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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25
Union Reformation
Service On Sunday
Annual Service To Be Held AT
Trinity Lutheran Church.

The annual Union Reformation
Service, sponsored by the Lutheran
Ministers Association of Washington
County, will be held at Trinity Ev-
ange1ical Lutheran Church, Hagers-
town, on Sunday night at 7:30
o'clock. Rev. Wilson P. Ard, D. D.,
pastor of Trinity, will serve as Litur-
gist.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson, D. D.,
President of Gettysburg College.
His topic will be, "The Message OF
the Reformation For the Church To-
day" Dr. Hanson, a distinguished
educator, is much in demand as a
lecturer, preacher and adviser. He
is member of the Executive Board
of the United Lutheran Church in
America and Chairman of the Board
of Appeals of Pennsylvania. He is
sometime preacher at Harvard Uni
versity, University of Syracuse, Uni
versity of Minnesota, the United
States Naval Academy, Lafayette,
Rutgers. etc. He holds the degrees
of Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of
Laws and is a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa society, a national org
anization of American Scholars.
Lovers of music will be interested
In the choral arrangements to be
presented by the choir of Trinity
Lutheran Church, Mr.. Walter West
phal, director The choir will sing
for an anthem, Built On A Rock, +"
by F. Melius Christensen. In addi-
ton the service will be closed with
a Choral Antiphon, "The Lord Is
Ever At My Side" with choral set
tings by J. S. Bach.
The Festival of the Reformation
commentaries the mailing of the
Ninety Five Theses by Martin Luth-
er on the door of the castle church
in Wittenberg, October 81, 1877.
With restrictions on automobile
travel lifted, a record attendance
is expected.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25
Complete Plans Announced For Sports
Arena-Auditorium and Convention Hall
VIII be Erected On Cleveland Avenue; Building VIII Be Fire
proof And Equipped With All Modern Facilities; To Hav.
Large Seating Capacity and Ample Parking Facilities

Speaking for the Hagerstown
Arena Corporation, Grover C. Grill
ley announced on Monday that plans
are now being completed for Ha-
gerstown's new Arena-Auditorium
and Convention Hall, to be erected
on Cleveland Avenue, between the
Dual Highway and the Municipal
Stadium.
In making the announcemnt, Mr..
Crilley emphasized that the idea of
an up-to-date auditorium and sports
arena was first conceived about
three years ago, and while the war
delayed its erection, it did not de-
lay Mr.. Crilley and his associates
from working on the preliminary
plans-such as the structural design,
type of equipment to be installed,
class of entertainment to be present
ed and cost of operation.
With the end of the war, the cor
poration was ready to 60 ahead and,
said Mr.. Crilley, "that is just what
it is doing"
The Arena-Auditorium will be e.
rected on Cleveland Avenue, be-
tween the Dual Highway and the
Municipal Stadium. Title to part
OF the site has already been secured,
states Mr.. Crilley, and an option has
also been secured on the remainder,
which is at present leased until Feb
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25

Getting back to the 1916 election,
Mr.. Mills cited the need of selecting
candidates who will put the affairs
of State above Party and the State
and the Party above and beyond
self.
The Mayor of Baltimore, Theodore
r, McKeldin, also addressed the
meeting and outlined the financial
program he proposes to submit to
the Legislature, il the special session,
which he had asked Governor
O'Conor to call, is held
At the business meeting of the
Federation, at which Washington
County had the largest delegation
outside of Baltimore City, Mrs. Har-
vey Kline, of Hagerstown, was elect
ed recording secretary and Mrs.
Ruth Foreman, publicity chairman
of the local organization, presented
the report of the Hagerstown Re-
publican Women's Club.
Attending from Washington Coun-
ty were; Mrs, Kline, Mrs. Foreman,
Mrs. Wanda Baker, member of
the nominating committee; Mrs.
Rama Niemyer, Mrs. John Dunn,
Mrs Martin Ingram, Mrs. Neil Pill
sen, Mrs. Betty Sim, Mrs. Ruth
Cruikshank, Mrs. j. w. Hahn and
Mrs j. Schlotterbeck.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25
Just Wants To Be
Home For Christmas
So Writes Lieut.. Hagerman In
Letter To His Parents.

81 won't be home for Christmas. y
Thus 1t. Thomas B. Hagerman
from Nuremburg, Germany, adds his
note of disappointment to the plain
tive wall of homesick soldiery rising
over shattered Germany in a wild
crescendo that would probably put
any self-respecting Valkerie to
shame.
Il won't be home for Christmas,
so don't plan on it and don't send
me anything except food The
only thing l really want for Christ
mas is to be home But | guess
this isn't possible because | don't
think I'll be home until next sum-
mer."
From there Lieutenant Hager-
mans letter to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. B. Hagerman, Mulberry
Ave, outlines his present duties with
the Graves Registration division of
the Quartermaster Corps
"All of the cemeteries with Ameri-
can dead have been moved to
France, Belgium and Holland" he
writes, Il travel all over Germany
looking for isolated graves of Amer
leans. Most of them are Air Corps
graves of bombers which have
crashed. We try to identify the
persons and get all the information
of them possible"
A far cry, indeed from the days
when Lieutenant Hagerman's out
fit, the famous 7th Armored, spear
headed the shouting, shooting lethal
drive through the Ruhr pocket and
emerged on the other side, trailing
clouds of glory from their trium-
plant and battered tanks And a
far cry from the days when "Hag-
gerty," as the old Hagerstown gang
calls him, was a leading football
and basketball star at Hagerstown
Highland later at the University
of Maryland at which he was a stu
dent at the time of his enlistment
three years ago. Lieutenant Hager-
man received his commission as
lieutenant of infantry year ago at
Camp Blanding and was sent over
seas as replacement in November,
1914. In France he was transferred
to tanks and in the drive through
Germany his tank was one of sever
al waiting to cross the bridge at
Remagen at the moment of its col
laspe-an experience that he re-
ports as slightly spine-chilling.
Since the wars end there have
been pleasanter moments "a weeks
leave in Paris and an evening of en-
tertainment by the "Rickettes" in
Munchen, among other things. The
letter ends with this inquiry:
by the way, did certain nurse
call you up telling you that she saw
me in Parish"
We Investigated.
She did!
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25

ruary, 1916. Immediately, this lease
expires, the option will be taken up,
Mr.. Crilley said, and everything
will be in readiness for the actual
construction.
The architects engaged by the cor
poration have been in close consul
tation with the structural steel engi-
neers and refrigeration engineers of
the companies who will supply these
materials, with the result that the
Arena-Auditorium will not only be
beautiful structure, but one of the
finest of its kind in the East.
Planned so that an ice carnival or
hockey match may be held one
night and concert, dance, conven-
ton, or banquet the next, with per-
feet comfort for the public at all
times, Mr.. Crilley stated that the
building would provide adequate
facilities for any kind of entertain
ment or assembly, with a seating
capacity ranging from small as
sembly to an audience of $500.
Finally, said Mr.. Cri1ley, the plans
call for ample parking facilities, cas-
lily accessible to three main streets
to insure quick exits for motorists,
which will allow traffic to flow in
any direction, in or out of Hagers-
town, without having to pass
through the Square.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25

Plans have been completed for an
all day conservation forum to be
held in the Fort Hill High School,
Cumberland, November 8 - first of
its kind ever to be held in Western
Maryland. Charles ]. Bruce, general
stated the program viii
cover four phases of conservation
soil, wild-life, mineral and flood
control, Governor O'Conor win adj
dress the forum.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25
More County Men
Have Been Indicted

Board 2 announces that the fol-
lowing Washington County men,
having passed their final physical ex-
aminations, were indicted into the
Armed Forces on October 10, 1915:
Army
John Glenn Castle, Keedysville.
Lewis Henry Mills, RID. No. Q,
Clear Spring.
Ralph Leroy Ebersole, RID. Mol,
Boonsboro.
Carlton Brown Smith, RID. No.
2, Smithsburg.
Navy
Charles Henry Kitchen, Jr, Is
Roessner Ave, Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25
Civic Auditorium To
Be Recommended
War Memorial Committee To
So Advise Mayor And Council.

A joint meeting of the General and
Executive War Memorial commit
tees, appointed by the Mayor and
Council some five months ago was
held in the City Hall on Tuesday
night, with j. v. Jamison, Jr., chair
man of the Executive Committee,
presiding.
Mr.. Jamison. pointing out that the
two committees had been appointed
for the purpose of exploring the
field of possible War Memorials and
recommending to the Mayor and
Council the type of Memorial they
felt was best suited to this COM
munity, said that after a thorough
study, and after giving everyone in
terested full opportunity to present
their ideas, the executive committee
had unanimously agreed that the
most suitable War Memorial for the
City of Hagerstown would be Civic
Auditorium.
The meeting was then thrown
open for discussion and after sew
eral members of the general COM
mittee had endorsed the Civic Audi
forum plan, motion was offered,
and passed unanimously, authorizing
the executive committee to report
to the Mayor and Council that the
committee recommends a Civic Aud
iorium as the most suitable War
Memorial for the City of Hagers-
town.
Mayor Richard Sweeney then
thanked the member of the two
committees for their splendid work
and said that he felt that their rec
ommendation would meet with the
approval of at least ninety per cent
of the citizens of the community.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25
RETAILERS LUNCHEON
MEETING TOMORROW NOON

The regular monthly meeting of
the Hagerstown Retailers Bureau
will be held at the Hamilton Hotel
at IL, noon, tomorrow.
In the absence of president Warne,
who is out of the city, vice-president
Bryan will preside.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25

The Monticello Demonstration
School in cooperation with the Bal
timore Transit Company will con-
duct drills for the school children
to promote their safety in riding
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25

street cars and BUSES. Moving pict-
ures of the practice maneuvers will
be taken and used in training other
children in other public schools in
Baltimore and throughout the State
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-25
Il. L. Mills Predicts Republican Victory In
Maryland In 1946-PIeads For Party Unity

Hagerstown Merchant Addresses Federation Republican
Women Al Luncheon Meeting In Baltimore; Many From Ha-
gerstown Attend Mayor Theodore r. McKedn Also Adj
dresses Gathering.
Evening star., 1945-02-01

current events, physical culture. The
girls turn out hundreds of expertly
made garments for the Red Cross
each year. They are also given the
Red Cross home -nursing course.
Trips to points Of interest and to-
the movies are made as well as par
ties arranged in the House for them.
The babies are given expert atten-
ton. Sometimes they are in the
home as long as three years"
Many Of the girls go into nursing
and domestic service, it was report
ed. Sometimes they leave their ba-
bies in the home until they have
firmly established themselves.
AS to follow-up work, Deaconess
Yeo said that Since we early recog-
nized that a few months of un-
guided struggles in the outside
world might easily wipe out the re-
habilitation accomplished by .our
training. the House of Mercy prides
itself that throughout the years
since it was founded, it has been
outstanding in this respect"
In addition to Mrs. Bingham,
president, the officers of the Board
of Lady Managers include Mrs.
Smith Hempstone. first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Daniel B. Devore, second
vice president; Mrs. Howard S.
Wilkinson, recording secretary; Mrs.
i. William Hill, assistant recording
secretary; Mrs. A. Chester Flather,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Harry
N. Cootes, treasurer; Mrs. Henry c..
Morris, assistant treasurer: Mrs. p.
Lee Phillips, chairman OF the House
Committee.
The Phantom Dinner" Commit
tee, headed by Mrs. Green. includes
Mrs. Ralph Hallett, vice chairman:
Mrs. Harry L. Grant, Mrs. Phillips
and Mrs. Henry G. Morris. Other
committee officers include Mrs
Frederick NJ. Bradley, recreation:
Mrs. Grant, endowment fund; Mrs.
Atherton Macondray, public rela-
tions.
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House Of Mercy Seeks
Year S Funds Throuqh
Phantom Dinner

The House of Mercy, rehabili-
tation center and training school
for. young unmarried mothers and
their babies, this month is offering
its phantom dinner" by which
funds are raised for support of the
house at Klingle road and Rose
mont avenue NV, on the edge OF
Rock Creek Park.
The phantom dinner" which has
become an annual event, Is not
real dinner, but "the banquet is a
feast OF the soul and is guaranteed
to satisfy" an announcement says.
The subscription cover charge Is So,
but gifts of any amount are well
come.
"The beauty Of the phantom din
ner,'" said Mrs. James M. Green,
committee chairman, lis that there
Is no dinner in the material and
costly sense Of the word. Therefore
all the money contributed goes di-
rectly to the House of Mercy"
Directions for contributing are con-
tanned in an accompanying coupon
which may be clipped from The
Star and forwarded with gifts to
the proper address.
Bishop Dun Heads House.
Organized under the Episcopal
Church of the Diocese of Washing
ton, the House of Mercy is headed
by the Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop OF Washington, who sue
ceeded the late Bishop Freeman as
president of its Board Of Trustees.
Mrs. Donald Bingham, as president
OF the Board of Lady Managers,
pointed out that the House of Mercy
is not member of the Community
Chest. 1t obtains its operating
funds through the phantom din
ner" and sale of food and aprons
in the fall.
Deaconess Lillian Yeo, a native
of Devonshire, England, supervises
the house and takes personal in
terest in the rehabilitation of the
girls, all Of whom are between IA
and "a, unmarried white girls ex-
pecting their first babies.
THE deaconess, with deep UNDER
standing and skill born of years of
experience" explained Mrs. Green,
knows how to give these troubled
young things first sense of security
and then confidence in the future.
The chapel services that she con-
ducts have meant a great deal to
the girls down through the years.
Prayers Begin, End Day.
The day begins with prayers and
ends the same way. The normal
routine includes work in the house
hold and with the children, classes
In child care and domestic science,
Evening star., 1945-02-01
S24,2O3,715 Bonds Sold
By AWvS Since 1912

War Bond sales by the American
Women's Voluntary Services since
the inception of its war savings staff
program in May, 1912, have totaled
| $24, ,203,715, Mrs. George Maurice
Morris, chairman of the war savings
staff, AWVS, announced yesterday.
The figures were reported by Mrs.
Morris at tea given in her home,
2401 Kalorama road NV, for more
than 400 AWVS workers who have
aided in the Districts War Bond
campaigns.
A total of approximately $4,0c0,-
600 in bonds during the Sixth War
Loan exceeded by nearly $1,000, 900
sales made in any previous drive,
Mrs. Morris said.
Mrs. Morris paid special tribute
to her chief assistants, Mrs NEmmet
T. Thornton, assistant section chief
OF the day group, reporting $979 ,067
sales for December, and Mrs. John
Blackstone, assistant section chief
Of the night group, reporting $921,-
038 sales for December theater
booths. The Cosmos Branch, COM
posed of colored women, sold $33, 3,1S9
Of bonds in the Sixth War, Loan
campaign. !: 2. f 81
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Gen. Rupertus Wins
D5M for Conquest
OF PeIe|iu by Marines

Maj. Gen. william H. Rupcrtus of
Washington, who led the 1st Marine
Division in the conquest of Peleliu
Island last fall, has been awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal, 1t
was announced today. ,-... .. .
Gen. Rupertus, now commandant
of the Marine Corps School at
Quantico, received the decoration
from Maj. Gen. Philip H. Torrey,
commandant of the post, at a parade
and review on Monday.
Gen. Rupertus was assistant divi-
sion commander of the 1st Marines
in the Guadalcanal-F Florida Tulagi
campaign, for which he won the
Navy Cross. Later, when 1t. Gen.
Vandergrift was named commandant
Of the Marine Corps, Gen. Rupertus
became commander of the 1st Divi-
sion, which he led in the assault on
Cape Gloucester. New Britain, to
win the Army's Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal from Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
After Peleliu was secured, Gen.
Rupertus was flown to the United
States to his new post at Quantico.
His wife, Mrs. Alice Hill Rupertus,
and 5-year-old son are with him at
Quantico. His sister. Mrs. Mary L.
Armstrong, lives at 62S Gallatin
street NV. Gen Rupertus is a
graduate of Mckinley High School.
He formerly lived at 1892 Van Ness
street NV.
Second 1t. Bernard Martin Eshle-
man, 20, a prisoner of war in Ger
many, was awarded the Air Medal
for combat missions as bombardier
of B-24. His parents, Mr. and, Mrs.
Edward B. Eshleman, 2414 Hanlin
place NE, received the, award yes
terday from Col, John Nd. Hutc hiSon,
commanding officer of Boiling
Field, during formal presentation
at the airbase. ...
A native of Washington and a
graduate of Mckinley High School,
1t. Eshleman worked at the Lin
coin National Bank before entering
the Royal Canadian Air Force in
1912. A year ago he transferred to
the United States AAF. His plane
was shot down over enemy territory
last March.
Staff Sergt. Joseph Cheseldine,
infantryman, whose sister, Mrs.
Mary Gates, lives at 3OS Seventh
street S.W., has been awarded post
Evening star., 1945-02-01
February Graduation Rites
Are Started in Public Schools

The public schools today began
holding commencement ceremonies
Tor February graduates. Except for
shift OF several customary night
ceremonies to morning period to
save fuel, the graduations were
conducted in full peacetime tradi-
tion-processions, caps and gowns,
ribbons around the diplomas and
congratulations from a high Off
cial. -
More than half the commence
ments were held today. The rest
viii be held tomorrow. Jefferson
Junior High School, however,
awarded diplomas last night be-
cause the school was automatically
lighted and heated then for night
classes.
Graduated today were:
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Browne Junior Hiqh

A. Kiger Savoy, assistant super
intendent in charge of elementary
schools, divisions 10 to 13, presided
today as 73 midyear graduates re-
ceived diplomas at exercises at the
Browne Junior High School.
Graduates were:
A. Kiger Savoy, assistant super
intendent in charge of elementary
schools, divisions 10 to 13, presided
today as 73 midyear graduates re-
ceived diplomas at exercises at the
Browne Junior High School.
Evening star., 1945-02-01

don Junior High s.iserEt. Cheseldine.
School before he went to work in
the cafeteria at Woodrow Wilson
High School, his uncle, j. M. Craig,
Of the Seventh street address, said.
Overseas since February, 1912, the
23-year-old sergeant enlisted in the
Army in January, 1910. He was
wounded in North Africa in May,
1943, and spent six months In the
hospital.
Evening star., 1945-02-01

n u m o u SLY tne
Silver Star for
gallantry in ac-
ton in France
on June 6, 1914,
the War Depart
ment announced
today, He was
reported killed
in action on the
same day.
A ma tiv e of
w a S h i n 6 t on,
S e r g t. Chesel-
d n e attended
Holy Tri t y
School and Cor
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Langley Junior High

The SO midyear graduates Of
Langley Junior High School re-
ceived diplomas today from Jere j.
Crane, assistant superintendent in
charge of buildings, in commence
ment exercises in the school audi
torium.
Evening star., 1945-02-01
MocforIond Junior Hiqh

Mcfarland Junior High School
held commencement exercises today
for 100 midyear graduates. Lawson
j. Cantrel, assistant superintendent
in charge of Junior high schools,
presided.
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Secretary Stimson Cancels.
Weekly News Conference
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Of War Stimson has
cancelled his weekly news confer
erce scheduled for today.
a War Department spokesman
said the Secretary is out Of town,
but gave no further information.
Undersecretary Of War Robert p.
Patterson will hold a news confer
ence tomorrow and release the
tArmy's weekly casualty figures at
that time. q
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Hine Junior High

Seventy midyear students were
awarded diplomas in commencent
exercises at Hine Junior School to-
day. DR.. Carroll r. Reed, first as
sistant superintendent in charge Of
elementary schools, presided.
The graduates were.
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Stuart Junior Hiqh

Stuart Junior High School gradu-
ated 81 February students today
lin ceremonies in the school audi
toriurn. Adelbert w. Lee, member
of the Board of Education, presided
The graduates were, ,ro-,f ,.
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Graduates were
Randall Junior Hiqh

Mrs. Velma G. Williams, Board
of Education member, presented
diplomas to 81 midyear graduates at
commencement exercises in the
Randall Junior High School audi
torium today.
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Terrell Junior Hiqh

i Terrell Junior High School held
graduation ceremonies for II mid
year students today in the school
auditorium. DR.. Howard H. Long,
in charge of research, divisions 10 to
13, presided.
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Shaw Junior Hiqh

John H. Wilson, Board of Educa-
tion member, praised 68 graduates
Of Shaw Junior High School today
as they received diplomas in COM
mencement exercises in the school
auditorium
Evening star., 1945-02-01
The graduates were:

Armstrong. Mary r.
Cook, Diana ]
Day. johnnie B.
Gray, Thelma l..
Green. Mary M.
Mitchell, r. A. M.
Pope, Evora D.
Swinson. Bernice L.
Washington, Francis
Watson, Hannah E.
Burts, Henry L.. il
George, R. L., jr.
HarpS, John F.
Mills, James e.
Nash, John c.
Vaughn, Napoleon, j
Walton, Tracy M, j
Watson, Regnald L.
Brown, Anna D. M.
Brown, Elsie M. j.
Brown, JuAnita c.
Butler, Mary C..
Cummings. B. c.
Douglass, Patricia N
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Eliot Junior High

Eliot Junior High School gradu-
ated l04 nidyear students today at
commencement exercises in the
school auditorium.
The graduates were.
Evening star., 1945-02-01

Ellerbe, Fonnie ].
Hyter, Ella L.
Jackson. Elizabeth j
Matthews Willie M,
Pearson, Esther e.
Petty, Harriet
Potts, Catherine L.
Ragsdale, Dolores
Redfern. Gloris
Smith, Hurlene
Washington, D. M.
Washington. B. L.
Williams, Viola M. e
Wright, Pauline e.
Honesty, Doris L.
. Howerton, Mary r.
. Ray. Robert 8.
Cooper, La Raine q.
Duncan, z, !.
Garner, Ora M. @
Jackson, Phyllis 6. !.
johnson, Dorothy 3.
Lirgons. Henrietta J
Oliver, Matte n.
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Gornet-Potterson I. Hiqh

: DR.. Garnet c. Wilkinson, assist
ant superintendent in charge OF
divisions 10 to 13, awarded diplomas
today to 90 graduates of Garnet
Patterson Junior High School at
ceremonies In the school audito-
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Kramer Junior Hiqh

Kramer Junior High School grad
uated February class of 70 stu
dents at commencement exercises
today in the school auditorium.
Adelbert w. Heinmiller, school
budget officer, presided. @
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Jefferson Junior High

c. Melvin Sharpe, Board of Edu-
cation member, presented diplomas
to 80 graduates of Jefferson Junior
High School last night at midyear
commell- ement exercises in the
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Paul Junior Hioh

Paul Junior High School gradu-
ated l22 students in midyeare com
rnencement exercises today, an,a..
The graduates were:
Evening star., 1945-02-01
Woodrow Wilson Hiqh

Midyear graduates of Woodrow
Wilson High School received di-
plomas at exercises in the school
auditorium today from Dr.. James
A. Cannon, Board of Education
member.