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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-06-20
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-06-20

1000 European refugees are
due in United States next month.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Announce EngagementA

Mr.. and Mrs. Foy H. Wheeler,
Perry Point, Md, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Edith
Louise, to Earal l.. Heidick. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Heidick, OF
Elizabeth, N. j.
The wedding will take place In
Havre de Grace, Md, on June End at
four o'clock in the Methodist church.
Miss Wheeler has attended Perry
Vile High School and also the Mary
land H, spital of Nursing. At present
she is employed at the Aberdeen
Proving Ground.
Mr.. Heidick was recently released
from the Army Air Fofces with the
rank OF captain. Serving four years,
five months on active status, he was q
pilot AID Squadron Commander He
is a graduate of the University OF
Miami and representing Schering
Corporation of Bloomfield, N. j., as a
Professional Medical Representative
in. the state of Minnesota and adjoiil-
ing states. They will make their
home in st. Paul, Mimi.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Md. Wheat
Estimate AT
100000 Bu.

Maryland's prospective 1946 wheat
crop is estimated at 100000 bush
els, compared with 6,846,000 bushels
harvested in 1886 and the 1935-44
annual average of 7,592,000 bushels,
the Maryland Crop Reporting Ser
vice, College Park, has announced.
Winter wheat came through the
winter in good condition, the report
said, with the condition on April /
equal to that Of year aggo. A yield
of 20 bushels per acre is expected on
the 36S,000 acres seeded, compared
with 1913 bushel per acre yield in
1945, and the 10-year (1935-44)
yield OF 19 bushels per acre.
Stock of wheat on farms in this
State on April / were estimated at
37S,O00 bushels, compared with
712,009 bushels on the same date
last year, and the 1O-year avreag of
$4,000 bushels.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Bollinger-Wright

Miss Laura Virginia Bollinger,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George 7.
Bollinger of Landing Lane, Elkton,
and Arthur Barrett Wright, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph l.. Wright OF
Akin, were married in the Perry
Vile Presbyterian Church Thursday
evening, April 18th by Rev. Edward
M Mckee, in the presence of their
immediate families. Their attendants
were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Hen
derson of Perryville.
Mrs. Wright is graduate of Elk
ton High School and Beacon Busi-
ness College in Wilmington, and is
employed as an accountants clerk by
the Federal Public Housing Author
ity in Aberdeen. Mr. Wright is a
graduate of Tome School and serv-
ed in the U. s. Navy for three years,
10 months of which was overseas
duty, and is now employed in the
Radar division at the Aberdeen
Proving Grounds.
They will make their kome In
Aberdeen.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Federation Of
WOmen's Clubs

The forty-eighth semi-annual meet
ing of the Eastern Shore District,
Maryland Federation of Woman's
Clubs, was keld on Tuesday, April %
at Grace Methodist Church, Cam
bridge. Md, with the Cambridge
Woman Club as the hostess club.
Honor guest for IL sessions
was Governor Herbert r. O'Conor.
He spoke at the afternoon session on
the subject, "Maryland's Challenge
and Opportunity, particularly as ap-
piled to the youth conservation pro-
gram, which is an outstanding phase
of tkis years work of the Woman's 9
Clubs Of the State.
Assembled guests were welcomed
by Mrs. Russell p. Smith, president,
Cambridge club, and responding fer
those present was Mrs. Edgar +.
Bradley, past-president of the East
ern Shore District.
The presiding officer for the meet
ing was Mrs. Thomas w. Fleming, OF
St. Michaels, president, Eastern
Shore District. Other officers of the
District are: Mrs Cassel Hall, Cam
bridge, vice-president; Mrs. Roland
C. Plummer, st. Michaels, correspon-
ding secretary; Miss Christine Cam
eron, Port Deposit, treasurer.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

Progress Of Presbyterian mission
ary work In this country and abroad
were discussed at the annual meet
Ing of tile New Castle Presbyterial
held in the First Presbyterian Church
in Newark, Del, on Tuesday, April
%, when women delegates from 81
presbyterian missionary societies in
CHURCHES throughout this area assem-
bled for an all-day session beginning
at 1880 a. m.
Mrs. John Elder, for 90 years Pres
byterian missionary in Iran, and Rev.
Willis Z. Lamott, director of the De-
partment of Missionary Education,
Presbyterian Board of Christian Edu-
cation and for nearly 20 years mis-
sionary to Japan, were the principal
speakers in the morning and after
noon respectively.
Annual reports of the Foreign
Missions, National Missions and tie
Christian Education Boards were
Heard and the election and installa-
tion of the Presbyterial officers fea-
tured .he session, at whichI Mrs. Nor
his Pilchard, president of the Pres
byterial, presided, with Mrs. Claude
p. Hearn, president of the Newark
society. as general hostess. Luncheon
and dinner programs were included
in the meeting.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Local Poet In National
Radio Anthology

New York-Announceme was
made today of TIE publication of
Poems for Radio" national an
thology of verse, which includes the
work Of Helen Tyson Woods, Rising
Sun, Md.
This 736 page book, edited and
published by Poetry House, features
the verse of such distinguished
American poets as Genevieve Tag
gard, Alice Stone Blackwell, Mabel
Wing Castle, Mary Morris Duane,
Antoinette Scudder, Bayka Russell
and others.
''The growth of poetry on the air."
write the editors, ''has been a re-
markable and gratifying phenomenon
to behold. Approximately 200 sta
tions Eow feature poetry broad
cast. We Eave fashioned Poems for
Radio so that broadeasters every
where will find sufficient material
for their programs.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
SERVICES AT
METHODIST CHURCH

Rev. j. r. Bicking took as the text
of his Easter Sunday sermon, Nov
is the Christ risen from TIE dead and
become the first fruits of them that
slept Miss Isabelle Mccoy sang
"Open the Gates of the Temple" The
Junior Choir sang "Jesus the Risen
Living King" The little daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Townsend was
baptised and two young girls joined
church. The churck was beautifully
decorated with palms, Easter lilies
and branches of dogwood. AT the ev-
ening' service, the young folks gave a
fine candle light program around the
Illuminated Cross, of recitations and
pageant. A piano solo by Della Mae
Wilson opened the porgram, hymns
we're sung between the numbers. The
program was directed by Mrs. Alvin
Lucas and Mrs. Claude Buck. Pianist,
Mrs. j. II. Bicking; organist, Miss
Dorothy Keilholtz.
The Thursday evening Communion
Service was well attended, Rev. j. Il.
Bicking in charge. Friday afternoon
at 2 p. m. Rev. Harry Heermans
preached from the text, "He saved
others. Himself He cannot save"
Rev. Frank White led in prayer. The
churches in the neighborhood were
we'll represented at the service.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Married Fifty Years

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Montgomery
of Calvert, Md, celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary, Satur-
day, April 13, 1916, by holding a
family reunion atHthe~ nome of their
son ana daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Henry Montgomery of Syl-
mar, Md.
The couple have Ia children, 20
grandchildren and one great grand
child.
open House" was observed from
two to five o'clock, at whick time
relatives and friends called to extend
their congratulations.
A luncheon for members of the
family was served at 1 o'clock.
The beautiful Wedding Cake"
along with ice cream, nuts and mints
was served during the evening.
Music for the occasion was played
by Mrs. Robert II. Montgomery and
Miss Doris Montgomery.
Guests were present from Haver-
ford, Coatesville, Lancaster, Oxford,
Taylloria, Boothwyn, Pa; Sylmar,
Calvert, Rising Sun, Colora, Elkton,
and Rowlandsville, Md.
The great grandchild is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert e. Ryan, Jr.,
of Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
1871 Strikes
In Second
World War

The Labor Department reports
that lator's mo strike pledge" gen
orally was "well-kept" during the
second World War.
The department said that only 14,-
731 strikes occurred during the en-
tire war period and cost IL per cent
of the total available working time.
A report by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of wartime labor-manage-
ment disputes showed that work
stoppages were mostly small, spon-
taneous and unauthorized strikes
which were quickly terminated.
Six million, 744 thousand workers
were involved in the wartime strikes
costing 36,301,000 man-days OF idle
ness.
In contrast to the wartime record,
the department reported 4,75O stop
pages IN 1916 alone, with 3,467,0OO
workers involved and 3S,025,O0t
man days of idleness The latter
amounted to AT per cent of the
available working time last year In
American industry.
Up until VJ-Day most of the
strikes were small and quickly settl-
ed, the department said.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
DOCTOR LOSES LIFE
in PLANE CRASH

DR.. John Scott Miller, Jr., of
Chester. Pa, and member of the
Hahnemann Hospital staff, was killed
in a plane crash Wednesday after
noon of last week, but his Office as
sistant, Miss Emily Kline of Pros
pect Park, Pa, escaped injury.
The crash occurred on the farm
of Andy Bennett Wilkinson, south OF
Elkton, on the North East Road.
Dr.. Miller and Miss Kline were
returnins from Baltimore, and at
tempted to make forced landing
when MS plane struck an electric
line along the highway and crashed
into the barn on the place.
Dr.. Miller was rendered uncon-
scious and was hurried to Union Hos
pital, Flkton, where he died. He was
medica. examiner for the Civil Aero
nautics Authority. A former presi-
dent o. the Kiwanis Club in Chester
and commander of Civil Air Patrol
Squadron 311-2, covering the Della
ware County area throughout the
war. He had been an amateur pilot
for 10 years.
In 1886, he married Frances Mil
ward Oliver, daughter of F. M. Mil
ward-Oliver, of st. Davids, former
president of the Philadelphia Gas
Works Company. His wife and their
two children survive.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Hollingsworth- Willis

Miss Mildred G. Hollingsworth Of
Fairville, Pa, and Mr.. Milbourn L..
Willis of Chesapeake City, were mar
ried Sunday afternoon in the Lower
Brandywine Presbyterian Cuhrch, in
Wilmington, Del. The Rev. Charles
l.. Candee officiated.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father, Mr.. Ralph HOllingH
worth, who returned last week from
his home in st. Petersburg, Fla. She
wore blue suit with dark blue az
cessories and corsage of white or.
chids.
A reception followed at the Hol
Tea Room. Both the bride and groom
are associated with the U. s. Engj
neer Office, Chesapeake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis will be at
home after May l at Sunshine Cot
tage, Fairville, Pa.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Allen of
Middletown, Del, announce the mar
riage OF their daughter, Ruth c., to
ex-Sgt. Everett e. Beal, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank e. Beal of Elkton.
The ceremony took place at the
parsoagne of Rev. Thornton Lobb of
Chesapeake City, Md, on Thursday,
April Il. The bride wore blue suit
with wEite accessories and a corsage
of red rose buds. A private reception
was held at the home of the bride S
parents, III West Main Street, Mid
dletowD. Del.
The couple will spend their honey
moon ia Maine. Ex-Sgt. Beal who was
recently discharged, entered the SER
vice in September, 1912. He spent
one year and eight months in the
European theatre.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Inducted Into
u. S. Service

The following Cecil County boys
have been inducted into the Army:
Bryan Henry Conner, Rising Sun; Ell
mer Richardson Culley, North East;
Burton Dwight Craig, Cecilton;
James Elliott VanSant, Elkton;
James Elroy Copenhaver, Elkton;
Raymond Edward Parrett, Elkton;
Richard Charles Borden, Jr., North
East; Walter Carson Heath, Princip-
10 Furnace; Philip Otis Sapp, North
East; John Earl Browe, Ellis Dale
Hornberger. Perryville; Ellis Kirk
Sprout, Elkton, Arthur Richard Mel
ser, Principle Furnace; William
Theodore Huebener, Elmhurst, N.
Y; George Thomas Watson, Rising
Sun; Harry Holmes, North East.
Colored: Vernon Charles Brooks,
Elkton; Herman Leonard Brown,
North East; Leonard Rudolph Moore,
JrJ., Elkton; Herbert Isaiah Cain,
Port Deposit.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Perryville Burial
Association

The Perryville Burial Association
has elected the following directors
and officers to serve for the ensuing
year:
President, S. Raymond Harris;
yice-president, Thomas w. Reynolds;
secretary-treasurer, Ell m ore II
owens; Directors, Elmore s. Owens,
5. Raymond Harris, Thomas w. Rey-
nolds, Leslie B. Roberts, D. G. Sent
man, J. Ration Pounds, Wilton Z.
Owens, Willis B. Gorrell, George b.
Taylor, Lee H. Sentman, Henyr N.
Pounds, Alexander j. Sentman and
Ralph v. Russell.
The report of the Secretary-Trea-
surer showed deaths during the
past fiscal year and leaving $1141.O7
in the treasury to date with Ia applt-
cations on file for membership,
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Cecil County
HOmemaker
Club Projects
Meeting May l To Discuss
Food Preparation

The attendance of all members of
the Ceci. County Homemakers Clubs
is called to an important meeting
scheduled to be held Wednesday,
May 1 in the Community Hall at
Zion.
The meeting, which will begin at
10 A. M, will be highlighted by
demonstration by Miss Margaret Nc
Pheeters, Nutrition Specialist of the
Extension Service, University of
Maryland, and Miss Ruth Robinson,
Cecil County Home Demonstration
Agent.
AS various types of food prepara-
ton will be the main project of the
gathering, Homemakers will partici-
pate in the discussions of meal plan
ming and food trends, and give dem
onstrations in connection with the
planning and preparation of foods.
The complete program for the day
is as follows:
1890 A. M, Introduction; 1916,
Demonstration, Vegetable Ring"
Meat substitute); 1890 Cuctard,
(Floating Island-egg and meat
cookery or Fruit Bars; 10:45
Sauces for all occasions (creamed
eggs or fisk; 1900 Garnishes;
11:15 Finger Salads ;11:3O Simple
Sandwiches; 11:45 Vegetable Cook
cry; 1906 Flower Arrangements for
Buffet Table; 1915 Buffet Table
Setting and Serving; 1890 Eat;
1880 Meal Planning; 1:45 Making
Meals Interesting; 2:15 What Our
Returning Servicemen Want; 1880
Food Situation and Trends; and 2:45
Discussion 1916 Food Needs.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
War Plant To Be Sold

The entire plant of the National
Firework Company, located about a
half mile north of Elkton along the
Elkton-Cherry Hill Road, will be sold
at auction on the grounds, ON Thurs
day, May 2.
The property consists of three
tracts of industrial and farm land
with lao buildings.
The plant was established by the
late J. Ben Decker about 20 years
ago and later purchased by the Ma
tional Fireworks Company of Boston,
Mass. T'he latter concern operated it
to full capacity as munitions plant
during the recent World War, en-
ploying as high as $500 men and
women.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Attend Senior Day

Nelson Benjamin, Ruth Nesbitt
and Mary Edmundson, accompanied
by one of their faculty members,
Mrs. Mildred X. Balling, were among
the large group of senior students TO
attend the senior day at Towson
State Teacehrs College, Towson, Md.
A very enjoyable time was lad by all
present. Ruth plans to enter there in
September.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Elkton Woman's Club,

The Woman's Club of Elkton, at
its annual business meeting held
April l8, elected the following Off
GERS: President, Mrs. Fred e. Fish;
first v:ce-president. Mrs. Dewey Pat
terson; secon vdice-president, Mrs.
Thomas Garrett; recording secretary,
Mrs. Thomas McIntire; cefrespoAdH
ing secretary. Mrs. Joseph Lort; trea-
surer, Mrs. Sidney H. Dixon; direc-
tors for 2-year term. Mrs. J. Leslie
Piukerton, Mrs. J. L. Trone, Mrs.
william II. Lewis. and Mrs. Eugene
yANypteu. u,
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Candidates AT
Coming Prim-
ary Elections
Eighty Names Listed For
Places On Tickets

Delaney Scott, clerk to the board
of supervisors of elections for Cecil
County, reports that VIXEN the time
limit for candidates to file to partici-
pate in the Joint Democratic-R Republi-
can primary election in this county
on June "a next was reached, 80 per-
sons, Democrats and Republicans,
had filed their certificates Of candi-
dacy and are now eligible candidates.
Fourteen of the candidates are
seeking nomination for county com
missioners, three to be nominated by
each party; IA for House of Dele
gates. ;hree to be nominated by each
party and like number of members
of the State central committees. The
candidates who filed are:
For State Senator: Omar ID. Gro
Tiers, .jI., Guy johnson and e. e.
Squier, Democrats; ia mes w.
Hughes. Republican.
For House of Delegates: G. Gilbert
Campbell, George Benson, Arnold N.
Crawford, Joseph w. Clay, Clifton Fl,
Pinder, Joseph Bryson, Albert b.
Moseback, J. Clifford Scarborough,
Howard S. Vincent, j. Robert Lynch,
Henry l.. Schneider, Cosmos ID.
Alagia and Mrs. Josephine Mackie
Cocroran, all Democrats; e. Leland
OFT, Republican. Three to be nomina-
ted.
For County Commissioners: Rob
ert X. Fears, Sr., Victor G.. Willis,
Jr., Ira A. Moore, j. Reese Clark,
Lorenzo M. Alagia, Robert ID. Shell
don of First Commissioners~Di District,
David ), Randolph, Thomas N. Kay,
of Second Commissioners District;
Frank l.. Rowland, Charles G. Boyd,
Harvey E. SINNERS and Stuart Smith
of Third Commissioners District, ali
Democrats; William F. Hopkins,
First Commissioners District and
Cress A. Beamer of Second Commits
sioners District, Republicans.
For Register of Wills; A. Andrew
Seth, Democrat; Charles II. Reckefus
Republican.
For County Treasurer: Edwin S.
Dorcus and Gwyn ]. Goodman, both
Democrats.
For Assistant Treasurer: Harold
C. Beckwith and Walter II. Hender
son, both Democrats.
For Clerk of the Court: Clarence
C. Harris, William V. d. Lewis, Will
liam C. Cooling, Democrats; Ralpl
r.. Crothers, Republican.
For Sheriff: Robert A. Boyd, 10
seph 3. Biggs, Democrats; Kirk E.
Clifford, Elwood l.. Boyd and Nathan
Kaplan, Republicans.
For Judges of Orphans Court: N.
Munson Jackson, Calvin M. Blake,
Sylvester Preston, Charles X. Keith
ley and Horace B. Lilley, Democrats.
For County Surveyor: Elmer A.
Jones, Jr., Democrat; John B. De-
lancey, Republican.
For State Central Committees:
John R. Dickerson, James e. Lewis,
James F. Evans, Joseph E. McFad-
den, Reynolds Mackie, Christie w.
Hill, Catherine c. Reynolds, Alma ID.
Perkins, R. Jeanette Reed and
Kathryn Kirk, all Democrats, three
men and three women to be chosen;
Donald C. Cole, Charles A. Brown,
Jerome e. Brumfeld and ]. Nelson
Cameron, Republicans; four to be
chosen.
Delegates to State Conventions:
Fred H. Leffier, William Vaughan,
Polk Steele Howard and Carol K.
Elder, Democrats; Richard D. e. Rol-
Inns, Murray J. Ewing, and Edmund
w. Crothers, Republicans.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Ladies Of North
East Bible Glass

The Ladies' Bible Class of North
East Methodist Church at their
meeting Monday evening, April Is,
elected officers for the ensuing year.
Those chosen were: President, Mrs.
Beulah E. Gorrell; 1st vice-president,
Mrs. Flora England; End vice-presi-
dent, (to be elected next meeting
night; secretary, Mrs. Thelma M.
Rhudy. treasurer, Mrs. Edna Sim
pers; musician, Mrs. Maude Rose;
chairman of social committee, Miss
Emma Reeder; chairman of Sun
skine Committee, Mrs. r. ]. Peter
man.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26

Lois L. Harris, youngest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Harris of
Perryvllle, and Charles c. Boyd, son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Boyd
of Port Deposit. were married on
April A, at the Perryville Methodist
Church. by the Rev. Ralph Hopkins.
Their only attendants were Mr..
and MIS-. Edward Harris, niece and
nephew of the bride. After wedding
trip to Washington, d. c., and points
in the midwest, they will reside at
Carpenters Point.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
PTA Fav0rs Salary
Increase For Teachers

The Elkton Parent-Teachers' AS
sociation has elected Mrs. Richard
Fleischmann OF Elkton Heights, pres
ident for the ensuing year, to succeed
Msr. Carl Feucht Of near Elkton. The
Association went on record in favor
of the new scale for salaries for
teachers.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Burglars Cause Damage

During the week the Offices of the
Elkton Supply Company, in Elkton
and in North East, were entered by
thieves, who broke open TIE electric
cash registers but found no cash.
Considerable damage was done in
each Office by the thieves.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION

The wedding of Miss Helen Heck
art Frazer, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Stanley Frazer, of Beaufort
Farm" Earleville, Md, and Mr.. Will
liam Warner Jeanes, of Villanova,
SON of the late Mr.. and Mrs. JOSEPH
Y. Jeanes, will take place on Satu-r
day, April 27, at the home of the
brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward C. Dixon, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon B. Hattersley, of
Chicago and Barclay Reynolds spent
Easter Sunday with Miss Margaret II.
Haines and Edgar w. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil McMullen are
receiving congratulations on the
birth III a son, born April 10. The
young man has been named Gary
Lee.
Guests of Mrs. Terry and family
for the weekend were Mrs. Carrie
Morrison, Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Blankley, Lansdowne, Pa.
The w. s. c. S. will hold its April
meeting in the Methodist Church,
Friday evening, Circle No. 2 having
charge of TIE program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes Henry and SON
of Wilmington, DEL, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. William Henry and
Mrs. Ella Mask.
The Junior Choir ejoyed an Easter
Candy Hunt, Monday afternoon at
the Methodist Parsonage.
Miss Ann Robertson, Arlington, Va.
was the weekend guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. B. Robertson.
Mrs. William r. Pogue and child
rem, Wilmington, Del, were week.
! end guests Of relatives In town.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Minstrel Show
Nets Over $1,000

The Elkton Rotary and Kiwanis
clubs report that the recent Swanee
Minstrels, presented two nights in
the auditorium of the Elkton High
School. netted the sum of $1,062,
which will be used to equip the chill
dren's Fairgrounds at the Elkton
Elementary School.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Stolen Car Recovered

State Officer Kaplan of Elkton, last
week stopped two boys in a stolen
Wilmington car on Route 40 west of
Elkton. The boys, Ellsworth Perkins
and Robert McAllister, were on pa
role from the Pennsylvania State
Home tor Boys. They were turned
over to the Delaware authorities.
The midland journal., 1946-04-26
Appointed Private
investigators

Town Officer Charles E. Burkins
of Elkton, has resigned from the
local police force. He has been en-
gagged by a Wilmington firm as a pri-
vate inv estigator. Officer Burkins was
also Constable-at-Large for Cecil
County. Charles is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Burkins Of Rising SUN.