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Hans Baur interview donated to Wayland history department
August 15, 2013
PLAINVIEW – For many, the end of World War II was a lifetime ago. For others, the
memories are still alive. For university students, the war is something that can be
found only in history books and documentaries. But for students at Wayland Baptist
University, the war has become more personal thanks to a recent donation of a recorded
interview with Hans Baur, the personal pilot of Adolf Hitler.
Recorded by Commander Sergeant Major James T. Hilyer in 1984, the interview came to Wayland nearly 30 years later due to a connection between family friends. Hilyer passed away in 2000. His son, J.T. Hilyer and his wife are friends with John Mark and Christina Spruill. Christina is the director of institutional research at Wayland.
The interview consisted of four tapes recorded in a single interview session. The tapes were donated to Wayland last spring, then were translated and added to the archives in time for students to use them when classes began on Aug. 21. Emeritus Professor of Languages and Literature Mrs. Christa Smith translated the interview. Smith, who retired from full-time teaching in 2012, grew up in Germany during WWII. The interview was officially archived this summer, leading into the fall term for Wayland students.
"J.T.'s dad talked about the stories and things he had seen," Christina said. "It
was just kind of a neat thing that he had these tapes."
Upon CSM Hilyer's death, the family decided to donate the tapes. Spruill said they wanted them to go to a Christian university and not fall into the hands of people who might sympathize with Hitler.
"I was working for Dr. [Elane] Seebo at the time and asked her if this was something Wayland would like for history majors. She thought it would be great," Spruill said.
J.T. Hilyer donated the tapes to the university, asking only for a translated transcript of the interview in return. Smith, who has written about her vivid memories of those years in Germany, said listening to the interview was enlightening.
"I did learn things I didn't know," she said. "I also became aware of how many people were so caught up in the personality [of Hitler] that they didn't see the reality behind it."
Baur, who flew successful missions for the German military in WWI, became Hitler's personal pilot prior to the beginning of WWII. Baur was bunkered with Hitler when the Nazi leader committed suicide in 1945. He lived and traveled with Hitler, and according to Smith never waivered from thinking that Hitler will someday be recognized as a great man.
After Hitler's suicide, Baur was captured by Russian troops and spent many years in
a Russian prison being tortured for information. He wrote several books about his
experiences before dying in 1993.
J.T. Hilyer said his father met Baur through a photographer friend while stationed in Germany. Hilyer said the photographer, Peter Tiefenthaler, was commissioned to photograph Baur and asked his father to come along. Hilyer, who was a boy at the time, said his father visited Baur several times.
"He thought [Baur] was a pretty neat fellow," Hilyer said, explaining that his parents, along with Tiefenthaler and his wife, at times went to dinner with Baur.
"My dad worked at the military base with some other soldiers," Hilyer explained. "Most career soldiers are usually history bugs. There were a couple of other fellows that were about the same rank as my dad who wanted to just hang out and ask some questions. Tiefenthaler arranged the meeting."
Hilyer said his father recorded the meeting and the tapes had been in the family ever since.
Much of the interview, transcribed into a 26-page document, deals with Hitler's final days, his suicide and how Baur and others tried to dispose of the body. Baur also tells of how he came to work for Hitler who did not like to fly, but understood the importance of being able to move from one place to another quickly.
Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences Dr. Estelle Owens said the interview is a unique, archival document.
"No one else, to our knowledge, has this," Owens said. "It is with Hitler's private pilot who served him for a number of years. The guy knew [Hitler] very, very well. It's an apology for Hitler. [Baur] thinks the man was misunderstood, but that is his perspective and he has a right to his opinion."
Owens said the tapes will be placed in the university archives. Transcripts are available for researchers or anyone who is interested in the time period. People may also listen to the actual recording that has been preserved digitally.
"It is available to anyone who is interested in World War II on the European front who wants to read about somebody who was very up close and personal with Hitler," Owens said.
The interview was recorded on four cassette tapes, so portions are missing at times when it is believed the tapes were switched in the machine. The interview also ends abruptly as the tape cuts off mid-sentence.
For more information, contact the Mabee Learning Resources Center at 806-291-3700, or call the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at 806-291-1170.


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CAMBRIDGE - This story begins with a removed rib, just like the biblical tale of Adam and Eve.
It was the hazy summer of 2008. Noam Angrist was just a skinny rower at Brookline High, trying hard to bulk up for his senior year.
He was years away from being co-founder of Amphibious Achievement, a widely creative athletic-academic program for urban Boston youth.
"I was not very good,'' recalls the MIT junior. "I was short, relative to the team, but I busted my [butt].''
Lifting weights in the gym, he felt a pop in his right arm. The pain eventually worsened. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital discovered a blood clot in his veins, a potentially life-threatening situation. They operated and had to remove his top right rib.
"It was very sad,'' says Angrist. "I'm in the hospital watching the Head of the Charles out the window. I couldn't row anymore.''
The following year, as an MIT freshman, he switched to the short end of the megaphone, helping coach the Brookline High School novice boys' team. Outgoing and charismatic, he used rogue ideas, techniques and rap music to motivate the student-athletes. Some coaches just laughed at him.
"Noam is very intense and insightful,'' wrote coach Katy Ruderman in an e-mail.
"He started practice five minutes early sometimes because he had read that high-powered CEOs use that as a tactic to keep employees on their toes.''
Angrist says he went all out, all the time. "The other coaches thought I was crazy,'' he said.
But no one was laughing when two of the teams' boats won gold at the state championships. Meanwhile, MIT student Ron Rosenberg, a similarly extroverted dynamo who coached swimming at the YMCA, was also having great success.
"Noam and I were sitting at lunch and we were talking about our experience at coaching and how parents told us about how their kids had changed,'' says Rosenberg, who along with Angrist is co-founder of Amphibious Achievement. "They weren't saying my kid dropped five seconds. They were saying my kid is more disciplined, a harder worker in school, and a happier individual. We decided to create something that melds those two spheres seamlessly.''
Welcome to Amphibious Achievement, an MIT program that blends swimming and rowing with a rigorous academic component that promotes an environment of achievement for inner-city Boston high school students.
Students start at 9 a.m. each Sunday with two hours of rigorous swimming or rowing. They have lunch, then spend two more hours of learning with an emphasis on friendly competition and fun. There are 30 MIT mentors for 40 students. The tutors all have high energy levels and the Achievers find that is contagious.
"We make learning real for them,'' says Angrist. "We play Jeopardy games for grammar, rap games for trigonometry, like 'Get Triggy with it,' that makes them think, 'Oh this is cool.' We're sneaking in the learning. Like applying fraction problems of the day by dividing platters of food in front of them.''
Food for thought
Getting Boston inner-city students to sign up for Sunday morning classes proved as difficult as grant and curriculum writing.
In the beginning, the team lugged a 57-pound Ergometer rowing machine into the John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Sciences in Roxbury. Posters were already up all over the school and announcements were made.
"We go into the classroom, and nobody's there,'' says Angrist. "We start freaking out.''
That's when they unveiled their secret weapon: Pizza. When school ended, Angrist rushed into the crowded hallways.
"I'm yelling at them, 'Hey, free pizza! We're going to talk, you don't have to listen.' I'm shameless.''
The program now is in three Boston high schools and has a lottery to fill openings. But some high school teachers had a caveat for the MIT mentors.
"Their teachers tell us [the students] don't try hard, they aren't driven, and they won't work for you,'' says Lila Fridley, an MIT coach and mentor. "In the beginning, very few made the honor roll, now most make it.''
Tutors credit their closeness in age, the athletics and the dogged determination and spirit of the Achievers with their success.
"They see how much we care,'' says Angrist. "But we learn just as much from them as they learn from us.''
One day after a spirited practice at the MIT boathouse, he told the group they were special. Some of the girls started weeping. Angrist was surprised. Nobody had told them that, they said. Ever.
Today the river is angry, and the sky is a steely gray. The Achievers have been waiting all year to get on the water, preparing by rowing on machines at the MIT Boathouse, blasting music, pushing their times, and staring out at the icy Charles River.
As they carry the boat to the dock for their inaugural run, Angrist nervously keeps checking the boathouse doors.
Carey - not her real name - is a no-show for the first day of river rowing. Angrist knows it is something that she has longed to do.
She's a sweetheart, he says, a star of the program who turned her life around despite some tough breaks. Sometimes Carey still shows up with the black-and-blue marks of domestic violence. Her mother has seen jail time and Carey has flunked out of school. But when the MIT masterminds start tutoring her, she blossomed into an honor student.
"Where could she be?'' Angrist mutters before turning his attention to the rowers.
Truth be told, most of the kids look scared, as if they are time travelers boarding the Titanic. And these are tough kids who don't scare easily. Plus, rowing is foreign to them; it isn't something found on the streets of Roxbury or Mattapan.
"You can't play pickup rowing,'' says Angrist. "It's not like pickup baseball or basketball. It's totally one of the most inaccessible things in the world.''
Stroke savers
Out on the river, Angrist yells through his megaphone and sings, poorly, the words to the rap song, "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It.''
Everyone moves in the same direction. Eventually, fear melts into fun.
The Achievers have achieved. They may not be able to walk on water, but they can now row. There are a lot of success stories on board.
Dalesha St. Louis, 16, of Mattapan saw her grades plummet after her brother was arrested.
"I felt like I had no support inside of school,'' she says. "I felt like I was by myself. Then I came here. They really help. If they sense you have a problem they will pull you over to the side, they will call you at home. I didn't feel they were like strangers, I felt they were like friends.''
St. Louis is admittedly very nervous. She's about to conquer one of her demons. As a third-grader, she nearly drowned in a swimming pool and is terrified of the water.
"I went down, and I was screaming and yelling,'' she says. "Ever since that day I never went back in the pool.''
She decided to join the MIT group because she loved watching rowing during the Olympics.
Kamala Brown, 17, of the Match Charter Public High School, gets up at 6 every Sunday and takes several buses from Walpole. Her Dorchester home burned down when wrapping paper ignited in a post-Christmas fire last December.
"It's worth it being around people who push me physically and emotionally,'' she says. "The secret is always pushing yourself, even when you're crying. Learn something new. Try it and you may be successful.''
The Amphibious Achievement team plans to race at a diversity meet in Rochester, N.Y., this summer.
"We're going to beat everybody,'' declares Danielle Smith, 15, of Match Charter. She says rowing is very difficult but surprisingly peaceful.
"It clears your mind. You're eight people rowing as one. You're basically one person.''
Inside the MIT boathouse after the successful inaugural run, Angrist addresses the troops.
"Today is the best day of my life,'' he says. There are high-fives and hugs all around. St. Louis is positively beaming after her short journey on the Charles. She beat back one of her demons, one stroke at a time.
"When I got on the water, I thought, 'Oh my God, what did I get myself into?' '' she says. "But when I put my hand on the oars I totally forgot about it. Not only did I get over my fear of drowning, but also I finally reached my goal of getting into the water. It was just a great experience. Watching the Olympics on TV, I always wanted to be one of them. Now I am one of them.''Stan Grossfeld can be reached at email@example.com.


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A majority of juveniles arrested on prostitution charges in Los Angeles County come from the county's foster care system, and, in some cases, pimps use underage sex workers to recruit fellow group home residents, county officials said.
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Of the 174 juveniles arrested on prostitution-related charges in Los Angeles County in 2010, 59% were in the foster care system, according to Probation Department statistics. The department has launched initiatives to address the issue of sex trafficking, including running prevention workshops in juvenile halls.
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Proposition 35, which imposes tougher penalties on pimps, also includes language that decriminalizes prostitution for minors caught up in the trade — although there is debate about the effects of that change. But officials fear that greater numbers of young people involved in prostitution will become the responsibility of the county Department of Children and Family Services. Department director Philip Browning said his agency is "really unprepared at this point" to handle such an influx.
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"These kids see themselves as having no way out unless they're in a secure setting," he said.
Probation camps and juvenile halls provide that security. But advocates say the criminal justice system is not the proper setting for young victims of abuse and coercion.
"They should not be treated as the criminal. They are a victim. The pimps should be treated as the criminal and given long prison sentences," said county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who proposed the task force. Antonovich said during Tuesday's meeting that the trafficking issue came to the county board's attention early this year, when they learned that young girls were serving as prostitutes around Staples Center after Lakers games.
The task force includes county children's services, probation and mental health workers as well as law enforcement officials. It will examine the scope of the foster youth prostitution problem and report back with recommendations in six months.
But Lois Lee, founder of a Los Angeles-based, 24-bed shelter for child sex workers called Children of the Night, said she is skeptical of the claim that kids in the foster system are particularly vulnerable to sex trafficking. The majority of the shelter's clients were under the legal guardianship of their parents when they arrived, according to the organization's 2011 annual report.
"They're kids that [the Department of Children and Family Services] left behind in the first place," Lee said.


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Choxie (Target)
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Eat with your Eyes: Truffle Disks
There was a time, a few years back, when Target used to have its own brand of chocolate called Choxie. They used a variety of companies to create their custom branded confections, so it turned out a little uneven.
Some of it was good, some of it wasn't quite as well made. I miss the adventure of such a large new product line, but I think Target does a much better job of curating top brands than creating something from scratch like a whole line of chocolate products.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 7:23 am Candy • Choxie (Target) • Highlight • Photography •
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Choxie 3 Ounce Chocolate Bars
After Valentine's Day I picked up some discounted items from Target. I haven't re-visited much of the Choxie line since my initial tastes on their launch, so I figured it was time to see what else they had.
I got an assortment of four bars for 75% off, so each bar was $1.25 ... quite a deal for 3 ounces of "premium" chocolate.
The box they came in was a goofy flat affair, I think just this stack with a red ribbon is a fine gift (and I threw out that box pretty much as soon as I got home). The assortment contains two milk chocolate bars and two dark chocolate bars.
The one that interested me the most was the Milk Chocolate with Roasted Almonds & Sea Salt. True to its name, it was a nice dark milk chocolate with big almond pieces (they tasted buttery like Marcona almonds) and there were some pretty intense large pieces of sea salt in there (the picture on the box makes them look like little pieces of popcorn).
The milk chocolate is a very dark and smooth version, it goes really well with the crisp crunch of the almonds. The sea salt was quite apparent, but the mixing of it was a little off. Sometimes I'd arrive at whole reservoirs of the stuff, it's a little offputting to get more than a few grains at once. But still, an addictive bar. Though I shared it, I ate most of it in a day and a half.
The second bar was the Milk Chocolate Cashew Almond Cherry Bar which I thought sounded terrible at first, especially when I saw that it also had salt in it.
However, it won me over. The cashews & almonds aren't as plentiful in this bar and the salt is only a slight glimmer now and then. The cherries are soft and chewy with a bright tangy note that infuses those bites.
I was grateful to try my first Choxie single origin bar with the 62% Ghana Cocoa. I recently had another Ghana bar from Tcho, which I found to be a little too gritty for my tastes. This bar is smooth. The flavors are spot on "chocolatey" with some vanilla notes and a little cedar & tobacco. It's a tasty bar, though not quite buttery enough for me if it's going to be on the low end of the cacao percentage. But it's also pretty sweet, so a nice started bar for those who don't like the intensity of some of the higher cacao.
The box for the Dark Chocolate Espresso Bar showed the bar, like the one above, surrounded by coffee beans. I didn't know if that meant whole coffee beans or fine grounds when I bought the assortment (I could only see the fronts of the boxes). The ingredients say "ground coffee" but I was still afraid that I was going to get coffee grounds in my chocolate.
The package smelled like the coffee aisle at the A&P where we used to grind our own 8 O'Clock coffee when I was a teen. Mostly coffee but also slight wafts of tea, cocoa and sweet sugary General Foods International Coffee flavors.
The grounds are palpable as the chocolate melts. The coffee flavor is mellow, not burnt or caramelized tasting, just a medium roasted vibe. And of course all those coffee beans integrated in. The chocolate has a good melt to it, is pretty smooth otherwise and stands up rather well to the otherwise overwhelming coffee. (Nicole at Baking Bites has a nice review of this bar, too.)
At the reduced price (expiration isn't anywhere to be found on the packages, maybe I shouldn't have thrown out the box), these were a great deal. I'm not sure if I would pay $4-5 for one of these in the future (well, maybe the almond & sea salt bar), but keep an eye out for their assortments (perhaps after Mother's day?). The ingredients are all-natural and the dark chocolates have no added butterfat. They are not, however, Kosher.
Other recent reviews: The Girl Tastes has a lot of more recent Choxie introductions, Rosa tried the Key Lime Truffle Bar, Candy Snob tried the Espresso Truffle Bar, Secret Hideout thinks Choxie is better than Godiva (and I don't disagree) and OffBeatEating tried the Coconut Truffle Bar.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:39 am
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Choxies in Boxies
I picked up a couple of little Choxie items at Target over the weekend while I was getting my new bike tuned up.
The first one was an impulse buy, the lines were very long and I was scouring all the checkout areas for limited edition items when my husband pointed out this bar. It doesn't have a very sexy name: Choxie Peanut Butter Pretzel Bar, but the package was certainly cute and all the elements were compelling.
It's like a combination of a peanut butter meltaway and a chocolate covered pretzel.
The bar is thick and has an ultrasmooth peanut butter filling. Mixed into that are pretzel bits and peanuts. The whole thing is cloaked in milk chocolate.
The pretzels and nuts are unevely mixed and the first two squares I ate didn't have anything in them but peanut butter. The peanut butter filling is nice and as far as I can tell from reading the ingredients label it's so freakin' smooth and sweet because it's blended with white chocolate.
The real distraction here are the pretzels. They're stale. They're not crispy, they don't add a satisfying crunch. Color me disappointed.
I don't have much to say about these Choxie Caramel Pecan Nesters. They're basically milk chocolate turtles: pecans, caramel and chocolate. They came in a little box and there were only two of them, each individually wrapped.
I took the photo and I gobbled both of them up!
High praise, I'm usually the model of restraint. It's not that they were so divinely delicious, but they smelled awesome, that sweet pecan smell and chocolate, I wish I could bottle it. Though the caramel wasn't anything more than sweet and the chocolate was just ordinary, the pecans were fresh and tasty.
Even on clearance (are they discontinuing them?) they were $1.40 for this wee box that had only two in them (one ounce). If you're looking to torture yourself with a very small portion, this might be the way to go. At the regular price of $2 a box, pass this up and go straight to See's.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:08 am
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Choxie Champagne Truffles
I get a lot of questions about Choxie here at CandyBlog.net. And with good reason ... there aren't that many places to find out about Choxie. There's certainly no info on the Target website. I haven't spent much time with Choxie, but I have to say that the products I've tried are always good quality, nicely packaged and feature interesting flavor combinations.
I picked up a few things last week, including the highly rated Champagne-Flavored Truffles. (I actually hadn't seen them before.) They're stunning looking little baubles of chocolate. Shiny and dark, the package highlights their gorgeous sheen. They smell rather spicy - of chocolate and a hint of wine. The truffles are about the size of a hazelnut in the shell (smaller than a malted milk ball).
These truffles are panned chocolate. Panning is when you take a solid nugget and tumble it, adding layers of coating on it. Panned candies can range from jelly beans to Gobstoppers to chocolate coated nuts to Lemonheads. Panning is usually done in large turning pans that look like cement mixers and can hold hundreds of pounds of candy. The coating can double the weight of each candy as each successive layer is added and then the final "polish coat" to seal them and give them the high gloss shine. In this case it's called "confectioners glaze."
The centers are made of white chocolate (made with real cocoa butter, not hydrogenated oils). The chocolate outside is sweet and smooth, a little on the sweet side but it's definitely buttery and has a good smoky quality to it. The center is smooth as well and has a raisiny hint to it. Not really a champagne flavor in my mind, just a nice "boosted" vanilla flavor. The small size of them and their glossy appearance makes them easy to pop and of course easy to share.
As Valentine's gifts go, the Choxie line has some really nice, inexpensive options. At less than $10 a pound for many of their offerings, they're a really good way of expressing yourself without breaking the bank. The "shareable" nature of them is also a bonus. They also make nice hostess gifts or just a nice treat for yourself. Choxie has done a good job of bringing upscale into the realm of affordable. Their variety is also pretty stunning and it always seems like there's something new when I check out the Choxie section. The ingredients also appear to be top notch, using real vanilla instead of vanillin and cocoa butter instead of palm oils.
Interesting note from the box: confections made in the USA, packaged in Mexico.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:45 am
Friday, November 4, 2005
Head to Head: Target vs Trader Joe's
Everyone's talking about Choxie. Probably half of you reading this right now are here because of a Google search for Choxie. Under a huge marketing blitz, Target is running national commercials that feature go-go dancers extolling "Cha-cha-cha Choxie. Chocolate with Moxie!" They're having free tastings this weekend (Sunday, November 6th from 1-5 PM at all locations).
A couple of weeks ago my husband picked up some new candy at Trader Joe's called "Slate of Bliss." Very cool, I thought. Then I went to Target and saw the SAME thing under their Choxie label called simply "Thin." As Trader Joe's is well known for their repackaging of food under its own label, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. The Choxie is $2.50 a package, the Trader Joe's is $1.99 ... a 20% savings. The biggest question is who makes the candy for both Target and Trader Joe's? Actually, the biggest question is ... is it any good?
Since the packaging is identical (a clear cellophane inner wrapper and a matte cardboard box) and the sizes (2.5 ounces) and flavors are similar (Trader Joe's carries only two flavors, both are included in the Choxie line, but Target has added selection on top of that) I'm going to treat them all the same.
Slate of Bliss - Espresso and Milk Chocolate: I'm not sure why I'm starting with this one, because I was most disappointed with it. The milk chocolate base is sweet (32% cocoa solids) and has that European milk chocolate taste. On top are crushed Arabica espresso beans. The beans are crunchy and of course taste like coffee. They're not bitter, but definitely have a lingering taste to them and oodles of caffeine. 7 out of 10.
Choxie - Toffee Ginger Thin: I'm a ginger nut, and I love toffee too, so I had high hopes for this. I was a little leery of the milk chocolate base though from the description, as I thought the sweet toffee and crystallized ginger would be set off better by semi-sweet chocolate. The label does not say how much cocoa solids are in the chocolate, and it's definitely a different chocolate blend than the espresso Slate of Bliss. The milk chocolate is not as dairy smooth, but very sweet and lacks a chocolate punch. The toffee is nice, but I didn't think there were enough bits on it and the ginger chunks were few and far between (when breaking the whole thing into 8 pieces, two ended up without ginger). 7 out of 10.
Slate of Bliss - Cacao Nibs and Dark Chocolate: I've had a few premium bars this year that have cacao nibs in them, and I really enjoy them. They're like nuts, only chocolate! This bar has a wonderful cocoa aroma to it. Smoky and roasted with a slightly fruity fragrance. The chocolate here is only 54% cocoa solids, but instead of being overly sweet, it has a wonderful creamy cocoa butter melt. The chocolate is smooth with no hints of grainyness and the nibs give it a punch to highlight the nice apricot and cherry notes to the chocolate. 9 out of 10.
Choxie - Peppermint Marbled Crunch Thin: The sassiest of all the packages, this one is exactly what you'd expect from looking at it. A rich semi-sweet chocolate with a little marbling of white chocolate on top and some crushed peppermint candies. There's no indication of the cocoa solids on this one, but with Sugar as the first ingredient of the chocolate, I suspect it's less than 50%. The chocolate is slightly more astringent than the chocolate in the Slate of Bliss Cacao Nib one, but the light bitter/dry finish helps to buoy the lighter note of the mint. Though the bar smells mostly minty, it's definitely chocolatey on the tongue. 9 out of 10.
Now, there's been some talk in the comments section of this blog about BruCo being one of the company's that's making Choxie (I suspect that Choxie is made by several different candy manufacturers to Target's standards). I don't know BruCo well enough to comment on that. The two BruCo bars I've tried were not at all similar to anything that I've seen as part of the Choxie line. I've also heard that Vosges is making some of the candy (specifically the chocolate bars and some of the truffles - especially since the flavor of Vosges' Red Fire Bar is similar to the Choxie Hot Chocolate Bar), but again, I have no confirmation on that. No matter who makes the stuff and my opinions on the flavor combinations, it's all good quality with fresh and real ingredients.
UPDATE (11/15/05): I got an email from a very helpful reader that pointed me to Veritas Chocolatier who makes something called True Flats which looks EXACTLY like the Trader Joe's Slate of Bliss packaging shape and of course the flavors.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:34 am Candy • Review • Choxie (Target) • Trader Joe's • Chocolate • Coffee • Ginger • Nibs • Toffee • 7-Worth It • 9-Yummy • United States • Head to Head • Target •
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Cha-Cha-Cha Choxie
Name: Choxie Chocolates
I was planning on making jokes about what Choxie meant, but then I saw a commercial for it and they said it was "Chocolate with Moxie." Not to be confused with Mockolate. And it's not Chalk that's Toxic or as my neighbor pronounces it ... Choke-see. The other weird thing besides the name is that it's not on the Target website. You search for Choxie and you get some CDs.
At the urging of several readers I went there this past weekend and bought a variety of the new chocolates. A little tub of Warm Spiced Caramels (9.45 oz for $5), a Hot Chocolate Bar (2.5 oz for $1.80) and a small box of the Artisan Truffle Tiles (3.5 oz for $5). There's lots more variety there with round truffles and other chocolate covered goodies
Warm Spiced Caramels: I'm in love with these little buggers. They're smooth caramel with a little spicy flavor. No heat to them, just a little bit like a spiced rum or mulled cider. Very fall-like. The chocolate is smooth and not the slightest bit waxy and not to sticky sweet or milky. I think I'd like them with semi-sweet as well.
Artisan Truffle Tiles: The tiles are all the rage, as far as I can tell. They have that retro styling to them, with the painted tops. The flavors in the 3.5 ounce box are: chili limon, jasmine tea, orange mango, key lime, lemon rose, apple pie, cafe latte and cinnamon praline.
I didn't try the truffles, but I can see the truffles having the advantage of a better ratio of chocolate to filling. Here the filling is about 1/4 of the total of the candy. The chocolate is smooth, but because all the flavors are in the same box, there's a weird sort of jumbled infusion in the chocolate shell ... chocolate is an excellent flavor absorber, and in this case it's absorbed all of them. Perhaps the wrapped truffles don't have this issue. The centers are pretty divine though. The flavors aren't quite as robust as I think I've had at some places like Boule, but for a pre-packaged candy it's rather nice to have the option of something like Lemon Rose or Chili Limon. Some of the other flavors like apple pie and latte were a little ordinary, but the creaminess of the centers is really the star.
If I were decorating a cake or something, these could be a great, edible addition.
Hot Chocolate Bar: The last, and probably most cost effective pure chocolate candy I found were the bars (the caramels are cheaper by the ounce but not all chocolate). At 2.5 ounces, it's not a bad deal as candy bars go. If you've ever had a Frango, the "truffle" center of this is very similar. Rather firm, but a good instant melt. The flavor is rich with a lot of cinnamon with a little heat from both ginger and chipotle. I wish there were more fire to it and less spice graininess.
Overall, as a hostess gift the packaging is super cute and the quality is good. As fine candy goes, I think I'd still stick with See's Candies, as they're quite a bit cheaper though lack those trendy flavors (but their key lime truffle is pretty awesome).
Rating: 7 out of 10
Note: I have a sneaking suspicion that Trader Joe's 'Slate of Bliss' is made by the same people who make Choxie, so I'm digging for more info on that ... maybe I'll have something later this week.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:22 am Candy • Review • Choxie (Target) • Caramel • Chocolate • 7-Worth It • United States • Target •
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by Hugh Gilmore
Roberta Foss, who is an artist and lives in Mt. Airy, emailed me about a personal library last week. She reads my column and knows that I also buy and sell old and rare books. Her mother-in-law had died recently. Five years ago her mother-in-law's husband had died. He had been a college professor and had left behind a house full of books. They'd lived in Wyncote. Might I be interested?
I said yes, of course, but with my fingers crossed. Most teachers believe that books are meant to be read, not "collected." And being smart, they pride themselves on knowing how to buy books cheap. Edition and condition, the two pillars of rare book collecting, usually mean little to them. They buy books for their contents. Their libraries contain treasuries of wisdom, but they're usually not worth much money.
Sometimes, however, college professors acquire a few old and rare books within their specialties. That possibility is always worth checking out. And Wyncote has a lot of big, old charming houses. Roberta Foss's email also said her in-laws were Quakers – people well known in my profession for having generations of papers. The combination – college professor, Quaker, old house in Wyncote – was irresistible.
On the way to Wyncote I fantasized that the library might also contain old papers, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, diaries and the like–the minutiae which sometimes are more interesting than the books themselves.
I hoped for the best, but expected the ordinary. Shortly after I arrived, however, this house call turned into a strange adventure for me.
Once inside, I saw books everywhere, as advertised. Crammed bookcases lined the living room. Every horizontal surface held more books.
I met the family – two (of three surviving) brothers and Roberta. We talked and connected briefly before agreeing to get to work. Their goal? I asked. To clear the house of books. I'd best start upstairs. "Bob's" study was on the third floor. Thousands of books, three steep flights of steps. Groan (mentally).
As we ascended, I said to Terry Foss – who is a photographer at Morris Arboretum, "Can you tell me something about this gent whose books I'll be looking at?"
"Sure, Bob taught in the English Department at Temple University for a long time. His name was Robert Llewellyn."
I paused mid-staircase. "You mean Doctor Llewellyn? Professor Robert Llewellyn? That's who you're calling Bob?"
"You knew him."
"He was my professor. He was brilliant. And very funny. A great lecturer."
"I hear that often," he said.
The walls of the top landing were lined with bookcases. As was the hallway leading to the study. Side-stacked layers of books extended past eye level. We sidled past towards the study, where, again, bookcases lined all four walls. More books on the floor too. Terry said, "All yours, Mr. Gilmore," and left.
Gulp. Here I was, a prowler in Professor Llewellyn's precious study. I immediately stowed that thought. I had a job to do. Thousands of books. I stood there, trying to take it all in.
This is a moment I dream of – literally – and it is always a happy dream. Alone in a huge library, I'm free to browse and pick, to roam about, to handle freely. It's a moment where I know I'll be calling into play everything I've ever learned about literature, history, philosophy and people. No other moment in book buying equals this one.
After the initial thrill, however, a mild panic always rises in me. I feel like I'm a kid standing at the base of the great Pyramid of Giza and hearing the pharaoh command, "You! Move this thing somewhere."
I need to find the order beneath the seeming chaos. Normally, I stand and let the scene work me over. But this room was dark, the only light coming from two small front windows (on a cloudy day) and a small floor lamp. Figuring the logic of a library takes forever if you must carry books one by one to the window, then bring them back to re-shelve. I found a goose neck lamp in another room and brought it in, using it like a flashlight.
I picked a wall and began working from top to bottom. Before long I saw the organization. This room was dedicated almost entirely to British literature. The rows near and around the desk held Chaucer and Chaucerian criticism. They moved abruptly to 19th and 20th century authors. The biggest wall held 18th and 19th century books, alphabetically.
Next question: Since the "lit crit" would be, with a very few exceptions, of little commercial value, were any of the literary works first editions and possibly valuable? I began pulling books by famous writers. Evelyn Waugh, Grahame Greene, Henry Green, W.H. Auden, Ronald Searle, P.G. Wodehouse, for example.
If the outer condition (covers and/or dust jackets) was in good shape, I'd open a book to check its edition. It's an entire other education to know how to do this, but one frequent, simple way is to see if the title page and copyright dates agree. Some publishers make it easy by saying "First printing." Not many publishers are so obliging though.
Some of the books I pull are firsts. Most are not. Even with the firsts, however, there is a problem: on the first blank page, in a large hand, is an inked notation like this: "Robert Llewellyn, Blackwell's, April 1951, $2.00." Every book. An ownership signature, unless the person was famous, knocks the price of a first edition in half. Is this book, therefore, worth carrying down three flights of steps and down the ramp to the van at the curb? Will it sell in today's market?
I need to take home about four or five boxes of books as samples to research the Internet market values for them. I go down and ask the family. They say yes, I may do that. I re-ascend and fill four boxes with samples of the various kinds of books.
Two hours had passed by then. I have my samples. I'm now looking for rarities – obscure things that elude the casual, untrained eye. But a nagging feeling is slowing me down. A feeling I need to acknowledge.
It was time to deal with the elephant in the room: Where you are, Hugh?
"I'm in my professor's house."
"Where in your professor's house?"
"In his sanctum sanctorum." His holy of holies.
"Let's not forget that, Hugh."
So … yes … I pulled The professor's chair back from his cluttered desk and sat in it. I got up again. I'd sat on a large Random House Dictionary covered by a thin cushion. Was I really taller than he? He seemed such a god. I sat again.
I thought, I am in Professor Llewellyn's personal home library. I am now sitting in Professor Llewellyn's chair. I am facing Professor Llewellyn's desk. I've come here to take Professor Llewellyn's precious books away from his precious study. I feel like a bad boy.
I don't know what he thinks of someone like me – I mean "I" – free-ranging among his books. Or what he thinks of me, if he's looking down from above. Aren't there laws against having students break into professors' houses to disturb the order of their private universes?
I'm look at Professor Llewellyn's wall calendar and above it, the pictures of famous writers he'd tacked up. This desk is frozen in time, I imagine, since he died five years ago. There are unopened packages of books on the floor.
I am in awe. I feel I have I have no right to be here. I have so much respect for Professor Llewellyn. The last time I saw him I was 22-years-old and fresh from the streets of a blue-collar mill town, Colwyn, where I'd never see the likes of him before. I feel his presence. I feel rude There is a small wooden box on his desk. What's in it? Pamphlets? Letters from T.S. Eliot? I don't dare, do I?
I reach out …
(continued next week)


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We are a nonprofit organization that is taking our first steps into an online training course. To kick off the course, we've made a CD. We are conservative in our style, traditional, not modern or sleek.
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Guest blogger: Leslie Nease
For the past month, they were celebrated.
People dressed them up, told stories around them, prayed near them, lit them up and hung precious family keepsakes on them. They stood tall, beautiful and lush.
Soon, they will be in a pile, stacked up, lying on their side with decorations taken off of them, lights stripped off and the only thing that is left from their month or so of glory is a few shiny tinsels left on the branches as they sit in the "recycle" pile, awaiting their destiny.
My heart broke as I saw the huge pile of used Christmas trees in a pile in my neighborhood. FULL POST
Posted 1/14/13 at 3:09 PM | Logos Bible Software
Author: Tayler Beede, Faithlife Women
As Logos celebrated the Lord Jesus Christ's coming to dwell among us, it honored the glorious day by doing a Christmas Bible study during the month of December.
Today's post was written by a friend and co-worker, Jeffrey Kranz, who led several other Christimas Bible studies last month.
As we celebrated Christmas, many of us found our worlds brimming with reminders of the events surrounding Jesus' birth: FULL POST
Posted 1/11/13 at 9:43 AM | Logos Bible Software
Guest blogger: Becky Harling
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. — Romans 15:13
Weeks ago before Christmas, my two little grandsons, Charlie and Tyler (3 years and 2 ½) were playing with the Fisher Price Manger set on my coffee table. After playing with the angel this last Christmas, baby Jesus and singing, "Away in the Manger", Charlie and Ty grabbed their trucks and decided to deliver pizza to Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. Great idea, don't you think? Since there was no room in the inn, I'm guessing food was in short supply as well.
I doubt Joseph expected every hotel in town to be full.
Watching my grandsons play got me thinking about expectations. I'm guessing that when Mary imagined giving birth to the promised Messiah, she didn't picture giving birth on a barn floor with the stench of animals filling the air. I doubt Joseph expected every hotel in town to be full. Wouldn't you love to have a quiet conversation with Mary and Joseph and ask them how they handled their unmet expectations? Even though that first Christmas was far from perfect, we are told in Luke 2:19, that Mary treasured the whole experience in her heart. I think both she and Joseph were surprised by the hope that filled their hearts even though their birth experience was far from perfect. FULL POST
Posted 1/10/13 at 10:28 AM | Logos Bible Software
Guest blogger: Michele Cushatt
One minute ago, the hygienist took my twin five-year-olds and six-year-old to the back room of the dentist office. The room with reclining chairs, bright lights, intimidating metal instruments and a basket of stickers for children who don't scream and flail at the prospect of a teeth cleaning.
I have twenty-nine minutes. Twenty-nine quiet minutes to write, write, write this post before my children come blazing back into the waiting room filling every nook and cranny of my life with the sounds of theirs.
Twenty-eight minutes. FULL POST
Posted 1/9/13 at 10:54 AM | Logos Bible Software
Author: Brandon Rappuhn, Logos Bible Software
If you're pastor and you're human, I know you've been in a similar crisis.
It's Saturday night, and your preaching pastor or Sunday school teacher is sick / has a family emergency / is on a plane to Hawaii. And now you're suddenly teaching in the morning. What do you do?
I'm going to show you how to build a memorable, powerful sermon with Logos 5's new Sermon Starter Guide. Hopefully this will shave hours off your prep time—hours that you can spend with your family or give to other ministries in your church. FULL POST


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A limited number of spectator badges will be sold for the prestigious Western Amateur tournament scheduled this summer at The Alotian Club west of Little Rock.
The badges, priced at $100 each, are good for the entire week of July 29-Aug. 4 and are transferable, tournament officials said. Anyone wanting to purchase badges should go to the website, www.thewesternamateur.com, and follow the link. They will be available beginning April 15. All badges will be mailed.
Outside the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur, the invitation-only Western is the most prestigious amateur event in the world. In addition to seeing excellent golf, people are expected to purchase badges to view The Alotian Club course, No. 14 in Golf Digest's magazine's ranking of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses." Opened in 2004, The Alotian was named the best new private course in the country in 2005 by the magazine.
Warren Stephens, who built the course, said there will be a need for about 750 volunteers for the tournament. Volunteers also can go to the website and follow the link. Volunteers over 18 will pay $100, but will receive two Alotian shirts and a hat. Badges also can be used to attend the tournament when they are not volunteering.
The tournament format is grueling. The competitors play 18 holes on each of the first two days before the field is reduced to the low 44 and ties. After another 36 holes, the top 16 players enter match play. Year after year, the match play portion is littered with players who have been successful on the PGA Tour.
Proceeds help fund the Chick Evans Scholarship. Stephens said there were 830 former caddies now attending college on Evans scholarships. Stephens said three former Alotian Club caddies are among those. The scholarship foundation funds $11 million per year in scholarships.
The Western Golf Association was formed in 1889 and the tournament was played in the Chicago area for years. Beginning in 1971, the tournament was held in Michigan for more than 30 years.


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As the founders of the wilderness movement have long noted, our strength lies in the people we teach to care for wild places.
As we prepare for the land protection campaigns of the 21st Century, we believe we must make an even deeper investment in the people who stand up to lead this important work.
That's why The Wilderness Society has launched the Wild Forever Future Campaign, a comprehensive training initiative aimed at recruiting the best and brightest to join the movement, supporting the seasoned campaigners who have done so much so far to protect wild places, and strengthening the ties between our leaders, present and future.
The Wild Forever Future Campaign is modeled off of the best practices of training and mentoring programs from the nonprofit, government, corporate, and academic sectors. We have just launched two key components of the campaign: the Wild Forever Future Fellowship and the Campaign Skills Initiative.


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Fergie statue unveiled at Old Trafford
Sir Alex Ferguson's glittering reign as Manchester United manager was celebrated when his wife Cathy unveiled a bronze statue of the Scot outside Old Trafford on Friday.
The 2.7 metre statue was revealed at a ceremony attended by the current United squad and many of the greats who have worked under the long-serving Ferguson such as Eric Cantona, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Peter Schmeichel.
Artist Philip Jackson, who was also responsible for another Old Trafford statue portraying former manager Matt Busby as well as the United Trinity piece featuring Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law, resisted the temptation to capture Ferguson berating a referee, chewing gum or looking at his watch.
"I've tried to portray him as a man of great determination and as a thinking man, but also with humour which he has in abundance, so there's just a slight smile in the corner of his mouth. That's really what I wanted to portray," Jackson said.
Ferguson, who has been in charge for 26 years and won 12 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues, appeared delighted with his likeness.
"Normally people die before they have a statue. I'm outliving death," he said at the unveiling which drew a crowd of 2,500 to the stadium.


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3:00 pm
Dialogue "Richard Russo" The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist talks with host Marcia Franklin.G
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MotorWeek "Hyundai Veloster Turbo" Road Test: 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Road Test: 2013 Toyota Avalon. Goss' Garage: LED Lights. D
4:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Mediterranean Specials" Test cook Bridget Lancaster reveals the secrets to making the ultimate Beef Kebabs. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Christopher Kimball to a tasting of Greek yogurt. And finally, test cook Bryan Roof uncovers the test kitchen's secrets to perfect Greek Spinach and Feta Pie. D
4:30 pm
Passport to Adventure "Patagonia, Chile - Dolphins, Fjords, & Rainforests in Aysen" In this two-part episode, we explore a truly off-the-beaten-path region of Patagonia. In Aysen, where the main highway is mostly unpaved, travel is rugged, the scenery intoxicating - waterfalls tumble over lush mountainsides, wild flowers carpet riverbanks and dolphins frolic in pristine fjords - all of nature's wonders crammed into one destination. We've done our best pack it all into two episodes!. D
5:00 pm
Globe Trekker "Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco" Ben O'Donoghue starts his culinary adventures with lunch at the camel market in Casablanca.G
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Live from the Artists Den "Rufus Wainwright" In the Church of the Ascension, on Manhattan's lower Fifth Avenue, Wainwright opens with the song "Candles," which tells the story of searching for a place to light a memorial for his late mother, singer Kate McGarrigle. Resplendent in tails and gold sequined pants, Wainwright pays additional tribute to McGarrigle during the 22-song set with an emotional solo rendition of her "On My Way to Town" before closing with the rousing, disco-flavored "Bitter Tears."G
7:00 pm
Austin City Limits "The Steve Miller Band/Preservation Hall Jazz Band" Miller performs classic blues tunes, plus favorite hits. The Preservation Hall musicians present classic New Orleans jazz with special guests the Del McCoury Band and Jim James of My Morning Jacket.G
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Marvin Hamlisch Presents: The '70s, The Way We Were Marvin Hamlisch is host of "Marvin Hamlisch Presents: The '70s, The Way We Were," a PBS national television special featuring live acts performing their big hits from the 1970s. The TV special stars Marvin Hamlisch, BJ Thomas, Three Dog Night, Debby Boone, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., Ray Stevens, Freda Payne, Guy & Ralna, Bobby Goldsboro, Billy Joe Royal, Peaches and Herb, Jonathan Edwards and Gloria Gaynor. D
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Il Volo Takes Flight In May 2009, three fresh-faced teenagers, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Ginaluca Ginoble appeared on the popular Italian talent show, Ti Lascio Una Canzone and dazzled television viewers with their flawless rendition of the Neapolitan standard "O Sole Mio." The boys who won the competition easily decided that their group needed a name. "Il Volo" meaning "flight" was chosen to signify the feeling that these three young tenors were about to spread their wings. D
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Austin City Limits "The Steve Miller Band/Preservation Hall Jazz Band" Miller performs classic blues tunes, plus favorite hits. The Preservation Hall musicians present classic New Orleans jazz with special guests the Del McCoury Band and Jim James of My Morning Jacket.G


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The Kansas City Chiefs might be interested in Nick Foles, but that doesn't mean the quarterback will be available. Sources told Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia's Reuben Frank that it would take a big-time offer for the Eagles to move Foles.
|Take a look at some of the best images from the 2012 Philadelphia Eagles season.
NFL.com's Ian Rapoport said on NFL Network Thursday night, in light of the Eagles signing Dennis Dixon, there will be an open, three-way quarterback competition.
"There is an open competition. Michael knows that. Nick knows that," Kelly said Monday, before the Eagles signed Dixon. "I wanted to make sure Nick was included in the plans, and I think both of them have outstanding qualities in terms of being quarterbacks in this league. Both of them have started in this league."
Most assumed Foles was a round peg with Kelly's offense being a square hole. He doesn't seem to fit, but we don't know what Kelly's offense will exactly look like. We do know the Eagles made a point of keeping Michael Vick and signing Dixon, a former Oregon quarterback.
The Eagles don't want to just dump a young quarterback with potential, but it's hard to see where he fits in a system with read-option facets.
Follow Kareem Copeland on Twitter @kareemcopeland.


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Oops, managed to miss a week. Been so busy helping prep Cook and Brown for opening that I forgot to upload a new ad post last week. Onward. This next ad comes courtesy the May 24, 1937, issue of Life magazine, and it's a nod toward the history of the Johnnie Walker brand.
As the ad states, old John is celebrating his sixth coronation of a British monarch, in this case George VI. George never expected to take the throne; he only assumed power after his older brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson. George was succeeded in turn by his daughter, Lizzy Deuce. John Walker started blending scotches in 1820, so the list of regents that his avatar would have seen crowned are George IV (crowned in 1821), William IV (1831), Victoria (1938), Edward VII (1902), George V (1911), Edward VIII (who doesn't actually count in this list, since he abdicated before his coronation), George VI (1937), and Elizabeth II (1953).
I know what you're going to ask at this point. Did JW run a similar ad in 1953? I dunno. I looked through all the magazines on Google Books and couldn't find one, to my disappointment. Hey Johnnie! You can have this one for free. Lizzy ain't gonna hold out forever, just sayin'. We know you love your history!
With C&B ramping up to opening in early March, I can't guarantee I'll be able to do a write-up on these ads every week. So temporarily, I'm reverting back to the previous model, where I run an ad or two a week sans commentary. This allows me to schedule several weeks worth of ads out in advance and not worry about them. Sorry, chums.


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MEARS is offering a once-in-a-lifetime find in their current auction; a pair of football cleats worn by Curly Lambeau.
The catalog description is extensive, so I'm going to reprint it here in full for its historical value.
Lot #360: 1929-43 Earl "Curly" Lambeau Green Bay Packers Game Worn Riddell Yellow Back Kangaroo Leather Football Cleats (MEARS/Consignor LOA)
The Heart and Sole of Green Bay
Curly Lambeau was the heart and soul of the Green Bay Packers. Without him, there would be no team in Green Bay today. Other early small town franchises such as Akron and Rock Island lasted only a very short time before fading into football obscurity. Lambeau, through relentless determination saved Green Bay from a similar fate.
Offered for the MEARS Online Auctions current sale is a rare game worn item of great historical importance associated with Green Bay Packers' legend, Curly Lambeau. In a recent interview with Tom Murphy, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Archivist, he stated he was unaware of any personally worn item belonging to Curly Lambeau in the archives of the Packers Hall of Fame.
The staff of MEARS Auctions also combed auction catalogs, past sales records, and internet archives and was not able to find one single Curly Lambeau game worn item to come to public market. This means that to my knowledge and the very best of my research abilities, this is the first and only Curly Lambeau game worn item to survive which can be linked to his possible playing days and coaching career. Research also dates this item exclusively to Lambeau's tenure with the Green Bay Packers, 1929-43 circa.
World class collections must contain an anchor piece, an item that represents the genesis of a player or franchise. Each main sports category has a nucleus, an item that is the origin of the sport and represents a greater meaning than the artifact itself.
Our hobby has seen several items that fit this classification. Examples that come to mind are the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings trade card which is the foundation of a great baseball card collection or the 1891 James Naismith Basketball Rules which outlined the birth of professional basketball.
For this lot, we are offering Curly Lambeau's 1929-43 circa Green Bay Packers personally worn football cleats, originally given as a gift to close personal friend Mary Jane Duyse. As Lambeau proudly carried the Packers franchise on his back, he was wearing these shoes on his feet. These shoes epitomize the importance of Curly Lambeau to the Green Bay Packers and the NFL. This is one of the most icon relics of Green Bay Packers history ever to be offered publicly.
Mary Jane Duyse was with Curly Lambeau during his final moments. According to the book, "Lambeau: The Man Behind the Mystique" by David Zimmerman, copyright 2003, the author chronicled Curly Lambeau's final hours while preparing for a date with the much younger Mary Jane. He wrote,"He drove slowly through Egg Harbor, another little Door County town. He thought of Mary Jane and how much he enjoyed being with her. Even though she was half his age, it didn't seem to matter to the two of them.Curly Lambeau died on the front lawn at 522 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI, on June 1st, 1965. He was 67 years old.
Mary Jane, still living at home, waited as her father Francis mowed the grass of the front yard with an old push mower. "Hey Francis, let me take a turn at that. I need some exercise," said Curly. Up and down the lawn he went. It felt good. He felt good. "Look at the new dance I've learned in California," and began to do the twist. Francis yelled, "Don't do this!"
With sweat rolling down his face and his shirt now damp with perspiration, he stopped, reached for his handkerchief in his back pocket and began wiping his face. Suddenly, he felt dizzy, disoriented and sick to his stomach. "I feel kind of sick," he mumbled, and then fell backwards into Francis' arms."
Along with several letters, photographs, and other items of memorabilia, Curly Lambeau presented Mary Jane Duyse's family these game worn shoes. They proudly remained in her collection for many years before being gifted to her Sturgeon Bay neighbor.
Research conducted by MEARS Authentication services dates these shoes to the 1929-43 era, all exclusive to his tenure with the Green Bay Packers. This was determined by photographic analysis, review of trade ads, and a review of the physical shoe construction.
The shoes themselves were manufactured by Riddell Sporting Goods are an early version.
According to his online biography, John Tate Riddell was born in Georgetown, Michigan in October, 1885. From 1913 through 1927 he taught Mathematics and was Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. It was at this time Mr. Riddell invented and developed the removable cleat.
He did it to solve a problem for his Evanston High School team. In those years football shoes were equipped with leather cleats. At the time, football cleats were made of leather and nailed to the sole of the shoe. Changing cleats due to inclement weather required the services of a cobbler to have longer "mud cleats" installed. Because Northwestern University used the same cobbler as Evanston Township High School, Evanston's football shoes were often not finished by game time.
Riddell knew his idea would solve this problem for everyone, once and for all. Lacking the capital necessary to start his own business, Riddell had his shoes manufactured by the J.P. Smith Shoe Company, and he and his wife installed the posts and cleats in the evenings. He continued to teach, coach and produce his shoes until 1927, when, with the popularity of shoes growing, he left education to devote his entire effort to producing shoes. John T. Riddell, Inc. was formed in February, 1929.
It makes great sense that Curly Lambeau would have quickly adopted the use of a new innovation such as a detachable cleat. Everything written about him supports his promotion of strategic innovation and it is only logical that translated to improvements in available equipment.
Dating 1929-43 circa
Since Riddell officially formed as a company in 1929, we base the starting date as a possible year of issuance to 1929. This was due to the fact "RIDDELL" is stamped in a series of punch holes on both tongues. It is possible based on the design these shoes were available to Lambeau to wear during his final season as a player/coach with the 1929 Packers team.
According to May, 1932 John T. Riddell, Inc. print ad (copy included), the cleats were described as, "Riddell Football shoes were first used in 1922, Northwestern University has used them continuously since 1923. University of Chicago since 1924, Illinois and Nebraska and many others since 1925. Riddell cleats have won for themselves the unique distinction of being the original and only screw cleat that will stand under hard usage."
Examination reveals this is the correct 7 screw cleat shoe offered by Riddell during the period.
Further review determines these cleats are the hand turned yellow back Kangaroo hide, consisted with catalog model, "Style G" which originally sold for $14.00 and was the top of the line model. The literature goes on to note that the several colleges including the University of Wisconsin wore this model shoe.
Examination of the cleats when compared to the Riddell official sales literature helps MEARS determine this is a No. 1 style cleat. The catalog describes it as, "No. 1, Best for practice and wear. Being softer is easier on the feet."
The catalog does list cleat No. 4 as a "game cleat". Since No. 1 was listed as "best for practice", this may indicate this was Lambeau's preferred pair of coaching shoes.
With the rudimentary application of the tongue "RIDDELL" stamping, his may have been personally done by John T. Riddell and his wife as they built the early cleats together during the evenings. This would pre-date our estimated 1929 dating and would have made these shoes available for Lambeau to wear while a player for the Green Bay Packers. This fact cannot be substantiated, but the strong possibility does exist. A 1927 image of Lambeau playing for the Packers feature him wearing a similar pair of high top football cleats, but the exact maker is unidentified.
Imagery Analysis of Lambeau Cleat Style
Available images verify Lambeau as wearing this style at various points of his career with the Green Bay Packers. The following images support high top cleats being worn by Lambeau early in his career, 1927-43, and low tops later:
1927 Lambeau throwing as player (Riddell attribution is not positive)
1932 Lambeau with high tops
1945 Lambeau with low tops during training camp
1948 Lambeau with low tops during practice
1950 Lambeau with low tops
1951 Lambeau with low tops
Available images suggest that Lambeau switched to a low top style around 1944, and continued with that preference until his retirement from Pro Football in 1952.
Physical Wear Description
Examination reveals both Riddell shoes have heavy game wear. The entire leather exteriors of the shoe shows scuffing and wear to the yellow Kangaroo hide. The canvas interior also shows signs of heavy game wear. Certainly a full season's worth of use, possible more. Both "RIDDELL & 11 (size)" are punched into the leather of the tongue. Both cleats have a complete set of (7) No. 1 style cleats that remain tightly attached. The left shoe has replacement black leather lacing, the right shoe has a vintage brown leather lace, and I am not sure if it is vintage to the shoe. Small clumps of ancient dried mud and grass are found embedded into various crevices of the sole's of the shoes, possibly picked up at City Stadium or Milwaukee State Fair Park.
Lambeau Identication and Attribution
In addition to the direct chain or provenance, each shoe is marked with an unique identifier exclusive to Curly Lambeau. On the left shoe, "C.L". I is neatly written in faded, worn black marker.
On the right shoe, "Curly" is neatly written in faded, worn black marker. The use of the name "Curly" is proper for the era as he was first listed as "Curly" Lambeau in a 1918 newspaper article covering his Notre Dame career. The name stuck and we was referred to as Curly almost ever since.
Examination reveals the black marker to be faded and worn, both signs of authentic patination. The remnants of the ink have set deeply in with the leather of the soles. It is in my expert opinion that the writing was placed on the shoes around 80+ years ago.I'm usually very skeptical about an item like this, but this seems solid. I first heard about these cleats several years ago, but don't recall that provenance. Very exciting.
These shoes have remained in Sturgeon Bay since the day Curly Lambeau personally hand delivered them to Mary Jane Duyse. The cleats were proudly displayed in her home for many years. At some point after the death of Mr. Lambeau, the next door neighbor of Mary Jane Duyse obtained the shoes from the Duyse family. He cherished them for many years before gifting them to our consignor (also a Sturgeon Bay resident) shortly before his death. I personally drove to Sturgeon Bay to take possession of the shoes for our current auction, which was only miles from the home of Mary Jane Duyse and the spot where Curly Lambeau died. The existences of the shoes have been known within the Packers collecting community for many years. Our consignors' letter will chronicle the names of all owners in the custody chain.
Historical Feats Accomplished During the Era these shoes would have been worn
During 1929 Lambeau became the team's coach and playing captain. Lambeau was the first pass-minded coach in the NFL and his teams were like their leader, impatient and explosive. An excellent passer in his own right, Curly flew in the face of common practice.
Despite rules that made it difficult to use the forward pass, Lambeau's Packers were a team whose main offensive weapon was the pass – at any time, on any down, from anywhere on the field. With his vaunted passing attack, he led the Packers to championships in 1929, 1930, and 1931. After signing future Hall of Fame receiver Don Hutson in 1935, they won three more titles – 1936, 1939, & 1944."
It is highly probably these shoes were worn during one or more early Championship season. A more historic item of Green Bay Packers history does not exist. It is our opinion that these cleats are the only known personally worn item that survived the career of Curly Lambeau. This lot represents a very rare opportunity to own the only known game worn artifact directly linked to football icon Curly Lambeau.
A LOA from the consignor detailing the provenance directly back to Mary Jane Duyse will accompanying this lot. LOA Troy R. Kinunen / MEARS Auctions, LOA consignor. LOA Troy Kinunen / MEARS
Shame that these cleats will likely disappear into a private collection; they really belong in the Packers Hall of Fame.
UPDATE 3/3/2013: The final hammer price, including Buyers Premium, was $25,958. If this is to be the centerpiece of a private collection, I'd like to see the rest of that collection.


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