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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-12-13

scoring by hitting the cords for 81
points. Gordon Coleman followed
with ~. Dick Grist of the Alumni
tied Dupee with 81 points for his
team.
The Rockets next home game is
Friday when the Rockets will take
on Woodward Prep of Washington.
The game starts at $3.50.
The RMHS Glee Club is present.
ing a two-act operetta entitled
merry Christmas" for the Christ
mas assembly on December 81. The
leading roles will be taken by Err
nestine Brown, Robert Crawford,
and Glenn Smith.
The Richard Montgomery High
School PTA has planned to sell
Christmas trees on the school
grounds opposite Reeds garage.
Members of the PTA will start
selling the trees on Sunday, De-
cember 16, and will sell every eve
ming thereafter up to and including
Christmas Eve. Trees will be on
sale from 400 to 1000 pm.
The money made will be used for
the Richard Montgomery High
School and its students.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-12-13
SHERWOOD HIGH
NEWS

The girls and boys varsity bas-
ketball teams played their opening
games last Friday night with
Sherwoodss- alumni. Both games
We're thrilling. The girls varsity
came out on top of their game,
with a score of 52-40. The bows
varsity came out over the alumni,
5O-39. The girls play again De-
cember ID at Annapolis, and the
boys have game with Ellicott
City here at $3.50. The schedules
Will appear in next weeks news.
On December IA the Junior Glass
is presenting Christmas Sweater
Dance from 9 to ~.
The Senior Chorus and the Mu-
sic Club will broadcast over Bill
Herson's morning program on De-
cember II.
Sherwood's Christmas Concert
will be presented on December 20
at $3.50 pm. Several different mu-
steal groups will participate in the
program, under the direction of
Mrs. Odell.
Elizabeth Dallam, a senior, won
third place in the essay contest
which was sponsored by the Mont
gomery County Real Estate Board,
commemorating Constitution Day.
The subject was what the Bill of
Rights Means to Me-" Many hun
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Rockville and Vicinity
Mrs. John Diamond III - Rockville 1912
Or call Rockville 1856 2145

a lovely new home on Oberson
Street in Kensington.
While her nimrod husband was
eff to the Carolinas on a duck
hunting trip, Mrs. John R. Nor
rison of Rochester, N. Y. was a
house guest of the John Backuses
over the weekend. Mr.. Morrison
Joined Mrs. Morrison on Sunday
and they drove back to their home
in New York. Saturday evening,
Mrs. Backus had few friends in
to meet Mrs. Morrison and played
bridge.
Following the christening of
their young daughter, Pamela, at
Christ Church on Sunday morning,
Commander and Mrs. Eric S. Pur-
don We're hosts at a party for
members of the christening party
and few friends. In a few weeks,
the Purdons will be leaving Rock
vile for England where they will
make their home. Rockville will
miss this popular family.
Among the out-of-town que SITS
here for the Cotillion was Mrs.
Gordon Dunn of Folsam, Pa. She
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. jackson Ward Wisner on the
Rockville Pike and attended the
dance with cousin Bill'' Wisner.
Bill drove her back to Folsam Sun
day and returned home Monday.
The many friends of Mrs. Jeanne
zimmerman (the former Jeanne
Hawkins) will be happy to hear
that she is at home and recuperat-
ing nicely from a recent operation
at Suburban Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Christensen
entertained at a small dinner par
ty recently at Normandy Farm.
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Mrs. Mamie r. Reid

Mrs. Mamie r. Reid, 81, who
has lived on farm near Boyds for
the past as years, and who was a
lifelong resident Of Montgomery
County, died Saturday at Mont
gomery County General Hospital.
She had been i'll for nine days.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at st. Mary's Catholic Church
in Rockville and burial was at
Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville.
Mrs. Reid was the widow of the
late John Thomas Reid, who died
IA years ago. She is survived by
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Linthi-
cumof Boyds; her sister, Mrs. Ollie
F. Miles, and by her brother, John
]. Kooley, both of Adamstown, Md.
Two grandchildren also survive.
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Births

Births reported from December
l to 6 at Montgomery County Cen
eral Hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth c. Hobbs,
Silver Spring, son, Kenneth OAR
win Hobbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest w. Whit
aker, Ellicott City, "a daughter,
Jean Marie Whitaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Burk,
314 Crabb Avenue, Rockville, a
son, Michael Grant Burk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Price, Ow-
ings Mill, a son, Howard Lee Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis E. Beall,
Takoma Park, a son, Daniel Thorn
as Beall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas R. Beach,
Jr., 107 Dawson Avenue, Rockville,
daughter, Janice Marie Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cecil Smith,
16 Baltimore Road, Rockville, a
daughter, Cecilia Ann Smith.
Mi. and Mrs. George E. Stup,
Woodbine, a daughter. Roxie Lynn
Stup.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter P. Melvin,
Boyds, a son, John Franklin Mel
vim.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawton T. Sharp,
Glenwood, Baby Boy Sharp. 4
Births at Suburban Hospital: Z
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Phoe-
bus, 307 Maple Drive, Rockville,
daughter, Susan Linda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Rich
ardson, Ri. Rockville, a daughter,
Wanda Kay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Guidara,
1911 Oberon St., Kensington,
son, Michael Alan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl A. Branison,
Lincoln Park, Rockville, a daugh-
ter, Anita Louise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold M. Marks,
Sleepy Hollow, Washington Grove,
son, Jeffrey Sterling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred S. DcAgre,
Jr., 81 Howard Ave-, Kensington,
son, William George.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermith Betteker,
Rt. 1, Rockville, a daughter, Rita
Marie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard w. Rick,
4O2 Blandford Ave, Rockville,
daughter, Dorothy Elaine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Leith,
Boyds, daughter.
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Mrs. Anna H. Magruder

Mrs. Anna Holland Magruder Of
l04 w. Jefferson Street, Rockville,
member Of an old and well-lfnown
Montgomery County family died at
her home on Monday, December
10. Funeral services were held
Wednesday, and interment was in
Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore.
Mrs. Magruder was the widow of
the late Hugh S. Magrude and d
sister of Mrs. Eliza Barrett Kill
gour of Rockville.
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Obituary
Mrs. Minerva SeIby

Mrs. Minerva R. Selby, aged sc,
died Tuesday at the Montgomery
County General Hospital. Funeral
services will be held Friday, De-
cember Ia, at the Humphrey Flu
neral Home In Rockville. Burial
viii be in the family plot in For
est Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg.
Mrs. Selby had been making her
home with a granddaughter, Mrs.
Mona Norwood at Avery.
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dreds of essays were submitted by
high school students of the county,
The winners were entertained at
dinner on December 7 by the di-
rectors of the Real Estate Board
at the Bethesda Country Club
where the awards and plaques were
presented to them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-12-13

home in Orlando, Florida.
Besides his wife Margaret M.
Wagner, he is survived by a son,
William F. Wagner, Jr. of Rock
vile Pike, and an infant grand
son, William F. Wagner, III.
Also two brothers, Urban N.
Wagner, of Silver Spring, and S.
Peter Wagner of Rockville.
From Humphrey Colonial Flu
neral Home, Service will be held
at st. Mary's Church Monday at
8 o'clock. Burial in Rockville
Catholic Cemetery.
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HE CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE

~SADDLERY - English riding
equipment. Leather repairs. Our
representative Mrs. Alice C. Berry
will be glad to advise. Complete
stock carried. Rockville Supply
Co., Inc, and Potomac Supply Co.
Phone Rockville 1929 Rockville
4116. 400
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THE WEEKS NEWS OF
GAITHERSBURG HIGH

Keeping in step with the yuletide
spirit, the choral groups of Gath
ersburg High School will present
their annual concert tonight at 8:15
pm. in the gymnasium. Before a
setting of stained glass windows,
100 voices, under the direction of
William Earl, will lead the congre-
cation in singing several of the
bestowed hymns, as well as other
selections. Also for the first time,
the 7th and 9Th grade Glee Club
will blend their voices with the
Senior Glee Clubs.
Climaxing the Christmas enter
tainment again this year will be
the annual "Yuletide Ball" spon-
sored by the junior class. On De-
cember Fl, the CHS gymnasium
will include and orchestra waiting
to furnish music for the semi-for-
NAL event. Gay decorations, re-
AASoHAlCibo3 anu JCIIllISSlOu Gil
tertainment will add to the merri-
ment of the evening.
Boys basketball season will not
open on their home court this year.
Seven o'clock on December 81 will
find Sherwood and Gaithersburg
teams matching skills in their first
contest. After winding up a ter
rife record of six wins and one loss
on the gridiron, the athletic en-
thusiasts are looking forward to
successful basketball season. Last
year CHS lost the semi-fnals in
the state contest at Frostburg.
Patrol members from Damascus,
Sherwood, Rockville, and Pooles-
vile high schools will gather in the
CHS gymnasium for their Christ
mas party on the eve of December
10, sponsored by the AAA. The
group will begin with games and
refreshments.
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William F. Wagner

William Franklin Wagner, re-
tired architect and inventor died
yesterday December ~, at his
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MISCELLANEOUS

Hold that line! Support the Red
Feather lineup against illness, ur-
happiness and crime. Give thru
your Community Chest.
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EWASHING MACHINE-Ken-
more, excellent condition, about 2
years old, automatic with timer,
wringer type, Al condition. De-
Luxe Model. Tel. Rockville 1905.
483
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1T PIGS for sale; also one SOW.
John A. Richards, corner Laytons-
Vile Olney= Brookeville Rd. 522
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%TRUSSES RGICAL
Belts, Elastic Stockings, Arcn
Supportes; private fitting room.
Lynn's Pharmacy, Gaithersburg
1853. Alb
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~POINSETTAS, beautiful
plants red, white or pink, in full
bloom for Christmas. Lowery
Riggs, end of S. Washington St..
Rockville, Md. Phone Rockville
3682. 583e
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R BATTERIES and Repair Ser
vice all make hearing aids. New
H. A. $3.50 ten day free trial
and year guarantee. Lynn's Pnar-
macy, Gaithersburg, Nd. Tel. 163.
B. Ala
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~R E RIGE RATOR and
WASHING MACHINES = Good
used ones. Wire & Lanier. Tel.
Rockville 1904. 1922
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my BOYS BICYCLE, % in. rae.
ing, in excellent condition, price
$3.50. James Harriss, Bells MIL
Road, Rt. No, 2, Rockville, Md.
GIT
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= LOST AND FOUND =

TYCOON HOUND - One red
bone coon hound, color red, Satur-
day night between Crobbitts and
Haight Bridges on Patuxent Riv-
er; answers to name of DAM"
REWARD. T. L. Watkins, Cedar
Grove, Phone Gaithersburg 800
ia. 625
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= FOR RENT

~ APARTMENT - 3-rm. base
ment apartment, unfinished. 915
Viers Mill Road, Rockville; now
Phone Gaithersburg 100
J-3. $40
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jig IRISH SETTER e mos. ODD
answers to name of Judy" Last
seen in vicinity of Falls and Glenn
Eoads. Reward. Call Mrs. Sher-
man, Rockville 1854. 626
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- HELP WANTED -

aJ1F~ SERVICE MAN for establish
ed Routes. Salary and commission.
Call Rockville 4348. 500
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- WANTED

FAUTOMOBILES-1f you have
an old automobile, wrecked or
otherwise, that you would like to
turn into cash, call Norbeck Auto
Sales. Lockwood 5-1975 or Ashton
6393. 500
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SERVICES

WGENERAL REPAIRING -
Roofing, Painting and Guttering;
small or large jobs. Tel. Rockville
1896. 1872
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FTAGS, DRIVERS LICENSE.
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE -
We go to Baltimore and
secure: auto tags, titles, duplicate
titles, learners permit, duplicate
drivers license and registration
cards. Md. Credit Exchange, ].
Dempsey Rice, Mgr, 20 E. Mont
gomery Ave. next to dispensary
bIdg.), Tel. Rockville 4405. Open
8 am. to 8 pm. 1912
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~TELEVISION TECHNICIAN.
Complete repair or installation.
All makes. Service Day and Eve
nings. L. ]. Teuton, 430 E.
Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg
Md. Phone Gaithersburg 181-R.
1909
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~ LICNEL TRAINS REPAIR
ED, accessories, transformers,
switches; ten years experience.
Frederick Schneider, Sr., short
distance past Lofstrand factory on
Beantown Road. Look for sign.
Tel. Rockville 4736. 458
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NOTHING IS HARD TO SELL If you USE
SENTINEL FOR SALE" AD
Dial Rockville 2l44 - Before 400 PM Wednesday,
An AID TAKER WILL HELP you WORD YOUR
MESSAGE FOR TOP EFFECTIVENESS
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~ SEPTIC TANK FIELDS =
Drainage, bitches and General
ditch digging, zoe foot. Waiter
Seek, tel. Lockwood 5-O112. 459
TTRUCK FOR HIRE by day OF
hour for general hauling or will
do the job for you. Tel. Rockville
1882. 535
H CHOPMIST STABLE - Open
for additional boarders; also gentle
horses for hire by appointment
lessons if desired. Tel. Rockville
2564. 53l
, 1951-10-16
+ uneruIs Are
Brighter. CoIorfuI
i. hese Days

CLEVELAND, Oct. 16 (INS)
Even funerals are getting a color
full touch these days.
Some 400 funeral directors at
tending the National Funeral Di-
rectors Association convention in
Cleveland saw black, which has SO
often been associated with death,
being ruled out in favor Of other
brighter colors by the manufact-
urers of caskets and hearses.
Casket manufacturers have dis
Continued On Page 4
, 1951-10-16
Mothers Shot While
Holding Her Baby

CINCINNATI, o., Oct. 16 (lNS)
A 3O-year-old Cincinnati mother
was shot while holding her six
months-old son in a murder-sul-
eide tragedy late yesterday witness
Sc ~ her older son.
Iolice sad Mrs. Anna Mae Will
liams was shot in the head fatally
by Charles Brewer, 35, who then
turned the gun on himself.
Mrs. Williams nine-year-old
stood less than SO feet away at
the time of the shooting, police
said, and took his younger brother
from his mothers arms and ran
for help.
Police said Brewer and been
counting Mrs. Williams for some
time. The whereabouts of her hus-
band was not known Immediately.
A sack containing q heavy ire
scale was found ear Brewers
body and police believed he in
tended to bludgeon her to death il
the shooting failed.
, 1951-10-16
Hidden bunet"
Kills Year Old

CLEVELAND, Oct. 16 (INS)-
A grief-stricken father told Cleve-
land police today how a hidden
bullet" killed his son and injured
his wife.
The father, Dominic Ferry, %,
said his 28-months-old son., Dale,
was fatally shot and his wife, Lee
ona, %, wounded when he and the
boy played "a game Of Cowboys"
Ferry said that he removed the
clip from a borrowed .45-caliber
pistol but forgot to check the
chamber, where a bullet had lodg-
ed, and "playfully'' fired the gun.
The bullet struck his son, who
was standing in the bathroom, just
as his wife went to comb the boys
hair. The bullet pierced the boys
chest and then ripped Mrs. Ferry's
right side.
Ferry rushed the boy to city
hospital where he was pronounced
dead on arrived. His wife was held
for observation.
, 1951-10-16
OUR
REPORT
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Three men we're held to the
grand jury Monday when they ap-
peared before Common Pleas
Judge Robert U. Martin charged
with burglary. The heaviest bona
was placed on William r. John
son, 23, Of 1852 Howell ave,
charged with two counts and held
on $500 on each count.
Johnson was charged with a
series of robberies including the
Shippers Bar, 525 N. Summit ST.,
and forcing a safe at the F. w.
Woolworth 5 and 10 cent store,
1852 w. Third st, between the
dates of September &c and Oct.
/, according to the police.
Two others implicated in some
of the robberies were, Fred GRAY
es, Fl of 143 Edison av, and Leon
Ralston, 10, 1874 Horace st.
Graves, on parole from the Ohio
State reformatory, was held I'M
der a $500 bond and Ralston al
so a parolee from the Boys In
dustrial School at Lancaster,
Ohio held under a bond of 5000
A preliminary hearing of the trio
will be held Saturday morning at
$50 before Judge Martin.
Continued Page Four
, 1951-10-16
Central State VS.
Tennessee State

WHEREFORE, Q. Oct. 10
Mid-western A t h t c
Association Giants meet in the big
game which may decide the NV
AA championship Saturday., Oct
ober 20 at Central State College,
Mcpherson Stadium.
Tennessee State with an MWAA
victory over Lincoln is leading the
Midwest Conference, and. is out
to avenge a 60 defeat by the "Ma-
RAIDERS at Chicago last year.
, 1951-10-16
PAkISTAN PREMIER KILLED

1t added that the killer was slain i'm
mediately by the crowd.
With deepest sorrow we announce the
death of the Premier, who was shot this af-
ernoon.
1.-THE assassin was killed on the spot by
the crowd"
Two bullets were fired at the bearded
Premier, both of which struck him in the
, 1951-10-16

When the bill come up this af-
ternoon for final house action, re-
publicans will move to return the
measure to committee.
If successful, this would be tan
tamount to killing the tax increase
since congress hopes to adjourn
Saturday. n
The recommittal motion will be
made by Rep. Reed, N. Y, top
ranking minority member Of the
tax-drafting house way and means
committee.
To be successful, republicans
would have to obtain a large bloc
of democratic votes in support Of
their recommittal motion.
If unsuccessful, a majority Of
the 1876 republicans will probably
vote against passage, according to
minority leader Martin, Mass
, 1951-10-16

The trustees stood by their orr
ginal ruling made Sept. 4th on
Gibralter Island in Lake Erie
which gave president Howard L.
Bevis the power to ban speakers
from the Ohio. State University
campus who they thought would
tend to undermine traditional A
, 1951-10-16
merican institutions and govern

merican institutions and govern
ment.
In the statement upholding the
so called "gag rule" the board
said, "as trustees of Ohio State
University We encourage the full
est academic freedom CONSTANT
with national security. The facili-
ties of the university will not be
made available to known COM
munists or members of other sub
versive groups who seek to under
mine the basic liberties Of Ameri-
ca"
"The university has always pra-
Continued Page Four
, 1951-10-16
0hioStute rustees Hold
To Speech Control Rule
By International News Service

WOOSTER O., Oct. 16 QNS)- Trustees of Ohio
State University have ruled to stand pat on their campu.
speech control rule.
The university governing body made the statemelt
late yesterday after holding meetings for four hours al
the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station south of Woost
, 1951-10-16

Democratic leaders expressed
confidence that the bill will be
approved by the house and sent
to the senate, where an attempt
will be made to complete action
and forward the measure to Presi-
dent Truman for his signature.
Both houses are acting on a
compromise drawn by by house
and senate c~onferies. The house
voted originally for a seven bill
lion two hundred million dollar re-
venue boost, but the senate reduc-
ed this and maintained it's position
in conference.
individual income tax increases
totalling two billion 333 million
dollars annually will go into eff
feet Nov. 1, along with one bill
Continued Page Four
, 1951-10-16

chest.
He was rushed to a hospital. An en-
Urgency operation was performed tor re-
moval OF the bullets ana first reports had
snulcated he was making satisfactory pro-
gress.
The broadcast said, however, that the
Premier succumbed during the evening de-
spite every effort to save his lite.
, 1951-10-16

The game is attracting wide at
tention because of the rivalry be-
tween Coach CASTOR F. "Country''
Lewis and Henry Arthur Kean.
This game may decide the MWAA
championship which was won by
Central State College last year.
, 1951-10-16
Weather Forecast

Mostly sunny today, highest IS
to 70. Some cloudiness and a
little warmer tonight. Wednes-
day rather cloudy and warm fol-
lowed by showers, northwest
portion.
, 1951-10-16
v moves 10 Kill
New Tax Measure
By RAYMOND C.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 QNS)- House republicans
canned a last-minute effort today to kill the five billion
$50 million dollar tax increase bill.
, 1951-10-16

KARACHI, Oct. Is INS)-The Pa
kistan radio announced today that Premi-
er Liaquat Ali Khan was shot and killed by
IN unidentified assassin in northwest Pa
kistan.
Ali Khan was about to address a po-
= al meeting in Rawalpindi in the Punjab
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Optical Illusion

read with interest and amusement
your recent story headed Pigeon Really
Wears Glasses, Broadway Secretary In
sists." The secretary and her boss were
not fooling when they insisted they saw
such spectacle"
I think this is the answer: We have
among our many varieties Of exhibition
pigeons, q family of birds with unusual
development Of the eye cere and the nose
wattleS. Their eyes are trimmed with a
heavy growth known as the cere and
this condition is accompanied by like
development of the waffle over the nos
trils and also in the corners of the
mouth or beak. Such a pigeon is the
Barb" This bird appears to be wear
ing glasses Of the "pince-nez" type, the
cere about the eye giving the Illusion Of
the glasses Qenses) and waffle of the
nose the 'pincher."
1t is reasonable to assume that the
Broadway secretary saw Barb on the
window ledge, or some other bird with
the same characteristics. Even the or
dinary racing pigeon Ccarrier pigeon" to
the general public with heavily de-
veloped ceres and waffle, would give
this same impression to one not familiar
with the many striking and unsual fea-
lures of the different varieties of show
pigeons.
Philip L. Roof,
Secretary Treasurer, American Turbit
Pigeon) Club.