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Evening star., 1927-09-11
WARRENTON.

WARRENTON, Va, September 10
(SpeciaD. c. Groome of Warrenton
has published through the Old Domin-
ion Press, Richmond, Va, a book Of
local history entitled ''Fauquier Dur.
ing the Proprietary" covering the
territory from the Indian tribes and
first explorations, until the settlement
Of the litigation over the Fairfax lands,
when feudal tenure was finally abol-
ished in America. Much detail is
given on land grants. early settle
ments, roads, taverns. churches,
parishes and the organization of the
county, which was separated from
Prince William in 1859.
A car containing five men and two
women was wrecked about 2 miles
from Warrenton Monday at 8 am.
and two of the passengers were Sc
riously injured, Nelson Ennis, who
died few hours later in the Fauquier
Hospital, and Mrs. Dorman Ennis
| who will recover. The driver, Joe
Bryant, was held on charge of man
| slaughter.
Mrs. John Lake, SO years old, was
| thrown from a car in a collision al
Morrisville Monday and rolled down
an embankment, but was not seri
ously hurt. The car was driven by
her niece. Miss Nancy Lake.
At the association meeting, lately
held at Orleans Baptist Church. a
| number of aged persons in the neigh
| borhood attended. Among them were
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Payne, each over
| co. who lived near Orlean all their
| lives. County records show that Mr..
Payne and his wife, was was Miss
Roberta Payne, were married in 1858.
r. Owing to shortage of funds for con.
tinuing public school work in this
county on the basis of last year, the
board has decided to discontinue all
truck lines which carry high school
pupils only. Trucks transporting
elementary grades will be run as
usual.
The sixth annual Ada community
fair will be held at st. Andrews mis-
sion house, near Marshall, Septem.
ber "a.
w. Alwyn Ash of the staff of the
Fauquier Democrat and Miss Annie
Belle Pearson, both of Warrenton,
were married September 8 by Rev. D.
NJ. Brown.
XhdI ldSc llGCIlScS nave OCCA 1OoQCu
here to the following couples: Robey
Helfin, Louis, Va. and Miss Ida
Oliver; w. F.. Abernethy, Hickory.
Va, and Miss Maude E. Rector; James
A. Cooper. Belaeton, and Miss Emma
| j. Cooper; John H. French, The
| Plains, and Miss Rosalie M. Budd.
Thomas Wilson Meetze. who was
| fatally injured by the collapse of a
| bridge on which he was working near
| Fredericksburg. died in the hospital
there and was buried at Gainesville.
| He was born in this county 56 years
ago. his parents having come from
South Carolina. but had lived for some
years in Stafford He leaves his wife.
who was Miss Cora Maddox, and five
| brothers. Robert NJ. MeetZe, The
Plains. Va; George w. MeetZe. Wash
| ington, d. c.; H. Frank Meetze. Rich
mond, Va; Christopher Meetze and H.
Y Meetze. Manassas. Va.
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FAIRFAX EXHIBITS
TO BREAK RECORD
Fair to Open Wednesday,
With Program Feature
Each of Four Days.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FAIRFAX, Va, September 10
TIL. fourteenth annual Fairfax County
fair and horse show will open We'd
resday morning. with the prospect Of
the largest exhibit of livestock. prod
ucts and domestic arts ever shown
III the county.
Clifton Laughlin, president of the
Fair Association, and r. /. Buckley.
secretary, report a widespread interest
among non-residents of the county.
Forty exhibits in the needlework de-
partment alon are being sent by a
woman in Ohio. A number of chicken
exhibits are expected from othci
States. A hundred special premiums
will be awarded to winners in each
de- rtment. The home demonstration
agent advisory council Friday asked
that special prizes der ted by local
merchants for the farm and home de-
partment be awarded local exhibitors
only, the money priz. s given by the
Fair Association to be awarded ire
spective of residence.
Many Free Attractions.
The fair officials have arranged for
free attractions every ;ft noon and
evening. There will be horse racing
each day, with a horse show Thurs
day and Friday. E. N. Palmer, who
is in charge of the horse show, re-
ports over 100 entries, includin~ we'll
known horses from Warrenton, Hay
market, Alexandra, Nokesville, Clar-
endon Mclean, Aldie and Arcola. En-
tries closed on September s, but racing
entries are received until the race.
Money prizes, amounting to more
than $1,500, are being awarded in this
department as we'll as seven silver
cups.
The All Club work, under Miss
Mary Lippard, will hold one or more
demonstrations. Each booth is design
ed to reproduce the living room of
Mrs. Clinton Makely Of Centerville.
which won first prize in recent i'm
provement campaign.
Rug Making Demonstration.
Thursday from II to in this room
Mrs. w. l.. Keates OF Burke will
give a demonstration on the making
of hooked rugs. Wednesday afternoon
Miss Mary MacGowan OF Blacksburg,
State food specialist, will give a DEM
onstration on judging canned goods.
Thursday at IL am. Mildred jenkins
and Elizabeth Pearson Of the Forest
vile All Club will give a demonstra
tion on tying and dyeing.
Thursday at pm. little Jean
Bready and Mary Ellen Carr OF
Herndon will give a demonstration
on table service. Friday, Edith Cur
tis and Eugenia Buckley of the Cliff
ton All Club will bake biscuits for
distribution, and that afternoon Eliza
beth Harrison and Virginia Carr will
demonstrate baking cup cakes. The
judging in this department will be
handled by Miss Belle Burke, district
home demonstration agent of Char
lottesville, Va.
Saturday has been designated as
Ku Klux Klan day, under auspices
Of the county Klan. No. 2. There will
be base ball game at pm. A robed
parade at pm, public speaking.
networks and the burning Of a cross.
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BELTSVHLE.

BELTSVILLE, Nd, September 10
(SpeciaD.- The local grange will re-
sumo regular meetings next Tuesday
evening. Applications for new mem
bers will be accepted at that time.
Mrs. Sam Beail and her daughter,
Miss Florence Beall, were hostesses to
the, Guild of st. Johns Episcopal
Church last Friday evening in the
Parish Hall.
The Woman's Community Club will
meet Monday afternoon at the home
Of Mrs. Sarah Brandon.
The Aid Society OF Emmanuel
Methodist Episcopal Church South
will meet at 1870 am. Wednesday at
the home Of Mrs. H. T. Converse. for
their first Fall meeting.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon for Mary Ella Roby, 49,
year-old daughter Of o. w. and the late
Grace E. Roby, at the Liberty Grove
Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial
was at Union Cemetery. After an i'll.
ness Of one day she was removed to
Montgomery County Hospital, where
she died two days later. She was
member Of the senior class at Fairland
High School.
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COLvIN RUN.

COLVIN RUN, Va, September 10
(Specian.-The Community and School
League viii meet in the auditorium
next Wednesday night.
The league is holding dance in the
schoolhouse tonight under direction Of
Roland Wheeler and William Cockrill.
proceeds to swell the fund for school
repairs.
The two evening carnivals last Fri
day and Saturday were successful in
spite of the fact some of the contests
and outdoor attractions were Cancelled.
Gross receipts were around $3.50.
Chairman Shirley Of the State High
way Commission has notified H. E.
Hanes and j. A. Wheeler that it will
be impossible to build the section of
the Leesburg Pike between Andrew
Chapel and Difficult Run until def.
mite ALLEGATION of funds is made for
this purpose. State road forces are
now employed on this road, however,
topping it with clay and gravel.
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BERRYvILLE.

BERRYVILLE. Va, September IL
(SpeciaD.-A. Francis Osborne Of New
York, son Of DR.. and Mrs. A. P. Os-
borne of Berryville, and Miss Mary
Morriesey OF Richmond. Va, were
married September 4. in New York.
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
the large barn on the farm Of Mrs.
r. ID. johnson near White Post. Sun
day morning. Prompt action by men
on the farm saved eight valuable
jumpers owned by Capt. Ewart John
son from being cremated.
E. w. Roller, agricultural teacher
at the Boyce and Berryville High
Schools, and Miss Margery Weller of
Staunton were married Tuesday.
Franklin Page Yowell of Boyce and
Miss Mary Elizabeth Greenwalt OF
Winchester were married Tuesday in
Winchester
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

ALEXANDRIA. Va, September II
| SpeciaD.-Public schools will settle
down to routine activity Monday, and
classes will be held for the first time
since adjournment June. The
preliminary york OF registration, as
signments and the purchase OF neces
sa~-' equipment was coL.- 'eted Fri.
day.
Formation of a Reserve Officers
Training Corps unit will be discussed
by students of Alexandria High
School, and organization will be eject
ed If the required quota of 100 boys
can be obtained. Each applicant must
be II years old or over, and have his
parents permission to join. He will
be required to pass a Doctors exam.
ination. All necessary equipment,
with the exception of ur forms, will
and an instructor will be assigned
here If ne unit is formed.
st. Mary's Academy will reopen for
"tudi"s Monday. The st. Agnes Epis.
Con"l School for Girls will open Sep
tember %. The Xaverian Brothers
School conducted by the Xaveriau
Parochial School reopened early this
Seminary cf Virginia the Epis-
copal High School, locat west of
this city, in Fairfax County. are both
due to open on September 81. The
Virginia Home School, which holds
classes for boys and girls Of the first
and second grades. will open Monday.
Ms Althea Swain is principal.
To Plan Activities.
Plans for Fall and Winter activities
of the Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce will be made at a meeting of
the board of directors Monday at 8
pm. The treasurer will make his
semi-annual report, and several COM
mittees will be asked to report their
activities.
In addition to the board of direc-
tors, two other units of the chamber
viii resume work this month. The
Retail Merchants Club will meet
Wednesday and plans will be dis
cussed for the annual convention of
the State Retail Merchants Associa-
ton next June. That body will hear
reports from committees on estab-
lishment of a city park and on taxa
ton.
Rev. Hugo Blankenship of EN-
manuel Episcopal Church of Brad
dock will preach his final sermon as
rector of that church tomorrow morn
ing. He will leave here September Is
to become dean of the cathedral at
Havana, Cuba, and will be succeeded
by Rev. George Vest of Berryville,
Va. The vestry will give a farewell
reception to the rector tomorrow eve-
ming.
The children of the Emmanuel
Episcopal Church Sunday School pre-
sented a program in the church audi
torium last night.
City Manager Paul Morton will leave
this city tomorrow to attend the ma
tional convention of city managers at
Dubuque, Iowa.
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CIVIC PROBLEMS TOPIC.

Following organization of the In
dian Spring Park Citizens Association
another meeting was held Thursday at
Blair schoolhouse. Lacy Shaw. Capt.
Lord of the thirteenth precinct and
Thomas Clagett of the Suburban Sani-
tary Commission spoke on street ex-
tensions, taxes, bus service, water,
lighting and other subjects Of commu.
nifty interest.
The membership was increased to
40 Maj f. Brooke Lee, speaker of
the Maryland House of Representa-
tives, will address the next meeting,
the first ThurEday IN October. -.
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Berwyn-B -Branchville.

BERwYN. September 10 (SpeciaD.
Preparations are complete for the
opening Of the local school Monday.
Mrs. M. Powell of Washington will
succeed Miss Nelson as principal.
Pupils entering school for the first
time will be required to show a vac
cination certificate.
The meeting of the Woman's Com
munity Club wednesday was devoted
almost entirely to discussion and
plans for the fair exhibit, which will
ing. Articles to be entered should be
sent to Mrs. r. P. Hueper Sunday
afternoon.
A chicken dinner will be given by
the women of the Methodist Church
of Branchville September %. Tickets
will be so cents.
Mrs. T. p. Allsworth Of Riverdale
was hostess at luncheon Wednesday
to the Branchville Firemen's AuXil-
iary, from which she is resigning. The
regular meeting OF the auxiliary will
be held Monday night.
Birmingham Chapter, No. 26, Order
of the Eastern Star, reconvened Tues
day night, following Summer
recess.
The Berwyn district road commit
Tee IUSt u0Sudy cNSHlAI6 az tdS COui-
munity center, with DIR. S. S. Stein
berg presiding, and the following
members present: w. f. Mulligan,
Charles Teske, ST.. and Mark kier-
nan. G. P. Bickford was not present
on account OF illness. Repairs were
ordered on the following Berwyn and
Branchville roads at the boulevard
Metzerott road. Powder Mill road,
Kiernan's road, old Branchville road,
otherwise known as Scagg's lane; the
Edmonston road ana Rhode Island
avenue.
w. F. Mulligan, chairman Of the
public utilities committee Of the
Branchville Citizens Association, an
nounces that. following a conference
with officials Of the Potomac Electric
Power Co., a check for $3.50 has
been sent by them to the trustees oi
the electric extension fund. Brother
Clementius of Ammendale, Judge Fill
more Beall and II. J. Bierman. Thi:
sum, with a balance in bank. makes
possible a distribution among thu
original Sc subscribers of $23 PEI
capita. Checks will be sent out soon
Because of the rain Thursday morn
ing the picnic~of the Baptist primary
department. was held in the Sunda.
school room Of the church -
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NAVY FLYERS ARE SUBJECTED
TO MIND AND BODY TESTS
Lieut.. Comdr. Davies, Flight
Surgeon, Puts Pilots Un-
der Strict Scrutiny.
Aviators at Anacostia Sta
ton Must Submit to Fire.
quent Examinations.

A policy Of rigid medical examina.
tions for naval aviators on duty in
Washington has been inaugurated at
the Naval Air Station, Anacostia,
D. c., with the object of curbing 'po-
tential crashes" brought about by
mental and physical fatigue and any
other condition of the pilots mind and
body which can be characterized as
stale"
Pilots attached to the Anacostia
station are subject to professional
scrutiny by Lieut.. Comdr. w. w.
Davies, flight surgeon of the air base,
once week, while airmen on duty in
the Bureau of Aeronautics and who
use the Anacostia planes for local and
cross-country flying, must line up be-
fore the stations "medico" once a
month. All other naval aviators,
whether on the active list and from
other stations or on the reserves, can
be prohibited from taking the air from
Anacostia If DR.. Davies believes they
are unfit for air duty.
The Schneider Test"
Orders for the close check-up on the
physical welfare Of the naval airnen
were promulgated by Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of the Bu-
reau of Aeronautics, upon the recon-
mendation of Lieut.. Comdr. Homer c..
Wick. commanding the station, and
Lieut.. Comdr. Davies. The success of
the experiment is expected to bring
about similar inspection at other naval
air stations throughout the country.
BY an examination lasting only a
few minutes Lieut.. Comdr. Davies is
able to tell whether a pilot is "po-
tential crash" This examination is
known in naval air parlance as "a
Schneider" 1t is the ratio between
the circulatory and nervous mecha-
nisms, and the conclusions are reached
by the following test:
The blood pressure and pulse of
the pilot are taken. Then he lies
down for five minutes and the blood
pressure and pulse are recorded. He
Is told to stand quietly for two min
utes while they are again recorded,
after which he exercises by jumping
up and down for Is seconds and an
other reading" Of the pulse and
pared with all other findings If the
pilot is in perfect health the scale
or chart will show an "18." No one
can make higher grade. The mini
mum is IS" and an airman who
reaches this figure is just under the
line. Below "S'' a pilot is "stale, has
no faculties. thinks slowly" and. in
other words, stays on the ground
until he can make higher grade.
Eyes Are Examined.
At regular, frequent intervals Lieut..
Comdr. Davies puts his pilots through
series of tests to determine If their
eyes, a most vital agency in flying,
are in perfect condition. After de-
termining that the interior of the eye
Is clear and the length of vision and
color discriminating ability are salts
factory. the fight surgeon tests the
pilot for depth perception"
At one end of the dark room" in
the recently enlarged "sick bay" at
the air station Is a little table with
two black posts, about 10 inches high
resting vertically in wooden founda
tions. They stand out clearly against
a white background. One Of the posts
is movable, forward and backward
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AURORA HEIGHTS.

AURORA HEIGHTS, Va, Septem'
ber 10 (SpecialI-The Aurora Heights
Civic Association will hold its third
flower, fruit and vegetable show al
the James Monroe School Friday eve
ming.
Rating homes for the home i'm
provement contest win be done by
Prof. +. l.. Mulford on or shortly
after September 16. The absence OF
trash and growing weeds will add
much to the individual home rating II
10 pointed out. Prizes are offered for
the best appearing place at the time
OF judging and for the greatest i'm
provement on the entire place dur
.tpg the last .year.
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CENTERVILLE.

CENTERVILLE, Va, September
10 (SpeciaD.--The State road engineers
have started construction of the new
bridge over Bull Run on the Center
Vile Manassas road, half a mile east
Of the present bridge.
At the adjourned quarterly confer.
ence of the Southern Methodist
Church, held on Labor day at Fairfax
parsonage, Mrs. Fannie Harrison and
B. T. Gentry were elected stewards OF
the Centerville Church. with Mrs. Har.
rison as lay leader and as superin'
tendent of the Sunday School.
The board of supervisors Wednes
day continued for two months the ap'
polntment of Middleton Compton as
special road officer for this district.
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BAILEYS CROSS ROADS

BAILEYS CROSS ROADS, Va, Sep
tember 10 tSpeciaD. - The School
League will meet in the school audi
forium Wednesday night. The ad-
journed program on landscaping of
the campus and a proposed change in
the community name viii be taken up.
The guild will meet with Mrs. Thur
low White Thursday afternoon. The
Young. Peoples Society will give a
dance In the school on the 18th.
The Virginia Public Service Co. has
extended its lines down the Columbia
Pike from w. r. Carrico's as far as
W. L. Clarke's residence and from
there down the Lincolnia road as far
as Mr.. Howdershell's.
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Knocked Down by Street Car.

Thomas Clancy. n years old, 214
John Marshall place, was knocked
down by street car last night be-
tween Third and Fourth streets on
Pennsylvania avenue, sustaining a
lacerated scalp and bruises about the
body. He was treated at Sibley Hos
pital and removed later to Gallinger.
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SCHOOL HAS BANDS.
Berlin Gymnasium" Is First In
Germany to Have Orchestra.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BERLIN. - The Bismarck High
School of Berlin claims the honor Of
the first orchestra in Germany made
up entirely OF students. While in gen.
eral music is fostered in Germany as
in few countries of the world, the
''gymnasia," or high schools, do not
know the American institution of the
high school band or orchestra.
Bismarck High School has started
two bands. One is a symphony or
chestra of 80 members, conducted by
Principal Walter Kuck, the other a
jazz band of six, led by Assistant
Principal Lichtenberg.
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WOMEN TOSERVE
ON AUGUST Jury
None of Three Included in Su.
preme Court Panel Ask
Exemption.

Qualifying the August jury in the
District Supreme Court today, Chief
Justice Mccoy warned the prospective
jurors they must have a very good
excuse if they sought to evade service,
pointing out that jury service is the
only civic duty impressed upon resi-
dents of the District and adding that
all should Re willing to endure the
disturbance to their business affairs
ontailcd by this service.
Three women were summoned for
jury duty, and although the law al
lows them to decline to serve, none
did so. This is the first panel of jurors
in the District Supreme Court to have
three woman members. They are
Mrs. Eunice V. Avery, 1884 Madison
street. formerly vice president of the
Prevalent Relief Association: Miss
Alice Fl. Cooke Of 1903 Massachusetts
avenue, employed by the American
Security & Trust Co. and Miss Mar
jorie Daniel, 900 Nineteenth street,
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continued Forrest Adair as president
and Robin Adair as secretary. among
other employees retained, Gin order
to continue the operation of the
business with as little disturbance as
possible" and "to enable them to
submit report showing wherin
salaries, rents and other eXpences can
be beneficially reduced.
Proceedings were recently institut-
ed seeking the recovery of $l,500,000
in assets of the bankrupt Adair &
Senters Inc, Atlanta realty firm,
alleged to be held illegally by S. A.
Lynch. New York capitalist. S. A.
Lynch Enterprise Finance Co. and
allied corporations.
The Adair & Senters Inc firm. it
was alleged, was rendered insolvent
through transfer of it's assets to the
Lynch companies as security for a
loan of $2.500.000 to it's parent con-
Germ the Adair Realty & Trust Co.
in an unsuccessful effort to ward off
financial ruin for the latter.
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Production Costs High.
70 DROPPED FROM ROLLS.
Reduction During June of U. S
Employees Announced.

A net reduction Of 70 in the number
Of employees of the Federal Govern
ment in the District of Columbia be-
tween June l and June 80 was an
nounced today by the Civil Service
Commission. Federal employees in the
Capital at the end of June aggre-
gated $4,000, against GOSH on June
80. 1926. a reduction of 1,011 in the
year.
The figures showed, however. that
on June so there were 231 more per-
sons on the Federal pay roll In
Washington than on December 81. Net
losses in personnel occurred in many
of the departments during JuEe.
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c. D. SNOW HONORED.
Named Assistant to President of
u. S. Commerce Chamber,

Chauncey d Snow, manager of the
foreign commerce department Of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, has been named assistant to
the president. Lewis + Pierson, presi-
dent of the chamber announced today.
Mr. Snow has been manager of the
foreign commerce department since
1920, coming to the chamber from the
Department of Commerce.
Edward '. Bacher. assistant man.
ager of the foreign commerce depart
ment. has been named manager. sue
ceeding Mr.. Snow.
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ATLANTA REALTY FIRM
RECEIVERS APPOINTED
Court Names Business Men to Di-
rect Company on Cred
itors' Plea.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, GA. August Edgar
Watkins. attorney, and Arthur Lucas.
theatrical man. both of Atlanta, were
appointed temporary receivers for
the Adair Realty & Loan Co. yes
terday by Judge G.. II. Howard of
the Fulton County Superior Court.
The receivers were named upon
application to the court on a suit
for $4,000 filed by the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co. and other creditors
"in like condition" to take over all
assets now in possession of the Adair
Co. and continue to operate the bust
ness. subject to further court orders.
The receivers. posting the stipu-
lated 5000 bond fixed by the court,
assumed temporary charge. They
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Club Installs Officers.

The Boni Amici Club held an in
stallation of officers Sunday night at
Silver Spring, Md. Speeches were
made by various members and their
friends, the feature being one made
by Miss Nettie Einbinder. The mem.
hers installed in their respective Of
fees are: Louis Cohan. president: Ma:
Metro, vice president: Dave Buchalter,
secretary; William Metro, treasurer,
and Sam Jenner, sergeant.at-arms.
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who described herself as an insurance
solicitor.
Twenty-three men conclude the Jury
panel which is not expected to be
called on to serve more than one day.
when they will sit as a lunacy jury
August 10. Chief Justice Mccoy de-
scribed this months service as a
"cinch," as after only one days serv
ice the members are exempt for one
year from further jury duty.