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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09
MRS, URA TODD sTOKLEY

Funeral services for Mrs. IRA
Todd Stokley, SO, who died at
James Walker Memorial Hospital
at 1875 p. m. Saturday after a
long illness, were held yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Sixth Street Christian church
with the Rev. C. W. Saunders Of
fiating. Interment followed in the
Johnson semetery at Myrtle
Grove Sound.
Active pa1lb carers were
G.. w. Mills, John Hall, Robert
Mills, Noah Jones, Mike Jacobs,
Jr., and Vera Fay.
Honorary pallbearers were
Emmitt Owens, R. S. Thorpe,
Ezekial Stokley, Newton Stokley
George Crandall, Randolph Grant
R. M. Kermon, Robert Hollis, r.
|C. Williams, and DR.. R. B. Rod
man.
Mrs. Stokley is survived by her
husband, Alonzo B. Stokley Of
this city; four sons, James w.
Elijah of Alabama, Walter, and
A. B. Stokley, both of this city;
six daughters, Mrs. Ethel Sand
lin, Mrs. Pearl Brown, Mrs. Thel-
ma Morgan, and Mrs. Alice Rey.
nolds, Mrs. Maggie Pittman, and
Mrs. Raw Checski of Chester, Pa.
one brother, w. M. Todd; five
sisters; Mrs. Alice Holt, Mrs
John Taylor, Mrs. Katie Costin
Mrs. Lucy Rhodes, and Mrs. R.
M. Kermon of Ha%bor Island; 81
grandchildren, and four great
grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09
JAMES d. SPRUNT

Funeral services for Mr..
James Dalziel Sprunt, 81, secre-
terry of Alexander Sprunt and
Sons, Inc, 1917 Market ST., Will
mington, who died Saturday aft
ernoon at 2 p. m. at Duke hospi-
tai in Durham were con-
Quoted from the First Presbyte-
rion church Monday morning at
II o'clock with DR.. William
Grove officiating. Interment
followed in Oakdale cemetary.
He is survived by his widow
four brothers, DR.. w. H.
Sprunt of Winston-Salem, DR..
Douglas Sprunt of Memphis
Tenn, W. P. Sprunt and Alex
Sprunt, both of Wilmington.
He was born in Wilmington,
April 10, 1896 and was the son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. W. H..
Sprunt.
Active pallbearers were David
Hutchinson, Robert Bellamy,
Ben M. Washburn, Thomas H.
Hall, Kenneth Sprunt and G. E..
Kidder.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09
OBITUARIES

! been a representative in Will
mington for the Great Northern
Life Insurance company.
He was a member of the Will
mington Elks and a veteran of
the Spanish American war.
Mr.. Thurman is survived by
his daughter, Mrs. H. D. Sanford
OF Raleigh; three sisters, Mrs. H.
L. Gregory of Lake Worth, Fla.
Mrs. Mary Harrison of Atlanta,
Ca; and Miss Ida Thurman of
Washington, D. c.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Andrews
Mortuary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09
ARTHUR JOHN CHAPMAN

mington and Fort Lauderdale,
Fla, died Saturday at noon in
Broward General Hospital, in
Fort Lauderdale, after a long
illness. He was 80 years old
Dec. 3.
He is survived by his wife
Mrs. Kate Roach Chapman and
seven stepchildren, R. J. Roach
Of Washington D. c., Miss Eliza
beth Roach of Raleigh, Mrs. D.
A. Meier, Mrs. H. N. Lucas &
David c. Roach of Wilmington
and Mrs. Glenn West and Mrs
Paul Monsolvatge, Jr., of Key
West.
Graveside services will be
held Wednesday morning at II
o'clock in Bellview Cemetry
with Rev. Harvey Glazier, rec
tor of Church of Good Shepherd,
officiating.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09

Great Salt Lake, Utah, con-
tains 5,OOO,0O0,0O0 tons of salt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09
MRS, STELLA TURNBULL

GREENVILLE, S. c., Dec. 8.
- Mrs. Stella Bourn Turnbull
of Monroe, N. c., died at a
Greenville hospital at 2:25 Mon
day afternoon, from injuries sus-
tanned in a fall at the home o1
her son, Charles E. Turnbull
whom she was visiting here. She
was a native of Templeton, Mass.
but for many years had lived a
Monroe. She was rs years of age
In addition to her son here, she
is survived by two daughters
Mrs. R. L. Stapleton, of Birming
ham, Alabama, and Mrs. C. L
King, of Hackensack, N. j.
One brother, Shep Bourn, O
Dodge, Mass, and one sister
Mrs. Lena B. Friday, of Green
wood, S. c., also survive, as d.
seven grandchildren and 2 grea
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be hele
at Monroe, at the First Presby
terian church, on Wednesday at
ternoon and interment will b.
made in the Monroe cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09
RODNEY V. YATES

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 8. -
Graveside services were held Sat-
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Goodwin cemetery, Maysville, for
Rodney Vaughn va. ), 2-months-
old child of Mr.. and Mrs. James
F. Yates of Maysville who died
Saturday morning at 1:30 a. m.
after a short illness.
Services were said by the Rev.
j. D. Stott, Methodist minister of
Maysville. Besides the parents
he is survived by three brothers,
James, William Glenn and Bobby
Rudolph all Of the home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09
]. E. BRIGHT

WHITEVILLE, Dec. 8. j. E.
Bright, 66, Whiteville township
farmer, died this morning at 6::45
o'clock at his home on the
Clarkton road north of the city
after a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the home Tuesday
morning at II o'clock by the Rev.
A. D. Frazier, and Rev. S. l..
Lamb. Interment will follow in
Western Prong cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Kate Hooks Bright, one daught-
er, Mrs. E. D. Register of White
vile, five sons, R. H. Bright of
Warrenton, Ralph, Sheldon, H.
B. and Dewey Bright, all of
Whiteville, and seven grandchil-
dren.
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Joe Jones, Billy Loper ard Law
renee Powell.
Recitation of the rosary will
be said Tuesday night at 8 p. m.
at the residence by Monsignor c.
E. Murphy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09

Holland has a shortage of
wood for use in making shoes,
and is importing poplar logs
from the United States for this
purpose.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09

Bryant, Willis E. Evans, Ellis
Little, and Ebert V. Crews.
U. S. army and air force rep
resentatives may be contacted in
room 205 of the post office build
| ing and in the post offices of the
following towns each week:
Whiteville, Monday and Tuesday !;
Burgaw, Thursdays; Jackson
vile, Thursday and Friday.
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rawFS WHITE THURMAN

lanes White Thurman died
cahrday afternoon at Bulluck's
5osn,tal liter long illnec-. He
i've lived =. All North Second street.
For the past Is years he has
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-09

MRS. ANNIE NJ. CARTER
Funeral services for Mrs. An
ME Maultsby Carter, widow OF
Luther W. Carter, who died at
her residence, 1902 Princess
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
Along The Cape Fear

mass of ice clear across and as
far down as Fort Fisher.
The ice was said to measure
at least two or three inches
thick and although none dared
skate across, many said it could
be done.
81. D. MacRae came across
from his plantation beyond
Brunswick river and he said it
was the worst thing in his rec
objection of bad. weather. Mr..
MacRae, having resided there
for Is years, must have known
a little about the weather, to say
the least.
The ponds and lakes in and
around the city froze solid and
the skaters carnival continued
,, at its height. Even with warm
weather it was said the ice
would afford skating for a week
to come.
''Not only pleasure came from
this freeze but it was used to
other advantages. The harbor
was so full of drifting ice a day
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
TANKER COLLISION
TAKES LIFE TOLL
Three Known Dead, IL
Missing; Celanese Plant
Blast Injuries Many

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dec.
IS U.H Three persons wer e
known dead and 11-includlng
two women and two children
were missing today after two
tankers collided in pred a W n
darkness and burst into flames
off this West Indies island.
The Venezuelan tanker TucupI-
ia and the Argentine vessel Los
Pozos collided about 4:15 a. m.
The Tucupita's cargo of highly
volatile Naphtha gasoline explod-
ed into intense flame, ignlting
both vessels and making rescue
work impossible for hours.
Port authorities said that three
bodies had been recovered, and
that various injured persons
had been rescued. The captain of
the Argentine ship, with his wife
and two children, and the chief
engineers wife were among the
missing.
The number of injured was not
Immediately determined.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the
See TANKER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
WI WORKERS SET
DATE FOR STRIKE
Union Leaders Announce 6
A. NJ, December e For
"Walkout"

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-R-
AFL unions in the Western
Union Telegraph System today
set s am. (EST), Tuesday, Dec.
%, as the hour for beginning a
a nationwide strike If one is
called.
The hour would be 3 am. on
the West coast, 4 am. Mountain
time and S am, Central STAN
dard Time, it was explained by
Adolph Brunes, president Of the
Western Union division of the
commercial Telegraphers Un
ion, at a news conference.
Brunes said that nationwide
strike vote, although not yet
complete, was showing the So
600 union members to be 90
per cent in favor Of the strike.
Despite the vote the union
said its representatives would
attend a conference in Philadel-
phia tomorrow called by Reg
ional Concilitation Director H.
Ross Callwel in hope of settling
the wage dispute. But Brunes
said. we are not hopeful that
ANYTHING will come OF it."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
And So To Bed

A Winter Park resident last
night wondered out loud to
the Star what the price Of
buckshot was on the ammuni-
ton market.
Questioned further, she said
they were approximately s.
cent a pound on the meat
market.
Further questioning reveal
ed that she had bought q
ham during the weekend.
The price was So cents q
pound.
When she cut the ham. she
said, she found something less
than two pounds Of buckshot
in the hindquarter of the
procine. She allowed the price
was rather high, she thought,
for shot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
Immediate Curb On Meats.
Bu t t e r, Eggs, Grain
Urged OF Congress

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-U.D-
The administration asked Con-
gress today for authority to
clamp immediate controls on
the wholesale prices of meat,
butter, eggs, grain, farm
machinery, lumber, and other
high priced commodities.
Wherever prices are reg
ulated, wages would be, too.
Retail prices of scarce mater
ials would be brought under con-
troll under the proposed pro-
gram only if the wholesale reg
ulations failed to reduce living
costs.
The plan was sent to
the House Banking Committee
; by Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary
of Commerce W. Averell Harri-
man, Secretary of the Interior
Julius A. Krug, and Secretary
of Labor Lewis B. Schwellen-
bach.
At the same time, the
joint Congressional Economic
committee gave lukewarm sup
port to a half dozen of the 10
points in President Truman's
original anti-inflation program
but gnored his requests for en-
emergency price control and ra-
tioning powers at consumer
levels.
In Agreement
The committee reported that
it was in general agreement
with the need for installment
buying curbs, export and trans
portation controls, regulation of
commodity exchange trading,
and encouragement of foreign
food production.
Sen. Homer E. Capehart, r.,
Ind, came up, meantime, with
a "price moratorium" plan I'M
der which all prices of COM
modities would be frozen at last
Saturdays levels. He said that
this would stop a further rise in
living costs while Congress ham,
mered out a long-range anti-in-
flation program.
Under the administration s
wholesale price-fixing plan,
which will not be taken up in
Congress until January, if then,
the President would be permit
ted to exercise controls until
March 81, 1850. But Congress
See Administration on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
Father A. E. Roche Directs
Collection; L Large st
Donation In South

A full carload o f 40, 900 pounds
of canned foods rolled out OF
Wilmington last night en- route
to New York on the first leg OF
its journey to Europe to helr
bring Christmas cheer to the
needy victims of the recent war.
Collected in the diocese OF
Wilmington under the direction
of Father A. E. Roche of St.
Mary's church, the l o al dona
ton of foodstuffs i s the largest
in the state and probably in the
south for the Catholic church:
nationwide Thanksgiving fooc
collection for European war re-
lief at Christmas.
The campaign was conducted
during the Thanksgiving week
November 1880, throughout the
United States by Catholic
churches. In Wilmington til
canned foods were paid fol
through collections taken at st
Mary's church and through d o
nations b y Wilmington citizens
Mixed Food Cargo
The shipment from here con
tains all types of canned vege
tables and fruits as well a
meats and seafoods.
"The Thanksgiving Food col
lection is a campaign conducted
among the Catholics of the Unit
ed States by War Relief Ser
vice-NCWC at the direction o.
the archbishops and bishops o:
the American hierarchy" Fa
ther Roche explained.
"It's purpose is to collect food
primarily nourishing foodstuffs
for children, for the millions o1
starving, homeless peoples o;
war-torn areas in Europe ano
Asia. In the devastated lands o1
Europe most of these people are
Catholics" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
ANDERSON DENIES
OFFICIAL NAMES
Agriculture Secretary Re.
fuses To Divulge Alleged
ecula tor.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-WD-
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
P. Anderson has refused to give
Congress a list of all persons,
including government officials,
who allegedly have speculated
in the commodity markets, il
was disclosed tonight.
Anderson and Chairman
Styles Bridges, R., NH, of the
Senate Appropriations COM
mittee, met behinw closed doors
at the capitol for more than an
hour for what Bridges had de-
scribed as a Showdown 'on the
committee request for names
of all persons holding more than
200, 900 bushels of grain futures.
Neither would comment when
the meeting broke DIP, but
Bridges limited that he might
have something to say within "a
hours. He had told reporters,
without elaboration, before the
session that the committees in
quiry might involve "a former
cabinet member now urging
lower prices.
Informed quarters reported
that Anderson refused the COM
mittee demand, contending that
the administration interprets
See ANDERSON on Page Two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
Republicans
"Trounced"
nemocratic Wall Prevents
House Passage Of Anti
Initiation Bill

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-lR'
pepublican drive to jam
through at a voluntary agree
uaants" W. system of fighting in
s,.+ion fell So votes short of its
nark l in the House today and
nrospects were that any cost of
living program must wait over
until January.
Rem. Halleck of Indiana, the
penllblican floor leader, said
sp sftpr his party's defeat that it
ro,ld a- be impossible" now to
sct any anti-inflation program
sefore tie end of the special
sessjon. scheduled for Friday
Actually, the Republicans
rol1ed up a majority for their
.rooram 5O2 10 1888. But t" J.
birds majority was needed un-
Ser M the procedure followed,
which barred all amendments
sror the floor to the me- asure.
by Rep. Wolcott (R-Mich).
Democrats, who seethed over
.be no-amenCment rule and a
.0.ninute limitation on debate.
,tood solid anG not one of them
note for the bill. Twenty SIX
republicans came over to side
with them in opposition.
The no-amendment rule bar
red the Democrats from getting
vote on any of President Tru-
mans authorization proposals,
.uch as the authority he aske d
10 impose price, wage and ra-
tioning controls on selected
areas of the economy.
Bill Provisions
The Wolcott bill provided,
among other things for agree
ments among industries to take
,eps-short of price fixing
TO hold down prices for the
public good.
Democrats and Republicans
both sought to pin the blame
for no price-curbing legislation
on the other side.
In sticking to the COP. "this
or nothing now" stand, Rep.
Halleck said that if Congress
had opened the measure up to
debate the Presidents propo-
.als, no action at all could have
been had at the special session.
Rep. Rayburn (D-Tex), the
Zee REPUBLICANS On Page z
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Congress Sends $597 900, 600 Aid
Bill To President For Signature;
Piedmont Promises Early Service
Emergency Relief
For Four Nations
Truman Plans Message Be.
fore Friday On Marshall
Plan Funds

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-R-
Congress approved a $597, 1000, 900
Christmas present for France,
Austria, Italy and China today
and sent it to President Truman
for wrapping.
The compromise emergency
relief bill, designed to help the
foreign countries through the
winter and resist Communism,
was passed in the Senate by .
voice vote and adopted by the
House two hours later by a roll
call vote of 313 to 81.
Mr.. Truman was expected to
sign the measure, officially
known as the Foreign Relief Act
of 1947, tonight or tomorrow.
His signature will permit the
first $150,000,O00 authorized by
the act to begin flowing immedi-
ately.
Final Congressional action
came exactly four weeks after
the beginning of a special ses-
sion called by the President to
enact the stopgap relief legisla-
ton.
The Senate vote came after
Mr.. Truman told Republican
and Democratic leaders of both
Houses at a brief White House
conference that he will send Com
gress his proposals for a long
term European recovery plan
before Congress adjourns FRI
day.
This will give the legislators
time to study the program, now
reliably reported to envision
$16, 500, 100000 in us. expendi-
lures over a four year period,
during the recess ending with
start of the next regular session
January 6.
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich)
presiding officer of the Senate,
told reporters the President did
not disclose any details of the
long-range program, often call,
See RELIEF on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
The Weather

NORTH Clearing and
,.s sasr windy Tuesday. Not much
.sapefature change except cooler on
we, ..ss! In afternoon. Showers in North
49, s porrlon early Tuesday morning. Fair
a.. % colder Tuesday night. Wednesday
''t! land and rather cold.
r,sH souIH CAROLINA - Clearing and
tsnier tsr.s windy Tuesday. Not much
coalp cra,pefature change except cooler on
T'a N afternoon. Fair and colder
ntssy tsuay night Wednesday fair and
genealogical data for the "A hours
'''s HS0 p. m. yesterday.
80, Temperatures
"so a. m. 81; 7:30 a. m. 10; 1880
MI ~. %; 7:30 p. m. ST..
sorna1F sManlFnum 50; Minimum 3S; Mean So;
D. ',sV >, a; m. IS; 7:3o a. m. IS. 80
ILL., "; 7:30 p. m. 95
r., Precipitation
b. wal Tor the "a hours ending 1890
m NJ 80 inches
10 otO'al in., since the first Of the month
IT,. Tides For Today
UNssom the Tide Tables published by
Eoast and Geodetic Survey.)
Huntington IL 100 a. m. 7:o4 a. m.
A.srh, 1928 p. m. 7:47 p. m
la,,na assnfise 7:11: Sunset sos: Moonrise
-, Sloonset 8:43 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
CHINESE PIRATES
LOOT DUTCH ship
Freebooters Get S500,O00
Worth OF Merchandise,
Passenger Cash

HONG KONG, Dec. Is
China Sea pirates with a yen fol
occidental hats swarmed over
the Dutch passenger ship VAN
Heutz, kidnapped six passengers
and escaped today in COM
mandeered junks. A ships Of
fcer valued the pirates loot al
a half-million U. S. dollars.
Presumably the buccaneers
will hold the six passengers for
ransom. Identities of the cap
tlveS were not known.
Capt. Klass V. Wick cnd Of
ticerS of the ASHTON vessel
were held as hostages for a time
and were forced to leave the
ship in motorboat and a row.
boat. Later they were released
and allowed to row back te
The Van Heutz.
A. H. Elston, director Of cri-
mlnal investigation, said the
band Of about Is pirates con-
sEolled the vessel for Is hours
Alter gaining command of the
radio room the freebooters ga
!nered money, Jewelry ano
zee PIRATES on Page Two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
SCHOOLS RECEIVE
FOUNDATION Cash
Woman's S College, State Gel
$65,000 Gift From
Burlington Mills

RALEIGH, Dec 15-R-Glft
of $50,000 to the home economies
foundation of the Woman's col
lege at G eensboro and $15,O00 to
the engineering foundation of N.
C. State college by the Burllng-
ton foundation was announced TO-
day by Governor Cherry.
The Burlington foundation is a
charitable trust created by the
Burlington Mills of Greensboro,
and Governor Cherry said that
t. gifts announced today bring
to more than $250,00' gifts of the
foundation or of the mills to the
states consolidated university.
Previously, the governor said,
they had donated 100000 to the
business foundat' of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, and 100000 to the
textile foundation at State col
lege.
Spencer Love, J. c. Cowan,
See SCHOOLS On Pare Two
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HUNGER STALKING
PALESTINE AREAS
Food Shortages Becoming
Acute In Some Cities;
Day Quiet

JERUSALEM, Dec. Is. - P)
Six Arabs and two Jews
died from gun and bomb attacks
as Palestine tonight faced the
specter of hunger.
Zionist leaders charged the
Palestine government with con-
Quoting a "systematic campaign
to disarm'' Jews and demanded
the withdrawal of Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion troops from the
Holy Land.
Arab leaders were described
as building up their volunteer
forces along Palestine's borders.
Private sources said Arab
women and children from 1000
families were being evacuated
from Jerusalem to the christian
villages of Bethlehem and Belt
Jala. The men remained behind.
Larger cities in the strife-rid-
den Holy Land experienced
See HUNGER on Pare Two
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COLD WAVE REMEMBER
ED - Sometime ago Along The
Cape Fear got into the subject
of cold weather hereabouts, and
went on to say something of
rivers freezing over, as theCol-
umn is in a habit of doing ever
so often.
That column reminded one OF
our r eaders at Winnabow Of the
time when Rice's creek f roze
over. In fact that particular col
umn was about that same in
cident.
Miss Katherine MacRae John
son writes that she wrote her
sister, who lives in Richmond,
Va, to inquire if he had any
pictures of ftus'' standing on the
ice on Rice's creek in 1893.
Miss johnson said that her sis
ter didn't have the pictures, but
she sent a newspaper clipping
detailing the event
FREEZE OF 1893 - The story
says that zone of the worst
freezes in years was expert
enced at this time. The Ca p e
Fear river froze up and was a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-16
BABY GIRL DIES
AFTER ACCIDENT
Wanda Louise Powell, 3,
Hit By Highway Truck
On North Third Street

Three-year old Wanda Louise
Powell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. c. Powell, 703 North
Third street, died while being
carried to the hospital at shortly
before 6 o'clock last night Of
injuries received when she was
struck in front OF her home by
a two-ton State highway truck,
police reported.
James H. Bats, 30, of 12l
Morgan street, Maffitt Village,
told the investigating officers
that he was driving the truck
south on Third street when the
child ran out from between
some hedges and into the trucks
path. He was too close to the
child to stop in time to avoid
hitting her, he told the officers.
Bats was not being held in
connection with the accident, in-
vestigation of which was con-
sidered incomplete last night.
Rushed to James Walker Me.
mortal Hospital by Mr.. and Mrs.
c. B. Bergen, 104 Country Club
boulevard, the child was found
to be dead on arrival. She had
sustained head injuries and a
broken right leg, officers ]. T.
Rich and ]. ]. Padrick, re-
ported.
Coroner Gordon Doran said
last night that an inquest would
probably be held in the next
day or two.
Surviving besides her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Powell
are two brothers; Robert S. and
Thomas Howard Powell both Of
Wilmington, two sisters; Lucy
c. and Betty Jane Powell both
of Wilmington; three half-sis-
ters; Mrs. M. H. Matthews, Mrs,
D. F. Sandlin Jr. and Mrs. w.
See GIRL On Page Two