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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
Australians Like America, Son OF
Former BlufftOn Residents Writes

Considerable enthusiasm is shown
by the Australian people for the
American soldiers and American
ideals, it was stated in a letter from
Pvt. Budd Mumma, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Mumma of Toledo, form
er Bluffton residents, to his grand
mother, Mrs. Joe Mumma of North
Jackson street.
Pvt. Mumma is with the End Mater
iel squad of the United States armed
forces that have been stationed i'm
Australia for several months. His
letter, dated, June 2, and received here
this week, reads in part as follows:
Il am in a very beautiful country,
one almost as big as the U. S., but
has only the population of New York
city. We have some very nice eli
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23

mate, the sun is always shining and
the days are warm. Our nights are
rather cool and we can get nice
nights rest.
"The Australian people are very
nice too; they like US Americans very
much and would like to be governed
by the U. S. after the war is over.
"The season here is just reversed
from the U. S. You are just begin
ming your summer and we are having
our winter now. There is no snow or
anything like you have back home, it
is just like the fall of the year here.
II am getting plenty of exercise and
sun, it is doing me a lot of good.
miss being home quite bit but after
the war is over | will be home to see
you."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23

EDITORS NoTE: Following IS
one of series of articles spon-
sored by the Consumers Division
of the Blufton Council of Ma
tional Defense.
Here are few of your response
bilities as a wartime consumer in
making price control a workable
plan.
l. Learn all you can about price
control-which articles are exempted,
past prices, etc.
2. Don't offer more than the legal
maximum prices-refuse to pay more.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
Hard Luck Dogs Trail Of BluftOn
Lads In Southern Hitch-hiking Trip

When they arrived in Nashville,
Sunday night they were unable to
find the Basinger home after walk
ing to the city's edge for about 13
miles. Finally exhausted and lost
the boys again slept under the stars
at the side of the road not knowing
that they were less than a half
mile away from the farm home
where his sister, the former Frieda
Jean Klay, lived.
The boys finally reached their des-
tination in the morning half
starved. After resting up the boys
went to a nearby field and thought
they discovered fallen meteor only
to be chased Or. of the field with a
shotgun by an irate woman as they
attempted to dig the piece out of the
ground.
For several days they had very
enjoyable time seeing the sights and
the large aircraft industries in the
city. In the return trip to Bluffton
good luck seemed to momentarily
take place of the bad luck and they
made the jaunt back in one hop.
They rode from Nashville to Bluff
ton with flying cadet on the way
to Detroit, Mich. AS an unusual CO
incidence the aviator who picked
them up at Nashville knew intimate
ly the army aviators who were killed
in the crash Of the three Douglas
bombers near here several month!
ago, one of them being his former
roommate.
The boys arrived in town Thurs
day breathing a sigh of relief a
having arrived safely after so mucl
difficulty. But poor Roger sighec
prematurely. When he started tc
work the next day he found that hi:
| job had been given to some one elst
during his absence.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
St. Swithins Legend Indicates Forty
Days Of Fair Weather In Bluffton

was done by the saints wishes as
expressed in visions. A few years
afterwards the church, which had
originally been dedicated to the apos-
ties Peter and Paul, changed these
guardians for st. Swithin, who in
turn had to yield to Henry Wits
substitution of the Holy Trinity.
A story is told in England of an
old lady who when st. Swithin's Day
opened bright and fair expressed her
belief in an approaching term of
fine weather changed her plans when
a few drops of rain fell on the
evening of July 10. She announced
to her friends that the next six
weeks would be wet.
Instead of wet weather it was re-
markably fine. When confronted
with this she would say, "No mat
ter if there had been no rain during
the day there certainly was some
during the night"
The shrine Of st. Swithin early
sprang into great repute. Worship
pers, sick folk, the manned and the
halt, flocked to the srine and left
behind them substantial evidence of
their gratitude. For centuries Swith-
in was the most popular healing
saint of England.
But in contemporary English life
his chief popular fame arises from
the fact that he is sort of Jupiter
Pluvius of the calender.
One of the early literary illusions
from "Poor Robins Almanac" of
1897, refers to the saints powers as
a weather prophet as follows:
ain this month is St. Swithin's Day,
On which if that it rain, they say
Full forty days after it will
Or more or less, some rain distill
This Swithin was a staint, / trow,
An Winchester's bishop also
Who in his time did many feat,
AS Popish legends do repeat;
A woman, having broke her eggs,
BY stumbling at another's legs,
For which she made woeful cry,
st. Swithin's chanced for to come by,
Who made them all as sound or more
Than ever that they were before,
But whether this were so or no
'Tis more than you or | do know;
Better it is to rise betime,
And to make hay while sun doth
shine,
Than to believe in tales and lies
Which idle folk do now devise.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23

Lead has served its usefulness
as bullets, but not as an essential
war material. Shells and cartridges
are made of steel and explosives
except fuses and other small parts
which often use lead. The prin-
cipal use of lead is in the manu-
facture of storage batteries; every
tank, truck, airplane, submarine,
and radio must have batteries.
Second place in the use of lead
is for paint and cable covering.
All war equipment m u s t be
painted. The Mound Builder used
lead which he had never learned
to melt, but used in its original
form, galena, to shape and fashion
into ornaments and ear-plugs, and
for personal adornment. The
Mound Builder secured his lead
from Joplin, Missouri area.
Come and see the greatest col
lection of minerals, paint rocks,
and tools in the entire world taken
from one site of the Mound
Builder. At Wickliffe, Kentucky,
an ancient buried city, for ten
years with orangewood sticks,
spoons, and small brushes, the
writer and his wife, Mrs Blanche
Busey King, with staff of archae-
ologists, have been urcovering the
romantic story OF thc arst people
that lived in ecr rich ate stsrii.us
courI-y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
Summer Festival
At st. AnthOny's S

Annual summer festival will be
held at st. Antony's school grounds
at Columbus Grove, Sunday and Mon
day evenings. A large numbers of
Bluffton people are expected to at
tend.
Dinner will be served Sunday
evening from 5 to o'clock and a
chicken noodle soup lunch Monday
evening from to $3.50.
In addition to this there will be
other refreshments and variety of
games and amusements. The pub
lie is invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
Boy Scout News

TROOP Spy DAVID STEARNs
The Monday night meeting was
started by selecting the Scouts who
would be in charge of the ice cream
social to be sponsored by the troop.
Date of social will be announced
next week.
Discussions were held on the differ
ent ways in which the troop could
earn money for equipment.
A Monday night visitor was Rus
sell Hilbish, Jr., from Troop 1872 of
Akron. He told the troop about
many of the activities of the Akron
scouts.
The latter part of the meeting was
spent in a soft ball game in which
the Coyotes won with the score 8
to s.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
Tradition Holds That Similar
Weather Follows July ID
For 10 Days
Prediction Here Based on Fair
And Pleasant Weather
Last Wednesday

Bluffton residents can now look
forward to 40 days of fair and
bright weather if the common belief
concerning st. Swithin's Day be-
comes reality.
The tradition has it that according
as it rains or shines on ST. Swith-
ms Day, celebrated on July Is, the
next 40 days will be either rainy or
bright. July Is is the anniversary
of the translation of the relics of
the humble English saint for whom
the day is named.
Last Wednesday being very fair
and pleasant day, residents in Bluff
ton may make their plans on the
basis of continued fair and warm
weather for at least month.
The legend contained in verse runs
as follows:
"St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days it will remain:
st. Swithin's Day, if thou be fiar,
For forty days twill rain nae mair. "
This tradition is found on leg
end that, before dying the humble
minded saint had begged to be in
TERED in the open church yard, and
not in the chancel of the church, as
was usual with bishops.
H. L. g.. i, on,.
tury, when the monks, thinking il
disgraceful that so great saint
should have so lowly burial place
resolved to move the body into the
choir of the church.
The 18th of July was appointed
for that purpose. But on that day
a mighty rain storm burst forth, and
continued without intermission fol-
40 days. The monks took this as {
sign of heavenly displeasure, and in
stead of moving the body they bull
a chapel over it where it lay.
Unfortunately for the legend
however, it ahappens that the forma
translation of the relics of st. Swith
in from the grave in the church t
magnificent shrine within the ca
thedral was in fact done on July 15
971, only 100 years after his dealt
without any meteorological interfer
ence.
Immediately legends were set a
float at the time to prove that
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
ENLISTING THE HOME
IN NATIONAL DEFENSE

3. Learn about the qualit yof the
things you buy.
4. Obey all rationing regulations
Loyalty.
5. Buy only what you need now.
6. Take good care of the things
you have.
7. Don't waste anything.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
Boutwell, Reunion

Third annual reunion of the Ed
win Boutwell, family was enjoyed by
rs members at the Orange Center
Community house, Sunday.
A basket dinner at noon was fol-
lowed by program including baton
twirling and tap dancing by Isa-
belle Wolber; harmonica selections,
Robert Jotts; piano solo, Josephine
Boutwell,; recitation, Betty 10 Mot
ter; vocal duet, Phyllis Ann Dodge
and Betty Motter; remarks, Mrs.
Abigail Boutwell,; vocol solo, Jerry
Wolber.
Fred Boutwell,, president, was in
charge of the business meeting when
it was voted to hold the reunion next
year on the third Sunday in July
at Orange Center.
Officers elected for the coming
year were: Pres, Robert Potts,
Bluffton; vice pres, Will Boutwell,
Ada; sec.-treas., Josephine Bout
well, Ada.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23

Are you entitled to wear q
target" lapel button? You
are IL you are investing at
least ten percent Of your in-
come in War Bonds every pay
day. It's your badge Of pa
triotism.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23

Under present conditions, not one
pound of crude rubber can be allot-
ted for new tires or for recapping
old ones for civilian use.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23

Way Up Thar
Mt. Mckinley, Alaska, towers IT,
900 feet above timber line.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13

ships. how the navy wasn't sx-
pectinE the attack and how most
n the ammunition Vas down N
magazines and had 70 be brought
up before guns could be fired.
The bombers We saw were
high, then they would swoop
down and let 90 their bombs.
None Of US slept that night
There was talk about a japanese
uprising We watched sesrchlghts
blink Up through the darkness and
heard the planes roaring high
overhead.
II wasn't long until reinforce
ments were arriving. You wouldn't
even guess at the number Of planes
which flew in.
Boil Drinking Water
"Rumors got around that the
Japanese had poisoned the water
supply and everyone began boiling
it before use. They were stall do
ing that when We left"
Mrs. Eldridge said that on their
voyage across 10 San Francisco
their convoy halted twice and that
once the destroyers. after ma
newer. reported they had sunk
submarine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
E. L. Messenger
Rites at Church

Final tribute was TO be paid
F. L. Lind Messenger, we'll
known Tacoma business mand and
sports enthusiast, Monday At $50
p. m. from the First Christian
church. under the direction Of the
c. c. Mellinger company The
Rev. w A. Moore was to officiate.
Cremstory service was to be fol-
lowed by inturnment in the Taco
ma msusoleum.
Named as active psllbearers
were Guy T. Pierce. Harold Craig.
J. r. Michael. Earl Balloon, Allan
Browne and J. Carol Richards.
Honorary pallbearers were George
d. Poe. James Eccles. Albert
Petermsn, Ward Pierce, Or. w.
D. Read. Dr. Jesse w. Read. B. w.
Brintnan. f. c. Richards, f. K.
Reynolds, II. d. Cowles, A. II.
Heath. F. A. Neyhart, Henry
Arnold Peterson. John W. Brown,
Clayton Johnson and Harold John
son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
$4,000 Fire Hits
Tacoma Residence

A two-story frame residence
building AT e22 So. Yakima ave,
owned and occupied by George
Georgokolos, caught fire. sp-
parently from an over-heated stove
Saturday at 6;25 p. m. and caused
81 900 damage 10 the building and
an addition $1,000 damage TO its
contents before II was ex-
inguished. the fire department said
Monday.
Another fire at 543o So. Yakima
ave. shortly after noon Sunday
resulted in $500 damage to the
building and 500 damage TO the
contents. The home. a one and
one-half story frame residence
building is owned by John Hauge
and occupied by Joe Howard. The
fire was caused by = defective
switch on q not water heater,
firemen said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
TUESDAYS TIDES
|. O. O. F. No. I'll
To Seat Officers

Eric Swenson was elected Noble
Grand Of the South Tacoma lodge
No 211. I. o. o. P. and will he in
stalled along with other officers
at a Joint installation 10 he held
on January II at the /. o. o. p.
hall in South Tacoma.
Other elected officers are Joe
o. Miller, vice noble grand; Ray
Robinson, recording secretary;
John ]. Batty, financial secretary;
Tom Westerdahl. treasurer.
Appointive officers are c. Eldon
Werner, warden: L. E. Clark. con-
ductor: Oscar Gardner. inside
guardian; f. o. Watkins. outside
guardian; A. H. Walter, right sup
porter n. c.: n. W. Eggleton. left
supporter n. C.: Wallis Trim. right
supporter V. c.: J. 3. Warren.
left supporter V. G.; c. r. Burwell
chaplain Andrew Berg. right
roene supporter; Paul Link, left
scene supporter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13

Work on Lincoln bowl. which
ceased recently when WPA crew
vas sccountably transferred 20.
other projects, will be resumed
about Feb. I. it was learned by
the Tacoma school board Monday.
The board had written letters
Of protest both TO Congressman
John NJ. Coffee and George r,
Stuntz. state WPA director. In
a letter from Fred r. Boedeeker,
assistant wPA area engineer. the
board was informed the WPA
would again assign men To the
project about Feb. l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
Marriage
lcengey

Marriage license applications
were received Monday by the
county auditor from the following.
walter r. McAlpin. 2s0e No. chey-
enne st.. and Alice y. Poland
Seattle: Gordon p. Rideewsy. 2s.
Spokane. and Margaret A. carloek.
10. Of 1901 No. Ainsworth ave. !:
Herbert c. Truesdell. ~. Centraiis,
and Amy L. MacKsy. is. Of ~
30. Tacoma ave: Everett v. JON
son. ~. and Elaine I. Clark. IT.
both Of 43i2 So. NJ ST.; George
siEneros. Is. Fort Lewis. and Adri-
anna DeHaan. %. Salt Lake City:
William A. Goodwin. 30. and Gail
Z. Webb. 81. both Of Salt Lake
City: Walter w. Carroll. rs. Fort
Lewis. and Norma L. Msloney. Is
Of sos So. Sheridan ave.
Howard Larry Larsen. 50. Fort
Lewis. and Jean s. Thomas, ~
Portland: Heighter L. Purks. 2l
Fort Lewis. and Ruth A. Pelsn
II. Seattle: Emil A. Schultz. p
Fort Lewis. and Doris X. Trffitt
Is, Of 432s Park ave-: Marvin w
Kasemeier. 10. RI. s, Box 200. and
Esther n Miller, Is. Rt- Z. Box %,
John H. stephany. Il. Fort Lewis
and Virginia McAll. 10. Crsndview
Milton e. Webster. IS. Enumclaw
and Jean X. LaPorts. Is. Of ssil
So. Alaska 81.
Elmer A. Larson. ~. Of 1909 No
Clshman ave. and Margaret
Hutchins. 20. Of 2eo7 No. sth 81.
Frank W. Coulter. 81. and Pear
H Beatty. 20. both Of Seattle
Robert =. Morizrity. n. For
Lewis. and Anne z. Morrell. 2
Of 1851 So. c ST.: Angus Msrtii
Johnston. %. Taft. Calf. and Ger
trloe z. Pleasant, n. Psio AltC
Calf; Douglas w. Spawn. "a. Nc
Chord Field. and Mary Ann MAJ
bic. n. Of 2201 No. Washington II.
Christ Gunner. %. Fort Lewis. an
Hazel Mcdowell. p. San Fran
cisco: Walton r Wikiund. 2;
spanawsy. and virtu 4. johnson
p. Of 1zz Ia. 37th IT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
SAMUEL BELrTskI

Samuel Beletsld, rs. a retired
barber living at Fern Hill. died
Sunday in local hospital after
weeks illness. He was a
widower. and made his home at
$3.50 So. G 81. He had resided
is years in Tacoma, and for u
years before that in Union Mills,
Wash. A native Of Russia. he
came to the United States Sc
years ago. He was a member of
the Catholic church. He il sur
vived by son. Adrian c., Of Ia
coma. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday az . a. m. from 81.
AIMS church. under direction Of
the c c. Mellinger Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS

Voluntary petitions Of bank
ruptcy were on file in federal
court by William Petersen. Park
land, listing liabilities OF $3.50 e5
and assets Of S475, all claimed ex-
empt; Clarence c. Holland. PHO
No. Madison. listing liabilities Of
S601-75 and assets Of S7e5, all
claimed exempt: William A. Fitz-
patrick. Vancouver, listing hsbili-
ties Of sos IS and assets OF S165,
al claimed exempt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
Family Of Clark Eldridge
Returns Safely From Hawaii
Nothing Definite Heord of Fote at
Guom of Norrows Bridge Engineer

Though ~ word has been re-
ceived concerning the safety q
Clark H. Eldridge. former Mar
rows bridge engineer engaged in
government work al Guam when
the war broke tn the Pacific. his
wife and daughters nov are at
the home Of Mrs. Eldrdges par
ents Mr.. and Mrs c. " Palmer
in Lewiston. Idaho.
Eldridge had been state toll
bridge suthority's resident engi-
neer for the Narrows bridge until
he accepted the federal appoint
ment and went TO Guam last April
Presumably he was taken prisoner
by the japanese in capture Of the
island outpost.
Mrs. Eldridge relates how she
and her daughters, Shirley. 10, and
Constance. is. were Just sitting
down To Christmas dinner in Homo
lulu when they were told of their
oceptance for immediate evscua-
ton.
She and the girls have vivid
recollections of Dec. Z in Homo
lulu when the japanese struck.
They have been living in Honolulu
since August. awaiting arrange
ments to Join Eldndge at Guam.
Thought II Was Maneuvers
I'VE thought it was just ma
neuvers when the japanese attack
began that Sunday morning" said
Mrs. Eldridge. We lived only
short distance from Fort Ruger
where guns, tanks and trucks were
rolling out for maneuvers. We
were only six miles from Pearl
Harbor.
shirley went outside and
three Japanese planes flew
low near our place. We saw
people on the housetops and
smoke In the distance. Sirens
were wailing but we thought
at first II was big fire.
There were not many white
people In our neighborhood
and the Orientals didn't talk
with us.
Connie went out TO get on q
bus. but soldiers were guarding
the buses and told her she could
not. Don't you know there's a
war on they asked her.
so she came back and told us.
That afternoon | had an Hawaiian
neighbor drive me downtown and
at the Hotel Moana | tried to cable
nv husband. only to find that !
couldn't cable anywhere.
Nobody seemed to be afraid ;
people just stood around in groups
and watched the bombers and the
anti-aircraft fire. Some were
fighting fires. All day long the
radio kept calling for men to drive
trucks and to take over othef
jobs. They say many Japanese
used their cars 10 crowd roads
leading to the forts so that sol
diers and filters couldn't get to
their posts and planes.
"Rumors were flying thick SO
that no one could tell what was
the truth and what wasn't. One
story was that a japanese had
been caught with short wave
transmitter in his cabbage patch
and that he was hanged at his
own doorstep. Another story was
that the Japanese had cut big
arrows in the pineapple patches to
point the way 10 Pearl Harbor for
attacking bombers.
Warships Were Ablaze
AT Pearl Harbor ships were on
fire. Many stories circulated after
ward about the sailors on those
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
LILLIAN p. RAY

Lillian p. Ray. whose home was
At 1908 9th ave. died Sunday in
. local hospital after a brief ill.,
ness. She was the sister OF
Thomas r. Ray. local attorney
and has no other survivors. She
had lived rs years in Tacoma. and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13

Elisha P Ferry. Wsshingtons
first state governor l1sss-s3l vas
the governor 81 Washington tern
tory from 1s72-so Ferry county
was named in his honor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
MICHAEL McHUGH

Funeral services for Michael
McHugh, al. Of Buckley, were
held Monday al 10 a. m. from st.
Patricks church, followed by
burial in Calvary cemetery under
the direction of whitmore funeral
home, Buckley. The rosary was re-
cited Sunday at 1880 p. m. al st.
Aloysius church. Buckley. Nc
Hugh died Friday at his home. He
came to Buckley in 1878, and
homesteaded near there. Surviving
are seven daughters. Mrs. NJ J.
Cannon. Mrs. L. C. Courtney. Mrs.
Evelyn Linenschmidt, Mrs. John
Farley. Mrs. z. r Beezer. Mrs. f.
r. Pierce. and Miss Grace Nc
Hugh: and five sons. the Rev, A.
r. Charles A. Basil NJ. Fred and
John J. McHugh
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13

e:07 O'Clock and told Sgt. Edwin
Harris what had happened Both
city officers and detectives were
sent TO the Pacific avenue business
house.
c. F. osmers. president of the
company. was notified and after
investigating. told officers nothing
was missing II was on the sug-
gestion of police officers that Os-
mers summoned a local locksmith
who changed both the door locks
and the combination on the mar
cotic vault
Another Attempt Made
Final attempt OF the criminal to
obtain the drugs was discovered
Monday morning.
Working from the roof of the
Croft hotel, the adjoining building,
some one using a heavy bar drove
a hole through the brick side of the
building large enough 10 permit
entrance Though the office was
ransacked, IL is believed nothing
was taken, according to President
Osmers
The wholesale drug company also
was vctimized by armed thugs
last August when approximately
500 worth Of drugs were taken,
Osmers said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
LUTHERAN PASTORS MEET

Tacoma Lutheran ministers will
meet Tuesday al p. m. at First
Lutheran church. The speaker viii
be the Rev. G. Loftness. New
officers will be elected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-13
FuNERAY SERVICES

SEVERN ~. Torgerson-Tuesdsy
al l:3o p. m. from the c. o. Lynn
Co. chapel. with the Rev. p. r.
Hoff officiating. Burial will be IN
the Tacoma cemetery.
Mrs. Alice Neva Patrick-Tues-
day at 2 p. m. from the Tuell
chapel. with the Rev. J. George