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r. II. Yerkes Tells
Story Of Chronicle
Founding

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placed upOn illness by his son, O.
Marshall Townsend in 1910, at the
time a student at the. University
Of Delaware.
The Chronicle has had man y
awards as one Of the outstanding
weekly papers in the United State 5.
Mr.. Yerkes also described his Ow q
colOPful apprenticeship under Col
onel Townsend who took young
Yerkes under his wing and taught
him the profession first hand, this
was in 1888 It is Mr.. Yerkes job
as managing editor to see that the
paper comes out each week and that
the work of the various depart
ments is cOOrdinated. The ChrOnt
Gle has never missed coming OUT
with an issue. Ted Townsend joined
the staff in 1941, followed by fOuI p
years in the Army. after which he
took over as secretary-treasureT I
and business manager. In the past
six years the circulation has grOwn
from $500 to over 5000. 1t has
grown in that time from a 12-16
page paper to q 24-32 page produe-
ton. In 1948 the Greater Weekly
Association of blue ribbon Weeklies
in America gave the Chronicle
triple AAA rating and led the way
to many more Improvements tE
keep the Chronicle up with thE
best in America.
Mr.. Yerkes closed by references
to the Founders Day celebration ii
1949 and expressed the hope thai
the Senior and Junior Chamber oF
Commerce might work together Il
have a repeat Of this celebratiof
some time in 1859
/ At the business session, local
President Of the Jaycees Raymond
Sparklin announced the cOminE
projects and heard reports from
chairman Harvey Williams will BIZ
chairman Of the Olympic F'unf
Drive commencing October 21st
Marvin Lightcap will be chairmat
of the annual Halloween street
dance to be held Monday, Octobet
31st. Frank Osborne will be chair
man of the second annual Voice ol
Democracy contest to be held i1
November. The biggest Jaycee prof.
ect Of the year will be their second
annual fund raising show this Yeat
called, Holiday Ahoy'', to be held
November 16 and IL at the High
School auditorium. The committeE
will meet this week to select 3
General Chairman. The member
shin chairman, Richard Barto, AM
nounced the Jaycees had goal oi
40 members by Jaycee Week il
January. Invited guests who ark
prospective members we're DonalE
Snyder, Bill Davidson, Bryan Dor
man, and Dan Mccarthy. YounE
men 20-95 years of age intereste[
in learning leadership through con
structive civic projects are eligibl'
for membership.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
Open House Program
At u. Of D. October II
fcontinued from hrst pagel
) 49, are nrged to aLtend.


ers also are urged to attend.
The school Of Arts and Science
VIII feature exhibitions and con-
.ferences with faculty members in
the humanities as well as other fea-
lures in physical, biological and
social sciences.
In Agricultural Hall viii be ex-
hibits depicting the functions and
activities of the divisions Of the
school as well as the opportunities
for agriculturalists.
The home economics staff will
feature the theme, Tomorrow s
Vision ia Home Economies, illus
trated through exhibits. A special
/ feature of the school of education
win be the widely known Reading
! Clinic laboratory, while exhibits on
education and opportunities for
conferences with stadents and fac
ulty are also planned.
Demonstrations on various phas-
es of civil, chemical electrical and
mechanical engineering VIII be on
display in Evans Hall and Brown
Laboratory. where studies and re-
search of the school Of engineering
is conducted.
Visitors to the open house pro
ceedings are invited to report %
Wolf Hall Auditorium upon their
arrival for registration and infor-
nation. The Wolf Hall parking lot
will be reserved for guests during
the open house.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
Reese Theatre News

Never in the history Of the Reese
Theatre, according to the manage
ment, has there been a more sensa-
tiOnal or entertaining double-bill
than that is advertised in this news
paper for this Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, Oct. 6-7-8, daylight
saving time.
Not one, but two Of the top hits
of the day, the first, "The Phenix
City Story, true in every respect,
lauded by LIFE and LOOK maya
zines, as a picture one shouldn't
miss. Sin by Sin, shock by shock,
it pictures Phenix City, Alabama,
as the wickedest city in America.
lit remained for the Army to be
called to curb the city that killed
it's prosecutor. True and filmed in
the city where it all happened.
"The Girl Rush" with Rosiland
Russell. a musical story of Las
Vegas, completes this terrific bill
Paramount presents in Vista
Vision, ITO Catch A Thief" with
Grace Kelly and Cary Grant, for
four day engagement, Sunday,
| Monday, Tuesday, and "Wednesday,
3 October g-10-11-12. Another top hit
I of the season.
Burt Lancaster stars in his new
picture, "The Kentuckian" the pre-
/ Isentation scheduled at Movie Cen
ter, Oct. 13-14-15.
Arkansas has 4.031 miles Of rail
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
BaItirnorean Wins
Yacht Club Regatta
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who also thanked the committees
for their work for the event.
On Saturday, Vice Commodore
Robert w. Tunnel. who was recent
" elected commodore for 1856, wei
coined the participants.
Officials for the regatta we're
Daniel ]. Layton, Jr, Georgetown /;
Charles Horn. RehobOth; Lester
Russell, Wilmington; James Devih,
Oak Orchard, and DR.. James p.
Marvil, Laurel
A crab feast was held Saturday
at the club and there was dancing
Saturday night. Visitors brought
their boats along on their cars Or
trailers and spent Saturday night
in the vicinity Of the club. About
200 spectators watched the races
Plans are already under way FOR
next years regatta.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07

Arkansas has 4.Os1 miles Of rail
road.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
Georgetown Church
Planning Addition
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Continued from page one)
in his division. Each one Of these
captains viii enlist four team
members, and Mr.. Henderson said
that enlistment Of these team mem
.bers is coming along very favor
ably. This group will handle the
general solicitation which will take
place after the Loyalty Dinner
which will be held on Thursday
evening, October 9Th at $50 p. M.
in the Georgetown High School
cafeteria.
Justice Howard H. Bramhall,
Chairman Of the Special Gifts Com
mittee, has working. with him, Har-
old H. T. Purnell, Honorable James
B. Carey, Edward Rust, Honorable
7 D. Short, and Julian E. Town
send.
Wesley Church has urgent need
for new educational facilities, and
these committees viii strive to
raise q. minimum Of $100,000.O0 on
three-year pledge basis. No spe-
cific plans have been drawn but the
Building Committee Of the church
( is working with an architect so that
actual construction can begin as
soon as possible after the Cam
lpaign. Final plans viii not be
drawn until it is ascertained how
much money is going to be avail
able, and before a decision is made
| it will be brought before IA congre-
gational meeting
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Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
Kent-Sussex High
School Football

Caesar Rodney's Riders evened
their football log at one victory and
one defeat at Middletown last Fri
day night, scoring a 1877 victory
over inter-county rival Middletown
High. It was MiddletOWn' s second
straight loss.
Dick Papen plunged across from
the 2, to cap a first period march
for the Riders. In the next quar-
ter, Rodney Caulk scooped by a
ball that was loose after being
DETECTED on an attempted Middle
town pass and ran so yards to COM
piete the Rider scoring.
Middletown got its only I'd in
the third period, on a short push
through the line by Sonny Reihm.
In other games last Friday, in
volving Kent-Sussex eleVens, Smyr-
ma edged Millsboro, 60; Milford
tripped Rehoboth Beach, 1870:
Bridgeville defeated Lewes, 14-0,
and Laurel swamped Georgetown,
$50.
Jason Of Georgetown won an af-
ternoon game last Friday with Viii
liam. Henry Of Dover, 12-0.
Smy.na's close win came on a
last period touchdown pass Of IL
yards from Quarterback Ben Solo
way to End Dave Deakyne that
broke up the gruelling defensive
battle at Millsboro.
Kenny Draper climaxed a pair OF
Milford scoring drives by making
good on a pair of touchdown runs
to feature his teams triumph ever
Rehoboth Beach on the shore elev-
ems field. The Beach boys thrice
got within the Milford 207yard line
but each time were held on downs
Charley Correl ran eight and q
yards for Bridgeville's two touch.
downs against Lewes that spoiled
the latter's home opener. Harry
Hardesty ran both extra points
across to share BridgeVille's open
ing success.
Laurel's home scoring party a.
Georgetown saw Center Bruce Wal
Ter share honors with the Bull
dogs, speedy backs by grabbing {
pair Of blocked kicks and turning
them into touchdowns. The Othel
tbs were made by Bob Gootee
Morris Hall, Jon Beckom and Fran
els Neal, mostly on short plunges.
At MiddletOWn
CAESAR RODNEY
ENDS Joseph, Caulk, Howell
TACKLES ~ Dyer, Heinemann
Jensen.
/ tGUARDS- Win, Bethard, Carle.
CENTERS- Walton, Fox.
BACKS - r. Papen, Cox, Scott
Fleming, Baugh, Galloway.
MIDDLETOWN
ENDS -Weidlein, Robb.
TACKLES -Dunning, EIlingsworth
lGUARDS -StaplefOrd, Deputy.
CENTER Green.
BACKS H Reihm. Hughes, Unruh
Phillips.
Caesar Rodney 6 6 0 O-1'
Middletown o 0 Z o.
Caesar Rodney scoring: Touch
downs -Papen q, plunge); Caull
| $50, run with loose BALD.
MiddIetown scoring: Touchdown
Reihm. Conversion-Unruh (place
/ ment).
AT WiIIshOFO
SMYRNA
FNDS-Deakyne, Moffet.
TACKL LES-B Bush, Gebhardt. las
GUARDS Carter, Poore, Lofand.
/ CENTER -Comegys.
BACKS -Solloway, Mccoy, d. Rec
dy, Dale, Dave Reedy, Hamburg
Cassell, Hudson.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
Education Session
Upstate Tomorrow
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del, dupont Company economist.
2. What should our schools ac-
complish?-Dr. Ward ]. Miller. su-
perintendent Of Wilmington
Schools.
8. What are our school building
needs Alex H. Taylor. chief en-
1gineer, Delaware School Auxiliary
Association.
4. How can we get enough teach
ers-and keep them ?-Dr. William
0. Penrose, University Of Delaware.
5. In what way can we organize
our school systems more efficiently
and economically wilmer Shue,
superintendent, Newark Special
School District.
6. How can we finance our
schOOls-build and operate them p
DR.. John A. Perkins, president,
University Of Delaware.
z. How can we obtain a cOntinu-
ing interest in education Ralph
GOttshall, president, Atlas Powder
Company.
8. How do sociological and eco
nomical factors affect the educa-
tion of our children?-Dr. M. A.
Tarumianz, superintendent, Della
ware State Hospital.
The original program planning
committee appointed by Governor
BOggs consisted Of: Mrs. Clarence
Fraim, chairman; DR.. Oler Bartley !;
Harlan6 Carpenter; William Duffy;
Joseph r. Kleckner; Mrs. Frank
r. Grier; w. b. Mccormack; Har-
old Purnell; Lewis ROUshey; Will
liam II. Naudain; Sager Tryon;
Samuel Lenher; Mrs. Edward H.
Worth; Gordon Rust; Thomas W.
MulroOney; Marian McCaughan
and Samuel Maroney.
Among state organizations other
than school boards, principals and
teachers, the following have al
ready signified they have assigned
conference delegates: State Grange,
Welfare Council, " M. g. A., Del
aware Commission for Children
and Youth, State Federation oi
Women's Clubs, Council Of Negro
Women, American Association Oi
University Women. Junior Section
New Century Club Business and
Professional WOmen's Clubs, the
State Chamber Of Commerce and
Junior Chamber OF Commerce, in
dividual Teacher AssOcia'
tions.
Also the Delaware Congress oi
Parents and Teachers, the Ameri'
can Legion, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club
Council Of Industrial Organiza-
tions, Federation Of Delaware
Teachers, Delaware State Educa-
tion Association, Wilmington Teach
ers Association, Sussex County
Teachers Association and many
other groups.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
Pictures Needed Of
Former City Mayors
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Those missing and the dates
they served as the City's chief Off
cial are: 1873, DR.. James r. Mitch
ell; 1874, Alfred X. Hall; 1875,
James Rsedy; 1876, Col. Mark H.
Davis; 1877, William P. Hill; 1887,
Hiram w. McCOlley; 1890, S. M.
Simpler; 1893, John H. APPEL; 1895;
John L. McKim; 1898, John w.
Truitt: 1900, Alexander Pullen;
1905, Robert H. Pierce; 1906 DR..
Paris T. Carlisle; 1908, Winter
Moore; 1910, Senator S. John ABB
bott. Persons who have any of
these pictures if they will bring
them into the Chronicle office, or
contact Harry ]. Pierce, they will
be used to I'LL in these vacancies
and then returned unharmed to
their owners.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
PAYMENT DEFERRED

HARTFORD, Conn. X Up II Po
lice didn't believe James B. Grimes
IS, when he told them he couldn't
find a clerk to pay for the $6.5p
box of cigars he took out Of
drug store. They said Grimes haf
only SO in his pocket.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07

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Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07

GUARDS II Rapkin, Ward, Robert
Vignola, Kiefer.
CENTER Walsmith
BACKS n Phillips, Lynch, Stein.
Price.
Milford q s O-13
Rehob0th % 0 o. y
Milford scoring: Touchdowns II
Draper 2. (25, run; Is, rum. Con-
Version-MOore (plunge).
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-02

an increased interest to keep Nat
chez College up to its present sta
tus Of qualifications.
DR.. Humes says, the good part
is that the Baptist, overwhelming
ly, have realized their response
bilities and are willing at this time
to. accept the challenge.
The Claiborne County Baptist
Association, Rev. E. E. Spencer,
Moderator, has organized Youth
Club for Natchez College and
many of the associations will fol-
low suit. This will increase the
student body and the support Of
hatcher College.
Natchez College has just closed
it's best year in history; summer
school is going on now. The insti-
tuition looks forward to its '55 and
SO School year with an enrolment
of more than 500 students.
President Humes says that he
is inviting all Baptists to come to
Vicksburg to see and hear for
themselves. Let US go to Vicks-
burg.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-02
Dukes Music
To Be Used On
New Program

New York, N. Y, June 27 -
Jazz great Duke Ellington will be
among several composers whose
music will be used on a new pro-
gram scheduled to begin Monday,
July a, on CHS radio.
Called simply the Fred Robbins
Show" the new program will fea-
ture Fred Robbins at the micro
phone and turntables in a program
of recorded light music. 1t will
be Monday through Friday fea-
ture.
In commenting on the decision to
use the music of Duke and Cole
Porter, George Gershwin, Jerome
Kern, Richard Rodgers and others,
Robbins said:
"These men are the great Ameri-
can composers and we plan to make
full use of their work"
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go into Federal interstate high
ways and only $50 billion into
state or local roads.
when the Dixiecrats in the Sen
ate voted down the application of
the Davis-Bacon Federal mini
mum wage law to the Gore bill,
he said, "they opened the gates
to cutthroat competition from fly
by-night contractors employing the
most depressed type Of labor"
Patterson charged that northern
states which pay the heaviest Fed
eral taxes will get back in Federal
grants LESS and less of cur tax
dollar with each passing year"
Federal Subsidies
He pointed out that in 1853 the
average per capita payment in Fed
eral taxes in Connecticut was $645,
but the State got back only 2.63
per cent of this in Federal appro-
priations, while Mississippi got
back 50.31 per cent, Arkansas,
44.78 per cent; Georgia, 1888 per
cent and Louisiana, 22.42 per cent.
"Such Federal subsidies of the
South" he said, "is just another
reason why they are able to at
tract the major potrion Of our ma
tional industrial expansion"
Patterson suggested to the
House Public Works Committee
that it use the per capita taxes
paid by each state into the Federal
treasury as the basis for future ap-
portionment of Federal highway
funds instead of the present in
equitable and discriminatory prac-
tice."
Under the Patterson formula, the
more Federal taxes a state paid
the larger would be its share of
Federal funds toward the cost of
local roads.
Patterson also suggested that
apportionment of Federal funds for
interstate highways be based one
half on his formula and one-half
on needs for national defense and
other governmental considerations.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-02

of the most wealthy and influen-
tial Delta Negroes, have discon-
tinued their connection with the
company. The main reason being,
according to reports, that the re-
serves of the company have all been
spent, leaving nothing for the pro-
lection of the policy holders.
In regard to the reserves, &C
cording to reports, the State Insur-
ance Commissioner said recently
that the company was only required
to report the amount of its re-
serves in it's annual statement.
That the December statement of
the Magnolia Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company showed reserves of
a little more than $4,000, but, the
money was supposed to be depos-
tied in a bank of the company's
choice. The commissioner said
that the matter of the depleted
reserves had not been officially
brought to his attention and he
did not know what bank in which
the money was deposited, or wheth-
er the money was actually on de-
post. Adding that the spending
of the reserves would be a most
serious matter.
Checking the United Order of
Friendship revealed, according to
reliable sources, that the number
of unpaid claims of this fraternal
organization is mounting. These
sources pointed out as evidence that
the order has abandoned it's prac-
tice of paying off its death claims
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-02

in the church during the funeral
of the deceased, and that the un-
paid claimants have remained quiet
because Of their loyalty to the or
ganization and the great confidence
and respect for DR.. Howard.
The Regional Council of Negro
Leadership, under whose banner
/ DR.. Howard has staged some of
the largest and most militant Ne
gro meetings in the history of the
state, is said to be fast sinking
into i'll repute, since the National
NAACP meeting in Atlanta, Ca,
last month, when DR.. Howard was
barred from the meeting, accord
ing to reports, because the $500
check, given in 1854, after a high
ly successful financial rally at the
annual meeting in Mound Bayou,
had been returned because of in
sufficient funds, and was still I'M
paid at the time of the Atlanta
meeting.
Meanwhile, a widely circulated
report that DR.. Howard had been
the victim of a flogging, was de-
MED by responsible sources here.
The flogging story, according to
, reports, got started in Greenville
during the latter part of last week
and is reported to have been
checked on by reports from the
Greenville Democrat Times, as we'll
as other news services all of which
are said to have found that the
story was without foundation.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-02
Third Annual
Boys State Held
AT ! ennessee
State University

NASHVILLE. - Ten n ssee's
bird annual Boys State sponsored
by the American Legion drew Sc
nigh school seniors from 20 cities
and towns to Tennessee State Uni
versity last week.
The seven-day schedule designed
20 acquaint boys with the workings
of democratic government began
with thorough physical examina-
ton Immediately following regis.
ration. With the assistance OF
the university's staff, the group
participated in the obligations and
responsibilities of democratic So
ciety while receiving theoretical
and functional training in state.
craft.
The program called for the cleo.
ton of officers and the establish.
ment of city, county, and a state
government patterned after Ten.
nessee's. The Tennessee National
Guard was formed with the insti.
tution's AF-ROTC assisting. Com.
petitive team games, movies, and
an inaugural ball were inluded in
their recreation program.
Governor Frank G. Clement
County Judge Beverly Briley, ex.
Governor Jim McCord, County Pa.
troll Chief Leslie Jet, DR.. Thomas
E. Poag, speech and drama head
at Tennessee State; and w. R
Looney, department adjutant of the
American Legion, were guest
speakers.
Dr.. w. E. Pannell of GAINESVILLE
chairman; R. L. Radford, Trenton;
Jesse ]. Barren, Chattanooga; and
DR.. H. H. Walker; and Marion
Buchanan Of Nashville, made ur
the general planning committee.
Boys attending were Harold A
Green, Freddie Lawson, Willard
H. Williamson, Frederick McKis.
sack, and Joseph Carter of Nash
vile; Wardell Afford, Waylon H
Collins, Joe D. Marshall, John O
Metcalfe, Arnold E. Quarles, Viii.
liam E. Roberts, James A. Thomas
George w. Brooks, Jr., Robert L
Dinwiddie, Leon R. Gillian, Sam
uel E. Howard, Charles w. Jen
kins, Fred E. Mumfcrd, Gilmel
Richard, and Jones Metcalfe, all Of
Clarksville.
Others were Robert R. Allen
Joseph c. Isabel, Lafayette R
Seymour, Haywood Strickland
Richard B. Thompson, William C
! Tyus, Willie Brown, Emmett eros
by, Robert L. Johnson, Ray J. Joy
ner, Leonard E. Martin, all of Mem
phis; Ollie R. Cartwright and Har
ry Harris of Lebanon; Clyde L
Corley, Rutherford; Paul E. Craw
ley, Lewisburg; Charles H. John
son and Cecil King, Trenton; JOIN
R. Shearon, Ashland City; jaime.
H. Alexander, Watertown; Charles
Bledsoe, Jackson;
Nathaniel Nelson, Madison; Ed
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-02
Howard Univ.
Summer School
Offering Special
Program For
Teachers
Tuition-Free Program
Is Sponsored By
Phelps-Stokes Fund,
Rockefeller Corp.

TWFNTY-FOTR TEACHERS
FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
MOST IN DEEP SOUTH,
ARE ENROLLED
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Twenty-
four science and mathematics tea
cheers from secondary schools in the
South completed their first week
of study at Howard University last
week under a tuition-free program
being sponsored by the Graduate
School in conjunction with the
Phelps Stokes Fund of New York
City.
The special curriculum, which is
known as The Phelps-Stokes Pro-
gram for Secondary School Science
and Mathematics Teachers, will
continue through August 18th. 1t
is being financed by $4,000 grant
from the General Education Board
of the Rockefeller Corporation.
The students enrolled in the pro-
gram are all career teachers, and
come from four states. They are
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
North Carolina. In addition to free
tuition, the students are receiving
$3.50 for living costs and travel
expenses. They are selected from
some 100 teachers who applied for
the fellowships.
The program is being directed by
DR.. Herman R. Branson, profess
sor of physics at Howard, and Dr..
Aaron Brown, director of educa-
tional projects for the Phelps
Stokes Fund. Detectives of the pro-
gram, according to the directors,
are % to enlarge the grasp of
new developments in sciences and
mathematics; (2) to aid teachers in
their understanding of basic scien-
tific principles; 90 to help in
crease their competence in analy-
teal thinking; ca to enhance their
skill in the techniques in deter
mining interest and performance in
sciences and mathematics; and (5)
to inspire them to continue their
academic growth in scientific
knowledge and understanding.
die N. Neal, Smithfield; Ira
Thompson, Williamsport; Arthur
D. Wynn, Cedar Hill; Oliver E.
Zachery and William j. Turner of
Murfreesboro; Felon Cross and
Bobby Norman, Union City; James
L. Dickerson, Carthage; Bernard
A. Ward, Knoxville; Henry E. Hill
lard, Springfield.
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by a woman who told Mrs. Hallk-
visit she saw a woman just find a
large sumo of money. The rest
of the story was a familiar one.
Mrs. Hallkvist was persuaded to
withdraw her savings from two
banks on a premise of the informer
and the finder" that they would
split the fortune with her if she
put up money to show her "finan-
cial responsibility" She gave up
thirteen $1,000 bills, six $500 bills
and $3.50 in smaller denominations
and that was the last she saw Of
the pair.