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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
WOMEN To HELP.
Commercial Club Plans for
SportSmen's Show

besides distinguishing Itself o. tho
first womsn'u organization 20 take
space In tho Seattle sportamen'a as.
ISOLATION show. July ~ 20 10. the
womsn'a Commercial club IL plan.
ming a unique Seattle BOOSTER "a.
hihlt.
The plan now. according 20 Mrs.
George Green. president Of the organ.
nation. IA 10 have several members
OF the club constantly In tho booth
who are well verssd 10 Seattle lore
ana the Charmed Land. ready 10
Eiye out the information 70 the vie.
itoru,
I'VE want 20 boost Seattle" Mrs.
Green said. 'aud lct every visitor
know that We like our city ana give
the reason 10 them why We do
like a."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
SEAS GLOW WORMS

HAMBuRC.--The noctiluca AZ last
are under lock and key The nocti.
luea are salt water lightning bugs"
Il VI they have been captured after
months o. patient effort by PROBES
nor Knut Iiamdorf. Of Hamburg.
cooped up In a bottle and taken into
a dark room. they glow like flfefiies
and glow worms.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
Italy Will Join
Preparations Meet

LONDON. June 27.-1taiy has ao-
ccpted an invitation 70 attend the
inter.allied PREPARATIONS conference.
Il was announced today. The con
ference IL 20 be held not later than
July ie.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

the laycnderand.iaee ladies' Of The
COS imagine they would live 10 see
the day when the feminine world
would bow 10 the shears and make
iia regular pilgrimage 20 the hair
cutting parlor. just like their. men.
folk do.
Hunt the family album out Of its
garrci obscuriiy; turn the ycllowed
pages tenderlY. and 90 not smile
when you note the tiny drizzled curls
% Aunt Mary" with her 1855 fore.
runner OF the boy bob or -Roe.
ond Cousin AbiEall' wearing the tiny
corkhcrew ringictn fastened tightly
back OF the ears They were the
really. truly ''b0bbettea" OF tho
period-and they didn't have 10 fight
for the privilege. either.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

The girls of the early COS didn't half The discussion
that the modern bobbette has done Looks tho these
daughters Of the pioneers had taken their bobs seriously,
tho ADORE Miss Epelyn Thnrmer, 1927 Terry Gue typi-
flies most beautiful type Of modern bob Beop, left TO
right Mrs Ada SouthWorth, Miss Emma Rice and Mrs.
Jennie X. Prather Of Ortiag, Wash, display the
varied hobs that the rage IN 1865 The three latter
ladies Rieces Of State Senator j. W. Range Of Wash
iRgtoH.
renssr'
%
q style Of bob would e popu.
being under the
n name o tut cut"
dreamed their that neither dd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
WHITE SKUNK

white skunk IL a novelty in fur
that Is much liked 10 form n contrast
with a black wool or satin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
STEEL BEADS

Bracelets Of steel beads and nee
laces Of gray pearls are more siyllsh
now than the more colorful sffea,
in costume Jeweiry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

In the dark ages abbreviated signs
were much in demand for the preser.
walton OF records.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

Snakes cannot sting. contrary b,
a common belief. but some can ti,s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

The world IL not perfectly round.
actually being fiatier at the north
and south poles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
FILIPINO CHESS
CHAMP IS NATIVE

MANILA, June "a Datu Alp, a
Moro of Ramain Lanao province, is
chess champion of the PHILIPPINES,
having won that distinction in a re-
cent tournament at Cebu by defeat
ing leopold Lafuente, a Spaniard,
who held the title. In the tourna-
nament at Cebu by defeating Leo
poldo Lafeunte, a Spanlard, who
heeId the title. In the tournament
Alp opposed Americans, Spaniards,
Christian Filipinos and Moros.
Datu Alp, who is 40 years Of
age can neither read nor write the
Arabic or any other alphabet, yet
he displays remarkable keenness in
defense and isquick to take advan-
tage of the slightest error in judg-
ment on the part of his opponent.
When playing the game Alp
smokes cigarettes and sings contin-
uously. his sogns being mostly
from the Koran. He has played
chess from early childhood with his
father, champion chess player of his
province, as well as daru of much
political and religious power.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
.G8NB NIEL COME !
: FLASHING THIS YEAR
If One of Them Strikes, Moth
VIII Be Left But Charred
Remains of Earth

ATLANTA, June 24.-Twice in
1924 and six times in 1925 Gomez
will flash past the earth-going only
about 1920 miles an hour-and if
one of them strikes, nothing will be
left but the charred remains of the
arth. This is hei,6lSecry of Atlanta
scientists whojhateabIen studying va
rious REPORTS received from observa-
tories Of the country. The comets
ere sure to come, they declare, but
lie possibility of enc Of them hitting
the earth is remote.
The eahth connect will be visible
many parts of the United States, i'll
is believed. They are due in Novem-
Der and December of this year. and
in March, July, August and October
of 1925.
Should one of the comets bump
against the earth, local astronomers
declare, the seas would boil, tidal
waves would dash against the noun
tains, polar ices would melt and
fires and deadly gases would wipe
out the population of the earth.
Climate conditions would be changed
and even the shape of the glotc
might be altered.
In the untold ages of the past
Atlanta scientists of local universe
ties believe, comets have struck the
earth. Such an explanation has
been advanced to account for that
curious dash that forms the valley
of the Lead Sea and the Jordan
river and whose continuation has
been traced across the Red sea and
into Africa,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
Girl. SAVED FROM
SUICIDE TO TRY AGAIN

ATLANTA June 24.-After an
antidote had been administered and
her recovery assured Miss Sarah
Donahue, 20, of SO Ira street who
swallowed a quantity of lysol about
$50 o'clock Monday night in an
attempt to end her life, told Grady
physicians that she still wanted tc
die.
She declared that as soon as she
was released from the hospital she
expected to make another attempt
hoping this time it would prove sue.
eessful.
The young woman gave no reason
for her rash action except to say
that "Hfe offers no hope for me,
and l want to die" When physi-
clans administered the antidotes,
Miss Donahue begged the INTO give
her some more poison, the doctors
stated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

slant, in this: and it was suddenly 4
veritable need. Some way that kiss
would be an enduring token of what
he had been and what he had given,
and it would help sustain him in the
darkening future. But he repealed
the impulse with an iron will, won
dering, for the instant, if even to
dwell upon it signified the first
wandering of insanity. Such an act
would only put him to needless trial,
open old wounds. She would know
his lips of old and feel the love that
poured through them: he might, by
one selfish act, risk the inviolacy of
his disguise. Even yet it might cost
her her happiness.
Aren't you going to wish us well
Pete?" he heard the girl say in tile
dusk.
Her tremulous voice brought him
to himself. 'In just minute" he
answered as casually as he could.
I've got to get the camp ready for
you first. After that, I'll give you
all the good wishes that l know"
He turned, cropping, into the
gloom, and lifted his face to the
doubtful mercy of the wind. L
swept by him, chanting, into tht
Businesses of the night; and he won
dered if it would not blow out thu
wan flame of his own life. He hac
a feeling that Oblivion was near
that somehow, because the need O
him was done, the curtain woul,
soon fall over his own existence
Surely it was futile henceforth; tn,
drama was concludedg the game wa
through and the counters put away
He felt that the will to fight Of
without which he could not sur
vive in this hostile land-had de
parted for good and all. Already h
could glimpse this stormy shore wit
out him, the wind shrieking by, IN
heard by humans ears, the storr
venting itself in vain fury on tn
desolate hillsides. His four con
panions would sail away on the mo,
row; and there might be time o
waiting perhaps long years pos
sibbly only months-for the fins
wlnd-up of his destiny, but the ult
mate conquest of the raw powers G
the wild was certain as the risin
sun. The camp fire would bur
out, smothered at last by the fan
spread blanket of snow, and the las
wisp of smoke-like an intangibl
human soul-blow away in the gus
Then the joke would be complete.
The game was played and finisl
ed. This now was only the epilogu
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

weird tone and quality Of the night
added to it an effect Of dignity. The
worship that throbbed in Pavlof' $
tone was real, even if it were mis-
taken, even though heN had long
turned away from the Light to bow
before craven images. 1t was OK
actly the kind of marriage that Ivan,
In particular, would have preferred.
It appealed to his eternal sense OF
fitness. the attribute Of his genius
and it lifted him out of himself like
the passion Of his own great music.
Very soon the VOWS were spoken.
and ignoring the presence Of the
priest and the two witnesses, Ivan
took his bride in his arms. Payl0f
shook hands with them both, himself
carried away by exultation, and Fol
tune Joe came up clumsily to offer
his good wishes.
'sWe owe a lot to YOU" Ivan tolt
him happily. ''That message L
change the name that you brought
through helped more than any ottel
thing to make up Mrs. Ishmin':
mind"
Dorothy turned, her heart lenp
ing, to receive Pete's congratula
tions, but the head guide still loiter
ed in the dusk. In the same instant
he was almost carried away by {
halfmad impulse to take the girl ii
his arms for one kiss that by an ole
customs at weddings he might right
~ claim, 1t would mean more t
him than smere beauty and lowell
ness; it would hesa mem o~Y to harb
or in the days to come and it woul,
some way exalt him in ways beyon,
his ken. 1t was not just a whim,
delusion; all his longing and his los
had some wayeentered, for the in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
BEGIN HERE TODAY

Feter Nowhall, Augusta, Ca
flees to Alaska, after being told by
Ivan Ishmin, Russian violinist, ne
had drowned Paul Sarichef, Isl
nERssssecretary. Ishmin and Peter S
lwl p6rothy, had urged him to go
"a b South America. He joins Big
Chris Larson in response to d.
tress signal at sea, giving Larson ms
sea Jacket. Their launch hits ROCKS,
Larson's body is buried as New
halls. Peter, rescued, finds injuries
have completely changed his appear
ance.
Dorothy and Ishmin go to Alaska
to return Peters body. They do not
recognize Peter in their head guide.
A storm strands them at the grave.
"Change name," a message from d
seance, Dorothy believes to be from
Peter, telling her to accept Ishmin $
marriage proposal. Upon Ishmil S
return from a trip for supplies,
Dorothy accepts his proposal for i'm
mediate marriage by a native priest.
Ishmin plays their wedding music.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
AN OPEN letter
TO WOMEN
Tells Of Mrs. VOgePs Terrible Suf-
fering and how she was Restored
to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Negotiable Compound

Detroit, Michigan. "My troubles
were severe pains in nv back and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

man might be of a lower social
plane, of different caste and class,
but Ivan could not doubt what ne
saw in the blue, steadtast eyes
This was no mental. He saw IN NM
a worthy representative Of a PROUD
uncomfortable race. They were
man to man. the East and the West
and Ivan looked and knew that ne
mnst listen and heed. He might hate
him to the worlds end-the East
has always hated the conquerlng
West-but he dared not scorn or
disregard him. Pete's gaze neither
changed nor lowered.
81 am the guide-Im here to tel
YOU that I've been her guide and pro
tector for some weeks, now; and IT'S
come to me that I want to continue
to be. even after she goes home :"
Pete replied. Just why this IS SO
don't feel the needle of explaining,
even if l could explain-it's enough
that it is SO. | want to be something
more. too. Tonight I'm no longer
under your employ, and | want You
to imagine that I'm her real brother
instead Of just a race brother. Ish
min, | know your breed, part by in
stinct, part by acquaintance, and
know you individually, and this is in
the nature of warning. Remember
she's finer clay than you. | kno"
your attitude toward women, but
want to say in this case you've mar
ried above you, forever and ever
and | want you to bear it in mind,
Worship her, and thank God for
her, and be kind to her, every min
ute of every hour"
4 The girl tried to speak, but tht
words choked her, and VANS eyes
| glittered under his brows. 81 hearC
what you said. You've gone insane
Now get out"
! one thlng more. L m not only
} her protector. This may sound iii
sane, as you say, but both of you
know it's true. Who gave the wore
that this marriage should take
place."
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue)
The biggest things in life are the
, small things.
Baseball fans blow almost as
much as electric fans.
Many a garden plot has ceased
to be the land of promise.
Absence of winter makes the
;heart grow fonder.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

of a drama that was done.
It was an ironic thing that the
performance of his camp duties
not even now to be forgotten-musS
include the widening of the bed If
Dorothy's tent where the welded
pair would lie. He kneeled and cut
long grass, heaped it into pile, aud
then loaded it into his great arms
Strangely dulled-partly from the
events of the past hour and partly,
perhaps, from the effects of yester-
days injury-he made his way to
the door of Dorothy's tent through
which Ivan and the girl had just
passed. "Can l come in?" he caleb.
I've got more hay for your bunk
-"
Ivan had just closed the tent flap,
/ but Dorothy drew it quickly aside
Pete dad not look into her white
fsaee as he stumbled in. Fortunate
! " for his peace. Of mind, he did not
/ see chat she wasgpale and drawn as
The had never before seen her. HI
tknelt on the floor and began the
work of widening her bunk. He
built it up with all the care he
knew, spread the blankets, thcr
slowly stood erect. He turned witt
the air of prophet to Ivan.
we've talked Intimately before.
ne began quietly.
eyes," Ivan agreed. "Perhaps too
intimately" He studied Pete's SCI
place and his brows lowered, "That
doesn't necessarily mean we wi
talk intimately again"
eve will talk intimately again.
There wasnothing in his straight
forward gaze and firm lips t.
suggest the underling. "This is the
last chance-you are going away to
morrow in the dory-I stay hert
I've come in here to wish you happi
ness, but I've got something else L
say, too"
His voice was deep and moving
and Ivan knew that he could no
help but hear.
your wife didn't ask me to SAY
this, but there's no one else to do j
no one of hor own kin who would
have the right to say it. My right /.
that the girl is my own race, and
am hers-and there's no one elst
here who is her own race. / under
stand her because she's an Anglo
Saxon, and | can speak for her. W.
talked once before about race
which is the best breed isn't thc
question tonight. The point is =
that they are a different breed.
know her because she's my owr
! race-and race matters more than
most people know. And becaus
/ I've been out here-so far west thai
it's almost east-for months ana
years. know you, too"
ivan slhlied, his thin lips closely
pressed. "You seem to have for.
gotten you're the guide-not a fam
J ~ adviser. Please give Mrs. Ish,
min your best wishes and get out. y
They looked eyes into eyes. Slow
ly the look of scorn, of arrogance
passed from the Mongols face. This
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
DEMAND FOR FRUITS
CONTINUES TO GROW
Nc Possibility of Glutted Mar
ket, According to Georgia
Growers

ATLANTA, June 24.--Nith in
creasing crops of fru., many
states including Georgia and many
orcbardists continually p1tting out
new trees, the question IS occurring
TO some if there is not pos5ibilt.
that the market for fruits if various
kinds may not soon be so glutted as
to make the ochard source Of little
or no profit, it was pointed out by
horticulturists here today.
On the other hand, however, it IS
shown that theAmerican people are
consuming more and more fruit Of
all kinds each year, and improve
ment of methods of preserving them
and in using them as ingredients OF
all-year round food articles is IN
creasing the demand steadily. In
addition to this, it may also be stated
that figures show that America IS
now growing fruit for the whole
world and that it is exporting fruits
i'm enormous quantities each year.
AS was pointed out here today the
proper marketing and distribution
of fruit is a specialized branch Of
transportation that has attained
great perfection in recent years. The
refrigerator car, the cold storage
warehouse, the refrigerated ship and
other factors have enormously IN
creased the quality and marketing
value of the fruit of America, the
biggest fruit-growing country in the
world
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

hams Vegetable Compound has done
for women and decided to try it. At
ter the first week / could go to sleep
every night and stopped having that
nervous feeling and got better ap-
petite. The doctor had always said
that an operation was the only thing
that would help me, but never had
any faith in an operation. Since the
Vegetable Compound has started
helping me ! do not suffer the severe
pains, feel stronger, and am able to
do my own work. / am more than
glad to tell my friends that it helps
where other medicines have failed. "
Mrs. GUS VoGEL, 6608 Pelouze St.,
Detroit, Michigan.
Arecord of fifty years service must
convince women of the merit of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

Many a garden plot has ceased
to be the land of promise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY

At that instant he was whole
worlds and centuries apart from
her. She saw him as the Mongol,
his slanted eyes alight, devoured by
his Oriental passion, lost in an alien
ecstasy. She felt estranged, ua-
speakably terrified. Yet even no@,
as the music paled she must stand
beside him at this crude cross so
white in the dusk. She must go to
him, like maiden sacrifice to some
unearthly, heather god. 1t mystifl-
ed her, filled her with a poigant
sense of imponderable prophecy,
that the cross that marked the grave
should be the only whiteness left in
the spreading dusk.
She was hardly aware when the
music stopped. The wind and the
softer noises of the sea and the
night continued its refrain. Ivan
stepped beside her, then they walk
ed together until they stood in the
place where they would plight THEN
VOWS.
In that moment Pavlof had be-
come a figure of unmistakable dig
nifty He was no longer merely a
packer, a degenerate descendant Of
many CROSSED Breeds. He was the
Priest, the high ambassador of the
Church He Stood erect, his voice
low and full Of feeling, and it was
plain that he considered this hely
rite, sacred to his heather gods.
Ivan mad not been mistaken in
thinking that the ceremony would
be impressive. Here were the eter-
nal realities-the sea and the SKY
and the storm-swept shore-and the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

Absence of winter makes the
heart grow fonder.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

Baseball fans blow almost {
much as electric fans.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24
FOR OVER 40 YEARS

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE has been
used successfully in the treatment OF
Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con.
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internal Medicine. Tonic, which acts
through. the Blood on the Mucous Sur
races, thus reducing the inflammation.
Sold by all druggists.
+. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

terrible bearing
down pains in my
right side, also
h eadac hes and
sleepless nights. /
first began having
troubles when /
was Is, and they
have increased as
/ grew older. A
little booklet was
left at my door,
and / read what
lydia F. Pink
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-24

The biggest things in life are the
small things.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-06-26
HELYREIGAZITAs.

A multi szamunkban reszletesen
beszamoltunk arr6l fenyes Ia
kodalomrol, amely Gorgeyl Pal
batyank Garfield mellett lev6 pom
pas farmjan tortent. Nyomdahi-
ba miatt beszamol0nkb6l kima-
radt a menyasszony utan legion
tosabb szemely, az els6 nyoszoly6
leany neve. EFT fontos tisztseget
Szab6 Berta t0lt0tte be, aki meg
amugy is magyarosan kitett ma
gaert, olyan menyasszonyiI kek-
silt ajandekozott az eskiiv6rc,
hogy annak bizony mindenki a
csudajara jart. Az a torta a cuk-
rasz-miiveszet va alosagos remeke
volt. Szabo Bertuskat ezuton ker-
jiik, ne vegye zokon, hogy a multi
kori cikkiinkb6l, neve kimaradt.
Tevedesiinkert ezuton kerjik
szives elnezes6t.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-06-26
KOsZONET NYILVANITAs.

Alulirottak, 6szinte k0sz0netet
mondunk mindazon rokonoknak,
jobaratoknak es ismer0soknek, a
Xix feiejthetet1en ferjem es arva-
i'm edesapja, Kuti Gabor temete-
sen megjelenni szivesek voltak es
minket Macy banatunkban megvi-
gasztaltak. Halas szivb0l k0sz0n-
juk a 'kopors6ra kiild0tt viragokat.
a k0vetkezoknek: S6gora, Dem
jen Lajos es csaladja, unokatest-
verei, Kuti JOSEF es neje, Kuti
Zsigmond es csaladja, Kuti Ist-
van es csaladja, komai: Horvath
Ignac es csaladja, Varga Sander
es csaladja, Czene Gabor es csa-
ladja, j6baratai: Habodasz Gusz-
tav es csaladja, Ferenczy Jen6 es
csaladja, valamint gyari munkas
tarsai. Kilon kosz0ntet mondunk
Scent Istvan Egyletnek a sep
koszoruert, k0sz0njiik az el6lja-
r6knak, hogy t6liik telhet6leg min
dent megtettek. K0sz0njuk min
den egyes egyleti testvernek, hogy
felejthetetleniink kopors6jat a haz
t6l a templomba es oman a Kal-
varia temetobe zaszlo alatt kiki-
sertek.
Halas Swivel kosz0njuk j6sagu-
kat mindazoknak, aklk szivesek
voltak gepjeiket a temetesre el-
kiildeni akiknek neveit azon-
ban mem sikeriilt feljegyezni.
Kosz0njiik Father Varlakynak,
aki oily meghat6an sep beszedben
bucsuztatta ell draga felejthetet-
len halottunkat.
Koszonetet mondunk Vascsak
Jozsefnek, aki mint temetesrende-
z6 ,mindent' a legnagyobb meg
elegedesiinkre vegzett ell.
Az Ur es az 8 vigasztal6 kegyel-.
me legyen mindannyiunkkal.
Youngstown, O., 1924 jun. %.
0zv. Kuti Claiborne es oyer
!, mekei,: Gizella, ferj. Halusla
J6zsefne, Gabor, Pal Is Emma
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-06-26
l NAGYBIZOTTSAGI TAGOK
FIGYELMEBE.

A Youngstown magyar egyha-
zak es egyletek ,,Nagybizottsaga-
max" tagjait felkerjuk, hogy seer
dan, julius ho 2-an, este 6 6rakor
az Erie vasutallomason, DR.. Zad-
ravecz Istvan piispok ur fogadasa-
nal sziveskedjenek megjelenni.
A .Nagybizottsag" tagjainak
figyelmet felhivjuk a csiitortok
delben 6rakor az Ohia Hotelben
a piisp0k ur tiszteletere rendezen-
do diszehedre - kerjiik a tago-
kat, hogy ezen a banketten lehe-
t6seg szerint vegyenek reszt.
Debroczky Andras, elnok.
Revesz Ka1man, titkar.