Word: tree
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...changed his name to George Brown because no one would believe that Billy Hill (he was christened William Joseph) was not just a parody on hillbilly. Louis Bernstein, president of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. urged Hill to go to New York where he wrote "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree," "There's a Cabin in the Pines," "Louisville Lady" and "Have You Ever Been Lonely?", songs which made names for themselves but not for Billy Hill...
...Crookston, Minn., Everett Latta. fisherman, saw a golden eagle soar past him. Everett Latta cast his line, hooked the golden eagle, knocked it off a tree with a chunk of dirt, strangled it to death with his fish line...
According to officials of the Club, the Big Tree Swimming Pool would make an admirable theatre due to the steep slope of the pool and the presence of a large balcony around it; it would seat about four hundred people. It is estimated that doing this and remodeling the building would cost about thirty-five hundred dollars, which amount, Francis Hart, graduate treasurer of the Dramatic Club, believes they could raise. Moreover, the Dramatic Club is willing to pay for a caretaker and the cost of heat and lighting. The front rooms of the structure could easily be fitted...
...making ready Gowns by Roberta, with music & libretto by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach. The Brothers Shubert, scrambling out of bankruptcy, have already presented Joe Cook to gasping audiences, will put on a Follies with Fanny Brice. In collaboration with Jed Harris the Shuberts will produce The Green Bay Tree, a play about sexual abnormality calculated to shock as thoroughly as did The Captive. A sequel to Of Thee I Sing, by the same authors and with the same cast, will appear soon, to be called Let 'Em Eat Cake. Frederick Lonsdale's new play, Foreigners, will...
...bite in it, too. The days is gittin' late. Purty soon it'll be time to git out the old houn'-dog an' start out after coons, some o' these frosty nights, or maybe git a possum up a persimmon tree...