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William M Dretler 1907 - 2007

William M Dretler of Peabody, Essex County, MA was born on April 24, 1907, and died at age 100 years old on December 29, 2007.
William M Dretler
Peabody, Essex County, MA 01960
April 24, 1907
December 29, 2007
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  • 04/24
    1907

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    April 24, 1907
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  • 12/29
    2007

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    December 29, 2007
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    William M Dretler lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1907, in the year that William M Dretler was born, the showman Florenz Ziegfeld introduced his Ziegfeld Follies. Ziegfeld was inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris and the show was a step up from the then current vaudeville shows. The top entertainers of the time played in the Follies but the stars were the Ziegfeld girls - beautiful chorus girls in elaborate costumes. For almost a quarter of a century, the Ziegfeld follies were the toast of Broadway.
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In 1920, he was just 13 years old when the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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