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Elsie's and Belgian Fudge both advertise "homemade" ice cream, but Sam Citron, manager of Baskin-Robbins, charges that these establishments are not complying with regulations handed down by Massachusetts Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti that define "homemade" as "made of natural ingredients and made in the retail outlet in which it is sold...
...received a reply from Grand Dragon J.L. Baskin, a retired Methodist minister whose Klan realm included West Virginia; Baskin encouraged Byrd to organize his own klavern of 150 members. He did just that and was then unanimously elected Exalted Cyclops, the group's leader. Impressed, the Grand Dragon told Byrd: "These people believe in you. You ought to set your cap for Congress...
Instead, Byrd went off to work as a welder in shipyards in Baltimore and Tampa during World War II. By the time he returned to Crab Orchard after the war, he had lost interest in the Klan but not in Baskin. Byrd, who played a mighty fine, foot-stomping hillbilly fiddle, asked Baskin what he should do next. Said the Grand Dragon: "Take that fiddle and use it." In 1946 he ran for the state legislature and fiddled his way into office. Playing such tunes as Turkey in the Straw and Old Joe Clark, he drew campaign crowds and attention...
...category there are your basic ice cream places--Baskin-Robbins serves its 31 flavors at 1230 Mass Ave, right across from Lamont Library, and Brighams--which is now open 24 hours, a great boon during exam period--on Mass Ave next to the Coop. Your basic ice cream stores. Brighams tends to get real crowded, so avoid it in the afternoons...
...Baileys, at 21 Brattle, is famous for its large, good and expensive cones and sundaes. Belgian Fudge, on Mass Ave across from the Yard, may serve the best ice cream and frozen yogurt in the Square. Although it doesn't have the spread of flavors available at Baskin-Robbins and Brigham's, it has much more interesting ones...