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- Bea Bodvin:
Every Saturday night, Jack Myers would buy cream puffs for the family, after some beer at the beer parlor. Other times he would not go to the store.
He arrived home about 10 p.m.
Worked as a lather. [a lather nails wood slats to a wall to hold the plaster.]
John MYERS
Birth Date: 26 May 1890
Death Date: Jan 1966
Social Security Number: 542-03-3694
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Oregon
Actual Death Residence: Oregon
Was a good (semi-pro?] baseball player, known as "Rabbit" Myers.
(probably a reference to Rabbit Maranville:
Walter James Vincent Maranville, born 1891 in Springfield, MA, died 1954 NY, NY
Bats Right, Throws Right, Height 5'5", Weight 155 lbs. Boston Braves.
Hall of Fame 1954.]
Jack Myers was about same height and weight, and said to be very quick, like a rabbit.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maranra01.shtml
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