Spark Plug Boyd - Revision history

Ric: more 1920s films linked

2020-02-27T19:50:46Z

Ric: 1929 Aberdeen film linked

2020-02-27T19:37:38Z

1929 Aberdeen film linked

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	*Film of Grays Harbor logging & forestry activities, circa 1927: [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/301]		*Film of Grays Harbor logging & forestry activities, circa 1927: [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/301]
			*Film of people on logging road near Aberdeen, Washington, circa 1929: [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/356]
	*[[:Image:FarmerBoyd.pdf\|Article]] published in [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 99]], entitled "When You're Through, You're Through: The Saga of Spark Plug Boyd and [[Frank Farmer]]"		*[[:Image:FarmerBoyd.pdf\|Article]] published in [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 99]], entitled "When You're Through, You're Through: The Saga of Spark Plug Boyd and [[Frank Farmer]]"

	[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]		[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]

Ric: linked to 1927 film of local logging

2020-02-27T19:32:45Z

linked to 1927 film of local logging

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			*Film of Grays Harbor logging & forestry activities, circa 1927: [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/301]
	*[[:Image:FarmerBoyd.pdf\|Article]] published in [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 99]], entitled "When You're Through, You're Through: The Saga of Spark Plug Boyd and [[Frank Farmer]]"		*[[:Image:FarmerBoyd.pdf\|Article]] published in [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 99]], entitled "When You're Through, You're Through: The Saga of Spark Plug Boyd and [[Frank Farmer]]"

	[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]		[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]

Ric at 04:03, 14 April 2017

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	: He developed a little act--harmless enough, surely. He'd rub his right thumb against his nose, in the manner of all boxers everywhere. He'd extend his hands, then, and jab with the left, and cross the right, and fan the air with lefts and rights and make with fancy footwork.		: He developed a little act--harmless enough, surely. He'd rub his right thumb against his nose, in the manner of all boxers everywhere. He'd extend his hands, then, and jab with the left, and cross the right, and fan the air with lefts and rights and make with fancy footwork.

	: "I'm Spark Plug Boyd," he'd say after. "Spark Plug Boyd, the fighter. Ever heard of me?" ~~So very few had the right answer.~~		: "I'm Spark Plug Boyd," he'd say after. "Spark Plug Boyd, the fighter. Ever heard of me?"

	~~:Woodward Tending-Spark Plug Boyd died in a First Avenue S. hotel room. Alone.~~

	~~: ''And we should like to tell the powers that be wherever he is that the man did the best he could with what they gave him to work with.''~~

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Ric: linked to IBRO Issue #99 article

2008-10-11T00:32:27Z

linked to IBRO Issue #99 article

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			*[[:Image:FarmerBoyd.pdf\|Article]] published in [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 99]], entitled "When You're Through, You're Through: The Saga of Spark Plug Boyd and [[Frank Farmer]]"

	[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]		[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]

Ric: typo fixed

2008-07-28T21:38:40Z

typo fixed

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	Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. According to the United States Federal Census records, he was living in Carroll MO in 1910, and in Cooper MO in 1920. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).		Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. According to the United States Federal Census records, he was living in Carroll MO in 1910, and in Cooper MO in 1920. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).

	The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His [[:Image:SPBoydDC.JPG\|death certificate]] states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette ~~Nationary~~ Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]		The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His [[:Image:SPBoydDC.JPG\|death certificate]] states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette National Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]

	From the June 21, 1961 ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:		From the June 21, 1961 ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:

Ric: corrected date of newpaper source

2008-07-25T23:41:59Z

corrected date of newpaper source

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	The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His [[:Image:SPBoydDC.JPG\|death certificate]] states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]		The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His [[:Image:SPBoydDC.JPG\|death certificate]] states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]

	From the June 21, ~~1964~~ ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:		From the June 21, 1961 ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:

	: Good-bye, Good-bye, Woodward Tending. And may you be remembered for what you said so well--"When you're through you're through."		: Good-bye, Good-bye, Woodward Tending. And may you be remembered for what you said so well--"When you're through you're through."

Ric: 2nd image inserted; linked to death certificate

2008-07-20T15:40:40Z

2nd image inserted; linked to death certificate

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	Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. According to the United States Federal Census records, he was living in Carroll MO in 1910, and in Cooper MO in 1920. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).		Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. According to the United States Federal Census records, he was living in Carroll MO in 1910, and in Cooper MO in 1920. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).

	The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His death certificate states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]		The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His [[:Image:SPBoydDC.JPG\|death certificate]] states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]

	From the June 21, 1964 ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:		From the June 21, 1964 ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:
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	: There was [[Jack Dempsey\|Dempsey]] and [[Gene Tunney\|Tunney]] and million-dollar gates and $2 a day didn't seem quite the sum it did in Kansas. He decided to try boxing.		: There was [[Jack Dempsey\|Dempsey]] and [[Gene Tunney\|Tunney]] and million-dollar gates and $2 a day didn't seem quite the sum it did in Kansas. He decided to try boxing.
			[[file:SPBoyd2.JPG\|right\|thumb\|150px\|Boyd in his later years]]
	: His first workout was, well, impressive enough. "What's the handle?" one of the men in the gym asked him when it was over. Woodward Tending? That would make them laugh, all right. "How's for a name to remember? Boyd? Spark Plug Boyd--that's a dandy."		: His first workout was, well, impressive enough. "What's the handle?" one of the men in the gym asked him when it was over. Woodward Tending? That would make them laugh, all right. "How's for a name to remember? Boyd? Spark Plug Boyd--that's a dandy."

Ric: 1910 & 1920 US Census records noted

2008-07-20T05:37:17Z

1910 & 1920 US Census records noted

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	Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).		Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. According to the United States Federal Census records, he was living in Carroll MO in 1910, and in Cooper MO in 1920. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).

	The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His death certificate states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]		The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His death certificate states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]

Ric: actually cremated and interred, not "buried"

2008-07-20T05:25:27Z

actually cremated and interred, not "buried"

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	Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).		Born Woodward W. Tending, '''Spark Plug Boyd''' originally was from Joplin, Missouri--according to some sources (others say Kansas)--before he came to the Pacific Northwest area of the United States to become a logger. His death certificate states he was born in Hardin, Missouri, to Frank and Sarah Tending. He married and divorced, and later served in the United States Army during World War II (in the 857th ORD HEAVY MAINTENANCE CO ORD DEPT).

	The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His death certificate states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. ~~He is buried~~ in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]		The June 13, 1961 (p. 9) ''Seattle Daily Times'' reported that he had been discovered dead the day before in his hotel room at 219-1st Avenue, Seattle. He had been a logger in his later years, before becoming a member of Seattle's skid road. His death certificate states that he died of confluent broncho pneumonia, due to chronic alcoholism, with bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis as a contributing condition. His cremated ashes are interred in the Willamette Nationary Cemetery (Plot B 987) in Portland, Oregon. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/multnomah/willanat/t/willamette_t03.htm]

	From the June 21, 1964 ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:		From the June 21, 1964 ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper:

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	*~~Film~~ of Grays Harbor logging & ~~forestry~~ activities, ~~circa 1927~~: [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/301]		*Films of Grays Harbor area logging & other local activities, 1920s: [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/301]; [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/356]; [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/359]; [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/361], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/360], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/337], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/156], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/370], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/352], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/368], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/366], [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/370]
	*Film of people on logging road near Aberdeen, ~~Washington~~, ~~circa 1929~~: [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/filmarch/id/~~356~~]
	*[[:Image:FarmerBoyd.pdf\|Article]] published in [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 99]], entitled "When You're Through, You're Through: The Saga of Spark Plug Boyd and [[Frank Farmer]]"		*[[:Image:FarmerBoyd.pdf\|Article]] published in [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 99]], entitled "When You're Through, You're Through: The Saga of Spark Plug Boyd and [[Frank Farmer]]"

	[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]		[[Category: World War II Veterans\|Boyd, Spark Plug]]