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Evening star., 1939-09-29
DECENTRALIZATION
Wedding in Church,

Wedding in Church.
The Second Baptist Church, at
Seventeenth and East Capitol street,
was the scene of an attractively ar
ranged wedding when Miss Doris
Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip c. Nicholson,
became the bride of Mr.. Robert
Gehman Zeigler, son of Mr.. Robert
M. Zeigler of East Berlin, Pa. The
wedding took place Saturday after
noon, September 16, the pastor of
the church. the Rev. DR.. H. M. B
Jones, ofaciating, at 4 o'clock, fol-
lowing a brief program of music
given by Miss Frances Rock, who
sang, and Mrs. Sorrell, organist
Baskets filled with white gladioluses
and white dahlias with palms and
fern decorated the church.
The bride was escorted and given
In marriage by her father. Her
wedding gown was of white satin
made with long train and leg o'mut-
ton sleeves. Her long net and lace
veil was becomingly arranged and
was held by a wreath of lilies OF
the valley, and she carried white
roses and lilies Of the valley tied
with white ribbon which formed q
shower of love knots.
Miss Carolyne Nicholson was maic
Of honor for her sister, wearing aqua
taffeta and she wore wreath o1
flowers from which fell a veil tt
match her frock and she carried 9
large bouquet of early autumn bios
SONS. Miss Elizabeth johnson ane
Miss Ailene Lightfoot were brides
maids, dressed in deep rose taffeta
made like the costume of the maic
Of honor, with wells to match the
dresses and wreaths of flowers
They carried early autumn blossoms
Mr.. George Lehman of East Ber-
lin, Pa, was best man and the
ushers were Mr.. Philip c. Nicholson
jr., brother of the bride, and Mr.
Carroll A. Hefner.
The reception was held in the
home of the brides parents, which
was decorated with white gladioluses
and dahlias. Later Mr. and Mrs.
Zelgler left for their wedding trip,
the bride wearing a dark blue silk
three-piece suit. with hat and acces-
sories to match. They will live at
ia Ingraham street NV. on their
return from visits in Atlantic City
Ocean City and East Berlin, Pa.
Mr.. Zeigler, father of the BRIDE
groom, came for the wedding and
among others from out of town were
Mrs. johnson, Miss Elizabeth John
son, Miss Frances johnson and Mr.
James johnson of Richmond: Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Albright, brother
in-law and sister of the bridegroom;
Miss Dorothy Zeigler. Miss Ruth
Zeigler and Mr.. Earl Zeigler, cousir
Of the bridegroom, all of East Berlin
Miss Rose M. Hunt
Wed to Mr.. MinOux.
Miss Rose Marie Hunt, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George v. Hunt
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Mrs. J. NJ. Beck
Visited by Her Son

Mrs. Beck, wife Of the late for
mer Representative James M.
Beck, has with her for a visit her
son, Mr.. J. Montgomery Beck of
New York, and the latter's twin
son and daughter, James and
Virginia, now 10 years old and
spending their first winter in this
country. The twins we're born in
London and came here in the
spring to spend the summer with
their grandmother. Mr.. Beck will
make frequent visits to his
mother during the autumn.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Hardy Engagement

Mrs. Susanna Surratt Hardy OF
Glenmont, Nd, announces the en-
gagement Of her daughter, Miss
MGry Elizabeth Hardy, to Mr.. Ray
Sylvester Wilkinson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sirel E. Wilkinson of Glenmont
The wedding will take place dur
ing the Thanksgiving holidays.
Evening star., 1939-09-29

tea roses. Mr.. Minoux and his bride
will make their home In Los Angeles,
Calf.
The bride is a graduate of Tech
High School and attended Strayer's
Business College. The bridegroom
was graduated from Tech High
School and Columbia University Of
Accountancy.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Catherine Dargan
Completes Plans
For Wedding

Miss Catherine Mary Dargan
daughter Of Mr.. Andrew J. Dargan
has completed plans for her mar
riage to DR.. z. Bernard Lloyd, which
Will take place on October 7.
The maid of honor will be Miss
Margaret Sullivan, and the other at
tendants will be Miss Mary O'Con-
nor, Mrs. Edward s. johnson, Miss
Elizabeth Conlon and Miss Kath-
crime Lloyd, sister of the bridegroom
all of this city.
DR.. Lloyd will have as his best man
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Mr.. John J. Ruane Of Washington.
The ushers will be DR.. John A. Judge,
Mr.. Robert j. Garner of Washington;
Dr.. James B. Dickinson Of Passaic,
N. j., and Mr.. Edward p. Dargan, a
brother of the bride.
Miss Dargan attended st. Cecilia S
Academy and Dunbarton College and
has taken a leading part in the ac-
tivities Of the Catholic Students
Nilsson Crusade. DR.. Lloyd is a grad
uate of st. Johns College and the
Georgetown University Dental
School. He Is a member of Delta
Sigma Delta Fraternity.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Mrs. James Frazer
Takes Apartment

Mrs. James Carroll Frazer has
taken an apartment at 23l0 Con-
necticut avenue for the winter
and has completely recovered
from her severe injury and ILL
ness Of last season. She spent
last winter in Georgetown, except
the weeks that she was In the
hospital.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Miss Jackson Here

Mrs. A. F. Jackson has been Joined
at her apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel by her daughter, Miss Petrevia
Jackson, who spent several weeks
at Saginaw. Mich.
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lace dress with a corsage like that
Of Mrs. Crossen's.
After a motor trip in the South
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes will return to
Washington to make their home.
The brides travelling costume was a
teal blue wool dress, with q brown
fur jacket and brown accessories.
The bride is graduate of Wood
row Wilson High School and at
tended the Washington School for
Secretaries. The bridegroom at
tended the University of Tennessee.
Among the out-of- town guests at
the wedding were Mrs. w. NJ. Baum
gardner of Sugar Grove, Ohio; Mrs.
Rose Morton of Lancaster, Ohio:
Mr.. Roy Chappelear of Columbus,
Ohio, and Miss Naomi Oliver of
Alabama.
Evening star., 1939-09-29

Algeria's exhibit was conspicuous
at the 1889 Leipzig Fair in Germany,
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Weddings
OF Interest
In Capital
Miss CrOssen
Becomes Bride
OF MIR. Rhodes

Continued From Page B-3.)
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

come, it does not cure the
fundamental ills from which
agriculture suffers. On the
contrary the policy of storing
up huge stocks of wheat and
cotton under the loan only
adds to the topheaviness of
the markets and makes neces-
sary recourse to more and
more dubious expedients to
prevent a complete collapse.
Our program has helped to
push wheat prices in the for
eign markets down to the low
est point in $50 years and it
has helped to stimulate the
culture of cotton abroad in a
manner which is going to cost
the South dearly in the next
two decades. We are subsid-
izing exports of both wheat
and cotton today and are still
far short of a satisfactory ex-
port trade. But the fact that
the farmers are supplied with
money tends to prevent them
from realizing the plight into
which their industry is falling
through the operation Of the
very devices which bring
them so much ready cash."
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
u. S. LEADS IN
RATE
Facts Are Brought Out in an
international Survey
Just Completed
WITHOUT PREMIUMS

SAN FRANCISCO.-The United
States is the most marrying ma
ton in the world according to an
international survey just completed
here.
Without legislative promotion,
premiums. subsidies and other
means employed by some European
countries to encourage marriage
and raise birth rates, the marriage
rate in the United States for a num-
Der of years has been a little in ex-
cess of 10 per 1000 of population. the
survey shows.
In the meantime. Germany's mar
riage rate has shrunk from Ill per
1000 of population in 1884 to 81 in
1887. The Austrian rate is 6.5 per
1000 and the Czecho-Slovakian rate.
before the country's dismember-
ment, was 8.3.
In Italy, where bachelors tax is
imposed to spur marriage, and baby
bonuses to encourage it, its former
marriage rate Of 81 in 1885 has in
creased to 6.6. Other governmental
measures to increase the birth rate.
however, have not been so success
full In fact, the birth rate is stead
ily decreasing. From a peak rate
of 29.7 in the 1925 period it
dropped to 22.7 in 1887.
In the two great democracies Of
Europe, England and France, the
marriage rate in the former is 8.6
per 1000. an increase in recent
years, while that of France shows
a decline to &c per cent. The latter
is regarded to be due largely to un-
favorably economic conditions.
The United States still maintains
a relatively high birth rate, being
17.9 in 1898. compared to rate OF
225 during the 1925 period.
While all other countries show a
decline in birth rate since the 1921
Is period, the United States is still
exceeded by Japan with birth rate
Of about 20 per / 1000. Germany 1873.
and Italy 224
Austria and the now dismembered
Czecho-Slovakia showed the lowest
rates. slightly above IS per 1000 Of
population.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

lor's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Carrow.
Maxwell Davis, Sr., Thomas Rod
way and Oliver Faulkner Were at
Pickering Beach one DAY recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Shikie and
children, Mrs Thomas Boone, of
Wyoming, have been guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Schweitzer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Roadway
spent Sunday with their mother.
Mrs. Eva Hazel, in Cheswold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boggs, Mrs. George
Gooden were visitors Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Doddon last week.
Mr.. Levin Casson has been visit
ing his children, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Casson, in Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Schweitz-
er entertained Mrs John Berry. of
Newport, Mrs. Herman Elliott, Mr.
and Mrs. John Stafford on Wed
nesday.
Maxwell Davis, Jr., spent visit
with his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Hurd, near town re-
Gently.
Mrs. Jennings Poore and daugh-
ter Patsy, were recent guests of
Mrs Cole Hutchinson at kits
Hammock
Mrs. Henry Stunlpf and daugh-
ter Alice, have returned home af
ter visiting her sister. Mrs. Alice
Robinson, in Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Burris and
family, of Philadelphia, spent a
few days with his mother, Mrs.
Annie Slaughter the past week.
Mrs. Emerson Daily is spending
a few days at the Worlds Fair in
New York
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
nARTLY
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Hartly, Aug. 1.-THE funeral of
w. G. Carrow, 88, father Of S. d.
Carrow of this town, took place at
2 o'clock last Thursday from the
home of his daughter, Mrs. w.
Foster Clark in Henderson, Nd.
Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery
at Dover. Surviving are two sons
and two daughters, Samuel D. Car
row of Hartly. formerly of Green's
boro, Md; w. G. Carrow of Cape
Charles, Va; Mrs. Clark and Mrs.
Freeborn Eliwanger of Greensboro.
The rummage sale held by the
church last week netted s24.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grafton Heather
and son, Grafton, Jr., spent a brief
time at Rehoboth last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton King en-
tertained a few days the past week
her brother, Mr. Morris Walker
Jr., of Amber, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schweitzer,
Morris King and Bertha Meldo
spent a visit last week at Reho-
both
Billy Shipley of Washington, D.
c., spent visit last week with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Skrivan.
Mrs. Wesley White, of Dover, is
spending some time with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams.
Mrs. Annie Burris entertained
recently Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Bur-
ris and children of Philadelphia,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Burris and
children, of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Roadway
were guests last week of her moth
er, Mrs. Eva Hazel. of Cheswold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Schweitz-
er entertained at dinner one day
last week Mrs. Herman Elliott, of
Wilmington; Mrs. Hattie Berry, of
Newport. and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stafford. Of Marydel
Mrs. Lawrence Ennis and chill
dren. of Marydel, have been guests
Of her mother, Mrs. Mary DAILY.
Mrs. Charles Rodway was din
ner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Rodway last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dodd had
as recent guests Mr. and Mrs Paul
.Boggs, Of Wyoming, and Mrs.
George Gooden and daughter, Of
Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Taylor and
daughter Ann, Of FELTON,, have re-
turned from a visit to Mrs. Tay-
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and rose bathroom set.
Mrs. z. Wilson Stacy OF VIII
mington is spending several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. Smith john
son.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank E. Lynch,
Jr., and daughters, Jane and Betty,
spent a week at Willow Grove,
n. J.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
WILL CONQUER
GREAT DESERT
Waters of Rio Grande Soon
Will Flow Into Three
Southwestern States
EXPANSION OF ACRES

DENVER.-Conquest Of Ameri-
cas- great southwestern desert
started 400 years ago by Spanish
explorers-is under way again, this
time for prize more valuable than
the fabulous gold sought By the
helmeted Conquistadores
Ratification BY Texas. Colorado
and New Mexico Of compact ap-
portioning the flow Of the great Rio
Grande opened the way for expan-
sion Of thousands Of acres in farm
lands that line the l.8O0-mile- long
river valley.
Guns and lances have no part in
the modern conquest Of the South
west-rather the weapons will be
dams, reservoirs and irrigation
canals. The result will produce a
fortune in tillable land far surpass-
ing the widest dreams Of the con
quering Spaniards when they
marched northward from Mexico
centuries ago.
Ratification Up TO Congress.
Only the further ratification by
congress is necessary to make effec-
tive the tri-state compact permitting
actual work on a S50,000, 900 pro-
gram for construction of dams, pow
er plants, diversion canals and res
ervoirs at various points on the riv-
er's course.
Hydro-electric, irrigation and food
control benefits will improve an area
comparable in size to Massachu-
sets. Rhode Island and Connecticut
combined.
Starting as a trout stream in the
two-mile-high snowfields Of the San
Juan range in southern Colorado,
the river flows through sand dunes
and the volcanic badlands Of New
Mexico. runs placidly to FL Paso
and continues its lazy way after
plunging out Of Santa Helena can
yon just southeast Of the Texas city.
Near its mouth, the river streams
through the rich citrus farms of
southern Texas.
Fulfllment Of the Rio Grande
compact was the result Of more
than so years Of work by water ex-
perts, engineers, and the govern
ments Of the three states. The
treaty provides yearly quantities of
water that must be delivered at the
Colorado-New Mexico boundary and
the amount that New Mexico must
deliver to Texas. It limits the
amount Of water that may be stored
during various stages of the river.
Studied by Engineers.
Army engineers already were
studying the proposed Wagon Wheel
Gap reservoir which would water
the San Luis valley of southern Col
orado. This $4,000, 900 dam and its
companion projects would supple
ment the present development of ap-
proximately 350.000 acres of the fer
tile valley. Flood control and power
benefits also would accrue from the
completed project.
Power for albuquerque. Santa Fe
and other northern and central New
Mexico communities would be the
product Of a proposed dam near the
Colorado-New Mexico state line. This
structure also would be used to har-
ness food waters that annually food
the lower New Mexico valley re-
gions causing thousands Of dollars
damage.
A projected series Of slit reser-
voirs, dikes. canals and channel
deepening projects in the south
central section Of New Mexico
would cost approximately sl0,O00.-
600. Value Of bordering farmlands
would be doubled by this work.
Farther south. the Elephant Butte
hydro-electric power plant and dam
would be expanded and work COM
pleted for extended irrigation ia
cilities.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
CORRESPONDENCE
CONTINUED From Page Eight)

day for New York City, Lake
Placid and Lake George
On Thursday evening Mrs. ]. 5.
Willis, Jr., gave a surprise shower
for Miss Eva E. Nailor Of Milford.
The shower consisted of a wine
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

ADVERTISEMENT - The Smyrna Times
is the business medium not only for the
town it represents. but for the outlying
bracing the towns of Clayton. Kenton.
Cheswold, Townsend. Leipsic. &c. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charged
for transient advertising. Season or
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on application. For Sale, For Rent,
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less. minimum
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nnemoriam articles. 10 cents per line per
issue.
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which it
importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
Farm Paradox

times, says the Baltimore Sun
''is the fact that depressed
prices for farm products do
not spell reduced farm pur-
chasing power. Ordinarily,
when wheat and corn and cot
ton 60 down, down, down as
they have gone during the
spring and summer, farm
purchasing power goes down
too, and business as whole
suffers. But this year the
drop in farm values has been
accompanied by a rise in re-
tail trade and a rise in bust
ness generally. We are on the
upgrade in business, despite
the fact that wheat is selling
at 68 cents at Chicago and
cotton is back below 9 cents
everywhere.
"The explanation Of this
paradox lies largely in the
Government loan program.
While the loan program re-
suits in further accumnlations
of agricultural products and
thus intensifies the very fore
es which are depressing the
markets, it does provide the
farmer with a current source
of income far above what he
could get by selling his prod
ucts to the trade. A compar-
ison of market prices and loan
values at Chicago will make
this clear. The loan value Of
wheat (No. 2 hard winter) at
Chicago is 80 cents. The cash
price Of No. 2 hard at Chicago
yesterday was 6S34 cents. A
farmer could have obtained
liz cents more on the loan
than he could by selling his
grain to millers. The situa-
ton at other markets is much
the same.
THAT is to say, anywhere
in the wheat belt, farmers can
get 20 per cent. more by turn
ing their wheat over to the
Government under the loan
than they can get by selling
it to the trade in the open
market. And when cotton
comes in this year similar
terms will be available under
the loan program for that
commodity. This generous
lending policy together with
the various other farm bene-
fits help to give the farmer a
high return and business in
general gets the benefit of
high farm purchasing power.
Thus it is hardly surprising to
find that retail trade has re-
covered from the depression
more rapidly and more extern
sively in the rural than in the
urban regions, and that busi-
ness suffers hardly at all from
the collapse of farm prices.
"But while the loan pro-
gram in conjunction with
other aids to the farmer
maintains the flow Of farm in
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Entered at the Post Once at Smyrna. Del
aware. a. Second Class matter.
Subscription price. S1.5o per year. strictly
in advance.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
FOR SALE BARGAIN

Buick 5-passenger coupe. only
run 1900 miles. Trunk rack, 2
extra tires, new battery Apply
for inspection.
E G. MACKENZIE.
Mt. Vernon and Union Sts.
SIT 1t Smyrna, Del
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Published Every Thursday Morning. by
R. d. HOFFECKER, Proprietor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker, July s..
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
FOR RENT

FOR RENT
FARM acres, in Thorough
fare Neck, netx to Arthur CHM
farm. Wheat can be planted this
fall. Apply to
ALEX. VIRAG,
$40 2t Townsend, Del.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-09-23
MARIAN'S
NEW JOB
By H. Irving King
g Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
WNU Service.

/ MARIAN MARKHAM, a stenog-
Iva rapher temporarily out of a
job, was, through the recommends
ton of friend, offered a position
in the office of Holiday & Whip
pie as a sort of secretary to young
Robert Holiday, head of the firm
now that his father had gone the
way of both brokers and the broke.
Marian's father had always told her
that he had been financially ruined
by the villainy of old Peleg Holli-
day who, upon the dissolution of the
firm of Holiday & Markham, had
so juggled the accounts that the
! senior member had come out rich
and the Junior member poor. Marian
scarcely remembered her mother;
but had, all her life, been devoted
to her father in the ups and downs
of his vicissitudinous career. When
he died leaving her penniless she
had taken up stenography-and
done very well at it.
Marian considered. The job was
a good one and she needed the sal
airy. Again, disagreeable as would
be a daily association with one of
the hated race of Holiday, might
she not, by taking the offered posi-
ton, find out from the firms books
just how her father had been de-
frauded? Then what a triumph to
confront her employer with the evil
dence of his fathers misdeeds and
demand her inherited rights.
'Too pretty to be Efficient"
thought Robert Holiday, when he
saw his new stenographer: but as
she soon proved her efficiency he
became reconciled to her good
looks. Marian started in with a
firm determination to hate Robert
intensely; and thought she was do
ing so until one day, about two
months after her advent into the
office, she realized with dismay that
she was beginning to have decided
liking for the young man. Oh hor-
ror!-suppose-it was absurd, of
course, but suppose-that she should
fall in love with her hereditary
enemy. SnadeS OF the CapuletS ana
Montagues Forbid
p OBERT on his part, discovered,
N with dismay as great as Ma
rian's, that he was beginning to
feel an unusual interest in this new
member of his office force. Great
Scott! was he falling in love? What
would his lady-mother and his aris-
tocratic friends say if he married
his stenographer?
For two whole weeks they tried to
be as disagreeable and distant to
each other as possible-but made
rather a bad job of it. Robert had
no idea that the girl who was now
so much in his thoughts was the
daughter of that Silas Markham
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-09-23

musicians :. George Profit, foremost
exponent of the "boogie woogie" rhy-
thin of piano playing while George
Christmas will add more harmony with
torrid trumpet now watch the
Benny Goodman aggregation Ego to
town" and good luck to them! fife
mite was a gala occasion at the Thomas
and Edna Centers' Of Cantabrigia
where select group of esoterics as
sembled to enjoy the splendid hospi-
tallty of our host chief among
these were DR.. Ruth Easterling of
Cambridge, Madame Doris "Porky"
Jackson of the Back Bay, Memsahib
Pearl "Lilybelle" Powell of Sugar Hill.
Madamoiselle Dorothy "Toscaninni'
Higgins of of Strivers Row in Har-
lem, Effondi Toye Caesar Romero
Davis of Harvard University, Monsi-
eur Hobart Jarrett of Syracuse Uni
versity here from Tulsa, Oklahoma,
Orthodontist F. irving Country
Gray Of Ellington Sea and Tufts Col
lege, while Jay "Porky" Powell
claimed Pitman Academy and Ruggles
Hall for his Alma Mater Edna
"SnOrky" Center has recently returned
from a summer nursing case of Paul
Jones while Uncle Tom certainly kept
the home fires burning with an old
fashioned vicente roast in the card
room before an iron grill or an open
fireplace which was tops for rustic at
mosphere as usual, your Uncle
Paul was the man in the white coat
who was always getting things mixed
up . everyone thoroughly enjoyed
the battle ION the radio) and we drove
home with the milkman =. ah there,
FIG. this scribbler is not feeling
quite up to snuff at this writing so YOU
will excuse please? 49,. Congrat2
from all the gang to Count Roger
Duncan and the former Countess Vera
Ramos who went to town in the grand
manner Labor Day may all their
troubles be arbitrated . that man is
here again, girls . the very eligible
and personable George Lithcott of
Oklahoma and Bates College alumnus
of Maine this past summer has re-
turned to New England to major at
Boston University visiting with the
socially prominent Tarby family of
Townsend Street where you may view
his swanky roadster parked outside the
mansion when he is at home a
regular fellow and welcome to our fair
city. E. That's all-GOO E. DUCK.