Scott Forbush

Scott Ellsworth Forbush (April 10, 1904 – April 4, 1984) was an American astronomer, physicist and geophysicist who is recognized as having laid the observational foundations for many of the central features of solar-interplanetary-terrestrial physics, which at the time was an under-developed field of study. The Forbush Effect, which in geophysics is an occasional decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays as observed on Earth, and is attributed to magnetic effects produced by solar flares, was named after him for his discovery.^[1] Scott conducted most of his research during his career at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) of the Carnegie Institution of Washington where he was appointed chairman of a section on theoretical geophysics in 1957.^[1]. This research specialized in the statistically sophisticated analysis of phenomena such as magnetic storms, solar activity, rotation of the Earth, and the rotation of the sun, and the correlation of this geophysical and solar phenomena with temporal variations of cosmic-ray intensity.^[2]

Scott was widowed once and married twice, the first time to Clara Lundell, concert pianist who passed in 1967, and for the second time in June of 1970, 14 years before his death, to Julie Daves, a science writer and watercolor artist. Scott passed in 1984 in Charlottesville, Virginia having suffered from pneumonia. He was survived by his wife Julie and his sister Louise Boyd of Hudson, Ohio.^[2]

Early years

Born in 1904 near Hudson, Ohio on a farm, Scott spent his childhood walking back and forth to a small school 2 miles away, and working on his parent's farm. His mother was a teacher and encouraged his curiosity and interest in learning by enrolling him in the nearby Western Reserve Academy. Scott graduated in 1920 and a year later enrolled in the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland. In 1925 he graduated with a physics major and went on to try graduate study in physics at Ohio State University briefly, before he decided that observational geophysics was much more appealing than pure physics and began seeking employment in that field. At a later point he resumed his formal graduate work with a fresh appreciation of its direct applicability to his area of interest.In 1925 Scott gained his first employment by the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C.^[2]

Starting in September of 1927, after having held his position with the National Bureau of Standards for roughly one year, he became employed by the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, which became a pivotal point for him in his professional career. As an observer at DTM's magnetic observatory, he worked in Huancayo, Peru, in the Andes 100 miles east of Lima, before joining the staff of the famous nonmagnetic sailing ship, Carnegie, two years later. Carnegie was a vessel built for DTM's worldwide survey of the geomagnetic field. After his ship suffered an explosion in November of 1929, he returned to DTM and was reassigned to Huancayo, where he was able to publish a paper entitled Huancayo Magnetic Observatory June to September, 1930 in the Journal of Geophysical Research.^[3]. In 1931 he was granted permission to finish his graduate studies in physics and mathematics at Johns Hopkins University. He became married in 1932 to Clara Lundell, concert pianist, and was widowed in 1967 upon her death. ^[2]

 

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Miss Foozie

Lucy Foozie (born April 6, 1960(1960-04-06)), better known as simply Miss Foozie, is a character from Chicago.^[4][5] Today, Miss Foozie is not a “drag queen”. She is a “personality.”^[2][3] Time Out Chicago calls her a “drag hostess and entertainer”,^[6][7] and Chicago Free Press has consistently awarded her The Pressie for “best female impersonator”.^[8]

In 1997, Miss Foozie was “born” at her portrayer’s birthday party. Since then, her career has included parades, four films, and live performances throughout the United States.^{[3][4][5][9][10][11][12][13][14]} Her influence extends internationally as publications featuring her are available in both the United States and Canada.

Origins

When Miss Foozie was a little boy, he liked other people and had lots of friends in school. From a very young age, he was a character and made people laugh. Years later, he moved to the more populous Chicago, certain that the city had a lot to offer him and that he had a great deal more to offer the world. He began a career in customer service, traveling downtown every day working 9 to 5. He claims he was a “great worker”,^[3] but too often the job was not as satisfying as he had hoped it would be. He wanted to reach out to more people, not to just talk on the telephone.^[3]

As his birthday came up, there was a new bar opening on North Halsted Street called Circuit. Very few people knew about it. “Can I have my birthday party here?” he asked. He had no shortage of friends, so they all pulled together. He passed out invitations to everyone he knew, and even some people that he did not know. He taped a thousand fliers that had happy faces all over Boystown announcing the party: “Bring your friends. If you like ‘em...I like ‘em.”^[3][4]

On Friday, April 6, 1997, he got to the celebration early, and pretty soon some friends pulled him into a back area and said “Perform something!” and presented shoes, jewelry, a dress and a wig. He told them,“Well, I don’t do that sort of thing. I don’t dress like a woman...” While they were trying to talk him into it, another friend ran in and yelled “Do something and I mean fast! There are over four hundred people out there! You’d better hurry up Foozie!” Dumbfounded, he thought about the four hundred people and replied, “That’s Miss Foozie to you!”^[3][4]

The birthday party was a huge success, and all of Miss Foozie's friends had a great time. Miss Foozie was never the same again, having found something that made her happy, and she had found something truly special that made people laugh.^[3]

^Career

In April 2007, Miss Foozie told Chicago magazine her first paid gig was the weekly stage show “Miss Foozie and Her Floozies” at age 37 for US$30 per show, however, Chicago published he was 48 at this time, possibly mistakenly, since Miss Foozie’s first gig was indeed at age 37, and before his 37^th birthday on April 6, 1997, Miss Foozie did not exist. That would have made Miss Foozie 46 or 47 in April 2007 and 50 as of today, October 21, 2010. Miss Foozie also told Chicago her alter ego works full-time at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and her fantasy job is to be Miss Foozie full-time, although she takes working vacations roughly every other month to cities including Washington, D.C. and New York.^[5]

In April 2007, Boystown pizzeria Pie Hole named a pie after her: “Miss Foozie’s Signature Pie". “She’s a ham, and she calls everyone pineapple... so it was only a matter of time. Full ¼ lb of ham and big chunks of pineapple, plus we pull out a $1 donation for Foozie Charity in honor of all the work she does in the community.”^[16] In addition to Foozie Charity, she was Miss December in the “Glamour Of Boystown Chicago” Charity Calendar.^[16][17]

Miss Foozie had the opportunity to be hostess of the 2009 13^th Annual Triangle Neighbors' Northalsted Halloween Parade, and she did indeed emcee the parade as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts, following that year's theme of the parade, “Mad Hatter’s Ball”. This was her third year as emcee for this huge event in Boystown.^{[10][11][12][13]}

^Films

In 2004, Miss Foozie appeared in Twenty Gay Stereotypes Confirmed, a tongue-in-cheek look at Gay stereotypes using the director's childhood home movies. She appears on the streets of Chicago introducing the third stereotype with her iconic catchphrase, “Hello, Pineapples!”^[18] In 2005, Miss Foozie made a special appearance in Bowser Makes a Movie, a comedy with a young man struggling to make a Gay adult film.^[16][19][20] In 2007, Miss Foozie appeared as herself in Father Knows..., a Gay interest film involving a father-son relationship, Gay romance, and explicit sex.^[21] In 2009, Miss Foozie played herself again in Sister Mary, a dark comedy written and directed by Scott Grenke, starring Brent Corrigan, Bruce Vilanch, and producer James Vallo who plays Mark Rima, a homophobic Detective who must “partner” up with the very Gay and flamboyant Detective Chris Riant (Shawn Quinlan) to stop a serial killing Nun (Judy Tenuta) from offing 5 band members otherwise known as “The Ex Choir Boys”, but when it is determined that the Detectives cannot solve the case on their own, expert F.B.I. profiler Agent Peccant (Ant) is assigned to the case. As the details of the case slowly emerge the police determine that that the “nun” may only be a silent witness to the grisly murders. The task force then turns its attention on the Catholic Church and a suspect group of Priests that have had a propensity for “cleansing the souls” of innocent young choir boys.^[22][23]

 

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John Wesley Hardrick

ohn Wesley Hardrick (September 21, 1891^[1] – October 18, 1968^[2]) was an American artist. He painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits.

  

Early life and family origins

Hardrick's grandfather, Shephard Hardrick, was a land-owning farmer in Kentucky who fled to Indianapolis with his family in 1871 due to activities of The Night Riders, a forerunner of the Ku Klux Klan.^[3] Hardrick's parents were Shephard Hardrick, Jr., and Georgia Etta West, who were married on October 10, 1888^[3] and lived on South Prospect Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. He displayed at talent as a young man, learning to paint with watercolors at the age of eight without instruction. As a young teen, he studied with Otto Stark at Manual High School^[4] which is now used as offices by Eli Lilly and Company. He entered drawings at the Indiana State Fair while in high school, winning several awards. At the age of nineteen, he entered fifty-three paintings and drawings, receiving eight awards which included several first prizes. This gave Hardrick sufficient notoriety that he began to receive a formal art education after enrolling in October, 1910^[3] in the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, studying there with William Forsyth until 1918.^[1][2][4][5] In order to finance his education, Hardrick worked at the Indianapolis Stove Foundry ^[4][6] and sold newspapers.^[3]

He married Georgia Anna Howard in 1914. They had children, Rowena, Raphael, Georgia, and Rachel.

Career

By 1917, Hardrick's local reputation reputation was such that he and William Edouard Scott were featured in the Tenth Annual Exhibition of Works by Indiana Artists at the Herron School of Art, both men receiving critical praise.^[3] By 1924, he and Hale Woodruff shared a studio at 542 1/2 Indiana Avenue.^[7] Unfortunately, his financial situation was such that by 1925 he was working in the family trucking business and had started a carpet cleaning business to help support his family, but still found time to paint. Commenting on a 1927 exhibition at the Pettis Gallery in Indianapolis, one review commented that his work had seemed to grow and mature in those two years.^[3] That same year he and Woodruff were among those featured at the Art Institute of Chicago's exhibition of African-American artists. In addition, that year he received a $100 honorarium and second-place bronze medal from the Harmon Foundation. It was presented to him by mayor Ert Slack during a ceremony which honored the achievements of local African-Americans as part of the city's sixth annual Inter-Racial Sunday.^[3] This led to a fund drive to purchase one of his best known paintings, Little Brown Girl.

The Depression came along just when it seemed Hardrick was poised to reap the rewards for his work and dedication. Hardrick continued to paint and exhibit. On December 18, 1933, Hardrick applied for a Civil Works Administration Public Works of Art Project program and was selected for the project planning committee.^[3]

In 1934, he was awarded a commission from the WPA to paint a mural for Crispus Attucks High School. The mural, titled Workers, portrayed 3 African-American foundry workers pouring molten metal. It was presented to the high school principal Russell Lane, who refused to install the mural due to its depiction of the labors and his concern that it would dampen student aspirations.^[8]

By 1940 Hardrick's health prevented him from working in the family business and he began driving a taxi. He would often sell paintings out of the trunk and, while driving around, see a subject he would want to paint. If a man or woman agreed, he would drive them to his studio and complete the portrait in a few hours.^[3]

In 1941, his wife Georgia died and Hardrick moved to his parents' house on Prospect Street with his three children, Raphael, Georgia, and Rachel. He used the attic for a studio, but by 1943 his daughters had married and he left. In 1946, his friends Rufus and Emily Wharton offered him their basement as a studio and residence, which he accepted.^[3] He continued to paint until unable to due to contracting Parkinson's disease. When he died on October 18, 1968, he was still a nationally recognized artist in spite of living his whole life in Indianapolis.^[3]

 

 

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