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APS Chapter 1334
Meets at 7:30 p.m. on the 1st Tuesday at the Tillapaugh home,
28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, except in July and August
Ellen Tillapaugh, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, NY 13326-1049
kuchtill@verizon.net, 607-547-5646
Leatherstocking
Stamp
Club
Club Looks Forward To Fall Meetings
The club will resume its regular schedule on September 5 after taking its summer hiatus
in July and August. Albert Keck will present a program on Brooklyn Dodgers Cove.
Programs
Oct. 3 — What Have You Got?
Nov. 7 — History of Mr. Zip by Ellen Tillapaugh
A Short Philatelic Quiz: Historic Figures on Stamps
By Terrill S. Miller
1. Name the Civil War Army officers born in Ohio who became U.S. presidents.
2. The stories of this humorist included Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox.
3. This accomplished aviation pioneer invented the aileron, the Jenny, and the first
land–sea plane with a retractable landing gear.
4. This president, a War of 1812 hero, fought the British, Spaniards, French, Indians,
the U.S. bank, and anyone else who crossed him.
5. A Democratic Congressman from Texas, he was speaker of the House from 1940 until
his death in 1961, except for four years of Republican control.
6. After a life of failure, this Civil War Union general was most famous for the Battle of
Atlanta and the March to the Sea.
7. A successful but unhappy star, she appeared in many movies, including the Wizard
of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, and the Andy Hardy series.
8. After meeting Boy Scouts founder Robert Baden-Powell she organized the Girl Scouts
of America in Savannah, GA, in 1912.
9. A Champion of Liberty, this Italian leader led his Redshirts in the battle to unify Italy.
10. This Vermont born admiral led his fleet to defeat the Spanish at Manila Bay in 1898.
11. This Georgia-born doctor may have been the first to operate using ether for anesthesia.
12. This New England poet is most famous for The Village Blacksmith and Evangeline.
13. This Irish-born composer is best known for Naughty Marietta and Babes in Toyland.
14. A London-born labor leader and cigar maker, he founded the AFL in 1891.
15. Nicknamed for the Kentucky town where he was born, this railroad engineer rode
the Illinois Cannonball to his death in 1900.
16. This Oklahoma humorist, who never met a man he didn’t like, died with Wiley Post in
an Alaska plane crash in 1935.
Answers on Page 64
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