Word: tift
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This decision, made last March, was not the first of its kind for Hank Myers, who would fly the President to Key West for a brief vacation this week. As a command pilot, Lieut. Colonel Henry Tift Myers, holder of a "Green Ticket"* in the Air Transport Command, has the authority to clear his plane to any destination under any flight plan he elects. As personal pilot for the President, Hank Myers' decisions are not always easy...
...Summaries: Navy: Fisher (N) defeated Backe (H), 2-0. Tufts (H) defeated Jagoe (N) 2-0. Vogt (N) defeated Coon (H), 2-0. Fishman (N) defeated Levin (H) 2-0. Wightman (H) defeated Tift (N), 2-1, Pratt (H) defeated Waller (N), 2-0. Jagoe and Tift (N) defeated Ennis and Wightman (H), 2-0. Fisher and Vogt (N) defeated Backe and Coon (H), 2-0. Pratt and Levin (H), defeated Tift and Fishman...
...were hardier, could be harvested earlier and cost less ($2.50 to $3 per thousand v. $8 to $10 for cold frame plants). A tremendous market for seedlings developed (Campbell's alone buys 80,000,000 tomato plants a year) ano seedling growing sprouted into the biggest industry in Tift County. Where cotton had once been king, the new ruler was the tomato. Paul Fulwood's business grew, with the help of General Manager Paul Jr., who studied plant pathology at the University of Georgia. This year the Ful-woods planted some 1,800 acres...
Quail trials are old stuff to Albany. But last week's event was something new-different from any field trial ever held in the U. S. Brainchild of a native named Richard Tift and backed by rich sportsmen including Coca-Cola Chairman Robert W. Woodruff, Manhattan Banker William C. Potter (Guaranty Trust), Walter C. Teagle (Standard Oil), this trial was an invitation affair, to determine the nation's best quail dog. To compete for this new crown came 16 "masters," chosen on performance at 53 recognized trials during the past two years...