Word: patch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...kill you. I don't care nothin' much about the six cents.' And he started shakin' and I went away. But come 11 o'clock and back I went and there was Coonhunter pawin' and a-scratchin' in the potater patch where he said he'd throwed the keys and I looked at him and I said. 'Coonhunter, guess I'll have to kill you. Life's uncertain but death's sure. I've come out here to do something I never done before in my life...
...play will probably be presented on Friday, December 6. The following have been given parts: Howard A. Cook '37, Laird McK. Ogle '37, T. M. deSaint Phalle '39, Peter L. Scott '38, Alexander M. Thackera '38, Richard Turner 1GB, Montfort S. Variell '37, and Sumner Willard '37. Howard R. Patch, Jr. '38 is stage director, and Monroe Stearns ocC is production manager...
...inquiries both at the State Department and the British Embassy drew blanks, newshawks began to do their own research. They discovered that the three bits of land had been claimed for the U. S. in 1860 under the terms of the Guano Islands Act. Jarvis, a treeless, scrubless coral patch less than two sq. mi. in area, was originally discovered by the U. S. sailing ship Eliza Thomas in 1821. In the days when the nitrates from bird-droppings were worth big money, Jarvis was an important place for guano hunters...
...given almost every year, including the great master places of Moliore, Corneille, Racine, Begumarchata, and Hestand. Last fall "L'Amore McDocin" by Moliere was most successfully produced by members of the circle, and in their intention for present another play in December. Robert A. Turner '37, and Howard R. Patch '33 are in charge of a committee to select a play, and as soon as it is chosen the casting is expected to commence. Mr. Monroo Stearns, who has managed other Cercle plays in the pant, has been selected as director...
...managed to make one cross-country flight before officials discovered his identity. Next Pilot Hughes took to developing special racers which he flew with moderate success in U. S. air-meets. Latest of these was the husky red-winged plane which last week plopped him down in the beet patch when its fuel line abruptly clogged...