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US Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK. May 13 (E).-St, Jo-
seph Lead Co reported 100 tons of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
Yesterday at $3.50 per 100 pounds,
East st. Louis: 50 tons at S480, New
York. and rs tons at the New York
average.
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Metal Market

NEW YORK Nav - Chopper r
port, 10 0S, TIN steady spot and near
by, 400 forward. IS 40. Lead steady
spot. New York $3.50: forward $50.
Zinc steady: East St Louis, SPOT and
forward, $50. Pig iron. aluminium, anti
mony. quicksilver, platinum and Chinese
wolframite UNCHANGED.
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Variety Store Soles
Slightly Above 1888
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclaied Press.
The Commerce Department re-
ports average daily sales of variety
stores in April were about li2 per
cent larger than the same month
last year and about IA per cent
larger than in March.
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Dividend Is Declared
By Monarch Machine
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SIDNEY, Ohio, May 13.-Directors
of the Monarch Machine Tool Co.
declared yesterday a dividend of 20
cents per share, payable June l to
stock of record at the close of busi-
ness May %.
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Industrial ACTIVITY
Slows as Summer
Season Nears
Auto TroveI Mounts,
Increase in Vacation
Spending Forecast
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,
Associated Press Financial Writer,

NEW YORK, May l3.-Business
began drifting into the summer
season this past week with the in
dustrlal ship taking in sail and
observers scanning the economic
horizon for clues to probable &C
tlvity after the hot days are over.
Less smoke poured from the
stacks of steel mills. railway freight
traffic slowed. electric power out
put declined and new building con-
struction contracts were fewer.
But on the other hand, the Ma
tons highways began roaring with
strings of automobiles scooting for
the fairs at New York and San
Francisco, and mountain, lake and
seashore resorts reported heavier
than-usual arrivals Of early vaca-
tionists. The big vacation trek
gets under way next month when
the schools let out.
Economists pointed out vacation
pocketbookS this year we're fatter
than last Both national income
and factory employment have been
holding above year-earlier levels.
and the prices people pay for
things have been comparatively
stable. Moreover, farm cash in
come has maintained margin Of
to 10 per cent above last year.
Retail Trade Jumps.
Vacation and warm weather
preparations reflected themselves in
retail buying as customers during
the week hocked into stores for
summer suits, dresses. straw hats,
automobile accessories, garden
hardware and sporting goods, Civ
ing aggregate sales a push ahead
of last week and TO 10 per cent
above last year
There was talk in some Wall
Street quarters that the normally
expected fall upturn in business &C
tivitv this year might get under
Wav earlier than usual. due to the
fact spring operations IN many
lines proceeded cautiously as eXecu-
tiyes eyed continuous European war
scares and failure Of administration
officials and domestic business
leaders to get together on a con-
crete program to stimulate re-
covery.
Helpful to this view were FRIDAY s
settlement of the coal tieup and
revived hope for Federal tax re-
vision.
inventories Reduced.
Some economists insisted the stage
vas set for a fast fall business start.
They pointed out inyentories-Sup-
plies of raw materlals-ln the hands
Of manufacturers had been reduced
around per cent under year ago,
with sales Of finished products run
ming to l8 per cent above 1888,
ANY pickup in demand for manu-
factured goods, they added, might
Immediately reflect itself in a scram-
ble for new supphes-copper, lead,
zinc. steels. rubber. hides, silk, chem
icals. lumber and paints.
The Associated Press index OF IN
dustrIal activity. with l929-30 as 100,
fell to 8l.8. new low level for 1899
and compared with $40 in the pre-
ceding week and 662 year ago,
The index, with its componentS,
coypDared as follows.
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Also extra extras.
Quotations furnished by Investment
Bankers Conference. Inc. which states
they do not necessarily reflect actual trans
actions or Arm bids or offers but should
indicate approXimate prices.
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CHICAGO Cash Market

Cash wheat, No red, 500; sample
hard -. Corn No 5 mixed. As No
yellow, 5@i9-o2'a, No white 5ss4-59
sample grade white as. Oat>. No
mixed 35'7. No. > white. 35i7-36i7; sam
pie grade white. 20. Barley, mating, so
81 nominal, feed. 35-43 nominal Soy
beans. No :! yellow. 9S Timothy seed
2 s5-3 Is nominal Red clover. IL 90
u 90 nominal. Red TOD. a@575 nominal
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Eastern DAYLIGHT Saving Time.)
BY private wire direct to The Star.

r In bankruptcy or recelyhrshlp or heinz
feorsanHed under Bankruptcy Act or
securities assumed by such companies
Rates OF dividend in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration. On.
tess otherwise noted special or extra diyi.
dendS are not included
xo Ex dividend xr Ex rights aAIso
ektaa a or extras ePaid last year fay
soie oie 10 stock Declared or oaid so Tar
ms year Cash or stock kAccunu-
iatGd dividend oaid or declared this wear
VI ~ under rule wv With warrants, ~
without warrants. war Warrants.
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. May l3.-DlvdendS de-
clared. Prepared pv Fitch Publishing Co.
Accumulations.
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streets are Just as dangerous when
the policeman is out Of sight.
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Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Co.-March net income was $1454,-
082, against $1,361 ,389; in three
months net income was s4,344, ,538,
against $4,073.554.
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Washington Exchange
SAIES-AFTER CALL,
BONDS

Potomac Electric Power 5i2rc pfd
10 at ll3, 10 at 1i3, 10 at ll3.
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7 Plus extras e2es extra f3rs extra,
Sl4.00 extra paid December 20. 1888.
"0c extra IN 81 so extra soc paid
September 20. 1875 So 90 paid in 1888
S., 90 paid so far this year
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Chicuqo Stock Market

CHICAGO May II tP,.--FollowIng Is the
complete list of transactions on the Chicago
Stock Exchange today
Evening star., 1939-05-13
PUBLIC UTILITY
MISCELLANEOUS
STOCKS

Chevy Chase Club lst 4t4s loi
Col Country Club LIST 4L.s JOB
Ter Ref & VIII Corp lst 4A.s l03
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Insurance Stocks

| NEW YORK May 1S tPl-1nvestment
| BANKERS Conference. Inc.
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cum CIV pf 31izc @ Sir 81
Stockholders will receive two shares
common stock for each 200 shares of com
mon stock held.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
Mrs. Vreatt's Children Enjoy
Reunion At Portland

May. Homer for the past ten years
has been employed as field man for
the Crown Feed Mills of Portland
Three years ago he started a fur
farm near Portland where he is
breeding mink. He is putting into
practise very successfully a number
of ideas he has developed for their
care and feeding.
Starting with fifty mink he now
has two hundred five animals Fee
has two hundred fine animals. Fe-
and all mink not coming UP to his
standard in color and fur are pelt-
ed He paid $4,000 for several of
his first breeding stock
Mr.. Vreatt considers some OF the
most enjoyable features of his trip
were the times he accompanied his
stepson on field trips, particularly
one where he had been called as
consultant by a turkey grower whose
flock of 5000 was not thriving.
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Royal were in
Portland ten days. They accompan-
led their mother to Seattle and saw
her off on the steamer for Wran-
gell before taking a train east
bound that day. Mrs. Vreatt is max
ing a good recovery from her ILL
ness, although still very weak and
weighing under a hundred pounds.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
TWO DROWN
IN CAPSIZED
POWER BOAT

CORDOXA-Ben Raymond, near
y dead. arrived here yesterday al
ter battling mountainous seas in a
little skiff and making his way here
afoot following the capsizing Of mis-
power boat in Prince William sound
during "a storm Sunday.
Raymond, who told an ineoherent
story at first because of his exhaust
ed condition. said his two compan-
ions, Henry Hill, So. aud William
Erickson, %. were drowned.
Hill and Erickson were trapped
IN the cabin of the power boat. Ray
mond said.
He told authorities he managed to
recover the dinghy and make shore
safely despite the mountainous seas
which swamped the larger boat.
Raymond is in the hospital, recover
ing from his ordeal.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
Tentative Plans Made
To Form Tennis Club

The excellent weather and the
completion of the new tennis court
were responsible for the numerous
display of tennis rackets the past
few days. Due to the lack of tennis
facilities the last few years tennis
had become practically nonexistent
in Wrangell. A great deal of interest
has been shown in the revival Of
this fascinating sport. Wrangell
should be indeed proud of this ten
mis- court, as few communities in AL
aska can boast of a cement court.
Owing to the lack of tennis net
two generous contributions have
been made by the Wrangell Wom-
ems Civic Club and George Stump
ton. These contributions are great
ly appreciated by all tennis enthus-
lasts.
Since many have expressed a de-
sire to form a tennis club tentative
plans are in progress to accomplish
this purpose. Those interested in the
formation of such an organization
are requested to leave their names
at Morrow's Drug Store not later
than Monday, August IA. This will
enable the organizers to determine
whether there are enough interested
to warrant such a move on their
part.
Because of the fact that this sport
cannot be enjoyed during Indictment
weather plans are being made SO
that tennis may be played the entire
year. We urge you to join and take
advantage of a healthy and enjoy
able sport.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
SeinerS Accuse Fisheries Bureau
FavorS Trap Owners

Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners
union officials and seiners accused
the bureau of fisheries of favoring
trap owners as against seiners in
three public meetings held by the
territorial fisheries investigating
committee Sunday in the ASPSU
hall. according to the Ketchikan
Chronicle.
Senator Henry Roden is chairman
of the committee, which opened its
investigations Sunday to gather pre-
liminary information for a congress
sional committee scheduled to leave
Seattle August 20 for a survey of
all phases of Alaskan fisheries.
The national legislators have
$4,000 available for the investiga-
ton.
The territorial committee is COM
posed of Representatives James Da-
Wis of Juneau, Harvey ]. Smith of
Anchorage, A. P Walker of Craig
and Senator Roden of juneau.
George Weiss, Ketchikan agent for
ASPSU, Joe Krause, president, aud
Everett Hudson, seiner from Metla-
alta, were the principal speakers.
Trap Owners Favored
The general purport of their
speeches was that the bureau of
fisheries showed prejudice in favor
of trap owners by allowing them to
operate where seiners could not OPP
crate; that many of the streams had
been depleted on account of the OK
cessive number of traps preventing
fish from getting to the spawning
grounds.
They asked for a later season, say
ing the run of fish has come later
each season; that the early run is
being exterminated and that a large
number of fish appear in the fall af-
ter fishing season closes, swarming
to spawning grounds where they
destroy the seed laid by earlier runs
No one spoke giving the point Of
view of trap owners.
Senator Roden announced the
committee wishes to hear from any.
one who will talk on the subjects
being considered. The committee Ii
taking private depositions to sup,
plement the public meetings.
Testimony Kept Secret
1--WE have promised not to divulgt
private testimony or names of those
furnishing it. Anyone who wishes
to give up information has only tt
contact one of the committee mem
bers, all staying at the Gilmore no
tel. They may do so with the assur
ance their name will not be publish
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. A Vreatt returned
Tuesday morning from a trip to Sc
attic and Portland made to secure
medical attention for Mrs. Vreatt
She was the patient of DR.. Martin
Norgore of Seattle for two months
at Maynard hospital.
After leaving the hospital Mr.
and Mrs Vreatt went to Portland
for a reunion of her children at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Wor-
den. Mrs Louis NJ. Royal (Liberty
Worden) came from Pawtucket
Rhode Island, and Mrs. Robert A
Holmes lynn Worden) from Rom
go, Michigan.
1t had been eighteen years since
Homer Worden had seen Mrs.
Holmes and nearly fourteen years
since he had seen Mrs. Royal. Mrs.
Holmes left Wrangell in the spring
of 1913 to visit relatives in Grand
Rapids, Michigan. She married
while east and lives five miles from
Detroit on a. modern stock farm
where her husband raises pure bred
Guernseys. In 1921 she visited
Wrangell with her two-year-old
daughter Patricia Ann. This daugh-
ter was graduated from State Teach
ers College at Ypsilanti, Michigan
and taught first primRry at Wayne,
Michigan, last year. She was reel
ected to the same position. The Sc
cond daughter Nina, is now four
teen years of age.
Mrs. Royal has three children,
Louis, 10, Jean IL and John Worden,
6. Mr.. Royal next month will enter
upon his eleventh year as mathe-
MATES teacher in a Pawtucket high
school. He is prominent in Boy
Scout work and Mrs. Royal with
the Brownies, the little girl groups
of Girl Scouts. Both are interested
in various group activities of young
married couples in the church which
they attend.
The Homer W0rdens are rejoic-
ing IN a lnaty hoy harm i0 them last
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
Salv. Army Changes
Div. Commanders

Brigadier v. J. Carruthers, divi-
sional commander of the Salvation
Army in Alaska and northern Brit
ish Columbia, with headquarters at
Wrangell, received notification this
week to farewell this command
August 9th. His new appointment
will be the saskatchewan division
with headquarters at Regina.
Brigadier and Mrs. Cafruthers
Bill Carruthers, their 15year old
son, and Joy, ten years old, Will
leave Wrangell on September /. Miss
Grace Carruthers will continue with
her work at Bishop Rowe General
Hospital and Walter Carruthers will
probably remain here for the win
ter to complete his work at Wran-
CELL High School.
Miss Gwen Garruthers will re-
main at her work at Morrow's Drug
Store until the middle of September
at which time she will go to Toron-
to to enter the Salvation Army
Training College She will do a
years work in residence before re-
eeiving an officers commission
Mr.. and Mrs. Carruthers. accom-
panied by their daughters Grace and
Gwen, arrived in Wrangell first on
August Is, 1918. They were then
ensigns Two years later they We're
transferred to Regina but were re-
turned TO Wrangell with the rank of
staff captains in 1928 for a five-year
period. With their promotion as
majors in 1928 they were trans
ferred TO Winnipeg. In 1884 they
were again returned to Wrangell
and in 1886 were advanced in rank
as brigadiers.
They will be succeeded at Wran-
gell by Brigadier and Mrs. John T.
Gnlingham of Brandon, Manitoba,
old friends of Brigadier and Mrs.
Carruthers. As young Salvation Ar
my officeds the two men were sta
toned together thirty years ago in
eastern Canada.
A pleasant feature of the trans
fer to Regina is the circumstance
that Mrs. Carruther's brother in
law and sister, Major and Mrs. Ray,
are stationed at citadel corps in Re-
gina.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
W.T.. Hale Passes Away
From Heart Seizure

Wrangell Is shrouded in gloom
today from the sudden passing Of
one of its most sterling citizens,
W T. Hale, secretary treasurer Of
the Wrangen Packing Company,
who died shortly before . o'clock
this morning from a heart seizure.
With Mrs Hale's nephew. James
Nolan, he was on his way to the
eannery when he collapsed near
the Sentinel office on Front Street
He was taken TO his home where
he died without having regained
consciousness.
Mrs. Hale viii take his body south
Monday for interment at Seattle
where they have made their winter
home for the past ten years. In the
absence of a Catholic priest at
Wrangell, no religious services will
be held here.
Mr.. Hale was born in Liverpool,
California. g. years ago. For nearly
fifty years he had been connected
with salmon packing in Alaska. his
first experience having been gained
in Bristol Bay and Boring Sea.
He was superintendent of the
North Pacific Trading and Packing
Co. at Klawock from 1912-1927.
the next two years he was interested
in a plant in Monterey, California.
In 1929 the Wrangell Packing Com
pany was formed with F. S. Barnes
as president and Mr.. Hale as sec
rotary treasurer.
He has been a fine citizen of
Wrangell. His work with Mr.. Barnes
in keeping the cannery a going
concern through all the trials and
tribulations which beset the salmon
packers of this district, has meant
much to the economic life of Wran-
CELL Many families derive the ma
jor portion of their living from the
eannery payroll His workers all
him as a personal friend
and grieve his death.
Mr.. Hale is survived by his wife
to whom he was married "a years
ago, two sisters in Oakland, Cali
fornia, and his nephew Elwyn
Hale of San Francisco, son Of Mr..
Hale's brother, c. P Hale. Bristol
Bay canneryman, who died a year
ago.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
YACHT CAROLINE CALLS
HERE FOR CRUISE PARTY

The Campbell Church charter
yacht Caroline, Captain D. N. Gun
derson, called in port here Tuesday
morning to pick up Richard Lang,
National Grocery Company presi-
dent, and Mrs. Lang, Kenneth
Schonfeld of the Standard Furni-
ture Company of Seattle and DR.. H.
H. Harris of Los Angeles for q ten
days cruise. They were especially
favored by Wrangells loyeliest
weather as they started on the
cruise which will take them to Pc
tersburg, lie Conte glacier, and Anan
Creek with the remainder of the
itinerary indefinite.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11

ed by the committee. Senator Ro-
den announced.
He outlined five points the COM
mittee proposes to study for the
benefit OF congressman, two dealing
with the fish trap question, one with
the alleged unfairness of the bureau
of fisheries. one with the proposal
to have the fishing season begin ia
ter and the last concerning the eff
feet of herring plants on the salmon
industry.
Study Five Points
The points, as stated by Senator
Roden are as follows:
l. The effect of the different
kinds of gear on fisheries. This con-
Germs fish conservation, he explain
ed.
2. The economic effect on the Ter
ritory of using the different kinds
of gear.
On this subject the committee
wants to know how many persons
are employed on traps, how many in
seining and gill net fishing, how
many would be engaged in SEEMING
and gill net fishing if there were
no traps. etc, Senator Roden ex-
planned.
3. ACCESSIBILITY of changing the
fishing period. beginning operations
later and lasting into the fall.
4. Charges against the bureau of
fisheries.
Senator Roden said many per-
sons claim the bureau has at times
shown favoritism to one side or an
other, particularly last year, by al
lowing traps to be opened at new
locations when they understood nc
new traps were to be permitted.
Herring Plants Ruinous
Effect of herring plant opera
tions on the salmon industry. Many
say the herring reduction industry
is taking away salmon food, will
ruin the salmon industry, Senator
Roden explained.
Only three persons attended Sun.
day nights meeting, but the com.
bined attendance of the other two
held Sunday was about 100, Sena'
| tor Roden estimated
The senator believes congressman
should first investigate fisheries in
western Alaska, because the season
is over there, while in Southeastern
Alaska interested parties are busy.
The territorial committee wen
to Craig from Ketchikan and are ex
pected to visit Wrangell and Peters
burg in connection with the probe
! The exact time of their arrival her,
! was. not known this Afternoon
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
MRS. BJORGE'S NEPHEW
PASSES AWAY IN JUNEAU

Mrs. I. c. Bjorge left on the Yu-
kon Thursday night in response to
a telegram that her nephew Wallis,
81 year-old son of her brother, Wal
lis George, had passed away in Jul
neau. Contracting tuberculosis three
years ago, the young man was a
patient at the Riverton sanitarium,
near Seattle, for two years, and for
several months at Matson Bros. san
itarium at Milwaukee, Oregon. He
returned to Juneau last January.
The wording of the telegram led
Mrs. Bjorge to believe it was her
brother who had passed away and
it was not until several hours later
that she found it was her nephew
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
ILLNESS OF JUROR RESULTS MISTRIAL
FISHERIES CASE HELD AT WRANGELL

The collapse, Wednesday evening
of Arnt Sorset. juror in the trial
of Everett and Joe Pettigrewi
charged with illegal fishing, caused
the case To be declared a mistrial
by Commissioner Richard Suratt.
Assistant District Attorney Folta
stated the following day that he
would file an information in the dis
trict court The defendants were re-
leased after posting required bonds
and have returned to fishing on
their seiner Loeolite.
At o'clock Wednesday the case
went To the jury. They organized
with Z. NJ. Bradford as foreman. The
other members were Mr. and Mrs.
Nels stensland. Andy Johnson. Mrs.
B. Y. Grant, Mrs. Oscar Carlson,
Mrs. David Gay, Frank Churchill,
Arnt sorset, Mrs Christine Darwell,
H. D. Campbell and Mrs. Ernest
Anderson.
The first ballot stood to 3 for
acquittal, the next to and the
third swung back to the original
7 to 5. When it became evident that
agreement would not readily be
reached, Marsha James Nolan had
supper sent in the jurors. Short
" after : o'elock6Mr. Sorset became
i'll and it was found necessary to
remove him to the hospital The
commissioner thereupon discharged
the jury.
". c. Stump of Ketchikan acted
as counsel for the defendants. The
prosecution was conducted by G. W,
Folta, assistant I. S. district at
torney at juneau and P. ]. Gilmore
Jr., newly appointed in the same
position at Ketehikan.
Russell B. Johnson, engineer on
the fisheries patrol boat Merganser,
was the first witness called by the
prosecution. He submitted a sketch
and chart of Salmon Bay in Sum
ner strait district. where the de-
PENDANTS were apprehended This
was marked exhibit No. 1 for illus
tration and was posted in view of
the jury throughout the trial
Chas NJ Doty, bureau of fisheries
stream Waterman at Salmon Bay,
testified that the Loeolite passed his
shelter camp at t11:30, Saturday
morning, July 20. A little later he
rowed up the creek to where the
Pettierews were anchored in the
creek. He went aboard the Locolite
and after spending some time in con-
yersation told the boys that it was
his duty to look for short nets on all
beats entering his area.
Everett threw the hold open, "
said Doty, land asked me to go
GcwG. 1 got down and looked into
the hatch but said there was no use
going in that I could see there was
nothing there"
Doty declared the hold was empty
and while he was there Everett Pet
tierew was pounding a board on the
bottom; that he called UP for ham
mer which was handed down to him.
He further testified that the boys
said they had put into Salmon Bay
to get fresh meat, but they gave up
trying to get a deer as it was rain
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-08-11
Seattle Visitor Enjoys
First Air Trip Here

Mrs Helena Sorenson arrived here
Sunday morning from Seattle to Wis
it her daughter, Miss Vivian soren-
son, in charge of the A r. Brueger
office
It is Mrs. Sorenson's first trip to
Alaska and she is finding it a de-
lightful experience. The weather has
been on its best behavior and she is
seeing Wrangell under the most IA
Yorable circumstances.
On Monday she had her first air
trip when Mr.. Brueger, chartering
Tony Schwamm's plane, took Mrs.
Brueger, Mrs. Sorenson and Miss Sor-
enson on a six-hour flight to PIT.
Baker. and Burnett Inlet. Four stops
were made and under weather con
ditions, vision was clear for an I'M
usual distance.
From the air, the tree-eovered
mountainous islands of the arehi-
pelago lying in the great salt
river" as the oldtime Indians phras-
ed the Inside Passage of the Pacific
ocean. are even more beautiful than
when seen from the land or water
surface.
Miss sorenson hopes that her
mother will stay for several weeks
and Mrs Sorenson says she is find
ing SO much of interest here that
she is going to be very easily per-
euadad fo do On