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DistiIIery
 Deal Made

NEW WESTMINSTER, Dec. G. The Seagrams O. have purchased the control of shares in the B. c. Distillery, a pioneer New Westmin- ster industry. The basis of the deal is said to exceed $1,0O0,O0O
 The B. C. Distillery was estab- lished here 40 years ago by William Braid. One of the principal part ners was the late Robert Kelly After the passing of Messrs. Braid and Kelly, the distillery was con- trolled by the Reifel interests.
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I'm in no hurry. Will you give me the first wish you have after you become PIP"
 "Oh, yes" said Hildur
 Then open that white door and follow the stairs,n said the witch.
 So Hildur did as she was told and there she found more stairs.
 She hurried down those. They also opened into room. But this one glowed silver. In the corner sat another evil-looking, tiny wo- man. She was a second witch.
 Well, well, a Princess!" she chuckled. Tell me about the world above. I haven't been there for a hundred years
 Hildur had half expected this, so she hurriedly told all about her party that day and she wound up with, please, do tell me where my opal is
 The witch looked pleased with Hildur's story, so she said, What will you give me if I tell you where to look?"
 "Oh, most anything" said Hil- dur.
 Will you give me your second wish after you become PIP"
 "Oh, certainly" said Hildur.
 Well, then, open that silver door and follow the stairs" said the witch. So Hildur opened the door and again she hurried down stairs and then she stepped into a golden room, and again she saw a tiny, old witch in the corner
 This witch, too, chuckled ana said, Well, we have a Princess to-
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THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau) OF COMMERCE, WEATHER H

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS:
 and along of mi nothwesey winds, miles norheastery Stka partly
  winds miles partly cloudy with Hncbook Resurrection Bay northeaey Is 25 per hour partly Resurrection Kodiak north eay northwesterly hour, partly 
 Alaska: partly cloudy south portion fight flurries north tonight portion northwestery miles nortey per Canal, Chatham Straits 
 vicinity: Partly cloudy cloudy with few light n vicinity tonight Sunday; tonight highest Sunday degrees; gentle northeasely winds.
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The Story So Far: Princess Hildur has dropped an opal given her at birth, by Santa. It opens a stairway into a deep cave. She runs down the stair to find the opal.
 All Rights Reserved
 AP Feature Service
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NOTICE

Gastineau Channel Nurses Ass n meet Monday, Dec. 8, at pm, at the residence of Mrs c. c. Carter, 624 Main St. adv.
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Real Esiaie or Sale

FOR SALE OR RENT-R. A. John- son house near Airport. Inquire Mielke, Duck Creek.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-06

5-ROOM modern house overlooking Aux Bay. Full concrete basement. Write 20. Box 2313.
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4-ROOM partly furnished house on
 Behrends Ave. Phone Black GIL.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-06

HOUSE for sale: one 4-room, one 3-room apartment, furnished. 822 Basin Road. $3,250.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-06

FOR SALE-Beautiful 50' Diesel yacht Bendora, completely equipped with hot water heat, electric refrigeration, oil-burning range, shower bath, two toilets, sleeps seven, 110 h.p. Buda diesel with V drive, electric anchor winch, clinker built dingy. Ben dora has top speed 13 knots. cruises at Il knots on 3ls gallons of fuel. This three-year- is now in Sitka, may be purchased on very reasonable terms. Write Robert Lavoy, P. o. Box695, Sitka, Alaska.
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George Arliss, the actor, wears gold pig as a good luck charm.
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MONDAY: Carl hears proph-
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Uncertain About
 Future of Mayo

MAYO. Y. T., Dec. 6.-As re- suit of the tragic fate of Living stone Wernecke, killed in an air crash, there is much uncertainty as to the future of the Treadwell Mine, and the scope of silver op- erations in the Mayo field.
 NOTICE
 AIRMAIL ENVELOPES. showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Go. adv.
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Miscellaneous For Sale

COAL and wood heater. Call at
 Singing Tea Kettle.
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Lily Pons began her career as q pianist.
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- - - = FOR RENT

3-ROOM furnished apt. for work ing couple. Phone 32 or call at 510 18th St.
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FOR RENT-Apartments, inquire at office 20th Century Bldg.

When food is plentiful the al batross gorges itself until 1t can neither swim nor fly.
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FOR SALE-MS. Betty Ross. See J. J. Connors, Jr.
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WANTED

WANTED-Baby's bed and high chair. Phone Red 40. WANTED-Maiu for general house. work. Write Empire c 909.
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GOOD restaurant equipment for sale. Can be seen at Case Lot Grocery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
Raj BOMBS THREE
GERMAN VESSELS
Two Supply Ships Off Coast
Of Norway, Destroyer
Hit During Raids

LONDON, Jan. .-LR-Two Nazi
supply vessels off the southwest
coast of Norway and a destroyer in
the harbor of Brest, France, were
hit by British bombs yesterday, the
air ministry said today in a COM
munique describing Raj activities
which included a raid on Hamburg,
biggest seaport in continental Eu-
rope.
Three bombs crashed on the de.
stroyer in the attack which took
place at dusk. In a later attack dur
ing the night a fourth bomb explod.
ed on the ships stern, the air min
istry news service declared.
Fires were observed in Hamburg
after the British raid there, the COM
munique said. In the first attack on
Brest, a British plane was lost while
a Nazi fighter was destroyed in the
air.
The Germans began raiding Bri-
tain about the time the Raj set off
for the Brest attack. The ministries
of air and home security said the
Nazis struck at places in the south
Of Wales and mainly against "a
town in the west of England where
fires were started and a number of
persons killed and injured.
(The German high command iden-
titled the west England town as
Avonmouth, IAN especially import
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
MOVING EASTWARD
Temperature Rising Slowly
West And South OF The
North Central States
(By The Associated Press

The New Years first cold wave
continued to move eastward last
night and in it's wake came slow
ly rising temperatures west a n d
south of the North Central states.
Forecasters said warm air from
the south and west was overtak'
ing the cold, bringing general
cloudiness and moisture, mostly
snow, to the Great Plains area
and extending to the upper Mis-
sissippi and lover Ohio.
Temperatures in the East were
in the los and low 20's with con-
tinued cold indicated, but little
snow. There were snow flurries in
the New England states and in
West Virginia, where the mountain
highways were iced in places. Up
state New York roads also were
icy.
Temperatures in the east were
cloudy south where rain was 1ndl-
Gated.
The middle west, where temper
atures still ranged below the 20's,
was expected to shake off much
Of the cold with the prediction for,
cloudy but warmer weather a n d
snow.
Cold was still general in tn e
west with Seattle getting its first
snowfall of the season.
In the southwest, New Mexico
had a combination of cold rain and
snow flurries. A light snow covered
most of Kansas. The temperature
at Kansas City was II above.
Yesterdays minima included
eight below at Wausau, Wis, ano
five above at Omaha.
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70 Degree Low Forecast
AS Cold WaVeC Continues
FREEZE HITS CITY
Skies To Be Partly Cloudy;
Slightly Warmer Wealth
er Expected Tonight

The mercury, after holding a be-
lcW-normal point for most of yes
terday, started falling last night
and was expected to reach a low
II 26 degrees early this morning.
The temperature reached a low
of % degrees yesterday and ad.
Vanced no further than At degrees.
The mean was seven below the At
degree normal mark.
This was the first time in sew.
eral days that the mercury had fal-
len to the freezing point.
Today will be partly cloudy with
temperatures abut the same.
However, weather bureau officials
Continued OH Page Five; Col. g.
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Designation
Made By War
Identity Of Man Honored
At Anti-Aircraft Center
Not Disclosed
CONSTRUCTION PUSHED
Four Highway Patrolmen
Kept Busy Directing Traf-
fic On Highway II

The Wilmington Anti-Aircraft Fir
ing Center, located at Holly Ridge,
has been officially named Camp
Davis by the war department, it was
learned here last night from Lieut..
Col. Albertis Montgomery, ~construc-
ton quartermaster.
Col. Montgomery said he did not
know in whose honor the camp was
named.
However, an Associated Press dis
patch from Washington said Army
officers stated the War department
had planned to name one Of the
Southern coastal anti-aircraft sta
tons for General Richmond P. Davis,
Office Closed
The adjutant generals office in
which the records relative to the va
rious Army camps are filed, was
closed last night.
The firing center had been operat.
ing under the name of the Whining
ton Anti-Aircraft Firing center until
now. Hereafter, the construction and
all official business relative to the
center will be under the name OF
Camp Davis.
Meanwhile, work continued at a
rapid pace at the camp yesterday,
with various crews of men being en-.
gagged in digging drainage bitches:
clearing the site, burning brush, and
building houses, roads and streets.
Building materials continued to ar
rive at the camp by both truck and
train, as construction edged closer
and closer to it's peak.
Visitors from all over the state
continued to swarm to Holly Ridge
yesterday and four state highway
patrolmen were kept busy through
out the day directing the heavy flow
of traffic along U. S. highway II at
that point.
Additional calls for common labor
ers and carpenters went out by con
tractors Saturday and the North
Carolina State Employment Servlc
office was besieged by j~ob-seekers'
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06

WASHINGTON, Jan. s. Up =
President Roosevelt, in a personal
ly-delivered report on ''the state OF
the union" will outline to congress
tomorrow his program for what
many expect to be the most mo
mentous session Of the national
legislature since World wal days.
Congressional leaders predicted
that the Chief Executive would
devote most of the message to the
subject of arming the United States
and Britain, and that he would ex-
plain in detail the proposal he ad-
vanced at a recent press conference
for providing Britain with war
equipment under a '1ease-lend"
arrangement calling for repayment
in goods and raw materials rath-
er than cash
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AUSTRALIAN
SOLDIERS ENTER CITY
AFTER 2-DAY BATTLE
In East Libya
Are Bombed By British

Bardia with accompanying
large fires caused by yester-
days raiding.
1.-THE jetty and harbor were
the main detectives at Bomba
and bombs fell we'll in the tar
get area.
"Our fighters maintained
their active patrols and during
two encounters with the enc
my three CRAPS were shot
down in flames and one other
destroyed"
(At this point the Raj COM
munique duplicated that issued
at Athens to cover operations
with the Greeks.)
"A reconnaissance flight
over Tripoli on Jan. l proved
that during the raid on the
previous night when shipping
in the harbor was attacked one
motor vessel of 1000 tons which
was anchored in mid-harbor
was sunk.
"Numerous reconnaissance
flights were carried out on all
fronts"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
Admit Bardia's
Fall Big British Success
Australian Soldiers
Praised By Churchill

LONDON, Jan. s. UP -
Prime Minister Churchill to-
night sent a message Of con-
gratulations to Prime Minis
ter r. G. Menzies of Australia
for the magnificent manner
in which the Australian Often
sive against Bardia has OPEN
ed"
Australian soldiers were the
spearhead Of the empire forces
which smashed into Bardia.
"The piercing of the western
sector and the capture of at
least 5000 prisoners in itself
constituted a fine feat of arms
and is, I trust and believe, a
prelude to even greater success
ses," Churchill said.
(The number of prisoners
now claimed officially is 25,-
OOO.)
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Will Outline
Plans oC Congress Today

! Some legislators said they I'm.
derstood the Presidents plan was
to set up a new government cor
~poration, financed with treasury
funds, with authority to rent the
British what they needed in planes,
tanks, guns and ships.
The British probably would be
required to post security for what
they obtained, it was said. Nc
one protested to know, however,
whether periodical rental pay,
ments would be required or wheth.
er the British would be permitted
to defer all payments until the
war ends.
Busy on the document, Mr..
Roosevelt kept to the White House
Continued on Page Five; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
ANSALDO B%ROADCASTS
Voices Highest Praise For
General Annibale Ber-
gonzoli, His Men

ROME, Jan. s. Up -Giovann:
Ansaldo, authoritative Fascist editor
broadcast to the nation today that
the fall of Bardia could be expected
at any time and this will be a "sad
piece of news for u.s."
-Four hours are enough to decide
the fate of Bardia," said Ansaldo
who is editor of Foreign Minister
Count Galeazzo Ciano's newspaper
II TELEGRAPH, of Leghorn.
while. we are speaking to you
are General Annibale) Bergonzol
and his men still holding out against
the English? 1t may be that they
have given way before the prepon'
derant masses of English mechanical
forces, their fleet and their artillery
Insists Battle Raging
Ansaldo spoke at 6 p. m. I'll a. m.
F,ST), but before he gloomily sug
gested that the town, now under
siege for 20 days, might be about to
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
Germans Cut
Off.
From World
Russian ENJOYS To Four
Balkan States Called To
Moscow For Farley
MASSINC TROOPS
Phone Calls With Rumania
Banned, Trains Stopped
At The Frontier
BY ROBERT B. PARKER, JR.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. s.
RERumania was cut off complete
ly from the outside world tonight
as the Soviet Russian ministers to
four southeastern European coun-
tries headed toward Moscow for a
conference with Kremlin leaders
on the establishment of Rumania
as a Nazi military camp.
All international telephone COM
munications with Rumania W e e
banned. Even fast International
trains were stopped at the from
tier.
Behind this wall of silence Ger
many's Balkan army was consoli-
dating its position along the Dan
ube facing Bulgaria, along the en-
tire Russian frontier. and in cities
within a few miles of Yugoslavia.
Disorders Mounting
Although the ley communica-
tons ban affected even diplomatic
telephone calls, reports brought
acros the Danube to the Bulgarian
town of Ruse said the German
army is contending with mounting
Rumanian disorders which began
with widespread sabotage by rail
road employee in the so : called
communist wing of the Ruman-
ian Iron Guard.
While interest conferred in the re-
call of the four Russian ministers
to Moscow for consultation over
the Nazi Balkan penetration, it
was reported in Soviet circles that
the Kremlin already has warned
Berlin against a "step which might
seriously endanger good relations
between the two countries"
The four ministers Y re the en-
voys to Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Ru-
mania and Hungary.
Before the communications edict
went into effect, diplomatic reports
from Bucharest said stro-g N a z i
motorized columns had arrived at
Giurgiu directly across the Danube
from Ruse with considerable
bridge-building equipment and a
large corps of engineers.
May Use Line
Rumanian railroad authorities
were ordered by the Germans to
keep the line from Bucharest to
Constanta, Rumania's Black S a
port, in, perfect condition for pos
sible emergency use.
Bucharest diplomatic reports al
so said the Rumanians. under Nazi
guidance, had mined the Danube
at Galatz, which recently har seer
several frontier clashes between
the Rumanians and Russians.
The presence of German troops
at Arad and Timisoara, in SOUTH
western Rumania near the Yugo-
slav frontier, caused nervousness
in nearby Belgrade.
However, German quarters in
Belgrade were said to admit open
ly that Yugoslavia would l. treat
ed as another Sweden if she be-
haved."
With 40 troop-laden trains NOV
ing daily through Hungary toward
Rumania, the summons to the So
Wet ministers was the first con
crete evidence of extraordinary
Russian interest. The German
fNoy%n,,oJ 4- Do~n Two. fol ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
GREEKS CONTINUE
GAINS IN ALBANIA
Hurl Back Italian Counter.
Attacks And Take New
Coastal Positions

ATHENS, Jan. s. Up Italian
counter : attacks in Albania were
hurled back by the Greeks today
with heavy Fascist losses and the
Greeks have succeeded in captur-
ing new coastal positions, a gov
eminent spokesman reported to-
night.
He said about $50 men and off
GERS were seized in the days &C.
tons.
The Italians, whose stiff resis-
lance" was overcome by the
Greeks, fell back toward the i'm
portant seaport of Valona, toward
which the Greeks are driving, the
spokesman added.
1.-THE Italians abandoned in our
hands about 100 prisoners, includ-
Continued on Page Ten: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 5-P-
The Raj reported tonight that
fresh tons of bombs were I'M
loaded today on Italian objec-
tives in eastern Libya today,
causing violent explosions and
fires.
Three Italian fighters we're
reported downed flaming in air
battle and a fourth also de-
stroyed. One British fighter
was acknowledged lost.
The text of the communique
follows:
During the night Of Jan. 3
and 4 and throughout yesterday
bomber aircraft of the Royal
Air Force continued to attack
necessarily enemy airdromes
in eastern Libya.
"One gun position received
a direct hit and was silenced.
During a subsequent raid
last night when several tons
of bombs were dropped on mill
tary detectives, our aircraft
observed violent explosions at
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06

SAN DIEGO, Calf. Jan. 5.-R-
Eleven navy f1ers, including four
who parachuted from a storm toss
ed navy bomber in Texas Thurs
day, persisted last night in a flam-
ing naval transport which crashed
in a rain storm on Mother Grundy
Peak, IS miles southeast of here.
The transport, a Douglas R3D-1,
two-motored craft, struck a huge
granite boulder atop the 3,068-foot
about $3.50 p. m. Fire
and explosion followed. The ship
had left Big Spring, Tex, several
hours earlier with the four fliers
who had parachuted from the
bomber near Lamesa, three Of
ficers named to investigate the &C
cident, and four other fliers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
War
Interpretive
BY EDWARD E. BOMAR

The fall of Bardia, piles up more
evidence that Italy may soon be
counted out of the war almost tc
the same degree as PROSTATE
France.
The contention in London that
Marshal Graziani's army for in
vading Egypt mo longer exists"
appears somewhat premature.
But certainly the remainder OF
the Fascist force of some ESQ, 00O
troops SO carefully prepared fol-
an attempt to sever the British
empire lifeline will be incapable
of offensive action for a long time
to come, and it is threatened with
complete debacle.
Controls Middle East
The future course of events in
the Mediterranean depends OBJ
viously on such possible develop
L(Continued on Page Ten; Col. p
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GENERALS ARE TAKEN
British Tanks And Mechan.
lied Cavalry Supports
Anzacs In Big Assault
TOBRUK DRIVE LOOMS
Outer Forts Cracked By
Artillery And Hand To
Hand Fighting Follows
By EDWARD

by EDW ARD hENNED1
WITH BRITISH FORCES
IN BARDIA, Libya, Jan, s.
(AP) - Yelling Australian
shock troops who came 1000
miles for this great desert bat
tie against Premier Mus
solini's blackshirts trium-
phantly entered this gateway
to Eastern Libya today after
a fierce 2-day final assault in
which more than $4,000 pris-
oners and their bewhiskered
commander were taken.
British tanks and mecha-
nized cavalry who supported
the Anzacs rumbled into Bar
dia with them. These armored
British units who distinguish
ed themselves in the rout Of
the Italians from Egypt also
played a vital part in smash
ing this great Italian strong
hold opening the way for a
drive on Tobruk, 70 miles
west.
The Australians, long itch
ing for this action, fully lived
up to the reputation of their
shock troop fathers in the
World war, British officers
said.
Battle Way In
I watched the first Austral-
ian units and tanks fight their
way into Bardia at sunset Sat-
urday night.
From a cliff outside the
port town I could see the
minaret of Bardia's mosque
and attacking units working
toward it like a procession of
toy soldiers.
Thousands of Italians en-
trenched in gulleys surround
ing the town fired on them,
and the explosions of Fascist
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
DEFENSE HOUSING
PLANS ADVANCED
F. R. Decides That 6,446
New Family Dwellings
Will Be Constructed

WASHINGTON, Jan. s. Up -
President Roosevelt, with a ruling
that housing shortages exist IN
eleven areas where important ma
tional defense work is in progress
cleared the way today for govern
ment construction of 6,446 new
family dwellings.
The defense commission reported
that, acting on the recommendation
of C. F. Palmer, defense housing CO.
ordinator, the President had decided
housing needs would not be met by
private capital.
The President authorized federal
agencies involved to proceed at once
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
Admiral Leahy is Given
Warm Welcome At Vichy

The villa already was prepared FOR
him and servants were preparing a
late supper when he arrived.
Admiral Leahy ended his long
Journey from the United States on
a special salon a which brought
him from Mines. He sailed from Nor
folk, Va. Dec. % on the cruiser Tus'
caloosa.
The ambassador, bearer of a per-
sonal note from President Roosevelt
to Marshall Petain commenting the
admiral as an old friend Of the U. 5.
chief executive, was met by Maurice
Loze. protocol officer Of the French
foreign office, and a group of Ameri-
can officers and officials.
Continued on Page Five; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06

FlCHY, France, Jan. .-R-U. S.
AMBASSADOR Admiral William d.
Leahy arrived on time in this capital
ol ~unoccupied France tonight despite
ohe OF the worst storms France has
seen in years and was greeted at
Inc scene of his new post by a police
suafd customarily turned out only
lor Chief of State Marshall Philippe
Petain.
expecting to See Marshall Petain
mhen he presents his credentials
tuesday or Wednesday, A d m ir a
Leahy went with his wife directly to
d villa belonging to the wealthy
american, Frank J. Gould, which
las peer set aside by the French
government as the embassy resi-
dence..
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
II Naval Airmen Perish
In Crash Of Large Plane

Police were informed all bodies
were recovered and were enroute
to San Diego.
Ground crews reached the trans
port wreckage today, but ere. de-
layed removing the bodies while
so CCC workers from MinneWawa
camp attempted to cut a path
through the brush that covered the
mountain.
w. T. Preston, caretaker at Bar
rett Dam, near the peak, said a
rancher near his home reported
the underside of the plane appear
ed to be afire before the transport
crashed, possibly while attempting
ia landing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-06
CITY TO OBSERVE
EPIPHANY TONIGHT
Burning OF Christmas Trees
At Pembroke Jones Park
Marks Old Christmas

Wilmington will C e r a e Old
christmas with ''The Burning of the
christmas Trees" - an observance
winch is being made into an annual
custom-at Pembroke Jones park to-
night at 8 o'clock.
With the burning of the discarded
ule trees, collected and piled On the
playground for the past week. will
ne a program of Christmas carols
and the story of Epiphany, told by
Continued on Page Ten; Col. A.