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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-18
Miss Nell Battle Lewis
Speaker At Alma Club

The Alma cIilr h"ld tfo firs' ''r""t
ing Of the veal Thursday, October
l8, at the nome Of Mrs. R. G. Kit
troll, witt: Mrs. KlttreIl ana MIS-. l,
H. Perry As ho&tcSSes. The preslden
Mrs. Z. F. Shaw, presided.
The program committee, Mrs. E.
H. Dixon. Mrs. F. l.. Toepleman, and
Mrs. William Boyd, presented very
attractive hand painted program for
the year, with plans for six meet
ngs with a speaker for each occasion.
Miss Nell Battle Lewis, Of Raleigh,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-18
PAGE FIFE

cidentally', but particular interest
was aroused by the personality of
the speaker and her vital presenta-
ton of the subject
After the talk the hoSteSSeS served
Il salad course to the Alma cluU menu
bers and the following guests: Miss
Lewis and Mrs. J. B. Cheshire. Jr.,
of Raleigh. Miss Leah Perry. Mrs.
Russell Parham. and Mrs w. D.
NclnniS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-18

WINS present Ht this first meeting and
was introduced by Mrs. r. G. S.
Davis former SchoG'matc of The
speaker. Miss Lewis talked about her
collection of psychic stories, many
Of them having been printed in In
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-18
Here from Petersburg.

v5 Mrs. Harry Rodgers
. Petersburg. Va. have been
.- .sggs@, days with Mr..
..,oyr and sister. Mrs. Il.
--. aHG Miss Madolln Harper.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-18
attend District Meeting.

- L II. Gnol>on. Jr.. Mrs. ".
..-g Mrs. ". X. Phillips. II.
. Ills Leon Wick attended the
...-.. district meeting OF the
....t Homun'S Clubs. held IN
IS. U.2.&> Thursday afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-18
To Mars Hill

e. nd lis. Dorsey Fleming Hart
... -... >r-. Bill. are spending the
.. -..E ID. Mars Hill. visiting Miss
,-- =..raoetH PARROT, who is
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-18

the request of their teacher the club
is continuing il this year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12

Dakota last Thursday after spend
ing her vacation at the Jamison home.
Her sister, Mrs. Earl Jamison, and
daughter Karen accompanied her.
They will visit their mother also
in South Dakota.
Mrs. Mae Webb and Mrs. Harold
Underhill were callers at the Barnes
home Tuesday of last week and on
Thursday Mrs. Clifford Greenwald
and Tommie visited there.
Many from this vicinity attended
the Korn and Klover Karnival in
Hinckley last week. The Grindstone
Lake float driven by Jack Zajicek
took second place in the parade there.
Mrs. H. Barnes and Mrs. c. Brooks
and son David spent Friday after
noon with Mrs. Zajicek.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
(Fr0m Another Correspondent
Double Wedding Saturday.

In a double wedding at the st.
Isadore's Catholic church in Sturgeon
Lake Saturday Miss Martha Kobus
of Sturgeon Lake will become the
bride of Felix Visnieski of Minnea-
polls, and Miss Eleanor Froehlick
of st. Paul, the bride of Leo Gockow-
ski of Sturgeon Lake. Father Reiger
will officiate. Felix Visnieski is a
brother of Mrs. Leo Adamczak and
has spent much of his time here the
past few years. He is now employed
in the Archer Daniels Co. mill in
Minneapolis. Miss Kobus has lived
in the town of Windemere the past
ID years. The couple will reside in
Minneapolis.
Leo Gockowski is a nephew of
Mrs. Kobus and has lived in Winde-
were township several years. He and
his bride will live on the Kobus farm
there.
A wedding dance will be given
at the Sturgeon Lake hall Saturday
evening and all are invited.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12

the creek. The hope is that this will
help prevent sliding.
Adrian Hogan was at home from
Wednesday until Sunday of last
week.
Dolores Wahlquist visited Mary
Ann McGrath in Minneapolis last
Thursday.
Don Small, who is working in Du-
luth, spent the weekend in Kerrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Hogan of
Foley, spent Sunday at the w. P.
Hogan home.
Father Crawford, Mrs. Walsh and
Mrs. Ernie Washburn spent Mon
day in Duluth.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Halverson were
business callers on the range this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L. Wahlquist and
Dolores, and Patricia Hogan drove to
Superior Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wahlquist and
children were weekend visitors at
the Wahlberg home at Grindstone
Lake.
Willie Southerton was busy hand
ing out cigars Saturday after the
birth of Sharon Marguerite.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Johnson left
Saturday for a ten-day vacation.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid will
meet at the Edwin Johnson home Sat-
urday fternoon September IA.
Everyone welcome.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
CrindstOne Lake

Vern Barnes spent few days re-
Gently with his friend, Richard
Youngkranz, at Sturgeon Lake.
Mrs. Clyde Brooks and son David
of Allison, Iowa, are visiting their
parents and grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Barnes. On Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Lafferty and Jean
Barnes of Cook, came to spend the
weekend at the Barnes home.
John A. Zajicek spent the first of
the week at his home here.
Margaret Grace returned to South
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Moose Lake


Luther League Thursday evening,
September IL; Sunday worship, 8
p. m; Sunday school, 9 a. m.
Carlton district Women's Mission
airy society meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon and evening; DR.. Betty Nils
son, speaker. All are welcome.
Blomskog Lutheran Church
Sunday school and Bible class every
Sunday at 10 a. m.
Ladies' Aid meeting Thursday af-
ternoon, September IL, at the Hugo
Mossberg home; Mrs. Arthur Moss
berg and Mrs. Roy Anderson, hos
tesses.
Next Sunday evening, a group of
six young people from Minneapolis
will have charge of the service; CIV
ing testimonies in word and song.
Everyone welcome.
Faith Lutheran Church, Denham
Sunday service, II a. M; Sunday
school, 10 a. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday, 8 p. m.
Ladies' Aid meeting Thursday, Sep
TENDER 10. Everyone welcome.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12

Donovan Hogan had his plane at
the Holyoke fair Saturday and at
Fexboro Sunday. Quite a number
went up to look over their country.
School is in full swing now with
exactly the same enrolment as last
year.
Howard Shawl, formerly of Bruno
and now located in Barnum, was in
town last week. Mr.. Shawl is teach
ing mathematics in the high school
department in Barnum this year.
Roy Cluett, who works in St. Paul,
was home over the weekend.
Parker's Inn is being painted by
Duane Merriman at this writing.
Cy Halverson has been looking over
timber in the north woods for the
past week.
Several from Kerrick attended the
Holyoke fair Saturday. Judge Mark
Nolan was the speaker of the day.
The road committee of the Duluth
c h m er of Commerce inspected
highway number % last week. Sever
al cars drove down number 81 to the
Askov turn and then north on number
%. Work on this road was badly de-
layed because of wet weather, but
is now being pushed vigorously. 1t
should be completed so that people
can drive to Duluth yet this fall.
Right now they are building two
dams that will change the course of
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12

A motion was made that we have
a booth at the Bruno community fair.
AS there was no further business
the meeting adjourned after which
Mrs. Petersen and some of the men,
bers served delicious lunch.
Bruno at the County Fair.
There were 10 exhibits of the Bru-
no club at the Pine county fair, and
six were awarded prizes. Follow
ing is list of the prizes: Robert
Dracy, second in Chippewa potatoes;
Gene Howey, third in Chippewa po-
tatoes; Peggy Billman, first in bread;
Peggy Billman, second in sponge
cake; Peggy Billman, first in third
year thrift; Ada Miller, second in
room furnishing.
Georgia Nelson, June Dyer and
Damn Billman were also exhibitors.
Our club received two trips to the
state fair this year.
Booth at Community Fair.
The Bruno All club had very
outstanding booth at the Bruno COM
munity fair. There were II exhibits
in it, not competing for prizes, but
merely to show the All parents and
friends what we have been doing
this past year. This display table,
walls and the windows were trimmed
with green and white crepe paper.
On a white background was the in
sigma "4-H" in evergreen boughs.
Boughs also were placed around the
edge of the booth.
The booth, with its variety of ex-
hibits, and uniqueness of trimming,
received many compliments from
community friends.
In their appreciation for our ex-
hibit, the Bruno fair board presented
each exhibitor with a pin for which
we wish heartily to thank them. The
pins are truly beautiful and the
owners are all extremely proud of
them.
We wish also to thank the friends
who helped construct the booth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
Fifteen Years Ago.
(September II 1921


The work of widening the wind
ing road around the almost solid hill
of sandstone from the village of Sand
stone to the bridge across Kettle
river, about quarter of a mile in
length, is going ahead in good shape.
Erick Olson of Sandstone is foreman
on the job and is keeping a force
of men busy. The work, which is
being done by the county, is under
the supervision of Engineer Harold
v. Jorgensen.
Sadness has entered the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Smidt, east of
Askov, their seven-year old daughter,
Astrid, passing away near midnight
Tuesday after only few days ill
ness. The cause of death was infla-
NATION of the entire abdomen. The
little body will be laid to rest in the
local cemetery today.
The first PIT. A. meeting of the
year at Askov, was held in the school,
house Friday. The use of motor bus
es in transporting children to and
from school was discussed at some
length by Superintendent F. Clarey
Nielsen. He cited the advantages
of this mode of transportation over
the horse-drawn vehicle used in the
past. In choosing the officers of the
PIT. A. for the coming year all the
former ones were reelected. They
are: H. Petersen, chairman; Carl
Miller, secretary; Miss Anna Yngve,
treasurer.
Miss Anna Novak, oldest daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. Steve Novak of Will
low River, was united in marriage
to Charles Hamburg in a pretty cere-
mony Monday. The wedding took
place at the home of the bride.
Several fri e d and neighbors
helped E. V. Matson of Park at a
house raising Sunday.
Miss Helen Smidt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Simon Smidt, east of Askov,
was married to Arthur Holmgren at
Minneapolis on Saturday, September
S. The groom is an automobile me-
chanic in the Mill City where the
young couple will make their home.
The bride has been employed in Min
neapolis the past two years.
Pine county Jared not so badly at
the recent state fair. The Pine coun-
ty booth in the Boys and Girls
Club building was awarded the
championship. In the agricultural
exhibit the county won second place
in the central district.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
Kerrick

Mrs. Ida Hoffman and Mrs. Elsie
Bryan of Beckley, w. Va, are visit
ing at the H. c. Hoffman home at
this writing. Mrs. Ida Hoffman and
Mrs. Bryan are mother and sister of
H. G. Hoffman.
Mrs. Harvey Christensen and Mrs.
Milton Beckstrom and daughter were
callers in Hinckley and Sandstone
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hoffman of
Meadow Grove, Neb., are visiting at
the home of his brother, H. c. Hoff-
man and family at this writing.
Philip Bernet is visiting at the Mil
ton Beckstrom home at this writing,
Mrs. Mabel Howard and Charley
Hoffman of Minneapolis, are visiting
at the H. c. Hoffman home at this
writing.
Donald Small who is employed in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
When You And
l We're Younger
Items taken from the Aslkov American
of Is and Is years ago.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
(Sept. Is, 1879


Mrs. Frede Stottrup and two of
the children, of Askov, left Monday
for visit at the j. c. Jensen home
in Wrenshall.
Clarence Gottry of Pine City, drove
a new 1916 model Ford car up to
Carl Miller of Askov, yesterday.
Rev. and Mrs. Robt. Barr of Bru-
no, entertained at reception at their
home Tuesday evening in honor of
the school teachers of the Bruno
high school. A large number of
guests were present and very pleas
ant time enjoyed by all.
Jorgen Christensen of Cedar Falls,
Iowa, who bought the Christ Birk-
holm eighty near Askov recently, is
building a house on same and ex-
poets to have his family come up here
about Christmas time.
Mrs. D. c. Hoist of Bruno, who
has been ailing for some time, be-
came seriously i'll Monday but is
slowly improving at this writing.
Editor Warren, accompanied by his
wife and father, of Hinckley, autoed
through Askov Saturday afternoon
in their Maxwell car and stopped
off long enough to say hello. They
were on their way to Kerrick to visit
the editors son, who is cashier of
the bank at that place.
With this issue the Askov Ameri-
can is celebrating its first annual
birthday. The business, both in the
newspaper and job printing line has
been enjoying steady increase and
there is now a good sized list of sub
Scribers.
The 1928 north bound passenger
train killed calf and injured cow
a short ways north of Sandstone
yesterday. Well, they had no bust
ness there anyway.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Jensen of Bel
grade, Mimi, visited in Askov Sat-
urday and Sunday with the Ravn-
holt and Mosbak families. They re-
turned to the southern village Sunday
night with the intention of selling
out there and moving to Askov. The
thing which makes them anxious to
move here is the fact that they would
like to have their children learn their
mother tongue as well as the Ian
guage of their adopted land.
Mrs. Carl Andersen, Howell, Nebr.,
and Mrs. AXel LindhardSen, Ord,
Nebr., visited last week at the Niels
Olesen home.
Among those from Askov who at
tended the state fair at Hamline last
week were Peder Nielsen, A. c. Ravn-
holt, Fred Degerstrom, Albert John
son, Sigurd Mosb8k, Johan Soren-
sen, Hans Paulsen, N. P. Johansen,
and Hans Krogmann.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
Auction Sale South
And East OF Kerrick

I will sell the following property
at auction on the former Frank Mach
farm, 2 miles south and 2 miles east
of Kerrick; 2 miles north and miles
east of Bruno, on Saturday, Septem-
Der IA, commencing at p. m. sharp.
Everything sold as is. Giroux lunch
trailer will be on grounds.
Livestock-Bay gelding, 8 years old,
weight 400 pounds; black mare, IL
years old, weight 400 pounds; black
mare colt, ii months old ;sblack horse
colt, 3 months old. Guernsey cow,
8 years old, just fresh; Guernsey
Shorthorn cow, bred to freshen in
one month; Guernsey cow, years
old, to freshen December l; Guern-
sey cow, 3 years old, to freshen Janu-
airy 2; Guernsey-Shorthorn cow,
years old, to freshen December S;
Guernsey cow, years old, to fresh
en- December 6; Guernsey cow, 8
years old, to freshen December 2;
Guernsey cow, 3 years old, to fresh
en- December 8; Guernsey cow, 8
years old, to freshen December 4;
Guernsey cow, years old, to fresh
en- November %; Guernsey cow,
years old, to freshen December 10;
Guernsey cow, years old, to fresh
en- December 3; Guernsey cow,
years old, to freshen November 26;
Guernsey Holstein cow, years old,
to freshen December 7; Guernsey
heifers, y to years old; 3 Guern-
sey heifers, l to 11a years old;
Guernsey heifer calves up to months
old; 2 Guernsey bull calves, 6 months
old; Guernsey bull, 10 months old.
Six pigs, weight IS pounds each.
Poultry-Seventy Leghorn pullets,
months old; 70 White Giant pullets,
3 months old; IL Rhode Island chick
ems, year old; turkeys Zone with
setting); 4 geese; ducks.
Machinery-Ideal mower, hig h
wheel wagon, springtooth harrow, IA
in. walking pillow, set harness and COL
lars, potato pillow, 2 buggies, 1Ka n. p.
F. M. gas engine, potato sprayer, new
spool barbed wire, new Minnesota
hay rake, large chicken feeder, bal
loon tire bicycle, 2 50-gal. gasoline
tanks, forks, 4 milk pals, 2 loyal.
cream cans, 3 8-gal. cream cans, 5-gal.
cream can, Gold Medal No. IL cream
separator, DeLaval cream separator,
only 2 months old; numerous small
tools.
Furniture-Beautifu new kitchen
range, 2 3-piece bedroom suites, day
bed, folding couch with mattress, 2
end tables, occasional chair, 2 tables,
large mirror, Singer sewing machine,
gasoline and kerosene lamps, dining
room table, antique chair (15O years
old), 6 dining room chairs, high chair,
kitchen cupboard, baby crib, 2 wash
stands, kitchen cabinet and many
small items.
Terms-All sums of $40 and under
are cash. On sums over $40 six months
time will be given on approved
bankable paper bearing per cent
interest. "Out-of-territory" people
please see your own banker for credit.
RAY LUNDQUIST, Owner.
w. H. Barnick and Sons, Sandstone,
auctioneers.
Kerrick State Rank clerk
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
BRUNO LUTHERAN PARISH
Elmer J. Johnson pastor.

Elmer j. Johnson, pastor.
Holy Communion will be celebrated
in Vilstad at 9:45 a. m. and in Bruno
at Ills a. m. Services will be held
in the Duquette schoolhouse at 8
p. m.
The Bruno and Nickerson congre-
cations will have business meetings
in the churches Friday at p. m. and
on Saturday at 8 p. m, respectively.
The Bruno Ladies' Aid will be
entertained by Mrs. Olof Olson Fri
day, 2:30 p. m. (this weekly.
The Vilstad Luther League will
meet in the Vilstad Lutheran church
Thursday, p. m. (tonight).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES
John o. Johanson, pastor.
Nordland Lutheran, Denham.

Song service will be held under
the auspices of the choir on Sunday
evening, September Is, at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. H. Lindor will direct the choir
Sermon will be given by the pastor
Ladies' Aid meeting will be an
nounced later.
Norwegian services on Sunday,
September % at II o'clock a. m.
st. Olaf Lutheran, Little Moose.
The Y. P. S. meeting has been
postponed to Friday evening, Sep
TENDER 20, at $3.50 o'clock. Mrs. John
Johnson and Mrs. Eilef Paulson will
entertain.
The Ladies' Aid meeting will be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lud
Olson on Thursday afternoon, Sep
TENDER 10, at o'clock.
Zion Lutheran, Moose Lake.
Services will be held Sunday, Sep
TENDER Is, at II a. m.
Ladies' Aid meeting will be held
at the church Thursday afternoon
September IL. Mrs. Leonard Paul
son and Mrs. Ole Petersen will en-
terrain.
Sunday school will be in session
every Sunday at 10 a. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12

Duluth, spent Sunday with his bro
Their.
Herman Hoffman and H C. Hoff-
man motored to Minneapolis Sunday,
returning the next day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Johnson are
enjoying this week as their vacation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12
Bruno 4-H Club News
Ada L. Miller, Sec

A regular meeting was held Aug
ust IL, at the P. Petersen home.
The meeting was called to order
and the usual procedure followed.
The purpose of the meeting was to
decide about arrangements to go to
the county fair. 1t was decided to
use a bus. We also discussed how
to get the exhibits ready to go to
the county fair.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-12

Methodist Church Notes, Denham.
Sunday, September Is, 1890 a. m.
Sunday school; p. m. worship serv-
ices.
Bible study and prayer meeting
on Thursday evening. You are well
come.
Wisdom From The Bible
BY Walter Carlson.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree
of life; and he that winneth souls is
WiSe.-Prov. 1870.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-14
JAMES M'DANIEL M'DUFFIE

ELIZABETHTOWN Nov. 13. -
James Mcdaniel McDuffie, SO, prom
inent farmer and lumbernan of near
Elizabethtown, died in a Fayette-
vile hospital last night about u
o'clock after a period Of i'll health
extending over several months.
Funeral services will be conducted
THURSDAY morning at II o'clock at
the home and interment will be made
near Elizabethtown.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Vera McGill McDuffie; four sis
ters, Mesdames A. E. Page, Miami,
Fla; Sophia Jessup and r. M. Jes-
sup, Elizabethtown, and G. T. Clark,
Clarkton; two brothers, Walter Nc
Duffie, C1arkton: Homer McDuffie,
Elizabethtown; six stepchildren, NJ
c. and Wilton Johnson, of Fort
Worth, Texas, Howard Johnson,
Elzabethtown, Mrs. Charles Herring,
Rome, Ca, Mrs. E. G. Robinson,
Kingtree, s. c., and Miss Anita
Johnson, Elizabethtown.
Mr.. McDuffie was widely known
and was a member Of Deems Chapel
Methodist church. He also belonged
to the Masonic lodge and the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-14
COL, LOUIS H. WEBB

CHAPEL HILL, Nov. 13. - Up -
Word has just been received here of
the death last night Of Colonel Louis
Harvard Webb, So, former practicing
physician here, in the United States
Veteran hospital in New York city
at 10 o'clock after an illness Of sew
eral months.
Educated at the University of
North Carolina, class Of 1908, and the
Jefferson Medical school, Philadel-
phia, Colonel Webb did post graduate
work at Tulane, Leland Stanford
university and Harvard.
He practiced medicine here until
1917 when he volunteered his serv-
ices in the medical corps and was
stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca,
until the end Of the World war.
After the war he remained in gov
ernment service with the veterans
bureau until his death. He served
with the Veterans administration in
Washington, d. c., and in New Or
leans, La, and was doctor in charge
OF the following hospitals: Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, Muskogee, Okla, Lin
coin, Neb., Legion, Texas, and Sun
mount, N. Y.
Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday, November IA, in Arling-
ton National cemetery, Washington,
D. C..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-14
AXIS AIR RAIDERS
BATTLE BRITISH
CONTINUED From Page One)

stroyed, the government announced
one Of them bursting into flames and
exploding in mid-air with its bomb
cargo over Sussex.
Despite the fury of the attacks,
the raiders were declared officially
to have caused scarcely any dam
age"
In the last daylight attack on Lon
don, rooftop observers heard gunfire
and exploding bombs, but the all
clear signal sounded within a few
minutes.
Rescue workers burrowed into the
debris OF several London buildings,
including a crowded theater, where
an uncounted number Of dead and
injured resulted from last nights
heavy assaults.
At the same time, the government
permitted publication Of the fact
that additional landmarks had been
damaged in recent raids, including
st. Martin's-In-The-Fields, the kings
parish house off Trafalgar Square
where all royal births are registered;
cathedrals at Birmingham and Con.
Ventry, the Royal College Of Sur
geons and the Swedish church at
Rolherhithe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-14
slot MACHINES
CASE UP AGAIN
Solicitor Smith Prepares War
rants Charging Owner
ship To Four Men

A case involving approximately
15o slot machines geized in raids mere
by city and county officers on a
court order appeared headed back
for recorders court yesterday.
Tuesday Judge I. N. Meekins
signed an order digmissing an acton
brought in federal court by Fred
Morris, who claims ownership to the
machines.
Back in September when the ma
cbines were first seized Judge Alton
A. Lennon, of recorders court Sud-
poenaed warehousenen into court
to tell who had the machines stored
in their warehouses. On the OASIS
of their testimony he issued caplases
far four men: Harold Laing, Clyde
Leonard +. Reid Crawford and jim
mie Edwards.
None of the capiases has been
served.
H. Winfield Smith, county solici'
tor, said yesterday he Is prepar'
ing warrants charging ownership ol
illegal slot machines to be served
an the four men il and when they
are brought to court.
It was indicated yesterday one
or more Of the men will appear IN
recorders court soon to accept serv-
ice Of the capias.