Word: pete
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Notes About Town--The Ken Club is inaugurating a new policy calling for guest stars from New York every Sunday. Frankie Newton was featured last Sunday. Frankie stayed over Monday and dropped in on Pete Brown at the Savoy...
Coach Jack MacDonald was greatly encouraged by the improvement that the squad has shown. Playing without several of their most experienced men, the team managed to score four times to win the game. The Crimson attack was headed by Roy Heisler '47, who booted over three tallies. Pete Jessner '47 registered the fourth goal...
Meadow Larks. At Long Island's Meadow Brook Club, Mrs. Hitchcock trained young poloists most of her adult life. When Tommy was ten she organized the Meadow Larks. Among them: F. Skiddy von Stade Jr., Raymond and Winston Guest, Mike Phipps, Douglas Burden, Pete Bostwick, Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney. Lean, vigorous, hard-riding Mrs. Hitchcock broke her ankle in a riding accident when she was 61, broke an arm the next year, had her last fall at 68 when her horse balked at a stiff hurdle, threw her, broke her neck...
Archie Sweet, janitor of the Blue's Chicago studios, led off with an infuriating rendition of Mairzy Doats on his washboard, casserole cover, alarm clock, etc. But the title was tucked away by redheaded James Howard Nash, alias Panhandle Pete (see cut), ex-North Carolina hillbilly of Grand Island, Neb., Station KMMJ, who detonated his Wabash Cannon Ball on an automobile exhaust whistle, cowbell, six feet of garden hose and 14 other gadgets. Said his opponent: "I know when I'm licked...
...German radio listened and entered the competition. A program called Sally And Pete was especially obnoxious. It played retranscriptions of the G.I. network programs with Nazi commentary added ('The Germans are a friendly people; why fight them?"). Engineer Brown got the idea of breaking in on the Germans on their own frequency. Thus, when Sally teased, "Why don't you boys go home?", Announcer Baruch would answer: "I don't know. My wife doesn't love me. Besides, we love you fellows very much, and tomorrow we are going to show you how much we love...