Word: skying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...member of a division of the National Ski Association, of a foreign ski association, or of the USEASA may enter, though amateurs must show USEASA class A or B downhill or slalom classification or its equivalent...
Entry blanks may be obtained by writing or wiring Loster Golner, Secretary of the Bromley Ski Club, P.O. Box 226, Manchester Center, Vermont...
Frankly, the local ski salesmen are somewhere this side of desperate. North Conway, N. H., considered by many as the mecca of New England skiing circles, boasted four to six inches of snow all Christmas vacation, and sweltered under 45 degree temperatures. Pinkham Notch had "intermitent skiing" although the notch is usually drifted full of snow by New Year...
This week, with no rescue yet in sight, the Navy joined the operation, sent the carrier Saipan north from Norfolk with three Piasecki ("Sagging Sausage") helicopters, each capable of carrying eight passengers. The red-faced Air Force ordered up ski-equipped planes and called in famed Arctic flyer Colonel Bernt Balchen, who had commanded the Air Force's first successful glider rescue in Alaska fortnight...
...Maritimes, housewives were buying more medium, fewer large eggs. Men's tailors were busy turning worn trouser cuffs and shirt collars. In Montreal, a top ski-suit designer found customers buying for price. Said he: "I'm doing a lot of Ford business, but my Rolls-Royce trade is dropping...