Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When John and his twin sister, Ella, were six, their mother marched them a mile and a half across the fields to the redbrick, one-room McKendree School. At 14, he and his sister drove in a horse & buggy to the modest high school in pleasant, tree-lined little Mt. Sterling. They took lunch from home, ate it in the buggy on good days, in Ed Snyder's furniture store on bad days...
After the entertainment in Sanders Theater, we all went over to the Memorial Hall and were regaled with various assortments of food and drink. Professor Cooke was generous to lend the sound equipment which made the music very pleasant for dancing. All who attended had a marvelous time...
...dictator's ears came the pleasant words of the oath: "Before God and the Holy Gospel, I swear and promise, as bents a Bishop, fidelity to the Spanish State...
George Johnson is the fine altoist who used to play in Frankie Newton's original band at the Savoy. He was a mainstay of the band, and is certainly one of the top altoists of the day. The three stars should make for a very pleasant afternoon. There are the usual drawbacks of between-the-sets backers who try to play too, but the assets should outweigh the liabilities...
...midfield there is even less certainty about quarters. Prominently mentioned are veterans George Angell and Ed Barber, as well as Bracket, Jim Conway, and Dave Thompson, up from last year's Freshman squad. The situation is further complicated, in a pleasant sort of way, by the improvement shown by many of the newcomers to the Varsity, among them Bud Lane, Newt Peabody, and tom Allen...