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Note: N191 Renowned for her well publicized feat when a young woman of rowing for many miles down the Mississippi river from Memphis Tennessee. This caper was reported by many newspapers nationwide.
1939 - The Dispatch; Moline, IL; Wednesday, March 29 1939; pg 1 -
HOPE BREWSTER. Helena, Ark., March 29. (INS) Miss Hope Brewster, beautiful young Memphis, Tenn., music teacher, who vanished Monday after paddling down the Mississippi river in a frail 15-foot skiff she bought for $2, was found In Helena today. The 24-year-old girl, an honor graduate of Southwestern University in Memphis, showed no ill effects of the 80-mile river trip from Memphis to Helena. Miss Brewster told a reporter she Paddled down the river all night Monday and arrived in Helena about ' a. m. yesterday. She spent last night at the Gregg hotel. The young musician said she was on her way to Baton Rouge, La, to visit a sister who lives there.
1939 - Green Bay Press-Gazette; Green Bay, WI; Wednesday, March 29 1939; pg 1 -
Voyage Cut Short HOPE BREWSTER HELENA, Ark (W Miss Hope Brewster, 24-year old musician who left Memphis Monday in a $2 skiff, rested at a Helena hotel today after a 90-mile solo trip down the treacherous Mississippi river. Found eating breakfast in the hotel cafe, she expressed disappointment that her daring river trip had caused so much comment. Airplane and speed boat parties joined in a search for her. She had intended, she said, to remain in Helena and find employment, but in view of "the publicity" indicated she might continue down the river to get away from it.
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Miss Hope Brewster, the girl who sailed down the Mississippi to get away from it all, is a niece of two Minneapolis women and the daughter of two University of Minnesota graduates. The two aunts in Minneapolis are Mrs. Rollin C. Chapin, 707 Kenwood parkway, and Mrs. Eugene B. Hanson, 215 Hawthorne Road, Interlachen park. Miss Brewster's mother, the former Anna Louise Allyn, was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1905 and moved to Mem-phi and Atlanta. Her father, Charles E. Brewster, was graduated from the school of forestry at the university In 1810. A grandfather of the adventurous girl, Charles E. Brewster, Sr, has been ill in Franklin hospital for about a year. His home also is 707 Kenwood parkway.
Note: The father of Hope was Donald R Brewster, not Charles E Brewster)
(from Star Tribune; Minneapolis, MN; Thursday, March 30 1939; pg 11)
1939 - McComb Daily Journal; McComb, Mississippi; Thursday, June 1, 1939 -
HOPE BREWSTER DARES AGAIN AND GETS BROKEN ANKLE MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP) Hope Brewster, who dared the dangers of a Mississippi river , solo night rowing . episode without physical mishap last April, . was suffering silently Wednesday victim to . the perils of a picnic. . ... . On a picnic, at Marked Tree, Ark., - Miss , Brewster, . again displaying her adventurous spirit, suddenly leaped upon the moving chain of a log conveyor near the St. Francis river. Before she could balance herself she - fell, suffering a triple fracture of the ankle.
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Abraam Krushkhov (b. February 15, 1917, d. February 26, 1990)
Abraam Krushkhov was born February 15, 1917 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and died February 26, 1990 in Los Angeles, CA. He married Elizabeth Hopestill Brewster, daughter of Donald Ross Brewster and Anne Allyn.
More About Abraam Krushkhov and Elizabeth Hopestill Brewster:
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Children of Abraam Krushkhov and Elizabeth Hopestill Brewster are:
1. +Dhana Krushkhov.
2. Marli Krushkhov.
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The Hope Bewster Krushkov Memorial Scholarship in Music, created by her daughter Marli Krushkova, is awarded to a first-year student in Musicl
(Rhodes College)
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Obit
1990 - The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, CA; Monday Aug 20 1990; pg 96
KRUSHKHOV, Hope B. passed away on August 17, 1990 in Torrance. Born on April 21, 1916 in Spokane, Washington, she was a resident of Palos Verdes for 23 She is survived by her loving daughters, Marli Krushkhova of Maryland and Dhana Solish of Los Angeles; grandson, Nickolas Solish of Los Angeles; two sisters, Priscilla Hester of Louisiana and Mary Napolski of Florida; brother, John Brewster of Illinois. Friends and relatives may visit at Green Hills Mortuary from 4pm to 9pm, Monday. Funeral services 1 pm, Tuesday at Green Hills Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Green Hill Memorial Park. Green Hills Mortuary (213831-0311) directors. Mount Sinai Mortuary.
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