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A double-dog dare

Cliffside was a peaceable town…until it came to horseshoes. This call to arms was saved for history by the late Bill Ingram, one of the ring leaders of the dreaded River Street Gang. It was issued in the late ’40s. In that it contained some pretty high-toned words (outmoded, audacity, infrequent, taunts, lair), would anyone bet that Gerard Davidson didn’t have a hand in the creation of this bulletin? And, as a teacher, he had ready access to a typewriter. Anyone remember seeing this? Anybody remember who won?

A call to arms by 'The Peoples Army' to 'all loyal citizens of Cliffside' to defend, in the game of horseshoes, the town's honor against the River Street Horseshoe Gang, led by Pot Jenkins, who 'has had the nerve, the audacity and the gall to state publicly that they can outpitch the whole town of Cliffside.' It was to be held at '6:30 or 7:00 on Friday night.'

Courtesy Rose “Patsy” Ingram Dothard

 

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