Word: patriarch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...preserving paint, were at ease to think of other days. It was a proud day for those walls when they were dedicated on the hallowed ground of the predecessor of Soldiers Field. But time has passed and many scars have been graven on the memory of the walled patriarch of Harvard...
...CREELFUL OF FISHING STORIES ? Henry van Dyke ? Scribner ($2.50 ). Fish-stories from Plutarch to the present, edited by a lucky patriarch...
Oliver Wendell Holmes, retired patriarch of the U. S. Supreme Court, found that Federal economy measures have reduced his retirement pay from $20,000 to $10,000 a year. To the Broad Street office of Richard Whitney, President of the New York Stock Exchange, went bald, spindly Author Chester Werntz ("Chet") Shafer, Grand Diapason of the Guild of Former Pipe Organ Pumpers, nonsensical organization of men who, as youngsters, used to pump wind for church organs. Grand Diapason Shafer wanted to consult Pumper Whitney about two shares of Burma Corp. Ltd. ("Burma Lead") which he had bought...
...time he had seen her since she returned to the U. S. in 1921 with Mr. Krenn. Although Brother John is not thought to have aided his sister to a great extent, the reconciliation is said to be such that soon she may pay a visit to the Rockefeller Patriarch at Pocantico Hills. Chicago imagines that when she does, Mr. Krenn will not accompany her. For much as the Rockefellers respect his untiring devotion, and his confidence that she "will again be the richest woman in Chicago," they have had small respect for the business advice he gave the Dowager...
...William Sparks, industrial patriarch of Jackson, Mich. ("Sparton" radios, auto horns, refrigerators) went happily forth to the presentation and opening ceremonies of a 600-acre public park-complete with lake, golf course, club house, cascade lighting-his gift to the City of Jackson...