Word: peyster
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Villiers (grandchildren of Frank Gould): Eileen Vivien de la Poer Beresford O'Brien, Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford (children of George's daughter, Vivien, Lady Decies): not to mention several dozen others of less distinguished names such as Anthony J. Drexel III, Caroline de Peyster Wainright, Gioia Bishop (various other grandchildren of George...
...dandy, on his quarterdeck Roger was a genius. Though he took chances against all the rules, he had never lost a spar. With him shipped his brother Will as first mate; also his youngest brother Hugh, shanghaied by mistake. Roger and Hugh were both in love with Mary de Peyster, but bashful Hugh had done nothing about it beyond carving the Sea Witch's figurehead into a portrait of her. Roger had popped the question, got the answer. Hugh's brothers saved his life on the outward voyage but were not able to help him otherwise; somehow...
...debate with Oxford some time in the first week in December have been selected on the basis of a competition. The five men who have survived the trials are are follows. P. H. Cohen '32, P. C. Reardon '32, and D. M. Sullivan '33; and as alternates, S. M. Peyster '34 and A. E. Phillips...
...cars have an unusually low centre of gravity, 8 cylinders, dual-valve principle, four-speed transmission, hydraulic boosted brakes, extra rigid bodies. Big and solid and sleek, a Stutz car carries Stutz Associate Schwab. Other names for Stutz to conjure with: William E. Dodge Stokes and Frederic de Peyster, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Witherbee Black. Paul Whiteman and Herbert Bayard Swope. Cardinal Dougherty of Phila- delphia wears his red biretta in a Stutz...