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Completed in 1744, it cost about 400 pounds, which were donated by the widow of one Samuel Holden, a Director of the Bank of England. It boasted a massive, dignified door, facing what is now the Square, a beautifully carved and decorated interior, and rows of hard oak benches rising in tiers from a center aisle to the side walls...
...after he became Tsar, Peter began to woo the sea. He learned on a Russian lake how to trim a sheet and ease a tiller. Later he went to Holland disguised as Peter Mikhailov, able-bodied seaman, there took a job in shipyards and learned how to warp gnarled oak into clean ship shape with his own hands. He learned navigation, piloting, naval tactics...
ILLINOIS: Don W. Crary, Dallas City; Nathan S. Davis, Jr., Winnetka; Merrill M. Gaffney, Winnetka; Willard T. Grubb, Springfield; James E. McNulty, Jr., Oak Park...
Harvard Club of Chicago: Eugene Golub, Oak Pard, 111.; Dean McD. Hennessey, LaGrange, 111.; and Richard F. McCarthy, Chicago...
...Room 605 of Phillips House, the private wing of Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, a soldier lay dying. He was just able to hear, just able to smile when they gave him the prized Oak Leaf Cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal, with this citation from the Secretary of War: "Adna R. Chaffee, Major General, United States Army. For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services . . . outstanding foresight, judgment and leadership in organizing and commanding the Armored Force of the Army...