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Hollingsworth Miscellany

    (1) The Los Angeles Times, Mon. May 29, 1911, part one, p. 1,
col 8 (pictures) reads Two Families Wiped Out when Street Car and Auto 
crash.  Dead: Harold S. Hollingsworth, age 24, of 334 East 8th St. 
Long Beach, was killed instantly. Mrs. Harold S. Hollingsworth, 20,
died on the way to the hospital. Jeremiah Kauffman, 52, of 336 East 
8th Street Long Beach, and his wife, Iva, 38, and Hazel, 13, fatally 
injured. Page 5, col. 12 carried a picture of the Kauffmans. Found 
by your editor, who does not know who these peoole were.  Do you?
    (2) TV GUIDE for Jan 13, 1990, p. 133, details a show called 
Unspeakable Acts, which	was a 2 hour drama on the ABC Network at 9 PM
on Mon Jan 15th. The story was based on a book of the same name by
journalist Jan Hollingsworth.
    (3) Tbe Arizona Republican, Mon. Oct 12, 1908, p. 1, col 2, also
found by your editor, has a heading The Quakers' Protest Against Mr. 
Cannon. Dateline Lawrence, Kansas, Oct. 11, 1908. The Yearly Meeting 
of the Friends or Quakers of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska, 
with a thousand members present, yesterday passed a resolution whereby 
a petition will be sent to the US House of Representatives asking the 
members not to elect Mr. Cannon speaker on account of his attitude 
towards the temporance question. "This action is considered remarkable 
as Mr. Cannon was reared in the Quaker faith."
    Yes, he was! Joseph John Gurney Cannon was the son of Gulielma
Maria Hollingsworth, wife of Horace F. Cannon. He reminisced about
his Quaker origins, but knew little of his genealogy. He was opposed
to temperance, which angered the Quakers - legislation of it, that is.
    The move did not have any effect, for Uncle Joe was elected and 
re-elected and re-re-elected and served as Speaker of the House for 
many years. He was iron-fisted old fashioned Conservative, which was 
probably due to his Quaker background, if you think of the Quakers of 
Valentine Hollingsworth's day!
    (4) Under the headline Widow sues aircraft firm, the Ft. Lauderdale
Sun, Dec 3, 1983 p 3B, we learn that Holly Hollingsworth had
filed suit in Broward Circuit Court against Aero Sport, Inc., and
Great Lakes Aircraft Co. for the death of her husband, Frank 
Hollingsworth, 42, and daughter, Theresa, 22, who was seriously injured 
in a May 12th crash. He was the operator of Pelican Aircraft and his 
daughter was a mechanic there. Defects in the plane were cited. (Thanks 
to Chapman Sullivan, Correspondent, Margate, Fla.)
    (5) Representative Wayne Hollingsworth, Democrat of Lake City,
Florida, has a bill which attempts to find economically and sociolog-
cally feasible ways to ease chronic overcrowding in state prison fac-
ilities. and in the Broward County jail, but his ideas could cause a
lot of trouble when it comes to double bunking of prisoners with big
problems! No record of the fate of the bill, which was spotlighted in 
an Editorial in tbe Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Thurs. Mar 6, 1986 
p. 18A, cols 1-2, thanks to Chapman Sullivan. (Picture of W.H.)
    (6) The Scott County Times, (Miss.) Wed, June 11, 1986, page 1,
tells the story of the resignation of Albert F. Hollingsworth, Scott 
County Supt. of Education, for health reasons, after a 31 year career 
in education, and holding the post of Superintendent since election
on Feb 1, 1967. Open heart surgery was the prime cause. Resignation
was to become effective on June 30, 1986. Hollingsworth was 62, and
a graduate of East Central Junior College with Associate Arts Degree.


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