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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
BURGESS

Mr.. and Mrs Vern Morgan and Mr..
and Mrs. Lytle Hamilton attended
in Aledo for the drafted boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mclaughlin en-
tertafned the members and friends OF
the A B. c. club at their home Sat
urday.
Lawrence Whan was a visitor in
Little York Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wray of Alexis
visited two days last week at tn e
w. A. Mclaughlin home In Burgess.
George Rule was the first in this
community TO replant corn. Mr.. Rule
replanr-d about thirty acres.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Morgan were
in Aiedo Saturday.
= special stock train OF u cars
left Burgess Wednesday for chica go.
The stock was shipped by w. J.
Sharer. J. B. Morford. W. A. and
Roy Mclaughlin of Alexis called
on his mother, Mrs. l.. a. McIsaugh-
lin, In Burgess. Sunday
A large number Of Burgess people
attended the baecalaureste services
OF the Aledo high school In Aledo
Sunday morning Among the grad
yates at the Aledo high school this
year are four Burgess girls. Mabel
Bower. Margeret Morford. Letha
Morford and Doris Pease,
Marguerite McCreary of Little
York visited Sunday at the Fred Me-
Laughlin home near here
The mem bers OF the Burgess church
viii hold a congregational meeting
this evening TO consider ma king out
a call for Rev. Mr.. Agens, who has
preached IN Burgess FOR the last
three Sundays After the bmsin ess
meeting a social evening viii be
spent together. and IL is hoped that
there viii be a good attendance. Mrs.
Agens eccompa Rev Mr. Agens
on his last Visit TO Burgess.
Friday, June Z. Miss Giddings OF
Galesburg will be the entertainer
for 2. Rad Crosa banafiL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
LEAGUE
ENTERTAINMENT rs
SUCCESS rs CLAIM

There were about sixty people
present at the entertainment given
by the Patriotic league at the ban
quet hall of the Young Mems Chris
tan association building last night.
Members of the league feel that
the program was a success. Miss
Lou Harris was unable to be pres
ent, having been called to Hampton
yesterday. Mrs L. E. Witt played a
medley of national tunes. The play
let The Burglar" which was given
by the dramatic club will be given
again at the new building Friday
night for the o. l. c. and the dormi-
tory boys of the "Y." This will be
the initial party at the new loca-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
ASK BIDS SUPPLIES
FOR JUNE AT HOME

The following list OF articles IL
needed for the month Of June a.
Bethany home. Bids should be
sent to the secretary OF the hous
committee, Mrs. J. W. Crandal
S35 Twenty-fifth street, by moo
Friday. The list follows:
Flour, Pillsbury or Ceresota,
sacks; sugar, graduated, II
pounds; beans, 80 pounds: COZ
meal, so pounds; corn flakes,
packages; oat meal, large, "
packages; Cream of Wheat, IL
packages; head rice. 10 pounds
cod fish, pounds; salt pork, thref
pounds; bacon, pounds; sodf
crackers, II pound box; mixed
cookies, one 15-pound box; naw
beans, Is pounds; lima beans, ~
pounds; cream chees, 3 pounds;
cocoa, 3 poundss Crisco, four Il
gallon cans; Royal baking powder
3 pounds; Postum, 2 large pack
ages; macaroni, 10 packages; corn
starch, packages; peanut butter
6 large glasses, Good-Luck butterI
inc, 10 pounds; Kitchen Kleanser
10 cans; tapioca, 3 pounds; tomaI
toes, Aldine, ! case; syrup, B cansI
salt, coarse, 25 cents; eggs, 2 dozen
vinegar, l gallon; baking soda,
package; matches, 1 dozen boxesl
rye -four, 80 pounds.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
MUSIC LEADERS
PLAN BIG SING
Local Societies Combine to Hold
Community Program at Long
View Probably June 9.

Plans were launched last evening
by representative of the various
musical organizations of the city
for a big community sing to be held
at Long View park, probably on the
afternoon of Sunday, June 8. The
meeting was called last evening at
the Rock Island club at the sugges-
ton of the Rock Island Musical
club and was attended by choir
leaders, chairmen of various must
cal organizations, etc, with an eX-
cellent representation, Mrs. J. X.
Tuckis of the Rock Island Musical
club presiding. A committee, COM
posed of j. B. Bassett, chairman; G..
b. Taylor, Miss Notovena Steck'
Miss Katherine Gest,s Miss Mile
Beck, A. J. Burton, Miss Claire Van
Calder, Miss Hattie Larkin and
Mrs. F. K. Rhoads, was appointed
to have the necessary arrange
ments in charge. 1t is the purpose
of the committee to interest every
musical organization in the city in
the proposed sing and to enlist the
members of all in the cause, all to
cooperate in making it big, splen-
did affair A band concert probably
will precede the sing and it is the
hope of the committee that sings
may be held at intervals through
out the summer.
Community sings as conducted in
other communities have been ire
mendous successes and there is no
reason to believe other than that
this will prove just as successful.
Nar 20 inc IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
LOCAL ORATORS
ARE INSTRUCTED
Professor B. G.. Nelson of Uniyers-
ity of Chicago Talks to Four
Minute Men.
PLEDGE SUPPORT TO CAUSE
Local Speakers on Patriotic Propa-
ganda Renew Promise for
Faithful Work.

Prof. B. G. Nelson, head of the
oratorical department of the Uni
versity of Chicago, addressed Is
business men, members of Rock Is
lands four-minute organization, at
the Rock Island club yesterday aft
ernoon in a forceful talk on effec-
tive four-minute speaking.
After Professor Nelson's talk all
present pledged themselves to
heartily support the local organiza-
ton and to work increasingly in its
behalf. 1t was announced that ey-
cry two weeks 25 local business
men and members of the four-mln-
ute organization here will receive a
bulletin from authorities at Wash
ington which will contain subject
matter for four-minute talks dur
ing the following two weeks.
Stafford Presides.
EImore H. Stafford, chairman of
the four-minute organization in
Rock Island, presided at yester-
days meeting and introduced the
speaker. Professor Nelson has been
addressing the four-minute. bodies
of various cities since Jan. 1 and
has been greatly responsible for the
efficient work being done 10y many
of these organizations. He spoke
before the Moline Rotary club at
noon today and in the afternoon
talked before the fouF-mi1lute zen
of that city.
The list of minute men of
Rock Island is appended: F. W.
Bender, A. ]. Burton, H. S. Cable,
H. H. Cleaveland, Hugh! W. Craw-
ford, George Davis, E. G.. Fisher, l.
]. Green, Werner Hallgren, Albert
Huber, Rev. David Johnson, Profess
sor Andrew Kempe, William McIn-
tyre, T. A. Murphy, Charles Mac
Gowan, ]. T. Marion, E. B. Nc
Kown, r. W. Olmsted, George Per-
rim, James Regain, DR.. j. M. Steven
son, Thomas P. Sinnett, M. H. Sex
ton, Ben Stewart, H. NJ. Schriver,
o. J. Stirratt, c. ]. Ses.rle, S. W.
Searle, States Attorney Floyd E.
Thompson, F. o. Van Calder, H. A.
Weld and r. w. West.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
MOVIE SHOW FOR
RED CROSS UNIT
NETS 500 SUM

The Edgewood Park auxiliary of
the Rock Island chapter of the Red
Cross has we'll over tone hundred
dollars in its treasury,as the result
of a movie show given last night.
For one evening the auxiliary
took over the management of the
Orpheum theatre, Moline. The box
office was entirely under the charge
of the unit and the entire proceeds
went to the units treasury.
Edgewood officers state that the
funds will be used TO purchase ma
teriaIs from local headquarters.
Edgewood Park auxiliary has
been conducting Red Cross work
and an active workshop for some
months. but only recently has it
been enrolled as an official auxil-
larry. There are over fifty mem
bers in the unit and even larger
number frequently join in the work.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
RAIN is CAUSE
OF REPLANTINC
Heavy Precipitation Makes Neces-
sary New Sowing Of Corn
Crop In This County.
MAJORITY FARMERS NOT HIT
City Gardens Are Affected IN Small
Way by Excessive De-
luges of Late

Rock Island county farmers will
be forced to do an Unusually large
amount of replanting this year Of
seed corn on account Of the heavy
rainfall that has taken place dur
ing the last few weeks, County Crop
Advisor Palmer r. Edgerton said
today.
The majority of the farmers this
year planted their seed corn early
with the result that the farms SIT
uated on the higher and level part
of the country did not feel the ef-
fects of the rain as the sprouts
were sufficiently grown to with
stand the abnormal deluge of wa
ter.
Many of the farmers with the
lower lands, however, will be com
PEELED TO replant because of the
seed being washed away and the
sprouts, in some cases, being rotted.
Gardeners Are Hit.
Truck gardeners with their farms
located on the outskirts of the city
are experiencing no little trouble
On account of the excessive rainfall.
1t has been necessary, it is under
stood, in many of the truck farms
to replant almost all of the seed
that was recently sown.
SAVINGS Sta
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
SHERRARD

Mr.. and Mrs. John Evans of Rock
Island came Saturday and stayed till
Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Simpson.
Frank Greer returned home Sat
urday after two weeks visit with his
daughters, Mrs. Engholm and Mrs.
Martin Nelson has gone to Ches-
terton and Richmond, Ind, for sew
eral days.
Virgil Erickson, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Erickson, had the
misfortune to cut arteries on his
wrist and it was necessary to take
him TO Rock Island TO have the
Mrs G w. NixdorT and children
of Macomb are visiting at the VIII
stead home and with other old
friends. Mr.. Nixdorff has gone TO
Miss Rachel Sherrard of Reynolds
and Mrs. Martha H Dewey of Will
Jamestown, VT, visited with Miss
Sherrards niece. Mrs. Charles Clark.
James Gibson of Marshalltown,
and also came to see his brother
George before he left to enter SER
vices
Earl Sherrard has returned home
after three months spent in the avia-
ton corps school at Detroit.
Miss Laura Thompson was in the
tri-cities Saturday
The graduates in the class of 1918
were in the tri-cities TO have their
pictures taken. Mr.. Chappelear. the
principal accompanied them.
Mike Serenko Of Buckner. Ill: has
returned home after a visit with his
cousin. George Hallas.
Mrs. Laura Love and daughter,
c.rs. Huggins. have gone, 70 Colorado
Springs 10 see their son and brotser.
who is I'll at that place.
George Gibson. the son of Mr.. ana
Mrs william Gibson, has gone to
Jefferson Barracks TO enter military
service
Art Adameck is at Crystal Lake.
Ill, for a few days visit as he has
been called for army service and
viii leave May 29. Miss Mabel Sher-
rard accompanied him for a few
days visit.
Mrs Albert Nelson. who before
her marriage May Is at Des Moines
was Miss Ethel Johnson of this
place. has returned 20 the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Charles
johnson. Mr.. Nelson is in training
at Camp Dodge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
BEGIN DAY With
HOUR OF PRAYER
Churches, in Compliancel With Pres.
ident Wilson's Proclamation,
Hold Services Tomorrow.

Special Memorial dry services
will be held in the various churches
tomorrow in compliancet with Pres
ident Wilson's proclamation that
the day be set aside as day of
humiliation, prayer and fasting"
the hour of being selected at the
suggestion of Mayor MoConochie in
a proclamation issued last week.
The congregations will assemble for
an hours prayer and obeisance
and will then participate in the
services to do honor to- the "veter-
ans of the Civil war and to those
who nobly gave their lives, and to
the boys now engaged in the great
world war"
Pastors of the various churches
have especially asked that the par
ents and relatives of the young men
in service attend the meetings in
their respective churches, and in a
number of cases stars will be added
to the church service flags.
The Catholic churches will hold
services at $50 instead of 8, and in
several benedictions will be
conducted. The time of services
in various churches is'announced as
| follows:
Cleland Presbyterian, Thursday,
| 9 a. m.
Edgewood Baptist, Thursday, 9
a. m.
Grace and Zion Lutheran, union
services, Thursday, p. N. at Zion
church
Trinity Episcopal. Thursday, 9
a. m.
Fifteenth Avenue Christian,
Thursday, p. m.
Second Christian, Thursday, s
p. m.
South Park Presbyterian, Thurs
day, 8 a. m.
! Spencer Memorial Methodist,
Wednesday, s p. m.
Memorial Christian. Wednesday,
s p. m.
First Methodist, Thursday, a. m.
| Evangelical Church of Peace,
| Thursday, a. m.
Broadway Presbyterian, Thurs
day. 9 a. m.
First Lutheran. Thursday, 9 a. m.
/ First Baptist, Thursday, 8 80 a. m.
| Free Methodist, Thursday, D. m.
United Presbyterian. Thursday, 9
a. m.
First Church OF Christ, Scientist,
Thursday. a. m.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
VILLA ACADEMY
PLAY PUT OFF
Senior Class Offering, @TWelfth
Night" Now Night OF
May 81.

Rain, which has spoiled so many
affairs the last few weeks, took its
toll of Villa,de Chantal today, max
ing it impossible to present the
senior class play, Twelfth Night"
which was To have been given on
the campus this evening. The play
now is postponed to May 81, and
will be given in the early evening,
beginning at z sharp, provided the
weather is fair Commencement
morning being Friday, and with the
entertainment in the evening, the
closing day at the academy is go
ing to be rather a full one for the
seniors. However, they are optim-
istic and assert Shakespeare's
great comedy shall not suffer for
deferment provided the sun does its
duty that day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
SHOULD PREPARE
FOR ANSWERING
DRAFT QUERIES

Rock Island men and those living
in the lower part of Rock Island
county, who have attained the age
OF q on or before June 5, are re-
quired by law to register for the
draft
Registrars are urged to pre-
pare themselves for answering the
questions on the draft cards in
order that no time VIII be lost in
waiting for the registrant to look
up the correct answer to one or
more of the questions.
The registration headquarters
will be at the Rock Island exemp-
ton board in the Peoples bank
building at the corner of Second
avenue and Eighteenth street.
Appended is an outline of what
questions the registrants will be
asked to answer:
Name in full .................
age
Date of birth
Where were you bOrn2 .......
Citizen or not .........
If not a citizen, of what nation
are yOu a citizen subject. -.
Fathers birthplace .........
Name of employer ......
Place of employment .....
Names of nearest relatives. 80.
Address of nearest relatives -.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
SENT TO
SOLDIERS MUST BE
TIGHTLY WRAPPED

The government has announced
through the postoffice department
at Washington that packages sent
to prisoners of war should be Sc
curely wrapped in heavy paper.
Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Otto Praeger has issued the
following statement:
Serious loss having occurred
through lack OF careful packing of
articles contained in packages for
prisoners of war as are not suffi-
GENTLY and strongly packed to with
stand the necessary handling en-
route, and not so put up as to ren-
der the inspection and repacking
OF the contents as easy and practi-
cable.
Paper of heavy weight and
strong Irvine should be used, and
enough of both employed so as to
insure adequate protection to the
contents OF the packages, especially
when long ocean transportation Is
involved"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
WEATHER STOPS
SHOP EXERCISES
Dedication of Service Flag at Rock
Island PlOw Company is
Postponed.

Dedication of the service flag of
the Rock Island Plow company
was postponed today, due to bad
weather.
The program, which was to have
been held at 1870 this morning,
probably will be given Friday after
noon at $50. This is not definite,
but in case it should, employees will
be dismissed somewhat earlier in
order to attend the flag raising and
the exercises.
The flag contains SO stars and
one gold star for Joseph Sharpe,
a nephew of c. E. Sharpe, who was
killed four months ago. DR.. John
McGown Stevenson, pastor of the
Broadway Presbyterian church,
will give a brief talk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
SOME REGISTER
FOR ARMY HERE
Two Out-Of-TOwn Men File Cards
With Local Exemption Board
to Be Forwarded.

Men now employed at the Rock
Island arsenal and all who are not
residents of the city, but who have
attained the age of 81 since June
5, 1917, must register for the draft
at the Rock Island exemption board
before June 5, so that records of
their registration might be sent to
the exemption board in their own
homes.
Two out-of-town men registered
yesterday at the local exemption
board and are the first to register
here. William Samuel Smith OF
Richmond, Va, and John P. Nc
Cam of Chicago have the honor of
being the initial ones to answer
the questions required by the Sc
lective service laws. Records OF
their registration will be mailed at
once to the boards in the towns
from which they came.
Failure to register within suffi-
cient time here makes the out-Of-
town man liable to penalties.
So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
Personal POINTS

Mrs. G. +. Tanner Of Bloo.,,-
ton, Ill, is visiting in the civ
Mrs. Mae Kimmel Of Anna m
Is visiting in the home Of her bra 80
er. Lee Kimmel, Of this city.
Mrs. Alex Quist, 1925 Fourtse-,,
street. has returned from a visS
with her daughter. Mrs. WI pss-
ilton and family al st. Josepb M.
Mrs. Hamilton will move soon II
Portland, Ore. to Join her husbsss
who is in the employ OF the goyerT'
ment at that place.
Melvin J. Parker and Miss ri,sL.
Parker have returned 10 their hon.
1913 Seventeenth street, after spend
ing five months in Florida. Tbsy
visited the leading cities on botS
coasts OF Florida and In Atlants
Ga. and Cincinnati. Ohio, enrouts
Mrs. l.. Harms Of indianapolis g.
visiting her son, Linus L. Karr,
who is leaving on June 4 for can
fornia, where he will Join the indns
trial forces of the nation In shin
building.
Mrs. ]. ]. De Vaney Of Omaha
Neb.. is visiting Miss EilzabetS
Richardson. Goa F.fteenth street
Mr.. and Mrs. -Chris Hanson OK
Twenty-ninth avenue. have receiv.
ed word Of the safe arrival IN
France of their son, Henry o. Han.
son.
Miss Mary Lindsay Oliver OF No
line has received word OF the sac
arrival I'm France OF her brother
Captain James Lindsay Oliver. II,
was formerly stationed at Camr
Logan, Houston, Texas, with Ia,
One Hundred Thirtieth infantry.
Local friends OF Carl Spence a
Moline will be pleased 10 know thai
he has arrived safely in France and
is In command of a gun crew In th,
navy department.
Robert Macdonald, well know
pianist Of Davenport, has writer
friends that he Is on his way over
seas. going from the Great Lake.
Naval Training station.
T9t4aF KgFa . "a aFfragru Co.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
PRODUCE FIRST
SAYS LECTURER
Government Expert Addresses Mis-
sissippi Valley Fanciers Asso-
citation at Club.
PRANK PRATT is SPEAKER
Uses SteriopticOn Slides To Illus
trate Essential Points On Chick
en- Raising. =.

Production, then conservation"
was the theme of the lecture given
before large audience at the Rock
Island club last evening by Frank
Pratt. He is stationed at the col
lege of agriculture at Urbana. The
meeting was under the auspices of
the Mississippi Valley Fanciers.
England is so short in eggs that
she cannot supply enough to feed
the wounded American soldiers and
sailors. They are looking over here,
over the eastern states and the
eastern mountains to the states in
the middle west, and it is up to
us to make good. 1t is our<job.
New York is the center of finance,
Washington the center of govern
ment and Chicago and its vicinity
the center of food.
1T IS up to the department of ag-
riculture to increase the food and
poultry production and it is up to
Hoover and his administration to
teach the country conservation"
Mr.. Pratt explained the program
of his department, stating that the
people do not realize the great
work carried on by the war emerg-
ency poultry work, branch of the
animal industry. He asserted that
in 1916 nearly one billion dollars
worth of poultry was raised and
that now only $25,000,000 worth
was raised. He said that the valley
states and especially Illinois, have
the responsibility of keeping up the
production of poultry.
The shortage of chickens is
greater than ever. Texas is quoted
as being five million hens short
while the eastern states are from
25 per cent to per cent short
There is no feed in the east for
poultry. The great problem of feed
for the poultry is close at hand.
In England eggs are s cents a
piece, and if sold by the dozen they
sell at IL cents piece. The peo-
pie over there are put on food ra-
tons. Why shouldn't we give UP
something? Everybody ought to
have a garden and a chicken coop
Eggs must be produced, before they
can be conserved"
Mr.. Pratt left today for Galena
Ill. He will make his next lecture
Friday night at Belvidere. Slides
used by Mr.. Pratt were chosen from
the collection obtained by the local
association.
The department of agriculture
has published great deal of in
formation and bulletins on poultry
raising, DR.. o. M. Myers has in
his possession booklets and pamph-
lets that are available at any time
to the public. They are for free dis
tribution, furnished by the govern
ment and tell of backyard poultry
keeping, along with other subjects
Of interest to the fanciers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
THREE HELD AT
BAY BY PISTOL
Burglar Escapes Police and Citi-
zens After Attempted Robbery
at Neon.
WAS IN SECRETARY'S ROOM
Still At Large Although Officers
and Civilians Give Chase
for Blocks. -.

Holding three men at bay with
loaded revolver while he made
his escape, a burglar today evaded
zens and at late hour this after
noon was still at liberty.
Harold Lundgren, assistant boys
secretary at the Young Mems Chris
tan association, entered his room
in the dormitOry above the office
proper at 1:15 this afternoon and
found a stranger in the act of bur-
glarizing the place. Lundgren ask
ed the prowler to explain his pres
ence. In place of answering. the
question, the burglar ran down the
stairs into the main Office headed
for the door leading into the street.
He pushed the door but failed to
succeed in opening 1t. The door
opens from the inside. AS the
burglar turned to see who was be-
hind him, Lundgren attacked him,
assisted by two other men present.
The burglar pulled a revolver and
threatened to shoot. The burglar
turned and backed out of the door
and made his getaway, keeping the
three pursuers under cover of the
gun.
He was seen to run north on
Twentieth street as far as Seventh
avenue. There he turned and ran
through the grounds of the J. M.
WEIGH residence at the corner of
Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street.
Nothing Stolen.
Nothing was stolen from Mr..
Lundgren's room. The burglar had
evidently been in the room but a
few moments when Mr.. Lundgren
found him there. The police were
notified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-29
Obituary



Mrs. Geneva NJ. F'adden of Erie,
Ill, died this morning at st. An
thongs hospital, where she had
been a patient for a week. Mrs.
Fadden was born Oct. Is, 1851, in
New York City and on Sept. Is,
1876, she was married at Erie to
George H. Fadden.
She is survived by the widower,
one son, L. G. Fadden, of Erie, and
two daughters, Mrs. F. R. Blietz of
Erie and Mrs. G.. o. Hazard of this
city.
The body was taken from the
hospital to the Hodgson & Ruh1 I'M
dertaking parlors from where it will
be sent to Erie at $40 this even
ing. Funeral services will be held
at the Methodist church in Erie
Friday afternoon. Interment will
be in the Erie cemetery.
-Ruv Thrift StamnS-