Joyce Kennedy was an actress of modest renown, who died in 1943, aged just 44, entirely unaware that an off-colour remark she had once made to a friend would inspire one of children s literature s greatest villains. He would make a nice fur coat, she blithely observed of a Dalmatian puppy called Pongo, unwittingly planting the seed that would grow into the monstrous Cruella de Vil.
Pongo s smitten (and offended) owner was the playwright Dodie Smith, who more than 20 years later, having never forgotten Joyce s remark, wrote her first children s book, One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Puppy love: As the new Cruella remake proves dalmatians haven t had their day Brian Viner looks back at the history of the well-loved children s novel written by Dodie Smith (pictured)
WACS board member Steve Cockram.
WESTFIELD Like other schools in the area, the Westfield Academy and Central School District finds itself in the position of having to fight for reimbursement for transportation costs incurred while delivering meals and instructional materials to students from March 16 through the end of June.
A letter drafted by WACS board of education member Steve Cockram and endorsed by the Administration, Board of Education, Westfield Teachers Association, and Internal Support Staff was sent to Phyllis Morris, the state Education Department chief financial officer. Copies were also sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, and state Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown.
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