Word: winners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the time came to hand out the $50,000 first prize, it was won by a simple roll with the fanciest name of all-the "water-rising nut twist." The winner: Mrs. Ralph E. Smafield, 32, wife of a Detroit electrical engineer. The recipe, as expected, was a family treasure, which Mrs. Smafield got from her mother who "got it 25 years ago from a friend in Wisconsin." Pillsbury labeled it top secret, saved it for publication later...
...Winner Menzies, once an aloof personality with a tendency to talk down to his audiences, showed a new character in the Liberal-Country Party campaign. He mingled with audiences, took heckling good-naturedly, responded genially to hails of "Bob" from the crowd. He banged away at a single theme with crusading fervor: "We've come round again to a crucial decision. A vote for Labor means a vote for the ultimate bereavement of freedom." Labor retorted, "Vote for Bob and lose your job!" The Liberals countered with a crack at socialistic regimentation: "Vote for Bob and choose your...
Pacing the varsity team were Bob Berke, who won the 220-yard free style event; Joe Fox, this year's captain and winner of the 50-yard free style; Gordon Weir, diving champion; John Steinhart, winner of the 100-yard back stroke; and Dick Wheeler, 100-yard breast stroke winner...
After breakfasting at Smith, the flyers will return to the airport to man their planes in a "spot landing" contest. A pair of argyle seeks knitted by one of the members of the Smith Flying Club will be awarded the winner...
...Bacon has made the transition from number one on the Freshman team to number three on the varsity with a minimum of difficulty. Bacon plays a hard, aggressive game, but he still needs seasoning before he can be a consistant varsity winner...