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The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Mrs. Matthews |:
Hostess at
Luncheon

Mrs. Charles G. Matthews
entertained at luncheon yester-
day at the National Woman's
Country Club in honor of Mrs.
James H. Turner, who recently
returned from an eight-monthS
stay in Europe. Mrs. Matthews
invited 20 of Mrs. Turner's per.
Sonal friends to be present.
Mrs. Turner plans to return
to Europe July 10, accompany
ing her son-in-law and daugh-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Block, and their small son.
Mrs. Matthews and Mrs.
Delos Blodgett will leave by
motor early in July to go to
Mackinaw, where they will pass
the summer at their home.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Miss RsnsIey To
Be Guest at
Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Vaug-
han, of Overlook, will entertain
at dinner at the Philadelphia
Country Club on Sunday even
ing, in honor of Miss Elizabeth
Abigail Ransley, daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Harry
C Ransley, of Ardmore. and Mr..
William A. Clemenstscn, I'd, son
of Mrs. Clyde Kelly of Washing
ton, whose marriage will take
place on Saturday, June 27.
Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Nc
Abee will entertain at dinner
followed by a bridge party, at
BonnievieW, their home at Mer-
ion, on Monday evening, in
honor of Miss RanSley and Mr..
ClementSon.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
VIEWS AND INTERESTING GOSSIP Of SOCIETY NATIONAL CAPITAL
To Become
A Bride

The wedding of Miss Wilhel-
nina Laird Craighill and Lieut..
Nash Cron, U. S. A., in Lees
burg this evening, is of unusual
interest to society in Washing
ton and throughout the East.
The bridegroom is the son Of
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Anton C.
Cron, of Washington, both of
whom have gone down to Vir
ginia to witness the ceremony
this evening. Recently Colonel
Cron has been transferred from
Washington, but the family has
made it's home here for several
years past and Lieutenant Cron
is we'll known in the Capitals
smart younger set. He was
graduated this month from the
Military Academy at West Point
and eight of his classmates are
to be in the wedding party.
Father Is Clergyman
Miss Craighill, a popular
member of the exclusive Vir-
ginia smart seH is the daughter
of the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. C. Pey-
ton Craighill, Of Leesburg. Her
father is rector of historic st.
James Episcopal Church in that
city where the ceremony this
evening will take place. DR..
Craighill will officiate.
The mother of the bride be-
fore her marriage was Miss Cor
nelia Ludwell Laird, of Whining
to, Del. Miss Craighill is a
niece of Mrs. Mary dupont
Laird, of Wilmington, and of
the Rev. and Mrs. F.. Bland
Tucker. of Georgetown.
Winder Laird Stabler.
cousin, will give the bride in
marriage. A reception will fol
low at the home of the brides
parents in LeeSburg.
MatrOn of Honor
Miss Craighill will have as
matron of honor her sister.
Mrs. Philip T. Rochell, of
Chester. N. j.. and as maid of
honor Miss Elizabeth Wister
Craighill. also sister. The
bridesmaids will be the Misses
Sara Harrison, Janet Harrison.
Mary Metzger, Louise Harris
horne, of Trenton. N. j.; Molly
Laird, of Wilmington, Del. and
Margaret Nice, of Washington.
Robert Macdonald Craighill and
Lloyd Langhorne Chaighill will
be trainbearerS.
The GrOOm's Aids
Lieut.. Cron will have as his
best man Edward H. Brown, of
Washington. The ushers will
include Orlando TroXel, Will
Jams w. Dick, Donald Patter-
son, all of Washington; Clar-
ence Hauck, jr., of Elizabeth,
N. j.; Mervin Magee, of Macon,
Ca; William Turpin, of Center
vile, Md, and Merillat Moses,
of Washington.
Colonel and Mrs. Cron and
their younger son. Robert Nash
Cron, are leaving Washington.
July II, for Colonel Cron's new
post in Hawaii. They will go
via the Panama Canal.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Society Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis J. S.
Grace. of Warrenton, are in
New York.
Navy Officer Visits d. c.
Lieut.. Ira H. Num-, U. S. NJ,
with his wife and small
daughter, Frances, have come
to Washington for a brief visit
and while here will be at Ward
man Park Hotel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Paul S. Will
son of Washington are spending
a short time at the New Cham
berlin, Old Point Comfort.
Mrs. w. j. Daniel, of Acker-
man, Miss. is passing a few
days at the Dodge Hotel and
is accompanied by Miss Mary
Lee Boyd, of Jackson, Miss.
Representative Clifton Alex
ander Woodrum, Of Roanoke.
Va, is at the Willard for a
short stay.
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Miss Evelyn G. Downs and
Miss P. P. Perkins, of DaVen-
port, Iowa, are at the Dodge
during their brief sojourn in
Washington.
Plan Swimming Party
Miss Helen Page, the Grand
Chancellor of Sigma Epsilon
Sorority. is completing arrange
mentS for a luncheon and
swimming party for the sorority
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Mrs. Joseph Hines
Returns to Capital

Mrs. Joseph Hines, who has
returned from a short visit in
New York, is at her apartment
at 17O5 K st. for few days.
but will go shortly to Prospect
Hall. her country home near
Frederick, Md.
Mrs. Hines sister, Mrs. Cas-
par Whitney and Miss Faith
Whitney. of New York, will
sail on Friday for Europe and
will go to Russia, to remain six
weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Mrs. Ariel F. Carbon
Is Tea Party Hostess

Mrs. Ariel F.. Carbon enter
tained at tea yesterday after
noon in honor of her guest,
Mrs. Ida Smoot Dusenbury, at
the home of her father. Sena-
tor Smoot, which she is occupy
ing for the summer.
Mrs. Dusenbury, who recently
returned from a trip around
the world, is a sister of Senator
Smoot. She will leave for her
home in Salt Lake City, Utah.
the first part of next week.
Assisting Mrs. Carbon at the
tea table were Mrs. H. M. Wells,
Mrs. Zella Smoot Nibley. Miss
Ethel johnson and Miss Flor
ence Wells.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Debutantes
Honored at
Dance

A foretaste of the brilliant
round of parties awaiting them
next season was given the de-
butantes of 1892 at the din
ner dance given at the National
Woman's Country Club last
evening by Mrs. Arthur MacAr-
thur for her daughter, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Macarthur, Ill
honor of Miss Louise Brooks.
Miss Brooks, who recently re-
turned from years stay
abroad, is the daughter of Mrs.
Lionel Atwill. of New York.
Mrs. Atwill. it will be "emem-
bered, following her divorce
from Walter Brooks, jr., of Bal
timore, married Brig. Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, the pres
ent Chief of Staff.
The marriage was afterwArd
dissolved in a friendly divorce
suit but General Macarthur has
continued to maintain q
fatherly affection for mis- for
mer step-daughter and but for
the fact that he was 3osent
from the city last evening would
have been present at her party
Mrs. Macarthur is his sister-la-
law.
Girls Were Classmates
incidentally Mrs. E. T. Stotes-
bury, of Philadelphia, grand
mother of Miss Brooks, under
whose wing the pretty deou
tante is to make her bow this
season, is one Of the boaro %
trustees of the National
Woman's Country Club and
when visiting in Washington
makes a point of doing her
entertaining under its friendly
roof.
Mary Elizabeth Macarthur
and Louise Brooks were class
mates at Holton Arms here and
the youngsters are the closest
of friends. Next autumn when
both are making their bows to
society they plan to visit eacn
other in Washington and
Philadelphia. Last Sunday
when Walter Brooks, ST., enter
tained for his granddaughter
at his estate in the Green
Spring Valley near Baltimore,
Mary Elizabeth went over for
the party and was the guest
of Mr.. Brooks and Louise for
the weekend.
Seventy Guests Attend
The guests for the dinner
numbered about 10, so of them
prospective debutantes of Wash
ington, Philadelphia and Balti-
more. Guests were also invited
by Mrs. Macarthur from
among her own friends.
The youngsters were served
in the main hall of the club
and their elders dined on the
screened veranda overlooking
the rolling green that next sea.
son will be the clubs golf
course. A platform, strung with
gaily colored japanese lanterns.
was erected on the lawn for
the dancing.
Among Those Present
Among Mrs. MacArthur's
guests at dinner were the AS.
sistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Frederick Payne, Admiral
and Mrs. Mark Bristol, and the
newly appointe>' surgeon gen.
eral, Col. Robert U. Patterson,
U. S. A., and Mrs. Patterson.
Miss Brooks came over from
Baltimore yesterday for the
party and was the overnight
guest of DR.. and Mrs. William
C. Gwynn, of Georgetown.
whose daughter. Miss Louise
Harrison Gwynn. was mem
ber of the party abroad this
past winter. She left this
morning for PHILADELPHIA. but
will return later in the week
to again be the guest of the
GwynnS.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Will Visit Daughter
At Illinois Resort

Mrs. John R. Williams will go
in July to Lake Forest, Ill, to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Letter. She will time her visit in
order to ',e on hand for the polo
season at Onwentsia, which is
always very gay.
Mrs. Letter has taken a house
at Lake Forest for the early
summer season in order to be
near her son. Thomas Letter,
who is in business in Chicago.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Harriet Carter To
Wed Norfolk Man

Mr.. and Mrs. S. Henley
Carter. of Sudley, The Plains,
Va. announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Harriet
Downman Carter. to Lomax
Twathmey, son of Mrs. Tayloe
Twathmey and the late Tayloe
Twathmey, of Norfolk, Va. No
date has been set for the we'd
ding.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Envoy Peter in N. Y.
To Bid Family Adieu

The minister of Switzerland,
Marc Peter, is in New York,
where he went yesterday to bid
bon voyage to his daughter-in-
law and niece, Nine. George
Peter and Mile, Maieli Pfacffli,
who will sail tomorrow on the
Lafayette for Europe. Mrs. Peter
will be accompanied by her
young daughter.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Goes to New York

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis LIE
Compile Spaulding. the latter
was Mrs. Loranda Prochnik.
daughter of the Minister of
Austria and Nine. Prochnik,
before her marriage this spring.
left last evening for New York.
They will return to the Capital
the first of next week.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Frances Mahoney Is
Luncheon Hostess

Miss Frances Mahoney enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at
her home in honor of Miss Cath
crime Boyle and Miss Joan Han
Ion, who who will sail on Thurs
day on the S. S. Baltic for a
trip to Europe.
Guests at the luncheon in
cluded the Misses Elizabeth
Boyle. Catherine Healey. Helen
Grace, Agnes Mann, Dorothy
Shes,han, Anna Veihmeyer, Bon
ME Cush, Mary Nerbweck,
Evelyn McGivern, Irene Ma
honey, Mary Conners. Dorothy
Peters, Dorothy Carter. Jean
Allen. Lee Morse. 'Yvonne Hay
ME and Jean Brooks.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Garden Party Given
Bv Stinson TODAY

Secretary and Mrs. Stimson
will hold a garden party this
afternoon at Woodley, their es-
tate here, for officials and en-
ployes of the State Department
as a farewell for the summer.
They expect to sail for Naples
next week, either on WedneS-
day or Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Joins Husband Here

Mrs. Marquis James, of Pleas
antville, N j., accompanied by
her daughter, has come to
Washington to Join her husband
in their apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17

Secretary Adams To
Be at Graduation

The Secretary of the Navy.
Charles Francis Adams, will
leave Washington today to at
tend the graduation exercises
at Harvard University tomor-
row. Charles Francis Adams,
jr., son of the Secretary and
Mrs. Adams. attends the uni
,VerSity. Mrs. Adams Joined
her son Friday and is expected
to return to Washington the
first of the week.
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Mrs. Guy Norman gave a
small luncheon today at her
home in Newport.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Minister Is Guest
Closes Town House

Miss Annie Hegeman, who
closed her house in I Street sew
eral weeks ago, will go to South
ampton l.. l., the end of the
week and will be at the Irving.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Mrs. Wilson Sails To
Attend Polish Rites

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson sailed
today at noon on the Leviathan
to witness the unveiling of a
monument to her late husband,
the war time President, at Pos
non, Poland.
Others on the Leviathan will
include Nine. Maria Louise
Malbran. wife of the Argentine
ambassador, and her daughters.
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Minister Is Guest
The minister of Colombia,
Don Fabio Lozano, is in New
York and will return to Wash.
ington the latter part of the
week.
DR.. Lozano was the honor
guest at luncheon yesterday
given by the Pan-American So
ciety in cooperation with the
Colombian-American Chamber
of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Barrets to Spend
Season in North

Cecil Barret, accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Hermione
Barret. closed their apartment
in New York yesterday, and
started for Bar Harbor where
they will be for the summer.
Mrs. Barret and Miss Audrey.
who was presented at the Court
of st. James in May, will re-
turn from abroad shortly and
join Mr.. Barret in Bar Harbor
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Return From Europe

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Royal Holcombe will return
tomorrow from Europe to oc-
cupy Oak Haven, their New
port villa. Mrs. Holcombes
mother. Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock, was at that villa while
opening Harrison House.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17

- HER MARRIAGE in
Paris in April having inter-
fered with her plans to
graduate this month at
George Washington Uni
versity, Mrs. Samuel Scriv-
ener, jr., the former Miss
Elizabeth Baltz, is continu-
ing her studies at the Sor-
bonne. Her credits at G..
w. u. were transferred to
the French university.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17

to be held at Wardman Park
Hotel on June %. About 35
members are expected to at
tend.
Mrs. John S. Scully, of Wash
ington, opened her cottage on
Berkshire Heights, Great Bar
rington.
S. H. Hadley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Spencer, of Sharon.
are at the Willard attending the
convention of the Protected
Home Circle. Mr.. Hadley is
the Supreme'president of the Or
ganization.
GrahamS Plan Voyage
Judge and Mrs. Samuel Jor-
dan Graham will give up their
apartment next week and will
sail for Europe. They will pass
the summer at Baden Baden
and in the autumn they will go
to Salzburg and Budapest, re-
turning to Paris later in the
season.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
Return to New York

The Chief Justice of the
United States and Mrs. Charles
Evans Hughes returned to New
York yesterday from Providence,
R. Il, where they attended the
Brown University commence
ment. They will sail for Eu-
rope Friday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-17
CO to England To
Arrange Wedding

Mrs. Lewis Stewart and her
daughter, Miss Francesca Stew
art, are in New York, prepara-
tory to sailing tomorrow to
spend the summer in England.
Mrs. Stewart and her daugh-
ter are going to England to
make final plans for Miss Stew
arts marriage to Lieut.. Victor
Mansell, British royal navy.
The engagement was announced
last fall from London. where
the Stewarts had been spend
ing the summer, and no date
has been set for the wedding.
Lieutenant Mansell is the son
of Admiral Robert Mansell and
Lady Mansell, of London.
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FeshVal Of Nahons in AbriL

O'Clock, under the auspices of the Washington
Federation of Churches directed by the Com
mittee on Pageanty and Drama.
Music for the Bible scenes which make up
the first part of the drama, will be sung by
members of the soliSts' ensemble directed by
Otto Torney Simon. In the second part the
young peoples unit of the National City Chris
tan Church Choir, directed by William E.
Braithwaite assisted by Walter Pagan will sing
the music of the nuns and the monks.
THE Sunday Music Hour-aS the Young
Womens Christian Association Building
this afternoon will be presented by Phyllis Gray
KIM pianist and Wilbert Bagranoff, tenor.
Mrs. Kim's numbers will feature Schubert,
Schumann Scarlatti, StrawinSky, List, Paga-
mini and Max Roger Mr.. Bagranof will sing
Handel's "Where'er You Walk" Van De Waters
The Publican" Herberts "Neapolitan Love
Song" Ronalds 20 Lovely Night" and Leh-
mans "Ah, Moon of My Delight" from the Per-
sian Garden Suite.
MARY M BURNETT, music secretary of the
Young Women's Christian Association,
will conduct the annual Spring concert to be
given Thursday evening, March &C. at $50
o'clock in Barker Hall by the Elisabeth Somers
Glee Club
This seasons soloist will be Fjeril Hess Of
Continued on TtUenty-Second Page
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ORE than one hundred and fifty Wash
mn ington singers are taking part in daily
INH rehearsals under the direction of Kurt
4 Hetzel for the Festival of Nations,
which is to be given at Constitution
Hall the week beginning April 81, under the
auspices of the Girl Scouts of the District of
Columbia
Mr.->Hetzel who is musical director for the
festival, has compiled the score from many
sources, including authentic music from the
four nations, Canada, Mexico, Japan and
Czechoslovakia, which will be featured in this
colorful festival, which, it is expected, will
prove to be an annual event of cherry blossom
time in the Nations Capital.
The work of assembling the musical numbers
began several months ago and for over a month
rehearsals have been under way at Mr.. HetzelS
studio and the Wardman Saddle Club, with DR..
Robert H. Harmon, who is conductor of the
George Washington University Glee Club,
assisting Mr.. Hetzel in training the big chorus
of Washington men and women. Ludwig
Mandy is conducting rehearSals of the or
chestra which will play the festival music, and
Sophocles Papas is organizing and directing re-
hearsals of the stage band" which will be fea-
tured in the Mexican scenes of the festival.
CHORAL music to be sung by two well known
groups of Washington singers will feature
the presentations of the Lenten music-dram
"Galahad," WHICH will be given in Luther Place
Memorial Chur D March 25 26 and 81, at $3.50
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T. Arthur Smith, will include many of the Sc
lections which this famous choir sang during
the past week in an eminently successful recital
at Carnegie Hall, in New York. These are:
Gently Lord, o Gently Lead Us" (Dett)
Cbased on Negro spiritual from the Bahama
islands,, Break Forth Beauteous Heavenly
Light" (Bach) "Sky So Bright" (ancient Meth
eriands spiritually, "As by the Streams Of Baby
lon," Fare You Well" "Were You There?"
"Cherubim in C" (Tschaikowsky), "As Waves
Of the Sea" (Gretchaninof), 20 Praise Ye God"
(Tschaikowsky), Don't Be Weary, Traveller"
(DetD (Bowdoin prize, Harvard, 1920; dedi-
Gated to George Foster Peabody, Pierce Was
the Wild Billow' (Noble), 20 Joyful Sound"
CSchleider), Swansea Town" (arranged by
Holst), English chanty; Shenandoah
bartholomew, American mountain, white;
water Boy" (Robinson), Negro convict; mems
chorus; "Stan' Still Jordan" arranged by
Johnson, spiritual; Poor Mourner's Got
Home" arranged by Diton), spiritual; Listen
to the Lambs" Dett, Let Us Cheer the Weary
Traveller" (Dett).
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%ERGEI RACHdANINOFF, the Russian
pianist and composer, will make his only
concert appearance of the current season
in Washington at Constitution Hall next
Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock as the fifth
and final attraction of Mrs Wilson Greenes
artists course of afternoon musical events at
the D. A. r. auditorium.
Mr.. Rachmaninof will open his program
with the Bach-Tausig organ choral in A major,
which will be followed by the Beethoven So
nata No. 2, Opus 81" group of four Chopin
selections is scheduled next-the "Polonaise in
F Sharp Minor" the "A Flat Major Mazurka,"
the "a Flat Major Valse" and the &C Sharp
Minor Scherzo." He will also play a group of
three List numbers - "Eunerailles," 'Valse
Oubliee" and Voices of the Wood" Medtner's
Fairy Tale" in minor; Rachmaninoffs own
prelude in G Flat Major" and Balakireffs ORR
entail fantasy, 'Islamei," will complete the pro-
gram.
THE program which the Hampton Institute
choir will offer at Constitution Hall next
Saturday evening, under the local sponsorship Of
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"A s kind of tag to the weekly nominations it
seems only just to admit defeat in the mat
Ter of having said last week that "Mignon"
hadn't been sung here in "yars" and vars"
M .nday had barely begun to grow when one
Of the most prominent musicians in town cane
b. the office and said that but three years ago
there had been "Mignon," and soon after
that another important lady volunteered the in
formation that Geraldine Farrar came TO town
as "Mignon" in 1908, with the Metropolitan
Opera Company. All Of which, however hasn't
seemed to bother the long, long line of persons
who have been crowding the Wilson-Greene
eS&et bureau In search of their April tickets
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-20
CORRESPONDENCE
Sunny South Side

Philip Schauble, of Avon, spent
Sunday at the James Winter
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Winter
and family spent Saturday at Mel
rose. sd
Peter Miller, of st. Paul, spent
the week end at the Nels Barner
home. ..,
Mrs. Jake Key, Glenaire and
Kippy, called at the John Ceynar
home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Exner and
family and two grandchildren, OF
Minneapolis, spent a few days at
the Carl Exner home.
Sister Orlando, Bernadine Neir-
man, ST., Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Miller,
Regina and Arthur, visited at the
Ben Deters home at West Union
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Ebenstein-
er and Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Brom-
enshenkel spent Sunday evening at
the Leo Unger home.
Janette Veeder and Bernett Lud-
ike spent Tuesday with Ruth, Lois
and Alice Ceynar.
Emil Polipnic and children and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Botz, spent
Monday evening at the Frank
Minette home.
The School board of District 26,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Steines, met
at the school house Sunday after
noon to discuss matters Of remode-
ling the school buildings. The work
is mostly in the hands of Mr..
Steines. It will all be refinished
and the job completed by the time
school starts.
Julian Orth spent Saturday af-
ternoon with Norman and Laurel
Gritzmacher.
The boys and girls Of the Sank
Centre band and others from this
vicinity went to Alexandria Sum
day afternoon to give concert in
the park. The weather being in
their favor there was a large at
tendance.
family motored down from Tintah
Saturday morning to visit with
relatives and friends, returning
home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Botz and fam
fly spent Saturday in st. Cloud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Parks and
son, Gerald spent Sunday evening
at the Nels Barner home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Baum and
daughter, Rose Ann, and son, Ray
mond, of Appleton, Wis, and Mr..
and Mrs. Nick Orth and daughter,
Rose spent Saturday and were
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Orth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Unger, Jr.,
( of st. Cloud, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Emil Polipnic spent the week end
visiting with Mrs. Doran and Re
CINE Unger at international Falls.
They also went to Fort Francis,
Canada; Hibbing and the Iron
Range. They returned Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nixa, OF