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Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Birthdoy Porty
Held at HoweIIs

SUNRIFT - Sunday the Elmer
Howell home was the scene of a
birthday party when seven birth
day anniversaries were observed.
Eight of the nine Howell children
were home for the occasion. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Brandenburg were
also present as Sunday was Edith's
birthday anniversary. Birthday re-
freshments were served to 33 peo-
pie.
The Howell family were very
much surprised when son, Ross,
walked in Sunday and presented
his bride, the former Amy Crest,
Poison, to his family. They were
married in Poison Saturday eve
ming. This news will surprise more
than just his family, too, we bet.
Otis Black returned home last
Wednesday from the hospital and
is doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wunderlich
and son, Larry, left Monday morn
| ing for their home at Waller. They
were over to take in the birthday
dinner celebration at the Howell
home, Sunday.
Bert Brinkerhoff returned home
last week and is getting along nice
ly. We hope Bert and Otis viii
soon be able to be out and wei
| again soon.
| Don't get excited folks the How
ell folks aren't getting a TV Sc
yet. 1t is just that grandson, Bill,
Ray, wants to see how the recep
ton comes in up here in Dee
Park. Does all right, too.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
McMusters CASTING
Superintendent

A Montana native, Don McMast-
ers is casting superintendent at the
Anaconda Aluminium Co. Flathead
plant that will start aluminium
production next July.
There will be about As men
working in the casting and Ship
ping building which is just east
of the potlines. The As will be
divided into four shifts, and the
operation will be seven days a
week, round the clock.
In the casting building molten
aluminium will be processed
through casting furnaces into by
6 inch by 6 foot wire bars weigh
ing about $50 pounds that will be
shipped to the new ACM wire mill
at Great Fails. There will also be
SO pound aluminium pigs made.
The casting department will ship
an expected output of $4,000 tons
of aluminium a year. Jobs here
will include furnace tenders,
pourerS, truckers and shippers
There will be four shift foremen
| McMasters, the casting super
intendent, was born in Havre in
1916, and then attended Northern
Montana college for year before
going on to Michigan School OF
Mines. In 1910 he went on active
duty with the Montana Nationa,
Guard in the 41st division, an6
served in the Pacific. He became
a sergeant and later a first lieut.
enant.
After 512 years of army service
McMasters returned to Montana
and enrolled at the School O
Mines at Butte.
| Friday and Saturday nights ant
holidays he worked in the mine
"for grocery money"
i There was Mrs. McMasters, tn
former Hazel Mcmillan of Havre
and a family that came to includ
Linda, 10; Douglas, Z, and Nancy
Il 3. The couple were married i
1910.
i On graduation from the SchoS
: of Mines in 1949, McMasters,
metallurgical- engineer, went t
work for the Kaiser company {
the brentwood plant in Spokan
in the casting department. In 1876
he went to the Kaiser NeWarl
Ohio plant which has 1,400 en-
ployes. He became inspection ST
: perintendent at Newark, and all
helped set up a casting plant !
: Halethorpe, Md. 5.sT
Last August, McMasters return
ed to Montana and the new AA
q operation. It was good to get bae
to the home state, he commente
He had fished up the Flathead riV
er's North Fork after getting bat
from the Pacific in 1916, but new
dreamed that a few years later
would be living next to the tro
; streams.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Three Ladies' Join
WV Auxiliary

Three new members were init
lated into the VFW auxiliary at
their Tuesday evening meeting in
the city hall. They were Mrs. Ted
Langton, Mrs. R. L. Larimer and
Mrs. Richard Bucker.
The VFW also met in the hall
and the two groups had lunch to-
gether served by Art Lyngstad
Bill Nadeau and Howard Wilson
VFW serving committee for the
next meeting March 8 will be Mrs
Albert Secord, Mrs. RED" Wiley
and Mrs. Bob Wiz.
Mrs. Edith Carey of the Soldiers
Home was a guest.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
WCTU Plans Joint
Meeting in Falls

Columbia Falls WCTU will meet
Monday at 2 pm. at the Christian
church with the two Kalispell I'M
ions guests.
Mrs. E. B. Noble, Kalispell, is
state president of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, and
will talk on legislation. Mrs. T. v
Carpenter, Kalispell, will present
book review on Frances Willard
Columbia Falls union president
is Mrs. R. v. Thomas. Mrs. Tom
Shelton will be in charge of de-
votions and special music.
Ronald Klawitter, Kalispell
county juvenile officer, may also
/ talk.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Students to Observe
LIQUID Air Show

Wonders of Liquid Air." will be
presented Columbia Falls high
school and junior high students
Feb. % at IL am. by David and
Irene Williams.
1t is one of the series of National
Assembly programs included as a
part of the student activity tickets
The National Assembly artists and
performers travel from school to
school.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
homemukers Meet
At LOGON Home

BAD ROCK-Bad Rock Home
Demonstration club met Feb. 2 at
the home of Mrs. Charles Logan. A
100 dessert lunch was served. Roll
call were subjects pertaining to
February.
Fay McNab, assistant county
home demonstration club agent
talked on citizenship" Present
were ten members and four guests
Mrs. Jim Eckelberry won the
travelling prize.
Next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. George Matheisen ir
March.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11

10, II and IL. There was one other
bidder.
No bids were received for lots
II of block Is valued at 500. The
other lots were appraised at SIS
each, and were sold because the
previous owner no longer wanted
the property. Sale was by direction
of the Board of County Commits
SiOnerS.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
More Falls Locals

Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvan Eccleston
have returned to Columbia Falls
after being called to Anaconda due
to the death of Mrs. Eccleston's
father. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bixler,
Bremerton, Wash, accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Eccleston home.
Pat Killian was weekend VS.
itor in Roman, Poison and MiSsou-
la on business.
Sam Gilman is hobbling arounc
with broken ankle in a cast. HI
slipped while getting out OF cal
In front of the house.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Landscaping Lots
Opposite City Hall

The five 25-foot lots on Nucleus
avenue owned by Mrs. Ebba Fred
riksen, Columbia Falls, opposite
the city hall were being land
scaped this week.
George Johnsrud was bulldozing
gravel, to build the front part OF
the lots up to street level. 1t is the
site of John Schander's Columbia
hotel which burned down during
the 1930s.
Oliver Fredriksen plans to built
real estate office and have ;
parking lot at the location mex
| spring.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Bobby VucasOvich, 5

Bobby Vucasovich, 5, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Vucasovich, was
honored at a birthday party Civ
en- by his mother Feb. 8. Small
guests attending were Vonnle
Craig, and Curt Goble; Mary Kay
and Perry Clemens; Judy Plohaiz
Butch and Linda Barnaby, Viola
Barnard and Lois Eccleston.
Guests of Mrs. Vucasovich Wer'
mothers of the little ones.
An enjoyable time was hat
playing games after which the ira
ditional birthday cake was served
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Seth Hates Purchase
w. F. Bennett House

Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Hates, White
fish, have purchased the former
w. F. Bennett residence on Third
avenue west. Mrs. Hates is a Sec
rotary at the AAC plant, and he
works for Foleys in the warehouse.
The Hates sold their home in
Whitefish last summer and have
been living in an apartment there
Dwight Lohn handled the sale
of the Bennett home, which has
been rented by Mr.. and Mrs. Car
Schmidt.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Students to Hear
Talk About India

Charles Gestring, Creston, Mon
tana State college graduate who
was an exchange student in India
will talk on his experiences before
a joint assembly of Columbia Falls
high school and junior high stu
dents next Thursday at 1890 am
in the multiple purpose room. He
will show slides.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
B & B Extends Parking

Jack Brown and Mel Lane OF
B and B Food Mart No. 2 have
purchased the fifth 50-foot lot In
their half of the block from Patton
Brothers. Chef Seymer HANDLED
the purchase. The lot is for the
purpose of extending the B & T
parking area.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
w i'll VS. Purchase
Hungry Horse Lots

KALISPELL - Mr.. and Mrs.
James Willows, Hungry Horse,
were successful bidders Tuesday
for purchase of lots 2 to IL in
block II of first addition to Hum
cry Horse city. They offered SIS
each except for SIG each for lots
Evening star., 1955-04-27
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK. April 81 R.-National
Association Securities Dealers. Inc.
Noon Quotations
Evening star., 1955-04-27
cHICAGOLIVESTOcK

CHICAGO. April 81 tH USDAl.-
generally steady % weak on e butchers:
butchers 16.75-17.25: choice No. l and
IS 19O-220 ID IL 7.O0-17.25: a short deck
choice No. Is II IS: most 230-270 ID
l7OO-17.75: 2S0-310 ID 15.50-16.00: q
few up to $40 ID down to 1900: most
sows under 45O Ib 13.50-14.75: O few
lots 30O-330 10 15.00-15.25: bulk 450-
800 Id I2 25-13.50.
SaIable cattle 1900; salable calves
100 lower. with a liberal supply still
unsold: steers good and below, slow.
to Soc lower: utility and commercial
cows SLOW steady to weak: Gamers and
cutters moderately active, strong: bulls
and vealers steady to strong; high choice
and prime steers 24.75-2S 80: most
choice 22.25-24.5O: good to low choice
10 50-21 75: commercial to low grades
l625-l9 90; a load of prime LOO ID
heifers 20 90: a load Of choice and
prime ! 050 lb 24.00: most good TO high
choice heifers l9.0O-2350: utility and
and cutters iO.00-1295: utility and
commercial bulls 1900 Ii. so: good to
prime. mostly good and choice vealers
2O00-27. 90: utility and commercial
Grades 12 O0-20 90: stockers and feeders
steady to fully SOC lower: good and
choice feeding steers and yearlings &c. 90
90 90: medium 675 lb stockers 1875.
Evening star., 1955-04-27
City Stores Sci
Sales and Profit
Records in Year

City Stores, which owns Lans-
burgh's Department Store here,
set records in both sales and
earnings in the fiscal year ended
January 90, it was disclosed
yesterday by the annual report.
Net income totaled SIS. .422, 900.
compared with $4,987 900 in the
previous year. The balance for
common stock was $4, $50 900 or
S2.40 a share VS.. $4.5l0,192 or
1920.
Sales jumped to $241, ,755, 900
from $233, ,227. 900 in the preced-
ing fiscal period. At the years
close, working capital amounted
to $70.548,00 VS.. $63, ,809. 900 a
year earlier and the ratio of cur
rent assets to current liabilities
rose to 1853 from 3.54.
inventories on January 20
totaled $30,028,000 including
stocks of four new branches,
compared with SGT ,269, 900 a
year earlier.
During the year $2,927 900 Of
dividends were paid on common
stock, including payments Of 35
cents a share or $140. annually.
Common share equity increased
to $25.0 from $24.29 a share.
Board Chairman Albert
Greenfield pointed to further
progress in the company's ex-
pansion program, including the
beginning of construction of
Lansburgh's new branch store
in nearby Langley Park, Md.
Oppenheim, Collins, another
subsidiary, will complete a new
Baltimore store in 1855.
Lit Brothers of Philadelphia,
r. H. White Corp. of Boston and
Richards of Miami also are
among the nine major depart
ment stores now operated by
City Stores. Franklin Simon
stores are among its speciality
store subsidiaries.
Ralph L. Goldsmith, president
of Lansburgh's and a vice presi-
dent of City Stores, reported last
night that the Langley Park
store will be completed by August
% and that actual opening has
been scheduled tentatively for
October /.
Evening star., 1955-04-27
D. c. Area Store SoIes
6 Pct. Above '54 in March

was elected first vice president,
and Robert w. Wilson, vice pres
ident.
Joins Ferris & Co.
Ferris & Co., members of the
New York Stock Exchange, today
announced that William C. Buell.
" has become associated with
the firm.
For a number of years, Mr..
Buell. was associated with Inves-
tors Diversified Services, Inc,
here and before that was Deputy
Director of Congressional Liaison
for the Department of the Army
He served as an officer in the
Medical Administrative Corps OF
the Army in World War II. He
received his education at Ohio
State University, Alabama Poly
technic Institute and American
University.
Rail Results Differ
Southern Railway and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad yester-
day reported earnings above a
year ago, while Atlantic Coast
Line reported moderate declines.
Southern had net income of
$8.000,931 or $2.79 a share in
the first quarter VS.. $5,652. .067
or $1.88 a year earlier. March
net was $3.468,012 VS.. $2,676. 1895
Seaboard Air Lines net in
three months was $5,597 ,805 or
$2.37 share VS.. $5.241 ,279 or
1928. It's March net was ST.
914,215 VS., $1,787, 1886.
Atlantic Coast Lines net in
come in three months was $3,-
414,692 VS.. $3,498,713 a year
earlier and March net was ST.
129, ,992 VS.. $1,227,052.
Plans d. C. Office
The American Mutual Alliance
national association of mutual
fire insurance and casualty in
surance companies, with head
quarters in Chicago. will open a
new Washington Office to serve
members of the Middle Atlantic
States on May 2.
The Office will be located in the
Pennsylvania Building, 425 Thir-
teenth street NV. and will be
managed by Wallace Morrell
Smith.
Day for Secretaries
Today was secretary's day at
the National Bank of Washing
ton and officers remembered
their secretaries with corsages
and appropriate speeches of ap-
probation for jobs well done.
Charles o. Morgret of Silver
Spring has been promoted from
public relations assistant to
manager of special studies III
the public relations department
of the Association of American
Railroads here.
Marking Survey Made
A Nationwide survey of mark
ing methods used by member
stores of the National Retail
Dry Goods Association is being
compiled with the aid of Rem
ington Rand's service bureau
here.
A revised, expanded and up
to-date marking manual is the
Evening star., 1955-04-27
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. April 81 R.-Foreign
exchange rates follow tGreat Britain In
dollars, others in eents]:
Canadian dollar in New York open
market il per cent premium Or lOl O6A
Europe: Great Britain (poundl
2.7e 1882, up 1882 of q cent: Great
Britain 80 day futures 2.79lz. up l/32
of a cent: Great Britain 90 day futures
90 day futures 2.7s 1882. up ! I32 Of
q cent Belgium (franel 1904. un-
changed; France (franc) .2Sss of q cent.
Evening star., 1955-04-27

goal of the Receiving and Mark
ing Committee of the traffic
group Of the NRDGA, headed by
Jack A. Serber, service building
manager for the Hecht Co.,
Washington.
Mr.. Serber reported on prog
ress of the survey at a meeting
Of the traffic group in New
York City and praised the work
Of James Curry. head of the
Remington Rand Bureau.
Evening star., 1955-04-27

unchangad: Germany IWestern) (deu-
tsehe mark % IS. UNCHANGED: Holland
lsuilderl 26.32. unchanged: Italy llira
.16is Of q cent. unchsnged: Portugal
teseudo) $50, UNCHANGED: Sweden
(kronaI 1894. UNCHANGED; Switzerland
ifrancl tfreeI % 33iz. Unbalanced: Den
mark (kroneD l4.5O. unchanged
Latin America: .Argentina nreel 724.
changed: Mexico SOC, unchanged: Ven-
ezuela (bolivarD 30.03. unchanged.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar 1880.
unchanged
Evening star., 1955-04-27
By DONALD b. HADLEY

Helped somewhat by an earlier
Easter season, March depart
ment store sales in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area rose
6 per cent above March 1854.
the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond reported today
The months sales also were
34.6 per cent above 1945 and
about 176 per cent greater than
In the same month of prewar
1941.
Area sales in the first three
months of this year were 5 per
cent above a year earlier, Sc per
cent above 1945 and around 200
per cent higher than in the same
1941 period.
Excluding suburban branches,
downtown Washington depart
ment store sales in March were
5 per cent above March last year.
While three months sales were
2 per cent higher.
Leave for Convention
A delegation of 80 from the
Safe Deposit Section of the Dis
trict Bankers Association left
today for the national conven-
ton of the American Safe De-
post Association, which will be
held tomorrow through Saturday
at Richmond, Va.
Julian o. Cardin, assistant
cashier of the National Bank of
Washington and this years
chairman of the District Sec
ton, headed the delegation.
Four morning and afternoon
sessions have been arranged on
a wide variety of safe deposit
problems. John E. Powell,
Washington attorney, who is a
panel member for the District
session, will be member of the
convention panel. John L. Cain
of the Riggs National Bank,
past president of the District
Section, is a member of the
executive council of the national
association.
Bright Returns Home
George H. Bright, manager of
the Washington Clearing House
Association, who was injured in
an automobile accident last
November was able to leave
Emergency Hospital and return
to his home in Fairfax County
today.
Many friends will be glad to
learn of his steady improvement.
Mr. Bright, an assistant cashier
OF the National Metropolitan
Bank, has been clearing house
manager since 1896. His brother,
Charles, was manager before
him.
w. N. Cradlin, assistant man
ager, has been in charge of the
clearing house in Mr.. Bright'S
absence.
Heads Utilities Group
George M. Nelson of Salisbury,
Md. president of the Eastern
Shore Public Service Co., has
been elected president of the
Maryland Utilities Association.
At the recent annual meeting
of the association, c. Oscar
Perry, general counsel of the
Washington Gas Light Co a1s0
Evening star., 1955-11-17
Flying Tonks, PiIIboxes
Expected in Generation

tanks are developed, each in
fantryman be equipped with an
individual helicopter and rocket
|launcher. The association Is a
privately supported organization
of persons interested in the
problems Of mobile warfare.
Col. Rigg said the cavalry re-
|connaissance jeep should be re-
placed with a small, two or three
passenger helicopter.
Looking deeper into the future,
Col. Rigg said the principle of
the Hitler flying platform could
he welded. with jet power, into a
much lightened tank"
He said the tanks could make
flying leaps over mine fields and
limited terrain barriers.
"A 5-mile flying leap capability
would suffice to put new mobile
thrust and tactical surprise into
armored warfare" he said.
Col. Rigg also enyisioned flying
armored personnel carriers, car
rying o five-nan infantry squad
and q pilot gunner, which upon
landing could serve rs 9 system
Evening star., 1955-11-17

Flying tanks and flying pill
boxes were envisioned yesterday
for Sd war tactics within q
generation"
Army 1t. Col. Robert B. Rigg,
writing In Armor Magazine, said
adaptations Of the Hitler He'll
copter Co. flying platform and
Of Britain's Flying Bedstead''
for Army use could do this by
1870:
1. Virtually eliminate the mil
itary use Of roads.
Q. Make land mines. rivers.
bridges and ridges obsolete as
barriers.
8. Reduce requirements for
military engineers, and eliminate
the need for airflelds In combat
theaters..
Col. Rigg Is attached to the
ofiice Of the Army Chief Of Staff.
writing on three ee-dimensional"
warfare In the publication Of
the United States .Armor Asso-
citation. he proposed that Is an
interim measure" before flying
Evening star., 1955-11-17

of pillboxes forming q base Of
fire as necessary"
He said. too. there may be
flying artillery of two types
guided missiles for long-range
support. and multiple-gun. YER
Itical rising aircraft for close
support.
Col. Rigg said the flying artil-
llery. would eliminate both
tactical aviation and field artil-
llery In their present form"
Evening star., 1955-11-17
C0NFECTIO ONERS
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Because it is60 70 finer, Domino lO-X Confectioners
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Get new Domino 10-X Confectioners today. Right
on every package are recipes for variety Of new
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Evening star., 1955-11-16

9x8S Beige Cotton Broodloom
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12z'x83 Grey Cotton BroodIoom
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81"xlZ3" SondoIwood Cotton BroodIoom
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54xlz Sand Wool Loop BroodIoom
64'x7 Rose Cotton Broodloom -
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6xlZ Beige Cotton BroodIoom
5Zx55' Turquoise Royon and Nylon
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98xll8 viscose Turquoise BroodIoom
Evening star., 1955-11-16

9xlZ Turquoise and Chorcou or
Green viseose Loop Pile Rugs ------- s3.4o 1900
9xlz Green Textured Wilton Rug ----- l47oo 1900
9xlz Brown Or Grey Twist Notified Rug 1900 300
9xlz Green and Brown HiLow Twist
exlZ Gold White, Turquoise 81 Red
ScuIptured Cotton Rugs -s-.--s------ 1925 300
9xlZ Violet Cotton BroodIoom Rug ----- $500 $500
9xlz chorcool Wool Loop Pile Rug ---- $500 $500
9xlZ Green scuptured Wool Wilton Rug 243oo 5000
9x1z Rose Beige Carved Wool
Administer Rug $500 $500
oxlZ Green Wool Twist Rug $500 1900
9xlZ Green coved Wool Wilton Rug = $500 $500
oxlz Green springloop Nscose Rug 80 lO50O $500
9xlZ Rose Textured Jacquard Wilton Rug l95OO 1880
oxIZ Beige Wool Wilton Rug ------.- 1880 oo.0o
9xlZ Green Carved Wool Administer Rug 5000 $500
9xl2 Grey Textured Wool Wilton Rug 80 1920 1900
9xlZ Green Tone-on-Tone Wool
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lzxlIS Grey Wool Twist BroodIoom = 1870 $3.50
lzxl48 Grey Cotton BroodIoon, . $500 1900
lzxllo Grey Plush Cotton Broodoonn : 2 l.o5 $3.50
lzxo8' Beige Plush Cotton Broodoom 76.75 $500
oxl6 Grey Cotton BroodOom lll.35 $500
ox5o Green Wool Twist Carpet $40 1926
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lZxI3 Brown Cotton Broodoom I2025 $500
l2xll4' Turquoise Wool Nyon and vis-
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l2xl6y Grey Wool Tvist BroadIoom 10000 $500
oxlo9 Olive Green Cotton BroodIoom 500 $500
l5xl79 Turquoise Twist Wool Broodloom 36875 1890
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-11-10
Mast Calls Cagers
For 1st Hardwood
Workout Monday

Lack of height and the loss of
several key players will plague
Coach Ken Mast as the Bluffton
college Beavers open basketball prac-
tice for the 1856 campaign Mon
day afternoon.
A tremendous heighth disadvantage
the past several seasons has hurt
the Beavers and the loss Of John
Moser, 6-5, and Dave Bertsche, 6-6,
will not help matters as the Beavers
prepare for their 20-game schedule
which opens December / at Man
chester, Ind.
In addition to these losses, Mast
will be without the services of John
Augsburger and Bill Orn, two out
standing guards of the past two sea-
sons. Augsburger is enrolled at the
University of Indiana and Orn has
matriculated to Goshen, Ind, college.
James Benroth has graduated and
Joe Smith dropped out of school.
Mast has four lettermen returning
to form the nucleus of this years
squad. Roger Bixel, Tom Reichen-
bach, George Bailey and Jim Bishop
are holdover lettermen. All except