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THE FAR CRY.
BV Emma Smith (Rnndn

THE FAR CRY.
BY Emma Smith. (Rdndo m
House; s3J
Another youthful writer wrote
this novel. Emma Smith, who is
English and was born in 1924, is
introduced to American readers
with THE Far Cry"
1t deals with four related char
acters, none we'll adjusted There
is the aging Mr.. Digby. an English
prep school teacher, who has
hated teaching for 40 years-a
frustrated writer. twice married,
unhappily. In a revolutionary
move, he snatches his younger
daughter Teresa, an unattractive
girl of IA, from her school and
from an unsympathetic aunt. He
takes the child to India to save her
from her mother, who has sud-
denly appeared after 10 years in
America. In India there is Mr..
Digby's older daughter Ruth, the
beauty of the family, and her hus-
band. a tea planter. But when
Teresa and her father reach the
tea plantation, they find the ideal
lied Ruth far from happy. Teresa,
bewildered because she doesn't get
along with her father or with her
half-sister, "had yet to learn that
the relationships of people are
never established, are ever NUT
able, wavering like seaweed on a
tide"
Miss Smith is more than clevef,
she is discerning. She writes
crisply and concisely. Her char
acters are subtly developed. But
her story is weakened rather than
strengthened by it's dramatic end
ing. The removal of two char
acters in succession is round to
suggest that the author, having
run them into blind alleys, didn't
know what else to do with them.
NOT UNTO OURSELVES ALONE
By Irva Farnham Copp. dor
rance; $780,
This novel is unfolded in a series
of intimate letters which young
woman named Hillary Lane wrote
to Becky, a cousin. Hillary and
Nathan Steel, a lawyer. fell in love.
Nathan was married, and. though
he and his wife were estranged,
she was a. doomed invalid, and he
did not feel he could insist on a
divorce.
The story Is told sensitively
but in rather high flown, arti-
fetal style. &C. B. j.
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and lost leaders, won fame on her
own as a teacher, publisher, book
seller and pioneer in the American
kindergarten movement. A formi-
dable busybody in private as we'll
as public affairs, she almost
wrecked the romances of both her
sisters and was eventually, if
temporarily, put in her place by
brother-in-law Hawthorne.
It is Elizabeth who dominates
this account as she dominated the
maiden lives of her sisters. 1t is a
tribute both to her and to her
present biographer that as she
ages, you like her better.
Having been trained by>a So
cially ambitious mother in "ex-
lied princess" department, and
fortified by an impeccable Revolu-
tionary ancestry, the Peabodys
moved with complete grace and
assurance among the giants of
their day. Elizabeth studied Greek
with Emerson, served as William
Ellery Channing's unpaid secre-
tary and as unpaid teacher in
Bronson Alcott's experimental and
ul-starred school, slavishly enter
tanned Margaret Fuller in her in
solvent book shop. On their hon
eymoon Mary and Horace Mann
visited all the reformers and edu-
Gators of Europe. After his death
Mary rejoined Elizabeth in her
kindergarten and abolition efforts.
Sophia, who copied and never Gre
ated, was more Victorian than
Yankee. When Hawthorne died
Sophia genteelly edited out of his
journal all references to sex, and
she scrupulously kept all news of
the Civil War from her teen-age
With considerable wisdom, Lou
Use Hall Tharp. latest chron-
lcler OF the remarkable trio, has
written from the feminine rather
than the feminist point of view.
This has resulted in sprightly,
fluid, completely readable record,
lightened with flashes of intuition
about the emotional lives of the
three self-possessed Peabodys. Less
happily. it has occasionally leads
to overly detailed recitals of dress
and interiors, and in the case of
Sophia, who was herself inclined
to gush a bit, to some rather SEN
timental embroidery. But she has
brought to this enchanting recrea-
ton the one quality which the
three uncommonly gifted girls
exhibited least, that of humor.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
The First Years
Of the Capital
ALL CAME BY THE SEA

ALL GAME BY The SEA
BY Michele C. Strizzi. (Dorrance
& Co., Inc: $3.J
Rich in historical lore, this
novel presents the story of
Washington during it's first 25
years as. the Nations Capital. It
takes the reader back to the day
when there were mud and dust
on the streets; when the popula-
ton of the entire area was some
thing less than 5000 rather than
close to 100000, and when the
only source of transportation was
the horse and carriage. Mr..
Strizzi. who died at his home here
a little over a year ago, mentions
the names of many of the early
residents of the city and present.
day Washingtonians will find it
interesting to go back into the
past. Many will recognize the
areas in which they now live.
&C. A. McA.
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interior. 1t looked as II Snowy
would never reach Sinners grave.
But he did. Then an outlaw band
hi-jacked Snowy's cherished truck
from an Italian friend and their
adventures gathered momentum.
Mr.. Llewellyn draws careful,
warmly tinted portraits Of Snowy
and his new friends. We see their
WEAKNESS Of. war and the army,
their longing for wives and homes
most of them haven't seen in four
or five years. Traits of petty
prejudice and heroism nlingle
strangely, as in so many men
Their episode trip is described
with humor and compassion. I'm
fortunately there is just too much
of the same thing. Nearly 400
pages of unrelieved whimsy, with
all the characters moving by in
direction, hiding their good deeds
under rough words, IS enough to
make the most sympathetic reader
long for at least one person who
would cast off his stout-fella' code
and speak out. These characters
are candid only in occasional
spurts.
The brief liaison of the prin-
cess and the cockney Snowy is
not plausible. Not that such a
thing could not happen - most
things can-but the author fails
to make it credible. Mr.. Llewellyn
has a flair for vivid, colorful
phrases-a gift he might use more
sparingly to better effect. Some
of the most exciting incidents in
the book are so smothered with
words that they lose much Of
their dramatic impact. A reason
able application of brevity, SIM
plicity and restraint would have
made "A Few Flowers for Sinner, I"
a more effective novel.
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A Biography
For Scholars
JONATHAN EDWARDS


BY Perry Miller. (William Sloane
Associates; $780,
Perry Miller's biography of JON
athan Edwards is brilliantly writ
ten and tightly reasoned, but it is
plainly meant for the scholar
rather than the everyday reader
interested in the life of this icy,
fiery Yankee preacher who har-
rowed his parishioners4 with such
sermons as the memorable Sin
ners in the Hands of an Angry
God" Mr.. Miller tracks down the
finest complexities in the life of
the mind of Edwards who was the
first to relate metaphysics and
theology to the philosophical dis
coveries Of Locke. Interspersed
are chapters on the external life
OF Edwards, who was bounded out
of his Northampton parish and
fought one of the bitterest clan
wars ever known in Western Mas
sachusetts. The theological ex-
elements of the era are wildly
re-created, but, as has been indi-
Gated, it takes a thoroughly know
ing reader to appreciate their con-
temporary significance.
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poetry, others that are merely
Wordy.
Even his characters are middle
aged. They are, principally. a
trio of morbidly self-centered ur-
ban intellectuals, who study their
own moods and reactions with a
rapt, almost scientific attentive
ness. Tristram Bone, a mon
strously fat, ponderously wistful
aesthete. Is impotently in love
with a beautiful widow, Elizabeth
Poor. So is his petulant novelist
friend, George Motley. On a
weekend visit to her sons college
(Which might we'll be Princeton,
Mr.. Buechner's alma mater she
has a brief affair with young
instructor. Taxed with this in.
fidelity by Bone, she invents
tale of an unnatural relationship
between her son and the instruc-
tor.
In the intrigue and shadowy
conflict which ensues, all the vim
dictiveness and futility of the
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and ruthless. In the course OF
his wanderings, Blondel is Joined
by a strong, bold youth of 1s
named Karl, who becomes an in
separable companion. A dragon
a giant and a female Dracula
come into. Blondel's adventures
When Karl finally is killed in
battle, Blondel feels that his own
youth Is dead.
Mr.. Vidals description of the
people, the medieval towns and
the countryside is filled with un-
obtrusive lyrical beauty. The
whole book SENS, in fact, a prose
poem. And the author has
imagined SO clearly what Blondel
saw and felt that sometimes the
far-of story takes on a tinge of
modern reality.
"a Search for the King" proves
that Mr.. Vidal has a wider SYM
pathy and understanding than his
earlier books might have indi-
Gated. He is a serious writer to
be reckoned with.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Crime and Mystery
By Mirium Ottenbero
The Case of the Negligent Nymph,
by Erie Stanley Gardner. will
liam Morrow e. Co., Inc; $3.50

The Case of the Negligent Nymph,
by Erie Stanley Gardner. will
liam Morrow g. Co., Inc; S2.50.)
Perry Mason was just padding
his own canoe when a nymph in
a strapless evening gown splashed
into the water, pursued by a bare
fanged hound. Obviously Perry
had to pick up the damsel-and. a
pack of trouble with her. AS
usual, Mason finds himself in a
jam along with his client, the D. A.
wants his scalp, and things look
black when the Great Defender
comes up with his courtroom cli-
max. But Gardner fans will find
the denouement surprise, unless
they bear in mind this production
line performer never wastes clue.
Death Knocks Three Times, by An
thony Gilbert. (Random House;
$780,
The lid of an antique bathtub
knocks out the brains of an equal
ly antique colonel. A sentimental
spinster plunges off her balcony.
Suicide? Accident? Maybe, but
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Gore Vidal Proves Once Again
That He Is q Master StyIist
A SEARCH FOR THE KING.

BY Gore Vidal. (Dutton;; S3J
Mr.. Vidal is "a, and this is his
fifth novel. His remarkable
ability as a stylist and syn
thesist Of character has been
evident all along.
The youthful author has shown
In earlier books, however, a pre-
occupation with the morbid and
the decadent and with abnormal
psychology which has focused con-
troversial attention on his themes
rather than on their exposition.
1.-The City and the Pillar" was
candid study of homosexuality,
and his novel of last year, "The
Season of Comfort" dealt with
mother -fixation and other aber-
rations. This new novel is COM
plete departure, in subject at
least.
"a Search for the King" is a re-
telling of a 18th century legend
about Richard the Lionhearted.
According to the legend, when
Richard, returning from a cru
SADIE, was captured and held for
ransom by the Austrian King,
Leopold. troubadour of the Eng
lish court, Blondel, set out to find
his King and arrange for his free
dom. 1t was not so simple. for
Richard was moved secretly from
castle to castle, with the German
Henry. the Holy Roman En-
peror," using his greater power to
take custody of the English King
and charge of the negotiations
for ransom. The capture and
eventual release of Richard are
historic. Blondel actually was an
aging court poet at the time, but
his role in the abduction of Rich
ard seems to have been legendary,
stemming from the Chronicle of
Rheims" first circulated in the
18th century.
Tells It Straight.
Mr.. Vidal tells the legend
straight. His account is not sa-
tirical. 1t Is symbolic only in the
sense that all such legends are.
He has imagined what Blondel
was like: a troubadour entering
middle age. still vigorous, as
handy with his sword as with his
viol, devoted to Richard, but not
blind to his faults. Richard is
depicted as most historians see
him, terrific fighter, but vain
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pion and winner Of the United
States open championship in
l948. will be the guest of the Bald
Eagle Chess Club. On Tuesday he
will play two games, against Ben
Schwartz and Hans Steinbach,
expounding both games as they
are in progress. for the benefit of
the audience, and, incidentally, of
his opponents.
On Wednesday he will play 20
other members of the club in the
usual manner.
On Friday he will appear at
Friendship House, 619 D street
Sc, in a combined lecture and
simultaneous display jointly spon-
sored by the Army Map Service
and Naval Gun Factory Clubs.
At Hastings, England, young
Larry Evans disappointed the
American fans by a weak finish.
In the last three rounds he lost to
Laszlo Szabo (s-I, drew with
D. B. Horne and lost again to
Nicholas Rossolimo (7h-1h).
This gave him a final score of 5-4,
finishing fourth behind DR.. Max
Euwe (512-3h). Evans perform
ance was creditable enough for a
17-year-old in his first try at in
ternational competition.
A radio match between the
United States and Yugoslavia has
been scheduled for February 12,
and Mr.. Reshevsky will interrupt
his Western tour to lead the
American team.
Play in the District League has
been resumed after the holidays.
The Federal Club scored decisive
victory over Naval Communica-
tions, II to 5. The Library of
Congress- won hard-fought
match from the Paragon Club, 6
to 4. George Washington Uni
versity outclassed Georgetown,
.91a-1h.
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Chess Notes
By Donald H. Muqridoe

AS a spectacle, Samuel Reshe-
vsky's simultaneous exhibition at
the Jewish Community Center last
Wednesday evening was a great
success; he had AZ opponents and
host of spectators, including
visitors from the Richmond Chess
Club.
AS a sporting event it was less
satisfactory: Mr.. Reshevsky was
playing a very accurate and pow
'erful brand of chess, but was not
going fast enough to dispose OF
this number Of opponents in less
than four hours. BY midnight
the closing hour at the center, five
of the opposition had given up
but 81 games remained to be dis
posed of by the unsatisfactory
process of adjudication.
This was carried out by Messrs
1. S. Turnover and D. H. Mugridge
with help from Mr.. Reshevsky
himself in the later stages.
On two boards, those contested
by F. Miller of the Paragon Club
and B. o. Weaver of the Naval
Gun Factory. the master had the
inferior game, but not so inferio,
as to warrant their being scored
against him.
Against P. D. Bell, E. j. Hover
and j. R. Rice. Mr.. Reshevsky I1ao
p distinct advantage of position
but in complex and unresolved
mid-games. Against Carl Gard
ner, S. Gorelick, c. S. Reilly, Ben
Schwartz and Ocar Shapiro, the
masters advantage, if any, was
mlnlmal. All these games were
adjudicated as drawn.
The losers, by resignation O,
adjudication, were E. Boschan, D
A. Dow. B. Epstein, M. Epstein, j
Q. Evans, H. E. Fake, F. French
w. j. Gallagher, L. Hampton, F. S
Howell, L. R. Johnson, Mrs. B. B
L. Johnstone, /. Kornfield, E. M
Knapp, H. Lichtenstein, j. Mac
Auley. G. N. Marilovzev, E. D
Margolin, P. T. May, r. Morris, G
P. Gilman. B. GLAND, Capt. B
Paughan, S. Schwartz, M. l.
Seidelman. B. Simmons, Fl. c.
Smith, H. Steinbach, H. Sternberg
L. H. Tasker, G. S. Thomas and
u. c. Williams.
Reshevsky's final score was thus
81 wins, no losses and 10 draws.
1t would doubtless have been even
better If all the games could have
been played out.
Tuesday and Wednesday. Weav-
er w. Adams, New England cham
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o1 1oOQ, anu IlOTQeS Oh QeSeTGeTS,
displaced persons and criminals
preyed where they could, adding
to the violence and confusion.
Snowy Weeks, driver and ex-
pert mechanic with a British mo-
tor transport outfit, had a leave
coming, and his sergeant let him
have Rosie" his beloved truck,
rehabilitated after being smashed
up by a shell. Snowy was bound
for a hilltop far to the south,
where his buddy, Sinner" had
"got it" recently and had been
buried hastily. Snowy, as his COM
rades well understood, wanted to
fix up Sinners grave a little, put
UP a decent marker and add a few
flowers. Snowy thought, he was
going alone. and he wasn't too
pleased when higher authority
made him take a stranger, Bill,
along. Bill also had a leave. But
Snowy and Bill, both veterans of
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ZestfuI Adventure
In InNever-NeverLund

.S1LVERLOCK
BY John Myers Myers. (E. P.
Dutto1 & Co., Inc; $3.)
Reviewed by
SAM EASTMAN.
In "Silverlock," John Myers
Myers ("The Harp and the
Blade" "The Wild Yazoo") has
produced a highly entertaining
allegorical novel of a modern
mans search for truth in a myth
ical kingdom peopled with a
coterie of legendary figures rang
ing from Beowulf to the Mad
Halter. The author sets a fast
pace as the belief Of his central
character. A. Clarence Shandon,
in the futility of mans existence
is worn away in a rapid series
of adventures. Mr.. Myers has
done a very nice job; the i'm
mortals which populate this
never-never land are in perfect
character. moving smoothly
through the pages to form color
full background for a zestful ad-
venture and morality story.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
BeIIes-Lettres
Reviewed by
EDWIN TRIBBLE.

YOUR AMIABLE UNCLE
BY Booth Harrington. (Bobbs-
Merrill Co., Inc; $2.75.)
On his first trip abroad, in 1903
4, Booth Harrington wrote a series
of letters to his young nephews
in Indiana, describing his adven-
lures in various European coun-
tries, mainly Italy. They are
printed here for the first time and
included are original sketches by
the author. They are pleasant, in
consequential reminders of the
American tourist in lands, which
seemed stranger to us. then than
they do now. The witticisms and
anecdotes are somewhat dated but,
like everything else Harrington
wrote. so full of good humor and
fun that they are worth being
made a part Of the heritage he
left.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
MARK TWAIN TO
MRS. FAIRBANKS

Edited by Dixon Wecter. (The
Huntington Library; So
Mark Twain met Mary Mason
Fairbanks on the cruise out of
which grew his THE Innocents
Abroad" She was older than the
young author but there sympa-
thetic friendship grew between
them and it was to her that Twain
wrote the most intimate letters
of the period, 1867-187l. They
pertain mainly to his courtship
and marriage. This is the first
time they have been published in
their entirety. They do not alter
the picture Of Twain's character
or shed new light upon his life but
they are worth having historically.
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parlors buIged with bluestockingS
and eternity was a subject for
clearinghouse table-talk.
Two of them married immor-
tails: Mary, the middle sister, was
able, over a heartbreakingly long
period of time, to coax Horace
Mann, the mighty public school
educator, out of his grief over his
first wife. Sophia. the semi
invalid artist, found health and
apparently enduring ecstasy in
marriage with Nathaniel Haw-
thorne. The dynamic Elizabeth,
an intemperate enthusiast and
untiring champion of lost causes
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the true gesture, then you realize
that you are moving in rarefield
atmosphere, where Mr.. Buechner
is completely at home, and where,
to Judge by the hallelujahs of
praise on the jacket Of his book,
he will continue to flourish.
M. Meg.
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olutlon OF this ot-tempest.
Impressive as Symbolist.
Mr.. Buechner's technique, his
careful approach to a scene, his
delicate pulverizing of the finest
nuance of the most tenuous emo
tions, is almost certain to en-
dear him to readers who are ad-
dicted to the Henry James Eliza
beth Bowen type of writing. It is
perhaps as symbolist though, that
he is most impressive. When he
has the pet monkey of Tristram
Bone commit suicide in imitation
of his master who lacks nerve for
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Africa, after a
few differences
over the merits
of their respec-
tive outfits, hit
1t off fine. Then
they picked up
Max, an AWOL
American, and
they soon be-
came a trio.
When IN eyI
picked up an
O t her hitch
h TX er, W h o
turned out to
10 nnrinnn
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THE BEAUTIFUL BEQUEST
BY Eric Hatch. little, Bropn
E. % 90 TX

q CO., yZI5.J "
Johnny Kennedy was obviously
haunted by his old buddy, Paddy
O'Malley - else why would he
speak suddenly with a rich brogue
and leer at every passing girl?
This frothy item, involving the
antics of boxers, bankers and
maybe leprechaun. is Hatch at
his frivolous best. which is very
frivolous, indeed. M. O.
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trust the bumptious Arthur Crook
to come up with his own brand Of
solution after the third sudden
demise. Interested parties include
a nephew. whose visit to elderly
relatives always just precedes their
death; an aging Casanova and an
ex-governess with an academic in
terest in murder.
X **
The Wind Blows Death, by Gym
Hare. Little, Brown G. Co...
S2.50.) :
The beautiful guest soloist is
found strangled with a nylon
stocking in the midst of the Mark
shire Orchestral Society's concert.
Only missing musician when they
get around to counting noses is
a clarinet player, so the guilty
party must be handy with a clari-
net. David Copperfield-the now
Ell, not the youth-helps an anna
teur sleuth sort out the suspects.
X X
Two If by Sea, by Roger Bax.
Harper & Bros; S2.50.)
The reluctance of Russia to re-
lease its nationals inspires this
adventure. Two English husbands
OF Russian girls, determined to
rescue their wives, conceive a plan
OF sailing across the Baltic to
smuggle them out. Almost every
thing that could go wrong does
from one wife failing to keep the
rendezvous to the Russians chas-
ing the sailing craft by air-but
the author is careful enough about
detail to make this thriller be-
lievable and always exciting.
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people are re-
vealed.
Only Eliza
beth's son, a
golden prince
ling and her
mother, a wise
old w o m a n
anxious to pre-
pare the boy
for life through
h er ! e t t e IS,
b r in G C lie a n
hands to the
situation. And
the old lady
dies in the res
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Frederick Buechner's 7st Novel
Wins PIuudits and HuIIeIuiuhs
LONG DAYS DYING
(Altred A. Knopt;: $3.)

BY Frederick Buechner. (ATred A. Knopf; $3J
There nothing young first novel,
though he is but 23 He has the studied elegance of STYLE the
tery composed compassion praccd hand
that of Henry Exbrance and indignation absent
and there nothing here to immaty Working
with his Buechner achieves that
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girl married to an italian prince,
the journey began to be COM
plicated. Then there were des-
titute natives to help out, wom-
en- and children to lug to safer
places in "Rosie's" commodious
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Richard LIeweIIyn's New Novel
Set in Italy at Close of War
A FEW FLOWERS FOR SINNER.
BY Richard Llewellyn. (MdcntlIan,, S3J

Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
The Welsh novelist successful
Green Was My Valley has placed his Italy
closing phase of the
The Germans driven the making
most of quit Conditions back of the
lines chaotic
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A Brilliant Recreation of 3 Remarkable
Sisters and the World in Which They Lived
THE PEABODY SISTERS OF SALEM
BY Louise Hall Tharp. little, Bro,Dn & Co.; $4)
Reviewed by MARY McGRoRY

In the Towering OF New England women bloomed
brightly hardly than the three Peabody of
all bissfy involved that eugence
And in their high mndednes their culture
their ready they exmpy perfectly the spirit that prevailed
when transcendenam the in Concord
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Tuesday and Wednesday. Weav-
er w. Adams, New England cham
The echo., 1950-07-01
L akesvil.e News

n. B. A. Lodge No. 344 observed
Services in May, in
honor of their president, Mr.. w. H.
J. Weaver. He has served this lodge
for eighteen years as president. A
very interesting program was rem
dered by Miss Bernice Banks. Many
wholesome remarks were spoken in
favor of Brother Weaver. Mrs. Le
ma Carlyle was able to give an ac-
count of his life from the year 1900
which was fifty. years ago. Every
one enjoyed the entire service. The
Reverend 1. Il. McDougal of Vine
gar Bend, Ala, came forward and
delivered the feature address, after
which gifts were presented to Bro
Their Weaver for his stewardship. He
expressed his appreciation for same.
Miss Bernice Banks, Reporter