Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before John Bricker could go off to college, he had to earn some money of his own. He taught in one of Pleasant Township's one-room schools, walked or rode horseback two and a half miles each day from the farm, earned $45 a month plus $5 for doing his own janitor work. When he got to Ohio State University, he saved money by commuting from home-catching the 5 a.m. train to Columbus, the 6 o'clock back at night...
...asked but one thing-the Bible. . . . The greatness and love of Christ burst upon me with a new inspiration, increasing my strength to struggle against evil, to overcome temptation and to uphold righteousness. . . . When Christ entered Jerusalem the last time He knew the danger ahead, but triumphantly He rode into the city...
Last Saturday, under the command of Sergeant Bruce, seven enlisted men and ten students rode the remaining 18 ROTC horses to an M.P. detachment in Maynard, Mass. The ride, 24 miles long, started at 700 and ended at 1300. Riders had lunch at the mess hall there and returned in the afternoon by truck...
...opening-nighters who got into Madison Square Garden free by buying $3,000,000 worth of War Bonds saw, for a starter, a fine turn-of-the-century circus parade. While the band blared A Bicycle Built for Two and After the Ball, boys & girls rode their tandems and dandies strutted. Then came wild beasts in gilded cages, plumed horses, heavy-footed elephants, white-faced clowns, a singing steam calliope...
...still blazing. Jap soldiers with full packs poured out of the conning tower and tried frantically to unleash life rafts. Again the patrol boat rammed, sheering off one of the sub's hydroplanes. And once again-said the skipper: "This time we climbed clear over her top and rode her piggyback." They got off by giving the engines full astern...