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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Train1nan Dies
Under Wheels
of St. l. Train
BELVIEW DEPOT SCENE
OF TRAGIC ACCIDENT
MONDAY

Almost instant death came to A.
J. Bertsch, conductor on the M
and st. L freight line between
Morton and Watertown, when he
was dragged by the locked wheels
of box car along the siding at
the Belview station at about 4:3O
p. m. Monday.
The man, who was, about so
years old, was attempting to board
the side of the car by grasping a
handrail when he lost his footing.
The train moved past a heavy
snow bank piled close to the
tracks as he dangled along the
side of the car and he was forced
under the wheels. They were fro
zen and dragging along the rails
and he was pinned beneath them
in such a manner that his head
struck the wheels and track.
A. r. Holmes, section foreman
who saw the accident, ran in front
OF me tram and s1gnalled it to a
stop. Other witnesses were John
J. Ziegler, station agent, r. Leh-
man and John Bonner.
DR.. j. Gordon Cole, county cor
oner who was called, pronounced
death accidental.
Bertsch had been. an employee
of the line for about 80 years. He
is survived by his wife in Water
town, South Dakota, where his
body was taken for burial.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
. anted: Able
Man to Take
c and c Job
PRESIDENTS ABDICATE
PELL NELL; AHRENS
UNEASY

The Civic and Commerce club
presidency was tossed from hand
to hand down the official line this
week following the resignation OF
T. 0. Johnson who was elected
head of the organization at the
January meeting.
Mr.. Johnson who was out of
town at the time of his selection
stated in a letter to the club that
his business takes too much time
to allow his accepting the position
In a statement to the Gazette he
declared that the work involved
demands the services of paid
part time worker who would be
independent of criticism and able
to take care of the voluminous
correspondence contingent on the
office.
N. r. Ryerson, attorney, first
vice-president, stated that he
would not accept the responsible
ity which automatically fell tc
him on Mr.. Johnson's resignation.
''I feel,' said Mr.. Ryerson
"That the merchants themselves
should take charge of a primarily
commercial organization" He
went on to state that he feels
there is a deplorable lack of CO.
operation on the part of the Red
wood Falls businessmen.
Third to cast aside the proffer-
ed crown was j. L. Parson, sec
ond vice president, who reminded
friends that he had stated at the
meeting that he did not wish the
office in the first place. He added
that he, too, feels that merchant
should hold the office.
According to the rules of the
club, Ted Ahrens, present secre-
tary would be next in line for the
chiefs position. "I'm contempla-
ting resigning," Mr.. Ahrens said
Wednesday. "The recent dissen-
sion on the 9 p. m. Saturday clos
ing hour after it has been unani-
mously accepted at the last meet
ing is embarrassing, to say the
least. What this town needs is
not a Civic and Commerce secre-
tary but dictator"
He added that the appointment
of a paid part or full time secre-
tary who is independent of local
friction would be an ideal solu-
ton to the present problem.
Consensus seems to be that a
new election should be held. If
it is not, the presidency will fall
to Percy Nelson, treasurer and if
he does not accept, to M. v. Kur-
schner, chairman of the board. of
directors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Former Residents
Observe 20 Years
of Married Life

A picture of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus D. Chapman, former
Redwood Falls residents Dho
recently celebrated an un-
usual euent, their seuentieth
aoedding anniversary, has
been received IN Redwood
Falls.
The aged couple aDho form
erly operated q truck farm at
the present AL Drogosch place
In the bailey near the golf
course notu iue at the Iona
Linda Seventh Dag Adventist
colony in California. Mr..
Chapman, q CipiI War deter
an, is noar 81 and Mrs. Chap
man is 80 gears of age. They
lDere married here and lived
here for seDerGl gears.
The picture acds sent to Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Hart from
Cecil Hart aDho clipped it
from an Alton, Illinois, 1aelDs-
paper.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Lucan Litter
Places Fourth
Ia HOGS WEIGH 2,945
POUNDS AFTER SIX
MONTHS GROWTH

Lowell Schmiesing of Lucan
placed fourth in the state All
club ton litter contest which clos
ed in December, according to ar
announcement this week.
The North Star club member
will receive cash prize and gold
medal as awards for raising a
grade Hampshire litter of IA pigs
which weighed 2945 pounds, or
an average of 210.3 per pig.
The litter was the only one al
lowed to enter the junior livestock
show in st. Paul this year. There
Schmiesirg received a check of
$390.22 for them. The weight
which won him his place in the
litter contest was that of the pigs
at the age of six months, the limit
set by the rules. When they were
sold at the junior show their
weight had reached 1926 pounds.
There were three other Red
wood county entries, all unsuc-
cessful in the contest which was
won bv Clifford Hirst of Warren
who raised IL Duroc Jerseys to a
weight of 3.406 pounds or an av-
erage of 283.8 pounds per pig.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Debris at Old School
Cleared; Board Finds
2 Interested in Site

The interior of the high school
building, demolished by fire in
July, was cleared of wreckage by
a WPA crew this week and they
began razing the building to its
foundations.
Members of the school board
have received tentative, offers for
the foundations and grounds of
the structure which will be left by
the workers when they have COM
pleted their three months job.
One man is reported by MEM
bers to have offered $4,000 for the
building through a local real es-
tate salesman who would not di-
v,llge the identity of the pros
pective purchaser or the purpose
for which he would use the site
Another local man has expressed
an interest in buying the founda-
tons upon which to build an
apartment house.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Lakefield Girl and
Carl MetZke Wed

The marriage of Miss Mary Ba-
kalyar of Lakefield and Carl Met
IKE of Clements took place al
Lakefield last Wednesday NOR
ming, Rev. Prokosch performing
the ceremony. The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. John Bakalyar
of Lakefield and the groom the
son of Mrs. Ernelie Metzke OF
Morgan.
After the ceremony at which
Miss Gladys Bakalyar and Leon
ard Bakalyar, sister and brother
of the bride acted as attendants
a wedding dinner was served and
the couple left for their new home
at Clements.
Mrs. Metzke is a graduate of
Jackson High school and Mankato
Teachers college and Mr.. Metzke
is the proprietor of a food store
at Clements where they will ac-
cupy an apartment in the same
building.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
REA Gets Another
Revision on Rates

A revised schedule of REA
rates for Redwood county was
sent Tuesday to Washington D. c
by Alexander Seifert, Springfield
city attorney, after the council
met there Monday night.
The new rates which the
Springfield municipal electric
plant will ask of Redwood coun-
ty farmers under the rural cleo
IRRIGATION project which has re-
ceived practical approval, calls for
one and three quarters cents per
kilowatt for the first hundred
hours. A charge of cent and a
half per kilowatt will be made for
the second hundred hours and
current in excess of that will cost
one and a quarter cents. From
10 p. m. until p. m. the rate
will be one cent per kilowatt
hour.
It is expected that official APP
.proval will be received here soon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
MOVIES TO SHOW
WPA men AT WORK
PUBLIC INVITED TO SEE
SOUND PICTURES OF
PROJECTS

Three films, one of them a
sound picture. will be presented
at Redwood Falls Wednesday UNI
der the auspices of the Works
Progress administration in an eff
fort to educate the public in the
work being done by the agency
and to stimulate communities to
sponsor appropriate projects. Vic
tor Christgau, state WPA admin
istrator, is expected to be present
The movies will be free to the
public which is urged to attend
and will be shown in the court
room of the court house begin
ming at 8 b. m.
A sound picture running over
IS minutes will show projects
throughout the nation and a shor-
ter one viii depict WPA building
activities in Minnesota. A third
picture is entitled "A Better Min
nesota. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Cards, Lambs
Meet Friday
RETURN GAME LIKELY
TO BE SPIRITED
BATTLE

Still undefeated in district play
the Redwood Falls Cardinals will
risk their record Friday night in
a game with Lamberton on the
Lamberton High floor. The Jun
iors will engage the Lamberton
second string.
Redwood Falls defeated the
Lambs % to IA here before
Christmas but were given plenty
of opposition even with the adj
vantage of their home floor. Red
wood Falls has improved greatly
since that game and the outcome
of the return tilt is likely to de-
pend on which of the fives have
developed most during January
Next Friday the teams go to
Sleepy Eye and the following
week to New Ulm.
The team will be without the
services of Russ Lauterbach, star
guard, who injured his ankle in
practice Tuesday evening. It is
to be x-rayed today to determine
whether it is a sprain or a more
serious injury. In either case he
will not be used against Lamber-
ton. Thomson will be shifted to
guard and Farver will start at
forward.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Production Credit
Meeting February 5

The annual meeting of the Red
wood Falls Production Credit as
ISOLATION will be held in the arm
DRY at Redwood Falls at 10 a. m.
Friday, February 5. A free din
ner will follow the morning bust
ness session at which two direct
ors will be elected and the group
will hear Joe Montgomery, secre-
tary of the Production Credit
corporation, ST. Paul, discuss the
purpose and operation of the
farm credit act. The. local asso-
citation has approximately $780,
600 loaned to farmers of the COM
munity at five per cent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Soil Conservation
Men Meet Friday

Redwood county township COM
mittees for the 1887 soil conserva-
ton program will meet at the Wa
basso city hall Friday.
Township chairmen will meet at
10 a. m. to elect the county allot-
ment committee and all committee
members are requested to attend
the afternoon session which be-
gins at p. m. At that time dis
cussion of the program for the year
will be given by one of the district
soil conservation leaders.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
INJURIES FOREHEAD

Five stitches were required to
close cash in the forehead sus-
tanned by Donald j. Peterson,
manager Of the Redwood theatre,
when he bumped into door
while running through the dark
ened theatre to answer the tele-
phone Monday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
AGENTS DISCUSS Pea

The final session in series of
four meetings of county agents
from throughout southern Mime
sofa was held Tuesday evening at
Hotel Ramsey. The group discus
sed the Pea to wind up their con-
sideration of problems of farm
finance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
BANK DIVIDEND PAID

Another five per cent dividend
was paid by the former State
Bank and Trust company now in
receivership Saturday The pay
ment brings the total returns to
former depositors to- 95 per cent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28

Myrland Lang who has been
employed at the Montgomery
Ward store in Redwood Falls left
Saturday to take a position with
the circulation department of. the
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28

Gilbert Dennisf0un who was
seriously III Wednesday is now
able TO be out.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
CARDS SWAMP FAST
SPRINGFIELD CAGERS

Continuing their winning streak
and playing championship ball
the Redwood Falls Cardinals
swamped the fast Springfield
quint 26 to 9, in basketball
Continued on page 10)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
Generous County Donations
Aid Flood Sufferers, Visitors
Describe Plight Along Rivers
List Of Donors

North Redwood contributors are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
Wanta Buy 4 Wreck
Motorship Zapora Is For Sale, As Is, Where Is
 See Femmer

If you are interested in shipping Of any kind, there is wreck, not far from Juneau, that is up for purchase.
 The m o torshi ip Zapora went aground week ago yester d a y mol ming on Rocky Point, Admiralty Island. The vessel is a wreck and the Alaska Transportation Com pany, owners, is offering it for sale just where 1t is and just as it is. D. B. Femmer, Juneau agent, or the head office will receive any bids.
 The purchaser may buy the en- zinc, which is described in a clas- sified advertisement in The En- pire, and all equipment, or possibly the equipment will be sold in part lots. Femmer, however, will give all information desired.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
ZAPORA PASSENGERS
 LEAVE ON NORTHLAND

Leaving Juneau for more south erly points aboard the motorship Northland were three passengers who were baked on their last at tempt to leave Juneau when their vessel, the motorship zapora was wrecked and they were forced to return here.
 The three are Mrs. L. w. Patrick; L. Ketcham, member of Seattle fur firm; and J. s. Jeffrey, repre- sentative of the firm of M. Seller and Company. Mrs. Patrick is bound for Seattle, MT. Ketcham for Pet ersburg, and MT. Jeffrey for Wran- gell.
 Mrs. Jeffrey, who was also a pas senger aboard the zapora when that vessel crashed, remained in Juneau to await her husbands return.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
PLANS FOR SENIORS GRADUATION FROM JHS ARE ANNOUNCED TODAY

Just three months from today commencement exercises for the members of the Juneau High School class of 1887 will be held. Plans for the graduating class include Bac- calaureate services on Sunday, May ,o anu commencement exercises cn May l3.
 A. B. Phillips, superintenient of schools, has announced that the fol- lowing students will be members of the graduating class:
 Eulalia Archer. Ed Atkinson, Al Brown, Yvonne Forrest, Doris Free burger. Sybil Godfrey. Vivian Cru Der, Clara Hansen, Edithbelle Hell Ter, Helen Hildra, Everett Judson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
BER|NC SAILS |. TO JUNEAU AS DEPERE LEAVES
Old Arthur Baldwin Brings Large Load of Govern ment Freight Here

Bringing to Juneau several hun. dred tons of cargo that had beer left at Seattle docks by the Gov ernment emergency ships, the Alas ka Line cold storage freighter Der ing arrived on Gastineau Channe yesterday morning at o'clock anc docked at DuPont.
 Moving up the Channel, the Der ing, commanded by Capt. A. A. An derson, warped into the Pacific Coast dock at 4:45 o'clock yester- day afternoon, and remained there until 10 o'clock last night, when she moved again, to the City Dock to commence discharging the gov ernment cargo
 After unloading her cargo from the South, the Boring, formerly the Lomen Commercial Company ship Arthur Baldwin, will take aboard a large quantity of cold storage fish from the Juneau Cold Storage Go. She expects to remain in port here for about two days.
 The Boring sailed north from Seattle last Sunday, and Juneau is her furthest port of call.
 The freighter Depere complet- ed her discharging of coal here yes terday morning and moved to, the Juneau Lumber Mill Dock to load ties, and sailed from there for Cordova at 445 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 The Boring carried no passeng- |ers, and the Depere took no pas |sengers from Juneau outbound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
Marine News
Steamer Movements
N-,RTitRufjND

hlHhOt3ND
 . Northwestern scheduled to ar . rive tomorrow night or early Wednesday.
 Norco scheduled to arrive to- morrow, provided sailing was . as scheduled from Seattle . last Friday. No report how . ever as to sailing. Evelyn Berg scheduled to ar rive Thursday.
 . SCHEDULED SAILlNCS . Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Febru- . ary "A at 3 pm.
 Northland scheduled to sail from Seattle February 26 at . 10 am.
 Victoria scheduled to sail from Seattle February 27 at g am. SOUTHBOuND 3AILINGe . Yukon scheduled southbound . at o'clock tonight.
 Alaska scheduled southbourd about February "A or Feb- ruary 25.
 LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebeth leaves every Wednes- day night at 6 D. m.. for Sitka and wayports. Dart leaves every Friday at T a. m. for Petersburg. Rake . and wayports.
 . . ee . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
Picket Protests
 Spiked Rai|ings

LONDON, Feb. 22.-An unusual one-man crusade has been con- ducted in front of the Government buildings at Whitehall.
 A man wearing long white coat with red splashes on it, meant to represent blood, has marched to and fro campaigning against dangerous spiked railings.
 On one side he carries a notice pointing out the perils of being impaled on such railings by a shove or a slip on the other mo- tice urges people to visit St. James's Park and see our spikes
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
U. s. 5. R. Manufactures
 Substitute for Quinine

MOSCOW, Feb. 22.-Scientists of the Soviet Union report that pro- |duction of akrikhin, which in clin- ical properties replaces and is even superior to quinine," will jump to 45 tons next year.
 Soviet scientists, who found the compound, say the amount of ak rikhin required for treatment of malarial patients is ST times less than that of quinine. Hence, the AS tons should equal 26O tons of quin- inc
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
GALE RACES
 AT NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-A wind with gale force blew nearly three
 hours early this morning and reach led maximum of 54 miles an hour
 during it's height. Light poles on
 Welfare Island were blown down,
 plunging four hospitals with 4.Oo0 |patients into darkness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
Signal Corps Boys Give Blood To Comrade

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. a. Earl Helde, member of the Signal Corps, United States Army, station ed here, is recovering from an in- lected arm after two blood trans fusions given by fellow soldiers, George Godfrey and Sgt. Lee Bunnell.
 Helde has been seriously ill for several weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
VESSEL IS BEING OBTAINED, REPLACE
 WRECKED ZAPORA

Another vessel to replace the wrecked motorship Zapora is being
 negotiated according to advices re-
 lceived by D. B.. Femmer, Juneau fagent of the Alaska Transporta- ton Company.
 Just when plans are to be fully
 made it is not announced in ra- diagram received by Femmer, but
 possibly it will be sometime during March.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
RETURNs To KETCHIKAN

A. H. ziegler, prominent Ket- chikan attorney and former mem Der of the Territorial Legislature, returned to his home in Ketchi- kan aboard the motorship North land, after spending several weeks in Juneau attending the session of the Territorial Board of Education, of which he is a member.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22

Irving Krause, Charles Jenne. John Krugness, Bernice Lovejoy. Harry Lucas, Virginia Lund, Myrtle Mello, Earle Monagle, Christina Neilsen, Alberta Porter, Lazzette Shearer, Joe Smith, Lewis Taylor, Lucia Tucker. Robert Turner, Helen Wes- tall, Viola Converse, George Gull lufsen. Lecn Morris and Archie Gubser
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
AT THE HOTELS

Castlneau William McNabb, Juneau Leon Edwards, Juneau; L. B. Storms, Juneau.
 Alaskan Charles Simpson, Aux Lake; J. A. Whiteley, Hoonah; Mrs. R. Crodelle, Wrangell; Fred Wagner, Juneau; George Malcom, Hoonah; A. Bur go, Mendehhall: Guy Scott. Men denhal1; Lee Simons, Hoonah; George w. Samples, Hoonah.
 Zynda s. D. Taylor. Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
TO ARRANGE CLASS

Miss Esther M. Morris, Supervisor lof Home Economics for the Ter ritory, sailed from Juneau for Ket-
 chikan on the motorship North.
 land. She will organize a class ii
 home economics at Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
w A N T AID INFORMATION

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 Daily rate per line for consecutive Insertions:
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 Minimum charge ...50c Copy must be in the office by 2 o'clock in the afternoon to insure insertion on same day. We accept ads over telephone from persons listed in telephone directory.
 Phone 379-Ask for Ad-taker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
FLOUR MAN LEAVES

Fred E. Walker sales representa- tive in Alaska for Campbell Bros. Flouring Mills, took passage from Juneau for Ketchikan aboard the Northland
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
TIDES TOMORROW

Low tide 5:37 a. m, 2.1 feet High tide 1l:40 a. m, I'll feet Low tide 6:02 p. m, III feet
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22

McEAIHnAN LEAVES
 N. A. McEachran, sales represen- tative for Schwabacher Bros. and Company, left Juneau for Wrangell aboard the Northland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
CHANNEL BUS LINE,

CHANNEL BUS LINE Phone rus Jxnsau or 5l Douglas Leave Juneau: A.M.-7: l5,8:00, e:l5, l0:15. l1:15; P.M-12:15, 1:l5, S:15. AIS. 5:15, 6:15. 7:15, 8:15, o:45,
 11:15, 12:00 midnight. Leave Douglas A.M.-7:40. $40, S:40, l0:40. 1l:40; P.M.-12:40. l:lO. $40. l:40. 6:40, $40. TAO, $40, l0:10.
 11:40.
 Glacier Highway Leave Aux Bay: A.M.-7:0O, S:l5; PM-12:30, AIS. Saturday Special
 6:45 pm. 1eave Juneau: AM. - 7'30. 0:SO: '.M-2:30, 5:15. Saturday Special
 10:00 pm. First Bus Sundays and HolidayB leaves Juneau ct a:sQ All
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
PETERSBURG MAYOR LEAVES

Ed Locken, Mayor of Petersburg, left Juneau for his home aboard the motorship Northland after spending several days here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22

FOR SALE-Well equipped restaur- ant or will trade for home in town. Write P. O. Box 72l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22

Alaska" by Lester D, Henders y
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-6-room house on Basin road; reasonable Phone 33o.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
WANT ADS
WANTED

1 WANTED - Studio couch. Phone ] 2401.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22

YOUNG man wants work. Any thing. Call at Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22

MIMEOGRAPHING? Phone 495l
 Or leave orders J. B. Burford Go
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-22
MISCELLANEOUS

TOM Aliens fresh California dates Order from your grocery.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-10
HORSE SHOE

HORSE SHOE, Dec. 10.-Thc
extremely cold weather has kept
building and moving at stand
still this week.
A. r. Pope, who works at the
State Trust Co., in Henderson
vile, is confined to his home with
severe cold.
Mr.. Burns, from near Davis, Sta
ton, has moved into this com
munity.
The slcct and snow which fell
on Sunday is still on the roofs.
Miss Helen Holtzclaw spent the
night with Miss Kathleen Duncan
recently.
Coy Blythe, who has been as
sociatcd with A. w. Banks in the
Horse Shoe Grocery, has disposed
of his interest and expects to
move his family to their former
home at Etowah very soon. MIR.
Banks will continue to run the
grocery business at Horse Shoe.
Miss Jessie Shipman, the post
mistress here. who has been max
ing her home with Mrs. Bcckwith
since October 1. is staying at her
home in Hcndersonvillc now and
coming out every day in her car.
Some people from this neigh
borhood attended the burial SER
vice for Mrs. Susan Blythe at
BCulah graveyard Monday after
noon.