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Evening star., 1940-04-04

ership training school, June 30,July
7: elementary leadership assembly
July ST.: Junior high school camp
July 8-l4; senior high summer con-
ference. July 1871; young peoples
summer conference, July 22-26
Dates for the Sunday School Super
intendent's Conference in September
will be announced later.
DR.. John G. Million Of Baltimore
executive secretary and director OF
religious education for the Balti-
more Conference, said new feature
the Vacation Bible School, would be
held during the week Of the leader
ship training conference, June 90
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Evening star., 1940-04-04

amendments sponsored by Senator
Gillette, Democrat, Of Iowa.
Mr.. Ogg testified that fruit and
vegetable growers received only
about IL to IS cents Of the con-
sumer's dollar spent on canned goods
because Of the unequal bargaining
power Of producers with Gamers %
Mr.. Ogg, Charles w. Holman,
spokesman for the National Co.
operative Milk Producers Associa-
tion, and other witnesses said that
the pending amendments would en-
able producers, professors and han
dlers OF fruits, vegetables and nu-
merous other farm products to act
jointly in improving marketing.
Evening star., 1940-04-04
Former Declares Cons
Cost More Thun Produce
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A farm organization spokesman
told = Senate subcommittee yester-
day that manufacturers often re-
ceived more for tin cans than fruit
and vegetable growers received fol
food that went into the cans.
The witness, w. r. Ogg Of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
urged extension Of Federal market
ing agreements and orders through
Evening star., 1940-04-04
Methodists Announce
Summer Course Dotes

~ the Associated Press.
WESTMINSTER, Nd, April A.
Dates for six summer school confer
ences to be held under the auspices
Of the Methodist Church at Western
Maryland College were announced
yesterday.
Faculty members Of the summer
schools from all sections Of Mary
land and the District Of Columbia
met to set the conference dates
which are as follows:
Adult assembly, June 28-30: lead
Evening star., 1940-04-04
Woodchuck Is Epicure

NAPPANEE, Ind. R-William @.
Best's pet woodchuck is an epncure.
It will not eat raw vegetables. It
likes pie, cake and ice cream-and
whisky, perfume and hair tonic.
The Valley settler., 1940-01-05

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Evening star., 1940-02-17
Suit 10 Collect $1,000
For Bible Error Dismissed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-William
Floyd has lost suit to collect 81 600
offered for proof of "a scientific
error in the Bible"
Mr.. Floyd said the Rev. DR.. Harry
Rimmer, Presbyterian minister,
advertised last fall that he would
pay $1,000 "for a scientific error in
the Bible" Floyd, magazine pub
Usher, contended he produced 81
errors-and that DR.. Rimmer had
refused to pay of.
Yesterday, after a prolonged ses-
sion Of science and sarcasm, Munich
pal Court Justice Benjamin Shall
leck dismissed the suit. He ruled
that Mr.. Floyd had not proved DR..
Rimmer inserted the advertisement
on which the suit was based, or that
the minister had knowledge of the
advertisement.
The only witness was Wolsey Tel
Ter, who said he was vice president
Of the American Association for the
Advancement Of Atheism, and that
he qualified as q scientist because
he had read Darwin, Huxley and
other scientists.
Don't let your ego get the better
OF you," the court cautioned.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
A. u. Women's Guild
To Hear Students

A series Of short talks by students
in the college of liberal arts of
American University will be given
at the monthly meeting of the
Women's Guild of the university
Tuesday at 1880 am. in the wom-
ems residence hall. Mrs. r. E. Rapp,
president, will meet with the Execu-
tive Committee at 10 am.
The program, arranged by Mrs.
Ralph Fowler, program chairman,
will include discussion of extra-cur-
ricular activities and is designed to
acquaint members of the guild with
student life.
Helen Miller will speak on student
government and also Pi Delta Ep-
silon, Erva Barger on the Student
Christian Association, Dorothy
Shepherd on the League of Women
Voters, Betty Lawton on the Pan
Hellenic Association, William Hut
terly on the Interfraternity Council,
Adelaide Bushong on the Aucola,
Charles Corddry on the Eagle. Beryl
Reed on the Cap and Gown, George
Brown on Omicron Delta Kappa,
William Adams on Pi Gamma Mu,
Ernie Webb on the Camera Club,
Gordon Covers on the Poetry Club,
Mary Martz on the Womens House
Government. Jean Miller on drama
and Hector Sheretz on debate.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Suburban Social Notes
Mrs. Bruce Wiggin Leaving
After Visit in Bethesda

NJ. and Mrs. Brady at Galveston,
Tex. Mrs. Brady is the former
Elinor Morse Ryan of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey B. Stokes of
Bay Ridge, Md. have left for Hobe
Sound, Fla. where they will spend
10 days at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. E. Bassett.
They will 60 on to Miami before
returning.
Mrs. Robert T. Leopold enter
tanned Mrs. Clarence Stein, Mrs.
S. j. Irwin. Mrs. Frank Romer, Mrs.
F. P. Di Blasi and Mrs. Richard
Ttlow at luncheon yesterday at her
home In Bethesda, Md. The party
was given as a celebration Of the
hostess birthday.
; DR.. and Mrs. Wilbur B. Mehring
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G. McComas
Of Silver Spring, Md, are spending
two weeks in Havana, Cuba, and
Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey B. Stokes of
Bay Ridge. Md, have left for Hobe
Sound, Fla, where they will spend
10 days at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Bassett.
They will go to Miami before re-
turning,
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Creative Arts Club
To Meet Monday
In Arlington

DR.. j. Sydney Gates, scientist and
agricultural journalist of Arlington,
Va, will be the guest speaker at a
meeting of the Creative Arts Club
Monday night at the home of Mrs.
Nolan D. Mitchell, 715 North Jack
son street, Arlington. Mrs. Walter
Cosby and Miss Rosalind Decker will
act as co-hostesses.
DR.. Gates will talk on The Two
Sides Of Success In the Arts" and an
open discussion will follow. Mrs.
Blanche S. Mcknight, chairman of
the literary group of the club, will
introduce the speaker.
Musical selections will be given by
Mrs. Frances Gutelius Smith, con-
cert pianist.
Preceding the program there will
be business meeting. at which the
president of the club. Mrs. Frank T.
Tracy, will preside.
Guests of honor will include Mrs.
Sylvester H. Dykstra, known through
her poetry and prose as Leslie Dyk-
stra; Mrs. Helen Orr Watson, au-
thor of "Chanco" and other books;
Mrs. Nell v. Smith, newspaper COL
umnist and president of the Profess
sional Writer'S Club of Washington: /:
Mrs. Frances Newman, writer and
teacher of journalism in the public
schools of Washington; Mrs. Gates,
wife of the speaker, and Mrs. Will
liam Clayton Pryer, who is collab-
Grating with her husband on a series
Of books for young people, the most
recent of which is Lets Go to the
Movies" .-s..
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Magazine Committee
Of D. A. r. to Meet
Tuesday Morning

Among scheduled activities of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton next week is a meeting of the
National Historical Magazine Com
mittee Tuesday at II am. at the
Willard Hotel. Robert Winslow Cor
don will talk on folklore.
The Elizabeth jackson Chapter
will hold luncheon at / pm. Mon
day at the Highlands, with Mrs,
William H. Wagner, chairman of
the Junior American Citizens State
Committee, as guest of honor. Spe-
,cial guests also will be three Ana
costa High School seniors-Vivian
Frances, Ellen Watson and Gladys
Reed-who read prize winnings es-
says on Elizabeth Jackson, mother
OF President jackson. at q recent
meeting Of Mrs. Wagner's COM
mittee.
Two special D. A. r. radio pro-
grams were presented over local sta
tons yesterday. Miss Hazel Nelson,
president Of the Women's Overseas
Service League. talked on George
Washington, the Builder" over sta
ton VOL.
A paper prepared by Mrs. c. A.
Swami Sinclair. State regent of the
D. A. r. of Virginia, on Gadby's
Tavern In Alexandria, was presented
over WMAL by Mrs. Robert Miller
Reese. Illness prevented Mrs. Sin
clair from participating.
Mrs. Reese is descendant of Col.
Denis Ramsey, a major of Alexan-
dria, who received Gen. Washington
on the steps Of the tavern when he
was en- route to New York to be in
augurated President.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Mrs. Holdrege
Heads Benefit
Runna9e Sale

Mrs. Carleton Holdrege Is
chairman OF the committee for
the rummage sale which the
Urgent Relief for France will
hold Tuesday, March S, from 10
to 6 o'clock at 1886 Connecticut
avenue. Other members of the
committee are Mrs. James
Lawrence Houghteling, Mrs.
George Maurice Morris, Princess
Boncompagne, Mrs. Prentiss
Coonley, Miss Elizabeth Howry,
Miss Lydia Loring, Mrs. RAN
dolph Miner, Mrs. Warren Lee
Pierson, Miss Maria Swing and
Mrs. McCeney Werlich.
At the food table will be sold
cakes, candies, jams, jellies and
other food, and at various booths
and tables old clothes, bric-a-
brac, furniture and other articles
will be sold for the aid of the
war sufferers.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
w. Kurtz Wimsott, ir.,
Given Honor at Yale

Word has been received of the re-
cent appointment of w. Kurtz VIM
satt. jr., of this city, to a resident
fellowship at Silliman College of
Yale University. This is considered
an unusual honor, as he has been a
member of the Yale faculty only
since last September.
Mr.. Wimsatt graduated from
Georgetown University here with
exceptionally high honors and later
was graduated from Catholic Uni
versity. He received his doctorate
in philosophy at Yale and shortly
thereafter was made a faculty mem
ber. In 1888 he won the award for
the Yale University prize poem. His
parents reside at 1872 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Miss Hedges Bride
OF MIR. Norton in
Home Ceremony

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hedges
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Florence Hedges, to
Mr.. Paul Leroy Norton, son OF Mrs.
Elliott s. Norton Of Chautauqua,
N. T.. and the late Mr.. Norton. The
wedding took place Thursday at
noon In the home Of the brides
parents. the Rev. Mr.. Hinkel Of
Markham, Va, officiating.
Mrs. Dorothy Hedges Tillman,
sister Of the bride, was the matron
OF honor and Mr.. Alden Carlson of
warren, Pa, was best man. The
brides costume was of white chiffon
and she carried white roses and
freesias. Her only attendant was
dressed In aquamarine blue chiffon
and carried yellow roses.
Only members Of the two
families and few intimate friends
witnessed the ceremony and re-
mained for the wedding breakfast
which followed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton will make
their home in Chautauqua after
wedding trip to Florida. Mrs. Nor
ton was graduated from the school
OF foreign service of George WASH
ington University and Mr.. Norton
Is a graduate of Cornell University.
Mrs. Norton, mother of the BRIDE
groom, and Miss Florence Hedges,
aunt OF the bride, entertained at
dinner Wednesday evening at the
clubhouse of the American Associa-
ton Of University Women for the
bride and bridegroom and the mem
bers of their wedding party.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Catholic Alurnnae
Dinner Monday

Mrs. George H. Bradford, presi-
dent of the international Federation
of Catholic Alumnae, will be the
guest of honor at dinner which the
executive board of the District of
Columbia Chapter of the organiza-
ton will give Monday at $50 o'clock
in the Parrot tearoom. The board
Is composed of the oficers of the Dis
trict Chapter and the presidents of
the various alumnae associations in
Washington.
Miss Mae Manogue, governor Of
the District chapter, has appointed
Miss Marcella Lanigan chairman of
the dinner.
Mrs. Bradford is stopping over in
Washington en- route to Richmond,
Va, where she will make final plans
for the biennial convention Of the
I. r. G. A., which will be held In
Richmond next October.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Miss Mary Holloway
Engaged to Wed
MIR. Robertson PAGE

Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Clay Hollo-
way Of Shenandoah Groves. Cler-
mont, Fla, have announced the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Miss
Mary Hastings Holloway, to Mr..
Robertson Page Of Washington and
Concord, N. H.
Miss Holloway, who is on the stafY
OF the National Archives In WASH
ington, was born ct Snow Hill, Nd.
She attended Massanutten Academy
in Woodstock, Va: State College
at Farmville, Va, and In 1896 the
Colorado State College Of Educa-
ton ut Greeley, Colo.
She Is . member Of Sigma Sigma
Sigma and at the sororitys national
convention last June was elected
assistant to the national president.
Miss Holloway Is the granddaughter
Of the late Mr.. N. L. Walton, sr., Of
Woodstock, Va.
Mr.. Page is the son Of associate
Justice Of the New Hampshire Su-
preme Court and Mrs. Elwin l..
Page Of Concord, N. H. After at
tending New Hampton Preparatory
School, he was graduated IN 1896
from the University Of New Hamp-
shire, where he was q member Of
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and
was active In number of literary
groups. Since 1887 Mr.. Page has
been associated with the Grimm
News Bureau in Washington as spe-
cial correspondent for a chain Of
New England newspapers.
The wedding is planned for the
late spring.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Bituminous Coal Act Heads
For Supreme Court Test,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. IT.
Litigation involving the first chal-
lenge of the constitutionality of
the National Bituminous Coal Act
headed toward the United States
Supreme Court today following Fed
eral decision upholding the 1887
statute.
The three-judge tribunal paved
the way for a final ruling by the
Supreme Court before its May
recess by giving the Sunshine An
thracite Coal Co. of Clarksville, Ark.
80 days in which to perfect an appeal
from yesterdays ruling here.
The act is designed to regulate
prices in the bituminous industry
and the unanimous decision held
that Congress had authority to en-
force the establishment of the prices
by a system of taxes.
The company's petition for a per-
manent injunction restraining the
internal revenue department from
collecting a 1875 per cent tax on
the price of coal produced by the
company was dismissed. The tax
was provided for by the act as a
penalty for non compliance with the
coal code.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Winchester Area Power
Rate Reduction Slated
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. IT.
Customers of the Northern Virginia
Power Co., serving An extensive ter
ritory in this section of the State,
are to get electric light and power
at considerably reduced rates, ac-
cording to Wilbur NJ. Krise, manager
here. He said yesterday conferences
on a new rate schedule had been
held with the State Corporation
Commission in Richmond and that
immediate action was expected.
Somewhat similar rate reductions
have been made in Maryland by the
Potomac Edison Co., which is the
parent company of the Northern
Virginia.
Customers of the Consumers Util-
itiec Co., operating the Winchester
gas plant, this month began bene-
fitting under a new rate schedule
authorized by the State Corporation
Commission.
Evening star., 1940-02-17

Mrs. Bruce Wiggin will leave to-
night to join 1t. Wiggin in San
Diego, Calf. after a months visit
with her brother-in Law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Newman Bumstead. in
Edgemoor. Md. Mrs. Wiggin was
honor guest at bridge party which
Mrs. Eugene Moore gave Thursday
evening at which the guests in
cluded Mrs. Bumstead, Mrs. c.
Eugene Doyle, Mrs. T. Delos Pax
man, Mrs. William A. Penrose. Mrs.
Arlington Comstock and Mrs. Egbert
Showers.
Mrs. Reginald F. Kassebaum and
Mrs. jeanette r. Kassebaum of
Arlington. Va, entertained at lunch
con yesterday at the Rixey mansion.
Later bridge was played in the home
Of Mrs. Reginald Kassebaum. The
guests were Mrs. Robert T. Hall. Mrs.
Ernest M. Hudgine, Mrs. william
Day, Mrs. Neal Mckay, Mrs. C.
Woodman Harris and Mrs. Claude
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter c. B. Morse
Of Glenwood. Md, who have been
at the Breakers, Palm Beach, Fla,
since Christmas, are remaining until
the end of the month, when they
will visit 1t. Parke H. Brady, U. S.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Parties
For 6. O.P.
Visitors
Hosts Include
Barbours; Tea
Given by Horizons

Senator and Mrs. Warren Bar
bour were among the many who en-
tertained yesterday for various
members Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. Mrs. Charles
Conklin, Democratic national COM
mitteewoman from New Jersey; Mr..
Daniel Pomeroy, national commit
teeman from that State, and Mrs.
Pomeroy were the guests In whose
honor Senator and Mrs. Barbour
entertained. The guests also In
cluded the Norwegian Minister,
Mr.. Munthe de Morgenstierne ;
Senator John g. Townsend, Senator
apd Mrs. Arthur H. vandenberg
Representative and Mrs. Clarence
F. Hancock, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick H. Brooke. Mr.. and Mrs. Gif-
ford Pinchot, Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Wheaton and Mrs. Sidney Lee, sis
ter Of Mrs. Barbour.
Horizons Entertain
At 1925 F Street Club.
Representative and Mrs. Frank
o. Horton entertained a number
Of Republican visitors yesterday at
tea at the 1925 F Street Club. Mrs.
Franklyn Waltman and Mrs. Robert
McIlvaine assisted the hostess.
The former Assistant Attorney
General and Mrs. John Marshall
entertained at the Metropolitan
Club in honor Of Mr.. D. l.. Nugent,
national committeeman from Ala
bama, and Mrs. Nugent and Mr..
William H. Armbrecht.
A stag dinner party in honor of
Mr.. Roy Dunn, Republican national
committeeman from Minnesota,
and the members of the Minnesota
delegation In Congress was given
by Col. Charles March last night.
Today Col. and Mrs. March will
entertain at tea at the Mayflower
Hotel in honor of their son, Mr..
H. Wells March of New York, and
their daughter, Mrs. C. L. Christen-
sen, who is visiting her parents for
several weeks.
Evening star., 1940-02-17

impossible. The only apparent
check on your movements is the re-
quirement to turn In your passport
when you register at q hotel. But
there are certain parts Of Germany
which are rigidly barred zones. You
cannot get anywhere near the West
Wall. the fortified belt Of territory
along the French and Belgian bor-
ders. You cannot visit the fortified
coasts Of the North Sea and the
Baltic. You cannot enter German
occupied Poland. You have to get
special permission to 60 to the.pro-
tectorate Of Bohemia-Moravia and
even then you 60 under such close
surveillance that no patriotic Czech
viii dare come near you.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Rood Troubles Laid
To Condemnation Low
,recial DISPATCH to The star.

Special Dispatch to Tne star.
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. IT,
George E. Keneipp, Washington
manager of the Keystone Automobile
Club, blamed Marylands "anti-
quated" condemnation procedure for
obtaining rights of way for "at least
IS per cent" of the States highway
difficulties. Mr.. Keneipp was the
principal speaker at meeting here
Of the Assembly Club, composed of
Baltimore members of the States
Legislature.
While paying high tribute to the
State Roads Commission, the speaker
urged the formulation of con-
demnation law that would provide
compensation settlements with prop
erty owners after the work procedes
rather than before.
The automobile club executive
also emphasized the necessity for
pedestrian control in. the State.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Notes From the Social Calendar Of Washington and It's
Mrs. Gasque Takes
Apartment Here

Former Representative Bes-
ste n. 0asque has come from her
South Carolina home and taken
an apartment at 2400 Sixteenth
street for the remainder Of the
winter. Mrs. Gasque, who is the
widow Of Representative Allard
H. Gasque and succeeded him In
the House, will be joined later in
the season by her daughter,
Mrs. Hallowell, wife Of 1t. Comdr.
John E. Hallowell, u. s. N, now
on duty ut Norfolk.
Mrs. Gasque spent . short time
with her sister, Mrs. James F.
Dobson. at Ridgeway, 8. G. who
accompanied her to washington.
Mrs. Dobson is visiting In West
Virginia before returning to
South Carolina.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Service Orders
ADMv
QUARTERMAsrER CORPS.


Munnikhuysen: Col. Henry d. r.. from
Barott. Mai william e.. from Panama to
Plattsburg Barracks
ooast the Ns shilippines anes b. from r0F' Srass
Drake; 1t Col; Charles c.. from Langley
FIELD to the Philippines.
Philippines to washington. ~ '''e
Larson A. MAJ; Leander, from the Philippines
iort fSRsi: Wsi:st from the Philippines to
Piikinston. Maj. GEORGE c.. from the
Philippines to Fort Riley.
INFANTRY.
Jones. Maj. Robert E.. from Raleigh to
AIR CORPS.
kenney. Maj. George C., from Wright
Field to Paris. France. ~
COAST ARTILLERY.
Nelson; xass Second @ E. an John g.. from Panama
ulmo Va: Henry W, from Hawaii to
r.TnssoSsh; S1@ss Ms,. Louis D., from r.n.m.
f philippnes HHsa 1S, e rort en Crockett. from the
NAVY.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
ton to d. 8. 5. California. I ''
Cohen. comdr, Marion 9: from q. s. 8.
Astoria to U. 3. 3. Crane.
Grady, It; comdr. vincsnt ". from
Krause. It. Comdr. Roland T.. from WASH
inston to y. 8. s. Osalala.
Sanders. 1t. Comdr. Carl H.. from Naval
Acadamy to U. g. 8. Wake
:. q. 8. 8. Ranger to q. 8. s. wasp.
Stevens. 1t. q. 81 John D., from D. 3. d.
Ranger to q. 8. 8. Wasp.
DENTAL CORPS.
Borden, IT. q. - John ", from WASH
ineton to Anacostia.
SUPPLY CORPS.
Hulldsh. Comdr. Wilson g., from D. 3. B.
Ranger TO. Alameda.
White, Comdr: Allen r.. from Norfolk
Evening star., 1940-02-17
!Child-Bride at ID
Is Grandmother at 81
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. L, Feb. IT,
Mrs. Ella Chaffee, 81, a child bride
at II, learned yesterday she became
a grandmother, probably Rhode
Islands youngest. during the st.
Valentines Day blizzard.
An 8-pound -14-ounce daughter
was born to her Oldest child, Mrs.
Lydia Grifnths. II, OF Sterling, Conn.
Mrs. Chaffee, q practical nurse,
was the mother Of fiye children
when she was 10.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
War of 1872 Society
To Dine TOni6ht

The Society of the War of 1912
will celebrate the 125th anniversary
of the promulgation of the treaty of
Ghent with banquet at the Army
Navy Club tonight at 7 o'clock
Gen. Leigh Cole Fairbank. U. S. A.,
society president, will preside.
Chairmen of the various commit
tees will present their annual re-
ports. Officers will be elected and
plans for the year discussed.
Maj. Harry A. Davis is in charge
of all arrangements.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Miss Lee Fogel
Back From Florida

Miss Lee Fogel has returned
from Miami Beach, where she
spent several weeks. She is now
in New York and will remain
for a few days.
Mrs. Samuel Greenberg, with
her son Martin, has returned to
Washington after a stay of sew
eral months in Miami Beach.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Miss Harris Hostess

Miss Caroline S. Habermehl of At
lantic City and Philadelphia, daugh-
ter of Mrs. G. Howard Buzby, is guest
of Miss Aileen Havlin Harris, daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Har-
ris. Miss Harris will entertain to-
night at the second in a series of
dinners.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Daughter Born

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Broadhurst an
nounce the birth of a daughter.
jeanne Mae. Mr.. and Mrs. Broad
hurst have another daughter Z years
of age. Mrs. Broadhurst formerly
was Miss Elizabeth Weast.