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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25
WINS DOG PARADE
f. NJ. Daugherty Jr., Gets First
Prize in kids Clown Day."

F. NJ. Daugherty j., deeked out in
purple and yellow with his little Bos-
ton Terrier to match, won first prize
Saturday afternoon in the kids
Clown Day" parade and contest put
on by the San Antonio Kennel Club.
The drizzling rain held what prom
Used to be a big turnout down to a
dozen or so entrants, but the get
ups of those who braved the ele-
ments to attend were unusually good,
Second prize went to John .Acker-
mann Jr.: third to Jack Doyle I:
fourth to little Miss Olivia Bass, and
til to Grover Collins. Prizes ranged
Z IN So to $3.50. Everybody who
turned out received a season ticket to
the dog show to be held next Satur-
day. Sunday and Monday.
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AMATEURS TO MEET
Garrett Reminds Baseball Men Of In
portant Gathering.

Commissioner Envy S. Garrett Of
local amateur baseball SATURDAY. IS
sued a reminder to local baseball men
that the important first meeting "t
IN Ear is scheduled for $ "'c.o'S
Monday night at the Chamber Of
Commerce. At this meeting, to which
everybody interested in amateur hFiL
is invited. means of getting more dia-
monds. organization il more leagues
and similar subjects viii be discusses
and, il is hoped, reduced 70 state
where immediate action can be takeH.
The meeting. says Garrett, IS cailrI
ID sget the baseball season off on tne
right foot.
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ished second in the derby. Oklahoma
City Jack. liver-and-white pointer
owned and handled by Cecil Proctor
of Oklahoma City, was placed third.
Fourth position was tied by Wild
Patsy Malone, liver-and-white
pointer owned by Foster and handled
by Claude Woods of Wichita Falls,
and Heavy Whitestones Joe, an
orange-and-white setter owned by
Major White. .,-
The puppy stake will be drawn
Sunday night and will start some
time Monday, after the amateur all
age is finished. The meet will be
concluded late in the week with the
open stakes which is expected to
bring out the best there is, in dog
dom.
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WOMAN'S GOLF OFF
No Texas State Tournament This
Year, Is Final Decision.

No tournament of the Texas WO-
sens Golf Association will be held
this year, it has been definitely de-
cided. according to Mrs. ]. T. La
Prelie of San Antonio, head of the
tournament committee The tourna-
ment, played last year at Fort Worth,
was awarded to San Antonio this year.
It was decided. however, that the
state event would be passed M this
year and that the ladies would center
their efforts on the Southern women'S
event. which draws ter players from
many sections. The Southern is
scheduled for Fort Worth.
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Crosby Del Rio Coach.

Del Rio, Tex, Feb. 81. - Coach
Raymond Crosby, Baylor University
athletic, has succeeded Bobby Cannon
as coach of Del Rio High School ath-
letic teams and is whipping his base
ball squad Of Wildcats into shape.
The pitching staff is his only worry.
Del Rios season opens March 3. Sec
rotary Alfred Laughlin is anxious to
hear from teams in a convenient "a
dius,
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KIRKSEY WINS TWO
American Sprint Star Twice Beats
Australian Champion.

San Francisco. Cal, Feb. "a
Morris Kirksry, American sprint star,
formerly of the Leland Stanford Uni
versity and American Olympic teams,
twice defeated f. w. Carr, the Aus
tralian sprintcr, in the athletic games
at Wellington, New Zealand, Satur-
day, information has been received
here. Carr went to Wellington es-
pecially to enter the New Zealand
events. Kirksey finished a stride or
two ahead of him in the 100-yard
dash by making the distance in 0 4-5
seconds, and also won the 220-yard
dash from Carr in 81 40 seconds.
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Sax Ready tn Start.

Chicago. ILL.,. Feb. 2L-The van
guard of the White Sox ;.layers will
depart Monday for training camp.
Manager Kid Gleason arrived here
Saturday and made arrangements to
transfer the squad from the Sox park
to spring training quarters. The real
training grind will begin Wednesday
with most of the regulars on the job,
Gleason declared.
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ARMY BEATS NAVY
Cadets Win Seventeenth Straight Bas-
ket Ball Game,

Annapolis. Nd, Feb. 2i-Ihe
Army beat the Navy by 3 score ot
81 to % Saturday in She faRrth z n
nusl service basket lsall game. Inc
MidShipmen could not cope with ne
faster. smoother teamwork 81 me
Cadets.
Il was the seventeenth straight van
for the Army this season.
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BOWLING

The Joske Brothers Company five
still enjoy a substantial lead 'in the
City Handicap Bowling League at the
end of another week, though the Roy
al Kids the other night took two out
of three games. The Joske lead is a
full five games
The record for single high game,
held from the start of the season by
f. Meyer, fell during the week be-
fore some fancy pin-smashing by p.
d. Hill. The league standing:
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FALoR IS CHAMPION
Boy ~ Fifteen Decisivelv Beats
"Eets" In Horseshoe Pitching.

st. Petersburg. Fla. Feb. pa
Harold Falor. il, years old. Akron,
Ohio. won the worlds horseshoe
pitching championship Saturday when
he defeated G. c. Davis. Pz-champion.
50-1s and Frank Lundin, present
titleholder, 1924.
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High individual single game record
T. ~ Hill. 266. -,. .--sN
High individual three-game record:
Ed Kohr, ga.
High individual average: Ed Kohr,
102.
High team single game record
Joske Bros. Co.. 1049.
High team three-game record:
Joskc Bros. Co., 2945.
Fifteen leading .bowlers in LEAGUE
Kohr, 1872: Never, ass; Evans, 1Sj
Thomas. 1S4: Wagenfehr. 1874: Wen
deberg. 1888; Moss, 1872: Windrow.
ISL: Evhorn. 10; Hill, IFS; McCul-
loch, rs: r. Nixon. III: Cahill,
116 !. H. Nixon. 175: Randall. 175.
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Iowa Trscksmen First.

Iowa City. Iowa. Feb. 24.-Iowa
University's track team defcsted the
University OF Wisconsin, 81 to 30,
in an indoor conference meet here
Saturday.
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Continued on next page.)
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
A OF EDUCATION

The monthly meeting of the Penns
Grove Board of Education was held
Monday evening. Messrs. 7. E. Hunt,
Long, Barber, Keen and Mesdames
Stevens and Summerill were present.
Mr.. Long, vice president, presided.
Clerk w. A. Hunt reported that as
the raising of money to meet the
bonds and interest as they become
due had already been provided for by
vote, the proposition of the Board to
the voters would be reduced to
$4,000.
Merritt jenkins, supervisor, re
ported that the mid-winter eXamina-
tons had been held and some had
been disappointed in failing to receive
the passing mark 70. Too many so
cial engagements interfere with home
studying, which is necessary, if per-
son. expect to get averages high
enough to be graduated.
During January possible days atten-
dance 3 10
Days present OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ZOZlu.y
Days absent ....---..---.--.... O3i.0
Per cent of attendance...---.. 1898
The attendance during the last Few
weeks was reduced because of measles,
colds and the grippe. Some teachers
as we'll as pupils were absent.
There has been a rivalry between
classes in the High School, Grammar
School and Primary for the best at
tendance.
The banner classes for attendance
we're Marietta Holton's, 95.05; Mar
ion Jackson's, 93.07; Bella Hewitt's,
93.72;' Anna Locuson's, 1888; Eliza
beth Divers, 1884; Victorine Ster-
ling, 82.17.
William A. Summerill was elected
the delegate for the Board to the
Federal State Board of Education.
A notification had been received IN re-
CARDS to a desire to revise the by
laws.
Clerk Hunt told the Board that the
delay of adjoining districts in paying
tuition of scholars sent to Penns
Grove was an inconvenience to our
finances. Penns Grove Board should
not have to borrow money and pay
interest when other boards have their
school money in bank and can pay at
once.
The terms of Thoms E. Hunt,
Samuel M. Hunt and Jere H. Long
expire. The election will be held next
Tuesday, beginning at 7.3O.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
First Victory For High School

Penns Grove High School basket
ball team went to Tower Hill, Della
ware, on Monday, February 5th, and
brought home a Bio victory. Our
home team played the best game of
the season, every n playing the
hardest to win, as can be seen by the
results.
Chase, of the opposing side, copied
the first field goal but Boyd Smith
quickly followed him with one fa'
Penns Grove and then Il five's score
kept ever increasing with only an oc-
casional point gained by Tower Hill.
So at the end of the first half the
score stood 1876.
In the second half Tower Hill never
scored and Penns Grove piled up
points. The latter showed better
team work and faster floor work,
keeping the ball in Snappy play with
a more uniform system of passing.
The bows a the floor had CON
siderable to do with their victory, as
it was large and much like the ~
floor on which they practice except
that the baskets had six inch extern
sion according to the intercollegiate
ruling. while the 'FN" baskets have
twelve inch extension. as the playing
is by national ruling. Even with this
difficulty they soon had a good eye
for the basket, for all five of the reg
uiars threw for scoring. In this, Boyd
Smith outstood finely by throwing SIX
while Brooks was next with three.
Edgar Holton did all the foul throw
inr
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
WOman's Club
Consider Reading
Miss Thompson Gave An Excel
lent Outline For Entertain
ment And Culture

The fortnightly meeting of the
Woman's Club Of Penns Grove was
held Tuesdy afternoon, in Borough
Hall. Miss Rena b. Leap, president,
presided.
The committee reported that $32.76
were cleared at the recent rummage
sale.
Mrs. Howard d. Miller, Mrs. Thomas
S. Flanagan, Miss Hannah A. Sum
merrill, Mrs. Ralph Willis, Mrs. r. G.
Morris were appointed nominating
committee to present names of candi-
dates for the Club officers for the an
nual election, on March 9th.
An amendment to the constitution
was made that the officers take office
at the last meeting of the Club year
in June, instead OF waiting until the
beginning of the next Club year in
September.
A second amendment was made to
allow officers to serve two terms. No
reelection was previously permitted
and to make a person who has held
membership less than year eligible
to office, which formerly required
membership of at least one year.
The next meeting will be the an
nual social, held at the home of Mrs.
George H. Elkinton, Tuesday evening,
February 10th. The members are to
invite their husbands to be- present.
Mrs. II. D. Miller is chairman Of the
committee on entertainment.
Miss Sara H. Thompson, Chairman
of Department Of Education, read an
interesting and instructive paper on
"The Appreciation of Reading, which
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
Boy Scouts Bring
Home Trophy
Won Most Points In Contest
With Wilmington Troop

Fourteen members of Penns Grove
Boy Scouts, Troop 2, went to VIII
mington, last Saturday afternoon,
and brought home the trophy for
which they contested with Troop No.
26, in that city.
John G. Sullivan, Borough Marshal,
accompanied the boys to the Scout
headquarters, 223 West 9th Street,
where the contest was held. James
Short, Scoutmaster of Troop 26, had
thirty boys ready for the affray which
was hotly contested.
There were seven events: Fire by
friction, knot tying, semaphore, sig
mailing and "skin the snake The
results were as follows:
The following boys participated in
the contests: Edward Phillips, Jr.
Kenneth Springer, Milton Croft, Lewis
Snyder, Ross Kidd, Horace Springer,
Hollis Simonson, Herbert Sparks
Samuel Denny, Josiah Flanagan, Alan
sen WEIGH, Clarence Bowling, Theo-
dore Daniels, Maxwell Young.
Fire by friction-Troop 26-Russell
Weiss. (No second place..
Knot tying-Troop No. 2, Kenneth
Springer.
Semaphore signalling-Troop No
&c. Time, / min, 40 sec.
Team, George and Weiss, senders;
Whitaker and Howett, receivers,
second place. Troop 2. Time, 2 min
Springer and Welsh, senders; Phillips
and Bowling, receivers.
Peanut race-First, Troop No. 26-
2 min. 2G see, Brown and George
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
A SURPRISE PARTY

The children and grandchildren and
friends of Mrs. Georgeanna (DolbOw)
Decker gathered at her home, on
Penn Street, Saturday evening, Feb
ruray 8, 1928, in honor of her 69th
birthday. All enjoyed the potpie din
ner prepared by the children. Her
son, William Dolbow, the baker, pre-
sented her with a handsome birthday
cake which she enjoyed very much,
She also received eighty beautiful
post cards.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Raine, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Dolbow, Mr.. and Mrs. BERTHE Zane,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Raine, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emory Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs.
Webster Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
English, Mr.. Richard Dolbow, Mrs.
MAYHEM Dolbow, Mr.. H. B. Stack
houser, Miss Florence Gibson, Mrs
Bertha Marbles, Mr.. Wesley Raine
Jr., Mrs. Name Barber, William
Raine, Hollis Zane, Bessie Zane, Al
fred Dolbow, Evelyn Dolbow, Olive
Dolbow. Georgeanna Dolbow, Ida
Dolbow, Charles nolhow, Joseph
Townsend. V.o'a English, JOSEPH
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09

On Tuesday evening there was a
good gathering at the Y. NJ. C. A. for
volley ball and basket ball games in
spite of the severe snow storm out
side.
The Operators made the game with
the Labs their fourth straight vic
tory by winning q to 10. They led
thru the first half which ended IA to 5
but the Labs came back in the second
and then played the better game but
fell short of winning. The Laboratories
seemed to be far amiss in throw
ing goals which always before had
been done at will by most all the
team. They scored far more by foul
shots than by field goals, and that,
too, had never happened to them. The
Operators were going strong with the
best team yet, greatly assisted by
Teahan's return to the floor. Breiden-
bach made a majority Of the score for
his quintet. The game as a whole
was too roughly played, which is poor
craftsmanship.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
Live Wire News
From Carneys Point
DOings of Dye Makers And
Powder Workers Worth
While Knowing

The ladies Of the First Presbyterian
Church give a play entitled "The OLD
Maids Association" in the Y. NJ. c.
A. auditorium, this Friday evening.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Lloyd, at their home, last
Thursday.
Master John Morrison has returned
from a visit Of several weeks with his
grandparents, in Virginia.
Mrs. Arthur w. Walls returned
home, on Friday, after spending a
month in Atlantic City, recuperating
from an ILLNESS.
Miss Miriam Altenderfer, of Potts
town, Pa, has been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward ~Breidenbach.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lowe and
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Clair made a
motor trip to Sea Isle City, on Satur-
day.
John King, Of Chester, Pa, spent the
weekend with his parents.
Mrs. r. Rothwell entertained MIR. F.
A. Mearns, of Wilmington, on Sunday.
The mother and sister OF Frank
Raven have been visiting him and Mrs.
Raven. Their home is in Newburgh,
y. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Larrabee, after
a lengthy visit with their daughter,
Mrs. c. Fauber, left this week foI
AnnyilIe, Pa, where they will reside.
Miss Lillian Meiskey spent the
weekend with parents, in Kennett
Square. Pa.
Miss Bertha Lloyd, Of Salem, spent
the weekend with Mrs. s. Peterson.
Miss Emma Smith, Of Frankfort, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Alfred Rich
man.
Mrs. Herman Simpson -entertained
the Sewing Circle, at her home, on
Shell Road. Tuesday evening.
Miss Greta Sehoffner entertained
the "tBlue Bird Social" on Friday
evening, at her home, on B Street.
The ladies of the Parish Guild. OF
the Church of Our Merciful Saviour
served a splendid chicken potpie sup.
per. in the Parish House, Wednesday
evening. 1t was well attended.
Next Thursday evening the Service,
Engineers give a smoker in the Y
NJ. c. A. auditorium for all members
to attend.
Director Joseph Crockett has vel
developed boys clubs at the !. NJ. c
A., so that they meet each week in
small groups under the leadership Of
men. The lads are progressing Sc
we'll in the wooderaft lore developed
for boys by Ernest Thompson Seton
that they are planning a demonstra.
ton for their parents, on Tuesday
afternoon, February 9th. This same
thing is to be worked into an impor-
tant recreation at Kamp Karney ir
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward B~reidenbach en-
tertained a number of friends, at their
home, on Delaware Avenue, Saturday
evening. The time was enjoyed II
cards with the awarding of two prize
mementoes. The guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Owen, Nh. and Mrs.
Charles Winters, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Sharer. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fauber,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. McVaugh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence McGaw, Miss Marian
Altenderfer and w. Smith.
C. C. NcColley, who has been Quar-
termaster or the du Pont Company
for several years, has resigned and
taken charge of the restaurant at the
Dive Works. where the supervisors
eat and also the Community Store In
the Village. Robert L. Hurley, who
is chief of police and head Of the fire
department, will have charge of the
Quartermaster's office in the Village
where there is little doing now.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
WOMAN'S CLUB TO MAKE TRIP

The Woman's Club will go to Phil
adelphia, on Monday, of next week,
February 18th, for a visit to the
Academy of Fine Arts, as it is to be
Club Day at the Academy with special
exhibits and talks by several artists,
to which special admission will be
given to persons outside Of the pro-
fession.
The Woman's Club is having this
trip take the place Of a visit to the
Academy previously scheduled to be
made on March 18th.
It is desired that all members make
the trip and invitation is extended to
non-members. ladies as well as gem
tleynen. to accompany them
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
APPRECIATION OF READING

We live in a thought world. Every
act is preceded by thought. The good
or bad manifested in our lives is due
to the thoughts habitually held.
Reading is one of the factors that
end in developing thought processes.
The kind of reading determines
whether these are healthful u dis
eased.
This is one of the most important,
if not the most important, subjects in
the school curriculum. 1t is the "open
sesame" by which we enter the great
thought-world about us.
When we, as a pupil, know how to
appreciate reading the writer's Of
'thrillers,' will find some other occu-
patton and the "best sellers" will van
ish into their native ~nothingness. No
n appreciates disease, whether
moral, mental or physical. If we are
wise we try to get into an atmos-
phere of health along all lines.
Children should early be readers
and have stories told them. Select
the matter you pour into these young
minds with the same are you bestow
upon the food for their bodies.
AS the child grows, fill his mind
with fairy tales, legends and myths.
These lay the foundation for the
mental concepts that in after years
unfold into an understanding of the
beautiful in art and song. These
things have come down through the
ages, are ever new and interesting,
developing the world of imagery.
The After School Library, by Ham
ilton Mabie, is one of the best twelve
.o1,,ooor ~, Tho cot EuarNv how and
girl should be familiar with Robin
Hood of Sherwood Forest, Treasure
Island, The Gold Bug, Arabian
Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Bob Soss of
Battle and a series of others of their
kind.
Joel Chandler Harris has given in a
most delightful manner the old plan
tation stories in dialect. Children
listen entranced to Uncle Remus.
Mrs. Miller will read a selection
from Uncle Remus.
Then there is Dickens. We must
sketches to be found in the realm of
literature, Uriah Heep, $50 'umble'
Micawber always bubbling up Sc
reneiy from the most trying circum-
stances, Tiny Tins "God bless us
every one" rings true. Scrooge, who
had to have Marley's ghost visit him
to make a man of him, Mr.. Peggotty,
of whom no tr~uer-hearted gentleman
exists in all the world, and unlettered
but brave heroic Ham. We have missed
much if we have not made the ac-
ouaintance of Dickens. His charac-
ters should be ireside friends and
their sayings household words.
George Elliott, Adam Bede, Sllas
Mariner and Cricket on the Hearth
are full of interest. Her characters are
very human.
j. Fennimore Cooper is n of the
most delightful of early writer's. His
women are mostly weak, faintlng
when they should be up and doing.
But that is due to the age in which
he lived, the clinging, cooling period
of the "female." His men are won
derful. Hawkeye, for instance. He
excells in portraying the wisdom and
in description. The Last of the Mo
hicans is a tragedy which stirs the
emotional life within us as Hamlet
does the Intellectual" His powers OF
description are unchallenged.
Chan. Notice the blending of the
peace of nature with the stir of prep
a%ratinn for war.
Miss Emma R. Summerill read a
selection.
WIS ever the desolation of nature
nictured more wildly than in Chapter
Continued on page
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
School Election

In another column are notices of
school elections.
Six members of the Board of Edu-
cation are to be elected in Upper
Penns Neck Township (Carneys
Point) because some resigned and
others moved away.
John B. Layton, who came thru all
the storms of wartime turmoil, is a
candidate for reelection.
Edward NJ. Summerill, another old
resident, is a candidate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
Field Foul Foul
goals goals tries
Referee, Leon Wright and William
Time, 20 minute halves.

The second game was another close
battle in which the Service-Engineers
again won. This time the Mechanics
were the losers by % to 10.
That the Mechanics five does not wish
any apologies, but they have too fire.
quietly lost by a narrow margin.
Should they once be granted a win in
a closely contested game it would be
at least a most heartening change.
Both teams had several new men and
Continued on page
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
Famous Woman Physician Dead

DR.. Caroline NJ. Purnell, the head
of the Women's Medical College, or
North College Avenue, Philadelphia.
died last Saturday. She was n OF
the first of her sex to become a Of. A,
C. 81 Fellow in the American College
As a medical and surgical practi-
TONER she had a wide patronage
She treated with successful skill
several in Penns Grove in the past
thirty yers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
OBITUARY
RERFCCA A. BURK

REBECCA A. BURK
widow of the late Robert X. Burk,
at Bridgeport, and mother of John A.
Featherer, died in the Polytechnic Hos
pital, Philadelphia, February ,, 1928,
aged 76 years. The funeral service was
conducted in Centre Square NJ. E.
Church. Tuesday, 9Th, by Rev. F. E..
Pudcell, of Penns Grove, assisted by
Rev. G. A. Morris, of Bridgeport.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09

The large barn on Griffith Street
Salem. owned by Levitsky, wa
ed at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. Two
horses. six cows, calves. pigs and
DOGS were burned with the building
besides hay and grain.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
Penns Grove And
Operators Win
Tie For Second Place By De-
feating Labs And S. & E.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

neutrality-suspicious., p; ;Labora-
tories Is. Service-Engineers, p; Me
chanics, 10.
Neutrality-suspicious. 90; Service
Engineers, %. Penns Grove, Il; Lab
%oratories, II.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09

Righteousness exalteth a nation;
but SIN IS a reproach to any people.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-09
Field Foul Foul
Field Foul Fou
Fire In Salem

Time of periods, 20 minutes.
Evening star., 1923-09-16
Drapery Contract
Department

Let us install new draperies fora yoH-rLwe
laintain highly trained corps OF decorative