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Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner ( Childhood of Famous Americans ), Aladdin ( January 6, 2004 ) – ISBN 0-606-29739-1
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Wilma and Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4. 5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings ; her father Ed was a railway porter and her mother Blanche a maid.
In 1994, the portion of U. S. Route 79 in Clarksville, Tennessee between the Interstate 24 exit 4 in Clarksville to the Red River ( Lynnwood-Tarpley ) bridge near the Kraft Street intersection was renamed to honor Wilma Rudolph.
Nine months after Rudolph's death, Tennessee State University, on August 11, 1995, dedicated its new six-story dormitory the " Wilma G. Rudolph Residence Center.
" A black marble marker was placed on her grave in Clarksville's Foster Memorial Garden Cemetery by the Wilma Rudolph Memorial Commission on November 21, 1995.
In 1997, Governor Don Sundquist proclaimed that June 23 be known as " Wilma Rudolph Day " in Tennessee.
In 1994, Wilma Rudolph Boulevard was the name given to the portion of U. S. Route 79 in Clarksville, Tennessee.
The Woman's Sports Foundation Wilma Rudolph Courage Award is presented to a female athlete who exhibits extraordinary courage in her athletic performance, demonstrates the ability to overcome adversity, makes significant contributions to sports and serves as an inspiration and role model to those who face challenges, overcomes them and strives for success at all levels.
In 1977 a made-for-TV docudrama titled Wilma ( also known as The Story of Wilma Rudolph ) was produced by Bud Greenspan ; it starred Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard and Denzel Washington in one of his first roles.
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman, Harcourt * Children's Books ; Library Binding edition ( April 1, 1996 ) – ISBN 0-15-201267-2
* Schraff, Anne E. Wilma Rudolph: The Greatest Woman Sprinter in History, Enslow Publishers, ( 2004 ) – ISBN 0-7660-2291-9
Wilma and Olympic
This section of Highway 79 in Clarksville was previously called the Guthrie Highway, for nearby Guthrie, Kentucky, but in 1994, the name was changed to honor Wilma Rudolph, an olympic runner from Clarksville, who won three gold medals in the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, the Summer Olympics.
TSU had a very successful women's sprinting team in the 1960s, including triple Olympic champions Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus, and McGuire.
It is home to most of Clarksville's restaurants, retail businesses, and industries, with U. S. Highway 79 ( named " Wilma Rudolph Boulevard " in this area for the Olympic sprinter ), running directly through the center.
Wilma and Americans
Tony stays with the gang for several days, learns about the community life of Americans in the 25th century and makes friends with the people, especially with Wilma, with whom he spends a lot of time.
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Ministers who followed Balmforth were William and Wilma Constable ( 1937 to 1941 ), Donald Livingstone ( 1941 to 1949 ), Magnus Ratter ( 1949 to 1960 and 1971 to 1976 ), Victor Carpenter ( 1962 to 1967 ), Eugene Widrick ( 1968 to 1971 ), Leon Fay ( 1977 to 1979 ), Robert Steyn ( 1979 to 1997 ).
1928 Kansas: Wilma Dean " Deanie " Loomis ( Natalie Wood ) is a teenage girl who follows her mother's advice to resist her desire for sex with her boyfriend, Bud Stamper ( Warren Beatty ), the scion of one of the most prosperous families in town.
But while Fred and Betty are on a date with Barney and Wilma ( Barney's date ), she becomes attracted to Barney and they swap dates.
* Ludwig Norman-Neruda ( 1864 – 1898 ), English alpinist, son of Wilma Neruda and Ludwig Norman, a Swedish composer and director
* Wilhelmine " Wilma " Maria Franziska Neruda, Lady Hallé ( 1838, Brno-1911 ), Moravian violinist, daughter of Josef
Kurtis was born in Pensacola, Florida to Wilma Mary ( Horton ; 1911 – 2002 ) and William A. Kuretich, of Croatian origin ( 1914 – 2001 ), a Marine Corps general and decorated veteran of World War II.
A typical " Wilma ," Head-of-Train, HTD or HOT Device ( the top unit ), displaying the current brake line pressure on the rear end.
Johnston was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to the attorney John Bennett Johnston, Sr. ( 1894 – 1977 ), and the former Wilma Lyon ( 1904 – 1996 ) in Shreveport, went to Southfield School and graduated from C. E.
The Little family consists of William T. Little and Wilma Little ( Frank and Helen in the TV series ), their children Tom and Lucy, and Uncle Pete ( Grandpa Little in the TV series ).
More recently, she was seen on One Life to Live ( 1993 ), replacing fellow stage legend Eileen Heckart as Wilma Bern.
* Some of the persons interviewed by Sorious Samura in Cry Freetown ( i. e. Father Giuseppe Berton and some baby soldiers ) are the same interviewed, in 2012, ten years later, in the Documentary Life does not lose its value ( Original title, Italian language, La vita non perde valore ), by Wilma Massucco ( ITA / ENG-53 ' - Bluindaco Productions © 2012 ).
It has since been staged at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2004, at Yale Repertory Theatre, at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, March – April 2008, at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, May 2008 ( with original live music by Toby Twining ), at ACT Theatre in Seattle, September – October 2008, in London at the Young Vic Theatre in May 2010., at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2012, at the University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre in 2012, at Ouachita Baptist University's Verser Theatre in 2012, and in Theatre Ink's 2010-2011 season.
Married since 1967 to Wilma Dorothy Parasiuk ( née Hewitson ), also of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he has two children and resides in the Vancouver area.
Other characters included Ed's wife Marge Huddles ( voiced by Jean Vander Pyl, also the voice of Wilma Flintstone ), their rather jovial if acerbic neighbor Claude Pertwee ( voiced by Paul Lynde ) who tended to refer to Ed and Bubba as " savages "
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