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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shepherd of the flock in tidy, suburban Woodford, just outside Manchester, the slim, silver-haired Rev. Philip St. John (rhymes with Injun) Wilson Ross, Cambridge '26, was irreproachable. On call to his parishioners for religious consolation at any hour, he was also arch and sporting at children's church picnics, full of charm at meetings of the church mothers, and a lively, intelligent man of the world with the businessmen of the local vestry. There were those, of course, whose evil tongues sought mischief in gossip over the frequent calls paid by the Rev. Mr. Ross on Wealthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Vanishing Vicar | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...Janette Ross, 17, who spent most of her childhood in an isolated log cabin in the wilds around Anchorage, Alaska. Her father is a fisherman and trapper, and Janette got most of her early schooling through correspondence courses from Baltimore's Calvert School. Now enrolled at Oregon's Lewis and Clark College, she hopes some day to become an author...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The New Elite | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

Penn ended a 19-games losing streak in three years of famine by dumping favored Dartmouth, 14 to 7. Quarterback Rich Ross carried the load for the Quakers with a befuddling mixture of sneaks and passes, one of which was good for a 25 yard touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Second Team Downs Cornell, 14-0 | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...least one finalist in the Miss 'Cliffe contest was a Phi Beta Kappa. Betsy C. Ross '55 received this scholastic honor, as well as the honor of being a member of the executive board of the Student Government Association...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: It Would Have Been Fun... | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

...Hardwareman-Banker Vic Carter was so busy that he either had to cut down his civic activities or his business. His choice: to sell his Builders Emporium, a popular, Sears-like operation for do-it-yourselfers, so he could devote more time to community affairs. In Denver President Joseph Ross of Denver's Daniels & Fisher department store currently leads or serves on some 33 Denver civic projects. And, says a friend, "Joe doesn't just talk; he works, he drives, he produces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVICMINDED EXECUTIVES: Time and Talent Means More Than Money | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

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