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On the Other Hand
Poll Tax: or No Poll Tax, Byrd's
VIRGINIA Machine in Real DANCER

Virginia for a long time, with
Senator Harry. Byrd's hot little
hapd IN rcontyol, But this year the
machine shows, signs Of being
busted wide open. g.,
Senator Byrd picked as his
candidate for the Democratic
nomination. State Senator John
s. Battle, O. loyal hencfH1fah: Mr..
Battle was one Of the authors of
that extraordinary. bill which up
set the State Legislature last
spring with its intent to deprive
President Truman of the States
electoral vote regardless Of his
popular majority in the State.
Under the. plan, which finally
was abandoned, the State Demo-
cratic Committee would have de-
cided where the electoral vote
should go.
Machine Begins to Crack.
Senator Byrd's selection was
not satisfactory to State Chair
man Horace Edwards. He wished
to be the candidate himself. He
had been a faithful worker in
the Byrd, orchard-although he
opposed the weird electoral trick
cry described above-and felt he
had a right to make the race.
The State machine began to
crack. The crack widened into a
serious, breach when Senator
Byrd publicly declared for Mr..
Battle. His long participation in
the machines operation, culmi-
mating in his Craftsmanship, gave
Mr.. Edwards the needed conf
dence to go out after the ma
chimes own voters and that he
has been doing in every county
and precinct.
There are four candidates this
year. Ordinarily that would mean
the machine candidate walking
off with the nomination while
the three. independents divided
the opposition votes among them
selves. Mr.. Edwards candidacy
changes the picture. He is ex-
pected to get bis share of the
regulars" with the, principal in
dependent, Francis Pickens Miller
having most Of the opposition
votes for himself.
One thing on which there is
general agreement is that, win
or lose this time, the Byrd ma
chine will never again look the
same.
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relations, especially during the
war. We have thus become ac-
customed to docile acceptance OF
farreaching agreements, negoti-
ated in advance of public discus
sion or even knowledge.
Curiously, this form Of post
facto ratification has occurred at
the very time when we were hold
ing whole nations collectively
responsible for actions taken by
their governments. which the
people-in the words of the
Potsdam declaration - loudly
applauded or blindly obeyed." !"
Power Bloc Politics.
A characteristic accompaniment
of the take 1t or leave it" attitude
is that the trainers Of policy show
unwillingness to give sober reasons
for what they proposed We &C
cepted the unconditional-s
formula though no reasons what
ever were advanced for policy
that could only prolong the war.
We accepted Yalta and Teheran
on the assumption that our ex-
perts knew best, and I'VE mustn't
rock the boat in wartime" We
accepted the Potsdam agreement
though it was an iniquitous
Reputation of every democratic
and humane principle. And we
accepted q United Nations charter
that, on its face, contained none
of the essential elements Of an
international organization to pre-
vent and punish aggression.
. These recapitulations are oc-
casioned by the demand that
Congress ratify the Atlantic Pact
exactly as 1t stands, arms pro-
visions and all. Again. there are
weighty considerations against
rocking the boat" The pact has
become part of the foreign policy
of many nations; its rejection, or
radical modification, would be a
blow to friendly foreign Offices;
the political situation in Europe
is brittle: to let down the State
Department would be claimed as
a victory by the Communists
and these things are true. -
But it Is also true that the very
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vote. No laborl- Ao"e" ''"''"
Gus business of collecting 218
signatures to a petition or other
wise forcing the hand of the Rules
Committee was necessary. The
majority simply voted the bill out
of what used to be a permanent
graveyard for liberal legislation,
in order to assert its right to
enact or defeat-in this instance
to enact.
This exhibition OF democracy
in action has some value. 1t gives
the members Of the House a freer
atmosphere in which to work.
The pail Of the Rules Commit
tee. with its despotic power, no
longer hangs over them.
Fifth Death Seen for Bill.
1t also points up once more the
iniquitous, undemocratic processes
of the Senate; where the anti
poll tax bill will now die its fifth
death. 1t calls attention again to
the legislative crime committed
by the Republican leaders in the
Senate last winter when they
joined forces with Southern
Democrats to perpetuate the flli-
buster as a means of preventing
legislation. From this indict-
fnent. Senator Taft, for one, can
be exceptedD y
Meantime the poll tax itself is
getting an unusual workout
across the river in Virginia, where
the hottest campaign for the
governorship in many q year Is
coming to a close. The poll tax
normally is useful only to the
States ruling. political machine.
It; serves to makesvoting as diff
ficult as possible for all citizens
unwilling to go along with the
machine. Taken in. connection
with the States archaic registra-
ton system, it makes the ma
chimes solid nucleus of office
holders, families and friends,
almost too much to beat, .
That's. the way it has been in
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On the Record
u. S. Declaration Not to Be Neutral
Called Core of the Atlantic Pact

need for an Atlantic Pact Is due
to the abandonment during the
war of the Atlantic Charter, in
favor of outright power bloc poll
tics. We need a system of West
ern collective security, because, at
Casablanca. Teheran, Yalta, San
Francisco and Potsdam, our diplo-
matists created the conditions in
evitably leading toward such a ne
cessity, as we'll as conditions IA
vorable to violent revolutions.
Core of the Pact.
And the very same advisers who
contributed to the conditions ne
cessitating new defense measures
have framed and negotiated the
Atlantic Pact. The history Of the
last five years certainly demon
strates that they are not infalli-
BILE.
There are serious arguments
from the viewpoints of harmonic
ing our policies with the United
Nations Charter, of STRENGTHENING
rather than weakening that body.
and from military and political
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES separately re-
arming the Atlantic Pact states
and building up national forces.
Also, to have a reasonable opinion,
one must be able to envision
where and how a possible attack
by the Soviet Union on Europe is
to be repulsed. - .
Is, for instance. Germany to be
abandoned as a glacis and Europe
defended at the Rhine? But
Europe cannot be defended at the
Rhine. It can be defended only
at the Dniester and the Oder. If
we are offering Europe another
liberation" we are offering her a
grave.
The only thing about the Allan
tic Pact which is a genuine de-
terrent to a possible aggressor is
that it makes clear to the world
that the United States will not be
neutral in case of aggressions In
certain areas. That, and not the
rearming of Europe, is the core
Of the pact. r
released By The Bell Syndicate, 1nc.)
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end, Senator Constantine Dro"h'
McCarran called on the State De-
partment to halt plans to publish
the projected white paper on
China-in which plea he was
Joined by the Chinese Embassy
here; it appears that the Man
churian peasants have been en-
gaging in more or less open revolt
against the Communists; the
priestly rulers of Tibet have kicked
out the Nationalist representa-
tives there; the Chinese Com
munists appear to be admitting
that their plans for indusUializa-
ton have begged down and may
not be realized for years; and,
finally, the Communists are on
the point of taking Changsha.
capital of Human. Province and
key point in thes drive toward
Canton and Hong Kong.
Could Well Be Delayed.
Although one wonders what
kind of justification the State De-
partment would make in its pro-
iected white paper for its policy
which has contributed to the col
lapse of the Nationalists. 1t ap-
pears that the satisfaction OF this
curiosity could we'll be delayed
until some future date, when 1t
could not affect adversely one
side of a struggle going on in the
Far East.
There is little, perhaps, that the
State Department could add to
what is already known about its
reasons for frustrating efforts to
support the Nationalists in their
losing fight against, Communism.
We have already heard-to the
point of disgust-that the Nation
alist regime of Chang Kai-shek
has been corrupt and venal. that
inefficiency was rampant in the
Chinese government, that further
assistance to the Nationalist
would be pouring money down a
rat hole, and that nothing short
of full-scale military and econon1-
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This Changing World
Dispatches From China Emphasize
Nothing Is Ever Finally Decided There

ic intervention on the part OF the
/ American Government could have
saved the situation there.
There is a great deal. however,
that the publication of the white
paper could and would do to the
morale of those Chinese troops
who continue. in spite of their
black prospects, to fight the Com
munists out Of loyalty to the Ma
tionalist cause and without real
hope of victory. The effect would
be particularly unfortunate If the
white paper were devoted to an
elaborate defense of the "do-noth-
ing" policy for which some Of our
top policy-makers have been re-
sponsible.
Conquerors Swallowed.
The rest of the week-end's news
suggests that the Communists are
running into the same trouble
that has plagued every conquering
army that has overrun China
the stubbornness of the great
masses of peasants, on whom any
permanent regime must depend
for it's existence. In the long run
the Chinese mass has swallowed
up and digested every conqueror
that has overrun it. The Mongols
and the Manchus found that out.
They established their dynasties,
but they became Chinese and lost
their own national identities.
To what extent the reported set
back in the Communist indus
trialization program is true re-
port of an existing condition or is
propaganda permitted to pass
through Communist censorship in
Shanghai, is of course. difficult to
say. Certainly the Red censorship
lis letting no news dispatches pass
which are not in one way or an
other to the advantage of the
Communists. There are certain
things they want from the non
Communist nations-diplomatic
recognition, trade arrangements,
etc.-and which such a story
might make a little more acces-
sible.
AS for the .Tibetan coup, it
harks back into the history of
the Orient when Russia and Brit
ain were vying for power in that
hinterland Of Asia. 1t appears
now that the Tibetans. perhaps at
the fnstigation of the British. have
gotten rid of the Nationalists in
fear that they might be succeeded
by Communists and the Russians
There had been previous reports
Of a Communist revolt in that
Himalayan country. If those re-
ports are true it would appear
that the Communists are setting
the stage for something big in
India, which adjoins Tibet and
which could be threatened by
Communist action from the noun
tains.
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Your Guns or Your Sons
Tydings Committee Coming to Rescue
Of Truman's Military Aid Program

they allowed Senators not keen on
military aid to seize the initiative
on the arms bill. so much so that
the fortnight Chairman Tydings
is really the first person to raise
the question of how much the
program may mean to the protec-
ton of America.
Doubtless Mr.. Tydings and Sen
ator Gurney. ranking Republican
on Armed Services. would have
been glad to handle the aid bill in
their committee alone. They have
not complained about sharing it;
they are only determined that it
shall be rescued from the hand
out label and put in perspective as
a bill for the defense of America
Confusing Aspect.
A confusing aspect is that this
bill is not the mutual assistance
contemplated under the Pact but
actually preceded it. 1t also con-
tains aid for nations not signers
of the Pact. The answer of Sena-
tor Tydings and other like minded
Senators is that it is a timely
essential beginning which can be
dove-tailed with later programs
In view of the world situation
they think Congress ought to take
time and money for it.
The Armed Services Committee
clearly has a contribution to make
to the debate. No committee has
ever done so much in so short a
space. 1t is saturated with mill
tary problems.
In a Congress attacked as do
nothing, it has already put through
Legislation creating the Central
Intelligence Agency, guided missile
range, radar screen, military public
works, uniform code of military
justice, a wind tunnel project, new
tables of organization and miliz
tary pay. This week it expects to
see final passage OF what amounts
to a new unification bill. And it
has cut / A billions ffefn the House
and Presidential budget for de-
fense.
Perhaps these Senators cannot
turn the tide in a heat-frazzled
Eecpnomy.minded Congress. But
they conceive It. their duty 70 try
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oUllC1 . Va Vic
Senate Armed
Services COM
mittee are COM
ing to the res
cue of the
Presidents en-
battled military
assistance a pro-
gram.
Vice = Presi-
dent Barkley
supports their
contention that
the program is
more than a
foroiop no1icy
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where wine is
the staff of life,.
and everyone
leans on it all
the time.
Mr.. Beebe, by
his own admis-
sion, is 'an au-
t h GRITTY on
wines. I have
heard it said of
MIN That given,
say, 100 unla-
beled bottles,
he can, first by
shifting them
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by tn e State
D ep a rt m e n t
c on S ii t u t e S
rocking t h e
boat in time Of
peril"
T is v e W.
point permitted
q series of fats
accompli, which
the American
people and their
Representative e S
could not later
reverse w h
out upsetting
Evening star., 1949-07-28

HleL ltS ufSt GeSt
this week and
proved d efec-,
tive. The anti
.polls tax bill.
reportednf favor
ably Gy.a legis:-.
lative commit
tee, had rested
81 days in the
Rules Commit
tee without ac-
ton. Under the
new rule it was
possible then to
call it UP for a
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CnaC nOtnlng
finally ever is
decided about
China not
even its COM
muniZation -
and that there
remains plenty
of opportunity
for us to step
into ev e n t 5
there to shape
them a little
more to our
own advantage.
Ouer the week
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Legion Post to Hold Sail

Vincent Costello Post No. Is,
American Legion, will sponsor
moonlight cruise aboard the s. g.
Bear Mountain at 8 o'clock to-
night. Proceeds will go to the
posts welfare fund.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
By Doris Fleeson

Do you care more for your guns
than you do for your sons?
With this tart question as their
battle cry. Chairman Tydings and
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Bv Constantine BrOwn

Recent news dispatches from
and about China emphasize the
fluidity in the situation develop
ing there, making It clear again
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Rv Dorothy THOMPSON

We have become accustomed
to the argument that in inter-
national affairs interference by
Congress in any project advanced
Evening star., 1949-07-28
By LoweH MeHeff

The new operating rule of the
House Tof Representatives. de-
signed TO enable a majority Of
the members to express, their will,
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|McLemore
Bets on Labels
In GombIe on Wine
By Henry McLemore

LISBON. Portugal-I wish I
had money enough to take some
one like Lucius Beebe with me
whenever I travel in countries
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c. Hedges. Interment was made
in West Jefferson by w. d. Lee.
The Aid and Missionary So
ciety of the Presbyterian churcl
held its all day meeting at the
home of Mrs. II. S. Foust, Wed
nesday, Jan. 5.
Maj. and Mrs. James o. Payne
of Patterson Field, spent New
Years Day with Mrs. Payne
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Marsh.
Mrs. Imogene Noteman enter.
tanned the Monday Club on Wed
nesday evening, Jan. S at the
home of Mrs. Flora Hennis.
D. A. Y. P. club was entertain
ed by Mrs. Marie Smith, of Kile-
vile, Friday p. m. Jan. z.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.. Converse
spent over New Years with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Chandler, of 877
w. Ninth ST., Columbus.
The Woman's club held its
997th meeting Monday, Jan. 8
Hostesses were Mrs. Olive Clark
and Mrs. June Cary.
Mr.. Orrin Kent spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Fravel.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Bodkin en-
tertained the Happy-Go-Lucky
Club on New Years Eve. The
following members and guests
enjoyed a turkey dinner: Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. FouSt, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. E. Tedrick, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Zimmerman, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Cannon, Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. An
drews, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Baker,
Mrs. Weldon Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Coen Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Fee and Mr.. and Mrs. Meryl
Bigelow, of London.
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. Plain City
BY MRS. NELLIE B. FEE

Clarence Vowel, aged 81, passed
away at his home, near Kileville,
Friday, Dec. 81. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Clara Davis
Vowel; two sons, James, of Am
lin, and Ray, at home; a daugh-
ter, Rosemary, Columbus, and
three grandchildren. Funeral SER
vices were held at FerguSons
Funeral Home at 2:30 p. m. Sun
day. Interment was made in
Forest Grove cemetery.
Howard E. Spires, aged go,
died Friday at his home in Plain
City. He is survived by his wife,
Mae; four sons, Edward, of Der
by; Ernest, frankie and James,
at home; four daughters, Mrs.
Irma Parthmer, of Irwin; Mrs.
Anna Mae Eddy, Columbus; Mrs.
Nettie Shocks, Plain City; and
May Ellen, at home. Services
were held at 2 p. m. Sunday in
the Plain City Presbyterian
church, in charge of Rev. Joseph
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BY MRS. E. C. JACKSON

Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Herd and
son, and Mrs. Blanche Phipps,
motored TO Oberlin and spent
Christmas and the weekend with
Mrs. Phipps' son, Dr. Ray Phipps
and family. Mrs. Ray Phipps and
Mrs. Herd are sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Cook and
two sons, Jack and Tommy, of
Williamsport, were guests We'd
nesday of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Herd.
Mrs. Mary Polling and daughter,
Vadis, were visitors Sunday of
Mrs. Bowersmith and Lesta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, of Marion,
were callers in the home of Mr..
Victor Jackson and family, Sun
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Hinkle were cal
led to the home of the formers
mother, who was seriously i'll. To-
days report is that she is some
better.
Mrs. Jackson spent Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Bowersmith.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Sidle and Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Sidle and children,
called on Mr.. and Mrs. McCurdy,
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. J. Bushong and
daughter, Mrs. Hazel Russell, at
tended the funeral of a relative
in West Mansfield on Thursday.
They also called to see Mrs. Bush
ong's brother, Mr.. Jake Clap
saddle, who has been sick for
some time.
The Willing Workers Glass of
the Church of Christ in Christian
Union in Raymond, planned a sur
prise for Mr.. and Mrs. /. M. Scott
on Thursday evening, Dec. 30. 1t
was the anniversary of their
marriage. They had a short pro-
gram. Rev. Hinkle read a Psalm,
two sacred songs were sung, Car
rol Burroughs sang a very suit
able song, and Mrs. Burdena
Burroughs rendered a poem of
her own composing. A very en-
joyable evening was spent. Mrs.
Scott is the teacher of the Willing
Workers Glass.
Mrs. Ethel West and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Dempsey and family,
of Urbana, were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Hoagland and daughter,
Mrs. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Urban, of Column
bus, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Urban's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Garfield WORDS. On New
Years day, they all went to Belle
fontaine and spent the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris. Mrs. Morris
was formerly Miss Rita WORDS.
Mr.. Vaughn Jackson, of Wash
ington, D. c., surprised his moth
er on Sunday after Christmas by
calling her by telephone. The
short talk was a treat to both of
them.
Well! Another year is past and
gone and we are now in l949. Let !
us make this our motto for this |
year; DO unto others as we |
would like them to do unto u.s..
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hoagland, !
Of LaRue, were callers at Mrs.
ioakland'S and Mrs. Smiths
nome, one day last week.
Mrs. Lura Forsythe made a
short call at Mrs. Jackson's home,
one day during the week and
Mrs. Scott called on her Monday
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. Irwin
BY MRS. MILT PETERS

Mrs. Wanda German visited
her daughter, Mrs. Thelma Kel-
Ter, of Osborne, last week.
Mrs. Mary Thomas and Miss
Helen Downes, of Plain City,
were New Years guests of Mrs.
Lucy Gorton and daughter, Helen
Mr.. Clarence made a business
trip to Columbus last Thursday.
Miss Lauretta Miller returned to
Chicago Monday after Spending
her holiday vacation with her
mother, Mrs. Mabel Miller, and
other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs Milton Peters Jr.
and Jimmy, of Columbus, and Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Price and Paulette,
of billiards, were New Years
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Peters, Sr.
Patsey and Carol Sue Lee,
of Woodstock, visited last week
with their grandmother, Mrs.
Goldie Holt.
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Sat. Jan. Is

at l o'clock. the following pro-
pertY.
One White House gift. electric
refrigerator, has so pound deep
freeze compartment, used only 4
months; / Kalamazoo gas range.
with electric light and oven timer;
new A. B. c. washer; / Philco
radio and record player; l Clio
Boy No. 20 heater; Duo Nubian
rs, 900 B. T. u. oil heater; 2-piece
maroon velour living room suite;
7-piece mahogany bedroom
suite, consisting of bed springs,
inner spring mattress, combina-
ton wardrobe and chest of draw
ers, vanity and stool, night table;
l 5-piece chrome and red leather
dinette set; l chintz covered chair:
l beige baserocker; ! sofa; / ma
hogany book case; one combina-
ton serving tray and coffee table;
Il Uttered mahogany stand; 2
9X12 rugs; 2 9X12-congoleum rugs;
l mahogany Duncan Phyfe drop
leaf extension table; / 3-way lamp
and l matching stand lamp; 2
bridge lamps; ! mahogany and red
leather desk and chair; ] utility
table cabinet base; l hassock; l
5-piece matching brown and biege
table set; l electric corn pepper;
| electric toaster; | electric waf-
file iron; l electric kitchen clock;
one electric mixer; set of dishes,
service for eight; l set of red plas-
tic handle silverware; 2 floor
stand ash trays; l wall mirror; l
baby crib; / bathinette, used 3
months; l basinette, used 2
months; l baby stroller and walk
er; l clothes hamper; l clothes
rack; z pairs of Marquisite criss
cross curtains and other curtains;
2 pairs of drapes; l girls bicycle;
/ large wardrobe trunk; | red
combination kitchen stool and
ladder; and other articles too
numerous to mention. This is an
extra good lot of household goods.
Terms: CASH
Mrs. Betty
Cramer Hommel
John Pfarr Jr- Auctioneer
Sturqis Cheney. clerk
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Sat-. Jan. IS

studio couch and cover; / 24x
36 gold framed mirror; ] odd
chair; 9X12 linoleum rug; / 9Xl2
wool rug; ! 3X6 linoleum rug;
walnut modern bedroom suite,
consisting of bed, chest, vanity
and bench; l walnut night stand;
l end table; l metal bed, new;
! clothes closet; / dining room
suite consisting of table, chairs
and buffet; l radio, cabinet;
Norge fuel oil heater, used 5 mos;
| Kalamazoo wood and coal heat
ing stove; / Leonard 7-ft. re-
frigerator; / small kerosene cook
stove; / dinette set consisting of
table and 4 chairs; | small square
table; ! poDeelain top cabinet; 2
wood cabinets; wall cabinet;
washing machine, Lowell; / tub,
square; soft. garden hose; l
rocking chair; / coffee table;
sewing cabinet; l Chore Boy
portable mixer; l hog house; %
bantam chickens; | fuel oil rack;
2 fuel oil tanks; lot fishes; / lot
pans and cooking utensils; l lot
sewer tile and other articles too
numerous to mention.
Chas. +. HoIycross
Bob Dixon. Cashier
Chester Teets, Auctioneer
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RAYMOND NEWS

Mrs. Elsie Roosa and son, Daryl
Lynn, have returned home after
several days visit in West Vir-
ginia, While there she attended
the funeral of her brother, who
was killed while in service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bushong had
for guests New Years day, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Gallant and child
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. BuruiS Bush
org Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Bushong
were callers.