Donelson has begun to feel the effects of the bread shortage and local merchants look for the situation to become even worse…. Large government buying for shipment abroad is reported to be a chief reason behind the shortage.
May 1947
Clem's Clippings
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The fact that we continue to get years "young" as the time passes sometimes catches up with us all in one lump. That, at least, has been the experience of the coaches of the Harwell-Mille Post 88 Junior American Legion baseball team, Clydell Calstleman, the former New York Giant hurler, was out with the boys and during a practice game, volunteered to show them how to hit. He, however, hit into a double play. Shortly thereafter, Coach G. C. Russell decided to show second-base candidate the proper way to field his position. When the ground ball arrived, G. C. found he couldn't bend over far enough and allowed it to trickle through his legs. Then Manager Bill Lockhart, serving as umpire behind the pitcher in the practice game, turned to watch a play at second base and took the catcher's throw in the middle of his back!
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