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All this seems unlikely to Charles Dowey, whose company and family have owned the larger tract since 1979 and the smaller tract since 1989.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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In 1979, there was a pit, about 25 to 35 feet deep, that consumed most of that portion of the property, Charles Dowey said.
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But on a warm and sunny morning at the Chatham A's baseball camp, on a makeshift diamond on the left field grass at Veterans Field, Dowey times Clayton's underhanded toss and rips a double over his head and into center field for her second hit of the game.
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Alison Dowey, a 7-year-old from Pound Ridge, N.Y., stood at home plate and faced Ben Clayton, a left-handed pitcher from the Chatham
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Dowey_, typically Scottish in his cautious reservations, was admirable.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 Various
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Dowey_ (actually a virgin spinster), felt herself out of it because she had no son at the Front to talk about.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 Various
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Suddenly she is confronted with this _Private Dowey_, home on leave -- a lonely soldier with no family ties.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 Various
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'Dowey, my friend, there she is, waiting for you, with your letters in her hand.'
Echoes of the War 1898
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She is out of sight to us, but she does something that makes Private Dowey take off his bonnet.
Echoes of the War 1898
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Dowey, and he winks engagingly at the visitors, like one who knows that for jolly company you cannot easily beat charwomen.
Echoes of the War 1898
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