davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Chicago Groin

CHICAGO. Dec. % lHf--Wheat fu-
tures climbed more than cents busael
In some instances on the Board Of Trade
today Other grains also were arm and
0yhean& followed grains upward.
Wheat buying was influenced BY con-
tinued dry weather In the southwestern
winter wheat belt. Traders received re-
ports that wind erosion would be biz
danger ii this large producing area. De-
mand also was helped van advance in
the Governments price.
There was little 10 influence other
grains and soybeans and they moved
higher with wheat.
higher. March $500; Corn Was 7s 20 X
Ep, March l456k; Oats we're ahead u
70 Il. March S0ss; Rye was Ia e 2
s u. to q np. January 2.ssfs. and lard
Was UNCHANGED TO 3 cents 8 hundred
pounds higfer. January ILLS.
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ent in the Eastern Division and
q field trainer last September. "a
native OF Charlestown. w. Va. he
received B. S. and B. A. degrees
from Shepherd State College kHe
also attended George Washing
ton University and served In the
Army Medical Department in
World War II.
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New York Produce

NEW YORK. Dec. 23 u fUsDA).- -
Wholesale esq prices. were unsettled to-
lWholesale selling prices based on ex-
change and other volume sales1.
New York spot quotations follow; In
cludes midwestern; mixed coiors: Extras
1850 lbs.l 33-33tz; extras large t45-
81: snaIls 2Sia-29M; standards large
31-3I u: dirties 25-2S: checks 26-2S.
extras large t45-4S lbs) 33-33ia.. extras
medium 31-31 W.
BroWn8--Extras 1850 lbs.) 34bz-
35M extras large f45-4S ibs.y 33-a3Iz.
Includes nearby. whites Top quality
f4&-50 lbs a9-40Iz: mediums 3e-32 u:
Browns Top duality f4s-5o lbs.l 35ls-
ae buIsel msIi1a ,lrn, si RsseiD,s snssss ssa -
wholesale prices on bulk cartons
ffresh1. Creamery. % score fAAJ 61Es-4
6I5a cents: % score fA1 6Ota-609<; 90
score fBj 60-80Is: SO score gCl $50
cheese steady. Receipts 264 SIS.
Prices UNCHANGED.
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Business Briefs

0a0k C1C1FiugS III 80 lSdQlIlS
cities in the week ended Decem-
ber % totaled $23. 1876. .749. 90,
compared with $1,000. STE, 900
last week and $40. .021 ,066. 900 in
the like week last year.-Dun &
Bradstreet.
Business Loans by member
banks in the week ended Decem-
Der Is totaled $40, 1856, ,000. 900.
up $104 million from last week
and down $771 million from the
year before. Federal Reserve
Board.
Crude Petroleum Production
in the week ended December II
averaged 6,375,300 barrels daily.
up 34,10O from the week before
and compared with 6,248.l00
last year.-American Petroleum
Institute.
Follansbee Steel Corps Fed
eral Enameling g. Stamping Di-
vision was purchased today by
Charles Wiener and Myron Ho-
kin, Chicago and Detroit indus
trialists.
Goodyear Synthetic Rubber
yesterday agreed to buy Govern
ent-owned synthetic plants at
Houston. Tex. and Akron. Ohio.
bringing to 81 the number of
Government plants now sold to
private enterprise. Only 6 of the
original q plants await DISPOSE
ton.
Central of Ga. Rwy. Co. will
purchase six diesel electric
freight locomotives and con-
struct 100 pulpwood cars.
Crucible Steel Co. of America
has raised prices on stainless
steel ranging from " cent to
312 cents pound.
Automatic Canteen Co. Of
Amreica has contracted to pur-
chase 529o of the common stock
Of the Rowe Corp.
American-Marietta Co. stock
holders will be asked to approve
a proposal to split the Glass A
and B stocks on a 2-for-1 basis.
Air Associates Inc. in year end
ed Sept. 80 earned $344,311 or
$1.31 a share VS.. $141,658 or 44c
last year.
American Pulley in year ended
Sept. 80 earned $186.913 or 1928
a share VS.. $212,538 or $2.74 last
year.
Bingham Herbrand Corp. In
year ended Sept. 80 earned $78,-
966 or 22c a share VS.. $467 ,438,
or $1.31 last year.
Caterpillar Tractor in IL
months ended Nov. 80 earned
$23, ,991. 1886 or $3.50 a share VS..
$19.917,426 or $4.78 last year.
Crowley, Miner g. Co. in g.
months ended october 81 lost
$203. $50 VS.. earnings of $146,024
or 43c a share last year.
Firestone Tire & Rubber in
year ended October 81 earned
$40, ,509, ,944 or $1,000 a share VS..
SAG, 1891 or SLIT last year.
Gamewell Co. in 6 months
ended November 80 earned $607,-
944 or $1.70 a share VS.. $500 .926
or $1.73 last year.
Horn 81 HardarL Baking Co. in
year ended September 80 earned
$866,545 or $8.7O a share VS.. ST.
1890 or $11.95 last year.
North American Acceptance in
year ended September 80 lost
$358,435 VS.. earnings Of $185,771
last year.
Norfolk g. Western Rwy. in II
months ended November 80
earned $20.561 .194 or $3.51 VS..
$25, ,345, ,404 or $4.36 last year.
Pennsylvania Railroad in II
months ended Nov. 80 earned
SIS, ,443, ,923 or 41c a share VS.. $32,-
834, ,344 or $2.49 last year.
Schenley Industries in 3 months
ended November 80 earned s.
4I6, ,399 or $1.01 a share VS.. $3,-
goo GOO - TOO Ia o4 xeavs
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$40 Billion in Insurance

NEW YORK, Dec. % (P.-
The Equitable Life Assurace So
ciety of the United States has
passed the $40 billion mark in
ordinary insurance in force, Ray
D. Murphy. president, an
nounced today. In the first IL
months of 1854 alone. 81 billion
of new ordinary insurance was
sold, Mr.. Murphy said. Equita-
ble's ordinary insurance in
force has doubled in the past II
years.
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Dec 23 lY.--Cotton
trading today, with prices SLIGHTLY labove
the lows for the session. Light lfduida-
tion was absorbed through mill and New
the sidelines, with holiday influences
curtaiiing activity. The latest ap-
praisal by the Department Of Agricul-
ture, that the Nations. cotton surplus
will mount q little higher this season
despite acreage and production cut
backs, was in line with trade views,
Noon prices were 5 to 20. cents q bale
81. 66, May 34.93 and July 35.o5.
Evening star., 1954-12-23

k1oUkiy S3tes On the E8034UBe =
1I:U0 an $50 COO ~ noon ] 40 600
leo pm. 80 600 2.0u D m o 600 600
TUnit Of tradine 10 shares or sales N
full In bankruptcy orLeee1vership o.
being reorganized under the Bankruptcy
Act or securities assumed hy such com
panies Rates of dividend y the fore
based on. the iast quarterly or semi
annual declaration Unless otherwise
neted. special or extra dividends are not
fncluced Also extra or extras. B An-
nHal rate plus stock dividend. Declared
Or paid IA 1853 plus stock dividend
3 Declared or paid 50 far this year
PAYABLE IN stock. estimated cash value
on ex-dividend or ex-diStr ribution date:
9 Paid last year b Defiared or paid
after stock dividend or splitup- ( De-
clared or paid this year. an accnmula-
tive issue with dividends n arrears
Paid this year dividend omitted. de-
ferred or no action taken &C last divi-
dend meeting Declared OF paid In
1854 ulus stock dividend Liquidatiug
dividend cid Called. * dividend. x-dis
- distzibution - - rtshts, ~ Without
distributed. VI when issued
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Hecht Dividend Voted

Hecht Co. directors declared q
quarterly dividend OF IS cents a
common share and d quarterly
OF 93A cents a share on the 3sz
per cent cumulative preferred
stock. both payable January 81
to holders Of record January IL.
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MetuI Quotations

NEW YORK. Dec % M.spot non
cents pound. Connecticut valiey. Lead
Is cents 3 pound, New York. zince liz
cents pound, East St. Louis. Tin S6N
cents pound. New York Al Pittsburgh.
scrap steel No. heavy was quoted at
3Z.OO-33.0O. .
Evening star., 1954-12-23

At an Extraordinary General Meet
ing of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company.
Limited held on 18th December In
London. England, the proposed In
crease Of capital and scrip issue, and
the change Of the Company's name TO
The British Petroleum Company Linn
tied were unanimously approved.
Sir William Fraser. CHE. Ii, d.
(the Chairman1, before putting the
proposals to the Meeting, In the course
Of his speech said:
First Of ALL certain adjustments
will have to be made In the balance
sheet as at 31st December. 1854. OF
the parent Company, and also in the
consolidated balance sheet, arising
from the settlement made In connec-
tion with our interests in Iran. The
main differences on the Liabilities
side win be the disappearance OF the
Special Contingencies Account: there
will also be adjustments In Provision
for Taxation. On the Assets side we
shall be eliminating all those relating
to our former interests in Iran. II Is
anticipated that all necessary adjust
ments can be effected without draw
ing on General Reserve Account.
AS described In the statement posted
to Stockholders on 3Oth october. the
Company n 20 receive, over q period
of years, net payment Of Ez5, ,0Op, 900
from the Ifanian Government and.
related to production, approximately
E214. 900. 900 tat the current dollar ex-
change rate) from the other Com
panies participating In the Consor-
tiunl as d result OF the agreements
recently concluded. II Ii intended that
these sums should be utilised for the
further development OF our business
and II Ii reasonable to expect that
they together with depreciation pro-
vision, should 70 far towards meeting
our future capital requirements.
unsssal circumstances from Is4t
onwards
II may be recalled that from 1916
onwafds have frequently stated that
but for unusual circumstances larger
dividends on the Ordinary Stock
would have been warranted.
For the whole period from 1917 to
1858 Ei07.s00 900 were aliocated TO
General Reserve and E6sO00, 900 70
Preference Stock Reserve, . total Of
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Odd-Lot Dealings

NEW YORK. Dec. % 09.--Ths New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd lot transactions by principal
dealers on the exehanee for Dec. 22 !.
purchases OF 236.690 shares; sales OF
a6z.1S2 shares Including l,264 shares
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Johnstown Ready
For Fall Fro|iCs

JOhnstown, Pa. - On Sun
day, October II, an all-day
program beginning at 200
PM will be staged.
Our CFU Lodge 5 men,
bers will play host to all the
Lodges and Clubs in Cambria
County, and candidates for
public office will be heard as
both political parties will be
well represented at the event.
Following the meeting a So
cial hour will be held and be
climaxed by a grape dance.
In fact, a real old fashioned
affair is being arranged for
your pleasure.
The Veselo Selo Tamburit-
zans have been booked for the
occasion, and the hall will be
decorated with fall foliage.
On Sunday, October 31st,
the Annual asquer d e
Dance will be held in the Hall.
Prizes for the best costumes
will be given and other sur
prises are in store for all our
guests. Frank Sobditch
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Convention CITY
Lodge In Funniest

Philadelphia, Pa. - Plans
have been completed for the
social to be held by the men,
bers of "Jadransko More
Lodge IA on Saturday, Octo-
ber 30, in honor of the Goth
Anniversary Of the Croatian
Fratenal Union of America.
Scene of the merrymaking
will be the Club Dalmacia, Ala
Christian Street, with Ed
Stinski's Orchestra providing
the m u s al background.
Time, 900 PM until 100 AM.
Plenty Of refreshments will
also abound that night to
make this fete all the more
enjoyable.
BY now, virtually every in
terested reader of the Zajed-
nicar knows that Philadelphia
will play host in 1866 to the
Croatian Fraternal Unions
9th N a t i o nal Quadrennial
Convention and many of us
locally are looking forward
with eagerness to that gath
ering.
And the first stop should
be our Diamoni.Jubilt e Dance
on Saturday, October 30th.
Come out if at all possible
that night and we'll return
the favor in kind when your
Lodge holds an affair. Bring
your family and friends along
and enjoy yourselves.
Samuel ROgomen'tich, Sec'y.
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Benwood Juniors
Will Raise Roof

BenwOOd, w. Va. - Enter
tainment of the first magni-
tude will mark the Annual
Junior Order Nest 60 Dance
to be held Saturday evening,
October 16, in Benwood's
Blue Ribbon Hall, Main st.
Furnishing the dance mu-
sic will be the celebrated "Slo-
boda" Tamburitza Orchestra,
East Pittsburgh, Pa, which
made a great hit here last
Summer when the local LODI
ges of the Society staged an
outing in honor of it's Goth
Anniversary Year.
Also scheduled to appear
during our program on Octo-
Der 16 are the "Croatian An
drews Sisters, namely, the
Misses Lucille, Barbara and
Antonia Stipetic and Neven-
ka Usmijani, and the recent
ly organized Ohio Valley Ko-
10 Group, Henry Carney di-
recting.
The festivities will get un-
der way at 7:30 PM and last
until midnight. Plenty of re-
freshments of all kinds will
abound and everyone is invi-
ted to attend.
John Baron, Mgr.
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Fontanans Shape
Fall Dance Plans

Fontana, Calf. - Original
ly slated for Sunday, Octo-
Der "a, the Harvest Dance of
CFTU Lodge $50 will now take
place on Saturday, October
%, instead.
We are looking forward to
seeing all our members and
friends at the Slovene Hall,
1925 Cypress Avenue, that
evening, enjoying the music
of the Tomazin Brothers Or
chestra and partaking of the
delicious refreshments which
will be served by our ladies.
Eli Shayatovich, Sec'y.
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Milwaukee and they are al
ready hard at work to make
this is a successful tourna-
ment. The following officers
of the Tournament were
elected at the Council meet
ing:
Chairman: AL Elliott, Mil
w au k e e; Secretary-Treasu-
rer: Anne Damjanovic, Keno
sha; Vice Chairmen: Charles
Puskarich, Milwaukee; Stella
Jambrek, Kenosha; John Sa-
rich, West Allis; George Kriz-
manich, Racine and George
Rak, Sheboygan.
These officers have pledged
themselves to do their utmost
to make this tournament a
success and with their exper-
ience gained from past tour
naments we all feel confident
that this will be bigger and
better than the rest.
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Action Plus For
West Coast Choir

Los Angeles, Calf. - This
has indeed been a "Year of
Action!" for the members Of
the Croatian Chorus "Sla-
vulj," one of Americas fore
most choral groups.
Only recently, September
II to be exact, the choristers
participated in the gigantic
public salute to the Goth An
niversary Of the Croatian
Fraternal Union, which was
held under the auspices of the
Society's Central Committee
of Southern California LODI
ges.
On Saturday, October %,
"Slavulj" is slated to appear
on the famed Philharmonic
Auditorium Stage for the
United Nations Festival, at
which time the singers will
represent Yugoslavia. It will
be a repeat performance for
the group, as we appeared
in a similar capacity several
years ago.
And then on to November
II for our 9Th Anniversary
Concert, Dinner and Dance at
the Sons of Herman Hall.
Please keep this date open,
folks, and get set now for a
tremendous celebration on
November IA.
Mary NJ. Pickard, Pub.
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for this purpose). For sus-
pended members, who have
no reserve value, use Form 6
A - Rev.
From time to time, we shall
dwell on the proper use of the
various forms and applica-
tions which are III effect at
the present time.
We shall also welcome any
suggestions or ON m e s
from our Lodge Officers re- !
garding this new question and
answer column from the Of
flee of the Supreme Secretary.
(To be cOntinued)
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Central Committee Of Chicago Lodges
Will Pay Society Tribute December 5th

Chicago, iii. - To say that
our Croatian Fraternal Union
is 60 years old this year, hav-
ing been organized in 1894,
would not be saying anything
new to anyone who has been
reading the Zajednicar. Every
issue deals with several OBJ
servances all over the coun-
try.
Many very successful birth
day parties have already been
held. One of these was in our
own vicinity, in South Chica-
go, where for the first time
in their history all the nine
Lodges got together and did
what they, and the Croatian
Fraternal Union as a whole,
can be justly proud of.
Now, what about us in
Chicago? Are we going to
have that birthday party too?
Many people are asking, be-
cause it is getting rather late
in the year. The answer is in
the affirmative, of course.
It so happens that the Pill
sen Park has been ours for
the first Sunday in December
for many years, and so this
year, too, our Goth Anniver-
sary Celebration of the Cro-
atian Fraternal Union will
take place at the Pilsen Park
Pavilion on Sunday, Decem-
Der 5th.
The Sloboda Tamburica and
AL Peters orchestras have al
ready been engaged. This
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Uniontown Lodge II Members To Show
Society's Film Sunday, October 24th

UniOntOwn, Pa. - Contin-
uing their celebration of the
Croatian Fraternal Unions
Goth Anniversary, the men,
bers of Lodge u will sponsor
a Program and Dance in hon
or of the Society on Sunday,
October "a, in the Croatian
Home, Franklin Street.
The festivities will get un-
der way at 500 PM with the
screening of the Society's
much talked about, much en-
joyed 16mm. sound technico]-
or film, "This Is Your Cro-
atian Fraternal Union!'
Stephen F. Brkich, English
Editor Of the Zajednicar, mar
rates the film in English and
takes" his listeners on a
tour which includes the fol-
lowing stops:
II The Society's Home Of
flee at Pittsburgh, where you
will see the various Depart
ments in action and meet the
Official and Clerical Staffs;
p Gary, Indiana, where you
will witness the Junior Order
Nest 10 Summer School at
work and play; and - Des
PLANES, Illinois, where you
will get a closeup of the CFU
Children's Home and enjoy
S h 0 IS taken during the
H o m e s Annual Summer
Camp and Independence Day
Outing. Tour time, IS min
utes.
Incidentally, our Uniontown
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Here are two men, in the
twilight of life, who through
the decades gave of their all
for the good of Lodge 80 and
the Croatian Fraternal Union.
Many have been their unsung
personal sacrifices in the in
terests of their Lodge and the
welfare Of their Society.
Neither dreamed years a
go that either would live to
see the Croatian FraternaI
Union today rank as a null
ti-million dollar organiza-
ton and rule as the twenty
fourth largest fraternal on
the North American Conti-
nent.
And yet both, each in his
own way, often in a mutual
played a great part in
helping the Society attain its
present stature in this ever
changing world.
We can never repay either
in full for their faith in the
Society, but we can let both
know how we feel about them
during our 55th Anniversary
Celebration on Sunday, No
vember ID.
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anniversary dance.
Also planned is a Special
Mass at st. Paul's Croatian
Catholic Church, East 10th
and st. Clair, in memory of
our departed brothers and
sisters. Time, details later.
The Banquet is to start at
1;30 PM sharp, with the
menu calling for a sumptuous
Turkey Dinner. Dinner music
will be furnished by the "Pla-
vi Mesec' Tamburitza Orches-
ira, one of the best in the
business.
Our guest of honor and
principal speaker will be
Martin Krasich, Pittsburgh
Supreme Treasurer of the
CrOatian Fraternal Union.
We have been definitely
assured that bro. Krasich will
be with us for this momen-
tous celebration on November
14th.
Two Grand Old Timers
To be honored the same
day will be the two surviving
Charter Members of "St. Jo-
seph' Lodge 80, the venerable
and kindly bros. Thomas Kri-
vacic and Matthew Braidech.
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folks will get to see a home
town favorite in this film.
She is Martha Cindric Luke
itch, daughter Of Lodge u
President Mike Cindric. Mar
tina is a member of the Home
Office Clerical Staff and ap-
pears in the film several
times.
Following the film will be
dancing to the music of the
Tammie Serenaders of Nc
Keesport, a group of artists
who can come up with every
thing to please you rug cut
t e RS, jitterbugs, smoothies
and, last but not least, kolo
fans. The Serenaders are
strictly hep!
AS for refreshments, We'll
have barbecued lamb and
pork, snacks Of all kinds, and
refreshments to suit your H.
quid fancy. You won't 60
home hungry or thirsty.
This is ''it" members and
friends of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union! Hop the old
bandwagon which will be roll
ing toward Uniontown on
Sunday, October "a, and get
off in. front of the Croatian
Home. Well take over from
then on and show you a high
time.
Catherine Yukish, Scribe
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Vital Datum
Worth KNOWING
BY Joseph Bella
Supreme Secretary

Pittsburgh, Pa. - F r
quite some time now, this Of
flee has been pondering over
the possibility Of starting a
column in our Official Organ,
whereby we would have a
weekly column of questions
and answers which would be
of benefit not only to all our
Lodge Secretaries, but to the
entire membership as well.
We also received sugges-
tiuls along these lines from
several of our Lodge Secreta-
ries, which is all the more
reason why we felt that such
a column should be started as
soon as possible.
Therefore, beginning with
this issue, we shall endeavor
to single out the most impor-
tant questions or problems re-
ceived from our Lodges every
week, and shall submit an
swers to same to the best of
our knowledge and ability.
In recent weeks, one of the
most important problems of
our Lodges has been the mat
ter of suspending, or placing
on reserve, those members
who are in arrears with their
dues payments, hence, our
first question:
The Matter OF Reserve
Question: - When does a
Lodge receive one month Gre
dit, and when the 3 months or
$1,000.
Answer: - A Lodge re-
ceives only 1 month credit for
a suspended member when
such member does not have
an accumulated reserve on
his certificate. A Lodge re-
ceives the 3 month, or $1,000
credit when the member has
accumulated a reserve on his
certificate.
NOTE: - A member &C
cumulates a reserve on his
certificate after 3 full years
of membership on the Whole
Life, 20 Payment Life and
Endowment at 70 certificates,
and after 2 full years of mem
bership on the 20 Year En-
dowment certificate.
Why Form Must Be Used
Question: - In suspending
members, who have a reserve
value, why does the reserve
form have to be used?
Answer: - To begin with,
members who have a reserve
value cannot be suspended, as
such members must be placed
on reserve by the Lodge Sec
retary. (Use Form u - Rev
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should please the young and
the old, but more about this
and many other things later.
Hope you read carefully your
Zajednicar between now and
Sunday, December 5.
Frank KraSich
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CIeve|and's ST. Joseph" Lodge 20 In
November n Salute To 55th Milestone
SOciety's Supreme Treasurer Scheduled
To Deliver Main Address During Fiesta
BY Stephen Shimits, President, Lodge SO

Cleveland Ohio - The 55th Anniversary of est Jo-
seph Lodge 80 of the Croatan Fratenal Union will be
celebrated in style on Sunday November ii, 1854
Clevelands spacious Slovenian National Home 6417 st.
Clair Avenue has been selected the adequate place
to house the festivities which will include everything from
elaborate afternoon Banquet and Program an evening