Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After nine races it was all over, and Jacksonites settled down to an evening of celebration. The owner of the winning pair was a Jacksonite and nearly the most popular man in town-none other than Proprietor John Wort, 53, of the Wort Hotel and its Silver Dollar Bar. His beautifully matched quarter horses, Peaches Howard and Nevada Nugget, had survived all elimination heats, then raced down the pasture in a two-team final in a cracking 25 sec. flat-just 3 sec. over the turf record for quarter-horse racing...
John Wort had not driven the race himself: he got Elaine Heap to do the job-the championship needed someone "younger and stronger-armed." But he was still the happiest man in Jackson. That night the Silver Dollar Bar was busy till 3 a.m., and free drinks went to all who could get up to the bar. Said grinning Owner Wort: "I've been working for this for ten years. It means as much to me as having the winning horse in the Santa Anita Derby-maybe more...
Sidney skates the silver dance and pair skating, with emphasis on timing, smoothness, and synchronization with her partner...
...skating with either Franklin Nelson '55 or brother Charles, taken several awards: second place in the silver dance in New England 1952, third in the senior ladies title last year, and the Championship of the Boston Skating Club...
...Japanese fried shrimp, Buddhist chants and a hoard of silver figured in the testimony of John Provoo, charged with...