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A band, pouch, frame, and tie-strings make up a slingshot. 



Slingshot Huntsmen 



by Noel Jordan 

 photographs by J. P. Breeden^ Jr., and Robert MacKenzie 



WHEN John "Slingshot" Milligan came to Detroit to work at 

 Ford's from "a little wide space in the road near Marys- 

 ville, Tennessee" this was back in '29 he brought an idea with 

 him. He was convinced that the old forked-hickory slingshot he 

 had used as a boy in school could be made into a real hunting 

 weapon. He saw it as a strong rival to the bow and arrow for 

 sportsmen who wanted to give their quarry a fighting chance. 



Since then Slingshot Milligan has gone a long way toward 

 proving his point. A club of enthusiastic slingshot hunters is 

 now a recognized unit in the Ford recreation program, an indi- 



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