Mis' Sleeter

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Rush's Sunday School teacher in 1940.  She sent him postal cards saying she missed him at Sunday School, even though he attended.  Rush thinks she is careless with her attendance chart.

Mis' Wilcox

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Woman who wanted to kiss Rush (and did, even though he didn't want her to).  She had the first non-Gook speaking part, it appears.  She surprised the Thimble Club ladies with the news that her husband Ed's aunt died in Newark, New Jersey and left him 600 dollars.

Joe Baker

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FROM UNKNOWN EPISODE

Rush's friend who is a tough ballplayer. - compiled by Richard E. Hunton 

Elton Keefer

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His father is the Brick Mush man.  A shrewd businessman.  Rush traded him the book, "Sightseeing in Sunny Kansas" for a skate key.

Ed Kennedy

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Owns a gas station on Morris Avenue where it intersects Route 66.  Uncle Fletcher and Rush are both friends with him.  Ed lives in a house right next to the station.

Four Eyes Johnson

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Left-handed.  Lives on East Jefferson.

Mis' Childers

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Lives on the west side of town.  She might heat up some soup for Rush (on his soup delivery.)

Mis' Weekly

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Lives at 1926 West Armstrong Avenue, which is 7 blocks farther than the streetcar runs (out of town.)  Mis' Harris sent her hot soup when she was ill, delivered by Rush.

Skinny Martin

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Gave/sold Rush some 'magic powder' to make his shoes squeaky.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Foss

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Edgar Foss works at the foundry with Fred Stembottom.  He and his wife are friends of the Stembottoms.  They live at 18½ West Market Street.  Mrs. Foss saw Milton Welch, Smelly Clark, Rush and Blue Tooth Johnson 'flipping' streetcars.

Erwin Huggins

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Clerk at the footwear department of Yamilton's department store (second floor) that wrote a note for Rush stating he was wearing men's shoes.

Mis' Kinney

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One of Rush's teacher's in Junior High (1935) and later his High School Latin teacher.

Charley Foss

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Writer for the newspaper, he dropped Vic off at his home.  He was to write a story about Vic (Exalted Big Dipper) taking a dip in the cold water (Hank Gutstop actually did it instead.)  He is a member of the Sacred Stars of the Milky way.

Hartman Whine

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Walter Helfer's cousin who lives in Stockton, Illinois. He wanted so badly to be able to wear a train conductor's hat that he tried changing the shape of his head by manipulating his cranium with a vise. Rush wrote him a letter before he graduated Edwards school, hoping that he'd send a graduation present - which he did, a kiddie book entitled Little Dinky Doodles Blowing Bubbles By the Brook.

Bulldog Drummond

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Rush's number one enemy in the world.  Lives on University Avenue.  Rush threw slurs at him. His real first name is 'Artie.' Rush prepared for a horrible snowball fight with  him.

Vernon Alberts

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Rush's friend; his dad is a veterinarian who sometimes doctors him.  Pretended he had hyrdophobia.

Mis' Barnes

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Probably Rush's first Sunday School teacher at the First Methodist church in town.  She asked him to be in a tableau; he agreed.

Joe (milkman)

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The milk delivery man.  Rush goes through his list of fireworks with him.

Miss Cooney

Eighth grade teacher who got a set of encyclopedias from her class.

Fat Johnson

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In 1934, his real name is 'Milford.'  He and Rush had the idea to give a set of encyclopedias to Miss Welch (their seventh grade teacher.) It was Fat's idea to give his teacher a gift since he felt he was going to flunk.  His mother provided a frame for Rush's picture. In 1942, he and his family moved to Quincy, Illinois. He came to town to visit Russell.  He used to be quite hefty but has lost a lot of weight. He was not only close friends with Russell but also Rooster Davis. He used to be a member of Russell's "Blue Light" Sunday School class.  It was mentioned then that his real first name was 'Allen.'