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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
CONTEST NOTICE

Department of the Interior. United States
Land Office, North Yakima, Wash. February
Il, 1909.
sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by jeremiah Crowley, con-
testant, against homestead Entry, No. 1925
made January s, 1905, for NE14 OF NEl4; SWIa
OF NE14 and Lot l, Section /, township 10 y,
Range - L. W. NJ. by Louis A. Joerden, Con-
testee, in which it is alleged that said entry
man does not reside upon said land: that he
has abandoned said land for more than six
months last past; that said entryman has not
cultivated or improved said land: said parties
are hereby notified I" appear, respond, and
offer evidence touching sad allegation at 10
O'Clock H. IN. on April ), 1909, before the Regist-
er and Receiver at the United States Land
Office in North lakima, Wash,
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit, led February II, 1919 set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made il is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication
Harry y. Saint,
keuistpr
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior, {. S. Land Office
al walla walla, wash, February 30, 1909
Notice is hereby given that william W. Price
OF kennewick, washington who. on December
81. 1908, made Homestead Entry No 1888, Seri-
al No. 0l752. for VIE SEA-. NE14 SEA, seq NEl4
Section Is, Township n, Range 30 F.. will
annette Meridian, has fled notice Of intention
to make final five year Proof, to establish
claim TO the land above described, before the
Register and Receiver [. s. Land Office, at
walla walla Washington, on the 18th day OF
April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses Don F. Cress-
we'll, wash Hettinger, Nick Hanson and W. a,
Smalley. al! OF Kennewick, washin ston.
A. j. ellis,
Not coal land. Register,
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior. L. 8. Land office
at Walla Walla, Wash, March s, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Charles S. King
OF Plymouth, Washington, who. on, April 8
1904, made Homestead Entry No. 1905, Serial
No. olSi3, foi VIZ Swl4, SwH Nw4, NEA Swl4
Section 10, Township N. Range 81 F.. william
cite Meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make Final FIVE year proof, to tablish claim
to the land above described, before Guy II
Pearl, |. 5. Commissioner. at his Office a,
Prcsscr. Washington, on the 18th day OF April
1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Chas Held.
cr ana l.. T.. Danes OF Coolidge, wash. Geo n
McCuilouch. OF Prosscr. wash. and D. ii. King
OF Plymouth, wash. Al. ellis,
Not coal lard. Rcgi ,tpr
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior. I. s Land Office
at Nalla Walla. Wash, Feb'y 20, l9G9.
Notice is hereby given that Gilbert K. Heb
erlein. OF kcnncwick. Washington. who. on
JnI'y >. 1863. made Homestead Entry No. 1856
Serial NO. Ol62o. Tor NEi., Section ). Township
: \. Range ~ +. Willamette Meridian, has Ill
cd notice OF intention to make final five year
Proof. to establish claim to the land above dc
scr!bed. before the Register 4 Receiver L. :,
Land Office. at Walla walla, Washington. on
the lfth day OF April, 1893.
Claimant names ~ witnesses: james Doe
son. Edward Golland, ". +. Baughmau, Of
kenneWick, wash. and K. y. Cleveland, OF
Spokane, Washington.
y. J, ellis,
Not coal land. Register.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, L. S. Land ONCE
walla walla, wash, March 20. 1909,
Notice is hereby given that homas H Irwin
OF Kennewick, wash, who on Nov 26, lgo6 made
Homestead Entry No. l4747, Serial No Ole7 for
wiz NEl4 wig SEA, Section 10. Township n
Range % r. willamette Meridian, has filed
notice OF intention to make Final commute
ton Proof to establish claim to the land above
described, before the Register and Receiver eli
the L. :. Land Office at walla wulla washing
ton, on the 5th day OF May 19Og.
Claimant names as witnesses: J. F. Irwin
A. L. Owens, J. +. Peterhnns, ali of Kenne-
wick, wash, Milan Barnett, OF Lowden. wash.
A. j. ellis
Not coal land. Register
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Inferior, L. ). Land Office
walla walla wash. Feb'y 20, 1909
Notice is hereby given that Nick Hanson OF
kennewick, Wash ington, who, on Sept, s, 1903
made Homestead Entry No. 1867, Serial No
Ol7I7, for Nw1,, Section "a, Township \
Range 20 Z. willamette Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make final tve-yea
proof to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before the Register d Receiver L. S.
Land Office at walla walla Washington, on the
18th day of April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Don F. Cress-
we'll. Wash Hettinger, W. W. Price, W. A.
Snialley all OF kennewick, Washington.
a. j. Gillis,
Not coal land. Register.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior. L. s. Land Office
at wnila walla, wash. March 9Th 1902
Notice is hereby given that irwin y. Mueller
Oh kcnneWick, wash who. On February 10 1908
made Homestead Entry. No. 1868, serial No.
o"l3i, Tor SEA section 6, township :, Range
80 l.. W NJ has filed notice OF intention to make
mai c"Inmutation proof TO establish claim to
the land above described, before the register
aud receiver at [. 5. Land Office at walla waIla
wash, on the 2lst day oi April 1909
Claimant names as witnesses W. A. Smalley
I. A Rand, }. L. East A. q. Schlund, all Of
henneWIck, washington. a. j. ellis,
Not coal land Register
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, L. S. Land Office
at Walla Walla, Wash, Feb'y 20, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Ami G.. Schlund
of kennewick. Washington, who, on Oct. 16
1907, made Homestead Entry No. 15524 Serial
No. 030l0, for SW14, Section "a, Township n
Range 20 F., Willamette Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make Final commute
ton Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Register Il Receiv-
er L. S. Land Office at Walla Walla, Washing,
ton on the 18th day of April 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: W. ". Price
Nick Hanson, Wash Hettinger, Don F. Cress.
well, all of Kennewick, Wash
A. J. ellis,
Not coal land. Register
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
In the superior Court of the State of wash
| ington, in and for Benton county
NJ .nnie Roberts Plaintiff.

In the Superior Court OF the State of wash
ington, i'll and for Benton county.
nnie Roberts. Plnintif,
Joseph T. Roberts, Defendant
The state of Washington to said Joseph T.
Roberts, Defendant above named, Greeting,
lou are hereby summoned so appear within
sixty days after the date Of the first publica-
ton of this summons to-wit; within sixty
days after the 10TH day of March, IyOe. and de.
fend the above entitled action in the above en-
titled Court and answer the Complaint OF the
Plaintiff and serve copy of your answer upoI
the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff al
your failure so to do judgement will be remd-
cred against you according to the demand OF
the Complaint which has been flied with
Clerk of said Court.
The object of the above entitled action is
to secure divorce for the said plaintiff Min
ME Roberts herein, against you, the defendent
Joseph T. Roberts. together with the custody
and care of the minor child, Clarence Roberts
the issue Of said marriage between the said
plaintiff and defendant. and upon the ground
that you, the said Joseph I. Roberts, has. for
more than one year last past, prior to the com
mencement of this action. abandoned this
plaintiff and during the aid time lived sepa.
rate and apart from the said plaintiff and the
child
And further that for more than one year last
past prior to the commencement of this action
you, Joseph T. Roberts, the said defendant has
Jailed, neglected and refused to make suita BILE
provision for plaintiff and your minor son,
and have failed and refused to provide for
your said family and have not contributed
anything to their support during all OF the
period aforesaid G. o. ANDERSON
Plaintiffs attorney. z. o. Address, Kennewick.
Benton County. State OF washinton
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26
The
FIRSTNATIONAL
Bank
OF KENNEWICK
OF KENNEWICK

Inc Brunswick is serving not coffee
and sandwiches at all hours. and
they'r re both fine A taste will con
vince you.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-26

For Sale-2o acres of land q. miles
from kennrWick or will trade for
good work horses. Inquire for write
to a. ". Wise, kennew lex, Wa.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19

Continued from Page One.)
lum he started out to find him. and it
is safe to say that if he had found
Smith he would not have been able TO
appear in court this morning.
This morning Ray Hatch swore out a
warrant for the arrest of Smith on
the charge of assault Mrs McAleer,
Mrs Hammond and Miss Hemstock also
swore out warrants for his arrest on
surety of the peace charges.
Pleaded Guilty.
This afternoon Smith decided to plead
guilty to the charge of assault, and
the Hammond people decided not to
press the other charges on Smiths
promise to be good in the future. The
police have been instructed, however.
to pick Smith up and take him to jail
the first time he steps over the bounds.
Edward Smiths father is the super
intendent of the Interstate steel and
Iron company at Indiana Harbor. and
his brother is well known here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
MALIGNED LADY
DENIES STORIES
Mrs. Henry McC ormick Will
Not Interfere With Her
Husbands Efforts.

Mrs. Henry Mccormick enters a gen.
eral denial of the charges which her
husband has included in his complaint
for a divorce. She stated to THE
TIMES and asked that her statement
be given publicity, that many of the
charges that were brought by her hus-
band were untrue and would be proven
so, should she contest the divorce.
She says. however. that she will not
get divorce. She will be as we'll sat
isfied with the separation as he does.
Mrs. Mccormick stated that her hus-
band had been a hard drinker ever
since their marriage, and that he had
caused a great deal of trouble between
them
She stated that Mr. w. j. McAleer,
the attorney for the plaintiff. knew
her and had he suspected that she was
the women from whom Henry McCor-
mick was trying to get the divorce he
would never have taken the case.
Mr.. Mccormick says the neighbors
know her well enough to know that
her husbands allegations are untrue.
She says she will not enter a cross
complaint, but will accept the verdict
of her friends and neighbors as to her
character.
A warrant was sworn out against
Henry Mccormick this morning by Ed
ward Newman, Mrs. McCormick's son,
in which he charges that Mccormick
provoked an assault.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
How TO Take Life Easx.v

Taking life by the easy handle does
not mean that one is to neglect duties
till they pile up in front like small
mountain and dare one to forget them.
1t means faithful performance of
necessary duties as they show up and
an avoidance of useless ones. It
means doing a little bit each day and
forgetting for the moment that there
is anything to carry forward to the
next day. There are two exasperating
classes in the world, those who work
too hard and those who will not work
at all. They are much larger than
the third class, made up of reasonable
men and women who do their duty as
soon as they see it and take pleasure
as it comes. Modern life is complex
under any circumstances, but it is not
the struggle some would have US be
lieve unless we voluntarily add to our
burdens.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
InterestIno Railroad F.et.

IN one year, 1907, one man, with the
aid OF modern railroad appliances, was
able to move one ton of freight 1873, $50
miles, and one passenger 1897 miles.
man with good team Of two horses
and a wagon on roads better than the
average American road would be doing
well to haul II tons 80 miles. six DAYS
in the week, or 1880 ton miles per
year, leaving no time for passenger
transportation. At this rate it would
require more than ten men and 20
horses to do the freight transportation
which one man does with a railroad
and without any horses; and to carry
the freight traffic which the railroads
Of this country carried last year. IT.
100000 men and 35,000,000 horses
would be required, instead OF the
1872, 900 men who actually not only eff
fected the transportation of all this
freight, but of all the passenger traf-
&c also. The improvements since 1883
alone have enabled 1872, 900 men to
do what in 1889 would have required
100000 more.-Railroad Age-Gazette.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19

into Wolf lake, as that body of water
is higher than Lake Michigan
Engineer Should Be at Work Today.
There was little argument al the ses-
sion yesterday. The Hammond authori-
ties stated thtir case briefly and their
statements were not doubted by the
Glucose men. They seemed very much
surprised at such a state of affairs
and promised relief This left little
room for immediate action as far as
the city authorities are concerned. and
after Mr.. Gray had given his assurance
that the nuisance would be abated if
the Glucose We're guilty. Mayor Becker
emphasized the necessity upon the Gu
cose people of getting busy at once.
They promised again and said their
engineer would be at work today.
Those who We're present at the con-
ference yesterday were: Mayor Law
renee Becker, Adam Ebert, president of
the board of public works; Jacob
Schloer and Peter L. Davis. members
of the board of public works; DR.. w.
d. Weis. secretary of the board Of
health; Councilmen John Becker. John
Pascaly. John Papp, Thomas Swanton.
William Newman, John Kane, Walter
Hammond, Clarence Jewett. superin-
tendent of the water department: Ja-
cob Kasper, superintendent of the
pumping station; Mayor Smith of
Whiting, Charles Friedrich Of Ham
mond, and Henry SoItwedei and Frank
OShea- Messrs. v. C. Gray and ID. b.
Scully represented the American Maize
and Products company. generally
known as the Glucose company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
WILL OF DECEDENT
IS SET ASIDE
Property Amounting to One
Million Dollars Involved
in Hawkins Suit.

Lafayette. Ind. Jan. 19.-By verdict
of the jury in the celebrated Hawkins
will case. at Williamsport, returned
shorty before noon today, the viii of
Jane Hawkins. involving 5000 acres
of land ara other property aggregat-
ing in value more than $1,000. 900, was
set aside. The contest had been in
progress five weeks, and scores of
witnesses were examined.
Mrs. Hawkins, who was the wealth
lest woman land owner in Indiana and
the mother of Mrs Charles Jewell Of
Hammond, died last March. In her
will, which was a peculiar instrument,
she left her wealth and land to her
beneficiaries principally in the form of
trusts. There were peculiar conditions
attached to nearly all her requests.
which made 1t impossible for her heirs
to transmit the property to their heirs,
except in cases where there were grand
children.
Not Available Till He Is 35.
One of the largest requests was to
her grandchild, James Hawkins, whose
bequest would not be available until
he was 35 years old. The plaintiffs in
the case were Mrs. Abigail Hart and
Mrs. Elizabeth Bond, daughters of Mrs
Hawkins, and James Hawkins, the
grandson. The defendants were the
Lafayette Loan and Trust company.
executor of the Will Mrs. Minerva Dit
ton and her husband. w. C. Ditton: Mrs
Martha Jewell and her husband. Chas.
Jewell, James H Ditton, J. Sumner
Ditton. Jane and Abigail Jewell
Stauart, Hammond & Sims of this
city were the chief counsel for the
plaintiffs. and Kumler & Gaylord APP
peared for the defense. The jury retired
at $40 p. m last evening. The verdict
was in accordance with answers to
long list of interrogations submitted
by both sides.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
HAVE AN ENJOYABLE SESSION.

The members of the True Kindred
met last evening in I. o. o. f. hall on
State street for the installation of new
~ elected officers. The meeting was
unusually we'll attended BY members of
the Hammond conclave and visiting
members from Chicago. Several grand
officers Of Illinois were present and
were Mrs. Nettie Kenner, grand In
stalling Deer: Mrs. Atkins grand mar
shall: Mrs. stephen Thall. grand chap
lain. Mrs. Kenner acted as the INSTALL
ing officer at last nights meeting Mrs.
Belle Lund, the past commander. was
presented with a very handhome pin
from the members and DR. Mary E..
Jackson, supreme commander was pre-
scented with a pretty hand-painted
bread plate. Following the installa-
ton an elaborate banquet was served
in the banquet room of the hall, at the
close of which Mrs. Kenner gave a
short but pleasant talk to the guests.
She also gave several readings which
added to the pleasantness of the meet
and Miss Elizabeth Weber played sew
eral pretty piano selections. The Of
fieers installed were:
Past Communicative Belle Lund.
commandments. llDDle LdSn-
Vice COMMANDMENTS. Roselinda
Jaqua.
Councilor-Mrs. Elizabeth Pepper
dine.
Chaplain-Mrs. Eta Dake.
High Priestess-Mrs. Jones.
Secretary-Mrs. Alene Mccoy.
Treasurer-Mrs Alice Waite.
Senior Deaconess-Mrs. Cora Brauer
Junior Deaconess-Mrs. Lacie Kellar
Inner-Guard Mrs. Powell.
Outer GUARDIANS. Fannie Warren.
Lecturer-Ms sara Southhach.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
OVER THE TEA CUPS


pleasant party last evening at her
home in Rnsssu street, at which many
of her Hammond and Chicago friends
were guests. The evening was passed
very entoyably with games and music
several very pretty piano and vocal
selections being rendered by the guests
present. Dancing was also a pleasant
feature of the evening. The hostess
served a dainty course luncheon during
the evening. Among the guests were
Misses Elizabeth DECIDE. Christine and
Laura Girardat. Margaret Thompson.
Josephine Lawrence and Margaret Fish
of Chicago, Marie Kleigehe. Josephine
Jergens, Cora Ludwig, Anna Rice,
Myrtle Gehrke. Theresa Cellar Clara
Emmerling. Mae Kostecka and Mae
Rohrman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
BOARD OF CONTROL
IS TO meet
Lincoln Memorial Associa
ton Will Gather in G..
A. R. Room Tonight.

A meeting OF the board Of control Of
the Lincoln Memorial association has
been called by the secretary, George r.
Streeter, to be held this evening in the
Grand Army room in the superior
court building The meeting is set for
1880 this evening. This is an import
ant meeting and considerable business
will have to be transacted
The following names are on the
board OF control. Mayor Lawrence
Becker. w. c. Belman, A Murray Tur-
ner, George r. Streeter. s, f. Swain.
Judge J. II. Gillette, Joseph T Hut
ton. w F. Bridge. L l. Bomberger.
Rev. +. NJ. Elliott. John D. smaIley.
Patrick Kelley. J. NJ. Krause, John w.
w. Reed and p A. Parry
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
African saI1.

Mons. Lapicque informs the French
Society of Biology that 25,0O0,O00 hui
man beings in the Congo region com
monty employ salt of potassium in
stead of salt of sodium for seasoning
their food. They obtain this salt from
the ashes Of certain plants. Recently,
since the opening up Of the. country,
ordinary salt has been largely i'm
ported, but the negroes regard it as IN
sipid, and abandon with regret the
use of their familiar ashes. They
take the imported salt only because il
is cheap.-Youth's Companion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
ENrERrAINs VERY pLEAsANTLY

Miss Florence Loveridge entertained
the young ladies of the Inter Sc club
very pleasantly last evening at her
home in Bellview place. The evening
was passed very pleasantly in an in
formal way with embroidery work and
'Buneo" was a pleasant feature of the
evening. A dainty buffet luncheon was
served in the dining room. Miss Amy
McGregor viii be the next hostess and
will entertain the club girls next Mon
day evening. Miss Beatrice Hansen
was the guest of Miss Loveridge for
the party and the members present
were Misses Mae Nelson, Famine Rub
stadt, Ethel Ebright, Amy McGregor
Mary Ibach, Agnes Meikle, Irene Mott
and Florence Loveridge
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
IlNTERTAINs VERY PLEASANTLY

Mr.. and Mrs. William Keiser gave
a very pleasant party Sunday evening
at their home 4O7 East State street.
Several guests were present and spent
the evening in an enjoyable way with
cards and music. At the close of the
games a delicious course luncheon was
served. Among the guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cook and daughter,
Mae, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kasper, Mrs.
Huber and daughter, Mrs. Bee Nichols
and son, Vernon, and Mr.. John Walker.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
PLAN PLEASANT PROGRAM.

The Parents club of the Irving school
will have a pleasant meeting this even
ing in the school hall and it is expected
that the meeting will be we'll attended
1t is the first meeting of the year and
arrangements have been made to have
a very pleasant time At the close of
the following program social time
will be enjoyed when dainty refresh
ments will be served:
Piano solo ......... Margaret Blake
Vocal solo ................ Miss Bush
Piano and Violin selection.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Mr.. and Mrs. King
Vocal solo,. ...........M Mr.. Thompson
Piano solo Mallory Roberts
Address: The Value of Clay" ....
..................Dr DR.. Howatt
Vocal solo. ...........G Grace Briggs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
ENTERTAIN At HOUSE Parity.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gastel. jr.. Of In
diana Harbor win entertain the mem
hers of the Hoosier club of Crown Point
and a few friends from Indiana Har-
Dor and Hammond at week end house
party. The guests not members of the
club will include Miss Agnes Stegman
of Chicago, H. ]. Jorens of Marion, O.,
Earl Kingsland of Elgin. Ill. and Miss
Eta Gastel of Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
DRUNK FINED ss5.

Joe Jones is an old offender when it
comes to being arrested for being
drunk. The police have picked him
up until they are tired of it. In fact,
Joe has been taken to the police sta
ton so many times that he makes the
patrol wagonless journey with as
clear a conscience as though he was
going to work in the morning.
But the police are tired of his ac-
tons They determined to reduce the
number OF his arrests annually by Civ
Ing him some good long sentences. The
first was one in which he was fined
$25 and costs, amounting to ss5.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19
Russian Railroad Ruildinn.

Russia's ministry of ways of commu-
nication demands about 100000 ru-
bles Ia ruble equals 51.5 cents) for
new railway construction. Out of this
amount are to be taken the funds for
building the Amur road, double-track-
ing the Siberian road, building a
bridge across the Volga at YarosIaff
and connecting the Russian and Fin
nish railway systems at st. Peters
burg.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-19

The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Presbyterian church will hold an all
day session Wednesday. Jan. 90 in the
church social room. A full attendance
Of members is desired and each lady
is asked to provide her lunch for noon
day In the afternoon Mrs. John O.
Bowers and Mrs. w. A Stout will be
hostesses and serve dainty refresh
ments The day viii be spent in sew
ing for charity and in completing the
garments started at the last meeting.