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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-06
CAST OF CHARACTERS

PRISCILLA PIERCE-herOlne, wuung woman attorney.
 AAEY KERR --Cllly's roommate and naurderer's victim.
 JIM KERRTGAN-CiIIy's flance.
 HARRY HUTCHINS - Amy's strange visitor.
 SERGEANT DOLAN - officer assigned to solve the murder of Amy Kerr.
 Yesterday: Cilly looks down from the roof and Is startled to zee that Mfr. Hunter, paralyzed for years, walks about with ease in his own bedroom!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-06

SOMEWHERE between the deep
 Siberian forests and the vast Mongolian desert, in a valley just north of the Tannu mountains, lies tiny Tannou Touva, said to be the smallest republic in the world. There the Uriankhai or forrest dwellers" have long roamed in peace, their very existence known only to a few Russian traders and government agents.
 Hidden away in their valley do. main, these people, resembling the round-faced, slant-eyed Mongo. Hans to the south and east of them, eke out a lazy day-to-day livelihood with their deer herds. The animals are tame and as a result the Uriankhai spends most of his time lounging about his tepee Only the offspring of the deer need special care and the women provide that.
 Animal of manifold uses is the deer of Touva. Milk, meat and skins are his basic contributions. When the Uriankhai goes hunting he uses the deer for transporta. ton and even Touva liquor is crudely distilled from fermented deer milk.
 Tannou Touva, the land that time forgot, is mapped on a 1927 stamp of that republic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-06
Brain TWizzIers By Prof. ). D. Flint

At a winter sports resort which specialized in tobogganing the year around there is an excellent setup for high-speed tobogganing. The initial speed is attained on 8 hill of steep incline and the ride from there on Is hair-raising. The only objection to this delightful sport is that one must pay for the ride by exerting considerable energy in the hard climb back up before the next ride can be had. An interested eunrtsman became curious about the length of the stretch of hill from the start to the point at which the slide flattened out. By timing he learned that at best he was only able 70 climb up to the top at rate of two feet per second and that he travelled down the toboggan slide, from the start to the point where fh8 slide 1lattened out, at rate of twenty feet per second, so that 1t was q one minute round-trip from enc time he started climbing up un- sii he hit the bottom on the to- hoRean. Can you figure out the Aensth Of the hill?
 Answer G Yesterdays TwixzIeF
 E'lan river vas frozen over. it being slnfsf. and Che man was killed by at.H falf on the Ice. Copyright, H'SH 2. utlIe Col.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03

Prizes for this contest are on dis
play in the show windows of the
White Bluffs Trading Company's
1GA Store. The lrst prize is a new
rifle with special peep sight. Other
prizes include a rod and reel, a Boy
Scout knife, a watch, and aInmuni-
ton ALI prizes are worth consid-
cradle effort and it is certain these
youths have their peep sights train
ed on Them.
The contest has almost a month
to run. Some of THE contestants
rnay be laying back" with q flood
Of points, q,iien sabe2 And SO it
benooves all or them to keep bear
ing down, for It's the stretch from
( third base to home that counts, and
all Of them wish to Slide in with the
winning score. ..a ~ n. ..a-s,
And this section may coiigratils
late itself ON having reduced the
number Of obnoxious birds and
beasts by a not iriconsfderable a.
mount In fact, many in this vici-
nifty have remarked on the very APP
parent Iessened numbers of pests
since these contests were started.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03
Call For Bids

Bids will be received until noon,
on Wednesday, June 30th, 1887. for
approximately forty-five {45, tons
of coal, Of which about twenty-five
{25) torsi must be scitable for fur
mace and twenty {20) tons for stove
coal. delivered in the bins of
School District No. Z, White Bluffs,
Washington.
The board reserves the right to
reject any on .a4 bids.
L. A. CODDNG, Clerk.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03
Call For Bids.

Bids will be received until noon,
on Wednesday, June 30th, 1887, for
transportation of school children OF
District No. z, White Bluffs, Wash
ington, to and from school, for the
school year of 1937-l938. This con-
tract is usually for two years.
The board reserves the right to
reject amy or all bids.
L, A. CODDING, Clerk.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03
Baccalaureate
Services Held
Rev. Pate Gives Idea of True Edu-
cation, i. e., Digging 1t Out
For Yourselves.

Baccalaureate services were held
last Sunday evening for the gradu-
tating class of the White Bluffs High
School. The program follows:
Preacher .---......-,,,-- Rev. John Pate
Professional
Prelude
Hymn ,....,. This Is My Fathers
World"
Prayer
Scripture Lesson -. Ecclesiastes II
Solo ...-...-.......-..... Mrs. l.. F.. Austin
Hymn ..........-- Give of Your Best"
Sermon ...... Culture Without Col
lege"
Hymn - where Gross the Crowd
ed"
BenedictiOn
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03
Seniors History
Is Briefly Told
Fifteen Freshmen Began Studies i'm
1888, But Many Chances in
Personnel Ensued.

In the fall Of the year 1888, a
sturdy bunch of bold freshmen
marched into the study hall, name
ly: Thelma Foster, Willeta Ray,
Dale Foster, Fred Battig, Edward
Ponsat, Leroy Codding. Tom Rich
mond, Leonard Gibbors, Tom ST.
gurdson, Dorothy Parsel, Dorothy
Chapel, Nina Griffith, Aloha Meek.
and, two weeks later, Bob Griffith.
In the first few months we lost Dale
Foster. but the lost was balanced by
the appearance of the tail, dark
French boy, Paul Rousseau. There
was no further change for the rest
of the year and we settled down 10
study in earnest. s
In our Sophomore year, we start
ed with Willeta Ray missing but
gained Betty Austin. Later we lost
Thelma Foster. We remained the
Same until spring, when everybody
got the mumps and Dorothy Parsel
decided to go to Portland. WE were
always in trouble and one OF the
things that interested the Fresh
men ait the beginning Of the year
was our famous S. S. S. o. s., used
in initiation. That year we lost the
track meet by only few points
land the class honors by 80.
Our Junior year started out much
the same, with Dorothy Parsel with
us again. Also, Melvin Norris
started the year with us. We lost
Leonard Gibbons and Dorothy
Chapel at naidyear. Also, Paul
Rousseau cropped out. I'm the
spring, the first Junior PROM was
fgiven by our class and we also won
the ilter-class trackmeet.
| The following fall found us with
only ten in the Senior class. Then.
to make it worse, Dorothy Parsel
took a notion'to CO. And Toby had
moved to HaIlford After Christ
mas, we gained the following four
students from Hanford: Lorena
Slavens. Hugh Burch, Cliff Whit
wer, and Bob Grifitfs We were
| honored by having Cliff win second
place in the pole vaulting event at
the state high school track meet at
Pullman We have been having
much argument with the Junior
Glass this year, which is natural,
for we were like that last year. We
was enjoyed by everybody. We won
the interclass track meet, which
gives the trophy permanently to us.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03
Bud Austin Leads !: !:
the Pest Hunters
Leaders Have Changed i'm PPast
!, Three Weeks. Austin Hold
ing Slim Edge.

Considerable progress has been
made in the predatory pest contest
since our last report, May 18th. At
that time, Tomsnie Griffith was
learning the field, with Bud Austin
and Richard Schicka pressing him
closely for first place. During the
past, three weeks, Bud Austin has
almost doubled his former total
and now leads the contestants with
more than three Thousand points
to spare. The present standings of
nhe contestants follow.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03

DSs&ICalkCkOA
AS we tuned in ON anOther part
of tine valley, we saw tumble down
down building about a mile from
town. There was such large
crowd there that, we figured there
had been an accident. At the door
there was tall, elegantly dressed
man, who told the people, welcome
to Chilly Wallys, my friends" That
voice awakened memories. Surely
1t couldn't be but IT was Sam!
We were just in. time for the floor
show 1--WE weren't expecting muchO
and the feature number was just
beginning. Perched out on the bar,
clad as chorus girls usually are,
was dark-haired girl who, after
making a few remarks in cha1m-
ing southern drawl, began to sing,
in wniskey contralto, ONE Of the
latest swing songs. What was ont
surprise to recognize Lorena Slav-
ems as the beauteous entertainer.
| We, finally tore ourselves away
! from this engrossing scene.
We tuned in on the short wave
television and there, In the heart
of India, we witnessed the daring
capture of the last Bengal tiger.
and of two wild elephants. The
remarkable thing was that it was
effected without any weapons. The
hunter did it with his bare hands
AS he turned and walked off, we
caught glimpse of his face; it
was my old pal, Fred Battig. We
were glad to see him and asked how
come. He told us he'd tried every
thing and hadn't found anything
tough enough to do. Now, in this
novel fashion, he was catching ami
mails for the Battig- Griff1ths Wild
Animal Supply House. We asked
him if, by amy chance. his partner
was Bob Griffiths and he seemed
surprised that we hadn't heard.
Bob was famous as an animal train
er; in fact, it was hard to keep him
from them. 1t seems that Bob has
sworn to be bachelor the rest of
his life and training animals takes
up enough of his time to keep him
from brooding over his past. He told
us that they supplied animals for
many of the large motion picture
studios. One of these was the Too
Utterly Utter Studios, headed by
Ralph Montgomery, who also takes
all the leading roles. He thinks he
is pretty good but, UP to the pres
emit time, no one else expressed the
same opinion.
All of this time I was wondering
where had seen that man before
and then the door opened and in
walked a man in uniform, saying,
Come on, Tom" 1t then struck
me that tom" was Tom Sigurd-
nut house. Then left, because
was afraid he would get me, too.
Being a movie censor, had a dis
tinct desire to cut some of these
scenes, for some of them were ra-
ttler poor. I am sure that the au-
dience would appreciate it If / had.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03

There was OF inch of precipita-
ton on May 18th. June was ustaered
in by a heat wave, the hottest of
the year to date. The wave reached
it's climax on June End, when Old
Sol turned on the Galleries to regis
ter more than hundred degrees
above freezing.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03
The Weather

Maximum and minimum temper
satllres recorded by observer MOffitt
at the Hanford weather station:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03
Glass Prophecy Is
Onainous Paper
Direful Predictions Picture Pale,
Pink, and Purple Futures
for This Glass.

On May 28th, 1857, I went into a
television store to get some tubes for
my SET After my purchase, the
proprietor, who reminded me of
someone I had once seen, invited me
to look over his new set. AS / was
in no hurry, / accepted and
here are the results:
Our first view was of little sta
ton in White Bluffs. The scene
we saw was quite interesting. A
large family was seen, with a gray
headed man ait the head of the ia
BILE and a worried look on the face
of his wife. There were numerous
children, some at the table and
some on the floor With a family
as large as this. we could easily see
why there was worried look on
the face of the wife. There was a
faint light of recognition on the
faces of both the man and the wo-
man. No! But it was-Ni1la and
Spence!
This was almost too much, so we
turned the control little further,
and who should burst in on our
vision but Miss Austin (but it is not
her fault she tried SO hardy AS
we saw her, she was in sWeltering
classroom, teaching u. s. Civics
And we saw her teaching some more
of Nina's children, in that White
Bluffs Home For Morons. She was
really having a difficult time, for
she knew very little more than did
| the children.
| That vision faded; then we saw
la hroke1a-e down. itecreTit old man
4 driving a 1923 Ford truck through
the alleys of White Bluffs. We also
noted that the vision was hazy, as
! it usually is, late at night. Conse-
4quently we knew it was Tom Fitch
mond-he was always good at night
work.
A dapper and portly dark gentle
man was going up to the door Of
ex-senator Griner. A buxom ma
tron came to the door in response
to his erratic knock Something a.
bout the carriage of the woman and
the brisk walk Of the Fuller Real
Silk salesman seemed familiar We
looked closer and recognized Aloha
and Cliff Wllitwer. Cliff is now
salesman for two companies, be-
cause, as usual, he was unable to
keep busy with only one product to
sell. Aloha wouldn't admit bnat
she recognized him, although, later,
she said that he did look slightly
familiar. We asked her to what
she accredited her success She re-
piled that 1T was her devotion to
one thing at time.
While we were watching there,
she had a visitor who was connect
ed with Rockefeller Center. He
came to ask donation to help the
research work that DR.. M. T. Nor
r'is was doing, DR.. Morris has stud
led night and day for years, be-
cause of his love for his work He
is very much in finding out why
Alice Roberts doesn't have five
hearts, like an angleWorm.
There will also be an opportunity
for those visiting the State College
to have personal conferences to dis
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03

Many attended the Memorial Day
services here, last Sunday. The pro-
gram was good, as we'll as appropli-
ate.
4: X y
Graduating exercises passed off
very smoothly, "Wednesday evening,
and another Senior Glass is school
history.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-03

There will also be an opportunity
for those visiting the State College
to have personal conferences to dis
cuss problems with the Department.
al Staff Every department at the
State College, including the Extern
sion Service, College of Home Econ
omics, and the. College of Agricul-
ture, will be glad to meet persons
who are attending, and talk over
their problems.
Anyone, planning to attend this
Farm and Home Week and desiring
any additional information regard
ing housing, meals, ETC., is urged to
get in touch with Miss Helen Stein
err, Assistant Extension Agent, at
Kennewick.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-03-25
SWANTON

= Members of the Ladies' Aid Society
of the U. B. church and their husbands
met at the home of Mrs. Bessie War
nick on March 5. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. William Warwick, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Green, Mr.. and Mrs.
Burk Friend, Mr.. and Mrs. Leniel
Friend, Mrs. George Beckman, Mrs.
Dorcas Friend, Mrs. Jerry Sweitzer,
Mrs. Carrie Wigfeld, Mrs. Silas john
ston, Miss Elsie Johnston, Miss Eliz-
abeth Shaffer, Miss Virginia Wigfeld,
Miss Bette Shaffer, Miss Clara Beck
man. Mrs. Ray Custer won the dues
prize. The next meeting will be held
April 2 at the home Of Miss Ildia
Friend.
Miss Opal Wagner visited her sis
ter at Keyser recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Green and son,
H. R. Shank and Virginia Wigield Wis
tied in Keyser on Sunday.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry
SweitZer of Swanton, surprised Mrs.
Sweitzer with a birthday party on
March 18th, it being her siXty-second
anniversary. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. Arnold D. Twigg, Lloyd E.
White, of Cumberland; Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Sweitzer, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Green, Virginia Wigfeld, Myrtle G..
O'Brien, Miss Mollie Friend, Carrie
Wigheld, Bette Shaffer, Nina SWEET
ger, Elizabeth Shaffer, Willard SWEET
ger, VIM. Burk, Harold Green, Lynn
Wigfeld, Mrs. Sweitzer, the honoree,
and her husband.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-03-25
MT. LAKE PARK

Begins to feel and act like spring
was just around the corner. The robins
have arrived in full force and we even
saw man getting his garden ready.
We must say that we have never
seen the Park look cleaner and in bet
ter condition than it is just at this
time. Mr.. Teagarden has certainly
been doing things since he arrived,
and Mountain Lake Park is to be con-
graduated in having such splendid
person to look after the Park and Park
affairs.
Personals
Mrs. Allie Raymond has returned
after a visit with friends in Fairmont
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sanner and
family, former residents, are occupy
ing the Hayes property in Oakland
Mrs. M. H. Morgan will leave Friday
to spend the weekend in Clarksburg
with friends.
Bob Utterback has returned from a
visit to Baltimore where he went to
see his mother, who is a patient in
Marcy Hospital.
Mrs. Dorothy Hamill was in Morgan
town last week where she attended a
meeting of Monongahela West Penn
employees.
Miss Virginia Killius is now en-
ployed as bookkeeper in the Miller
Market at Oakland.
Miss Jane Morgan, who has been
spending some time here at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John o.
Morgan, returned to New York today,
where she will be permanently located.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Bittinger an
nounce the birth of a son on Tuesday,
The child has been named Delbert Bit
finger, Jr.
Miss Mary Flaherty has returned
from a visit of several weeks with her
mother at Crellin.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Anderson, of
Pittsburgh, are here, called by the
death of Rev. William Anderson.
A joint meeting of the finance, ex-
tension and advertising committees of
the association for identifying the
Park was held in the council rooms on
Monday night when plans were made
for intensive advertising and Park
Identification.
John VanSant, of Kent county, Md,
has been spending some time here with
his sister, Mrs. Kate Chance.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Burk, Cumber-
land, have opened their home here for
the season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-03-25
DIED
JOHN T. SINCELL

John T. Sincell, aged seventy years,
third son of the late Charles H. and
Leah Frances Sincell, of Oakland, died
at his home in Keyser, West Va, last
Friday morning at 1:SO o'clock, follow
ing an illness of four days of pneumo-
MIA and complications.
He was born at Frederick, Md, on
September 8, 1866. His early life was
spent in Oakland and he went to Key
ser from here 35 years ago, engaging
in the mercantile business in that town
for more than thirty years.
Mr.. Sincell was elected justice of the
peace five years ago on the Republi-
can ticket. Prominent in civic affairs,
he was also active in church circles,
being an elder and trustee of the Pres
byterian church at Keyser, and teacher
of the Mems Bible class.
Besides his widow, who was Miss
Valetta Irene Brown, of Mountain
Lake Park, he is survived by four
brothers, Benz. H. Sincell, editor of
The Republican, and Harry C. Sincell,
Oakland; James A. Sincell, Clarks-
burg, w. Va, and George L. Sincell,
of Pittsburgh, Pa, and by two sisters,
Mrs. Margaret M. burst, of West Lib
erty, West Va, and Mrs. Harry w.
Matheney, of Cumberland.
Funeral services were conducted at
two o'clock Sunday afternoon from
the Presbyterian church, Keyser, by
the pastor, Rev. John A. Wood. His
remains were brought to Oakland, ac-
companied by large number of ac-
quaintances and friends, where final
rites were conducted at the Oakland
cemetery and interment was made at
4:30 o'clock.
Honorary pallbearers were DR..
Thomas Bess, Frank Kimmel, George
Ludwig, T. T. Huffman, George 10y,
H. A. Sliger, Warren Boggs, ]. Clark
Bright, F. G. Davis and Harry Wells.
Active pallbearers were DR.. E. v.
Romig, H. D. Burkhart, Fred. Hamill,
J. B. johnson, William Macdonald and
Richard Keys.
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REV. WILLIAM ANDERSON

Rev. William Anderson, aged 72
years, 10 months and 20 days, native of
England, and retired minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church, died Mon
day following a brief illness of pneu-
monia. He had been a resident of Loeb
Lynn Heights for about twelve years
and had been in failing health for a
a long time.
Rev. Anderson was born April 20,
1864, at Kirkheaton, Northumberland,
England. He came to the United States
when he was aged rs years, joining the
West Virginia Methodist Episcopal
Conference in 1889, serving churches
in New Martinsville, Wheeling, Man
nington, Clarksburg, Charleston and
other cities and towns in the State. He
was also district superintendent of the
misunderstanding district.
He was a graduate of Keswick Col
lege, England, and of Drew Theological
Seminary at Madison, N. j., and held
PhD. degree.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary
Ellen Cotton Anderson, and two sons,
F. Ridley Anderson, McKeesport, Pa,
and T. William Anderson, Pittsburgh;
also three grandchildren. A daughter,
Mrs. Mary Margaret WINS, of Wash
ington, D. c., died in January.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Leighton Funeral Home, Oak
land, on Wednesday afternoon at 1890
o'clock, with Rev. Gregory Bleakly,
Mountain Lake Park, officiating, as
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sisted by Rev. W. S. Patterson, Oak
land, and Rev. W. H. Gilmore, Noun
tain Lake Park.
Rev. Anderson's body was taken to
Parkersburg, w. Va, where further
services were conducted this morning
at 1920 o'clock from the Rockenstein
Funeral Home, with Rev. 1. S. Mid
daugh, a former pastor of Mountain
Lake Park, in charge. Interment was
made in Parkersburg.
Honorary pallbearers were G. o.
Sweitzer, H. NJ. Weeks, A. L. Biggs,
B. F. Shaffer, J. W. Ream, C. P. Mar
tin, George Brown and H. V. Leighton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-03-25
WILLIAM DERMITT GRIMES

William Dermitt Grimes, aged GO
years, died at his home in Pittsburgh
on Sunday, March 81, at 7:30 a. M, of
a heart attack. Funeral services were
conducted from the chapel of the Third
Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh on
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock.
Mr.. Grimes was born at Pittsburgh
on March 49,, 1873, son Of the late
James F. and Anna Isabel Grimes. He
was educated at the Duquesne Law
school and by profession was an at
torney. He was former assistant dis
trict attorney of Allegheny county,
Pa, and was city solicitor for Pitts
burgh under the regime of Mayor Nc
Nair.
Mr.. Grimes was active in the region
of the Allegheny Tableland, especially
at Mountain Lake Park where he had
been a summer visitor for the past
twenty years. During the past ten
years he has assisted in the manage
ment of the Mountain Lake Hotel.
He is survived by his widow, June
Huntington Grimes, and two children;
two children by former marriage,
Mrs. William Booth and Murray
Grimes, both of Pittsburgh, and the
following brothers and sisters: Rich
mond Grimes, James L. Grimes, Miss
Helen Grimes, Miss Zillah Grimes and
Mrs. George L. Sincell, all of Pitts
burgh, and Bushrod Grimes, Of Nor
gantown, w. Va, and Mountain Lake
Park.
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yer Frazee, who is suffering at this
time with pneumonia.
A quilting party was held at the
home of Miss Inez Friend one day
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Fisher, of Lis
tonburg, were calling on friends here
one evening last week.
Mrs. Bruce Miller is visiting her
sister, Mrs. A. E. Griffith, at Philadel-
phia, for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lowdermilk
spent few hours with Mrs. Lou Low
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-03-25
SARAH E. STERLING

Sarah E. Sterling, of Elder Hill,
died on March 10, 1897, aged 81 years,
10 months and days. She is survived
by three children, Silas w. Sterling, of
Crellin; Robert ]. Sterling, Elder Hill;
and Mrs. B. F. Schroyer, Friendsville.
Her husband, j. H. Sterling, and two
sons preceded her to the grave.
She was converted at the age of
twenty and Joined the Methodist church
at Elder Hill of which she has been a
faithful member. She was a kind and
loving mother.
The funeral service was held from
the Methodist church at Friendsville
on Friday, March IL, and the remains
were inferred in the Blooming Rose
cemetery.