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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-10
Wedding Brings
Bride 10 Tacoma
Miss Diesine WEEDS Mr..
Jones Saturday Afternoon

Quaint little University Luz
theran church in Seattle was
the scene Saturday afternoon
for the quiet wedding eere-
mony in which Mr.. Wendell
Jones, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. n. Jones, took as his bride
Miss Myra blessing, daugh-
ter of Mrs. John Frederick
blessing. Their vows were ex-
changed at $3.50 with the
Rev. l.. II. Steinhoff offici-
ating.
The bride wore a smart powder
blue crepe and lace dress with a
brown hat and matching acees-
series.
A wedding reception followed
the ceremony at the home Of Mr..
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Miss FaSsnaCht
WEEDS Mr.. Hedges
Marriage SoIemni1ed in
Puysllup on Friday

The parsonage of the First
Christian church in Puyallup
was the scene of the ceremony
at which Miss Kathryn Fass-
nacht and Mr.. John F. Hedges
were married Friday evening.
Vows were read at 7 o'clock
by the Rev. Give Taylor. The
bride is the daughter Of Mrs.
Frank Fassnacht of Puyallup
and the bridegroom is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hedges,
sr.. of Olympia. The new
home will be made in Tacoma.
For the ceremony. the bride
chose q navy blue redingote with
white trim. With It she wore navy
accessories and a light top coat
Her flowers were a oorsage Of
orchids.
Mrs Victor Rogers attended her
SISTER in an afternoon dress ~ rose
crepe and a eorEsge Of gardeniss.
Mr.. James Ramsey served Mr..
Hedges ss best man.
For her daughters wedding
Mrs. Fassnacht wore q navy blue
silk PRINT and . oorsaEe Of pink
sweet peas. The bridegroom
r,osksr u-ore a rose creme ensemble
and her eOrssgs was the same as
that Of Mrs. FasEnzcht
Following their wedding trip 70
Oregon. Mr.. and Mrs. Hedges vii
Be at home here AZ liza 50. Yaka-
ma ave.
The bride II a graduate Of Puy-
aIlup high school and Tacoma Sec
retsrisl school. TIE bridegroom
schools are Olympia high school
and ths University Of Washington.
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Tseomsns Married in Yakima
Last Saturday Evening

OF interest TO many people OF
Tacoma Was the wedding In
Yakima recently Of the former
Miss Helen Bunnell Of Lakewood
TO Mr.. Philip W. Harbord. son
OF Mr.. and Ars. d. X. Hartford
OF Tacoma. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. David Perry.
with Mrs. Harriet Benson. Mr.
Harboard's sister. and Mr.. Joseph
Tenke. both OF Yakima. attending.
Mrs. Hartford IL a graduate OF
Visitation villa. and Mr.. Hartford
attended Lincoln high school. The
new home has been established In
Tacoma.
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The Rev. Byrum Martin Of Sc
attic officiated at the ceremony
which was preceded by organ
music played by Miss Marjorie
Byslum and solos AT Dawning"
and Because" by the bridegroom's
brother. Mr.. Arne kirkland, who
was also the best man.
Attendants for the wedding and
the young women who assisted at
the reception afterward were all
friends Of the bride she had
known in school or with whom
she had taught
Miss Irene Rivers. Of Eagle
Creek. Oregon. was maid OF honor
and wore a blue organdie hoped
skirt dress with a quaint colonial
bouquet Of delphinium, roses and
sweet peas. Wearing similar dress
of pink with matching bouquets,
the bridesmaids were Miss Jane
Doten of Steilacoom lake, and
Miss Peggy Wilson of Seattle.
Ushers were Mr.. Tom Hoskins and
Mr.. Frank Dusek. To light the
candles before the ceremony Miss
Shirley Ricketts, OF Seattle wore
pink chiffon with a wrist corsage.
Mrs. Hoskins was gowned in
light blue with red accessories and
a corsage of red carnations. Mrs.
Kirkland chose chiffon and lace in
a pink shade and had a corsage
of white carnations.
They received the wedding
guests at the Hoskin's home on
Steilacoom lake after the we'd
ding. Here the same floral color
scheme was carried out as in the
church with the collation. table
having a centerpiecs of flowers
arranged in a silver basket repeat
ing the altar arrangement. Two
cousins Of the bride. Mrs. Henry
and Mrs. Edward
Townsend of Seattle poured and
those assisting were Misses Lillian
Youngstown of Moscow, Idaho,
and Shirley Ricketts,, Mrs. Rex
was the living room
hostess.
When Mr.. Kirkland and his
bride left on their wedding trip
IN the Canadian Rockies she wore
q red and white print dress with
navy accessories. For the sum-
mer they will be in Seattle and in
will go to Kittitas
where he is a teacher in the high
school.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kirkland are
University Of Washington gradu-
stes, msjoring in physical educa-
ton. Until recently the bride has
been teaching at Shelton.
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Catholic Juniors
End Sixth Year
Mass !, Followed by
Breakfast Sunday Morning

The Junior Catholic Daugh-
tiers OF America. nearly a hun
dred in number, rounded up
their sixth season Mt mass.
and holy communion. and re-
newing the Act Of Consecra-
ton TO the Sacred Heart, AT
st. Rita's church. Sunday at
7:30 o'clock. in common with
Junior Catholic Daughters OF
America all over the United
States.
The Junior choir NJ ~.
Rita's, directed by the Do
minican SISTERS Of Aquinas
academy. sang the hymns for
the occasion.
Following the mass, break
fast was served At the Tacoma
hotel.
The tables we're decorated IN ths
Junior coiors. green and white
Floating banners ~srs used -
csntsrplscss which aiso served ~
group placscards
The program for ths occasion.
presided over by Joan BaiIlaFgeon.
retiring vice president. and ar
ranged by Theresa TDrco. general
chairman 81 tbs mornings aetivl-
ties, with the assistance Of her
counselor, Miss Rose Faraeo. In
clsdsd q reading BY Mary Ann
Christnseht. q violin solo by Doro-
thy LAyorsto. piano solo BY Mar
ION LAvorAto. short talks ~
Thsrsse Lawrsncs on play writing
Hslsn y. atsinbaeh. city junior
chairman. on the attractive ana
lasting features u camp life 81
Camp hufrstt for giris. Mrs..
george chflstnsebi. Diocesan
Youth chairman. on ths biEhlights
~ youth activities In the four
dsansriss Of ths diocsas.
Bonorsd guests present we're
Miss Jane Murray. Fstiring grand
rsgsnt. Mrs. ". NJ Brssnahsn.
newly sisctsd grand regent u tbs
senior court
Reverend A n AliATd. chaplain
u the junior eoart. presented me
following girls with honor Pima
earned throughout TIE year
Ednn Lou EnnRht. Jeaans Mo
jean. Regina Knsehi. c7sriafins
Blsssii. Patricia uphus. Hsisn
Dofeiish. Mzryrose Cossan. Percy
RoNisy. Jackie Meyers. Josnns
Siessn. Dorothy Am canEnsn.
Fatncis Hoyf. nary Rogsrson.
ElizsDstb Lss, Mar Clair Rom
boNskl. Los LYnch. Margaret
Kelly. Alice BiiioNs. Betty coaiin.
Joan Bslllsfgeon. Patricia Greg
Dfy. Roe Mary Gagdetts Aargz-
fst AeDougai. Clair Cooper. Tier
ga Turco. Betty Ts8reo. Lorraine
Taueo Anna AiOnxl. Lorfsifss
Yaplchino. BsrbAr4 croceO. Tor
rains Pupo. Gloria vi9n3. Caro-
line DsEoAa, R1ss Hstura. 70
isnda Nseearsio. Mary Dem4rins
Marion carbons. Violet Bonaro.
Cstbsf1ss Bennls. Teen Buhisy.
Betty Coon. Mary Ann Coon. Rose
Dsiarxy. y khnot. ceorTisna
Yirth I. Harehan. Mona Nay
Hoertz Ghirieen Melton. Anita
Rsding. Doris sehlez, PstranA LIT
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Season 10 End
For Church Group
Mn. Pierce snd Mr.. tisn-
sen IA chsrss 81 Luncheon

The June meeting Of the
woman's Association OF the
first Presbyterian church
opens ct l0:4b. In Middleton
parlor. for the morning BUSH
ness session with IL reports
from work chalrmen and circle
and guild presidents. Mrs.
Burns Poo preaidlnR.
Luncheon In stone hall win
he served by members Of cir
clsx o and N. Mrs. 4. u. Pierce
and Mrs. +. n. Hansen. prszi-
dents. In charge. assisted BY
Mrs. Charles Hopkins. church
hostess.
The sftsFmooa program opens
~ith dsvntions m ths subject 'fns
Clustered Names led ~ hf,
ofsn d. Smith.
Ths names ~ missionaries hat
ID in me Year nees - Prayer
will h. introduced ~ hFs George
panlHp. and Al.s Carol wsbb wi'I
be the soiolst accompanied ~ bsf
sister Alice.
The missionary programs u n
charge 81 The insE ,. wsysr guild.
service organization for IN
younger married women. u which
group Mrs. Lester a. Hayden l.
president and Mira Gordon Bryan.
program chairman. slx members
Of THE group. Mssdsmss y. l.
Powell. Leo J. Frank. otto W,
Drshlld. 4. o. hlehssison. "
Trevor hci.ain and GserRs
Phsnscls viii present : mission
AIRY play sntitisd Wider Tnan The
Heart ably eoaehsd ~ hFs.
George .. poe.
This viii be the last nesting Il
the association until fat and al
women insmbsrs % fFisstis ~ ths
church are invited.
Reservations should ~ made II
the church ofslos. Main 7soi. o.
slsh circle presidents ~ Tuesday
nooa.
ON Tuesday msmbeTs ~ circle
all msst sith Mfs. W. n. Hsii
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Miss Lois HoSkins, Mr.. Kirkland
Wed Sunday in Lakewood Church
Pretty Ceremony at 800 Is Followed by Reception q
Home; VII Live in Seattle for Summer After Trp

Many tall white tapers gowed brightly and cast pretty
shadows white Gala lilies blue eephnium and mini
roses and peones in the Little Church on the Prairie Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock The was the wedding
ceremony IN which Miss Lois Janet Hoskns daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Henry A Hoskns of Steacoom Lake became
the bride of Mr. Eric Brooks Kirkland son of Mr. and Mrs
Joshua Kirkland
The attractive young bride wore white marouisette with
long train and sleeves Her ngertp length veil held
place by band of white ephano She carried shower
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and Mrs. Carl y. Miller.

and Mrs. Carl y. Miller.
Mrs. blessing wore . navy print
and gardenias for the occasion
and Mrs. Jones wore dusty pink
with white carnations.
The young couple have gone 10
Lake Louise and Banf on their
wedding trip and will be at home
in Tacoma. For travelling the bride
wore q brown tweed suit with
alligator accessories.
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Story Tellers
Outline Program
~ n Rssd;ses< ~ We
Tern District cenvensiea

An interesting program rs
heen lined ~ bg Re Story
TsIlern league for the se<nrd
har Of the Western nisffIcI
convention of National st6ry
rcIiefx leagues to - he'd hers
June - ard II Wednesdays
program wili open a , e'eIork
with five nsrmh<rz Of Ihe
Spokane league - ue<dam<e
n. y. johnson. Eidred HeH|E
len. Max Hooper. =. e. Wright
and {. d. Mack telling
stories. Hrs. 4. 4. McMiIIen.
district first vice president
wilI preside.
ne Tzsums i-<xu<. eeh u<A
~ .. cn<a<y rf><sfIn3. vii p<e-
s<nt . rFnxfem II II e'<te<2
fha~~ Is&lHx rert IN ~ M<<-
aam<s I. ". s~sxl<<. JAMES ~.
nez.la nFewa. ,. u. HsIh<rt -
H&F fzz<ff4r
On the sft<ruens rrexvsm. tr..
Z = Fiuns. NFs t-szn Hr<cth -
afs csfFeii a@l<t Il Ne fsrr<-
lznt t~sf,< wlu <ntsftsin. - a
4 a'ele<k nfs Z. Z Ne<1<Ilsnd.
Mrs. ~ ?. amsfh snd k1fs Frisd&
nssiIspa - n H~eItI< I<e4se
wtli rF~<~et : r*nxfam Al IL
cniidfen's fn.szstf<si hna.e
Th< California ztefv hosr wiII
- presented Il ssn e'sie<R.
starts. = - tsla ~ Nls< Hester
Iereeief snd Mfz ruilx M~fiafrs
n nsn tf<nsi<es sna k(r< I<m<s
naalxh<fty u f@e4 H<eea Films
wiil - <newn <na ma<z< wsIl -
pfspsntsa ~ Mss Msfy W<~ec<t
a. Tsenas@
Ths pvuHssm m ne f
ptian
Tuesday sxsninx u - h< xiv*n ~
fh< president. ~ ths ssfseux
l<sxass represented. nfs ". W.
Whltshszd. T@sems. szstfsst p<<s-
dent. pfseiilnz
Theme u TIE rfuxf.m wiii -
Life. Cycle n STAR 2 Thnz< whs
vill take part sfs Mss A. =
noars. Seattle. M0 6,fsss fIcov~
~. Mfs vernnu ufepef fl<s
Anln<s. Mrs.. ". ". uhifshesa.
Tssems afs 4 = uanlsp ape-
kama ana Mfn e r. e&iHa1azx.
fssous-
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TIE aaozWsll Wouens saxIllzF4
wlu hnla lts m<<tlnz - ths HFusd.
mcew alalHx Foam Tuesday 81
i31a sdml<<leA ~ ursst sHiF.
After n dernnnsfFatlee lecture
NJ. nsrvin s<h.ffsr wtIi seis "a
ne Ar - cnaxefzstien A
sheFt hslslnsm SESSION stEl - heta
AFTER ths program. presided essf
~ Mrs. = L nufisy. president
Ths 80 = chapter m<<tlrx
h.s hssn postponed antli 1ttHs y.
whsu u sfli held ~ dinner meet.
in9 II ne hem< % nFs fsNfi
nFsst. al Ne c*asr
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ladies' Musical Glib
rsns tnnosl Meeting

N<uh<fs a ths ladies' Musical
clue I'll ms<t faF th<lf snnaal
m<etlnE N Tuesday 4 Nsf<f=
h<<ae<r halL Ananal FspeFts -
- xixsn snA n<w efilesFs sili -
rasefes MFs ueerFs Hastings
prezle<st. 81 pF~zzes.
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son. soii Ne. z7th ~ | s'sless
lllnshsou.
lssnzhsna. Miss kan.n Msesn 9iII
lead lhs nlbls study sn1 ~ mIs-
zion is.~an wiIi b< pfsssaisa ~
Mis- Mary ftzfFstt
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Affair VIII Compliment
Son and Daughter

y
Mr.. and Mr. Thomas Goldfarb
are entertaining Thursday svsnlng
for their son. Gerald. and their
daughter. Beverly. VINO are kFzdu-
atinK this month from Lincoln
high school and Stewart lntsrmsdi'
ate school. respectively.
I..snbsr and s.wmlii Workers
aasiiisry VIII meet Wednesday At
the home ~ Mrs. Agnes swanson.
bs02 40. Thompson, A pot luck
luncheon viii BE- served IL noon
followed by a business nesting
and nomination Of officers
Central ". q. =. q. meet. 1t n.
home Of Mrs. Blanche o'Nsai. eis
No. Third ct. IL 10 o'clock Tues.
day morning 10 obssrvs Flower
Mission day.
I1sdirs Asxiiiary 10 TIE Order
u Hallway Conductors wili meet
for business Tuesday afternoon ~
2 o'clock IN the 1907 temple
Mrs. W. n Fairbanks viii preside
in the absences ~ the president.
Mrs Jessie Humphrey. ~ho at
tended the grand convention In
Chicago. ell give = rapport
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Picnic Il Planned
BY RsbsLsh Auxiliary

Members ~ Hefth T<sems H<-
b<kah saxlIlaFy wiiI nze<f Tssss1@Y
In ne ss.la risaia xrsuB4ts ~ -
pefisnss p4rk Tha<> sti<nAInx
viii hiring taesf swa plsnie h&~k<t
lunch Officers - ~ sa<liisfx
viii s~fss the seff<es sugar snd
cream This wlil ss tlss is<f sHe<t-
ing until a~rtsmh@T. D. esss ~
rain. The msetiax rlii ~ AsIA -
Andersen hail.
Chief Hanxsr<f riah ~ me W1rs-
ems Catholic off<F NJ Fufest<<s
oil meet Tuesday, instead ef H<<i-
nss1sy faF izlsu isneh>ea sf ths
hssns - afs G. = Harvey. Cards
Will foilew IN nssetlna.
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wsmsn ~ ths ssssss vlll sisct
officers Monday sysning 81 =
meeting IN ths Moose hall Miss
haryis Hossnburgsr Slil eonsiuet
a posture contest for msnb~rs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-21
SlDELlNEs

PROBLEM. Recently the editor of a
prominent newspaper in southern Nor
way was confronted with serious
problem. The Nazi- controlled press
bureau sent him an important dis
patch. Accompanying were strict Or
ders to display the story prominently
with striking headline on Page l.
The editor read the story, recoiled
at the first sentence: During recent
weeks there has been an utterly fan
tastic increase in the membership of
the Nasjonal Samling (The Norwegian
Nazi party in and around Oslo"
There was no way out he had to
obey orders He thought for a while.
Then, with instructions to the printer
to set it in large, black type, he wrote
this headline:
UTTERLY FANTASTIC"
LUCK. Paul kearney, whose The Par
achute's Parents" appears in this issue,
was in the other day and told us a
story he picked up while gathering
material for his article
At Mitchell Field this summer
fier made a practice parachute jump.
Making sure that he'd clear the plane,
he jumped too high, cracked his skull
on the top of the door - plunged out,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-21
| RAN AWAY FROM CHRISTMAS
by Charming Pollock

wanted. After that, none of us troubled to
hide our depression. We chung to, and were
glad - so glad - we had one another.
For the rest of our lives we shall spend
the Yue season shopping, and wrapping.
and calling Merry Christmas to everyone
we see, and being warmed and happy that
they call Merry Christmas to us.
j HE truth of the matter is that we all
need the hurly -burly of Christmas, when the
world is open-house and gay and open
hearted. Those other 1854 days we are remote
from most of our fellows, thinking OF our
selves and our business and humdrum preoc
cupations We have been thinking of dreadful
things, too, those 1854 days - Of marching
and hungry women and child en-. For one day.
it is blessed to retreat into childhood, and
simple faith, and kindness and generosity,
and all the memories and traditions of a
festival born with the gentle Jesus. Scrooge
may call it "a shopkeepers' holiday" but you
and l know that something more precious
than money goes into those shops, and some
thing more wanted and needed than socks and
slippers and rings and perfume comes out.
The things we wrap in tissue and tinsel are not
toys and ornaments, but tenderness and love
and the wish to bring happiness to others.
All the spirit of Christmas. to me, is in that
exquisite story of o. Henry's. The Gift of
the Mag," about the man who sold his
watch to buy side combs for his wife's beau
tful hair while his wife was selling her hair
to buy gold fob for his treasured watch.
Since our own cherries Christmas journey,
I've found good many other people who
have tried to spend Christmas in Taormina,
in some manner of speaking. But I've never
known one who will ever try it again. A dear,
wise woman know had letter from friend
who said he'd decided Christmas is NUS
ance" and was asking all his friends to ignore
him on that occasion. At Christmas. the
woman wrote him: I'm disregarding your
request, so that you may have one message of
love and remembrance on what you are going
to find the emptiest day you have ever
experienced" Before night, she received an
almost fearful telegram saying she was right.
Christmas, when you come to think of it,
is an annual miracle; an annual rebirth of
Christ At the sign of clock and calendar,
millions of us who give little thought to
religion the rest of the year find ourselves
remembering the Star and the Wise Men. For
time, the meanest of us become generous,
the most relentless become forgiving. Even the
men in tanks and bombing planes pause, if
only an instant, to remember home - to
realize that there are such things as homes
No, Christmas in Taormina is no good,
unless you belong in Taormina and your heart
dwels there. That goes for Timbuktu. Tas-
mania and Tillamook, Oregon, too. For when
you really escape Christmas, you escape
humankind.
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RT WAS four or five years ago that my wife
and wearied of Christmas and decided
u to get away from it ALL" We had had a
couple of very dull holiday dinners with rela-
tives who didn't think of us much - or think
much of us - the other 364 days, and we had
revolted against the janitor and the delivery
boys and what-not along the avenue of itching
palms.
I'm tired" my wife said. 'of fighting
crowds in shops, and wrapping things in It's
sue, and addressing hundreds of envelopes
I'd like to 60 where we could just have each
other, and something really resembling peace
on earth.
There is an ancient and honorable hymn"
| reminded her, that runs, Peace, perfect
peace, with the loved ones far away"
So we spent that Christmas in Taormina -
and we shall always remember it as the drab-
best, loneliest. most generally wretched "a
hours of our lives.
Not that we didn't get all we bargained
for - and then some. Taormina, near the
foot of Mount Aetna, is one of the quantest,
loveliest towns in the world. 1t has, or had, a
palatial hotel that used to be monastery,
and is the coolest, most utterly impersonal of
all possible places to spend the Yuletide My
wife and daughter and rose at the usual
hour and wished one another Merry Christmas
but there was no merriment. or anything
that even remotely suggested Christmas
When we said Merry Christmas to the walters
and chambermaids, and crossed their palms
with silver, they thanked us impersonaly.
Secretly we longed for our postman, who al
ways rang twice at Christmas, and for the
delivery boys, and for the two or three old
servants who used to have Christmas dinner
in our kitchen.
NoBODY phoned, of course. At 10 o'clock
we went to church in the biggest, most i'm
personal church ever saw, with only strang
tongue. BY then we were fairly aching for
contacts with those we loved, whether or not
we loved them or they us the other 1854 days.
So we strolled down the main street and sent
yearning cables to all our sisters and cousins
and aunts No one replied; we had told them
wish. We opened the gifts we had bought
(missing all the foolish tissue and tinsel and
ness and it seemed somehow odd and idiotic
to be giving things to one another in big,
empty, stone-foored rooms.
By night we felt like Gods step-children,
and we sat alone at huge table in a vast
dining room, ate antipasto and ravioli and
duck with olives, and listened to string
quartet. On the way out, at the other end of
the hall, we saw Christmas tree, trimmed
and lighted and surrounded by gay group
of holiday dressed children and grown-ups
That's nice of the hotel" we thought, and
rushed for the tree as though it were an oasis
in desert We were within few feet of it
when the doors were closed in our faces; this
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RECENTLY stranger passing through
Union, Oklahoma, stopped at the Bank
of Union to get change for $40 bill.
He asked the white-haired, friendly
woman cashier where the nearest drug
store was: he needed razor blades.
Right next door," she said.
When the man glanced at the clerk
in the drugstore his eyes Involuntary
popped wide. She looked exactly like
the woman who had just given him
change in the bank. A bit nervously
he bought the blades.
Where is the post Office here?" he
asked. Il want to mail a letter"
Turn right when you leave the
drugstore, the woman told him cour-
teously. Its directly next door,"
M THE post Office the man took one
look at the woman behind the stamp
window and his mouth fell open.
Excuse me, lady," he said shakily,
but did you just wait on me in the
bank and drugstore or am l nuts?"
The man wasn't nuts. And if he had
happened to need medical care when in
Union or wanted to buy some insur-
ance he would have been doing bust
ness with the same woman. For in
Union, 54-year-old Mrs. D. P Rich
ardson is bank cashier, postmistress,
drugstore clerk, doctors assistant,
insurance agent. On the side she's
housewife.
The secret to her multiple activi-
ties lies in an ingenious door system
she arranged in the back of the long
brick building which houses bank, post
Office, drugstore and Doctors Office.
She can stand in the bank and hear
when a customer enters the drugstore.
Or get a signal from the doctor - her
husband - that she is needed in his
Office, at the buildings other end.
FlVEyearsago Mrs Richardson thought
her varied career was in its last min
utes. Armed bandits soooped up $500
from the bank tills. One of them stuck
gun in her back, ordered her to open
the safe.
That's impossible" she said. Its
under a time lock"
open it or I'll plug you!" the man
barked.
well, l guess you'll just have to
plug me, " she replied calmly.
The chagrined bandits took the
$500 and left. -WnLiAM BRIhikLEY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-21
PFC.

unconscious. But just as he twisted
and turned over, part of the planes
tail brushed across his chest - and
snapped the rip cord! The chute opened
normally. The pilot landed safely
and still unconscious!
DEDUCTION. A group of five-year-
Odds were being taken through bak-
ing plant as part of their school train
ing to familiarize them with the pro-
cesses involved in producing foods. For
half an hour they watched dozens of
loaves of bread popping out of chute.
Then workman had to adjust some
thing on the chute and went around
the machine, out of sight of the chill
dren.
One of the youngsters asked,
Where's he going?" Before the teacher
could explain, another came out with:
Il don't know where he's goin', but
l bet he comes out bread!
NAMES. Iowa is we'll represented in
our new Army. Recent draftees from
that state include Robert E. Lee,
Robert Burns, Woodrow Wilson and
Herbert Hoover. All are within the
maximum age limit, though. M.