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...route to the Pacific Coast by plane, the merchandising manager of Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn department store, read a 15-line item in the Business & Finance section of TIME'S February 14 issue (see cut) that made him itch to get to a telephone. The story was a brief account (sent in by a TIME correspondent) of the fact that a Birmingham, Ala. housewife had apparently invented a sewing machine needle that would unrip a seam in the same time that it took to sew it. If true, the Abraham & Straus-man said later, "this needle was what an eraser...
Abraham & Straus put the ripper on the market in the metropolitan area and, at their invitation, Mrs. Lawrence came to New York City a few weeks ago to demonstrate her invention. She is an alert, attractive, grey-haired grandmother who shoots golf in the 80s and sings in her church choir. A native of Hartwell, Mo. she went to school and to business college in Fort Scott, Kans., attended a dressmaking school in Chicago, and was married in 1916. Her only child, a daughter, is married and has three children...
Kirkland went through the formality of winning the Straus Trophy yesterday by capturing the House track championship, House standings for the track meet are Kirkland 57 1/2, Adams 22, Leverett 21, Dunster 20, Winthrop 19 1/2, Eliot 16, Dudley 11, and Lowell...
Matthews South copped the Freshman softball championship yesterday, defeating Lionel, 15 to 9. Straus Trophy Standings (without Track) Kirkland 1346 2/3 Lowell 1321 2/3 Eliot 1298 Winthrop 1211 1/3 Leverett 1104 1/2 Adams 1091 2/3 Dunster 995 2/3 Dudley...
High-scoring honors went to Ed Bryant of Eliot, who fired 87 out of 100; Jim Barry of Lowell was next with 83. The competition was sponsored by the Pistol Club and did not count toward the Straus Trophy...