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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-25
By FRED BoDEkER

of the Southern league season. The pen nant winning team will remain intact and will meet a team composed of the best players in the circuit, selected by
 the sporting editors in each city. The two best players from each club will be selected by the scribes.
 The series will be composed of seven games and the team to win four games | first will be declared the victor. The players will be given 30 per cent of the gate receipts, the winning team to take | 50 per cent of this and the loser 40 per cent
 | One game will be played in each city | if possible. The first game will be played in the pennant winning city, the second game in the city whose team fin | ishes second, and so down the list
 until one team is victorious. The team
 which finishes low in the standing has
 but little chance of having one of the
 championship games played in their city. ! The manager of the team to finish sec-
 ond in the league race will be the man. lager of the all-stars. The pennant win faing team will not be allowed to Tstrengthen. MUST PLACE GUARANTEE l Every club representative was enthu-
 siastic over the prospects of the series being successful. The fact that the worlds series is holding the floor at the Itime of the year when this series will be
 staged will add interest to the local series, according to the moguls. Eack
 club will be forced to place a large guar lantee with the lea gue's office to back the
 proposition provided it proves to be 2 1 'frost.'
 The league officials and club owners will use every effort to make the idea g SO. Further plans will be given to the
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UMPIRE STAFF WILL
 BE ANNOUNCED LATER

President Baugh stated yesterday that he was not ready to give any information concerning his umpire staff for the present season. One change, it is known, will take place, and it is rumored that several others of last years staff will be dropped by the chief executive. President Baugh stated he would announce the entire staff in about week.
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Jacoky Wins

Houston, Tex, February A.-Louis Ja- coby of New Orleans defeated George N. Aldredge of Dallas. Tex, state champion, 9 up and to play, in the championship flight finals of the midwinter gold tourna ment here today.
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Southern league fans will have "wOrld's series" of their own this year. This action WAS decided by the directors of the Southern league in their annual meeting here yesterday when 1t was de- cided to have a pOst-season series between the pennant winning ag- Eregation of the league and a team composed of alI-stars.
 worked out, hut was left for a committee composed of T. R. Wat kins of Memphis. Thomas Parker
 sf Mobile and Clyde Shropshire of
 ashviIle, with President Baugh as honorary chairman. 1t was made certain, however, before all of the magnates departed from Birming- ham that the series would be played.
 This was the most important issue O. the league session. The schedule, as pro posed, was adopted yesterday mornins with but very few changes after it wal definitely ascertained that Chattanoog' would probably be allowed Sunday ball. The announcement of the post-seasol series came following the suggestion o President Baugh. A number of league the country will stage serie of the like.
 WRITERS TO SELECT STARS According to President Ba0gh, but fe' plans have been decided upon. The serie will be held immediately after the clos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-25

IOtaI ScOre TOT the I4 games on th6
 road trip is: l.. A. c. 722; opponents 335.
 This would average a score of 51 to A per
 game.
 Besides this trip, the Illinois Athletic club played g games over the middle west, winning all of them; included were the Central States A. A. U. games, which the Illinois Athletic club has won for the past four years. The club five is in excellent shape for the game and will undoubtedly give the Illinois five a hard battle. Coaches are working hard with the club quintet in an effort to turn out record crowd. It is the first time a leading team of America has been offered for the approval of the local fans.
 ! The game will start at s:3O o'clock with the usual dance to follow: T. c. Young ' will referee.
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Post-Season Series 70 Be Held Ln Southern
AT NASHVILLE

May 2ex, 21, 22, 23 June Tex, II, IF, 1S Aug. OK, 6, 2
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April 13, 14s, 16x July 15x. 1e, IF Aug. 20, 21, 22, 23, 2ex
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AT MEMPHIS

May 2S, 20, 30-S0 July 6, 7$, Sx Aug. 1G, 17, 1Ss, 1sx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-25
Official 1917 Southern League Schedule
AT LITTLE ROCK

May A, 25, 26+ July 8, 10, Il, IF Aug. 13, IA. 15-15
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May 24, 25, 2S+, FIX July 9, 10, Il, IF Aug. 12x, 13, 14
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-25
AT CHATTANOOGA

April 13, 14%, 15x July 15*,-15R, 16. IF Aug. 20, 21, 22, 23
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May 24, 25, 26", Nx July e, 7s, Sx
 Aug. 13, If, 15, 1e
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15

peared in the Saturday Evening Post.
Bah, the pretty boarding school girl
heroine, tells of her experiences
with a family which persists in treat
ing her as little girl and which
she pretty thoroughly frightens by
pretending to be engaged to some
one they had never seen. The titles
are taken from the: original book
and their charm lies in the droll
spelling and naive charm Of Bab's
own script This Is probably the
first time that the idea of filming a
diary, page by page, has been adopt
ed. ''Bab's Diary" starring Marguer-
lite Clark, will be, shown again to-
night at the Elko gtheater. ~
To-. Elko Friday. 49,.
A picture designed for the entire
family is "The Man Hater," a Tri-
angle production featuring Winifred
Allen, which will be shown at the
Elko theater, Friday.
Children will enjoy the story be-
cause of the part that the Triangle
Riddles take in it; adults will be en-
crossed by the interesting. character
Of the girl and the prob1ems she
faces. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
MANY HEAR SKOVGAARD

Axel Skovgaard, who has won a
number of prizes in the musical field,
and who in 1901 was awarded the
Menedlssohn prize, appeared in the
Methodist church auditorium last
evening, supported by the New York
Metropolitan company. They came
here under the auspices Of the Win
One class of the Methodist church.
Those hearing the celebrated Danish
violinist last evening were extremely
pleased with his music. Madame
Skovgaard, who accompanies her
husband, is an excellent pianist. The
voices of the soprano and contralto
blended excellently and the cos
tunes worn by them lovely and in
teresting. The entertainers COM
prised Axel Skovgaard, violinist;
Alice McClung- Skovgaard, pianist;
Sofia Stephali, soprano, AMI Marie
Kern-Mullen, contralto.
Mr.. Skovgaard stated last evening
that the Bemidji audience was one
of the most appreciative he had ever
played to. The church auditorium
was packed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
S OCIE T Y
PLANS WADE FOR XMAS

At the Queen Esther meeting Tues
day evening it was decided to send a
Christmas box to little six-year-old
Martha Ross Of Urbana, ILL.,, who has
been adopted by the organization.
They will also go in with the Ep-
worth League of the Methodist
church in sending Christmas boxes
to the boys at the front who are
members of the M. E. church. The
members of the Epworth League will
give khaki covered Epworth League
testaments to each of the boys, which
will have to be sent for to head
quarters The Queen Esthers will
help furnish "eats," etc., and the
boxes will be sent as soon as the
testaments arrive Four new men,
'bers were admitted last evening,
Maude Wright, Madge Trafton, Hill
da Anderson and Olga Stephenson.
The club is working hard to swell
the membership to 100. A commit
tee was appointed to interview Mayor
Vandersluis in regard to having a
community Christmas tree
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500 Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there IL at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that ID catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
faces Of the System thereby destroying
the foundation Of the disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing it's
work. The proprietors have SO much
faith in the curative powers Of Halls
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list Of testimonials:
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. 75c.
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SCRAWNY, WORKOUT
WOMEN

Is your face drawn Color poor?
Temper short? You are only as old
as you look. To look young, your
body must be free from impurities
and poisons. Constipation is the
enemy of youth, good complexion and
good health. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will keep your system
clean and active, bringing health
and happiness. Relieves constipa-
ton and stimulates liver and kid
neys, without gripping and without
reaction. City Drug Store.-Adv.
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sHa-.?'a ...- - =,
THEATERS
THE TRAGEDY OF WAR

In his never-to-be-forgOtten spec
tacle, 1.-THE Birth of Nation," which
is scheduled for presentation at the
Rex tonight, tomorrow, matinee and
night, D. w. Griffith, the worlds
master-producer, has painted the
grim tragedy of war in the livid COL
ors it deserves.
1t is thrilling and awe-inspiring
revisitation of War-War in all it's
cruelties; we behold not onyl the
tragedy on the field of battle, where
fall the dead and dying, but in the
home where wait the aged parents
and little brother and sister, or
daughter or son, for the message that
too often comes telling that the dear
one has died for the flag-the Stars
and Stripes, or the banner of blue
with the single star.
On goes the story. 1t pictures the
departing of the boy from home
gay, light hearted, happy. 1t shows
him dying under the fire of the en-
envy in the miles of fiame-streaked
trenches, over which bursting shells
carry death to the little force so gal
lantly defending the line Of earth
works, and over which shrek the
deadly shrapnel.
1t is all there-the desperate de-
Tense, the determined assault, the
fierce charge, the disastrous retreat
the field covered with the dead,
as men in gray and blue fall by
scores and hundreds.
Daylight fades, and still the fight
goes 5on. - The scene is Illuminated
by bursting shells, the blaze, from
the mouths of big guns and the red
glare from burning homes. The blue
Of the flag of the south f1utters here,
while there the red, white and blue
of the nations emblem shows
through the smoke in the red tinge
of battle flame.
These are but few of the myr-
lads of chickering's of our national
travail in it's new birth that are
shown in this sublime, grand, i'm
pressive spectacle.
Two showings daily, one in after
noon and one in the evening. Eve
ming run commences at O'Clock.
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ON LONG WEDDING TOUR

Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Bergh of Mar
shall, Alaska, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Race. They are on
their wedding tour and from here
will go to Grand Rapids to visit Mr..
Bergh's brother, Otto Bergh, former
ly teacher in agriculture in the Be-
midi schools. They will also spend
some time in Chicago before going
to Mica, WASH, where. they will
make their home. Enroute they will
visit at Denver and Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Bergh was formerly Miss Emma
Jean Scribner and taught in this
county some years ago. She has also
taught school in the west and in
Alaska. Mr.. Bergh, who has been
prospecting in Alaska, recently fell
heir to large sum of money.
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Gilbert Grain and wife of Bemidji
are guests Of MI. and Mrs. Seth
Philips at sSylvan.-Brainerd Daily
Dispatch X Y %&H $sJy %,,4 '&a iaag
Boys and mems mackinaws at re-
duced prices at Shavitch Bros.
.~r.: ~-JI~ 2-1116
Mrs. E. N. Ebert has returned
from, visit with friends at Little
Falls. ''' '.'''@ $50 1'.'@1
Have your Xmas photos made now
before the big g, rush later. Get
Rich quick; Rich Studio, 20 10th
st. .,~r 1925 to 1926
Mrs. c. N. Shannon, who has been
i'll at her home on Dewey avenue
for some time, is convalescing. Exam
James II. Gray of Chicago is spend
ing a few days here in the interest
of a new edition of a world atlas.
Miss Esther Palmer of Puposky
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
G. Schadegg yesterday while enroute
to her home from Minneapolis where
she attended the Woman's Home
Missionary convention. Her father
is missionary at Puposky. -
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Hennessey of
Bend, Ore, who have been the guests
of Mrs. Hennessey's sister, Mrs.
George T. Baker, and family for the
past two weeks, will return to their
home Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Hen
Messy. who was formerly connected
with the Crookston Lumber company
of this city, is now with the Shevlin-
Hixon Lumber company at Bend.
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INSTANT ACTION SURPRISES
MANY HERE

This grocer's story surprises To-
cal people: II had bad stomach
trouble. All food seemed to sour
and form gas. Was always consti-
pated. Nothing helped until tried
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOON
Full astonished me with its IN
SLANT action" Because Adler-i-ka
flushes the ENTIRE alimentary tract
it relieves ANY CASE constipation,
sour stomach or gas and prevents
appendicitis. It has QUICKEST &C
ton of anything we ever sold. City
Drug Store.-Adv.
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RECEPTION FOp. AVIATOR

An informal reception will be
given Ralph Oracle Friday evening
in the basement of the Presbyterian
church by the young people and
members of that church. The hours
will be from 1880 to 9 o'clock and
the public is cordially invited. Mr..
Oracle is in the Seventeenth U. S.
aviation corps and is son of Dan
Oracle of this city. He has grown
to manhood in Bemidji and is a
graduate of the Bemidji high school,
class of 1910.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
RED CROSS NO. IS
ANY CONCRETE EVIDENCE
OF FRAUD IS WANTED

Any concrete evidence that sweat
ers or other garments, made by the
Red Cross workers for soldiers, are
being sold to soldiers or others out
side the military life, would be most
cordially welcomed at the Northern
Division headquarters.
Scores of rumors reach the head
quarters every day. Attempts have
been made to trace these stories to
their source repeatedly but never
has a fragment of truth been dis
covered.
AS rule the stories seem to start
when Mrs. Jones tells Mrs. Smith
that she has heard that soldiers are
compelled to pay $40 for sweaters.
Always it is $40, no more and no
less, and always it is for a sweater.
Smith meets Mrs. Brown and tells
her that Mrs. Jones knows of a SOL
der who has paid $40 for a. sweater.
Mrs. Brown tells Mrs. White that
Mrs. Jones has letter from a SOL
der telling how he paid $40 for a
sweater, and Mrs. White comes out
with the completed story, which
usually finds its way to Red Corss
headquarters, to the effect that Mrs.
Jones had a letter from her son In
France, announcing that he paid $40
for a Red Cross sweater that Mrs.
Jones made for him. Sometimes for
variation the story includes the feat
ure of SIS bill sewed in the sweater
pocket.
Then when Red Cross workers at
tempt to trace back the story they
are up against blank wall. Mrs.
Jones declares she never had a son
or if she had one that he is not in
the service. Probably she has for
gotten absolutely ever talking to
Mrs. Smith. If she remembers it, 1t
is only that she read somewhere that
soldiers were buying Red Cross
sweaters and questioned further is
willing to admit that she don t re-
member if she read that soldiers
were actually paying, or II 1t was
denial of the rumor that Red Cross
garments are being sold that she
read
It seems the easiest thing in the
world to find soldier who has paid
for a Red Cross sweater, but let an
Investigator once take the trail and
the soldier and the sweater vanish
in thin air. 1t is easy to start such
a story, the hardest thing in the
world to find a single fact in the
rumOr.
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FUNERAL HELD HERE

TUNChd1 dCIU 0ENC ~ -
The body of Joseph Williams of
Spokane, Wash, was shipped to Be-
midi and, the funeral was held yes
terday afternoon, services being held
at Greenwood cemetery, with H. N.
Mckee as funeral director. Mr..
Williams was, an old soldier His
daughter, Mrs. Milley Rolston, OF
Spokane, accompanied the body here.
His son, Norman Williams, of Island
Lake was in the city to attend the
funeral r..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15

NEARLY LOSES FINGER
While saving wood on his farm
yesterday, A. A. Warfield came in
contact with buzz saw with the
result his index finger on his right
hand was nearly severed. A doctor
is in hopes of saving the finger.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15

We have just received some Rand
McNally pocket war maps, cover
ing the British front, French front,
northern and southern, section, and
also western 'battlefelds. They tell
you what you want to know and
guide you where you want to 60.
Pioneer office. 118tf
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Personals and
7-3GH3 EEGG&~@F .Tl.~.'I 49,.
-. e !. NeWsy Notes

=" Mrs. D. Carney, who has been ill
for two weeks, is cOnvalescing.
Mrs. A. Train of Blackjack was
a between train visitor in the city
yesterday. '
One of these nice days you ought
to 60 to Hakkerup's and have your
picture taken. l4tf
Mrs. O. Waterford of Leonard
was the guest of relatives in the
Fifth ward Wednesday.
$1.OO for boys overcoats, sizes IL
to 16, Friday and Saturday at Sha-
witch Bros. 2-1116
Mr. and Mrs. c. F. Rogers of Will
ton motored to Bemidji yesterday
and passed several hours on business.
Miss Rose Peters of Grant Valley
was the guest of friends here yester-
day.
$685. buys your choice of one lot
of suits and overcoats at Shavitch
Bros. 2-1116
Mrs. Retta Foster of Wilton pass
ed several hours in Bemidji yester-
day shopping.
Get a 1918 desk calendar pad now
at the Pioneer office. 1O6tf
Mrs. Charles Barclay of Grant
Valley was the guest of Bemidji
friends Wednesday.
town of FROM passed yesterday in
Bemidji.
Boys 1annelette blouses only SOC
at Shavitch Bros. 2-1116
Mrs. B. Sunda and daughter, Ida,
of Rosby were between-train shop
pers yesterday.
Miss Emma Shefstad, who has Wis
tied friends in Bemidji for some
time, returned to her home in Gully
today ~ g3 RI
$4,000 to loan on 1arms. Dean
Land Co. d71tf
~. Mrs. N. S. Shell of Becida was in
Bemidii on business Wednesday. Her
son, Edward, while cutting wood
this week, accidentally cut his foot,
causing a bad wound. ". -.
L. N. Saldoff of Minneapolis is the
guest of his sister, Mrs. J. Goldberg.
Mr.. Saldoff intends to make his home
in Bemidji. ..
Wheatless day, Wednesday of each
week, we. will have war bread on
sale as suggested by the govern
ment. Corn bread, oat meal, rye,
graham and pumpernickel bread at
Pfeifer's Bakery today. 3-1ll6
Miss Grace Sergeant of Long Pra1-
RE, MIMI, will arrive in the city
this evening and will be the guest OF
Mrs. L. C. Dempsey. Miss Sergeant
was formerly teacher in the Be-
midi schools.
Pfeifer's Bakery will have on hand
at all times corn bread, rye, gra-
ham and pumpernickel bread.
3-1116
Mrs. Mary Bagnell, deputy of the
Modern Samaritans, is in the city
and will be here for about three
weeks, organizing her fourth class.
While in the city she will make her
home with Mrs. Tom Smart. The
Modern Samaritans will hold their
regular meeting tomorrow evening
at $3.50 o'clock.
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MELIN-N0RMAN

Il Alfred Melin and Miss Anna Nor
man, both Of Grand Forks, N. D..
were married yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the Presbyterian par
sonage, Rev. Lester P. Warford Off
ciating. They will make their home
in Grand Forks.
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2t..-. HAY HAY Hay ~.
straw in carload lots, see Reeves &
Reeves at the Markham Hotel
Building. Phone 20. sr,ss limo 1912
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EIKs' DANCE TOMORROW

The regular Friday evening Elks'
dance will be given in the Elks' tenn
pie tomorrow evening. Good music
rs assured by the committee in
charge.
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CIRCLE MEETS TOMORROW

The Sewing circle of the Swedish
Lutheran church will meet tomor-
row with Miss Engrid Palmquist,
Thirteenth street and Bemidj1 av-
enue.
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ELKO TONIGHT

A novelty, that is unique in it's
interest is the Paramount photoplay
"Bab's Diary from the famous story
by Mary Roberts Rinehart which ap-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15

Refused admission to the army on
account of his age, Ole Hillies, Cros-
by, N. D., has donated the prize pork
er. Of his herd to the Red Cross and
the entire city is buying tickets for
the rattle. .1s.l....
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When junior Red Cross organi-
cation was formed at the Red Wing
high school one student declared his
sympathies were pro-German' and re-
fused to join. A classmate, fully 20
pounds lighter than the ;;Kaiserite,
undertook the conversion Of this fell
low. Before the teachers could in
terfere~the German sympathizer- was
badly beaten.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15

NEW FIFTH u7ApD STOP
Ed lAkre . has opened a ...lYariety
store in. the Fifth ward. The store
is located in the front part Of his
garage IA - '&i ~ M x" X
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dressing room, Friday evenings from
7 toSt9 o'clock, and. Saturday after
Moons from r. StoSi5 O'clock. ffsSi
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More Socks Needed.

More socks for soldiers are needed
urgently both at the front and in
American camps and environments,
declares Mrs. Cora S. Fridley, d.
rector of vie women's department of
the Northern Division of the Red
Cross.
MANY workers throughout the d.
vision," declared Mrs. Fridley,' have
been so busy preparing Christmas
packages for the soldiers that they
have not been knitting the usual
number of socks. Socks and sweat
ers are two of the most necessary
things the Red Cross has been sup
plying our soldiers. The demand for
them is continuous and highly i'm
portant. There should be no let-up
in this part of the work by women
of the Red Cross"
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GRAND TONIGHT
be shown at the Grand with an en-
tire change OF costumes, songs and
dances.
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Coming Events

a. November 15-16-17--Bemidi Poul-
try and Potato show. - 53f;5..
Nov. 17-Farmers' Institute, high
school building. = ~Ds f@"'l .@
December 6-7-Annual meeting Of
the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment association and potato show.
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Members of q farmers social club
near Sank Centre are planning a
basket social to be given for the
benefit of the Red Cross. Many of
the farmers have already pledged a
portion of their years crop to the
cause so -" y Ef.t