Word: toronto
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After breakfasting sumptuously at the home (just outside Toronto) of John Paris Bickell, "richest bachelor in Canada," the party set out in two General Airways' planes flying due north over Ontario's lake country to Porcupine gold camp. Their first goal was famed Mclntyre-Porcupine mine, Mr. Bickell's prize performer (which produced $5,425,000 of gold last year). There they met Sandy Mclntyre, onetime glass-molder, later foreman of a railroad construction gang, who discovered the mine and now lives on a pension (doled out in small amounts so that he will not disappear...
John Barzillai Rackliffe '34 of Newton, was awarded the History and Literature Prize of $50, given by an anonymous donor to the Junior who shows the greatest promise among men concentrating in the division. Philippe Dur '35, of Toronto, Canada, was awarded the Barrett Wendell Prize given to the Sophomore who, in the opinion of the Committee had made the most notable progress in the year. Dur's prize consisted of a specially bound edition of the works of Montaigne...
After recommending that Leagues reduce national dues, discussing tea room management, organization bookkeeping and social service work, the Leaguers voted to continue annual meetings, adjourned. Next year's will be at Toronto...
...Kansas City, Missouri for the southwest central section; W. W. Fisher '04 of Dallas, Texas for the southwestern section; M. G. Sturgis '03 of Seattle, Washington for the north Pacific section; C. E. Perkins '04 of Santa Barbara, California for the south Pacific section; S. B. Trainer '04 of Toronto, Ontario, for the Canadian section; J. H. Hyde '98 of Paris, France, for the European section; and F. S. Chien '10 of Pieping, China for the Orient...
Alice Brydon Ritchie, widow of Harold F. ("Carload") Ritchie, famed Toronto 'salesman who distributed Eno's Fruit Salt, Glover's Mange Medicine, Rubberset Brushes, Tanglefoot Fly Paper. Fralinger's Salt Water Taffy, Scott's Emulsion, Pompeian Cream all over the world (TIME, March 6), was elected president of her late husband's distributing firm, Harold F. Ritchie...