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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14

the program which dealt with the
Spanish Drama"
Mesdames A. N. Brown, Jack
Ray. S. II. Collier and Hager each
gave talks on the subject.
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EIGHT PRESENT
AT MEETING

The Second Timothy ais Prayer
Band met with Mrs. John Craw-
ford Tuesday morning with the
lesson on prayer. Mrs. Sid David
son was a guest. Eight members
were present.
Mrs. Jim X. Davidson will be
hostess next Tuesday morning.
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~ENTERTAINS FOR
SCHOOL FACULTY

A pretty Valentine bridge party,
recently had for hostess. Miss
Maurine Hvistendahl at her home
on Texas avenue. her guests being
members OF the Mercedes school
faculty.
IN the games OF bridge Miss Mary
Nell Hadden made high score and
Miss Lillian Moore scored low.
Those enjoying the evening we're
Misses Mary Norrod, Grace Robin
son. Elizabeth Rogers. Louise CARL,
Lillian Moore. Amy Cornish, Ruth
Rollins. Floreide Hooper. Merle
Malone. Fern Alfrey. Mildred Schu-
bert, Cymbaline Neal. Ophelia BY
ars. Nell Hancock, Mary Nell Had
Den and Mrs. Ed Perry.
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MANY
CLUB DANCE

CLUB
A delightful evening was enjoy
ed by a large attendance at the
dance given Wednesday evening,
February IL at the Cortez hotel by
the Business and Professional Wo-
mems club Of Weslaco. The club
sponsored the dance to raise funds
to help defray their part OF the ex-
pence OF the state convention which
will be held in the Valley in June.
SOCIETY
MEETS
The members OF the women's
Missionary Society, Circle 2. OF the
Methodist church held their reg
ular meeting al the home OF Mrs.
j. c. Friday Monday afternoon.
Mrs. George Heefer was Bible study
leader. There were fifteen members
present and two guests.
Circle ? will meet with Mrs. T.
w. Glass February II for a social
meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
A TRIBUTE TO PERSHING

Georges Clemenceau was not the man
to forget his hatreds. He carried them
all to the grave with him, without bother
ing to think about forgiveness. That is
why his last book, Grandeur and Misery
of Victory" is so interesting. 1t reveals
all of the Tigers grudges.
In this book Clemenceau has something
to say about nearly every prominent al
lied leader American readers, no doubt,
will be most interested in what ne has to
say about General Pershing.
Clemenceau criticizes Pershing severe
ly-although admitting his worth as a
soldier-because Pershing refused to al
low him to incorporate American troops
into the French army in the early days Of
of 1918, but insisted that they be kept
intact as an American army and go into
the front line only when they could go as
unit, under their own commanders
To Clemenceau, this was mere stub
bornness. France was desperately hard
put in those days for man-power. Glenn
enceau wanted to put American battal-
ions into French divisions, and never for
got his bitterness because Pershing would
not stand for it.
Clemenceau's point of view is easily un-
derstood, of course. Yet it is probable
that this StubbOrnnesS OF PerShlng Will
be one of the things in the generals rec
ord for which Americans in years to
come, will honor him most.
After all, Pershing's first responsible
ity, overshadowing everything else, was
to his own nation. Two million Amerl-
can soldiers were entrusted to his care
Many of these men were certain to be
killed; but Pershing had the enormous re-
sponsibility of seeing to it that their
deaths were not wasted.
Now it was about at that time that the
French were routed at Chemin des Da-
mes. Clemenceau in his book admits that
this was due to the bungling of French
generals. Thousands of men were lost IN
this defeat Suppose Pershing had agreed
TO let Clemenceau put American soldiers
in the French divisions at that time;
great many American lives would nave
been sacrificed to the inefficiency OF for
eign generals.
By holding out for an autonomous
American army Pershing did precisely
what he was supposed to do. Clemen-
ceau's criticism of him is really strong
testimonial to his patriotism and wisdom.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
TRIO OF FILM
STARS VISITED
BY MISFORTUNE

HOLLYWOOD, calf, April 30.
W.H-Ken Maynard, athletic pro.
ducer and star of western pictures,
was reported resting comfortably i'll
Hollywood hospital today after an
operation for appendicitis last night.
The actor was stricken suddenly
as he and his wife were preparing
to leave Hollywood on trip to the
Fiji Islands.
Maynard was one of three prom
'irent film players forced to seek
the attention of physicians.
Polly Moran, film comcdienno,
was ordered to hospital for com
plete rest after she collapsed during
the filming of a picture on the Met
ro-Goldwyn-Mayor' lot. Her condi-
ton was said not to he serious.
The third motion picture player
TO be treated was Rosetta Duncan,
actress and musical comedy star.
Miss Duncan had her hand severely
lacerated when she stumbled over
her st. Bernard dog while carry.
ing vase of flowers.
The vase shattered as the actress
fell, gashing her hand so that sew
eral stitches had TO be taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND SALE

The following articles have been
seized in Imperial Coounty, Calf,
for violation of custom laws, seizure
number and date, description and
supposed owner as follows: 927S,
62o %, = gallons alcohol, Hugh Nc
MILAN; l006S /69, 214I30. % bot
ties liquor, Ford Touring mo-
tor No. 12,S44,2l0 Magotar
Shiono; l0Oss /s9, = 1880, 204
bottles whis'ey, Chevrolet Tour
ing motor No. 13ss493, Fred Con
zales & John Rodriguez; lO1O9, 2t24-
80, 95 bottles liquor, Santiago Gam
mo; 1910, 224.30 40 bottles IL
quor, gallons alcohol, Trinidad
Garcia & Dolores Kates; 10ll1 H2,
224I 80, SO bottles liquor, Ford
Coupe motor No. 11,11S,951, C. d.
Gonzales; 1Ol90 /9l, $3.50, 10 bot
ties liquor, Ford Roadster motor No
A1,94I83S, Mr.. 4 Mrs, Raymond
Robertson; 1924, 312l30, Chevrolet
Touring motor No. 3457579, Antonio
Perez; 1929, 32430, l lot eIectri-
clan S tools, j. G. Pruitt; 10246/ "a,
3I30I30, As bottles whiskey, Chrysler
Touring motor No. 65372, Adolfo
Rodriguez; 1924, $3.50, Dodg e
Touring motor No. A22l4l6, Alfonzo
Martinez; 10293 /94, t IA so, 4s bot
ties whiskey, Chevrolet Sedan mo-
tor No. G21,924, Pedro Lopez; TO-
300/01, 415l30, 10 bottles whiskey,
Oldsmobile Sport Roadster, motor
No. Fl15,068, Floyd V. Ackley, Mrs.
Lille Bob Ackley, and Francisco
Morlett; 1O322 /23, 4I173O, 10 gal
Ions alcohol, Dodge Touring motor
No. 399493, James w. Ellis; 10325,
4l18l30, Ford Touring motor No. 76-
1852, unknown; 1033S/ /39, 4l930,
19 bottles liquor, l gallon alcohol,
Chevrolet Roadster motor No. 81
11474, unknown; Anyone claiming
any of the articles must file his
claim with the undersigned within
20 days of the first appearance here
of or the liquors will be forfeited
and the automobile and tools sold
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash at 10 A. NJ, Thursday,
May %, 1880 at the Customs Patrol
Station, Heber, Calf.
l.. H. SCHWAEBE,
Collector of Customs, Los Angeles,
Calf. Apr. 90; May 6, l3.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
SOME. MERCHANT SINS

Several merchants in this city are
gam complaining. of an epidemic of bad
qecks prevailing here, but it is difficult
work up much sympathy for them.
Ihe merchant who cashes a check for
stranger has no cause to complain if the
neck later on proves OF the rubber
arlety. An honest person with a check
cash, is only too ready to identify him.
eli II the merchant insists upon such
uentlflcatlon before cashing the check.
demand for such Identification brings
resentment, the merchant can almost be
pertain that the party rendering the check
not doing so in good faith.
On more than one occasion we have
cen perfect strangers go into local stores
md have checks cashed without any
frouble at all. Also we have seen honest
nen denied the courtesy of having their
ehecks cashed, because, being working
men, their appearance was against them.
he glib stranger with good clothes and
ready tongue, finds no SUCH difficulty.
If merchants are being nicked, it is
their own fault. If they will persist in
baking chances, they must expect to get
Btung
Another sin to be charged against the
merchant is refusal to prosecute when the
party who has offered bad check is ap-
|prehended The merchant is satisfied If
he gets his money back and many times
refuses to prosecute, thereby letting the
defender go scot free to work his game
in some other place. He may not realize
1t, but the merchant who does this Is
making it doubly hard for the authorities
to protect them from crooks. 1t is dis
couraging, to say the least, for police or
ficials to go to the trouble OF appreheno-
ng crook and then have him give them
ne laugh because he is able to pacify the
pmplainant by making good the money
HAT has been swindled.
No merchant in this city would GIVE
kotal stranger $40, yet few of them Will
emand Identification before handing ov-
II SO for a slip of paper that is suppos-
La to be promise but frequently is as
unreliable as most promises are.
Often, after he has had few bad
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Unek Wisgily began to pdale.

81 think So" Uncle Wiggily an
| swered. SIN the old days the In
! dians who used to live in these
woods made boats. or canoes, out OF
bark they took off the birch trees.
, have seen pictures of birch bark
/ canoes. Now of course | cannot make
canoe as good as the old Indians
used to, but / can gnaw off some
birch bark and fasten the ends to-
gether with some sticky gum from
the pine trees so no water will leak
in my boat and then / can cross the
stream and save lots of time.
Uncle Wiggily was feeling so Jol-
lv about making his birch bark boat
that he started right at it. Near his
bungalow grew some white birch
trees the bark of wh.ch is easy to
peel. And taking "a long strip Of
this. Uncle Wiggily fastened the
ends in a sort of V shape, sewing
them together with strong pieces of
honevsuckle vine, a d, afterward,
putting on some sticky gum which
kept out the water from the cracks.
".Now ! will put some seats in my
boat, gnaw me a paddle from a fiat
piece of wood and then | Will cross
the brook said Mr.. Longears.
A flat stick in each end of the
bark canoe did very nicely for seat
and another flat piece of wood be-
came paddle when the rabbit gen
tleman had gnawed it TO the right
shape.
Now to see how my boat acts
in the water.v ehuckled Uncle Wig
gily. He pushed the canoe into the
brook, stepped lightly in, taking
care not to push his paws through
the bottom, for a bark canoe IS very
thin, and then taking his seat, Uncle
Wiggily began to paddle.
Across the brook, 10 the othef
side, Uncle Wiggiiy padded his
lark canoe which was like those tue
Indians used TO make, only much
smaller
"Hurray!" cried the rabbit gen.
tleman when he was safe on the
other side of the brook. How
quick that was and ! didn't get wet
at ALI No more long trips up and
down the stream 10 find place mar
row enough for me TO jump! From
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Stories
By HOWARD E. GAREl0
Newspaper Syndicate
Copyright, 1928, BY Mcclure
UNCLE WIGGILY's BOAT

Not far from Uncle Wiggily s
0llow stump bungalow was a
kream of water. Perhaps you would
have called it a brook as 1t was
either very wide nor very deep foi
boy or girl to wade with shoes and
ockings off But to a rabbit gen
Ieman like Uncle Wigg;iy, who was
hot any taller than the seat OF
hair, why that stream was qu'te
river.
An elephant would have called ii
nst a wee drop 81 warer but 10 a
June Bug that little brook was as
large as the ocean $ to you. So yoU
must not be surprised that Mr'
.ongears always spoke of the brook
ks being very wide and very deep
and very dangerous place.
SIT is lovely to have the brook 50
hear our bungalow Uncle Wiggiiy
used to say to his wife and Nurse
Dane, "but when ! want to get to
the other side / must walk away of
khrough the woods to where the
brook is narrow enough for me TO
hump across. And that takes 4 long
Itime.'
.If there was bridge across the
brook right back of your bungalow
you could cross on that said Mrs.
1Longears.
"Very true,'' agreed Uncle Wig
! kily, "but there is no bridge and /
am too old to build one.'
"If you could only swim as l
Iean,o squeaked Nurse Jane Fuzzy,
!ssy Won coald easily cross the brook
| 10 the other side without going 4
s.anile or more up to the end where it
sis narrow enough for you TO jump.
.very true,' agreed Uncle Wig
] eily. "But j am a very poor swim
smcr.o
This was also true, for rabbits,
like eats. are not very clever in the
water. though down in our South
land there is marsh rabbit who IS
very good at swimming. But Uncle
Wiggily, like Tommie and Kittie
Kat, never dared go in swimming
without a rubber bathing suit ON for
the water made his fur all wet and
stuck il together.
.iWell then,' went on Nurse
yane, "since there is no bridge over
1he wide brook, and since you can
not swim. the only thing for you TO
~. Uncio Wiggily, is TO keep on GO
iny up stream a mile TO thc place
where il is small enough for, you TO
inmp across That's all there is to
I'll"
sNo. there is one other thing /
ean do,n spoke the rabbit gentle
nan.
.whatsv asked his wife who
MAS mending hole in the stocking
81 Baby Bunty the orphan rabbit.
Awhai else can you do, Wiggyf"
~ can make boat aud paddle
py way across the sbrook when
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Power Company
Officials Here

NJ. S. Slaughter, traveilng super
inteEdent for the Southern Sierras
Power Company, arrived in El Cen
tro yesterday. Slaughter is here on
his regular inspection tour and will
be in the valley about three weeks.
Accompanying him were George 7.
Bigelow, assistant general agent, q,
W. s. Fleming, OF the commercial
department and the following com.
mercial salesmen, Ernie Grey, Herb
Fulton, c. c. Runyon and j. G..
Neal, all from the main office in
Riverside. These men are here on
an inspection tour of the valley Of
fices of the power company. All
with the exception Of Slaughter viii
return to Riverside tomorrow morn
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

| ID. Scott on the grounds of wilful
desertion. The interlocutory decree
had been granted April 26, 1929.
j. c. Anderson filed his complaint
this morning against the First Cen
tral National Bank, the City of Ca.
lexico and w. j. Bennett, based on
the following allegations: On June
20, 1929, the plaintiff was Il deposi-
tor in the First Central National
Band, an disued Il check on this
bank for $500 to the city of Calex-
leo as bail for one NJ. l.. Goodman.
This check was endorsed by w. j.
Bennett, captain of police who did
not then and there have any auth
ority to so endorse said check or TO
receive the money in payment of the
check, which fact was well known
by the bank, but nevertheless, the
bank turned this money over t0
Bennett and charged the account of
the plaintiff with that sum. Subse-
quently, Goodman appeared in the
municipal court of San Pedro, and
the $500 cash bail was also released.
Although demand has been made
upon the defendants and each of
them for the return of this said
$500. they have faiied, refused and
neglected TO return said money to
the plaintiff who now asks judg.
ment for that sum and the costs Of
the action.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

checks passed on him, the merchant
makes another mistake by refusing to
cash checks for anyone. That drives
away trade for not all persons offering
checks are crooks. Identification is the
merchants safeguard and will usually
protect him if he demands it.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

now on / will paddle across in my
boat"
So this is how it all happened.
Once Uncle Wiggily's canoe struck
sharp rock which made hole
and the water began to leak in.
But the bunny quickly padded to
shore, got piece of bark for a
patch and when it was stuck on
with sticky gum his canoe leaked no
more.
And when his little bunny boys
and girls came home from school
Mr.. Longears would take them for
rides across the brook IN his canoe
and they had lots of fun.
Now if the cabbage would try
walking on its head once in while
instead of trying to ..op along on
the foot of the stairs I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily's whistle.
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Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Looking Backward
Imperial Valley for this Date
What The Press Files Tell OF
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Anril 90 1910

Still another brick building is an,
nounced for the business quarter OF
the city to be built this sprihg. This
will have frontage of so feet and will
be 100 feet deep. 1t will be situated
Immediately west of the new retail
store of Edgar Bros. Company and
is to be built by DR.. II. J. Fuller,
and is to be rented for a garage.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

The San Francisco papers, espe'
cially the Examiner and Chronical
took occasion on the advent of I'm
perial county day at the exposition
to say several columns of nice things
about Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Valley Shipments

Shipments almost reached the zero
hour in the valley yesterday, a mere
three ears of carrots being shipped
from Holtville with no ears ordered
for today's activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
April 90, 1915

A cloudy sky resulted in one OF
Imperial Valleys unwelcome rains
yesterday and last night. The pre-
cipitation was quite general all over
the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

Judge I. Mayfield will leave Fri
day morning by automobile on "a
brief vacation which he will spend
with his daughter, Mrs. d. c. Coeh'
ran in Los Angeles. During his alb
sence his official duties will be
looked after by Justice Smith of I'M
perial.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29


special administrator of the estate
Of Mary Dates Brown, deceased, by
order of Judge Thompson.
Leah B. Peterson filed her amend
ed complaint against Guy Peterson,
stating that they were married at
La Junta. Colorado, October 6, 1925,
and separated on June 26, 1927.
The defendant is charged with hav-
ing wilfully neglected TO provide the
common necessities of life for the
plaintiff and has compelled her to
support herself. She asks a divorce,
$50 4 month as temporary and per
manent alimony and attorneys fees.
~ -
An order of the court signed by
Judge Thompson states that Guy
Peterson should pay Leah b. Peter
son, $50 month for her support,
with counsel's fees and costs to
prosecute the action.
A decree of settlement of ac-
counts and of final distribution OF
the estate of Frank Harvey, de-
ceased, has been signed by Judge
Thompson in superior court.
Gilbert G.. Cobleigh was appoint,
ed administrator of the estate of G..
NJ. Cobleigh, deceased.
The demurrer of Il. f. Wisbv to
the complaint of w. n. Kennedy al
leges that the complaint does not
state facts sufficient TO constitute
a cause of action.
An answer of Pcrcie C. and Mar
gretta Thacker to the complaint of
Frank b. Taester, denies that the
defendants were keepers or owners
of certain vicious dog which was
accustomed to bite mankind or that
they negligently suffered such or
any dog TO go at large-in answer to
the defendant IS suit for damages
for having been bitten by such 4
dog.
Marriage licenses have been issu,
ed to Walter Locher, 29, FL Centre,
and Hedwig Binggeli, 10, of Holt
Vile; and to John Santos, 20, of FL
Centro and Eulalia Wales, IS of
Brawley.
The Seaboard Surety Company of
America, Los Angeles, filed copy
,.I n
81, 1880, in the office of the county
clerk.
The condensed financial state.
ment of the Massachusetts Bonding
and Insurance company of Boston. +.
for March 81, 1880, was filed with |
the county clerk.
A copy of the articles Of in. |
corporation of Bastanchbury Ranch |
company with headquarters in Full |
erton, was filed with the county |
clerk today.
A stipulation filed by Alfred
Biaisdell, attorney for Henry San.
chez, plaintiff, and NJ. c. Ateb;son
attorney for Annie Baptsta de
Sanchez, defendant, states that the
of the plaintiff is dis.
that the court may hear the
testimony on the cross-eomplaint of
the cross-complainant and that no.
tiee of time for setting said cause is
waived and the court may hear il
as default matter.
Harry w. Horton, attorney for
Lucille Luckett, filed an order for
dismissal of the divorce action in.
stituted against Thomas o. Luekett
A notice of intention to ma,rv
was filed this morning by Havs u |
White, 20, of the Barbara Wor,h
Hotel. and Olive Duerfied. 81 NJ
the Balboa hotel, Ell Centre.
Judge Thompson this morning +,
granted final decree of divoreee
TO Josiah G.. Scott against Bern;oco !.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

want to get to the other side,' Tn
Gle Wiggily answered. ''In a boat
| can keep my fur dry and | Will
not have TO go two miles when /
want to get to the other side of the
water right here near my own bun
galow." :,
but can you make boat,
asked Nurse Jane.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
W. /. Stone NOn-ROard Insurance

State Insurance Commissioner requirements are the
same as for Board companies. The prices to YOU are
remarkably lower. Let show this real saving
Phone w. I. Stone 24S 387-Office 93I Main Also
collection service.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

T. P. Banta, who has been in the
valley for several days, returned
yesterday from his farm.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
TEN YEARS AGO
April 90, 1920

Mrs. W. +. Stevenson of Imperial
was in FL Centre Yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
NOTICE OF FICTITIOUS NAME

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that CARLOS GLEN
ETS and GWEN CLEMENTS are
partners doing business under the
Fictitious name and style of GLEN
ENTS REPAIR SHOP;
That the principal place of busi-
ness of the said partnership is Fl
Centro, California, and that the resi-
dence of said persons is as follows:
Carlos Clements, 535 Vine Street, FL
Centre, Calf.
Gwen Clements, 535 Vine Street, I'll
Centre, Calf.
That there are no other persons
or person interested in said partner
| ship or having any interest i'll said
business carried on under said ficti-
tious name.
Dated FL Centre, California, April
25th, 1880.
CARLOS CLEMENTS
GWEN Clements
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,)
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, So
ON the 25th day of April, 1880,
before me, Nellie Brown, Il notary
public in and for the County of I'm
perial, State of California, residing
in the City of III Centre, in said
county, duly commissioned n d
sworn, personally appeared Carlos
Clements and Gwen Clements per.
sonally known to me to be the same
Carlos Clements and Gwen Clements
and Gwen Clements whose names are
subscribed to the foregoing writ
ing, and they each duly acknowl-
edged to me that they signed the
same.
IN WITNEs WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my notarial seal, the day and date
in this certificate first above writ.
ten.
(SEAL) NELLIE BROWN
Notary Public in and for the County
of Imperial, State of California.
Apr. 2s; May d, 10, 20
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Doings About
Court House

s. P. Williams Was appointed
special administrator of the estate
Of Mary Dates Brown, deceased, by
order of Judge Thompson.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Acetylene Welding & Machine Work

Cylinder Grinding, Boring Honing Piston Grine
ing. Fly Wheel Ring Gears Installed Tractor Work
Pump and Gas Engine Overhaung. General Electric
Motors Agent. Fan and Vacuum Cleaner Repairing
Battery Repairs and Charging. Bicycle Repairing
Lawn Mowers Sharpened, Etc. Wilson Machine Shop
Phone 40. 1922 Main Street.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Opt0metrist-Dr. Sem Bacon

Quality Eye Service Scientifically equipped to treat
all muscular and crossed eyes. Nearsighted
(Myopc) and children's eyes given specialization
ton. Glasses fitted Lenses duplicated. 581 Main
ST. Phone 228-W
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29

ID. Scott on the grounds of wilfull
desertion. The interlocutory decree
had been granted April 26, 1929.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Army & Navy Variety Store

New and Used Furniture, stoves linoleums. hardware
We buy and sell everything for less NJ Marcot prop.
480 Main st.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-29
Electrical Contradictory. H. Hannann

INSTALLATIONS of power and light. Affiliated with
California Electrical Board and carry out all work
according to "RedSeal specifications. Plans and es-
Inmates furnished. Office at Schmitt Radio Store,
1925 Main Phone 948.