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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-31

Dramatic readings ard music VIII
be the entertainment given by Misses
Emily and Ruth Brown at the meet
ing Of the Womaus club II Ginter
Park on Wednesday afternoon ar
clock in the new Glnter Park school
house AS these two youus women
have been most successful iu their
dramatic work In the city, the men,
eers Of The cluD are looking forward
70 their entertainments with interest
Land OF tfc Blue Flower.
The Land Of the Blue Flower is
The name Of the Ita 10 be presented
by the dancing and gymnasium class
e. oI the \ "a. r. "A. on May s and 4
The recent entertainment. showing
various types OF dancing, was enjoyed
two evenings by large and euthusi-
asttc audiences and II is expected that
even larger crowds VIII witness tl44s
larger play.
THE Land Of the Blue Flower is
fairy play written by one Of the
members Of the gymnasium classes
and 1T will be presented by about one
hundred and fifty girls representing
all of the fairy folk, elves. butterflies.
fairies. sunbeams and countless others
There is real plot 70 the play with
n stirring climax and the IDEAS Of
beauty. youth and happiness running
all through il. The dancing OF the
groups Of characters will be a feature
by itself and the games introduced
will be new and interesting Girls
81 all ages will take the parts
Miss Ruth Peet and Miss Marian
Hubbard. the dancing and gymnasium
instructors. win direct the production
Their original dance; March Mil.
tatre." in the recent entertainment
illustrated their ability and grace In
dancing themselves and the entire re-
cent production showed their powers
OF imparting their knowledge 10
Others.
Peter Rabbit Party.
Hundreds Of little folks will be gsel.
eened At tbs j. w. c, A, gymnasium,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
WEST VALLEY VIEWS.

Mir. Reed of Mena was here Friday looking after his farming interest.
 J. W. Nichols is visiting his broth err, J. c. and L. B. Nichols, at Bethel Ok.
 The Rev Mir. Daniels has been con ducting the meeting in the absence of Bro. Arnold
 A heavy rain fell here Wednesday and most of the stubble is being put in fall planting.
 Bluford Joplin spent few days at home last week. returning to Camp Beauregard Friday.
 Mrs. Joplin was called to Potter to the home of Silas Joplin owing to the serious illness of their little child.
 The W. s. s. drive on June 28 was well attended at this place. Pledges were made from s5 to $1 .000 to the family.
 The song service and ice cream sup per at Mr. Turner's was wei lattend- ed Wednesday night. All report a nice time. The occasion was in honor of Erwin Moore and Waiter Self, who left for the training camps the next day.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
CENTER POINT cRcLETs,

John Cummings was in Mena on business Friday.
 Henry Chamblin was in Mena on business Saturday.
 Lee Harrison arrived home from Fort Smith Friday.
 Many children of this place have the whooping cough
 J. If. Day and John Lively were trading in Mena Saturday.
 Dr. Campbell was called to see Grandpa Wm. Brown Friday
 A big crowd attended the W. s. $. sale at the school house Friday
 Willie Smith arrived home from Camp Pike on a furlough Saturday
 Clarence Owens and Lester Thacker of Potter, spent Sunday with friends here.
 Young Mckinney of Mena spent last Thursday night at the home of J. E. Mckinney.
 Mir and Mrs. Irwin Crawford and children attended church in Mena on Saturday and Sunday.
 Warren Crawford, who is employed near Hatfield, spent Sunday at the home of his parents here.
 Orestus Turned and wife spent Sat urday night and Sunday at the home of Olin Turner, near Old Potter.
 Mrs. J. H. Maddox and son, Jewel, went Saturday for visit at the home of Dink Winton. at Lynn Mountain.
 Mrs. Stewart and daughters, Irene and Pauline of Mena, spent Sunday at the home of her brother, c. R. Curt right.
 Uncle Tom Davis and wife of Hat field spent Saturday night and Sun- day at the home of their son, D. D. Davis, and son-ir-iaw, John Lively.
 Bro. Bedding preached at Freedom Sunday at II o'clock. There was a good congregation, considering the whooping cough in this neighborhood.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
MoUNTAIN FoRK FoIBLEs.

F. c. Gray was Mena visitor on Wednesday.
 Mir and Mrs, Kindall were in Mena on business Thursday and Friday.
 The W. s. s. drive. which was held at Mountain Fork Friday afternoon, was well attended.
 The school board in district 66 are planning to do some exta repair work on the school house.
 Miss Carrie Thomas left Thursday for her home at Heavener, after an ertended visit at the s. c. Gray home
 Miss Ida Keller returned Thursday from a weeks visit at Mena She was accompanied by her friend, Miss Hazel Mitchell, who will spend several days with her.
 Will Smith. son of Mir and Mrs. Joe Smith, arrived Saturday from Camp Beauregard, La, to spend To- day furlough with his parents and many friends at this place.
 Quite a number of our people en- ioyed singing at the W. L. Linam home Saturday night, which was given in honor of Will Smith, who is Mountain Forks second soldier boy who has returned On furlough.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
BIG FORK BITS.

L B. Lies got a fine horse badly in. jured on barbed wire Friday.
 o. A. Cox and family visited Satur. daM and Sunday on the Caddo river.
 Mrs Tilda Heath spent last week with her uncle, Will Harrison, at Reg. Tub
 A party of young folks went pic nicking to the falls of Missouri river Sunday
 The w. S. & day was we'll attended at the school house. There were s1,- 3S0 pledged in this district.
 c. H. Parlement reports cottor blooms on June 26, the earliest blooms for this section in several years.
 Matthew Edwards and F. 2. Davis were in Mena Friday on business making the trip in the Davis car.
 J. l.. Cox, former merchant and postmaster of Slatington. was here Saturday. He says that crops are ir need of rain.
 Mrs, s. V. Heath and son, Ulrich, oi Heath valley, spent Saturday night at the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. ]. B. Lilies.
 Prof R. L. Thomson request all the pupils and patrons or District No II to meet him at the school house newt Friday night.
 Uncle Pink Davis is making a weekly trip to the Wootten sawmill, supplying the mill crew with garden vegetables from his truck farm on Butcher Knife.
 There was an error in the Big Fork items of last week. The writer stated that ". A. Lilies volunteered into the National army. but we learn that he only went in the ranks with the reg istrants.
 Mir. adn Mrs. R. J. Bates of Okla hona City arrived here Friday eve ming with the remains of their little son, who died in Oklahoma Thursday and was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill cemetery Saturday. Funeral services were conducted by Elder Jer- " Newman of the Primative Baptist church. Hunter.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
POTTER PICKUPs.

MT. and Mrs Tom Harris were here between trains Thursday
 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Hicks spent Sunday on Two-Mile with Mir. Hicks father
 Dr. C. A. Gordon reports the birth of a daughter to MT and Mrs. Tut Harris Sunday.
 Bob Carolan came in Tuesday from Bonneville for a visit with his broth CT, c. C. Carolan.
 Tom Connally returned to Weleetka, Ok, after a visit with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Jack Conually.
 Mir Fellum arrived Tuesday morn ing from Texas for visit with his son-in-law, c. R. Outright
 Mrs. D. T. Rowe, who had been visiting her parents at Hatfield, re- turned home Friday afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Lowth1r were guests of Rev and Mrs. ]. B. Williams at Hatfield Saturday and Sunday.
 Will Smith and Grady Pollard came from Camp Beauregard Friday for an 8-day stay with homefolks.
 Our summer term of school begins Monday. Prof. & A Daniels is prin- cipal and Miss Georgia Murphy as sistant.
 Rev. A. s. Daniel returned Mon. aay from Hatfield where he had been to start a meeting for the Rev Mir Arnold.
 Miss Lois Davis of Hatfield visited last week with her cousin Miss Versie Gam She returned to her home on Saturday
 Miss Maude Goodwin attended con- ference at LewisvilIe, Ark. last week, as a legato from this church She returned Sunday.
 Mir and Mrs. Herman Stevenson and daughter Eugenia, returned to their home at Mineral after a visit with Mir, and Mrs. J. w. Walker, parents Of Mrs. Stevenson.
 Mrs J |. Oliver, Mrs. J A. Butler, Miss Amy Butler and Mrs. T A. Allen attended the Fifth Sunday meeting 1t Hatfell Saturday. making the trip in the Allen car
 Jim Neighbors returned to his home in 0kmulgee, Ok, Sunday morn ing. He had been visiting relatives here the past week Mrs Neighbors and childen will remain here for a while.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
ALF ALPINEs.

C. C. White made business trip tc Mount Ida Monday.
 J. M. Hughes and sons did repair work on the mill dam recently.
 Reece Cox of Womble visited rela- tives here Saturday and Sunday
 Jesse Dooley, c. C. White and " M. Edwards were Womble traders last week.
 Farm Demonstrator A. J. Smith of Polk county will speak here on the night of July 9.
 Remember next Saturday night is our Red Cross sale. < nice program will be rendered.
 James Riser, with ". O. Bowen, were over at Womble attending to business Saturday.
 Guilford Bates, our tax assessor from Mt. Ida, was here Friday after noon and Saturday.
 Drew Hoyle of Polk county, who visited with relatives here last week, has returned home.
 Mir. and Mrs Elijah Roberts and children of Mena spent part of last week here visiting relatives.
 Mr. and Mrs. James Riser of Union spent Sunday afternoon with their daughter, Mrs. J. H. Stamey.
 Rev. Hopkin Edwards and Luther Bates of Big Fork went to Black Springs Saturday afternoon. where they preached Sunday.
 Mrs. Ellis Munday and little chil- dren of Opal are here visiting with the c. c. White family.
 Mrs. Henry Morris spent several days last week at the home of her brother, J. H. Murphy, at Opal
 Jesse Beck, with Joe Rowton and Granville Bowen, returned last week from the Oklahoma harvest fields
 Lester and Sam Lambert of Big Fork spent Sunday with their grand parents, MT. and Mrs. s. H. Spake
 M. B. Goodman and J. J. Abee visit cd over at the Sherman Reecer home, near Red Bird, Sunday. Mir. Reecer is sick.
 Mrjor and Mrs. Henley, with W. M. Edwards, motored to Womble Sun day afternoon for medicine for the latter's baby.
 The little daughter of Mir. and Mrs Albert Holmes is very sick. Dr. l.. A Simpson of Big Fork was called Sun day. Sherman Reecer and Harry Eos ter are also ill
 Bettie, the little daughter of Mir and Mrs. W. NJ. Edwards, is quite ill with the whooping cough and slow fever. Dr. L. A. Simpson of Big Fork is attending her.
 Our school will commence July $ with Miss Lucinda Putnam of Big Fork as teacher and at Union Hil July 15 with Miss Lulu Taylor oi 0den as teacher.
 Quite a crowd of men, women anc children attended the War Savings Stamp meeting Saturday afternoon tC do their bit, Something like $30( worth were bought in the district anC SEQ at Union Hill
 Rev. John T. Barr of Womble was here Friday night and made a talk or the great work of the Y. M c. A Before closing a Red Triangle League was organized with 20 members. Tn, following officers were elected: F. F Edwards, chairman; Mrs F. F. Ed wards, secretary; and Miss Mary Abee, treasurer.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
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RANSOM RAMBLES.

Rev. ]. " Kelley will preach her, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Quite number of young folks tool part in eroquet game Sunday after. noon.
 Some are digging potatoes and re. port very poor tudnout because oi dry weather
 Ransom has yet had no rain to amount to anything Only few slight showers.
 Mir. and Mrs J. A. Thornton and son James, Jr., were out to their farm last Saturday morning.
 Miss Glover Sanderson arrived on Saturday afternoon to begin school at this place Monday, July 1.
 Mir. and Mrs. Clyde Gatlin gave an ice cream supper Thursday night which was very pleasant affair.
 The infants of Mir. and Mrs. Clyde Gatlin and MT and Mrs. R. A. Thom- as are real sick this week with fever.
 Mrs. F. ] Smith and Mrs. Axel- ton and children of Mena spent Sun day with their father Mir. J. c. Me Keen.
 The War Savings Stamp meeting of June 2o was held at the school house. Stamps weer bought to the sum of S325.
 Lee Reid of Oklahoma was here on business for few days. Mir. Reid lived here for many years before mak- ing his home in Oklahoma.
 The s. D. Bush sale was held last Thursday and most everything sold at q fair price. The family left Saturday for Wisconsin, where they expect to make their home.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
wrcKEs WAVES.

W. H. Darwin went to Grannis on Monday to help assess taxes. i Cum and John Kuykendall left on Sunday for the harvest fields. Dudley Forsee accompanied his grandfather to Grannis Monday.
 The Eastern Star ladies met Sat urday evening at Masonic hall.
 Ben Hedge and John Paul Seigular went to the harvest fields few days ago.
 Mrs. Ida Hiee from Morris, Ok, is visiting her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Vance.
 Mir. and Mrs. L. w. Daniel went to Hatfield Saturday to visit D. A. Dan- ieI and family.
 Mother Compton visited at the home of Mrs. Will Hedges Saturday night and Sunday.
 Miss Mabel Smith and Miss Pearl Compton went to Mena Tuesday to have dental work done.
 ]. A. Chilean and family, accom- panied by Virgil Henry, motored to DeQueen Sunday afternoon.
 We had the biggest rain of the sea son Wednesday and Thursday Wind blew down quite lot of corn.
 Aunt Lizzie McCaleb from Horatio is visiting friends here and while here is busy knitting for the Red Cross.
 Several dogs were bitten by mad dog around here last week. All that were known to have been bitten have been killed
 Leslie Lewey and Miss Ethel Lew ey, accompanied by Herman Black and Msss Mabel smith. went to Baker Springs Saturday night in Mir. Lew eyss car.
 The school house and yard was crowded with people Friday who had gathered there to pledge for W. S. s. Everyone showed a willingness to do all they were able to do.
 Herman Black from the Great Lakes Training Station, is home on a 30 0-day furlough and is helping his mother, Mrs. | b. Forsee, with her crop. Herman is looking we'll and says he enjoys the sailors life and is anxious to go across the waters and get a peep at the kaiser.
 Madge.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
ALDER LEAVES.

Johnny Reed of Camp Beauregard, La. is visiting hoEae folks.
 C '. Edwards and family visited J. l. Bates at Opal Sunday
 | R. Ne@l and family of Nunley motored down Sunday and were guests at the Widener home.
 D. P Hill has two very sick chil- dren. There are several cases of ma lerial fever in this section.
 Henry Krohmky who has just made an overland trip from Clovis, N M., to Mena in Ford transport, is look ing after hi farm here this week
 There is marked difference in the appearance of dipped and undipped cattle along the county line. Those dipped seem to be thriving the best.
 A J Smith, Emergency Farm Dem onstrator. will be at Alder July 10 and requests all the farmers of this and surrounding country to be pres cnt who wish to consult him in farm work
 ". s. s. drive for our township was
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
OLD COVE coMMUNIQUE.

Mrs. Lizzie Winkley went to Mena Monday
 Lenox Stockton made a business trip to Mena Monday
 $. P. Cureton's brother from near Fort Smith is visiting him this week. Misses Mary and Cleo Magness of Hartford were visitors at L. L. Stock toms home last week.
 There was quite a crowd gathered at the school house Friday for the purpose of buying War Savings Stamps
 Tom and Walter Turner, sons of Will Turner of Louisiana, spent few days with their grandparents, Mir. and Mrs John Turner
 Mir. and Mrs. George Stockton of near Nunley visited friends and rel atiyes here Saturday and Sunday, making the trip in their car.
 Katie, daughter of L. L. Stockton, who has been visiting about seven weeks with her grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. M. II. Magness, came home last Sunday week.
 Early Riser
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
YANpERYooRT YERITIEs.


 rank Lee, lr, came down from N na Sunday.
 Miss Cecile Nations is spending a few days with relatives near Fort Smith.
 Mrs. A. J. Bailey and daughter spent the weekend with relatives in Oklahoma.
 Mir and Mrs. J A. Watkins are spending the week with relatives in Hot Springs
 Miss Maude Mckinney of Horatio spent few days last week with friends ard relatives here.
 Prof J Nj. Tomlin and Mrs Tomlin attended the chautauqua in Mena on Tuesday night of last week.
 John Barnes departed Sunday for Camp Beauregard, La. after having spent short furlough with homefolks
 Mir. and Mrs. J. r. Mills motored up from Ashdown on Sunday Mir, Mills returned on No. 3 Sunday afternoon.
 Misses Madge Bonner and Cleo Taylor spent Friday afternoon and Saturday in Mena, having dental work done.
 Corporal Frank Garrett returned to Camp Beauregard Saturday after enjoying a seven-day furlough with relatives here.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mcknight and ehil- dren and Miss Certiss Barnes arrived here Friday from Kansas City, Mo, and are visiting at the home of Mrs Meningitis parents, Mir and Mrs. c II Barnes.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
ACORN.

Miss Etta Garland spent Sunday with Owens Chapel friends
 MT and Mrs. J. W. Cooper and fam fly motored to Hatfield Sunday.
 Mrs. J. D. Tucker and children spent Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. R. H. AL statt.
 Mrs. J. R. Owens and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mir. and Mrs. G. R. Hale.
 Harry Bray of Springfield, Mo, was down last week looking over some land owned by his mother
 Little Miss Anna Cox of Mena is spending this week with Mir. and Mrs. Melvin Gillaspy and children.
 Mir and Mrs J. B. Goss and two daughters were Acorn callers on Thursday evening of last week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Kenworthy and chil- dren of the Union Grove settlement, were Sunday visitors at the Chris Mathis home.
 Mir. and Mrs. r. F. Martin and little daughters, Frances and Ruth, spent Sunday with Mir and Mrs P McWil- liam, on Golden Acres farm.
 Miss Edna Barron and Miss Lena Cooper returned on Wednesday of last week from Poteau Ok, where they have been for the past month hoeine cotton.
 The party at the R L. Barron home Saturday night was well attended and everyone enjoyed themselves. Th' evening was spent in playing games Mrs c R. Hale returned from Ada Ok, Saturday afternoon She was ac companied home by her sister, Mrs E. w Whisenhunt, and little daugh ] ter, Shirley.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
HATTIE's HoTsTUPH.

How would you like law making Cove nmnnt Bonds legal tender 2 T'hev would always be worth their face yaias and 1t mieht put an awful crimr in some speculating schemes, what ?
 Fred Yeakey just received a ship ment of cantaloupe crates. As usual transportation charges about eaualed ziile cost price. A friut package factory is badly needed on this line of She railroad.
 If you cut a pine tree in the sum- mer time be sure to strip the bark from the stump, otherwise the black Rurpentine beetle is almost sure to multiply there and destroy several trees close by the next year. We locat- cd this trouble and received the above advice from the forestry department at Washington, D. c.
 Several neighborhood meetings have been held recently in this com
 nunity. 1t is a get-together sociable affair usually with unlimited ice cream, games, perhaps little dane ing for those who like it, while the older ones discuss the war, crops, slneserisnA, etc. It brings all closer with real interest in your neighbors' znalrs- Among the most recent gath erings were with Mir. Clayton. Nor man. Dodson, Aubrey Givens, etc.
 Do not let up on the feed production Sr it's saving Don't be deceived by tlie large acreage here. as it prob- ably Is more chan offset by the draft eaiIing our farmers whose fields are wsowiBg mp 10 grass in many cases. Most farmers have planted all they could care for and many more soldiers wlll ba called soon which will make a still further loss, both in production and harvest. Did you notice the sig niIieant words in last weeks Star in xhe draft column FULLY THREE FOTRTFFS are FARMERS. If we feed zfsa el1in the army and allies we ean- aot let up now All must work and save
 Free range is rapidly becoming 9 EfIng Of the past in this vicinity and vacant land is being bought and being fenced for pasture This saves much time in gathering the cattle every two weeks for dipping which the law now re4ufrae Among the recent purchas- CTS of He lard we mention T, A. My CTS. two nearby forties; Sam Powell nn adio ning forty: Jas A. Slote a forty. Frank Betting just closed arai for an eighty. J B Pruitt 1l5 scres wI oh be is preparing to fence; ' ssn F'larA I6n. R. R Miller 320 and ac doubt shere are many others. That
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
BOARD CAMP CLIPS.

Born, to Mir. and Mrs. Bill Stanley, fine girl
 Olen Wood of Mena was at Board Camp Sunday.
 Ila Harrison left Wednesday for the training camp.
 Born, to Mir. and Mrs. Frank Pit man, a fine boy.
 Mir. and Mrs. s. l. Wood of Mena were at this place Sunday.
 Miss Monnie Rosson of Ink was a Board Camp visitor Sunday.
 Misses Fila and Hazel Keys were at this place Sunday night
 Bert PirFle of the Dallas Valley and Jesse Wilkins of Nunley were guests at the home of E Perry Sunday.
 The proceeds ef the pie supper at this place sa ri sfs s 4s, se
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04

ness college while the latter intends to visit relatives and friends.
 xxx. There was a fruit supper at the home of Henry Eisenhower Saturday night
 A large crowd of young folks at tended singing at the home of Sidney Vowell Sunday night.
 We had fine rain Wednesday night and crops are looking fine. Think we'll have some roasting ears before long.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
BANK DEALS IN MONTGOMERY
L. C. Acruman and (. A. Smith Get
 Controlling Interest in Two.

L. C. Acruman and C. A. Smith Get
 Controlling Interest in Two.
 L. c. Acruman of Texarkana and C. A. Smith of Prescott, both former " of Mena, and o. M. Radford of Mt. Ida, last week closed deal for the purchase of controlling interest in the Caddo Valley Bank of WombIe and the Montgomery County Bank of Mt, lda' and in the reorganization, L.. c, Acruman was elected president of both institutions with Mir. Smith as a member of the directorate of both George Watkins and William Watkins were retained as cashiers, respective Y Of the Caddo Yallay Ranls- and sshaa Montgomery County Bank. L. l..
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
Correspondence

Last week the items from two ar three correspondents came in a full day late--even after The Star was in the mails. In these trying days this may have been some fault in the postal service bat more likely it was from fail ure to get the correspondence in khe mails on time.
 Just a hint. Editor.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
Auction Sale.

The furnishings of the dorm',s.yl ~,l and teacherage of the Acorn s'',s s.d including bedroom furniture A clothing, cooking utensils, disnes .t stoves. These goods will be so'1I g IuIy auction on the school ground on af sl0 27. at ? o'clock p. m. All sums J hank and under, cash, larger sums s,,seress able notes bearing per cent centIn,s i,se will be accepted. due Dec. fo' i''S
 By order Of the Board: ..svv. Peter Hft7F Vii ssiiis +s'A-a 'zs'-s Adv. 26-4t.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
Early Riser
NEWS FROM IDA. OK.

Little Pauline Harris is on the sick list.
 J. P. Weddle is building a new room to his house.
 There will be q Sunday school pie nick in this vicinity July 4
 Mack Phillips of Bismark spoke at the school house Friday night:
 Letice Pate. James Etchinsfon and Charlel Hooks left Monday for Fort Smith The former will attend hnsi=
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04

all of which was given to the Red Cross
 W. F. Hilton of this place killed a rattlesnake last week. The reptile had thirteen rattles and Mir. Hilton said it looked to him for a while like it was twice its actual size.
 Vasa
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04

doubtedly fell much short of it's re- quired quota, not thru a lack of pa- triotism so much as lack of cash and crop prospects looking very gloomy. Should a rain come within the next few days those little folder stamp books will be in demand.
 Careless Poet.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04

Beavers, who had been with DOn a banks since their organization n. tires from both and will assume sna u~ ties as director of the Federal n1 sr Bank of St. Louis, tho retaining - interest in both institutions.