Word: tildon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harlem's "400,'' dressed fit to kill, sashayed into Harlem's Renaissance Ballroom to acclaim its No. 1 debutante, lissome, chicory-colored. 18-year-old Wezlynn Margaret Develle Tildon. Swathed in demure Victorian mousseline de soie, Debutante Tildon stood in a receiving line beside her mother, who drawled: "There has never been a daughter in our immediate family who was not properly presented to society...
Using the nationals as the primary basis for conclusions, it becomes pretty apparent that the first two ranking stars will be the new champion, John Doeg, and the veteran campaigner Bill Tildon. Doeg will in all probability be given the first position, though there is still a strong feeling that if the pair were to play ten matches, Big Bill would take well over half of them. The fact remains, though, that Doeg did win the most important contest the two engaged in this year, a fact which gives him a reasonable claim to the premier honors...