Word: plainfield
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. Edward Herbert Thompson, 74, pioneer explorer of Mayan sites in Yucatan; of heart disease; in Plainfield, N. J. U. S. consul from 1885 to 1909, he found Yucatan's long-sought "Hidden City," a high priest's mausoleum, a temple, the "Maya Venus." His most famed exploit: exploring a holy well (limestone sinkhole) into which Mayans had hurled sacrifices. Diving in 80 ft. of water and mud, he brought up skeletons of girls, ornaments of jade, gold, copper, ebony...
Other House committee chairmen who have been elected are: Adams House, Richard C. Johnson '36 of Plainfield, New Jersey; Eliot House, David W. Brown '36 of Garden City, New York; Winthrop House, John Dorman '36 of New York City; Dunster House, Gordon F. Robertson '36 of Hewlett, New York: Lowell House, George T. Skinner '36 of North Wales, Pennsylvania...
DeLamar Student Research Fellowships: Milton Landowne, 3M., Brooklyn, New York; George M. Pike, 3M., Brookline: Richard L. Riley, 2M., Plainfield, New Jersey; Emmanuel B. Schoenbach, 2M., New York...
...Juniors out of four nominated and likewise two Sophomores from four nominees were elected. The Juniors were Douglas William Overton of Concord, New Hampshire and William Benjamin Tabler of Momence, Illinois. The Sophomores were William John Watt of Larchmont, New York, and Leavitt Sargent White of Plainfield, New Jersey...
Backstage in a Chicago theatre, Blue-singer Sophie Tucker, famed as "the last of the red hot mamas," munched a coffee cake and announced that at the age of 47 she had "adopted a grandma," one Blanche Roper, 74-year-old widow of Plainfield, Ill. Said Granddaughter Tucker: "Jack Benny and Burns & Allen have been adopting orphans. Well, I thought I'd go them one better...