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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-27
" MRS. CHARLES G. DOAK

Though disappointed that it could
not play host to a full convention
Ct the North Carolina Federation
Of Women's Clubs this year, the
Raleigh Woman's Club has made
all preparation to take care of the
expanded board meeting to be held
in Raleigh at the Sir Walter hotel,
May % and 30.
The Raleigh club sent big in
vitation for the 1915 convention to
- he1d in Raleigh. They wanted
his a. a special compliment to one
Of their own past presidents who
is now president of the Fedora
ton, Mrs. j. Henry Highsmith.
Having secured acceptance Of the
invitation, throughout the club year
Mrs. R. M. Cornick, president. and
other officers and members of the
club had made plans for the lar
gest and best convention possible.
When the Office Of Defense Tran
sportation ruled that only so per-
sons could be called for conven-
ton, the local club, anxious to CO.
operate with the government, cur
tailed plans. However, everything
Is in readiness to assure a warm
welcome to the SO women who may
come to the board meeting. Mrs.
Cornick will serve as general
chairman, with Mrs. w. T. Martin
rs her assistant. Other chairmen
are:
Mrs. RI Mcmillan, distinguish
Cd guests; Mrs. W. H. Herring, in
formation; Mrs. Paul Reid, regist-
ration; Mrs. D. N. McMillin, music
Mrs. ]. S. Cox, flags; Mrs. ]. M.
Newsom, scrap books; Mrs. Frank
Smethurst, publicity; Mrs. w. c.
Presley, radio; and Mrs. R. r.
Cusick, dinners.
The pages will be Miss Louise
Highsmith, chief; Mrs. Kern Holo-
man, Misses Mary Bridges Cornick
and Josephine Cusic and
Arthur Morris, president of the
Raleigh Jinior Woman's Club.
DR.. A. J. Hobbs, pastor of Eden
ton Street Methodist church, will
offer the prayer at the first bust
ness session, Tuesday morning, in
the Virginia Dare Ball Room of the
Sir Walter Hoted. Among the MT
sicians to take part at intervals will
be Mrs. F. B. Wheeler, Mrs. Cor
nick, Louise Highsmith, and the St.
Cecilia Chorus.
The principal business of the two
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-27
Louise Bashford,
]. R. Robson Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Littleton
Bashford of Raleigh, announce the
engagement of their daughter.
Louise Littleton Bashford, OF Will
mington, to ]. Richard Dobson OF
Wilmington, son of the Tate j. R.
and Mrs. Cora Dobson OF Whining
ton.
Miss Bashford is a member OF
the faculty of New Hanover High
school, where she is a teacher OF
Bible.
The wedding is to take place on
June IA, at the Tabernacle Baptist
church IN Raleigh. -.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr.. and Mrs Carl F. Hudson
announce the birth of son, Terry
Stone Hudson, May 16, at Marion
Sprunt annex.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr.. and Mrs. Greer B. Craig,
Jr., announce the birth of a daugh-
ter, Linda Jean, May 9, at Marion
Sprunt annex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-27
Business-PrOfessiOnal
WOmen's Club To Meet

The regular meeting of the Bus
mess and Professional Women 5
club will be held Friday evening,
June 1, at 6 o'clock at the Friendly
dining room. Members will please
call Verna Sheppard at 77o8 for
dinner reservations.
Ruby Skies is in charge of the
program and has as her quest
speaker, Judge John J. Burney,
who will speak on Dumbarton Oaks.
The executive committee will
meet with Verna Sheppard on Mon
day evening at o'clock.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Pvt. and Mrs. John G.. Barn.
hardt announce the birth of son,
John G.. Barnhardt, Jr., on May
IS. Mrs Barnhardt is the for
mer Betty Fowler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-27
Ladies Auxiliary
Of Moose Observed
Fifth Anniversary

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the
Loyal Order of Moose celebrated
the fifth anniversary en- Tues
day. Special guests were the men
of the lodge.
During the Mine O'Clock Cere-
mony' Mrs. B. R. Drynan, snior
regent, presented to George Pot
ter, governor of the men's lodge,
a service flag bearing 80 blue
stars signifying the. number in the
service. Refreshments were serv-
ed and dancing was enjoyed to the
music of the SCOTS String orches-
ira.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-27

salary of teacher of Bible in the
public schools; has paid $475 for a
Horoscope for Use in the schools;
and directs and partially supports
the public library, the city turning
over to the club an appropriation
as its part.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-27
Rebekah State
Officers Named

The annual state meeting of Re-
bekah Assembly, IOOF of North
Carolina was held ir restricted
business session on May 20, at
Goldsboro, at which time the fol.
lowing officers were elected for
the new term:
President, Miss Elsie Burke, Will
minton; vice-president, Mrs. Lula
Brandon, Winston-Salem; warden,
Mrs. Mia Stanley, Goldsboro; Sec
rotary, Mrs. Ethel J. Clapp,
Greensboro; treasurer, Mrs. Hattie
R. Whitaker, of Hendersonville,
marshal, Mrs. Bertha Skipper, Will
mington; conductor, Mrs. Jose
phine Thomas, Raleigh; chaplain,
Mrs. Grace Remars, Burlington;
inside guardian, Mrs. Inez Ram
sey, Greensboro; outside guardian,
Mrs. Rosa L. Drinkwater.
The Divine services were con-
Quoted in st. Pauls Methodist
church. At the opening session,
Monday morning, the welcome ad-
dress was given by the presiding
officer of the home lodge, response
by the warden of the assembly,
Mrs. Lula Brandon, of Winston
Salem. An impressive memorial
was presented in the Neuse Hall,
and Wilmington had three men,
bers on the Memorial list: Mrs.
Mamie Swami, Mrs. Dora Branch
and Mrs. Sadie Walton. The State
of the Order Committee reported
the work throughout the state
growing both in members and
financially. The home was found
to be in satisfactory condition.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
Plot 10 Escape
Fooled

A possible escape attempt Of
two youths accused of S565
blackjack robbery was foiled to-
day when police discovered two
knives in their pockets after their
arraignment IN recorders court
The youths, Claude p. Bolen.
%, of 600 BTainard. and Ralph
GrpenieSs, II. of 16Ia La Belle,
Highland Park, charged with TAX
ing S565 from Luther Robertson
after threatening him with a
blackjack, refused TO reveal where
or how they secured the weapons.
They are being questioned by po-
lice.
Arraigned before Recorders s
Judge Groat, they stood mute
and were held in $4,000 bond each.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
France w ants
All Rhine

PARIS, Jan. 25 GNS)-Blunt
notice 10 Germany and the world
that after the war France will
stand astride the banks of the
Rhine from its source TO its
mouth was served today by Gen.
de Gaulle.
Talking 10 Alliad correspond
entS, the French le9der decIASed
that when hoStilitieS axe OYER the
French army will controfthe Stra-
tegic waterway from one end TO
the other for good and all.
He asserted that although his
nation has not been invited to
the forthcoming Big Three con-
ferenceS, the major powers can
not be in doubt as to our desire
to participate. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
Denies Harborinq
Fugitive Husband

Mrs. Elsie Steinberg, 30, for
merly of Detroit and now Of Mt.
Vernon, H., today had pleaded
not guilty before L S. Com
missioner J. Stanley Hurd on a
charge of harboring her husband,
Leon. a fugitive from Florida au-
thoritieS. Her bond was set at
$1,000. pending examinatio o n
Jan. 81.
Walter Berlow, 10, of 1926
Kentucky. an OPA investigator,
and his wife. Paula, are free on
bond after pleading not guilty TO
the same charge. Steinberg. still
at large. is wanted in the theft
Of an FBI automobile.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
E. |. Keenan, Named
State VINO Director

CLEVELAND. Jan. 25 INS)-
F.. l.. keenan,. Ohio director Of the
VINO, today was appointed re-
gional VINO director for Ohio,
Michigan and Kentucky
The appointment was made by
Robert G. Goodwin, who has been
promoted from regional director
10 executive director of the agency
with headquarters in Washington.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
j. 5. British Treaty
On Oil Revised

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 (INS)
Secretary of the Interior ICkes
announced that the proposed
Anglo American oil agreement.
recently withdrawn from the SEN
ate, has been revised along lines
suggested by American oil inter-
ests for eventual Senate recon-
SideratiOn.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
Urees Dutch Claim

LONDON. Jan. % (UP)-Lord
VanSittart, ardent proponent OF a
hard peace for Germany, today
proposed the separation Of East
Prussia from the Reich and the
transfer of considerable western
territory 70 Holland.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
Little Four Nov! Biz 4.

SAN SALVADOR, Jan. Is (INS)
- Carmun Duran, mother Of
born yesterday in
the interior village Of San Fran
cisco. today announced their
names werr Franklin, Winston.
Joseph and Charles.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
Teen Vote tip in S. G.

COLUMBIA. S. &. Jan. 25
(1NS)-A bill was before the
South Carolina Legislature today
which would place the state next
IN line with Georgia IN granting
the ballot 10 18-year-olds.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
OTHERS ON BROADCAST
HEAR PROGRAM DAILY

Listen 10 this outstanding pro-
gram and the others 10 follow,
each weekday al AIS p. m. on
Station WXYZ.
Then, Join Radio Station WXYZ
and The Detroit Times. sponsors
OF the fifth annual Mile o. Dimes
campaign. in helping the sufferers
OF Infanule paralysis.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
Leaders Aid
Polio Drive

The 1915 infsTtlc paralysis
drive gained new moucuum today
as prominent figures from the
sports world lent their support in
raising Of funds 10 care for De
tFoits polio victims
Scheduled TO appear ON The
Mile O. Dimes broadcast. orig.nat-
inc in Grand Circus Park and
aired over Station WY az AIS
p. m. today. are.
HARRY WISMER. sports direc-
tor ~ the Blue Network.
Ed GROVE. athletic director
of the Catholic Youth Organiza-
tion.
Al WATROCS. golf pro az the
Oakland Hills Country Club.
FRANK WALSH, another out
standing golfer
BEN BADGADE, local skating
commissioner.
KEN HALL. Detroit Times
Skates Derby editor.
OTHERS ON BROADCAST
Others on today's broadcast in
clude:
FRANK MARTEL. Wayne.
County Federation Of Labor presi-
dent.
SID TOMAC. comedian cur!
rently appearing at the Latin.
Quarter.
MRS. ANGUS NJ 20 NALD.-
president OF the Detroit Fedora
tlon OF Women'S Clubs.
HAROLD ZIMMERMAN of the
army ordnance Office.
WALTER HOGtE, former polio
victim.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-26
FDR Son Up
For General

WASHINGTON, Jan 25 tINS)
President Roosevelt today nomi-
mated his son. Col. Elliott Roose-
welt, 10 be a brigadier general in
the army air forces.
Elliott was one Of 7S cGonelS
recommended by the war depart
ment 10 be made brigadiers.
In addition. the President nomi-
mated three major generals 10 be
lieutenant generals and p briga-
der generals 10 be major gen.
erals.
At the same time, the Presi-
den. sent the Senate the name Of
Postmaster General Walker for
reappointment 10 that cabinet
post.
Under the law, the post Of post
master general is the only one
requiring specific resubmiSsion 10
t the Congress at the beginning OF
each new presidential term.
LIEUTENANT GENERALS
The major generals recon-
mended tor promotion 10 lieuten-
ant general are: Albert Coady
Wedemeyer. who replaced Gen.
| Stilwen as head of American
forces in China: William II o o d
Simpson. commanding the Ninth
Army in France, and Leonard
Townsend Gerow. now on duty
overseas.
The Presidents son, Elliott, IS
now on duty on the Western
Front. in command of the 325th
Photographic reconnaissance wing,
( European theater of operations. a
group of some 5000 officers and
/ men.
He recently was on brief leave
! in tins country. during which he
married the former Faye Emer-
son. Hollywood movie actress. and
visited the President and Mrs,
Roosevelt over Christmas.
Col. Roosevelt, who in private
life was in the radio business in
Texas, has made distinguished
record in the war since he was
first given a Captaincy in Sep
tember 1910.
OTHER SONS OFFICERS
President Roosevelt'S thre e
other sons are serving in the
armed forces also. The eldest,
James Roosevelt, is a colonel in
the l.. S. Marine Corps. Franklin
ID. roosevelt Jro who was
wounded in Italy. is a lieutenant
commander in the navy, and the
youngest. John. is a lieutenant IN
the navy.
Three Michigan officers were in
cluded in the promotion list. They
were Coils. Elinar B. GjelSteen OF
Wenominee and George A. Lincoln.
Harbor Beach, to be brlgadier gen.
erals and -Brig-Gen. Clarence II.
-Kciis of Port Huron to be major
general.
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sweater or headband-he wears the
other on his jacket. They're Hand or
T shirt. Holding but definitely!
Occupied Territory - They buy
those little heart pins with "tak-
en-" inscribed on them. (They're
the latest dime store delight.) He
wears one; she wears the other. No
need to ask, eli, Heart throb-
what's fiuttering?" You'll know!
Finger Prints-They're wearing
twin I'D. rings-those new minia-
ture versions of your precious Iden-
LITIGATION bracelets. Of course, his
initials are engraved on her ring
and vice versa.
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Fall Storms Uncover
Strange Wreckage Off
Coast of N. Carolina
British Frigates, Spanish
Calleons of 10th Century
Among Romantic Relics
By BILL SHARP

Once more September storms have
lifted the curtain on hundreds of
tragedies which were played out on
the lonely beaches of N. Cardinals
outer banks in the last three CEN
turies-but as usual, it is fleet
ing show. Sand swept away by tides
of the 1914 hurricane already is
drifting back with mild southwest
winds, and before long most of the
exposed wrecks will be hidden
again.
Some of the derelicts now on view
all the way from Nag's Head to
Ocracoke inlet are familiar, and
some are beyond the ken of the old
est coastguardsmen or their rec
ords - so violently did last years
hurricane erode the banks.
The Ghost Ship.
One of the most interesting is the
ghost ship, the Carroll A. Deering,
out of Bath, Me. She was found on
Diamond Shoals in 1921, undam-
aged, with sails set, with uneaten
food on the table and on the stove,
but with only a cat to greet the
coastguard crew.
The Deering had passed Diamond
lightship the day before, but that
was the last seen of any of her
crew, and the cat kept her own
counsel. Later she drifted onto Ocra-
coke island, sanded up and was lost
to sight and almost to memory un-
til the hurricane secured out her
hull.
Up near Mays Head was uncov-
cred again the tired ribs Of the
quaint warship believed by many to
be Crumpster of EliZabethan
days. She was first revealed by
storm in 1889, and her primitive con-
struction and fittings aroused much
local speculation. Within a few
days, the sand had claimed her until
last September. There is some justi-
fication for the romantic Identified
ton, for shipWrecks antedated col
onization of these shores. The chron-
iclers of Sir Walter Raleigh's Roam
oke island colony (1587) found the
aborigines using crude iron tools,
which were believed fashioned
from spikes taken from a ship
wreck. There is record of a Spanish
shipwreck at Hatteras in 1858 and
some of its crew were preserved by
the. Indians.
No 'Shipwreckers.'
While it is probably true that
for many years shipwrecks were the
principal importation" of the
banks, there appears no evidence to
support the charge that long ago
the bankers practiced shipwrecking
and looting. However, some homes
are partly fashioned from the timber
of old ships, and many house con-
tains articles salvaged from doomed
ships or bought at the "vendue."
In this connection is recalled the
most popular legend of the village of
Straits, in Carteret county, concern
ing a preacher for whom Starr
Methodist church there is named.
During the severe winter of 1918 -
so the story goes - the citizens of
Straits were starving, after a crop
killing drouth the previous summer.
Frozen sounds prevented fishing,
and the Napoleonic wars and a Brit
iSh blockade made commerce i'm
possible. Parson Starr thus resorted
to prayer: eff it is predestined there
be wreck on the Atlantic coast"
he pleaded, "please let it be Thy
will that it happen here!" In a few
days a fiourladen ship wrecked on
Core banks, and famine was pre-
vented.
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WIT PARADE

Here are some new expressive ex-
pressions that are being banded
around the corner soda fountain.
They're much easier to memorize
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Lobster Ousting
Potato as Names
Greatest Pride
Popularity of Epicurean
Seafood Gaining Apace
During Meat Rationing

When you think of Maine, you
think of potatoes or politics
toes because the Maine spud is
known throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and politics be-
cause the political prognosticators
have an axiom that as Maine goes
in politics, so goes the nation. Dur
ing recent years, however, particu-
larry since meat rationing, the pota-
to is being seriously challenged in
the Pine Tree state as its most
prideful product. The challenger is
the lobster.
Epicures have long been aware of
the excellence of Maine Holsters. It
is only now that hoi polloi is becom-
ing aware that this crustacean
has no peer as a sea food. Seven
and half million pounds of lobster
are taken in Maine every year. This
is lot of lobster, and such de-
pletion in the lobster population
might have disastrous results were
it not for the loving care with which
the state authorities handle the stu
alton. They have set up a state
hatchery in which baby Holsters are
cared for through the critical
part of their lives, which means the
first four or five weeks.
Every female lobster produces up
to $4,000 eggs in a year. But the
great majority of those would per-
ish were it not for the state nur-
Sery. The eggs are collected and in
cubated in tanks of sea water. The
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Ramie, New Fiber Grown
In Florida, Now Woven
Into Amazing Fabric

Out of the steaming Everglades of
Florida comes an amazingly versa
tile new fabric - ramie, destined to
open a new world to American con-
sumers. It means iron-strong shirts,
shorts and Stacks; socks that won't
rub holes; non-shrinking; non-fading
dresses with higher sheen than
silk; life-wearing fish nets; paper so
strong you can't rip it; freedom from
shrinkage and resistance to mildew
and rot.
Ramie is seven times stronger
than wool and eight times stronger
than cotton or silk. Its tensile
strength is equal to that of mild
steel. A fiber no thicker than an Or
binary pin cannot be broken by
hand when ripped from the natural
stalk. Commissioner of agriculture
for the Everglades, Nathan Mayo,
says: at sounds almost too good to
be true. I am always expecting the
catch to develop, but so far it
hasn't"
Rich, Moist Soil Needed.
The sudden appearance of ramie
on the American scene is due to
two long-awaited Developments
the location of ground rich enough
and wet enough to support its
growth, and more important the in
vention of a satisfactory decorticat-
ing machine, as important to the
widespread use of ramie as the cot
ton gin was to cotton. A decorti-
Gator is more simple than its
name would indicate - just table
on which to lay the ramie stalks
and two rapidly revolving drums be-
tween which the stalks themselves
are revolved to strip off long
strands of fiber, according to Coro-
net magazine.
Aside from clothing, the uses for
ramie have long been recognized by
textile experts everywhere. Braided
fbers are wrapped around propeller
shafts and other ship machinery to
seal out water. For Irvine and rope
it is without peer. Heavy textiles
such as upholstery, draperieS, and
seat covers-are virtually perma-
nent when made of ramie. And it is
the best known material for towels
and bandages because of its absorb
ing properties and the fact that it is
lintleSS.
Three Crops Year.
Ramie grows the year around. 1t
takes three years for the first
harvestable crop, but after that the
only cultivation problem is to cut
the stalks about three times a year.
About every dozen years, the fields
have to be replanted. Growing, it
looks like diversified cotton.
The first ramie products have been
manufactured and are now on the
experimental market. An official of
one company cautions, "Please
don't make too many claims about
this stuff. Already we are swamped
by department stores in every large
city asking us for exclusive dis
plays" He fears that the product
may suffer from over-advertising be-
fore it can be produced in quantity.
The garments are no more eXpen-
sive than a good grade of cotton or
silk. A mans shirt made of ramie
will cost about $500 and will wear
three times as long as any ordinary
shirt. A woman's dress will cost
about $40 and Stacks around $40. But
aside from the consumer benefits,
one of ramie's greatest contribu-
tions to the nation undoubtedly
is the part it has played in helping
to conquer the Florida Everglades.
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Old Hay Ride Not at
All What 1t Used to Be

WHITE HALL, ILL.-Even the
old-fashioned hay ride party has
gone modern-of necessity.
After the mems class of the First
Baptist church Sunday school had
planned hay ride for their wives,
they discovered there weren't
enough horses available in the COM
munity to pull the wagons. So they
hitched them up to tractors-and
went bouncing along faster than Dob
bin ever dreamed of.
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"GAY CADETS"
Associated MISREPRESENTATION Eeat,rea
By NANCY PEPPER
ated Newspapers-wNU Features.

than irregular French verbs-but
they probably won't do you as much
good!
They're a Victory Garden ro-
nance. She's a Sad Tomato and
he's a Dead Beet.
No conceit in your family. You've
got it all!
Make like Hoop and Roll Along.
Bring in the Lima Beans, we have
enough Corn for Succotash.
Bring me a rain barrel; there's
a Drip in the house.
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WIT PARADE

WIT PARADE
Johnny asked-Mary refused.
Johnny begged-Mary blushed.
Johnny argued-Mary hesitated.
Johnny insisted-Mary resisted.
Johnny tried-Mary surrendered.
Now Johnny carries Mary's books
home from school!
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Chances of Marriage

A recent survey reveals that, at
80 years of age, the chances of
eventual marriage for a spinster
are 48 in 100 and those for a
bachelor are 81 in 100; while the
chances of remarriage, at this
age, for a widow are 60 and for
a widower 90 in 100, and for di-
vorcee "a and a divorced man 90
in 100.
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youngsters, when they arrive, are
fed ground liver (beeD every two
hours around the clock. Since the
meat shortage, some mussel meat,
finely ground, has been used to
augment the liver. When able to
fend for themselves, the young lob
sters are put into the sea and left to
mature. HOLSTERS caught for COM
mercial consumption are four to
five years old. There are certain
size requirements, too.
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SEWINC CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT
Jiffy Crochet for Lamp Shades

Solve your lamp shade problems with
a simple crocheted cover for your shade.
Pattern 1874 contains crochet directions for
lamp shades.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current conditions. slightly more time II
required in filling orders for few of the
most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
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s h ow t h e y r e
Swim ging on a
Star. If he's a
good mixer he
usually has more
than one barrette
on his belt.
Hand Shakes
They buy little
pins in the shape
of h lands. She
wears one on her
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TRINKETS FOR TWO

Are they cO-starring? You can tell
by the jewelry they're wearing,
once you're on to the latest STEADY"
stuff.
Barrette Business-He clasps her
barrette over his belt these DAYS to
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Makes a Profit by
Closing Food Store

FREEPORT, ILL.-When Leo
Pagan closed his food store for
the VI holidays he knew people
would want bread, SO he placed
several baskets outside with a
sign telling patrons to serve
themselves. They did, and left
S33. 20, or 20 cents more than the
bread would have brought if sold
over the counter.