Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gleam. In Springfield, Ill., Policeman George Ford was bothered by bees swarming at the busiest corner in town. Then a young woman gave him her mirror and a method. He sent a flash into the swarm, swung it to a nearby wall. The bees followed the gleam...
...Roman Catholic parishes in Springfield, Mass, last Sunday went Catholics to hear Mass, leave bundles of clothes for the Russian War Relief drive...
...Springfield's Bishop Thomas Mary O'Leary authorized this unusual gesture of Catholic friendship for Russia. Of the 145 U.S. Catholic Bishops three others have endorsed this campaign: Chicago's Auxiliary Bishop Bernard J. Sheil, Galveston's Bishop Christopher E. Byrne, and St. Louis' aging, popular Archbishop John J. Glennon...
Gardner was selling pianos when he met Shirley Booth at a friend's house. His opening was typical: "Little girl, you need awakening." She replied that apparently he needed sleep. They were soon married. Mrs. Gardner joined a stock company in Springfield, Mass., and her husband sold miniature golf courses. Mrs. Gardner began making money and a name for herself. Ed was distressed ("I'm a very buck-conscious fellow"). To one "dizzy dame" who tittered "And is this Mr. Booth?" |he snarled: "Yes, John Wilkes...
...Springfield...