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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
Road Crew Blasting Out Rock.

County Commissioner Brink sent out
a road crew the first of the week under
B. ]. Lamey to blow off some rock
points that jut into the highway short
distance west of the Hathaway place.
The J. Neils Lumber company recent
ly purchased portable air compress
sor for use on their railroad and Com
missioner Brink has rented this ma
chine for 80 days work on the high
way. 1t is very efficient machine,
very similar to the compressors that
were used by the contractors on the
highway west of Libby last year. BY
its use it is possible to do much more
work in the same time and at much
less cost over hand work.
The rock being removed was uncov-
cred last fall in grading operations
when the roadbed was being widened.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
May Save
Large Sum In
Fire Insurance
Rates Will Be Reduced If
Libby Provides Certain
Improvements.
CALLS FOR CITY HALL
AND FIRE TRUCK

If Libby will provide certain i'm
provements in its fire defenses, the
board of fire underwriters will grant
the city a reduction of from IL to Is
per cent in its rates That is the news
conveyed in a letter to City Clerk
r. r. Veldman in answer to CORES
pondence the city and fire department
has had regarding this matter
Briefly, the. requirements of the un-
derwriters is that Libby do away with
the present city hall, which is termed
a fire menace, and purchase modern
fire truck.
IF the city can secure this reduc-
ton of from IL to Is per cent in its
insurance rates, 1t will mean saw
ing to property owners of about $2,700
per year in insurance premiums said
Mr.. Veldman
The plan now being considered is
for the city to bond in a sum suf-
ficient to build new city hall and
purchase modern fire truck. The ap-
proximate cost would be about $4,000.
The city hall would require approx
mately $4,000 and the truck between
$4,000 and $1,000 A tax sufficient to
retire bonds in that amount through
a series of years could be paid by
Libby property owners and still leave
a substantial saving between the
amount OF the tax paid and
the saving Of the $2,7O0 in insurance
premiums. Therefore the proposition
to build the city hall and purchase the
truck would be very good business,
say those who have given the mat
ter study.
1t is very probable that a vote on
issuing the necessary bonds will be
taken at the city election this spring.
1t is agreed new city hall is bad
ly needed. If one is built, 1t would pro-
vide not only quarters for fire fight
ing equipment but would also have
city council chambers, which could
also Be used for public gatherings;
sleeping quarters for two or three fire
men, and also quarters for the city Jail.
We print below a letter to Mr.. Weld
man written by Chas w. Cook of
Butte, district secretary of the Board
Of Fire Underwriters.
Butte, Montana, February Is, 1881.
r. r. Veldman, City Clerk,
Libby, Montana.
Dear Sir:
We have for acknowledgement your
favor of the 18th advising that your
City Council and members OF the Fire
Department have had several import
ant discussions relative to improve
ments in your fire defenses and their
probable effect on present fire insur-
ance rates.
We are very much gratified to learn
of the interest being taken by your
city administration and members of
the fire department and assure you
that anything we can do to assist in
working out satisfactory program of
Continued on page 81
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
SIX RURAL SCHOOLS
EARN ATTENDANCE FLAGS

One Made 100 Per Cent Record for
Three Manufacturers Run Close Race.
Mrs Carrie La Munyan, county sup
erintendent of schools, has announced
winners in the attendance contest for
the past month, the winners being en-
titled to possession of a handsome
American silk flag provided by Mrs.
La Munyan. 4
The school at the head Of the list
last month was the Yak school, Miss
Margaret Barlow teacher This school
had a hundred percent attendance, the
third month that it has made per-
feet record.
The Jennings school, M G. Candee
teacher, ranked second with percent
age Of &c. One pupil was tardy during
the month, thus forcing the school down
to 49, This is the first time since the
contest was started that the Jennings
school was not either at the top or
equal to the highest.
The other schools winning flags were
the Olson school, Miss Leola Ingram,
teacher; the Sylvanite school, Miss
Aileen Cutie teacher; the Gateway
school, Miss Maryem Genre, teacher
and the Fortine school, Miss Blanche
McManus, teacher
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
THE
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LIBBY SCHOOL NEWS TOLD IN
AN INTERESTING MANNER
Edited by the
JOURNALISM CLASS
TAMARACK
STAFF IS APPOINTED

Monday morning = permanent staff
for editing the Tamarack was chosen
by the editor, Winogene Wood.
These individuals are in charge Of
seperate departments and have GER
tain beat or field for news. The staff
will remain the same until the end Of
the school year.
Martin Cornier has charge Of sports.
This includes our basketball, football
and track teams. He will have sew
eral assistants Several other boys are
good at writing sport articles also.
Among these are Jack Rowland, Clyde
Rusher and Walter Baker
Muriel Rose is editor of the music
department. Operetta, Boys and Girls
Glee club and orchestra are included
under this editors work She has a
large and hard field to cover.
Angela Huchala has charge Of the
grade school. This is an interesting de-
partment Many bits of news can be
found in this section of news division
Frances Keller reports junior high
news. Sports, scholarship personals
dramatics and all kinds of news are
collected in this department
Viola Bessey will have charge Of
dramatics. All plays and the like will
be written up by her
Iva Evans has parties Of all types
pertaining to schooD to report This il
source Of news that is full Of mis-
cellaneous social and personal affairs
Winogene Wood editor, will write
editorials. She corrects all stories
handed in gives, out assignments anc
grades the stories She may write ur
individual articles if necessary.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
Kills Chicken for
Sunday Dinner; Gets
$3.50 In Gold Nugget
Bill Vaughn Was the Lucky Man
Says he Believes He Knows Where
the Fowl Picked up the Nugget.

Everyone knows the old fable of
the man who killed the goose that
laid the golden egg. And now a
Libby man comes forward with an
experience somewhat similar to the
old story. He killed a chicken for
a chicken dinner and found the
obliging fowl full of gold. We use
that word full" with some degree
of carelessncss, nevertheless it is
said the chicken yielded about
$3.50 of the yellow metal.
Bill Vaughn is the lucky man
who wanted chicken dinner. Pre-
pairing for a chicken dinner for
Sunday he killed one 0 fthc chick
ems he had raised and found . gold
nugget in its crop and some who
have seen it say it viii assay about
two and \ half dollars worth.
Bill says he Is now going to kill
all his chickens and search them
for gold
The chicken had spent its life on
the Vaughn place and in the near
by neighborhood, so it must have
picked up the gold in that vicinity.
Flower creek flows through that
section and it is believed the chick
en- got the nugget out Of Flower
creek gravel. Vaughn says he be-
licves he knows where and that
he Is going to do some exploring
for gold nuggets as soon as the
snow goes off.
Charley Johanson, when told Of
the lucky find in the chickens
crop, said the wise thing to do
would be to buy about a thousand
chickens and turn them loose on
Flower creek.
II has been, said that certain
chickens" are good gold diggers."
Charley would actually and liter
ally try out the idea.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
Making Money With Poultry.

r. P. Wilkes is Libby poultryman
who says he is able to make money
from his chickens even with the pres
ent low prices of eggs. He has been in
the business some two years and says
he is now getting in shape where he
can make some money. With only 50
per cent Of his hens laying, he said the
flock is averaging about $50 cents
a day. He has been getting eggs all
winter from his hens. his young stock
starting to lay last November
AT present he has about 1900 chicks,
which he bought from producer of
baby chicks He is specializing in White
Leghorns.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
FRESHMAN TO CELEBRATE
AT GYM FRIDAY NIGHT

The annual freshmen party takes
places in the junior high school audi
forum Friday evening.
A play, The Total Quest" will be
presented to entertain the other
classes. Those included are. Alice Pet
erson, Dexter Shaurette, Elmer Stew
ems, Ester Johnson, Raymond Kujawa,
Charles Woodwork, Jean Switzer and
Helen Pival
A contest is to be held in which
three members of each class will COM
pete to see who can initiate some per-
son in high school The dancing will
take place in the gymnasium from 800
to 11:30 to the music Of Andy Gompfs
orchestra. Refreshments will be served
at HOO
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
Libby Veterans
Apply For Loans

Within a few hours after congress
had passed the bill over the Presidents
veto, providing for present paying of
so per cent of the value of soldiers
compensation certificates, the depart
ment at Washington had checks in the
mails in payment of some of the first
applications. Since then thousands Of
applications for loans have been and
are being made.
The same procedure is taking place
az Libby A large number of applica-
tons have been filed with the First
State Bank of Libby by those veter
ans who had previously made loans
from the bank The number of such
applications is increasing daily r. w.
,Smithberger, cashier of the bank,
states indications are that practically.
all local veterans will make loans up
to the full loan value of their certifi-
Gates.
This bill, while bitterly criticized by
many and as vigorously defended by
others, will result in no small benefit
to a number of Libby veterans. In
stances are known in which local men
have not heretofore made loans on their
certificates, and in such instances the
loan it is now possible to make will
amount to several hundred dollars,
with interest at the low rate Of Az
per cent. The Libby men plan to draw
the sum available and one expects to
put it into his business and thus re-
duce other obligations while another
veteran expects to pay off debt on
a home. Both most praiseworthy uses
of the money. Others will probably not
make SO good use of the sums they
receive, although many win beyond
question, use careful judgment in the
expenditure of the money obtained
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
LIBBY JUNIOR HIGH
SWAMPS TROY, 31-S

Behind the effective shooting of Cliff
Hayden and the super passing of Earl
Mortenson, Libby Jr High swamped
Troy Jr. High by 81 to s margin
The first half Libby started out in
good shape, making 10 points to Troy's
|. But in the second half Libby scored
almost at will, because they outpassed
and outsmarted Troy's quintet with
ease.
Hayden, right forward for Libby was
high point man of the game with 10
points. Mortenson, Libby's left for
ward, made points for second high
point man.
Libby made one substitution and
Troy made two.
Between quarters the rhythm class
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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
Will Present
Debate at Program

The Libby Woman's club will have
Q most interesting program presented
to them by Miss Mary Barnes on next
Tuesday afternoon, March 10th. Under
her direction the regular debating
team-Miss Isabel Kienitz and Mr. Al
bert Peterson--will debate Millett Kel-
Ter and Louis Hills on the state SUBJ
lect OF Chain Stores.
The decision will be made by the
audience.
There will be musical numbers and
afternoon tea.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
Annual Assessment
Now Being Made

County Assessor ivan Rogers started
out his field men the first of the week
in the annual task Of assessing the
property Of the county. Six men will
be employed. Hugo Anderson will be
employed at Libby, S. S. Frost and J.
E Whit at Eureka, H. P. Weydemeyer
at Fortine, j. w. Daniels at Warland
and Roscoe Garrison at Troy.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
JUNIOR HIGH BOYS
START THINKING OF TRACK

Now that the basketball season is
over says Mr.. Otto Nordstrom, prin-
cipal and coach of junior high, after
one weeks vacation the boys are going
to turn out for track"
Last year Eureka's junior high won
from the Libby junior high but this
year Libby junior high plans to meet,
see and conquer Eureka here.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

The board Of directors Of the Libby
Commercial club have decided to hold
the next general meeting of the club
on the evening of March 10. AT that
time Senator Rowland and Represent
alive Miller will be home from the leg
islature and will be able to report on
the assembly's activities. M
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

At meeting of the city council held
Tuesday evening, c. T. Young was APP
pointed city treasurer to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of L.
G. Klenck, who assumed the office of
county treasurer March Q.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

Pupils Of Miss Agnes Lanes fifth
grade class went over to the Central
building and dramatized hygiene
play about milk and health Friday af-
ternoon.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

A Washingtons Day program was
given by the pupils of Miss Mabel
Dunbar's fourth grade last Friday.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

day morning by Winnie Boothman.

Pupils of Miss Ruth Madden's sec
ond grade read to Miss Hazel Carpen-
ter's second grade Friday afternoon.
Three of Miss Gwendolyn Bowman's
pupils also read to the pupils Of Miss
Carpenters class
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
GravclIing New Road.

County Commissioners Brink started
a crew to work Monday gravelling the
section of road built last fall for the
new crossing of Libby creek south of
town.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

Girls are taking the lead in an arith-
metic progress contest that is on ii
Miss Mabel Dunbar's class.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

First buttercup found this year was
brought to Miss Mabel Dunbar Mon
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
GRADE SCHOOL

Georgiana Seims, pupil of Miss
Gwendo1yn Bowman's first grade, is
back to school again after an absence
of six weeks. She returned Monday
after long illness.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05

Pupils of Miss Blanche Fouseks first
grade class are making bags to keep
their marbles or crayons in
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Popular Deb Is
Feted atLuncheon

Mrs. B. Paulding Lamberton
entertained at a luncheon TO-
day at the Washington Club
i'll compliment to her niece,
Miss PanSy Beale Bloomer,
debutante daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Beale Bloomer.
The guests included Miss
Mary Elizabeth Macarthur,
Miss Jane Thorpe, Miss Louise
Harrison Gwynn, Miss Teresa
Saul, Miss Polly Foote,
Miss Dorothy Dodge, Miss Eve
lyn Walker, Miss Eleanor
Peirce, Miss Barbara Davis.
Miss Marbury Beall, Miss Dor
othy Gould Fowler, Miss Louise
Hoehling, Miss Devareux Green,
Miss Ann Wentworth Park.
Miss Marion Dunlop, Miss
Carma Burgess, Miss Mary Stu
art, Miss Jane Hanna. Miss
Olga Craven, Miss Anne Wy
ant, Mrs. Jennings Bailey, jr..
daughter of the hostess, and
Mrs. Harry C. Lambertson,
daughter-in-law of the hostess,
and Miss Patti Warfield Ed
monston, both of Baltimore.
Brig. Gen. P. H. Glassford
entertained at dinner last eve
ming at the Carlton.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Guests Include
Noted Legal
Leaders

The President and Mrs.
Hoover will entertain at a re-
ception this evening at the
White House IN honor of the
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States and
the Associate Justices.
The guests will include the
justices of the local courts, and
many prominent members Of
the legal fraternity, together
with a number of guests from
out of town, who are here espe-
cially for the occasion.
Several members of Congress
and their wives, with some of
the members of the Republican
national committee. dined with
the President and Mrs. Hoover
at the White House last eve
ming.
The President received Mrs.
Louis Slade and Mrs. Frederick
Manning, president Of Bryn
Mawr, this morning. Mrs. Man
ming is the former Miss Helen
Taft, daughter of the late
President William Howard Taft
and Mrs. Taft, and she is stay
ing with her mother while in
Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Mrs. Gam Guest
ofHonor at
Luncheon

Mrs. Edward Everett Gam
was the guest in whose honor
Mrs. Frank Clinton Henry enter
tanned at luncheon today at the
National Woman's Country Club.
The table was in the form of
the letter H and tall silver vases.
filled with pin: roses, formed
the decoration.
Included in the company
present we're Mrs. Arthur M.
Hyde, Mrs. william N. Doak,
Mrs. Adam M. Wyant, Mrs.
Maurice H. Thatcher, Mrs.
Chase w. Kennedy, Mrs. Will
liam P. Wooten, Mrs. George
C. Thorpe, Mrs. William A.
Graham. Mrs. Allen w. Gullion,
Mrs. Simon B. Buckner, Mrs.
John M. Weir, Nine. Chevalier,
Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, Mrs.
Robert H. Lucas, Mrs. Jouett
Shouse, Mrs. Jacob Leander
Loose, Mrs. Frank w. Mondell,
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs.
Theodore ]. Pickett, Mrs. Daniel
C. Stapleton, Mrs. Edward L.
Hillyer, Mrs. Frank Hamilton,
Mrs. Bates Warren, Mrs. Peter
A. Drury, Mrs. Edward H. Con-
ger, Mrs. Wilton j. Lambert.
Mrs. Frank S. Hight, Mrs. Jack
Hayes, Mrs. Charles Fairfax.
Miss Anne Tuohy, Mrs. Alfred
E. Fowler, Miss Mona Gill. Miss
Evelyn Gordon. Mrs. William
Charming johnson, Mrs. Philip
King, Mrs. James H. Bogart,
Mrs. Charles B. Keefer, Mrs.
Charles Lefevre, Mrs. David
Meade Lea, Mrs. Joseph Horgan,
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs.
Charles w. Matthews, Mrs.
William F. Dennis, Mrs. Will
liam Laird Dunlop, jr., Mrs.
Charles j. Williamson, Mrs.
Reginald R. Walker, and Mrs.
William Wheatley.
Others at the Luncheon
Additional guests we're: Mrs.
Mark Reid Yates, Mrs. Sidney
Taliaferro, Mrs. Atherton Sci
del Mrs. Charles H. Robb, Mrs.
Stanley Reed, Mrs. Edwin T.
Morrow, Mrs. Arthur Tirrell,
Mrs. John L. Proctor, Mrs. Eus-
tace Owen, Mrs. Davenport
White, Mrs. S. Wallace Demp-
sey, Mrs. Carl Droop, Mrs.
William T. Davis, Mrs. David
Gailliard, Mrs. James M.
Green, Mrs. George E. Fleming,
Mrs. William K. Carr, Mrs. Cliff
ford Bergman, Baroness Won
Bulow, Mrs. L. D. Cardwell,
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
To Visit President

DR.. and Mrs. Victor Alfaro
will leave Washington today
for New York and they will
sail on Saturday for Panama
City to be the guests of the
formers parents. the President
of, Panama and Sonora de Al
faro, for a month.
n X
Mr.. William Harryman Rap.
ley entertained at luncheon yes
terday at the Shoreham Hotel
for some of his classmates of
the West Point class of 1879
now in Washington.
The guests present were Col.
Guy R. Beardslee. Col. Gustav
Fieberger. Col. Edwin P. Pendle-
ton, Col. william w. Gibson,
Col. C. Med. Townsend, Gen.
John A. Johnston, Col. ChaS.
w. Taylor, Col. S. w. Miller,
Col. w. E. P. French and Gen.
Frederick S. FoltZ.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Minister Returns

The minister of Czecho-
Slovakia, Mr.. Ferdinand Veverka.
who has been the guest of
Lieut.. Col. M. Robert Guggen.
helm at his shooting lodge in
North Carolina, returned to the
Capital last evening.
Nine. Veverka, wife of the
minister, will be "at home" to-
morrow afternoon after o'clock
at the legation, 2349 Massa,
chuSettS Ave.
The Egyptian minister. Sesos-
iris SidarouSS Pasha, entertained
at luncheon yesterday for the
dean of the American Univer,
sity in Cairo. DR.. Robert S. Nc,
Clenahan. and the secretary of
the board of trustees of the uni
versity. Mr.. Herman A. Lum,
who are visiting the minister.
Among the guests was the
noted portrait painter, Mr.. T.
A. LaSZlo de LomboS.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Debut TODAY

Mrs. Howell Peoples will for.
mally present her daughter,
Miss Helen Payne Peoples. to
society this afternoon, at a
small tea. to oe given at her
home in Belmont Road.
The debutante will be as
sisted in receiving by Miss
Eleanor Rust Peirce. Miss Mary
Elizabeth Macarthur, Miss Fran
ces Mathews, Miss Sidney
Thompson, Miss Nancy Jennings
and by her sister. Miss Jean
Brooke Peoples. who will enter
tain IS guests at a dinner-dance
at Club Michel this evening. in
compliment to the bud of this
afternoon. The guests will in
clude a number of the debu.
tantes and young swains.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17

American guests over the weekend at
the club after presenting them to the
governor general, the Earl of Bessbor-
ough at Government House, Ottawa,
when Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge
Sd, of New York: Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus
Mccormick, of Chicago; Major Ferry X.
Heath and Lieut. Comdr and Mrs. Will
liam A. Heard of this city. were in the
party. It is expected that goodly num-
Der of the younger set of Washington
will find this an attractive rendezvous
during part of the winter season, since
one of the most important intercollegiate
winter sports events of the United States
and Canada will take place there, This
will be the annual meet of the Interna-
tional intercollegiate Winter Sports
Union which is scheduled for February
2 competing colleges will likely include
to twelve men from Dartmouth, McGill,
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Debutante Ball
Gala Affair

One of the most brilliant
parties of the season took place
in the Gold Ballroom at the
Shoreham last night. the
occasion being the first debu-
tarte ball given this season
when Mr.. End Mrs. John E.
Fowler we're the hosts enter
tanning for their daughter, Miss
Dorothy Gould Fowler, who
made her formal debut De-
cember 10. Most of the
debutantes and their escorts
were present, together with
number of guests from Rich
mond and Philadelphia.
A seated supper was served
1890 o'clock in the new
dining room connected with
the ballroom which presented
a lovely picture with the walls
draped with green tapestry and
the tables decorated with white
chrysanthemums, pink snap
dragons and tall pink tapers.
Miss Fowler was charming in a
gown of cream Renaissance
lace with flowers in pastel
shades embroidered on the slip
and she. carried a bouquet OF
orchids and Mrs. Fowler wore a
stunning gown of white crepe
with a wide girdle of emeralds
and a corsage bouquet OF
gardeniaS.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Not AT Home

Nine. Peter. wife of the
minister of Switzerland, will
not be "at home" at the lega-
ton tomorrow, nor the follow
ing Friday, December 25.
Il X
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Owen
7 j. Roberts have Cancelled all
invitations and have left town,
due to tHs death of the latter's
The Washington times., 1931-12-17

Mrs. George H. Calvert, Mrs
Wade H. Ellis, Mrs. Freeman
Marsh, Mrs. William E. Clark,
Mrs. Boyd Carpenter, Mrs. Clar-
ence Dodge, Mrs. o. Raymond
Evans, Mrs. Edward Droop. Mrs.
Edward o. Craig. Miss Grace
Burton, Mrs. David H. Blair,
Mrs. EIarie Tyler Mccormick,
Mrs. Roy Neuhauser, Miss Eliza
beth Young, Miss Jane Young,
Mrs. Matte w. Porter, Mrs.
Caroline w. Robertson, Mrs.
Smithwick, Mrs. Absalom Wal
Ter, Mrs. Joseph Stiles Wall,
Mrs. Tlwood Wagenhoarst, Mrs.
George H. Kennedy, Mrs. Will
liam H. Shircliff, Mrs. Elmer
Oliver, and Nine. Marie Ariass.