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Franklin bifocals Monday, October 31, 2016
Halloween cute witch on broom pumpkin face Happy Halloween vampire
Halloween - traditional decorations


Poet John Keats    Poet John Keats
[1795 - John Keats, poet, born in Finsbury Pavement, London]

General Chiang Kai-shek    General Chiang Kai-shek    General Chiang Kai-shek    President Chiang Kai-shek
[1887 - Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist China General, Taiwan President, born in Xikou, Chekiang Province, China]

Singer Ethel Waters    Actress Ethel Waters    Singer Ethel Waters
[1896 - Ethel Waters, actress, singer, born in Chester, Pennsylvania]

Melina Mercouri    Actress Melina Mercouri    Actress Melina Mercouri    Minister Melina Mercouri
[1920 - Melina Mercouri, actress, government culture minister, born in Athens, Greece]

Barbara Bel Geddes    Actress Barbara Bel Geddes    Actress Barbara Bel Geddes
[1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, Emmy Award-winning actress, born in New York City]

Actor Michael Landon    Actor Michael Landon    Writer Michael Landon    Director Michael Landon
[1936 - Michael Landon (Eugene Maurice Orowitz), actor, writer, director, born in Queens]

USS Reuben James (DD-245)
[1941 - German sub (U-552) sinks USS Reuben James (DD-245)- 115 lives are lost
- First U.S. Navy ship lost to enemy action in World War II]

Commedian & Actor John Candy    Commedian & Actor John Candy    Commedian & Actor John Candy    Commedian & Actor John Candy
[1950 - John (Franklin) Candy, comedian, actor, Mayor of Melonville, born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada]

Papa Bear George Halas, NFL Founder
[1983 George Halas, NFL HoF player, coach,
and founding owner dies at age 88]


What Were Their Names?

Reuben James was one of our "four-piper" destroyers, built between the two World Wars for speed, firepower, and maneuverability - not survivability. These ships, even as our current day destroyers, were {in their time} the unarmored greyhounds of the sea. When Reuben James went down with the tragic loss of 115 of ship's company, war between the US and Germany had not yet been declared.

Tell me, what were their names.
Tell me, what were their names.
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?

Reuben James- torpedoed and sinking


William's Whimsical Words:

I did not know anyone in Reuben James, but I lost 115 shipmates when she went down.

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