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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
Athletes Need
Special Tests.

With the opening of athletic seasons
at school, physicians of the Minnesota
State Medical Association today issued
bulletin urging upon parents and
school authorities the necessity fol
complete examinations for all who par
ticipate in strenuous competitive events
Two things are to be watched fo1
especially in connection with participa-
ton in these sports, according to the
bulletin. One is heart disease and the
other is tuberculosis.
Both are found occasionally in the
healthiest looking young people and the
sketchy kind of examination often
given to members of football, basket
ball and hockey teams, for instance, is
likely to pass over both conditions, par
ticularly tuberculosis,
Tuberculin testing surveys in Min
nesota schools carried on by the state
Christmas Seal organization have dis
covered several athletes and football
players who were infected with tuber-
culosis or were suffering from actual
active disease that no one had pre-
viously suspected.
Others who failed to receive the test
have broken down tragically in the
middle of the playing season to the
aStonishment of everybody concerned
including themselves.
It is dangerous in the opinion of
physicians to subject anybody to the
strain of competitive sport until it
has been established definitely that
heart and lungs are sound and able to
stand the game.
Many hearts that have been damaged
in childhood bear up well under or
binary activities but are unequal to the
unusual strain put on them in COM
petitive games. Examinations for ath-
letics should be made with such hearts
in mind. They should include, also,
the tuberculin test to discover the
possible presence of tuberculous in
lection and chest X-Ray if infection is
shown to exist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
Overhaul the Motor
Doctors AdUise Drivers

The approach of the chilly season
when people drive in closed cars is the
signal for warming issued by the
Public Health Committee of the Min.
nesota State Medical Association t.
look out for carbon monoxide poison
ing.
Most people know enough, nova
days." says this bulletin, mot to star
their cars in a closed garage because
of the danger of death by this type Of
poisoning.
"They are not aware that enough
carbon monoxide is released into the
air of closed car if there is faulty
combustion of the engine, or even in
the car just ahead, to cause illness"
MANY otherwise unexplained auto
mobile accidents have undoubtedly
been caused by dizziness or nausea on
dimming of vision or slowing of re-
action time due to carbon monoxide in
the air of the car"
An important study made recently in
Connecticut and Massachusetts, is cited
by the doctors to confirm this belief.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
cars were tagged on the road and a
gas analysis of the interior of each was
made. Sixty per cent of them con-
tanned measurable quantities of car
bon monoxide and seven per cent con-
tanned enough to cause the collapse OF
the driver with exposure of four or
more hours
The carbon monoxide came, in
nearly all cases, from a poorly adjusted
engine or an i'll fitting exhaust pipe or
some other obvious defect that in
terfered with combustion.
Care to see that the engine of the
car you drive is in good condition is
regarded by the physicians as an i'm
portant safety measure in winter
driving.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
viii Probably List
Six Hundred Resorts.

With 557 summer resorts already
listed for registration in the 1885 roster
of Minnesota Arrowhead association, S
v. Saxby, executive secretary today
announced plans for a new classifi-
cation of the resorts in the future
He also indicated that the list has
not been completed and that the total
will probably reach the 600 mark by
the time the new folder is prepared
This number is the largest ever re-
corded for the Arrowhead region and
includes all institutions catering to
summer visitors in Northeastern Min
nesota, Mr.. .Saxby said.
The reports are classified under an
A B c D system, Glass A including
those resorts equipped with modern
conveniences and central dining halls:
Class B. modern conveniences in cabins
with no central dining room; Glass C,
not modern, but with a central dining
hall, and Class D, only cabin resorts
Many resort owners have already re-
ported reservations for next summer,
according to reports received at the
Arrowhead association headquarters, in
the Hotel Duluth, while a number have
announced they will be open later than
usual this fall to accommodate hunters
At the annual melting of the Associ-
alton last month George H Crosby was
reelected president and the newly
named officers are now making plans
for busy season next summer. Figures
for 1884 show the largest tourist
business in the past five years, Mr..
Saxby said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

The Rev. H Russell Browne returned
the latter part of the week from Leroy
Illinois, where he was formerly in
charge of the Presbyterian church and
where he had been called to offciate
at the funeral of a member of his
church while he was pastor at the
Illinois city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
TOWER EDITOR
SUccUMBS
Frank c. Burgess Died at Two
Harbors Hospital Following
Long Illness.

Frank C.. Burgess, aged Sc, died at
the hospital in Two Harbors, Wednes-
day, after an illness of several months
Frank established the Tower News
of which he was publisher in 1900. He
has been resident of Tower since 1894
when the Burgess family removed there
from Crookston, Minnesota.
The funeral takes place this after
noon at 200 o'clock A Masonic SER
vice will be conducted at the Masonic
Temple at 100 o'clock
He is survived by his widow and two
children
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mrs. VIM. Jones, Mrs. Peter Schaefer,
Mrs. Byrd Brownell, Mrs. H. O'Jalla.
Mrs Ray Baribeau, Mrs. John Kot-
chevar, Mrs. Jos. Butala, Mrs. E. w.
Hanson, Miss Lucilla Bridson and Miss
Lucille Smith attended a tea given by
the Republican women of Virginia
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Hanson and
Mrs Brownell drove the cars taking the
ladies to Virginia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
Runmage Sale.

A Rummage Sale will be held in the
Simonson building on Saturday,
October ~, by the Ladies Aid of the
Bethany Lutheran church. Doors will
open at 9 o'clock A. M In the after
noon from 2:30 until 500 waffles and
coffee will be served at Is cents.-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Once a Fashion King-Now Living
On a Fifty-Cent Daily Dole! Read
About This Former Autocrat of Dress
in The Aemrican Weekly, the Maya
zine Distributed With NEXT SUN
DAYS CHICAGO HERALD AND Elk
ANINER
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

William Paulos returned Monday
from Greece where he visited for the
past eight months and where he was
married to an estimable young lady OF
Athens. Mr.. and Mrs. Paulos are re-
ceiving the congratulations of a host
of friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mrs. SEVERN Freiberg and Mrs. T..
LeBard of North Battleford, Canada,
who were called here by the death and
funeral of Henning Olson and remained
for visit with Mrs. Frieberg's sister,
Mrs. Olson, and other old time friends,
returned to their homes last week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Ray Anderson, candidate for re-elec-
ton to the Office of representative for
the sixty-first district, was in the city
Tuesday looking over his political
fences. He was accompanied by Mayor
Jake Korpi of Gilbert.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Ty Tyson and his Aztec Plaza orches-
ira will furnish the music for an
Autumn Dance to be given on Nov. 2
under the auspices OF the G. & M
Rangers No. and Arrowhead Lodge
No. 1874, S. S. c. u, at the Washington
Auditorium
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

j. B. Preston of New York, president
of the Emeralite Surfacing Products
Company of this city, has been spend
ing the past week at the plant noting
the changes being made in the treat
ment of the crushed stone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Here's winter car comfort at low
cost-Hot Water Heaters, $5.79-Felt
Floor Mats, 29c-Winter Oil, 33c gall
Winter Transmission Grease, 5fbs. CSC
Frost Shields, 29c-Methanol Anti
Freeze, GAL 39c. Tiger Store.-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

The engagement of Miss Mary
Goyatos of this city to Peter Montsatson
Of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, has been
announced. The marriage will take
place on November 10, in this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

County Attorney Thos. Naylor and
Investigator Oscar Olson were in the
city the latter part of the week in
the interests of the campaign of Mr..
Naylor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

What's that? An old-faShioned
Trade-In Tire Sale at the Tiger Store?
That's a break-After higher prices
have worn my rubber thin. 4.40-21,
$4.39, exch.-5.OO-19, $5.90.-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Lecture by Miss Clara Stocker. the
noted lecturer on Finland, at K. r. hall,
Tuesday, Oct % at 500 p. M. All are
cordially invited. Admission Free Lunch
served.-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

George Martinson, safety director for
the PickandS, Mather Company, w. d.
Haselton and A. c. Butterworth of
the Duluth Office of the company, were
in the city early in the week looking
over the Zenith mine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Olof Knubson returned
Sunday from a months visit with their
daughter, Mrs. j. A. Fitzwater and
family in Washington, D. c., and at
the Worlds Fair in Chicago. Mr..
Knutson reported a very pleasant trip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Lecture by Miss Clara Stocker, the
noted lecturer on Finland, at X. r. hall,
Tuesday, Oct % at 500 p. nj. All are
cordially invited. Admission free. Lunch
served.-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

j. A. Fitzwater, former resident here
when he was supervisor of the Superior
National Forest, was in the city last
week on tour of inspection of the
forest along with several officials of
the Forestry Department of Washing
ton in which department he is now
employed. His many friends were
pleased to greet him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

"Say, Guy-How do you knock 'em
dead at such range?"-"Oh! That's
CANDLES Ace Shell that brings 'em in
And they cost me less at the Tiger
Store, too."-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mr.. and Mrs. John Mitchell of Eve
leth were in the city Sunday, visitors
at the home of Mr. Mitchell's brother
William Mitchell, and family.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerzin, Jr., at
tended the wedding of Miss Helen Myre
and Joseph Yapel in Tower Saturday
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Sergeant Ralph o. East of Fort
Smelling spent the week end in the
city, guest at the Andrew Watilo, Jr
residence
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Richard Sellwood and Gerald Sell
wood We're in the city Tuesday and
attended a meeting of the directors of
the First National Bank.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Croft were in
Rochester last week in consultation
with the Mayo Clinic physicians re-
gsrding the health of Mrs. Croft.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Collector of Customs James Travers
Of Duluth accompanied by Mrs. Travers
We're in the city Saturday on their va
cation trip over the ranges
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mrs. Sam Owens Of Oshkosh, Wis
consin, visited in the city several days
last week. She was guest at the
Peter Schaefer home while here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Eddie Dvorak and His Orioles at the
Washington Auditorium tonight Fri
day.. Don't miss it!-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Miss Katherine Sutherland of Mad
tson. Wisconsin, is here on visit with
her brother. DR.. H. NJ Sutherland, and
family.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Eddie DvOrak and His Orioles at the
Washington Auditorium tonight Fri
day.. Don't miss it!-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Eddie DvOrak and His Orioles at the
Washington Auditorium tonight Fri
day. Don't miss it!-adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

The Music and Drama Club met at
the home of Mrs. H. NJ Sutherland on
Monday at eight o'clock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mrs. B. M. Lambert returned Sunday
from visit with friends in Chicago
and the Worlds Fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Since the last issue the following
names have been added to the Ely
Drum & Bugle Corps Honor Roll:
Thor Lodge No. Is, S. F. of A, 1000
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Jake Freshmen was business visitor
in Virginia Tuesday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Miss Phyllis Adler spent last week
in Aurora on a visit with friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Hassel spent sew
eral days in Aurora last week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Mike Bachar and Ernest Terzini left
Friday for the Worlds Fair at Chicago
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
new P.-T.A.
GROUPS MEET
White Iron and Savoy PIT. A
Organize During Week for
Active Work.

The White Iron and Savoy PIT A
held its regular meeting at the White
Iron school, Thursday The meeting
was called to order by the chairman
Mrs. Vivian Imhoff The following off,
GERS were chosen:
Secretary-Mrs. John Wilmunen.
Treasurer Elmo Starkman.
Activities Chairman-Mr Henry Or
Jalla.
Mrs. Albert McMahan gave an in
tereSting talk on the real meaning OF
the Parent Teachers association and
also gave some valuable suggestions as
to topics to be used in group discus
sion at the meetings. 1.-The Child's
Health" will be the general topic to be
discussed at the next meeting.
The hot lunches for the pupils of
the White Iron school will be started
the first week of November, the mothers
living near the school will take turns in
preparing these lunches. The planning
of the Halloween party was left to the
entertainment committee. Following
the business session, a lovely lunch was
served by Mrs. Elmo Starkman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Contractor Louis Garni is re-roofine
the local postoffice building.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

The organization meeting of the
Savoy Pioneer unit of the Parent
Teacher association was held at the
Pioneer school building on Wednesday
afternoon, when the following officers
were elected:
Chairman-Mrs. j. c. Kotchevar.
Vice Chairman-MrS. A. w. Nyberg
Secretary-Mrs. John Golobich.
Treasurer-Mrs. Carl Kruger.
Committees appointed included the
following:
Membership-Mrs Fred Bunny, Mrs.
Frank Vranesich, Mrs. Michael Klo-
buchar, and Mrs. Frank Mauser.
Welfare-MiSs Estelle Dahl, Miss
Gerda Lindberg, Mrs. Joseph Skufca,
Gerda Lindberg and Mrs. Joseph
Skufca.
Hospitality John Golobich, Miss
Ann Popovich and Mrs. Agnes thinner
man.
Mrs. A. j. McMahan spoke to the
members on the aims of the Parent
Teacher Association
Following group singing, refreshments
were served and social hour enjoyed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Sunday morning worship. DR.. Krantz
is well known to our people and you do
not want to miss hearing him
Welcome to Our Services!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

Life in little burgs would be easier
to take if there wasn't SO much
cackling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

THE REV. L. s. SLOAN
Who has assumed his duties as
pastor of the M. E. church in this
city to replace DIR. j. T. Dixon who
has been transferred to VOss, Min
nesota. The Rev. Sloan comes here
from Nashwaulk where he has been
stationed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
WEATHER REPORT FOR ELY
~. s. Forest Service instrumental

High Readings taken at boo M all other readings
" Greenwood,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
ST. ANTHONY's CATHOLIC
CHURCH.

Women's Foreign Missionary Society,"
Masses at 800, TOO, 800 and 9:15.
Sunday School, .1:30 p. NJ.
Benediction, .2:3O p. M.
Father Frank Mihelcic, Pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19
WANT ADS

FOR SAIE-Police and husiie pups for
sale. Inquire of w. E. Debler,
Spalding Location. 10-19p
Evening star., 1934-07-08

know, but I think knew by some swift in
tuition who 1t was, for thrilled all over my
small body, sprang up. clasped one Of his legs
above the knee, and cried out. You are Mr..
Lincclu! He smiled, nodded, picked me up,
held me seated upon his left arm. and said,
"Yes. and who are you. my boy?' told him.
Then he asked me where I lived, and / said
our home was Red Wood Just across Rock
Greek from the Adams estate, but that we
mad been forced to leave it when it was looted
and that We were living on q street near the
White House.
Then he asked If my mother was the widow
of Col. French. the civil and military engineer
who built the Hudson River Railroad, part of
the Croton Aqueduct and was building the
Treasury extension when he died. I told him
she was, and his face grew very tender and
pitiful as he Rugged me closely kissed me
gently and said, My poor boy, am so sorry
for you ALL He said other kindly things, but
I cannot recall them, for my heart seemed
bursting. and in a passion of tears and love I
gut my arms around his neck and Sobbed out
Evening star., 1934-07-08
Bad Boys
Continued from Fourth Page.

ton to delinquency-the sort of thing that is
now going in Germany?
mo This country is not run like Germany"
they reply. I'VE do not advocate compulsory
sterilization. Such laws can readily be abused.
Besides, the knowledge Of human heredity Is
when all Is said and DONE still very meager.
ut is hard to predict, in any individual case
what the results OF q mating of defective
diseased individuals would be. Voluntary steril-
ization laws are another matter. BY proper
education Of the public they can be made to
yield highly desirable individual and social re-
suits
How about the movies? Do moving pic
lures contribute to delinquency in children7"
was asked. Surely they lnstigate crime"
MO" REPLIED the oluecks. "The movies
do not cause crime Bad pictures, like
bad literature. may teach young criminal new
tricks. that's ALL But 1t Is always superficial 10
draw cut one element Of an intricate complex
of factors that condition delinquency and claim
great potency for II"
what about Russia? Weren't the Soyiets
ahead Of US in regard to juvenile delinquency.
since in raising the standard of living of the
poorest class they had bettered the would-be
delinquents' environments"
"Yes," they agreed. elm that respect. Environ
mental conditions play q large part along with
heredity and chance factors which, combined,
make the delinquent"
What per cent of our people are criminal
istic?"
Probably per cent, judging by arrests.
And perhaps another S per cent who do not
come up before the law"
DIR. Sheldon Glueck and DR.. Eleanor T.
Glueck, despite their many years of research
into the background and aftermath of criminals
are themselves disarmingly young and CO.
operative and hopeful
Their zone Thousand Juvenile Delinquents"
Is the first volume In o series of or 10 in the
Harvard crime survey in Boston. While some
sociologists and penologists might be disheart-
ened by the apparent failure In the present
method OF juvenile delinquent reform, they set
about trying TO remedy the method by q SUM-
nation Of recommendations In the last chapter
of their book. t ,.-.,... ...s
Evening star., 1934-07-08
my childish alteration Of the great soul with
malice toward none, with charity for ALL"

my childish alteration of the great soul with
malice toward none, with charity for ALL
TODAY Col. and Mrs. w. E. P. French re-
side at 3017 N street in one of those early
Georgetown homes of which much has been
written. particularly in the last decade or two
1t is magnificent type of the Colonial dwell
ing and was built in 1894 by Thomas Beall
when this was Gay street. In 1911 it was
bought from Mr.. BealI by Mai George Peter.
the youngest son OF Robert Peter. Peter sold
the house In 1927 to John Laird, and William,
the son. made his home there until 1884, when
title transferred to Miss Elizabeth Dick,
who soon sold to William Redin Later it be-
came Miss Lipscomb's School for Young Ladies
and still later became the property of John
d. Smoot. Col. French purchased it in 1909,
and during the World War, while he was In
active service, leased it to the Secretary of
War, Newton D Baker. returning there at
the conclusion OF the war.
Col. and Mrs. French are delighted with their
old home. and well they might be, for they
have 1t finely furnished throughout with old
furniture and furnishings in keeping with the
period the house was erected. 1t stands
high ground ON the north side of the street,
with two large magnolia trees in front and q
fine roomy garden in the rear. Col French Is
Of the Connecticut branch of the family of that
name and comes from q line of Army officers
His father, Edmund French, was graduated
from West Point in 1928 and his uncle, the first
rector of our Epiphany Church, chaplain
and professor Of ethics at West Point Daniel
Chester French, the sculptor Of the statue Of
Lincoln In the Lincoln Memorial at Washing
ton. was a cousin.
After leaving West Point Col. French cam
paigned against the Blackfeet, Sioux and
Chippewa Indians and saw service in the
Spanish American War and for a while was
professor of military science and tactics and
commandant New York Military Academy
After being retired in 1900 he devoted much
of his time to literary pursuits.
Mrs. French is of the Weems family of Cal
vert County, Md, noted for their lines Of
steamboats,, and descends from the same line
as did the famous preacher. Parson Weems.
She Is a delightful hostess and loves genealogy.
Across the street from the French home, in
stately old brick, resides the widow of Robert
Todd Lincoln, the son Of President Lincoln,
who died a few years ago. Her stood
prior to 1900 frame dwelling occupied by
James Laird. who decided to build himself a
more pretentious home on the same spot, and
which he occupied about 1900; the wings were
added at a much later date. From John Laird
the property went to his daughter Margaret.
Peggy" she called. and then to her
sister Barbara, the wife of Judge James Dun
lop, who made it his home. The Judge was
an honorary member of the Association Of
Oldest Inhabitants. and when he died in 1872
the association caused resolutions Of regret TO
be spread upon its minutes
There are other attractive old homes m
this neighbOrhood
Evening star., 1934-07-08

had been loaned or leased for a short period
to Jefferson Davis by Col. French's father who
had been o classmate at West Point with the
Confederate chieftain. and this fact seized
upon as an excuse by those caught pilfering
from the place. who said they thought the
place belonged to him.
A FTER the French family had moved to @
street. an incident occurred which Col.
French still recalls with pleasure He said:
Il had never seen Mr.. Lincoln, but
sunny though rather cool Spring morning his
son Tad and were playing in the White
House grounds. One of us had dropped
dime or quarter, and it had rolled through
a drain grating and lodged on q projecting
brick In plain sight, but out of reach We
two boys, lying prone, were peering anxiously
down between the bars, trying to reach it with
our hoop-sticks, when q shadow fell over us
and a kind voice asked, What have you lost.
boys?' Tad told him, and looked up to see
a big figure dressed in black with shawl
around the shoulders. Perhaps Tad had made
me aware that it was his father I do not