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Evening star., 1954-11-22
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Sudan Of an Egyptian father and
a Sudanese mother and is popu-
lar In the upper Nile region. The
Egyptians are trying to persuade
the Sudanese they should link
themselves with Egypt. Under a
British Egyptian agreement they
eventually will have q choice Of
allegiance.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Grocery CLERK, is, Held h siabhlng d Bandit

Young Jordan grabbed up .
boning knife and gave chase, 1t.
Grimm said, cornering Woods in
q liquor store. Woods tried to
escape while q clerk in the store
went to call police. 1t. Griffin
said.
Jordan suffered cuts on the
right hand and finger.
Evening star., 1954-11-22

Simplicity ;. often the hardest thing to find in
dress nokes q big fashion point in our dorkIne
royon crepe The cut, moVeI Of figuring. The
buttonholes, handmade, the skirt completely lined
in royon toffeto. Black. navy Sizes Il to TO-
Evening star., 1954-11-22
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Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
in So. Johnstown Cemetery.

IN st. Johnstown Cemetery.
Mrs. Viola Reed Spanish passed
away at her home in Elaine, Pa,
on Sunday. January II, after a
long lingering illness at the age
OF 80 years. Mrs. Spanish was a
retired neurological nurse and re-
ceived her training at Manhattan
State Hospital, New York. She was
the daughter of the late Charles
and Margaret Reed and the last of
a family of II children. She is
survived by her husband, Irving
Spanish. Funeral services were
held at the Fleischauer Funeral
Home on Thursday afternoon, at 2
p. m. with Rev. Harry Conner,
pastor of Grace Methodist Church
IN Greenwood, officiating. Inter
ment in st. JOhnstOwn Cemetery,
near Greenwood.
The TOdds Home Demonstration
Club held it's meeting in TOdds
Community Building on Wednes-
day afternoon.
We are very glad to welcome our
new neighbOrs, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Smith, who purchased the
farm of Miss Anna Galloway and
have moved there as one of our
very welcome neighbOrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dearman
were dinner guests OF their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Rust on
Sunday. Other recent guests were
Mrs. Willard Smith and daughter
Pam of Rock Hall, Md, Mrs. T.
+. Morris and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Faux.
Mrs. Willard Smith and daugh-
ter Pam of Rock Hail. Md, were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
p. Morris and daughter on Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Post and son
Billy of Laurel were dinner guests
of their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Rhodes on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dearman
and Mrs. J. w. Rust were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Faux on
afternoon.
Mrs. Gus Lundell is quite i'll and
under the doctors care at this
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
LINCOLN
By Hrs. George II. DerrIchsOn
Phone Milford 1850

Church News, 1900 a. M, Church
School, 6:45 MYF. 1880 Evening
Worship.
The Sunbeam class will meet at
the home of Mrs. Mildred Smith. 6.
E. End Street, Milford, on Tuesday
evening, February 2. All members
are invited to attend.
Mortimer c. Whitehead, Jr.. of
Swarthmore, Pa, spent Thursday
and Friday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Mortimer C. Whitehead.
Sr.
Mrs. Boyce Short spent Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Hastings of
Milford.
Mrs. Harry Hudson and children
OF Harbeson were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Morgan on Sun
day.
Mrs. Wilbert Adams of Bellefonte,
Delaware, spent the week with her
mother, Mrs. Jennie Messick who
has been quite i'll but is much better
at this writing.
The PTA held their regular and
social meeting for January on
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Mary Brenneman is spend
ing the week in Philadelphia where
she went on Friday to attend the
funeral of her brother-in-law.
The most about all the news for
this week is ice and snow, From
which we are still digging out.
There were many ways of trans
pOrtatiOn from the farm tractor to
the horse and sleigh. On Saturday
our local mail carrier, started out
with automobile then changed to
tractor then to a truck but was un-
able to cover his route and was the
first one to break through many of
the dirt roads. This has been the
worst snow storm in a number of
years.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
Odd RanhIA

One Of the odd reptiles Of New
Mexico is the glass snake, which is
really not a snake at all but a leg.
less lizard.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
BLANCHARD'S STATION
By Mrs. Helen N. Harmon
Phone Greenwood 777B

Sussex County experienced a
real blizzard Friday morning, jan
uary %, with both sleet and snow
and continuing all day and into
the night. Many schools did not
open while others were closed
early in the day. Driving was very
dangerous and folks VINO could
make home safe felt they had
much to be thankful for.
Mrs. Hodge has been quite i'll
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Lawrence Meredith.
J. H. Edgell has been on the sick
list lately.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil EdgelI and
children of Middleford have been
recent visitors of their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Edgell.
Carey Davis has been quite i'll
at his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mills and
Carl Ticker attended the Produc-
ton Credit Dinner in Dover on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Newton
were Saturday supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Adams.
2 Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Carroll and
David were Sunday dinner guests
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
FISHERS DISTRICT
By Mrs. Nora Rust

Saturday evening. January 30.
will be the beginning of a series
of Bible classes in TOdds Church.
Meeting starts at 1880 p. m. on a
study of the great prophet, Jere-
miah. Everyone is cordially invit-
ed to attend these classes. 1t will
be definitely decided at this meet
ing If the classes will continue on
Saturday evening or another week
night convenient for our pastor,
Rev. John Irwin, who is attending
Westminster Seminary in West
minister, Md, and will be teacher
Of the classes.
The grim reaper saddened the
homes of loved ones in this vicin-
1ty when Harold T. Johnson was
called away on Sunday, January
II, at the Fair HOlme Gonzales
cent Home in SeafOrd, after a long
illness at the age of GO years. He
ISIS urvived by his wife, Rosa Lord
Johnson. He was the son of the
late Rev. w. d. and Georgianna
Tyson Johnson. Born in BayView,
Md.,ah was a veteran of World
War l and was a machinist. Fu-
neral services were held at Grace
Methodist Church in Greenwood on
Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock
with interment in Gracelawn Me-
mortal Park, Wilmington. Rev.
Harry Conner, pastor, officiating.
Thomas Tatum DaSsed awav
very suddenly at his home on Sun
day, January II. He had Just re-
Gently returned from Florida, the
state where he was born. He was
the son of the late Andrew Jack
son and Martha Purvis Tatum and
had lived in this community the
past Is years. He is survived bv
his wife, Mrs. Eva Thompson Tat
UNI; two daughters, Mrs. Winona
Wiederkehr of Greenwood and
Mrs. Emile Sterndale of Whining
ton; one son, Gerald Tatum of
Greenwood; three foster sons.
Lester Swift, Lester Smith and
Dickie Custins, all of Greenwood:
four grandchildren, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Minnie Lance of st. Pc
tersburg, Fla. Funeral services
were held on Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Fleischauer
Funeral Home in Greenwood with
the Rev. o. B. Myer, pastor of Har-
ringtOn Seventh Day Adventist
Church. of11ciating. Interment was
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
DACSBORO
BIZ MFG EssIo Hickman

Thursday night guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Bunting were Mr.. and
Mrs Monroe CULLEN and sister.
Mrs. Lizzie CULLEN of Millville.
ar. and Mrs. Joe Justice and son
Of near Dover, spent Friday and
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. HOr-
ace Gray and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Britting-
ham Of Dover called on Mrs. Nettie
JONES on Thursday afternoon of
last week. Other callers were Miss
Bertha Bunting and Mrs. Maud
Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Russo were
guests at an anniversary dinner at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Richards at Bayard last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hall End
children were dinner guests of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Yer
non Cobb of Ocean View on Sun
day.
Mrs. Mary E. Vickers is much
improved at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Farley Baker. near
MillsborO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mitchell
ST., and son Howard, Jr., and wife
of Salem, N. J., and Mrs. Mary
Hill of QuintOn, N. j., spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hor-
ner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville White
and children of Laurel spent Sat
urday evening with their mother.
Mrs. Sallie Brasure.
William H. Baker is i'll at the
home Of his son, William H. Bak-
er, Jr., at Millsboro. We hone for
a speedy recovery.
Sergeant Horace D. Daisey. sta
toned at ROslyn Air Base, N. Y.
spent Tuesday to Thursday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Daisey and sister, Mary Ellen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Ingang of Phil
adelphia spent Saturday here. re-
turning Sunday, with their bro
Their, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Hud-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Cobb of
ocean View were dinner guests on
Friday with their son, Mr.. and Mrs
George Cobb.
Mrs. Elmer Parson is much i'm
proved at this time.
Mrs. Edith ClOgg was taken very
III Sunday night and rushed to the
Memorial Hospital. She
suffered a stroke
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
DIsH.WAsHINe EXCITEMENT

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-(R-A rob-
Der made Ruth and Robert Amber,
teen-age children of a food market
owner, help him search without
success for money hidden in the
Amber home. He noticed before
leaving that the dinner dishes were
unWashed and ordered Ruth and
Robert to get to work on them. Thew
did, 1t being their regular chore.
any way. When their parents came
home everything was spick and
span, the rObber was gone and the
$4,000 weekend market receipts
was still where the father had
hidden them.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29

of Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Long and
daughter Of near frankfort.
w. L. Morris has recently been
on the sick list.
Mrs. BERTHE Sampson recently en-
tertained guest from Massachus-
etts.
J. r. Barwick is still confined to
his home after IL weeks Of ill
ness.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
MAGNoLIA
b Hrs. Frances Hart
Phone Frederic A28l

The Woman's Society of Christian
service and the Ladies Auxiliary
furnished the refreshments AT the
USO in Dover on Wednesday even
ing. Sandwiches, cookies and punch
were served and sew sraI members
Of the Auxiliary attended to help
with the serving.
The Woman's Society will hold
taelr February meeting at the home
Of MRS. Laurence Roe, on Wednesday
evening, February Srd, at z o'clock.
II It is necessary, due to the
weather, to make a change in this
meeting, notice will be given.
Mrs. Ule KentOn and Mrs. Aubrey
wheaton spent Sunday visiting
relatives in Camden.
Time for the closing Of the March
OF Dimes Drive is nearly here but
II you have not made a contribution,
and care to do so, you may make
your contribution through the
Magnolia School. Mr.. Ralph Nc
1ivaine is chairman and he would
be glad to accept your donation
as would those who are afflicted
with this dread disease, be glad of
your help toward their recovery.
A service of unusual interest will
be held at the Methodist Church
in Magnolia on Sunday evening,
February 9TH at 1880. We promise
you will be inspired and blessed
while listening to talented Miss
Helen FoOse as she renders so
beautifully the old hymns on the
piano The message in song by Miss
Eleanor Wallin will thrill your
heart and put you in tune with
things above. Mrs. Esther Kelso will
present the gospel in a unique way,
using her Felt-O-Graph and figures
which adhere to flannel.
This service is for young and old
ali ages are cordially invited to
attend, but, we especially urge the
young to come out.
Since our guests are from RehO-
both Beach, should the night be
stormy, or roads icy, this meeting
will be postponed until the following
Sunday evening, February 14th,
at 1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Jones are
spending a while with their children
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Orvis, until |
they recover sufficiently to return
to their home near Dover.
Mr.. Roy Anderson was taken to
the Milford Hospital on Sunday
and it has not yet been determined
the cause Of his Illness. He has
been confined to his home for ap-
two weeks and unable
to take care Of his duties at the
Post Office.
Charles Frederick Johnson, 81,
who operated a store in Magnolia
for 38 years, died suddenly Tues
day morning at his home in Mag
nOlia. He lived all his life in that
section.
Mr.. Johnson was a member of
he board of trustees of the Mag
lOlia Methodist Church, a member '
II the Board of Directors of the
Baltimore Trust Company of Cam :
EN-, and a member of the Magno-
la Fire Company, the Red Men, f
nd Union Lodge No. Z. A. F. and 7
NJ, Dover. He was known gen =
'rally as Fred"
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Mary Johnson; a daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Spurry, Frederick; bro
her, Caleb Johnson, Magnolia;
sister, Mrs. Mary p. Smith, the
Masonic Home, near Wilmington,
and one grandson, Fred Spurry, a
student at Valley Forge Military
Academy.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
GIRL ENGINEER EFFECTIVE

TUCSON, Ariz.. (P)-University
OF Arizona professors don't need to
encourage a pretty 2O-year-oid
senior, Raclare Cords, to study.
Besides keeping up with the
campus dances and other activities.
Raclare takes 25 classroom hours
of courses a week-about seven
more than the average. She is in
the engineering college.
She says she studies Arabic at
hOme-"fOT relaxation.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
DETECTIVE JOB PROVES EASY

SANTA ANA, Calf. - (P) -
Vern Stock, public safety officer at
nearby Buena Park, spotted a
young man changing the battery in
a truck parked away from the curb.
did you buy this truck?" asked
Stock.
Nope, stole it," the man said.
Stock repeated the question, and
the answer was repeated.
The man was booked at the jail
on suspicion of grand theft-auto.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29

Funeral services will be held
from the Rogers Funeral Home in
Frederick this afternoon at 1870
o'clock with interment at Barratt's
Chapel. The Rev. c. M. Elderdice.
pastor of Magnolia Methodist
Church, will of1ciate.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
EducatIon mew

Schools in Louisville, Ky. NAV
incorporate courses in sir pollution
control with studies Of science
physics and chemistry.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07
U. S. Jewry Stonds
Behind Israel

U. S. Jewry will stand behind
Israel regardless of what Assist
ant Secretary of State Henry A
Byroade says, Dow Joseph, Devel-
opment Minister, told a press
conference here this week in
comment on Mr.. Byroade's re-
cent advise to Israel not to re-
gard itself as a center of world
Jewry, but as a Middle East
state.
Mr.. Joseph who recently Wis
tied the United States, said A
merican Jewry is devoted to Is
rael. He noted that many Ameri-
can Jewish leaders give all their
spare time and even portion of
their business day to volunteer
work for Israel in a spirit, he
asserted, which is mot even
found in Israel"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07
Hodossoh Closing
Meeting Set For
Tuesdoy, Moy11

The Jacksonville chapter of
Hadassah will close the 1953-54
season with a luncheon on Tues
day, May II, at 1890 P. M. at the
Temple Ahavath Chesed.
Mrs. David Armel, chapter
president, will give a review Of
the years activities, entitled
Journey of Discovery" as her
annual report.
Another feature of the program
will be installation of newly
elected group officers.
Those elected to fill unexpired
terms in the Henrietta Sold
group are: president, Mrs. Melvin
Barnert; vice-president, Mrs. JOS
eph Domb; vice-president, Mrs.
Henry Cristol; recording secre-
tary, Mrs S. Fielder.
The Lucy Rubin group will
meet Immediately preceding the
luncheon to elect its officers so
that they may be installed that
afternoon.
Those desiring to make lunch
con reservations may call Mrs.
Michael Arab, 8-6447 or Mrs. Ben
jamin Gutenberg, 87-1883.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07

However, Sans cheerful smile is
good for his friends, and we know
they all wish him continued good
spirits -.
-
From Clearwater, Florida, we
learn that Mrs. Eta Saks, mother
of Mrs. Ben Saks of the Green
wood Pharmacy, is leaving for
her first vacation in many years
She will visit her former
home in Niagara Falls and will
be the house guest of her son,
Eli, in his recently completed
It is difficult to keep up with
the Jacksonville music set, but
the last time we saw the Ben
Stems and the DR.. Joel Fleets
they were very much excited over
the prospect of attending the
opera season in Atlanta The
Leonard Moses are also opera
followers
A recent guest in town was ST
Sobel, formerly of here and now
of Los Angeles, California
From California, visiting her
sons, Bernie and Dave Davis, is
Mrs. Mary Davis-also former
To make the Californian Florida
trips truly reciprocal the DR.. Joe
Wittens made a two-week vaca-
ton call on California cities 4
Graduation time is here, and it
is with pride that we announce
that Jean Portnoy, daughter of
the Morris Portnoys, is the vale
dictorian for Andrew Jackson
Commencement class Jeanny
is as pretty as she is scholarly.
and we know she will add much
to her graduating class service {.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07
Center Mems Club Boot Ride, Moy ! 5th

The Center Mems Club of Jack
sonville will have a Boat Ride on
May Is, proceeds of which will
supplement the Youth Fund.
AS in previous years, The Mems
Club is primarily dedicated to
youth groups. This active support
has invigorated and inspired more
activity among the Jewish youth
of Jacksonville.
The boat will depart at 9:1O p.
m. and return 1890 a. m. The
point of departure is the pier of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07
Jewish Broadcast
Set For Sunday

"The Smallest Ship written
by Marc Siegel, will be presented
on the Eternal Light radio pro-
gram on Sunday, May 9, 1854,
12:3O to 100 P. NJ, EDST, NBC
Network), in observance of Israel
independence Day, it has been
announced by the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of America,
under whose auspices the pro-
gram is conducted.
''The Smallest Ship" relates the
experience of ship in the Is
raeli Navy which helped in the
rescue of Greek survivors at the
time of the recent earthquake in
the Ionian Islands.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07

the Jacksonville Yacht Storage
Company, II Riverside Avenue
Opposite the Jax Coach Co. gar
age). It will sail to the mouth of
the st. Johns River and return.
The highlightS of the evening
will be dancing under the stars to
one of Dixieland's best bands, and
also refreshments.
Donations are $500 per person.
Due to limitations, Al Goldstein,
President, urges early reserva-
tons by phoning 96303.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07
BY Ethel Teddy" Moscovi1z

l am never so overcome with a feel
ing of self incrimination as when l am
encountered with my own failure to
become fluent in Hebrew and Yiddish
It is at moments like this that l
obtain a clear understanding of pietists
who torment themselves for an imagined
failure to attain spiritual perfection :.
NV. own form of torture is to thumb
through a book written in one OF the
languages of our people and then. con-
template my dumbness -.
Such a moment came to me when l
received a copy of "Reisher Yidden" by
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07

Herman LeQer, ana an accom-
panying note from the authors
friend, William Hoffheimes of
Hollywood, Florida Hoff-
heimes has written such a charm
ing account of the author that I
am completely frustrated in not
being able to read his book
which is written in Yiddish :.
However, there is some consola-
ton in knowing that this account
of an Austrian-Jewish community
which was established in the
fifteenth century, and which was
wiped out by Hitler will soon
come to us in English >.
While contemplating my own
inability to SAVIOUR such a histori-
cal document because it is in a
language of which am ignorant,
I have only hosannahs for the
author first publishing his work
in Yiddish am sure that
Leder is aware that an English
version would have a larger mar
ket; however, by publishing his
record of the 'Reisher Yidden"
in Yiddish he is erecting a monu-
ment to q culture that Nazism
sought to destroy :.
It seems to me also that even
though the future may yet see
these books lie unread on the
shelves of Jewish homes they will
always prove a challenge to Jews
to remain bi-lingual or multi
lingual j. This has been an ac-
complishment which has added
much to the alertness of the Jew
ish mind in the past ..
$3.50
Spent an interesting afternoon
with Rabbi and Mrs. M. D. Mar
COILS :. He had married US when
he was spiritual leader at the
Jacksonville Jewish Center /.
At this meeting we spoke mostly
Of children, and we were happy to
learn that his son, Mayer, is now
a sophomore at the University Of
Chicago and is a scholarship stu
dent Mayer was a Jackson
vile baby, and I am sure he will
be remembered by many -.
=
Our best wishes to Sam Bryan
for a cheerful bed rest following
his recent operation !. Sam
and Dora Bryan have long been
sincere community workers, and
their recent bout with the hospi-
tails has depressed everyone
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-05-07

However, Sans cheerful smile is
good for his friends, and we know
they all wish him continued good
spirits =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
Natures Children
BY Frunk Beck
By LiIlion Cox Athey

stock In Africa than are the
cobras. The latter will try to
escape If annoyed. but the adder
waits until trodden upon to
make the deadly attack.
The Puff Adder gives birth
to 10 or IL young in one litter.
The infants are fully equipped
from their first hour and with
out practice, use their fangs
with telling effect on small
rabbits or other animals.
Although these reptiles enjoy
frogs, toadS, birds, and other
snakes, their hunting is for
rodents and since Africa has a
great abundance of them, the
adder would have economic
Importance If it would leave
natives and domestic animals
untouched.
The name Puff Adder is de-
rived from the habit of the
snake of initiating its body and
expelling air when angry. The
sound is similar to that Of
escaping air from an inner tube.
In contrast to the performance
of this adder to our harmless
Hog-nosed snake, the famous
hllffer whoSe adder.like nlIffinp
is to scare of intruders, the
African is capable Of backing up
it's threat. 1t has proportion
ately longer fangs and is there
fore more dangerous than it's
relatives the pit-vipers. African
Adders may be seen in ZOOS
where you have an opportunity
to study the color pattern and
body bands on the golden
ground color,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20

African Puff Adders are q
menace to barefoot natives and
livestock in Africa. This noe
turnal traveller gives no warning
before attacking. In spite Of his
great size of Az feet and thick
body to match, the reptile
slitherS through the grass with
out making a sound.
According to reports. this puff
adder has four modes of loco
motion. One type known as
rectilinear is crawling on it's
belly in a straight line. Observ-
ing it, you may be led to believe
the reptile is walking on its ribs.
Instead it is making use of a
loose attachment of the. body
skin to the muscles of the body
wall. plus the enlarged scales
arranged down the length of
the belly. The adder raises
these scales off the ground.
carries them forward to anchor
them, then pulls the heavy body
forward through its skin to the
anchored point. This action
goes on simultaneously, permit
ting the reptile to make quick
Roadway or creep up on an
unWary rodent.
Puff Adders are normally
sluggish, depending on their
coloring to camouflage their
presence. Their colors become
a part of the grass and the
dead leaves in which the creature
hides or lies in wait for q
rodent or native to come within
striking range.
1t is said that these reptiles
are a greater menace to live