Word: portlands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years since then, John Ripley Forbes has repeated that performance so many times that he has become the Johnny Appleseed of the museum world. He has badgered millionaires, begged and borrowed exhibits, set up children's museums from Portland. Ore. to Jacksonville. Fla. Last week, as visitors streamed into his new museum in San Jose, Calif., Forbes could chalk...
Oregon: Dec. 30. Luncheon at the Benson Hotel, Portland. Bordon F. Beck, Jr. 1410 Yeon Bldg.; Philadelphia, Pa.: Dec. 29. L. Don Loet will speak at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Thomas S. Weary, 1617 Land Titio Bldg.; Rhode Island: Henry Lamar will speak at a luncheon Jan. 2 in Providence. Contact John S. Higgins, P.O. Box 1613; Rochester, N.Y.: Dec. 20. Lloyd Jordan will speak at a luncheon. Russell A. Sibley, 5 South Fitzhugh...
...Portland, Ore. last week, President Zehntbauer, 69, showed off his 1954 women's line, already on display to catch the winter vacation trade. The suits, in cotton, rayon, wool and nylon, were trimmed with sequins, imitation pearls and rhinestones. They had such names as "Summer Siren" and "Caprice," and were priced from $8.95 to $32.50 (for "Diamond Mine." a rhinestone-studded suit in metallic colors). All would look good on a handsome woman, but would not necessarily make all women handsome. With his new line, President Zehntbauer thinks Jantzen will do even better than in record-breaking 1953) when...
Stockings & Tam-o'-Shanter. John Zehntbauer started off at 16 as an apprentice in a little woolen mill in Portland, within a few years raised enough money ($13,500), with the help of his brother and a friend named Carl Christian Jantzen, to start a company on his own. They called it Jantzen because Zehntbauer is too hard to pronounce (rhymes with "bent tower...
Retiring Undergraduate Manager of Football Francis N. Millett, Jr. '54 of Chappaqua, N.Y. and Dunster House, announced last night that he will be succeeded by Charles W. Bingham '55 of Portland, Ore., and Leverett House next season...