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Middletown transcript., 1919-05-24
NEW CENTURY CLUB NOTES

1t was with a great deal of pleasure
! the New Century Club met for the
! closing meeting of the season, on Tues
day afternoon Of this week, in the re-
c ntiy improved auditorium of the club
house Many of the newly elected
members were present and We're cordial
ly greeted by the older members. Two
French soldiers were also present and
presented the club With its first Ger
man helmet. They desired the ladies
to look at very entertaining book OF
war experiences written by some of
! the boys themselves.
The program for the afternoon was
most pleasing. Miss Elizabeth Battaille
rendered an instrumental solo, "RO-
NANCE" by Jean Sibelius; Mrs. E. Le-
land Plea santon, accompanied by Mrs.
johnson, sang ",'other Machree. and
Miss Dorothy Me,zger, of Delaware
City, accompanied by Miss Ruth Clark.
sang number of japanese songs. MIR.
Martin Burris gave a clear and concise
explanation of the corporation of the
club. A very clever one act comedy,
''Freezing a Mother-in-law, was given
by a few Delaware City friends. The
cast was as follows:
Mrs. Watmuth, Mrs. W. o. Reybold;
Mr.. Watmuth, Miss Florence Hall;
Emily " atmuth, Miss M. J. Jester;
Walter Litherland, Miss M. E. Money;
Ferdinand Swift, Miss Matte Price.
Mrs. jefferson acted as stage man ager.
The installation of the officers for
the coming year was another feature OF
the afternoon. Miss Helen Shallcross,
in behalf of the club, presented the
president, Mrs. A. NJ. Chamberlaine
with basket Of flowers.
The club hostess, Miss May Holten,
and her assistants served ice cream.
cake and coffee.
The club was ir vited to a musicale, re-
i. fDv1Eifss Frances watkins, at her
me in Odessa. Wednesday afternoon, w
ay 2Sth, at o'clock. AS Miss Wat Dl
1s gives this for the benefit of the
ddletown Club, silver offering is re- W,
ested. gC
VIRGINIA C. RECORDS,
Chairman of Publicity. ii;
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items OF
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Asparagus IS pientliui put prices re-
main high.
The seventeen year locusts are due
this week, hut the cool weather may de-
lay them q few days. 1t is interesting
to watch them dig their way out Of the
ground, climb tree or fence, and shec
their shells.
Messrs. w. D. Bradford, H. B. Brad
ford and William Price asked that the
road in Middle Neck, l SO miles be re.
paired, and offered to pay one-half OF
the expense. The Commissioners ac-
cepted the proposition.
Strawberries are beginning to come
into the markets in Sussex county, and
are being sold for Is cents the quart
box. With warm suns this week several
crates are expected to be shipped to
the city markets, but the crop will not
be on, so that cars may be loaded. for
possibly another week.
E. NJ. Records & Company. fruit and
vegetable Gamers Of Blacktird. have
purchased from John Heldmyer, of
Middletown. the farm of 169 acres. now
tananted by Auly Hill and adjoining the
cannery property. The terms are pri-
vate. The land was formerly of the es-
tate Of the late Coen Ferguson.
Very little interest was shown in the
election at Townsend last Saturday for
Town Commissioners to serve two
years, when a small vote was cast.
James A. Hart and John S. Lattomus
were elected without opposition to sue
ceed themselves, and Walter Lee was
chosen to succeed DR.. Jerome D. Niles,
who was not candidate for reelection.
The campaign for $150.O0O in the
State of Delaware as part Of the ma
tional campaign of the Salvation Army
for S13. .OOO, 900 was started on Monday.
From every part of the State express
sion Of good will, offers of support a y
many subscriptions have come to ca
paign headquarters in Wilmington
we'll as to the various chairmen in t
different counties.
Farmers are finding difficulty in G.
ting corn planted as the ground is
wet and teams cannot he used upon IN
Many acres are yet to be plowed I
corn. Some who planted con befo vi
the rain set in find that the grains 8
in a rotten condition and many acl te
will have to be replanted. The rain, h.
is explained, came before the graf.
had sprouted and were thus caused g.
rot. i !,
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THE HONOR ROLL
Those Who Were Studious for the
Past School Month
MlDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL

The following pupils Of the Middle
town school are on the honor roll for
the month of April:
HIGH SCHOOL
11th Gr 4de-Claude Fouracre, Wilsr n
CHM, Daniel Bingnear, Llva Freeman.
Ernest Tee, Margaret Caulk.
10th Grade Fannie Rosenberg, Edith
Cochran, John Carey. Rogers Fouracre,
Clara Brady, June johnson, Laura
Fogel.
9th Grade Mary Records, Anna
Bingnear.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
sth Grade-Ma~gie Records, Burton
Pearson, Gladys Gabriel, Walter
Beasten, Caroline Fouracre. Grace
Rosenberg. Harman Money, Percy Dom
aghay, John Pool, Mildred Nelson, Mar
garet Harris. Charles Howell.
7th Grade-Elizabeth Clayton, Esther
Shallcross, Dorothy Caulk, Elizabeth
Brady. Margaret Brady, Edwin Dona-
ghay. Harris Mcdowell, John Spicer,
Helen Hates, Stacy Jones, Grace Van
Dyke, Norma Pyle, Dorothy Ratledge,
Wallace Hufnal, Gilbert Duhadaway,
Preston Whitlock, William Hall, Sarah
Pearce.
9Th Grade-Anna Alfree, Lewis COL
Inns, Clark Burge, William Pennewill,
Ida Dugan, Rachel Thornton, Virginia
johnson, Virginia Hopkins, Harry
Pearce, Jehu Alfree, Wary Steele, Le-
land Sinex, Linden Stafford, Harry
Sinex, Katherine Conley. Lester Burge,
Edna Spicer, Esther Gabriel.
5th Grade Evelyn Brown, Kathryn
Davis, Charlotte Donaghay, John Vo-
shell, Herman Conner, Elijah 'th Huff
nal, Frances Harris, Helen Fouracre.
Catherine Hopkins, Irma Montgomery,
Henry Howell. Bayard Wilson, Wary
Alfree. Horace Moore, Helen Moore,
Be, tha Chance. Walter Lee.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
18th Grade-Joseph Beasten, James
luOTLIOIl, IlODcIl L VI ohSI, AGOOcII I'd
briel. Virginia Brady, Catherine
Beasten. John Donohue, Julian King,
Lewis Stewart, Catherine Carpenter.
Charles Hopkins, Benny Rosenberg.
Sd Grade Gertrude Bouchelle, Cassie
Penny, Jeoffrey Newsome, Helen
Cleaver, Margaret Fitzgerald. Oscar
Brynes, Mabel Fouracre, Helen Bryan,
Harry Gibbs, Arie Bradley, Blanche
Messick, Arthur Williams.
I'd Grade Margaret Denny, Charles
Pope. Margaret Baker, Elizabeth Sinex,
Dorothy Steele, Morris Aubry, Roland
Heldmyer, Henry Vaughan, Mildred
Morris, Ralph Hynson, JohnlC. Swain,
Raymond I'uhadaway, John C. Green,
Jr.. Almeta Spicer, Kenneth Penne-
will, Leroy Hall, William Alfree, How
ard Gabriel, Ralph Berkman, Dick
Records, Frank Otwell.
1st Grade-A Hivision-Erma Otwell,
Marion Heldmyer, Virginia Truitt,
Fannie Bradley. Lillian Morehead,
Leoti Wilson, Elizabeth Burge, William
Fitzgerald. Henry Brady.
B Division-Adelaide Green, Ethel
Steele, Grace Harris, Elizabeth Swain,
MoIlie Harris. Gladys Baker, Clarence
Crosson, Alice Reed.
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townsend Commencement Exercises

The commencement exercises of the
Townsend High School will be held in
the School Auditorium on Monday even
ing, June I'd, at 8.15.
The graduates are as follows: Maude
Bramble. Margaret Hill, Stockton
Townsend and Albert Lee.
Sunday, June 1st, at II A. NJ, Rev.
q. Webster will preach the Bacculau-
reate sermon to the class of 1919.
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Rhodes s-Lockerman Wedding

MIR. George Kenneth Rhodes. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Rhodes, of
Odessa. and Miss Kathryn Bomann
Lockerman, of Wilmington. were quiet
ly married at the M. E. Parsonage. by
Rev. V. P. Northrup, Tuesday evening.
The couple were attended by Mr.. Will
liam Roemer and Miss Okla Wallace also
of Odessa.
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Our New Opera House

A,r. ]. E. Lewis who is erecting the
new Opera House and stores on the site
where the old one was destroyed by fire
last Dec mber, has large force of
men at work and is making rapid pro-
gress on the new building.
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Notice

Mrs. Alice S. Peterson has sold the
two houses on Anderson ST., and wants
to sell the store property but will con-
tinue in business until she can sell Or
lease the property.
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Base Ball Today

The local base ball team wiz open the
season today with the Grace Church
Team, of Wilmington. The game will
be called at 3 p. N. and the local team
will be about the same as that of 1917.
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ST. ANNE'S CHURCH
Old St. Augustine Church Service
Will be Held Sunday Afternoon
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED

EPISCOPAL
Sunday, May 25th, 1919. 5th (Roea-
tion) Sunday after Easter.
Services: 1890, Morning Prayer, Lit
any and sermon.
11.45, Sunday School session.
7.3O. Evensong and sermon.
R0GATIoN DAYS
May 26th, 9th, 28th, are Roeation
Days, eing the Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday before Ascension Day.
Their name signifies supplication. and
they have been kept by the church as
, days of fasting and prayer since the
middle of the fifth century. At that
time Mamercus, Bishop of Vienne, in
France, fearing that disasters were
about to befall his diocese, appointed
these days to be observed with litanies
and penitence, to appesse the wrath of
God, and turn aside His judgments.
The design in observing them is to pre-
pare US for the feast of the Ascension,
to pray for Gods mercy to protect US
from all calamities, and for His bless
ing upon the fruits of the field. "Ask,
and it shall be given you" St. Mat
thew VII:7.
Thursday being Ascension Day (Holy
Thursday, see prayer book, page XXIV)
there will be service of Holy Com
munion at 1890.
THE ASCENSION DAY
''And it came to pass while He bless
ed them, He was parted from them,
and carried up into Heaven" St. Luke
XXIV:51.
The last day of our Lords dwelling
on earth had come. For forty days
since His resurrection He had fingered
near, appearing to one and another.
''by the wayside," and ''as they sat at
meat" whenever He saw their sinking
courage and wavering faith, with di-
vine comfort He blessed them. At the
appointed time He is borne on cloud,
far Leyond their longing gaze and
straining their eyes they tried to behold
the last CLEANS of His glory.
With joy and praise the church cele-
brates this day always, for now is our
hope made sure and perfect. The As
cension of Christ is the comp elton of
His sacrifice, the consumation of His
the fulfillment of all the
promises.
We know now that our Lord has.
"gone to prepare place for US, and
where He is, thither we might also as
cend and reign with Him in glory.'
And oh, what manner of lives should
we lead'in such an anticipation +! How
should We watch, and pray, and hope.
and wait, for the day when He shall
come again and receive us unto Himself.
Let US pray that 1--WE may also in heart
and mind thither ascend, and with Him
DWELL" even in this our
earthly home; so that each and all of US
nay stand ready and waiting when the
message comes that "the Master hath
need of us"
OLD ST. AUGUSTINE SERVICES
Services will be held in Old St. Aug
lstine Church, st. Augustine, Md, this
sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Popular hymns and short address.
Please remember the offering for the
Parish Coal Fund will be received Sun
lay. No offering is too small-let each
me help.
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Club House Improved

The ladies of the New Century Club
have completed the work of strength
ening the East wall of their building by
adding steel cutters land making minor
alterations to other parts Of the build
ing. I,
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WILLIAM H. FENNIMORE

William H. Fennimore died at his
home at Blackbird, Tuesday, aged 72
years. The funeral took place on Fri
day, with services at his late home and
interment in Townsend cemetery.
Mr.. Fennimore served the Star mail
route between Blackbird and Forest.
He was an active Republican and was at
one time member of the New Castle
County Republi :an Committee, a trustee
of the county hospital, and road SUI
pervisOr for Blackbird hundred.
His wife and three children Ethel and
Clala of Blackbird, and William Fenni-
more, of Pennsgrove, survive him.
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FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND GO

MR. ana Mrs. j. II Emerson spent
last Sunday with their niece, Mrs.
Harry J. Ellison, in Wilmington. Mrs.
Ellison has just returned home from the
Homeopathic Hospital where she un-
derwent very serious operation.
Miss Ruby WhitIock spent Friday in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Nellie Lockwood is visiting in
Philadelphia.
Miss Viola Weber was Philadelphia
visitor this week.
Mrs. F. H. Moore is spending several
days this week at Washington, d. C.
+ Miss Sarah Kat spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives in Philadelphia.
Miss Catherine Droll entertained Miss
Ollie Bromall, of Wilmington. Sunday.
Mr.. Taylor Barnett, of Wilmington.
visited Mr.. and Mrs. James Collins on
Sunday
Mrs. George Richards is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John Grassland, near
Claymont.
Mrs. Wilmer Parker, of Denton, Md
is being entertained by Miss Madeline
Pennington.
Mr.. James A. Donohue has been dis
charged from duty lover SEAS" and is
now at his home.
Mrs. L. E. Ennis entertained Miss
Edith Eliason, of Wilmington, Satur-
day and Sunday. .
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Money spent ten
days with his sister, YRS. Lee R. Fritts,
in NaZton, N. J.
Mrs. Vincent Moore. Of near DeIaela-
re City, is visiting Mr.. John w. N.
ckinson and family.
Mrs. E. R Marker entertained last 81
elk her sister, Mrs. J. B. Mont II
merry, of New Castle. ~!
Mr. John w. Hukill has received his =
charge from the U. S. army and has s |
urned to his home here.
IIrs. Samuel Price spent Tuesday i
tn her nephew, Mr.. Joseph Walker Il
/ family. in Wilmington. Ill
Mrs. Frank NJ. Richards, of Philadel- y |
ia, is the guest of her parents, Mr.. t |
Mrs. J. Frank Pennington. III
Mr.. Carlton u. Pepper visited his Ii |
fe this week at the home of her rar- e
s. DR.. and Mrs. H. q. Mcdowell. fI
Ir. and Mrs John d. Gill and chill |
m. of Philadelphia, were guests of CT
atives in and near town over Sunday. i
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Lang, of Will
mington, spent the weekend with her
parents, ur. and Mrs. w. W. Freeman.
Miss Mary Dunning and Miss Viola
Ennis. of Philadelphia. spent Sunday
with Misses Bernice and Jean Metten.
Mrs. Louise McColligan has returned
home from visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Norman P. Crouch, in Whining
ton.
Mr.. William C. Gallagher and Mr..
Alfred HeSSln OF wilmington, spent
the week END with Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Gallagher.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. V. Davidson and
laughter Ruth, of Atlantic City, N. j.,
spent last week with the Misses Beasten
On Cass Street.
Mrs. J. Wilson Merritt had as guests
ast week her sisters, Mrs. P. E. Ludes,
Of Drexel Hill, Pa, and Miss Amy R.
Piser, of Washington, D. C.
Miss Jennie Lowry. of New Haven,
Conn, spent few days this week with
her nephew, Rev. P. L. Donaghay and
family. Miss Lowry left on Friday for
Los Angeles, CAL, where she will make
her future home.
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FOR SALE-One 1918 Model Chevro-
let automobile in good condition. Phone
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MISS MILDRED VAUGHAN.
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MANY AUTO OWNERS SUSPECTED
OF DODGING u. S. INCOME TAX
Revenue Bureau Compares Number of Cars
in Use With the Taxpayers List.
OF. Schuette's Comment.

a percentage of sal Then comes New
York with 436,932 automobiles and
S30.100 income tax schedules, or 1916
.210.063 automobiles and 155,210 in
come taEers-13.9 per CEN.
Heavy Drop Is Noted.
'Then there is heavy drop. Only
two other districts stay above the
so per cent line-Arizona and New
Mexico. which constitute single dis
trict. report 41,173 automobiles and
22,130 income tax returns, making a
percentage of $50. Then comes Penn
sylvania, with 407 923 automobiles. and
214,500 income tax returns. or SO. )
per cent The lowest percentage is
reported by the district comprising
Alabama and Mississippi, which shows
UPON the preliminary returns-only
ga per cent. 1t has 94,S01 automobiles
and 5.175 income tax schedules, Then
come North and South Oak etas wv it h
1G4,S23 automobiles and $3.50 returns.
or 6.3 per cent. Doubtless these
states can explain their plethora of
whizzing automobiles and their limp
ing little trailer of income tax PAYERS
Maybe they have solved the. great
problem: How to keep an automobile
without spending money on it.
"On-hanG, their explanation is that
large share OF the surplus machines
are owned by farmers; and farmers
as n whole, say the Treasury officials.
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LOW FUNDS HANDICAP
IMMIGRATION BUREAU

Lack of funds is responsible for the
failure Of the immigration authorities
to act upon the recommendations OF the
Department of Justice that 400 aliens
should be deported. Immigration Com
missioner Caminetti told the House i'm
migration committee yesterday before
it left for New York to hold hearings.
Because of shortage of funds the
work Of the immigration bureau cannot
be kept up to date, the commissioner
said.
Mr Caminetti. and other Labor De-
partment officials told the committee
that while they had funds to transport
aliens to their native lands. shortage
of inspectors and deputy commission
crs made it impossible promptly to COM
plete cases submitted by the Depart
ment of Justice.
The conference with the immigration
authorities was preliminary to the be-
ginning of committee hearings in New
York today on naturalization questions
and delays in the deportation of aliens
now at Ellis Island. Mr.. Caminetti ac-
companied the committee to New York
to assist it in its inquiry.
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CUSHING CAMP MEETS.
Observes Anniversary of Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address.

The anniversary Of the delivery by
President Lincoln of his historic Get
tysbure address was observed Wednes-
day night at the New Ebbitt House by
William B. Cushing Camp, No. So'
Sons of Union Veterans. U. s. A.. as
veterans night" having as their
guests members of all the Grand
Army of the Republic posts In the
city. Representative stevens OF one 9
was the principal speaker. He told
his comrades that teaching OF pa
trSotism among the foreigners in this
couptry would go farther to obliterate
the anarchists, reds and lnoustIial
Workers of the World than any other
influence in stamping out the ten
dencies of revolution. Lncoihs Get
tysburg address was read. E. a. Lang ang
recited the Grand Old G. A. r. Man
and can't G.. c. Howard also recited.
Others speaking were Capt. j. Clinton
Hiatt and Judge G. E. Green.
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DRIVEN FROM BEDS BY FIRE.
Family of J. R., Shermer Aroused
Of 9 O'Clock This Morning.

Members of the family of james r.
Shermer, AIS Wisconsin avenue. were
driven from their beds by fire shortly be-
fore o'clock this morning. A fire in an
open crate caused the blaze, according
to a police report. but firemen reached
the premises in time to prevent the de-
struction of the, house. Damage to the
house and contents amounted to seoo.
Fire started in an areaWay petWeen
The houses of Theodore Werdig and
I.;zzie Stansbury, 1918 and 1920 attn
street, yesterday afternoon. me
flames reached both. houses and alo
5000 damage. 1t is believed the hre
vas staaSdSby children.
Explostf4S6f an oil lamp last nlsnff
rasnitedSEf6sa FIRE in the house OF
$1,000 xS16A SO, I street southwest.
The damage amounted to s20.
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Truthful Advertising

The Star will be glad to
have its attention called to
any misleading or untrue
statement, if such should
appear at any time. i'll any
advertisement in its col
umnS.
=. Readers are requested to
assist i'll protecting them
selves and legitimate adj
vertisers.
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OF the 5000, 900 automobiles in use in
the United States but 100000 owners
pay income taxes, and SO the collectors
Of the internal revenue bureau are try
ing to figure out how man can sup
port family and an automobile on less
than $4,000 or an automobile without 4
family on less than $1,000.
1t might be of national value in these
days of high cost of living to determine
low these 1000, 900 who are absent from
the income tax rolls manage to make
both ends meetTand SO the public at
tention is directed to the problem in an
article by Oswald +. Schuette in the
November 8 issue of Leslie's Weekly. .
Alabama and Mississippi hold the head
of the list for frugality record! with only
ga per cent of the number of auto
owners paying an income tax. There
is gradual climb in the percentage
column, with Maine having an average
of ~ per cent. Florida 1873. Maryland
and the District of Columbia 39.7.
Massachusetts 1873 and Connecticut and
Rhode Island recording the highest con-
tribution to Uncle Sans treasury-S7.G
per cent.
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MI. Schuette's Comment.

"Of course. considerable number
OF these 6.353233 automobiles and
auto trucks are owned by corpora
tions, but not 100000 of them" Mr..
Schuette argues. Another considerable
portion are owned by men who have
more than one machine. But the COM
parative figures Tor the states reveal
that such habitats of plutocrats ana
corporations as New York and New
Jersey, where most of the duplication
would occur, have returned by far
the greater percentage of automobile
owners.
at is exceedingly interesting to
note that the big eastern states have
returned a far larger percentage OF
automobile owners in the income tax
schedule. Connecticut and Rhode
Island, for instance, record the own
ership of 111.S12 automobiles and
auto trucks. These states constitute
n single revenue district. with COM
bined return of 1880 income tax
schedule For every thousand
autoobiles in these states there
are SIC income tax sched-
I,les-S76 per cent. New Jersey
another state of wealth and corpora
lions. reported 1445763 automobiles,
against an aggregate of 1850 In,
diyidual income tax returns BASED
on the number of automobiles, this is
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have been doing little reporting in
the income tax class"
Revenue Bureaus Compilation.

Income tax figures are preliminary,
and the installment system of pay
ment has increased the work of the
collectors, but the compilation Of the
internal revenue bureau, on which the
search for auto-owrer tax-dodgers is
being made, is as follows:
Income Tar
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Regular $3.50 to $40 values. Excellently Tail
ored Serviceable Overcoats, mostly all-wool fab
RIGS Models include Young Mems Permitting
Overcoats, listers, Ulsterettes as well standard
Chesterfield models sdn oxford and gray meltons.
Wonderful values at $500.
- -. Royal-Main
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A large assortment of colors;
made with high roll collar; pockets
and girdle at waist. Made from
weight blanket cloth. All
sizes.