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Tamworth: 26 to 30 inches of snow, three inches of powder, upper trail skiing good, lower trail skiing excellent, tow is running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Reports | 3/11/1948 | See Source »

Nobody knows precisely how the practice of jumping began. The most common guess is that somebody (like the individual above) discovered a handsome tow but lost his way on the trip down and hurtled off a convenient cliff...

Author: By Farquahar Schussboomer, | Title: Look Before You Leap | 3/11/1948 | See Source »

...phenomenon of snowbunnies is not so simple as it seems, for just as there are various grades of skiers, snowbunnies too have their nuances. Most baldfaced fraud is the towrider. This young lady goes up the tow bright and early in the morning wearing her immaculate Saks ski suit and carrying a pair of brand new skis. She hovers around the top of the tow (snowbunnies ALWAYS go to the resorts with tows) for an hour and then slyly hops on it again for the ride down...

Author: By Farquahar Schussboomer, | Title: Snowbunnies Thrive in Cozy Lodges, Spurn Frigid Trails | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

...obtain sufficient parkees to open the across river parking lot. An eager voice arises from a slouched figure that is all but hidden in a large leather upholstered chair; closer examinations discloses the voice as that of David C. Poskanzer '50: "I suggest we have the Cambridge police tow in about 200 cars some night and then we'll be able to fill up the parking lot the next day." He laughs wholeheartedly; other Council members laugh halfheartedly. Says Weld...

Author: By Daniel B. Jacobs, | Title: Within the Council's Smoky Chambers | 2/10/1948 | See Source »

...banks "waiting for the wrecker." Though it has been rumored for some time that she would be before long, she is apparently reluctant to give up just yet. I saw her go by (downstream) yesterday with a large tow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 2, 1948 | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

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