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Evening star., 1949-11-29
Airline Points
To 45-Month
Safety Record
By fhe Assoeiofsd Press

BOSTON, Nov. 90 American
Airlines said the Dallas crash to-
day brought to an end ''the best
safety record ever established by
commercial airlines."
During the 45-month period
between March 8. 1916, and to-
day." the line said in a statement,
'the American Airlines flew 10,-
1863, 900 passengers total of S.
1874. .000, 900 passenger miles with
out fatality on its routes in the
United States, Canada and Mex
ico."
The company said it had car
ried % per cent of passengers
carried by all domestic airlines
during the period.
''The record is equivalent to fly
ing the entire population of Chi
cago safely to Phoenix, ,Ariz.," the
statement continued. Last May
American earned the top spot
among 81 United States air pas
senger- cargo carriers who were
named winners of the National
Safety Councils aviation award
At that time the council an
nounced that American had bro
ken all existing air safety rec
ords."
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Eyewitness
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burned but they acted like they
were stunned. They didn't know
what they were doing. They were
crying and I got them away.
"A couple of minutes later the
first ambulance came up and
carried the people away. I never
had anything like this happen in
my life" ..-...
Man Walked From Flames.
Another eyewitness said when
he walked up and saw all the flame
a survivor came right out OF
the flames and staggered up and
said, where is a doctor?"
"It gave me an awfully strange
feeling to see man walking out
of those flames" the eyewitness
said.
Bill Crabtree, driving along an
other side of the field, said:
II looked up just in time to
see it explode.
There was a muff1ed explosion
like you throw a match into
300 gallons of gasoline. Then
came the fire. The fire spread
real fast.
"It looked to me like he over
shot the field and then tried to
gun his engine. The plane twisted
after it hit the first building"
The crash and resulting fire
knocked out telephone and power
service to surrounding area. The
tail section of the plane torn
from the rest as if by a huge
|canopener lay near the street
alongside the airport.
Audrey B. Flowers, who lives
near the scene, was asleep. she
said.
There was a big jar" she said.
"And then a puff of wind. I got
UP and there were no lights"
Evening star., 1949-11-29

Mexico City will open four new
schools in 1850. housing $4,000
more students.
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Veteran On Trial in Staying
T0f Virqinia Millionaire
By the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. ga
former Louisville parking lot at
tendant goes on trial here today
for the murder of a Bristol Va.-
Tenn. millionaire at the height
of the last carnival season.
Louis Eugene Hoover is charged
with murder in the death of James
Mahoney, who was found dead in
a French Quarter hotel last Feb
ruary, beaten and strangled with
a towel.
Hoover, arrested several days
later after he left a veterans hos
pital where he had been mental
patient, told officers he had been
with Mahoney the night before
the body was found, but could
remember nothing else.
He voluntarily underwent a
truth serum and during it, Police
Supt. Joseph Scheuring said, told
of fight with Mahoney.
A Criminal Court lunacy cQm-
mission has found Hoover sane
and able to stand trial.
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Alexandra Engineer
Found Hurt Beside Cal

Raymond Dodson, 49-year -old
engineer at the Mutual Ice Co.
in Alexa hdria, was found critically
injured early today beside his
automobile parked outside the ice
company warehouse.
Police said Mr.. Dodson ap-
parently had been struck in the
head with a heavy object and left
unconscious. They were investi-
eating the possibility that he had
been robbed of his paycheck
which he received yesterday. Mr..
Dodson did not have the check
when he was found about am
He left work at midnight.
Mr.. Dodson's car keys were
found beside him. He was taken
to Alexandria Hospital, where his
condition was described as critical
He had a fractured skull and was
suffering severe shock.
Police said Mr.. Dodson's last
known address was in the 400
block of Bellefonte avenue, where
he lived with his wife until her
death last year. His most recent
address is believed to be in Wash
ington. ...-.....
Mr.. Dodson's mother, Mrs.
Fronnie May Dodson, 70, of 1903
King street, was at her sons bed
side this morning until doctors
hospitalized her for treatment for
shock.
Found in the warehouse yard
were a crowbar and an old auto
mobile axle, which police are
examining.
Evening star., 1949-11-29
By the Assoeiotsd Press

DALLAS, Nov. ga seriously
hurt crewman Of the plane which
crashed here today staggered to
the front porch Of a home 100
feet from the scene.
He said he was the co-pilot.
And while blood oozed from his
mouth, he said:
II think I am dying and I want
to make a statement.
Mrs. K. c. Gullett told the
story.
Blood was coming out of his
mouth and running all over the
porch. He could hardly talk.
"He asked me to get the name
of the plane. I'm afraid I am
going to die. Please be sure and
Evening star., 1949-11-29
One Plane Crash Victim
Had Been at Warrenton, Va

j. Quincy Corbett. one OF the
passengers reported killed early
today in the American Airlines
plane crash near Dallas, was re-
turning to his Texas ranch from
Warrenton, Va.
He boarded the plane in Wash
ington last night after spending
three weeks at North Wales, the
estate of Walter Chrysler, jr.,
where he grazed graded Herefords
Prominent as cattle dealer, he
was said to handle approximately
100000 head a year on major mar
kets of the United States and sold
yesterday at Baltimore A North
Wales spokesman said he had
about $500 head in the Warren
ton area, including those on the
Chrysler farm.
Mr.. Corbett was about 81 years
old. His wife, who accompanied
him to Virginia, left for Texas
Thanksgiving Day, by plane.
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Negro Firemen Testify
As Suit Against Union
And Railroad Is Heard
BY the Assoeiofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. %
Trial of $225.O0o civil suit
brought by Negro locomotive fire
men against the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad and the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen opened yesterday be-
fore Judge Sterling Hutcheson in
Federal District Court here.
Attorneys said presentation of
testimony and evidence may take
two weeks.
The court, sitting without a
Jury, heard opening testimony
from a number Of Negro f1remen
who said they were thrown out Of
work or forced to take less desir-
able runs at lower pay because of
their race as a result of the rail-
roads use of Diesel locomotives on
it's passenger trains.
Under agreements negotiated by
the brotherhood and the Coast
Line, the witness said, Negro fire.
men are denied jobs on passenger
diesels and are denied the oppor-
tunity for promotion to engineer
on freight engines, regardless OF
their qualifications.
Their action, brought as a class
suit, demanded a permanent in
junction forbidding the company
or the union from recognizing the
Southeastern carriers conference
agreement "or any other agree
ment making a distinction be-
tween white and Negro locomotive
f1remen on the ground of race or
color"
In addition. the suit asks the
court to enjoin the brotherhood
from purporting to act as bar
gaining representative for all fire
men as long as it refuses to rep
resent Negroes in good faith.
The suit demands compensatory
damages of $4,000 from the
brotherhood and the railroad and
seeks punitive damages against
the brotherhood totaling 100000.
Evening star., 1949-11-29

some one holler a plane has
crashed I put on my pants and a
shirt and dashed down the street.
I got to the scene 3 minutes after
the explosion.
1.-THE wreckage was strewn
everywhere and the flames were
high and billowing. They were
blue and white flames.
"The plane had crashed into the
Magnaflux plant, plant which
inspects aircraft engines by chem
ical processes.
There were a series of small
explosions just after 1 arrived.
The flames from the Magnaf1ux
plant were many colored. And it
was apparent that various chemi-
Gals were burning.
1.-THE Dallas Aviation School, the
hangar and combined Office build
ing and classrooms, was also start
ing to burn.
wires were breaking overhead,
and when the first people to ar
rive saw them. they scurried to
get out of the way.
Man Walks Out of Wreckage.
IT should say 4 minutes after
the explosion man walked right
out of the wreckage. He was white
as a sheet and though he walked
right out of the fire. he didn't
appear to be burned.
II have tried to figure out where
he came from and the only ex-
PLANTATION I can think of is that
he was thrown out of the plane
itself when the crash occurred,
was knocked UNCONSCIOUS and
came to when the heat hit him,
"TIis arm was bent and surely
broken. He screamed-'Don't
touch my arm Then said,
Where is there a doctor?'
"T was in the crash he said.
where is there doctor?'
"He was obviously in state
Of high shock. He had a Ger
man accent. Some one led him
across the street into the Anyways
Cafe. And that is the last ]
saw Of him."
Evening star., 1949-11-29

part of the plane. One part Of the
wing still had two motors in it.
The propellers were bent. but still
in place. The wing was lying at
the side of what is left OF the
Magnafux plant. Part of another
wing was nearby-a burned-out
engine on it.
Plane Is Scrambled Wreck.
The rest of the plane was
scrambled mess of wreckage.
The plane left New York at
l0:47 o'clock (EST) last night
American Airlines said. It left
Washington its last stop - al
1884 am.
The airline in Washington said
II passengers boarded the plane
there. '... ..
The huge plane was coming In
for landing when it hit a build
ing and crashed on the northwest
edge of the field. It Immediately
burst into flames. Love Field
Dallas chief airport, is about Z
miles northwest from the heart
of the city.
One engine was feathered
American Airlines said, indicating
something was wrong with one Of
the four engines. But the plane
was approaching the field in q
routine manner before the crash
the airlines said.
Chemical Fires Set Of.
A series Of small explosions
sounded and many-colored flames
indicated chemicals were burning
The Dallas Aviation School, q
hangar and combined Office build
ings and classrooms also caught
fire and its walls collapsed hall
an hour later.
Fred L. Sheaf, %, employe oi
the Pan-American Plastic Corp.
who lives in a barracks 400 fee1
from the scene. told this story:
1.-THE first explosion shook my
bed. ran out of the door thinking
that one of the gasoline storage
tanks across the street from the
barracks had exploded. It was 9
rumbling, jarring explosion.
"When got to the door, I hearc
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Plane
Continued From First Page.)

Josephine Cadena and Margaret
Van Biber, the spokesman said.
Mrs. K. C. Gullett said sur
vivors struggled into her front
yard.
"A couple came up with a baby.
The man was carrying the baby.
The baby was bleeding and crying.
In a few minutes an ambu-
lance took these people away" All
of the injured were taken to Park
land City Hospital, a ty-owned
institution.
The scene was one of chaos for
hours after the crash. Ambu-
lances, and fire trucks raced over
the field. Sightseers crowded in.
A wing was the nearest intact
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Dutch Still BIockudinq
Indies, MuIuyons Charge
By the Associotsd Press

bV IH2 NSSOSfpT80 fTGSS
PENANG, Malaga, Nov. %
Penang merchants complained to-
day that Dutch warships are still
blockading the Indonesian coast
despite the recent Dutch -Indones-
ian agreement on independence.
The merchants sent memoran-
dunn to the Malayan federation
government charging that Dutch
ships were shelling and bombing
vessels attempting to trade at
Indonesian. ports. ... >..
Evening star., 1949-11-29

W HO, hEbA W AOEL,
The wife of Ernest G.. Wadel
of Dallas, Tex, a passenger
aboard the American Airlines
DC-6 which crashed and
burned; was returning home
from an Atlantic City confer
ence of the United Jewish Ap-
peal. She received a plaque
from chairman Henry Nor
genthau, jr., at the convention
for her work as head of the
woman's division of the ap-
peal. -AP Wirephoto.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30
The Outlook Says:

Mrs. T. C. Bundy entertained
at dessert bridge Friday evening
and had as guests Mrs. j. l..
Tubman, Mrs. Gerald Little, Mrs.
Art Sherrow, Mrs. Robert Fry,
Miss Grace Stadalman, Mrs.
Clinton Anderson and Mrs. HUI
bert Walton. Scoring awards
were W. by Fry and Mrs. Tub
man..
At the meeting last Wednesday
of the Trew-Thorne club at the
home of Mrs. Lucy Bongiani,
members voted to accept the III
vitation iof the Laurel M. B.
Demonstration club to attend a
meeting this week at the home
of Mrs. j. H. Albertus. The
club meeting was presided over
by Mrs. E. H. Reiman. The
next meeting is to be held at
the home of Mrs. Otto Fost,
Wednesday, April 27.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Burns of
Billings are the parents of, a
son, born Monday, March %, at
4 Billings hospital. Mrs. Burns
the former Virginia Freund.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30

Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Bundy
had Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Nell
son and Mrs. Harry Brubo and
daughter Donna, all of Living
ston, as guests Friday to Sun
day.
Visitors from Rapelje Monday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Lumsdon were Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Hemphill and Mrs.
Laura Hemphill.
Attending a bridge luncheon
last week in Billings were Mrs.
Robert Fry, Mrs. Walter Bird
and Mrs. Donald Hunter. The
event which was at the home of
Mrs. George Prouty, a former
Laurel resident, honored Mrs.
Prouty's sister, Mrs. Raymond
Howard of Helena. Prizes were
won by Mrs. Fry and Mrs. How
ard.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30
Local News Items

The Eagles auxiliary was hos
tess at a box social Saturday
evening as a benefit for drill
team uniforms. The boxes were
auctioned off by F. E. Dyer.
The proceeds from bingo which
occupied the evening also went
to the drill team fund.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Brohaugh
are the parents of a son, born
Saturday, March 26, at the st.
Vincent hospital in Billings. The
baby has been named Robert
Gordon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Funk and
children were guests in Roundup
Sunday of Mr.. Funk's brother,
Paul Funk and family.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30

Approved:
BEN B. HAGERMAN,
Chairman
Attest:
EARLE KNIGHT, Clerk
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Pastors School 10 Be Held
AUGUST y at Westminster

The thirty eighth annual West
minister Pastors School will be
held August % to September 2 at
Western Maryland College, West
minister. Md.
Four lecturers will speak at the
fKe day meeting sponsored by the
Westminster Theological Seminary
and Western Maryland College.
DR.. Andrew w. Blackwood, pro-
fessor at Princeton Theological
Seminary. will lecture on What
to Preach; DR.. Mark Depp. pas
tor of Centenary Methodist
Church, Winston Salem, N. c., on
Religion in Life; DR.. John T..
McNeill, professor at Union The
illogical Seminary, New York, on
The Guidance of Souls and DR..
S. Paul Schilling. professor at
Westminster Seminary. on The
Amsterdam Assembly Materials -
The Rev. Norman L. Trott of
Hagerstown. Md, is dean of the
school and DR.. Schilling. registrar.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Estonion Pastor to Talk

The Rev. Rudolph Kiviranna
formerly Lutheran pastor in
Estonia. will speak at 8:15 pm
tomorrow in Trinity Lutheran
Church, Fourth and E streets
NV. Mr.. Kiviranna who escaped
from Estonia when the Commu-
nists took over that country, will
talk on Communism and the
Church."
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Marine Bond Cancels
Monduy Concert Series

The Marine Band concerts pre-
sented each Monday at 8 pm. at
the Marine Barracks, Eighth and
I streets Sc, have been can
celed for the remainder of the
season, it was announced today
The concerts were Cancelled Sc
the band could inaugurate a new
series of programs over the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. television
system. However. the band will
present concerts July ID and Au-
gust IL at the barracks in place
of those called off.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Ex-Hogonoh OfficerHeIe
In Palestine Execution
BY the Associated Press

TEL AVN. Israel, July IL
Israels government has charged
a former high-ranking officer
with manslaughter in the case
of Mier Tobiansky. Jewish officer
executed by mistake during last
years Palestine fighting.
The officer charged yesterday in
a Magistrates Court here was
Isser Beri. a former leader of the
Haganah defense organization.
He is the first to be brought be-
fore the courts of those involved in
the court martial that condemned
Tobiansky for treason.
The government exonerated To-
biansky recently. after a long in
vestigation.
Evening star., 1949-07-11

Joseph Migorisi, New York thread salesman, gets his
Traveller ready for l37.mle delivery Mr. Mgli-
orisi known in business ''Mr. Miggie", loads 80
pound cartons into the Travellers l30 GU it. cargo hold,
with room for passengers). The powerful, 7.3-tol
high compression Kaiser engine plenty of gas!
Evening star., 1949-07-11

All dressed up in Sunday BEST the Mglioriss, and
their big beautiful Kaiser Traveller draw up to Brook
lyn's Church of ST. Francis d Paola. And maybe you
don't think this big luxury is the envy of the neigh
borhood! Says Mrs. Migiorisi "The Traveller is
we're all proud Of 1t even helps pay its own way!"
Evening star., 1949-07-11

Converting the Migorsi's Traveller from luxurious
sixpassenger sedan to cargo carrier is lO'second
job. Here little Vicky E, already has the tailboard
down, while Frankie II, hps up the hatch Says their
salesman father, Il change my Kaiser Traveller into shirt
sleeves almost as fast as taking off my coat!"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-04-27
Emerson News
By OSCAR SoLES

We are glad to report that Mrs.
Liston Hinson has returned nome
after being in James Walker Hos
pital in Wilmington for several
weeks where she has taken three
or four operations. We hope that
she will soon be we'll again and
we would like to ask that the
praying people to pray for her that
she will soon be we'll.
Tom Nealy has taken over the
R. F. D. delivery route for the
Greensboro Daily News.
The Emerson crowd went to
Pireway Sunday to hold prayer
meeting with Mr.. Franklin Crib.
Mrs. Lannie Norris and Miss
Carleene Mobiles visited Mrs. o.
car Soles Sunday.
About everybody around here IS
done with setting out tobacco
plants but the cutworms are tax
ing their toll on these cool nights,
Strawberries don't look like
they're gonna be much this time,
especially with the prices already
so low. Some are bringing as low
as five dollars a crate and fertil-
izer is sky high and crates a plen-
ty. Then four cents quart to
get them picked and a market cut
of seven cents crate. How can
the farmer make anything?
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-04-27
Students Given
Passes To Show

The new management of the
Ritz Theatre has announced the
policy of issuing passes to the
student voted the Best Citizen in
each class room and to each mem
Der of the room making the nigh
est attendance for the month in
the Tabor City schools will be Gen.
tinued. 49, .-
This week passes were presented
to Miss Roberta McCulloch's first
grade for highest attendance for
the month, and to the following
for, Best. Citizen awards: First
Grades, Michael Fipps, Doris Soles,
Judy Morris, Jeanne Dare Jordan;
second grades, Shirley Rockwell,
Harry Strickland, Linda Blanton,
Mariiyn 10 Fipps; third grades,
Janette Grice. Mickey Gore, jan
ice Norris, Katrina Holt; fourth
grades, Larry Willoughby, Jane
Smith, Betty Joe Edwards; Rosa
Lee Conner, Paul Cox, lila Pearl
Hodges; sixth grades, Janet Jernl-
gan, Betty Willoughby; seventh
grades, ]. H. Stroud, Eva Lee
Strickland; eighth grades, Mildred
Ward, Doris Wright: ninth grades
Vera Ward; tenth grades Dalton
Ward, Adazena Gore; eleventh
grade, Mary Williamson; twelfth
grade Pat Granger.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-04-27
Iron Hill News
Rv MRS. HERMAN HEWETT

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Hewett aho
son. Gene, visited Mr.. and MRS
Mitchell Gore at Bug Hill Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford Inman and
SON, Billy, visited Mr.. and MIS-
Carraway Ward at Bethel Easte'
Miss Ellen Inman of Tabor CITY
yisitde her brother, VIII lnmah
Easter Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Ray VISITED
friends near Old Dock Sunday.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace NILS
Mrs. Lucy Mills and daughters,
Maude and Ruby, and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Hewett and staring
Hewett were amcng those visiting
Mr. and Mrs. o. r. Hewe.t and
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey Hewet'
Easter Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Wright and
sons Pete and Tony, and Mr.. and
Mrs lack Wright of Wilmington
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Hut
faker Sunday. Mrs. lack wright
is spending a while down here.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stanley OF
Mollie had as dinner guests Sun
day Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Carroll
Mr., and Mrs. Faxon Ray and
daughter Gail. Willard, Bruce
and Jerry Carroll. Morris Taylor
and Misses Helen Hewett ":o
Edith Yale.
Willard and Bruce Carroll and
Morris Taylor of Charlotte re-
turned home Sunday afternoon
after spending the Easter holiday
with relatives here.
We had some visitors at Iron
Hill Sunday. We were very glad
to have them. Visitors are well
come at all times.
Several farmers Of this section
are through setting tobacco al.
though some said the frost got
their plants.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hewett'
Startling Buck and Helen Hewett
and Edith Yale returned to Win
ston-Salem Monday after spending
the Easter holidays here.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-04-27
Guideway News
By MRS. LESTER LONG

Visiting Mr.. and Mrs. D. X
Sugss Sunday evening were Mr..
and Mrs. r. ]. Long, Mrs. Hazel
Soles. NJ. L. Long. and Mrs. Dora
Long.
Mr. and MIS-. I. +. Long of Will
mington spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. j.
Stocks.
Little Miss Eva Allen Suggs is
spending some time with her
mother, Mrs. Irene Suggs, at
China Grove.
Winston Gore of Tabor City Wis
tied his grandmother, Mrs. Alice
Stocks Wednesday.
Mrs. Georgia Pickett and Mrs.
Thelbert Anderson visited Mrs. j.
D. Long Friday afternoon.
Hubert Suggs and Gets Suggs
spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. K. Sugss.
Donald and Jim Long Of st. Paul
spent the weekend at Guideway'
Pvt. Vernon Jacobs of Fort
Bragg spent the weekend with
his parents. Mr.. and Ms. Dillon
Jacobs.
Lacy Long and son, Norwood,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Long
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tommy Chavis
AID family Of Cheraw visited
friends here Sunday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-04-27
Green Sea News
By MRS. EDGAR cLEMONS

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hnson
of near Whiteville were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shelley
sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Derham,
j.. Of Norfolk. spent the week
end with Mrs. J. =. Derham. ST.,
and family
Miss Essie Derham honored
Ms. Sadie Clark Of Myrtle Beach
and Mrs. Lennon OF Charleston,
poet formerly Of Horsy County,
at !; lrr.cheon Friday. The Green
Sea teachers were guests.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the w. VI. S. will be held Wednes-
day. May /. 1t $50 at the church.
All members are urged to be PIES
ent.
John Clemens. ST.. returned
from Duke Hospital Thursday but
his condition remains much the
same.
A group of w VI. S. ladies at
tended the Eastern Divisional
meeting of the w. NJ. $. in Lake
City last Friday.
Mr.. ..d Mrs. Oscar Putnam OF
Greenville. S c.. visited he: moth
err. Mrs. J. L. Clemens. Sunday.
James Blanton returned from
Mullins Hospital Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton Shelley
had her father and mother as
weekend guests.
Mis-. Reams of Asneville spent
the Easter holidays with ht:'
daughter. Mrs. c. D. Blanton.
Mrs. Sallie Currie visited Mrs.
Mabel cd Miss frankie Watson
Sunday.
Mrs. J. w. Gibson is still very
i'll in the Florence Hospital.
Miss Sallie HARRISON spent the
holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Addie HARRISON.