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C. Allen Powell and Jon H. Poteat founded the nonprofit National Vocational-Technical Honor Society at H. B. Swofford Area Vocational Center (now H. B. Swofford Career Center) in Inman, South Carolina in 1984. [1]
Herbert Bayard Swope Sr. (/ ˈ b aɪ ɑːr d /; [1] January 5, 1882 – June 20, 1958) was an American editor, journalist and intimate of the Algonquin Round Table.Swope spent most of his career at the New York World.
In 1851 and in 1864 the firm was reorganized, being designated in these respective years as Claflin, Mellin & Company and H.B. Claflin & Company. Under Claflin's management the business increased so rapidly that the sales for a time after 1865 probably exceeded those of any other mercantile house in the world.
In 1935, Pratt became engaged to Aileen Kelly of Massachusetts, who had been born in Monte Carlo in 1915. [4] They married in 1936 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Pittsfield, [5] and together had four children, [3] the youngest of whom is singer-songwriter Andy Pratt.
Frank Bradsby, a salesman, became a partner in 1916, and the company's name changed to "The Hillerich and Bradsby Co." [1] By 1923, H&B was selling more bats than any other bat maker in the country, and legends like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth (R-43), [7] and Lou Gehrig were all using them. R-43 is the company model number for the bats used by Babe Ruth.
Brotman was born in a Jewish family in Tacoma, Washington, the son of Pearl and Bernie Brotman. [1] [2] [3] His grandparents were Jewish emigrants from the Kingdom of Romania, now Romania, to Saskatchewan; his parents immigrated to the US and settled in Tacoma.
Holland & Barrett, King Street, Hammersmith, London Holland & Barrett International Limited, trading as Holland & Barrett (H&B), is a British-based multinational chain of health food shops with over 1,300 stores in 16 countries, including a substantial presence in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania and UAE.
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park is an area designated for historic preservation and public recreation located 20 miles (32 km) south of the town of Ely in White Pine County, Nevada.