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Dunton, James Gerald was born on November 10, 1899 in Circleville, Ohio, United States. Son of Oscar Howard and Florence (Nightengale) Dunton.
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A Maid and a Million Men: The Candid Confessions of Leona Canwick and Censored Indiscreetly
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A Maid and a Million Men - The Candid Confessions of Leona Canwick and Censored Indiscreetly by James G. Dunton. Leona changes places with her twin brother so that he could get away from camp to visit his fiancee. Unexpected sailing orders however send Leona to the trenches of France. There was a party up in Heaven the night that I was born and my mother’s Guardian Angel was playing one of those now-you-see-it-and-now-you-don’t shell games with the Court Jester while the Head-Man so far forgot himself, under the influence of the chorus of angelic yessers, as to do sleight-of-hand tricks with the Vital Statistics and the Orders of the Day. The whole court laughed to see such sport and even my mother’s Guardian Angel must have thought it was a good joke on my father. I heard the angels laughing as I came into the world and I cried out, as soon as I could, that it certainly didn’t take much to entertain some people. Angels have no sense of humor, anyway; I’ve since discovered that you have to go in the other direction if you want to appreciate good jokes. Why, up there in Heaven, the whole court thought this was a wow, judging by the celestial thunder-peals of glee which accompanied the parlor tricks, but if you can see anything funny in playing a trick like that on an unsuspecting couple of innocent young lovers who thought Birth Control was a pullman porter, then I hope you go to hell where red-hot jokes are the devil’s own sport!
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A Maid and a Million Men
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"...a drink. It was a terrible evening for me. I wouldn’t have minded being proud of him, if the facts warranted it; but how anyone could feel other than ashamed of a brother who would read the stuff he read—and then boasted of writing—was beyond me. The only good thing he read to them they immediately squelched because they said it sounded too conventional, too formalized. Just because it made sense and was almost rhythmic!... I think my complete loss of hopes for my dear brother dated from that evening with those asses of the arts. Furthermore I was beginning to be depressed again, because Jay-Jay was not the sort of fellow one could put up with forever. I mean, he was the kind you either had to submit to or fight with; there could be no happy medium of...".
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A Maid and a Million Men: The candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly
(The Maiden’s Prayer There was a party up in Heaven the ni...)
The Maiden’s Prayer There was a party up in Heaven the night that I was born and my mother’s Guardian Angel was playing one of those now-you-see-it-and-now-you-don’t shell games with the Court Jester while the Head-Man so far forgot himself, under the influence of the chorus of angelic yessers, as to do sleight-of-hand tricks with the Vital Statistics and the Orders of the Day. The whole court laughed to see such sport and even my mother’s Guardian Angel must have thought it was a good joke on my father. from chapter 1
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A Maid and a Million Men
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A Maid and a Million Men the Candid Confessions of Leona Canwick Censored Indiscreetly
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A Maid and a Million Men: The candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly by James G. Dunton
(• Includes a brief biography of the author. Leona change...)
• Includes a brief biography of the author. Leona changes places with her twin brother so that he could get away from camp to visit his fiancee. Unexpected sailing orders however send Leona to the trenches of France.
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James Gerald Dunton
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James Gerald Dunton, American association executive. Recipient certified of appreciation National Press Club, 1955, Commendation awardPres."s Committee on Employment of Handicapped, 1963, member Pickaway Company Historical Society(life), (; decorated Army Commendation medal, VHCA highest honorary, James C. Dunton distinguished service award; honorary fellow Truman Library Institute.
Education
AB, Harvard University, 1923. Master of Education, Harvard University, 1928.
Career
; married Dorothy Winfough, October 10, 1944. Free-lance author, 1925-1934. Federal Projects director, Ohio, 1935-1937.
Special representative Federal Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial Commission, 1938.
Editor Ohio Democracy, 1939-1940. Ohio field representative Office Government Reports, Executive Office of President, 1940-1941.
Director special activities Office Secretary Defense, 1950-1961. Executive director Virginia Health Care Association, 1965-1975, special representative, since 1975.
Washington representative American Chess Foundation, 1962-1981.
Advisory council Oliver Wendell Holmes Association, since 1966.
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A Maid and a Million Men: The candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly
(The Maiden’s Prayer There was a party up in Heaven the ni...)
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A Maid and a Million Men: The Candid Confessions of Leona Canwick and Censored Indiscreetly
(A Maid and a Million Men - The Candid Confessions of Leon...)
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A Maid and a Million Men: The candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly by James G. Dunton
(• Includes a brief biography of the author. Leona change...)
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A Maid and a Million Men
("...a drink. It was a terrible evening for me. I wouldn’t...)
- The Counterfeit Wife
- The Counterfeit Wife, etc
- A Maid and a Million Men
- A Maid and a Million Men the Candid Confessions of Leona Canwick Censored Indiscreetly
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A Maid and a Million Men: The candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly
Membership
Member veterans committee Presidential Inaugurations, 1965, 69, 77. President National Capital United Service Organizations, Washington, 1966-1967, member national council, since 1966. Member Virginia State Advisory Committee Adult Services, 1972.
Founding member Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial committee, 1997. Distinguished sponsor 100th Anniversary 1st Battle of Bull Run, 1961. Served with Ambulance Corps, American Expeditionary Force, United States Army, 1918-1919, to major Army of the United States, World War II, Korea.
Member Sons of the American Revolution, DAV, Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Association Executives, United States Army Honorary Retired Reserve, American Legion (National Commander's award 1975), Veterans World War I, United States Army Ambulance Service Association, Military Order World Wars, Ohio Society Washington, Society of Virginia (president since 1984), Virginia Health Care Association, Pickaway County History Society (life), Harvard Club (Washington).
Connections
Married Berta L. Hunting, 1930 (divorced 1935).
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presbyterian (elder).
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1923
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1928
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1925 - 1934
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Recipient certified of appreciation National Press Club, 1955, Commendation awardPres."s Committee on Employment of Handicapped, 1963, member Pickaway Company Historical Society(life), (. Decorated Army Commendation medal, VHCA highest honorary, James C. Dunton distinguished service award. Honorary fellow Truman Library Institute.Recipient certified of appreciation National Press Club, 1955, Commendation awardPres."s Committee on Employment of Handicapped, 1963, member Pickaway Company Historical Society(life), (. Decorated Army Commendation medal, VHCA highest honorary, James C. Dunton distinguished service award. Honorary fellow Truman Library Institute.