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probation, exhaustion. and wear
and tear. of yacht and certain
automobiles" He later sold h e
yacht at a loss Of $33,14
It seems unlikely that Mr..
Schenck, already occupying a top
SPOT in authority, really needed a
yacht to impress or influence any
body in business matters. Quite
a few actors, on the other hand.
honestly believe that many such
extravagances are necessary for
advancement of their careers.
But they've quit trying to prove
it, because the Internal Revenue
boys display little delicacy in such
matters. @
An actor can't even deduct the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
Steel Industry Waits
For Start Of Program

NEW YORK, July 3-tRHsteel
required for US. defense work will
total from 100000 to $4,000, ,00(
tons according to unofficial esti'
mates, Iron Age' said today in
weekly survey.
Full force of the national de-
fense program on the steel indus.
try is not expected to be exper'
fenced in less than 80 days." as.
serted the review.
1.-The avalanche of news f r m
Washington regarding appro'
priations has evidently C n t d
public acceptance of the idea that
the program is well under way,
so far as industry is concerned,
but this is far from the fact.
THE navy program is being ac.
celebrated, but military production
of arms, airplanes, etc., is still
delayed in Washington notwith-
standing the anxiety of manufact.
urers to learn what they are ex.
pected to do 3
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Gustave Gamelin, then command
er-in-chief in France.
Dated March Z, 1910, it d
Air Marshal Mitchess, command
er of the air force for the middle
east, arrived at Beirut, Lebanon,
that day and informed him he had
received word from London, lin
regard to preparations for possible
bombardment of Baku and Bat
um."
Weygand, according to the tele-
gram, said Mitchell was seeking
permission to investigate interme'
diate landing fields for p a n {
which would have their main base
in AL Jazira in the Levant states.
Weygand said the investigation
was carried out by British and
French officers dressed in civilian
clothes.
This would give the impression
that the visit concerned work af-
fecting exploitation of oil fields in
this region, Weygand said, accord
ing to the DNB account.
Another document was a tele-
gram of March IA, purportedly
from the French Ambassador Mas
sigi in Ankara, Turkey, to t h e
French foreign Office and labeled
strictly secret, regarding con-
versation with the Turkish foreign
minister.
DNB quoted:
I'm the course of a visit which
I made yesterday, the foreign min
lister laid before me on his own
initiative a telegram which arriv-
ed during the night in which the
Turkish representative in Moscow
reported conversation with the
ambassador of the United States.
According to the view of the
latter, the Russians are so anxious
about the danger of fire and bomb
ardrnent in the oil region of Baku
that the Soviet Russian manage
ment has asked American engine
ers whether and how fire caused
by bombardment could be fought
with success.
THE engineers are supposed tc
have answered that, as a result
of the manner in which the oil
fields have been exploited, tn
earth there is so saturated with
oil that fire would spread imme'
diately to the entire neighboring
region; it would be months before
it could be extinguished and years
before work could be resumed
again." !:
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TORNADO WINDS
HIT TEXAS TOWN
Three Schools Are Among
Buildings Wrecked In
Taylor Section

TAYLOR, Tex, July 3-R-Tor-
nadic winds wrecked three school
houses, damaged scores of build.
ings and laid waste crops in this
section last night. No loss of life
was reported.
School houses at Thorndale, San
Gabriel and Delmond were crush.
ed.
Thornda1e bore the brunt o1
the storm as it ripped through this
central Texas area.
At Eckrom and Taylor trees
were uprooted, outhouses damaged
and crops virtually wiped out by
wind and rain.
Almost an inch of rain fell here
in less than 80 minues, bringing
precipitation to almost eight inches
in five days.
At Throndale, Bill Finn and his
wife and two children had mar.
row escape when their house was
blown over and Joe Cornett and
eight members of his family were
in a building that was moved &c
feet by the smashing wind. The
town was without lights through
out the night.
In east Texas torrential rains
washed out $50 feet of track, broke
dam at Elkhart lake near Pales.
tine and stranded two trains.
Precipitation measured four in.
ches at Palestine, sending Boxes
creek out of its banks and flooding
a highway with five feet of water
Damage to streets, roads anc
crops was heavy throughout the
area.
At Wharton, in southeast Texas,
the Colorado river swept over its
banks to a width of nearly Is feet
The Colorado is one Of o u I
streams bringing critical flooo
conditions in which ten lives were
lost over the weekend.
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regiments of medium artillery and
one of heavy, one anti-aircraft
regiment, plus an anti tank bat.
talon, service and headquarters
units, and so on.
RESERVE OFFICERS
TO BE NEEDED
It stands to reason that if this
plan goes through the army S
going to have to call up some OF
its reseve officers, both for train
ing the new recruits and for posts
of command. Authority to do this
will probably require special legis-
lation.
Although three brand new in
fantry divisions will be formed,
they won't be rookie" divisions.
Plan is to reshuffle the veterans
now in the army so that each
new unit would have a framework
of old-timers. 3
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Ireland's Peril Ours,
London Paper Declares

LONDON, July 3.-P)-Lord
Beaverbrook's Evening Standard de-
clared today that ireland is in peril
and her peril is ours.''
The newspaper, urging unity of
Ulster and Fire for defense pur-
poses, said that added military pre-
paredness in the island sis more
than halved by political differences"
"The' people of England implore
the people of Ireland that they
should search for compromise -"
the Standard said, United Ireland
for defense purposes is a paramount
necessity for the safety of millions
of lives"
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Again Claim
sDOcumentS Found

BERLIN, July 3R-Alleged Al
lied win the war" plans TO
creating widespread new battle
fronts against Germany - purport
edly by entangling Scandinavia
Rumania, Turkey, Greece and Yu
goslavia in the European struggle
were published today by DINE
the official German news agency
DNB asserted Allied document:
seized by Hitler's conquering Ger
man armies in France constituted
1.-The greatest of sensations in
trigue such as the world never ye'
has SEEM.
One of the documents, DNB said
was signed by Generalissimo Mau
rice Gamelin, former Allied com
mander-in-chief, dated last March
l16, Just three weeks before Ger
many marched into Denmark ant
Norway.
The five documents published
today, spokesman said, are only
the first in a series in an officia
Nazi foreign Office white book.
A second group to be published
tomorrow, deals with asserted AL
lied Vaccinations to involve Tur
key.
!. third group, the spokesman
said, concerns Allied preparation!
for the Flanders campaign.
The Gamelin document, as quot
ed by DNB, was entitled "conduc
of war" and called for action des
cribed as wear and tear of Ger
man forces in order to strike
perceptible if not decisive blow:
against Germany.
DNB further quoted Gamelin:
"At the moment, it appears very
difficult to achieve good results OF
land outside the moccupied areas
Therefore, Germany must be for
ced to come out of its presen
waiting position.
Among other plans, DNB said
the various documents called fo.
cutting off or destroying Swedish
ore mines, and destroying Ruman
ian oil well snad Soviet oil we'll
at Baku-Batum''
They were made public in anti
cipation of the issuance of the sixth
white book of the war by etE
German foreign Office.
The first document disclosed
was an alleged telegram f r o n
Generalissimo Maxine Weygand
then commander of the Allied neal
east army. to General Maurice
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cost of taking a party of cor..
spondents on a sail to Cata,i,
without having to answer o,,
tions like these: l. What was ~
name and position of every mem.
ber Of the party. 2. Why was s,,.
one invited? 8. Exactly what s.;s
or benefit did you expect to derir,
from each guest through your On.
tertainment of him?
Such things not only care cou
picated but, in a court copte,,
would become ruinously embarras.
sing. So Hollywood usually nav,
off without a squabble.
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N. {. Public Welfare
Grants Are Announced

RALEIGH, July 3-REN h
Cardinals needy aged and depend
ent children received $5,788, 1856
during the fiscal year ending June
30.
Nathan H. Yelton, director f
public assistance, said that June
payments of 1868, 1894 provided an
average of $10.14 to S5,884 old age
assistance cases, including 675 con
federate widows. A total of 3,34]
dependent children received $156,-
407 during the month, an average
of $6.70. q
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Medical Care
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. D

BY LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. D.
There is a lively controversy
among specialists on the subject
as to whether obesity is due to
what they call an endogenous or
exogenous factor. This means in
plain language, whether people are
fat because they eat too much or
whether they are fat because they
are built that way. Being built
that way means the influence of
the endocrine glands or some x
factor or constitutional tendency
that makes them store food.
The argument is not so simple
as it sounds. Fat people will tell
you tearfully that they do not eat
as much as thin people and that
they can't reduce by dieting. We
know that some ductless gland
substances, such as thyroid, will
cause people to lose weight even
if they maintain the same diet. il.
The Other Side
On the contrary, we have the
evidence of experiments that have
been made in different clinics all
over the country that if you fix
fat person so he can be on con.
trolled low diet, which is carefully
measured so that he can't cheat,
he will lose weight without the use
of any ductless gland substances
to help.
The most famous case, I think,
is the Ann Arbor one where a man
who weighed something like 500
pounds were reduced to 1877. True,
it took two or three years, but
there still remains the fact that
he did reduce by diet alone. It
simply teaches us that fat is re-
moved slowly.
It seems to me convenient to
solve the argument by pointing to
an age difference. I think by and
large, perhaps with some excep-
tions, people over the age of 40
are fat because they eat too much
and people under the age of IS are
fat on account of some ductless
gland disturbance.
Activities Are Reduced
What the middle-aged person
does not realize is that his activi-
ties are cut down while his appe-
tite and his intake go on. Watch
a man of so in the same room with
a child of S. For minutes on end,
the most strenuous movements the
man Of so makes will be to blink
his eyelids. The child, on the other
hand, is a beehive of ceaseless
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
WILLKlE CERTAIN
COP WILL WIN
Nominee Says Issue Merely
That OF Keeping Or
Ending New Deal
BY SCOTT HERSHEY


NEW YORK, July 3.-lR)-Wen-
dell L. Willkie said today he thought
party lines would play little part
in the coming presidential cam
paign, and that the issue was be-
tween those who believed in the
New Deals philosophy and those
who opposed 1t.
Asked to comment on a state
ment by John L. Lewis, C1O chief
that Senator Wheeler (D-Montana)
was the only candidate the demo-
Gratis could nominate to defeat him
Willkie said:
1T doesn't matter who the DEM
ocrats nominate. We are going te
VIM
Willkie added that lie agreed
with Lewis that President Roose-
welt, should he run for third
term, could not defeat him.
Willkie said it appeared more
and more certain" that he would
set up a three-man control system
for his campaign, about which he
has been conferring with republi-
can leaders and other advisers.
DALLAS, July 3.-LR)-A group
of Roosevelt supporters reported
today they had received statewide
response to proposal that DEM
ocrats nominate Wendell Willkie d:
Chicago if the President declines t.
try for a third term.
The group met yesterday and
placed Guy I. Warren of Corpus
Christi in charge of the statewide
organization.
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PRACTICE

WACO, Tex, July 8. -(R-
Elmer Huddleston, 40, a veteran
policeman, was instructing Ira
Royals, a new member of the
force.
He stopped an automobile to
question it's three occupants.
All three stepped to the street,
guns blazing.
Huddleston was killed. Royals
was not hit.
The three suspects, all injured,
were held for questioning.
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RALEIGH
BRIEFS
BY HENRY AVERILL
Star-NeWs Bureau

RALEIGH, July 8. - If it ever
comes to a question of voting on a
statewide liquor referendum in the
Senate of the next legislature, IA
senators will face the prospect of
having their actions laid side with
what they did in 1887 when the
From the ABC viewpoint this
isn't bad either, for ten of them
voted against a referendum in 1887
nine as senators and one as a
House member, while only four
voted for total legal aridity.
The 1s41 senators wha voted
against Senator L. A. Martins re-
ferendum amendment in 1887 are
L. Y. Ballentine of Wake, Cousin
Willie" Clark of Edgecombe, Ar
chic Gay of Northampton, Thomas
J. Gold of Guilford, John Larkins,
Jr, of Jones, DR.. T. W. M. Long
of Halifax, ]. c. Pittman of Lee
and E. T. (Curly) Sanders of Ala
nance. AS 1887 Representative,
Senator Hugh Horton voted against
a referendum in 1882.
Those who voted for vote in
1887 are Senators J. H. Clark Of
Bladen, E. C. Gregory of Rowan,
Jeff Johnson of Sampson, and Ryan
McB-yde of Hoke.
Speaking of liquor and referen-
dunn a state senator from a west
ern county Che will not be back in
Al on account of a rotation agree
ment) refused to get bit upset
about either.
'G haven't been drinking any H.
quor for several years, but if I
wanted any could get it at home,
where we haven't any liquor stores
and I could get it easier than you
can here, because can get de-
livery from the bootleggers and
you can't from the ABC stores" he
said. 4
Latest candidate for Commission
er of Revenue to be entered in the
''rumor books" is Raleigh's Post
master Carl Williamson who has
been quite a political figure in local
circles.
It is said that Williamson doubts
seriously his chances for reappoint-
ment as postmaster (split with the
Baily-Gulley powers the reason)
and is bringing all the pressure he
can to bear on the next governor,
J. M. Broughton.
North Carolinians are finding out
they can't get away with sins COM
mitted across the line in Virginia
or in South Carolina.
Tow dozen of them lost their
licenses last month for drunken
driving outside this state - 13 in
Virginia and II in South Carolina,
according to records of the High
way Safety Division.
North Carolina has $50 one-room
schoolhouses, it may surprise some
who have followed consolidation of
schools to know. Of them 224 are
for white children end 656 for Ne
groes.
There are also 1,341, two or three
room schools, divided 418 for
whites and 923 for Negroes.
Of four to six-room school houses
there are 632, 329 for whites, 303
for Negroes. Seven to 12-room
houses are divided 519 for whites
and 153 for Negroes; 13 to 16-room |
buildings, 273 for white, 81 for
Negroes and over 16 rooms, 420 |
for whites, SIS for Negroes.
One truck out of every dozen in Il
North Carolina is owned by a gov
agency, the Petroleum
Industries Committee declares. 4 il
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HOTEL COMMODORE - Washington.
ID. G. Facing Union Station - Capitol
Plaza. Room & Bath from $3.50. Mod
ern-C0mfortable-
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60 OF IL DUCE'S
PLANES DESTROYED
Rome Communique Says
Attack At Metemme Is
Thrown Back

VALLETAA, Malta, July 3.-(P
A raiding plane was shot down
in flames today during a heavy
raid, presumably by italian planes
on this British stronghold.
CAIRO, July 3.-tR-The Brit
ish air force show down 60 Italian
planes in the Near East in June
and probably Is others, an autho
ritiative British source declared to-
day.
British losses were not disclosed
but they were said to be exceed
ingly SMALL
ROME, July 3.-LR-The Italian
garrison at Metemme, Ethiopia
was reported today by the high
command to have repelled a violent
attack by a large force Of British
troops, who were said to have left
60 dead on the battlefield as well
as machine guns and other equip
ment.
italian losses were described as
slight. Metemme is located near
the border of Anglo-Egyptian Su'
dan.
The text of the communique:
"In East Africa British forces
launched an attack against the
garrison of Metemme. italian troops
launched vigorous counter attacks
forcing the enemy to flee.
'The enemy left on the battlefield
50 dead and number of machine
guns and ammunition. We suffered
insignificant losses.
During air raids the enemy lost
two planes which were shot down
by anti-aircraft fire. The Italian
air force successfully bombed air
and naval bases at Aden."
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KEMPTON
Aid Society Entertained

Mrs. Jennie Ryan entertained the
Ladies' Aid Society at her home on
Thursday evening. The business and
devotional program was in charge OF
the. president, Mrs. Asa Lewis.
Plans were made for a covered dish
supper to be held February 80. Mrs.
Myrtle Reese had charge of the social
hour and gave an interesting flowers
contest. Mrs Martin Fox won the
prize. The hostess served plate lunch
to the following members; Mrs. G. F.
Smith, Mrs. Asa Lewis, Mrs. Homer
Evans, Mrs. E. P. Dice, Mrs. L. W..
Duling, Mrs. Guy Wilson, Mrs. Robert
Martin, Mrs. Roy Gibbs, Mrs. Martin
Fox, Mrs. Joseph Geroski, Mrs. Myr-
tie Reese.
Social Gatherings
Mrs. Leslie Ryan and Mrs. Ronald
Wotring entertained with three tables
of bridge at the home of Mrs. Ryan on
Thursday evening. Prizes went to Mrs.
G. P. Smith, Mrs. Melvin Wotring and
Mrs. L. w. Duling. Other guests were
Mrs. G. A. Aronhalt, Mrs. A. J. Wot-
ring, Mrs Robert Jackson, Mrs. Will
liam Wratchford, Mrs. j. w. Broll,
Mrs. Thomas j. Day, Mrs. E. P. Dice,
Mrs. Estel Ashfeld, Mrs. Lena w.
Walker. ....
Mrs. Joseph Geroski entertained
with a shower in honor Of her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Francis Geroski, on
Thursday evening. Music and games
were in charge of Miss Burnetta Ar
mold. Refreshments were served and
the new bride received an array Of
gifts. Others present were Mrs. Les
lie Ryan, Mrs. G. P. Smith, Mrs. E. f.
Dice, Mrs. l.. w. Duling, Mrs. Thos.
J, Day, Mrs. Guy Wilson, Mrs. A. j,
Wotring, Mrs. Robert Martin, Mrs. A.
J, Wotring, Mrs. Roy Gibbs, Mrs. Rob.
ert Jackson, Mrs. Willard Corbin, Mrs.
Arthur King, Mrs. Robert Sprague,
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AVILTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Glen burst and family,
Frostburg, spent Monday here with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mer-
rill.
Mrs. Enoch Robson is spending a
few days in Ekhart with her aged
mother, Mrs. Harriet Blocher, who
has been seriously i'll for several
weeks. Her many friends will be glad
to hear she is improving at this time
Jonas Wampler, former resident
of here but who is now a resident of
Eckhart, has been very i'll af a heart
ailment.
Ray Fike, who has been employed on
the C. and P. telephone line for few
months, returned home Sunday for
the summer months.
Enoch Robson and crew of men
are kept busy opening roads this
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fike and bab,-,
of Frostburg, spent Sunday here with
his parents.
There ars quite a few people sick
in this community.
The news of Henry Broadwater's
death on Monday came as quite a
shock to the folk in this community.
Ray and Harold Fike took a truck
load of potatoes to Piedmont on Mon
day.
Mrs. Wheeler Broadwater and Mrs.
Julius Wilhelm were calling on Mrs.
L. Garlitz, who has been i'll, but is
somewhat improved.
Miss Helena Stark is visiting friends
in Washington, D. C.
Billy Merrill made business trip
to Cumberland on Saturday evening.
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EVANSVILLE

Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter H. Yost, of near
here, observed their fiftieth wedding
anniversary by holding open house
for their relatives and friends Satur-
day afternoon from 2 to o'clock at
the home of their son, Henry Yost,
104 Frost Avenue, Frostburg, pre-
coded by turkey dinner at which on
ly the immediate families and close
friends were present. A beautifully
decorated cake formed the center
piece for the table. The occasion
was also Mr.. Yost's birthday. He was
s76 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yost were married
February 3, 1890, by the late Bishop
O. G. Lint, at the parsonage of the
Church of the Brethren, Meyersdale,
Pa. All but one year of their fifty
years of married life they have re-
Sided on their home farm about four
miles south of Grantsville.
Mr.. Yost, a son of the late Henry
and Sara (Livengood) Yost, is re-
tired farmer and was born at Engle's
Mill, near Accident, this county. Mrs.
Yost is a daughter of the late Uriah
Hilu lJllAdDGGu NIlGI SClJ DouSi
master and is native of Meyersdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yost are members of
The Maple Grove church of the
Brethren.
Among those attending the cele-
bration at Frostburg Saturday were
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Yost, Detroit, Mich.
their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Yost,
R.N., Somerset, Pa; Mrs. Yost's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Bauermaster, and son,
Berlin, Pa; William S. Liyengood, of
Harrisburg, Pa, and daughter, Mrs.
lmler Meyersdale, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs
z. L: Livengood, Salisbury, Pa; Rev;
and Mrs. A. d. Serogum and Mr.. and
NJ. Henry Speicher, Accident; Mr..
and Mrs. John Coleman and Mrs.
Perry Yost, LaVale; Mr.. and Mrs;
Henry Yost and son, Frostburg; and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Resi- and family,
Grantsville.
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Mrs. Harry Buckley, Mrs. Lawrence
Hoffner, Lillian and Ruth Wotring, Vir-
ginia and Norma Bowers, Mary and
Ann Hoffner, Nellie Repetsky.
The Sunshine Circle of the Kempton
Sunday school met at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Lewis on Sunday ev-
ening. The social hour was a party
given in honor of Mrs. Jennie Ryan,
who attended Sunday school each Sun
day during the year. Present were
Mrs. Homer Evans, Mrs. Harry Wolfe,
Mrs. Ira Cassiday, Mrs. E. P.
Dice, Mrs. L. w. Duling, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Gibbs, Mrs. Robert Martin,
Mrs. Martin Fox.
DIR. c. M. Dyhre
DR.. c. M. Dyhre, Al, died suddenly
on last Sunday morning at his home at
Circleville, W. Va He was employed
as company physician by the Cumber-
land Coal Company at Douglas, w.
Va, and spent a part of each week
there. A native of Illinois, he went to
Thomas, W. Va, in 1921 and was as.
ISOLATED with DR.. j. L. Miller for a
number of years. He practiced at Ben
Odols OOhSGOll anu ASlll pGOll Ills vile,
Mrs. Cornelia Dyhre, and daughter,
Mrs. Carol M. Dyhre survive. Funeral
services were held at the Methodist
church, Thomas, on Tuesday after
noon. mterment was in Rose Hill GEM
etery, Thomas.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P Smith and Mrs.
Thomas Day attended the funeral SER
vices of the late DR.. Dyhre at Thomas
on Tuesday afternoon.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
kemptno sponsored bingo party on
Wednesday evening.
N. E. Harris, who suffered a stroke
of paralysis some weeks ago, is now
slowly improving.
Ronald Wotring has returned from
Columbus, O., having represented the
local branch at the UNIV. convention.
William Dilgard, a grandson of Nh.
and Mrs. Harry Baer, and a former
Kempton high school student, has
won high honors at Fairmont State
Teachers College. He tied with anoth-
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er student for third place in scholastic
standing.
Mrs. B. F. Willis and Mrs. Essie Nc
Gettigan were called to Kitzmiller on
account of the illness of their father,
John Grimes, who is at the home of
another daughter, Mrs. Osborne Har-
vey.
Mrs. Asa Lewis is spending a few
days at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Cuppett.