Word: pond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Osage Indian blood (one-eighth), General Tinker was a famed Air Force character. He could well remember the time, not very long ago, when the sea was reserved for warships and a few naval planes, and Army bombers were encouraged to keep away from the Navy's pond...
...enjoyed by all. In the fall the boys play an adapted game of six-man football. With three who can see a little, and three who are totally blind on each side, a system of forward-passing with little running has been worked out. Walking around by the pond and among the trees and flowering shrubbery, is another favorite recreation. Most of the students can get around quite well unaided, determining accurately where they are by the sound of the echo made by their footsteps off the buildings and trees, or reverberation from clapping their hands...
...well-known sport emblems were blotted out last week: > Seattle Planeman William E. Boeing, owner of a large string of race horses, had his racing silks changed from a red ball on white background to a red square. > The redball skating banner, for generations the traditional ice-pond signal to indicate "good skating today," was condemned by northern U.S. communities. To find a suitable substitute, a contest will be conducted. One suggestion: a black-&-blue flag...
Captain Finn Ferner led a field of seven cross-country skiers around a four mile course at Fresh Pond yesterday afternoon, winning in 26 minutes, 16 seconds. Close behind him was Del Ames, last year's ski captain, with a time of 26 minutes, 37 seconds...
...Jerry Land never adds that you couldn't say as much for some of the strange and wonderful aggregation of emergency merchantmen of World War I. There were ships of green wood that seasoned in transit, and took water with seams agape in seas like a mill-pond...