The backfield of the pee-wee football team of
Newport, Kentucky: “One of us is a girl”
Sharon “Bobbie” Dickerson is a
14-year-old freshman at Newport High School and plays tackle and quarterback
for the team. According to contemporary
newspaper articles, she tried out for the team and played in several games
before disclosing she was a girl. Her
teammates in the studio are Mike Boyd, Sam Turner, Louis Moore, Douglas Morris
and Harry Witt. Despite Dickerson being
her team’s top player, the league founder says that he will change the rules
next year to bar girls. (The ban would not affect Dickerson, who would have
aged out of the program anyway.)
Siblings Millie Stroup, Ruth Bobst, Janet
Robinson and John (J.R.) Kleckner: “We’re spending our first Thanksgiving
together in 46 years”
The family was broken up in 1910
following the death of their father and the inability of their mother to care
for them. Ruth was raised by her
grandmother, and the rest put up for adoption.
At the time, they were all under ten years old. As adults, only Ruth and John had contact
with one another until this past February, when a newspaper story that featured
a picture of Ruth ended up in the hands of Millie, who says she recognized her
sister all these years later. A fifth
brother, the youngest, remains unaccounted for.
Special Guest Joe E Brown has glasses which
contain the scents of items from a Thanksgiving dinner
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