Word: oldsters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Orchestra each player has an important identity. Violinist Alexander Hilsberg is envied for his $35,000 Guarnerius which once belonged to Jan Kubelik. Tubaman Philip Donatelli is the orchestra's winemaker, father of seven daughters. Two Spanish Torellos play in the double-bass section. Father Anton is an oldster in the Orchestra. His son Carl is there to follow in his footsteps. Trumpeter Saul Caston is conducting in Evansville, Phoenix and Holdrege, Neb. Caston conducted first at a Dell summer concert in 1931, when Albert Coates was suddenly taken ill. For a few hair-raising moments then, there...
...Townsend had upset his political plans by endorsing Senator Borah for President; 2) Dr. Townsend had seized control of the organization by packing its board of directors; 3) Dr. Townsend's attorney, Sheridan Downey, EPIC candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California in 1934, had weaned the gentle oldster away from his partner in order to further his own ambitions for California's governorship; 4) Dr. Townsend's clique, fearful lest the Congressional investigation disclose some shady Townsend financing, had ousted Secretary Clements in order to have a convenient scapegoat; 5) Dr. Townsend wanted a Townsend third party...
When the vote was taken, the oldsters of the Senate rallied affectionately around Oldster Fletcher. Party lines were split. The final count: For Fletcher, 34; Against the Canal, 39. A motion was made to reconsider the vote. While it was pending, those who voted against the canal received boxes of fine crisp celery from, South Florida. Some who voted for it received telegrams from a Florida hotel man inviting them to be his guests "at any time while in Florida." Closer still was the second vote: 36-to-35. Heartsick Senator Fletcher saw his hopes defeated unless President Roosevelt decided...
Actually Mr. Morgan was doing no more than demonstrating how a male oldster can enjoy his leisure, for the Committee did not require his personal reappearance. He attended that session only because, as he said: "These things are important to me. I don't know so much about the details as the others, but I am responsible. Besides, I didn't want to miss the party...
...Heroic Oldster...