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Evening star., 1953-09-16
Lone and Drown Out

MONTPELIER, VT. R.-
Five dollars a week for almost
six years, that is how Charles
j. Farley, "a, of Lowell, Mass,
father of two small children,
has agreed to settle a personal
injury suit in order to get out
of Jail.
Imprisoned since June 19 in
Washington County Jail be-
cause he could not post bail
at first fixed at $29,500 and
later cut to $4,000-he was re-
leased yesterday after signing
the settlement agreement.
Farley came here to attend
q lobster dinner and was in
volved in an accident. He
went to jail when Rildo BIZ
anchi and his mother, Mrs.
Laura Bianchi. both Of Barre.
sued him for $29,500 for per-
sonal injury.
Under the agreement, he
will pay the Bianchis $1,000
In IS weekly installmentS.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Swing Awuy

PHOENIX, Ariz. (P.-Ly-
ing in his back yard, Carl
Knutson noticed a tarantula
spider crawl up his arm.
Mr.. Knutson, a 203-pound
truck driver who stands 6 feet
/ inch, took a hefty swing.
He was hoSpitalized for
treatment of a dislocated left
shoulder.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
You Cont Do Thut

TULSA, Okla. (P.-Tuffy. pet
bulldog of a local airport, is suf-
fering a broken leg and a near
~ severed ear.
Yesterday he attacked the
whirling tail rotor of q helicop-
ter. Total damage to the craft
was $500. That included a
broken propeller and vibration
damage.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Judicial Conference
Given New Angle in
Drive for NeWCourt

The United States Judicial
Conference, which opens here on
September "a in the Supreme
Court building, will be asked to
consider an additional angle in
it's efforts to obtain a separate
family court" for the District.
The conference will be asked
to include pressure for creation
of three additional District Court
judgeshipS here, as an alterna-
tive, should Congress refuse to
create the proposed court.
The alternative measure will
be proposed by Chief Judge Har-
Evening star., 1953-09-16
$1,000 WiIIed to Cot

FARMER CITY, Ill (P.-An
elderly widow willed $4,000 Of
her $4,000 estate to her pet
cat. The will of Mrs. Lena
Maude Rankin, filed for pro-
bate in Dewitt County Court
at Clinton yesterday, stipu-
lated that what's left when
the cat dies goes equally to
the American Cancer Society
and the Illinois Heart Asso-
citation.
Mrs. Rankin, in her 70's,
was found dead in her home
August 81. Her cat lay on the
bed beside her body. She had
no immediate relatives.
Evening star., 1953-09-16

POW'S Dream
OF New Car
Realized
Life in the U. S.
BY the Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept.
16.-All through 33 months Of
imprisonment in a Communist
POW camp in Korea, Sergt. Rob-
ert HeSSelink Of Big Rapids,
Mich, dreamed of the day he'd
buy a shiny new car.
So yesterday, on his way home,
the 25-year-old soldier stopped
at Grand Rapids to order it. "1t
was one of the dreams that kept
me going" he explained to the
salesman.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Good Ole Days

ANDERSON, S. C. (P.-This
may be the atomic age, but M.
c. Dickson of Anderson thinks,
the past had its good points.
Mr.. Dickson and a partner are
importing IL saddle horses from
North Carolina to open a liv-
cry stable.
This may sound old timey to
some people" Mr.. Dickson ad-
mits, "but it's brand-new to a
whole generation and substan-
tial portion of another one"
Evening star., 1953-05-10
Battle of Titons

The whole st. Lawrence Seaway
fight is an excellent lesson in con-
temporary civics. Powerful inter-
ests are locked in a titanic struggle,
and any promotion of the general
welfare that results from the battle
will be purely coincidental.
The Pros. The ball is being car
ried for proponents of the seaway
by the Great LakeS-St. Lawrence
Association, with Offices in the Ca
fritz Building here. It's foes call
this group lobby for the iron and
steel interests, which rather over
SimplifleS the case. The association
claims to get about one-third of it's
money from such steel companies
as Republic and Wheeling; about
one-third from such big manufac-
turers. as Ford, and the rest from
Lake cities and States, businessmen
and f1nancierS.
The Cons. Spearheading the fight
against the seaway is the National
st. Lawrence Project Conference,
with headquarters in the Transpor-
tation Building. The group is COM
monty called, by It's foes, the
railroad lobby" but again this
is oversimplif1cation. Conference
Spokesmen say about rs per cent of
their funds come from the railroads
and that the balance is contributed
by Atlantic and Gulf shipping in
terests and the coal business.
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project to the American shore. And
this Canada cannot do unless she
gets some American agency-like the
New York State Power Authority
to assume responsibility for the
American end of the dam.
Likewise, 1t might be possible,
but would not be practical, for Can
ada to build 27-foot canal on Ca
madam territory without building a
power project. (There is a 14-foot
canal there now0 But the cost would
be excessive In comparison with re-
turns. Consequently. it Is unlikely
that Canada would build a seaway
without developing the power of fall
ing water in the International
Rapids.
This seems to mark Canada's
threat-that if the United States
won't 60 along she will 60 it alone
as rather empty one. Obviously.
Canada will build an all-Canadian
canal if she gets Federal Power
Commission approval for the joint
power venture. But If that approval
is not forthcoming. another long
period of inaction almost certainly
lies ahead.
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death in a number of earlier Con-
crosses, two similar seaway proposals
were put before the present session.
The one in the Senate is known
as the Wiley bill, for its sponsor,
Alexander Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin. The House measure is
the Dondero bill, after its father,
George A. Dondero, Republican, Of
Michigan. These bills are at present
in committee, Wiley's in the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and
Dondero's in the House Public Works
Committee.
1t is coincidence, not design, that
Senator Wiley heads the upper
house body that is studying his bill,
while Representative Dondero is
chairman Of the House committee
that has his proposal In earlier
Congresses, seaway legislation went
to these bodies, and did not always
have such friendly chairmen. Still,
the prevailing situation does nothing
to harm the chances of the Wiley
Dondero plans.
In essence, these two bills call for
the creation of q St. Lawrence de-
velopment corporation, a wholly
owned United States corporation.
Bonds for the construction of the
international rapids section and the
deepening Of the Thousand Islands
region would be issued by the United
States Treasury, which would guar
antee the corporations operation as
to payment of interest and principal.
The Wiley Dondero measures
charge to the Seaway project only
those works on the river that are
purely navigational Oike locks.
Purely power Qike dynamos) and
combined power-navigational as
poets Qike certain dams) would be
charged to the power project, which
the Federal Government would not
pay for.
without Legislation. The alter
native. assuming a seaway Is to be
built. would be to let the Canadians
build it, and simply license an
American agency to go in with the
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Com
mission on the electrical project.
All that would be needed under such
setup, proponents say. would be
a green light from the Federal
Power Commission. New York State
already has an application for Ii
cense under study by the FPC. A
ruling is expected shortly.
Evening star., 1953-05-10

Canada Tells S Fish Bait ST. Lawrence Seaway

say it cannot make money. 1t
Would seem that il it fails, it could
not harm the railroads and the
SeaportS and, conversely, if it ruins
the railroads and ports it could
not Jail to make money. The oppo-
nentS' arguments are inconsistent.
Atd. Anyway. the bulk OF Seawdy
traffic tDould be ne,D cargo that
does not notD moDe. 1t Mould not
be taken from the Sedboard.
. Even accepting the proponents
figure of SLOT 100000 for seaway
construction, there is vast hidden
cost in what else must be done in
the Great Lakes. Not a single Lake
port at present is dredged to q feet.
AS soon as 27-foot channel comes
in, every town on the Great Lakes
will demand q feet in it's harbor
and 27-foot berthS for vessels. They
will all run down to Washington and
start lobbying for Federal handouts.
Most of the shipping coming in
through the SeaUay ,Uill be carry
ing ore in the same sort of Lake
ships that already are entering
those ports. IT 27-toot channels
are needed, it is entirely possible
that Lake ports ,Uill demand them.
But to get them. they ,Dill haze
to ShotD Congress and the Army
Engineers that it is economical to
dredge to q feet. And Us far as
berthtng space is concerned, piers
are not Federal responsibility.
IT the ports lDGnt 27-toot berthS,
they Uill hGUe to build them at
their o1Dn expense.
Q Regarding power development on
the st. Lawrence, John L. Lewis has
stated, For every ton of coal dis
placed by water power. one man
loses days work. The United
Mine Workers insist that electricity
generated by the St. Lawrence prof.
est will displace coal. We insist the
power can be generated more cheap
ly by coal in steam plants"
1t is the experience of this coun-
try that When plenty OF power
becomes available more Jobs, not
teDer, mdterialise. The electricity
that 1DiH be generated on the st.
Laurence is not 1oD being made
from coal. And as far as cost is
concerned, hydro potDer In that
region compares to steam power
as 3 compares to 8.
Evening star., 1953-05-10
Court Fight

The interests that oppose the st.
Lawrence Seaway think they discern
in Canada's dilemma a way to pre-
vent-or at least to delay-con-
struction Of the seaway. If the
FPC turns down the power project,
the seaway is back in the deep
freeze. And if the FPC approves it,
the opponents intend to take the
matter to the Supreme Court.
The opponents - particularly
American coal operators-will con-
tend, If the matter goes to court.
that FPC licensing is unconstitu-
tional. They will say that because
the st. Lawrence is an international
waterway at that point, the only
proper way to go about a joint power
development is by means Of treaty.
And If the Supreme Court should
accept the suit for hearing, and
uphold the Seaway opponents, the
matter then would 60 back into the
political arena for the lobbyists to
fight over some more.
Meanwhile. Canada's need for
power would not abate. Lacking q
hydro plant, she would have to build
some coal-burning steam-generatihg
plants. The coal would come, with
out doubt, from the United States.
According to testimony given last
December before the FPC, this would
be terrif1cally expensive.
Cheaper Power. It was stated at
the hearing that power generated by
water falling 81 feet at the rapids
on the st. Lawrence would cost
$.0029 kilowatt at the busbar. BY
comparison, the testimony showed
that steam-generated electricity
would cost $.0078 a kilowatt-more
than two and a half times as much.
Using United Mine Workers sta
tistics-that it takes a ton of coal
to produce 1000 kilowatts of elec-
tricity-Canada would need Is mil
lion tons a year. The revenue from
this vast coal pile is the stake for
which the coal operators are playing
in their game of opposition to the
hydro plant. It is clear, also, why
John L. Lewis United Mine Work.
ers are betting on the same side
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Canadian Plan

Up until late last year, the Ca
nadians generally tended to go along
with American plans for joint sea-
way operation. However, statements
by leading Canadians have made it
clear that Canada not only is will
ing to do the job single-handedly,
but would prefer it that way.
The famous Canadian boom is
primarily responsible for this change
of heart on the part of Canada.
Canada needs the st. Lawrence
waterway noU. But more impor-
tant, her growing industries need
power. And while Canada is rich in
many resources Gncluding falling
water), she is poor in coal.
However. Canada would find it
highly impractical, II not actually
impossible, to build a hydroelectric
power project on the st. Lawrence
without hitching one end Of the
Evening star., 1953-05-10
Dreams FuIfiIInent or Rude Awakening?
By WiIIiom Hines

AS long as there have been white
men along the st. Lawrence, there
has been a dream Of commerce be-
tween the open sea and the vast
reaches Of the Great Lakes.
President Eisenhower and Prime
Minister st. Laurent Of Canada sat
down last week at the White House
to discuss the dream. AS things look
today, one Of two things is likely to
happen to the vision, and soon:
Either the dream will have full
f1llment in the near future, or the
dreamers will be In for a rude awak-
ening.
Canadians. increasingly vexed at
American lip service to the Great
LakeS-St. Lawrence seaway project
and American inaction-have said
in positive terms that Canada wants
to go it alone. The Canadians are
now at the point Of giving Uncle
Sam his last chance for q share in
the waterway.
Two powerful lobbies are fighting
over the issue in Washington. One
seeks United States participation in
the seaway now. The other wants
the United States out Of the project,
and-while it will not admit active
opposition to an all-Canadian canal
lis planning an oblique attack If
Canada tries to solo.
There are few issues that surpass
the seaway in complexity, geograph-
ical, political and-above aI-eco-
nomic. A rough game is being played
for big stakes, and the time for the
final whistle appears to be near.
Evening star., 1953-05-10
The Arguments

There are standard arguments pro
and con regarding the SeaWay. Here
are some of the chief ones, together
with rebuttals of each in italics.
Proponents
. The rich iron ore veins of the
Mesabi range. at the head Of Lake
Superior, are running out, and new
sources must be tapped. Such a
source exists in Labrador, about 500
miles downstream from Montreal
and about $50 miles inland. It will
bring in ore richer than Mesabi's
in quantities that will allow for
expansion in the future.
The MesGbi range has enough
rich, open-ptt ore in it to last for
another 30 to so gears, and almost
inerhGuStible quantities of tGcon-
ite, a lo,Der grade ore. There are
large supplies OF excellent ore at
Steep Rock. northeast of MeSabi
in Canada, Which also can be
tapped. The Labrador strike is still
big question mark.
. The expenditure of 81 billion-all
of which will be recovered except
500 million-will open q fourth
coastline to the United States and
to world shipping.
There has neUer been canal
built for anything like the esti-
mated cost. The Wellnnd Canal
tDGs supposed to cost $40 million;
1t cost $120 million. The Panama
Canal cost ttDice lDladt it DGs sup
posed to. And in any case it aDiU
neUer pay for itself.
. United States Department of Com
merce estimates indicate that any,
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The Solution

The dream Of seaway proponents
Is to make q 27-foot channel from
tidewater at Montreal to the head
of the lakes at Duluth. The At
foot limitation was decided on In
the 1920S. but is not the real con-
trolling depth Of the seaway. The
big factor is the 30-foot depth Of
lockSillS at the Welland Canal and
the 500. However 10 deepen the
seaway to 80 feet would be 90 ex-
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It will be noted that the largest
single item-ln fact, more than
half-is for power and not for nav
igation at all. This fact In itself has
created a good measure of opposi-
ton. Yet the channel could not be
built without a dam.
The Payoff. The $99.6 million
for work in the upper Lakes would
be paid for by outright congress
Sional grant and could not be re-
covered through toll charges or
otherwise.
The Canadian government would
pay 1902 million for the Welland
and Canadian section jobs.
The United States would pay $95.8
million for the Thousand Islands
and International Rapids projects,
and would recover this money over
a 50-year period through collection
of tolls.
The power projects cost would be
taken care of by the Power Author
ity Of the State Of New York and
the Hydro Electric Power Commisx.
sion Of Ontario through bond issues,
and would not involve the national
government Of either country. The
bonds would be paid of through
power revenues.
The net result of this work, &C.
cording to proponents Of the prof.
ect, would be a clear. 27-foot chan
mel for navigation from Duluth to
the sea, plus a valuable by-product:
"a million horsepower Of water-gen-
Grated electric energy for the North
ern United States and Southern
Canada.
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u. S. Plan

There are two ways for the United
States to go about seeing the project
through. One is with enabling
legislation from Congress. The other
is without legislation.
In the first event, the United
States would have q voice in opera
ton Of the seaway and, particularly
in the important matter Of tolls to
be charged. In the other case. the
canal would be built on the Canadian
side and questions Of operation and
tolls would be something for Cana
dians to decide.
With LegislAtion. After dying the
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Of the line with their ancient foes,
the coal operators.
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pensive an undertaking that pro-
ponents are not discussing it-at
present.
To give a 27-foot depth, propo-
nents estimate, would cost $1,017,-
622,475, of which direct, non-recov-
cradle cost to the United States
would be almost precisely $10O mil
lion.
Here is what 81 billion would do:
/. Dredge the 500 Canal to q
feet.
2. Deepen the Detroit reaches to
the same depth.
3. Complete deepening Of the We'll
land Canal to 27 feet.
4. Give clear 27-foot channel
through the Thousand Islands.
S. Construct 27-foot waterway
on the American side through the
International Rapids from Ogdens-
burg to the Canada line.
6. Build a power-navigation dam
system in the rapids.
Z. Construct a 27-foot waterway
the rest of the way to Montreal.
Whence the Money? The ques-
tions of how much the job will really
cost and where the money will come
from are the big bones of conten-
tion-at least in public debate.
Opponents, who charge that the
whole thing eventually will cost the
American taxpayer a humping So
billion, have labeled it billion
dollar blunder." Proponents, as ex-
planned above, cite the cost at just
over 81 billion.
Anti-seaway forces say the prof.
ect is a giveaway and a boondoggle,
pure and simple. Those favoring
the seaway say It will be self-liqui-
dating and more; that once it gets
into operation the navigation end of
the seaway project will take in SIG
for every $40 it pays out, including
interest and debt retirement charges.
United States and Canadian gov
ernment officials agree in substance
with estimates of the pro-seaway
lobby. whose figures stack up this
way:
Cost
Dvat
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-12-17

SHARON - The December
meeting of Sharon W.C.T.U. was
held at the home of Mrs. Cora
Marquis, Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. 9.
President Anna Archibald
called the meeting to order.
Meeting opened with singing of
Christmas carols. Mrs. Marquis
led devotionals with reading of
Christmas lesson from Luke
2:1-20. Eight members were pre-
sent. Christmas readings and
"recollections of Christmas"
were given.
Gifts were exchanged and Mrs.
Marquis served delicious
lunch.
Xmas Program
A Christmas program will be
presented at the Presbyterian
church, Thursday evening, Dec.
"a under the direction of Mrs.
Ruth Marquis, Mrs. Eileen
Haines and Miss Irene Marquis.
Supper Guests
Misses Jean Lawrence and
Lois Ann Elliott were supper
guests of MIR. and Mrs. Wood
row Boyd and children Wednes-
day evening and attended the
meeting of Sharon grange.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Trimble
of near Beverly, were visiting
with her sister, Mrs. l. L. Mar
quis and family last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bivens
spent the weekend with rela-
tives at GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Della SteerU and son,
Carl of Akron, were calling on
Mrs. Jessie Marquis, Saturday.
Charles Ramsey was calling
on Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Barn
house of near New Concord on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ralph of
Mansfield, spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. Mabel
Dovenbarger and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Marquis
and Darla May of Amanda, visit
ed with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. L. Marquis and Eva May
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-12-17
SHAR ON NEW

Jean and Candace, were visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Robinson at GAINESVILLE, Monday.
Recent visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beryl Pickenpaugh were
Mr.. and Mrs. William McLaugh-
lin and Mr.. and Mrs. Gerhard
Lundgrin of Akron.
Weekend callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Marquis and Miss
Florence McCune were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Marquis and chill
dren of Cambridge, and Forrest
McCune of Caldwell.
Johnny, small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Owen Baker, is receiving
treatment for pneumonia at st.
Francis hospital, Cambridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marquis
and David, Mr.. and Mrs. Emer-
son Hannahs and Jacqueline
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Marquis and children at
Cambridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Ruppel
and David of Caldwell spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Wiley.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-12-17
FREDERICKSDALE NEWS

FREDERICKSDALE - A pro-
gram of Christmas music, recita-
tions and delegates will be pre-
sented Sunday evening at the
church by the children and
young people of the community.
Santa will pay his visit and the
children will receive the COM
munity treat. Public invited.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Craig and
sons visited his brother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Craig, Tuesday even
ing, Mr.. Craig has been confin-
ed to his bed for the past two
weeks.
William Wickham remains
critically i'll at the home of his
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Wick
ham.
Mrs. Mary Henry is still a
patient at the st. Francis hos
pital, Cambridge, where she has
spent the past three weeks re-
ceiving treatment for burns
which she suffered when the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-12-17

| guests Sunday OF his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Howell of
SardiS.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Ullman
were guests Saturday evening of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Pabst.
Xmas Program
A Christmas program will be
given at the local high school on
Monday evening, Dec. 21st un-
der the direction of the music
supervisor, Mrs. Pearl Ullman.
| The program will start at 7:30.
At Meeting
Mr.. H. M. Ayers attended a
meeting of the Ohio Electric Co.
operatives at Columbus, Mon
day. Mrs. Ayers accompanied
him and shopped in Columbus.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Wilson,
Gary and Mary Ellen visited on
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Gessel of Marietta.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ullman
and son, Harold of Mantua, were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ullman. Recent guests at
the Ullman home were Mrs. Mae
Ullman, Mrs. Blanch Ullman and
son, Frank, all of Mt. Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Baker
and daughter of Ravenna, Corp.
Gene Baker of Uladasta, Ga,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Baker and Shirley.
Delbert Zimmerman of Camp
Pickett, Va, who is spending a
furlough with his parents also
visited at the Baker home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schenk
of Lower Salem, visited Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. Bertha l..
Johdnning.
Harold Schramm, Sandra,
Annalee and Kathy Wilson of
Cornerville, spent Friday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. L. d.
Schramm and Danny.
Mrs. Beryl VanFossen attend
ed Pomona grange at Carlisle on
Saturday afternoon.
Gaylord Miller and John Wise
of Alliance, spent a few days
with c. D. Miller.
Mrs. Emilene Schramm, Mrs.
c. E. Johanning and Mrs. Bertha
Johanning attended funeral SER
vices for George Addlesburger
held at Ogle's Ridge church on
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Foster Forshey was
brought home from Marietta
Memorial hospital on Saturday
after receiving treatment for a
back injury. Saturday evening
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-12-17

callers at the Forshey home were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Hupp of
Macksburg Ridge and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. H. Schoeppner and Dale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley VanFos-
sen spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Thompson
of near Lower Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindy Stevens
and Linda of Marietta and Mr..
and Mrs. Bill Stevens and Karen
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Stevens.
Friday shoppers were Mr.. and
Mrs. B. w. Ullman and Mrs.
Martha Fryfogle and son, Jim.
Saturday shoppers were Mr..
and Mrs. Erval Stevens, Mrs.
Charley Dennis, Mrs. Leonard
Schofield, Frank Stevens and
Marvin VanFossen.