There is no proof without evidence

Volume 3 Number 2
Spring 1986
Contents
Appreciated Comments
ChristChurch Cemetery,
Sherbourne, Chenango, NY
Diller Skinner Connection
Domesday Project
Gonzalez Skinner Connection
Grandparent Paradox
History of Eugene, OR (Chapter 2)
Letter from Editor
Lexington, KY Cemetery
Malden, MA Library Gleanings
Medical Genealogy
miscSKINNERlaneous
New Jersey Settlers (continued)
New York Colony Marriage Liscenses
Queries
Regal Note of Thanks
Resources
Skinner Crests
Aaron Nicholas Skinner
Asahel Skinner Letter Postscript
Edward Skinner Personal Memoirs
Otis Skinner
William Skinner Theory
Zink - Skinner Connection

SKU Index Page

Thanks to William Weiler
for transcription of this article.

miscSKINNERlaneous

During the New Bedford, MA fisherman's strike in January boat owner Austin Skinner was interviewed on television.
-Velma M. Berry
After rereading SKU Vol 2 No 4 I noted on page 11 that a Skinner family in England claimed they were of Danish descent. My mother in law, Mary Maple Skinner who died in her 90's, always told my husband they came from the Danes!
-Elizabeth T. Skinner
Dolorose (Skinner) Legutki has received three commendations from customers of Centel Telephone System of Park Ridge, IL where she works. On one she assisted a customer in placing a call to England and the customer indicated that she speaks clear and is very pleasant and polite. She also was helpful for a customer who needed connection with Northwest Community Hospital and finally a special customer case where a woman was cut off in trying to reach her husband who was camping. The woman was very worried and even started to cry. Dolorose calmed her and finally called her back later to see if everything was all right.
-great going, Mom (Gregg)
The only two-time Miss Chicago winner, Frances Skinner Lewis, is now a Loop attorney with Henshaw, Culbertson, etc..
-Sande Skinner
Doug Skinner (see SKU Vol 3 # 1 page 9) in comic mode performed with his dummy, Eddie Gray, in the show "An Attractive Production" at the Bessie Schonberg Theatre, NYC.
-Frank D. Skinner
M. Scot Skinner is a music writer and reviewer for the (Tucson) Arizona Daily Star.
-Genevieve Skinner Copley
"Sonoran commune seeks Skinnerian utopia," an article that appeared in the (Tucson) Arizona Daily Star (13 October 1985, Section C, page 1), about Comunidad Los Horcones, a community modeled after Walden II, a fictitious utopia from the novel of the same name by behavioral psychologist B. F. Skinner.
-Genevieve Skinner Copley
"Skinner's Short Six In College Cage Spotlight" was the headline in the Waukegan (IL) News Sun on 13 December 1967, page 43: (AP) Two years ago it was Rupp's Runts. Now its Skinner's Short Six. Skinner's Short Six refers to Vanderbilt's college basketball team coached by Roy Skinner... Skinner's Short Six average only 6' 3
-Sande S. Skinner
"He shouldn't have messed around in East L.A.," said Robert Skinner 62, one of 500 people who gathered out side the police station. "He picked the wrong damn neighborhood." In an interview with a newspaper reporter, the 'he' Skinner referred to was Richard Ramirez, accused 'Night Stalker' suspect in LA.
-Sande S. Skinner
Wall Street Journal, 8 Feb 1985... "Around the turn of the century, the electric vacuum cleaner hit the market. The Skinner, advertised as the first portable electric vacuum, actually was a metal monster weighing about 90 pounds...
-Sande S. Skinner
In an article about teas by Mimi Sheraton: "Considered a mild chutney, as compared with spicier blends such as Colonel Skinner and Hot Bengal Club, Major Grey's is the most popular in the United States.
-Sande S. Skinner
Article in 13 April 1985 Palm Springs (CA) newspaper by Tom Wicker, an APB for specialized skinners: "To everyone who recalls how to skin a mule: Your Uncle Sam just may want you."
-Sande S. Skinner
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