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...evening in February 1942 Harper & Brothers' Board Chairman Henry Hoyns tuned in on We, the People, heard the easygoing drawl of a preacher recounting his experiences in the Ozark Mountains. The publishers promptly asked the parson to write his autobiography. Last week it was published. Walkin' Preacher of the Ozarks ($2.50) by the Rev. Guy Howard, crammed with colorful hillbilly tales, is a lively account of an itinerant minister's work in isolated Ozark hamlets of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas...
...mister, this hero's Harvard Yard all right. Rescedin' it. Gonna put it back to grass. How'd it happen? Well, people started walkin' over it, late to classes, I guess. Then them Navy feliers used it for drillin', exercisin', 'n such. Guess they figgered over in University Hall, that they'd let the grass go till after...
...Brown, back on the label he started out to record for (Decca), finally has a band that is mature enough to attempt things beyond seeing how many high Cs the brass section can play. "Comanche War Dance" is a very creditable version of the Ray Noble tune, and "Walkin' and Swingin'" is an excellent job on the Mary Lou Williams original. Plano and ensemble are particularly good...
...trudged around after lanky, woolly-topped Howard Wheeler of Atlanta-watched him tee up on the edge of a match folder, shuffle along the fairways in a Stepin Fetchit gait, plop down on the greens while waiting his turn to putt. A onetime professional whose occupation has been "just walkin' round" since he lost his job at Atlanta's Lincoln (Negro) Country Club in 1933. 29-year-old Howard Wheeler proved last week that he could still teach folks a few golfing tricks. With a minimum of effort, he got results that would please many a top-flight...
...back yard to go but there wasn't no path leadin' to the place I wanted to go and I couldn't see no little house. Well, I got turned around then and I couldn't tell which was my house so I started walkin' because I was cold." After explaining city ways to Heckter, the police took him home...