting to 16-year-old Eliza Pirrie. It was almost his first good fortune. He got $60 a month, had his afternoons free, could study to his heart's content the varied bird life of West Feliciana...
...Thurs.--Headquarters, Holworthy 19. Dinner at Oakley Country Club, Watertown at 7.30 P. M. Fri.--Headquarters, Holworthy...