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Donald Joseph Gutteridge (born June 19, 1912 in Pittsburg, Kansas) is a former second and third baseman in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis cardinals, St. louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates, as well as a manager for the Chicago White Sox for two years. He played his first game for the Cardinals at age 24, and in only his second career major league game had six hits in a doubleheader, including an inside-the-park homerun and two steals of home plate.   He was an average hitter with excellent speed and fielding ability (he turned five double plays in a game in 1944 during the Browns' only pennant-winning season). Gutteridge was sold to the Red Sox in 1946,  where he played in his only other World Series.  He retired from playing after only two games with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1948. .

Gutteridge coached for the White Sox for over a decade (1955-66 and 1968-69), and in 1969 he succeeded Al Lopez as the team manager. He would lead Chicago to a fifth place finish in the AL West that season.  By the end of his Major League career he had gotten six different World Series rings. As of June 19th, 2006 every year the 19th of June will be known as Don Gutteridge Day in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Harlem Globetrotters, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" autographed photo  (autographed by Robert (Stick) Turner
Name: Rob Turner
Position: F
Height: 6-9
Weight: 200
High School: Western (Anaheim, CA)
College: Pepperdine '05
Exceptional leaper, shooter and shot-blocker, Robert Turner enters his second season with the Globetrotters in 2007.
Joined the Globetrotters during the Summer of 2005. Attended several Globetrotter summer basketball camps around the country and participated in the team's International Tour schedule. Given his 'Big Stick' nickname by Globetrotters' Chairman & CEO Mannie Jackson in honor of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, which hosted the team during its 2005 Holiday Military Tour.                         

The Rev. Dr. Andrew M. Greeley (born February 5,1928, in Oak Park, Illinois to Andrew T. Greeley and Grace Anne Greeley) is an Irish-American Roman catholic priest,sociologist, and bestselling author. 

Greeley is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona and is a Research Associate with the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

Willard Herman Scott, Jr. (born March 7, 1934) is an American media personality and author best known for his work on NBC's Today show.

Joan Hornig, well known New York jewelry designer, is lending a helping hand to Franklin, Kansas.  During 2003 Joan developed a way to combine her passion for jewelry, education and philanthropy through the creation of the Joan B. Hornig Foundation.  With the help of Bergdorf Goodman, the first outlet to carry her jewelry line, Joan was able to institute a program whereby she donates 100% of the profits of all of her sales to educational initiatives introduced to her through the Bergdorf clientele.  

Hornig’s jewelry—18-karat green and white gold, netted with tourmalines, garnets, amethysts, and topaz—sparkles in display cases at high-end retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. She likens the sale of every necklace or bracelet to a challenge grant. “I give my customers something they want—jewelry—and the next step is to give them a chance to see what they can do for others.”   Those who select an original Joan Hornig design will derive pleasure from the jewelry along with the knowledge that they are helping to make a difference. 

Artists have long been inspired by the aesthetic charm of the Ginkgo and its leaves.  For instance Goethe and Nemeroy made a poem on it and in the Art Nouveau period painters and designers etc. revived it.

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