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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-08-29

$4,000 PROPOSAL - The
Horny County Development Commits
sion, shown in top picture with other
officials, heard a proposal by Myrtle
Beach officials, below, to building a
$72O,OO0 convention hall for Myrtle
Beach that would seat 1000 people.
Top photo, seated left to right, Sen.
James P. Stevens, Loris; Commission
Chairman Eddie Hough; Rep. Lloyd
Bell. Standing, left to right, M. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28

Two distinguished members
of the Washington press corps
will move into the august
company of authors during the
coming season.
Don Whitehead's "THE F.
B. l. STORY" will be in the
book stores by November %.
Pulitzer Prize winner White
head, formerly a toiler for the
Associated Press. is now Wash
ington Bureau Chief for the
New York Herald-Tribune.
By January, we shall have
William S. Whites institu-
tional profile of the United
States Senate, a body he
knows well from having OBJ
served it day in and day out
for the New York Times. MIR.
White, who won the Pulitzer
Prize for his biography of
Senator Taft, has entitled his
institutional profile. for obvi-
Gus reasons, "THE CITADEL" "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Some of These
Characters
Seem Real
GUMPTION ISLAND. Rv Felix

GUMPTlON ISLAND. BY Felix
Morley. (Caxton Printers;
So
DR.. Morley, a part-time
WaShingtonian, has written a
delightful allegorical novel
about a tiny community-a
crosS-Section of every neigh
borhood, every village every
city you ever knew-which
was thrust back into time by
some new kind of bomb yet
undreamed of even by DR..
Oppenheimer.
How these few very repre-
sentative specimens 60 about
governing their model COM
munity is DR.. Morley's story.
Their problems are those that
men have wrestled with as
long as men have tried to gov
vern themselves and others.
The reader will certainly rec
ognize the issues that con-
fronted the Gumption island
ers, and it Is likely also that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Loqistics Role
In World War II

HISTORY OF THE SEC
OND WORLD WAR: MER-
CHANT SHIPPING AND THE
DEMANDS OF WAR, by C. B.
A. Behrens Her Majesty's
Stationery Office and Long
mans, Green & Co.; $500.
should be a must" for any
one interested in the logistics
of warfare. This is the de-
tailed story, we'll written too,
of the cooperation between
the United States Shipping
Administration and the British
government. The author ac-
cuses our chiefs of staff of try
ing to grab all shipping for
their own plans. These al
legged efforts were thwarted.
the author indicates. by the
Joint effort Of our shipping
administration and the British
government. which insisted on
equitable ALLEGATIONS of des-
perately needed cargo space.
The book is available at the
British Information Service,
80 Rockefeller Plaza, New York
20. N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Pictorial History
OF United States
THE GROWTH OF A Ma

THE GROWTH OF A Ma
TION. by Emerson M. Brooks
(Dutton; $685. is an uncon-
ventional history of the United
States, in text and pictures,
with the emphasis on social
customs and economic forces
rather than on battles and
acts Of Congress.
Mr.. Brooks, who lives in
Arlington, Va. and is a mem
Der Of the U. s. Crop Report
ing Board. intended the
book primarily for immigrants
wanting a quick grasp Of the
way their adopted country de-
veloped. The pictures are as
unusual as the text: the au-
thor has not been content with
photographs so often pub
lished TO illustrate phases Of
history. but has found or
beat scenes and portraits rare
~ seen. The text Of each page
is complete and yet placed In
chronology.
Il Is an excellent book.
&C. B. J.
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A SumpIing Of Menckeniuno
Better Left UncoIIected

Roosevelt Minor" and finish
up on THE Burden of ON
nipotence-RooSevelt and ALT"
In other words, Mencken's Is
laughingest years are encom-
passed in this book.
What comes out of the Mon
day Morning pieces is the fact
that Mencken was consist
emily one of the worst in
terpreterS of the public pulse
who ever raised his head
above the parapet. His almost
Uncanny ability to call it
wrong does not detract from
his acknowledged literary
flair. but the publication of
the SO articles under a single
cover plays hell with H. LIS
reputation as an astute OBJ
server of politics.
1t is an unhappy fact that
one is left wondering whether
the title, "A Carnival of Bum
combe." refers to that which
Menchen chronicled, or to that
which Mencken wrote.
WILLIAM HINES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Why the South
Lost at Sea
OUR VALIANT FEW. BY F

OUR VALIANT FEW. BY F.
van Wyck Mason. Little.
Brown & Co.; $3.50
Mr.. Mason's main theme in
this Civil War sea novel Is
the blockaded South's des-
perate shortage of ships and
stores while the blockade run
ners persisted in importing
frivolities for profit.
But his characters amorous
entanglements suggest a DIFF
ferent reason for the Con-
federacy's failure afioat: that
its sailors and their women
were naughtier than nautical,
that its gunboats went to pot
while its officers and ladies
were feverishly hopping from
bed to bed.
The story is laid in Charles
ton, Nassau and Savannah.
On his occasional forays OF
the mattresses. Mr.. Mason
spins a taut yarn of the i'll
starred Confederate submarine
Hunley. There are fast-paced
passages about the rams and
ironclads.
Fort Sumter's glorious his
tory. a landmark in heroism
for both North and South,
gets short shrift.
The one perpendicular prin-
cipal is Alistair Bryson, a
Charleston editor. The beat
ings. shootings, frame-ups and
other torture that hero sur
mountedl Given a half-dozen
like him. JEFF Davis would have
won the war at sea.
RICHARD RODGERS.
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I ruqic Role of Vicksburo
Revealed in New Volume
LINCOLN FINDS A GEN

LINCOLN FINDS A GEN.
ERAL. Vol. 4. BY Kenneth
P. Williams. (The Macmil-
Ian Co.; $500
The current and increasingly
amazing revival of interest in
the American Civil War has
produced almost a torrent of
books. Many of them are of
passing interest only. but a sur
prising number are serious
works involving immense re-
search and challenging areas
Of Interpretation. A leading
representative of this latter
category of Civil War exposi-
ton is LINCOLN FINDS A
GENERAL, the fourth volume
of which has just been re-
leased.
From Iuka to Vicksburg,"
the scope of Volume 4, covers
what is perhaps the most
critical period of the develop
ing war for the enlightenment of
the Confederacy. Vicksburg, in
the opinion of many eminent
Civil War scholars, was pre-
eminent among the great
battles of the war. The desig-
nation of Gettysburg as the
turning point of the war"
has been challenged by the
partisans of Vicksburg, and
with convincing reason. The
rebel disaster at that Missis-
sippi River keystone was more
than the beginning of the end.
That had been happening con-
sistently, since the beginning.
indeed. But the loss of the
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Dorothy Garfield
At Her Very Best
A HARVEST OF STORIES.
BY Dorothy Garfield liar
court Brace; S5.)

A HARVEST OF STORIES.
BY Dorothy Garfield liar
court Brace; S5.)
For those who have not had
the good fortune to become
familiar with the work Of
Dorothy Garfield. "A Har-
vest of Stories provides an
excellent way to begin such
a rewarding experience. This
crop Of many of Miss Cam
fields best stories gives us
both poignant sketches of
old-time Vermonters and the
eloquant simplicity Of emo
tons experienced by individ-
uals in a world war. At a
time when authors find their
panacea in the psychological
and their solace in the amoral,
Miss canfield's clearcut char
acters and her common-sense
approach to the forces of
good and evil are always re-
freshing changes. The init
mate transformations. each
one sparkling with clarity, in
terest and often a touch Of
the humorous. cannot help
but sppeal-even 10 those who
no longer desire morality TO
have a part in literature. The
soul Of the artist is unfolded
in a self-analytical and re-
vealing introduction by the
author.
MARTHA LIvDAHL.
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Thoughts

MALONE DIES, by Samuel
Beckett Grove Press; $1.25) is
a new novel by an expatriate
Irishman living in Paris who
apparently has caused quite a
stir in Europe with trilogy of
novels and a play. Waiting
for Godot." Mr.. Beckett, born
in Dublin. has written recently
in French. He wrote Malone
Dies" in French and himself
translated it into English. AS
near as l can gather, this is a
record Of the vagrant, waning
thoughts of a mailman, but I
can't be sure what it's all
about. Mr.. Backett is at least
a literary godSon of James
Joyce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Strange Events
Near Las Vegas
THE RANCHO OF THE LIT

THE RANCHO OF THE LIT
TIE LOVES. BY Robert
Nathan. (Knopf; So
This is. indeed, a satiric
fantasy! 1t concerns a young
girl, Conchita O'Rourke, who
was brought up by her moth
er's cousin. Marie, in a rancho
a few miles from Las Vegas,
Nevada, and trained in a not
altogether conventional occu-
patton. Conchita is in love
with her only client, maitre d.
of the Winds" in Las Vegas.
She hopes for marriage and a
home. Strange things can
happen in any situation, and
they do happen here, when
the destinies Of an entire CASH
no. two elderly strangers. five
hoodlums. and a lovely girl
are involved, but, believe it or
not. everything comes to q
happy ending.
GLADYS WOOD DANIEL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
THE FABULOUS ORIGINALS.

he EhDOLOOS OhAOlNALSs
BY Irving Wallace. (Alfred
A. Knopf, Inc, New York;
$685.
OF the great stream Of real
individuals who inspired unfor-
gettable characters in fiction,
Mr.. Wallace has selected a few
and has told their stories. pit
ting them against the versions
the world knows.
Some Of them are more in
credible than their fiction
counterparts. Who, for in
stance, today would believe
that Lady Ellenborough's loves
were as real as those Balzac
gave to his Lady Arabella
Dudley? The heroines of the
Forever Amber" novels Of to-
day seem inexperienced by
comparison.
Others include DR.. Joseph
Bell (the real Sherlock
Holiness, Deacon William Bro
die (the real DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. HYDE, Alexander Selkirk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Impact of Christians On
Roman Power Is Depicted

ter was used upon the person
of a Roman officer who sought
in vain the Intervention of
Pontius Plate, hence the title.
Here is indeed a sympathetic
approach to the Bible story,
enriched by authoritative de-
scription. The reader sits in
with gatherings of the apostles
of Jesus, watches the ritual
istic sacrifices in the temple,
attends meetings Of the San
hedrin. The strife between the
Pharisee and Sadducee is made
plain, as is the subtle tug-of-
war between the rulers Of
Israel" on the one hand and
the Roman governor and his
legion Of occupation on the
other. HENRY A, LYON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
A CARNIVAL OF Rim.

n y n N N v n Il Or DUN
COMBE. BY H. L. Mencken.
Edited by Malcolm Moos.
(Johns Hopkins Press; $4.50O
Everything of Mencken's
worth printing already having
been printed, it became in
evitable in this year of his
death that the rest should be
committed to book from.
Malcolm MooS has come up
with SO of Mencken's Monday
Morning pieces from the Bal
timore Sun. 81 of which have
never before been reprinted.
There is much of the Mencken
flavor in this collection, but
the startling thing is that the
book-edited by a sympa-
thetic Menckenite-s hould
have the effect of damaging
the Mencken reputation.
The SO pieces cover the
period of Normally" go on to
"Calvinism," deal harshly with
the christian Soldiers,
Hoover and Al" discuss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Canadian Stopper
Joins the 'FoIies'
LES GIRLS. BY Con

LES GIRLS. BY Constance
Tomkinson. Boston: At
lantic-Little, Brown; $3.50
On three principal counts
the title, the cover and the
subject matter = Les Girls
would seem a cinch to be q
best seller. The only trouble
is that this story of a Cana
dian girl who Joined the
Folies Bergere and then toured
prewar Europe with a troupe
of high asteppers falls on its
face on a fourth count-it's
dull.
Personally we think that
Miss Tomkinson skipped over
all the interesting things that
happened to her because the
end result is about as racy as
the account of the trip Emily
Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis
Skinner took to gay OF Paree
when our hearts were young
and gay.
SIDNEY EPSTEIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Voice of Thomas Wolfe

And from that gargantuan
collection of his letters, Just
published, Thomas Wolfe
thunders forth in a letter writ
ten to Maxwell Perkins in
1885:
"Or is it perhaps that there
is in us (AmericanS) a sterile,
perverse. and accursed love
and lust for death that wishes
to destroy the very people that
we set up-the people who
have something to give that
may be of value and honor to
our life? Is it because we take
a young man of talent-a
young man proud of spirit,
and a thirst for glory, and full
with the urge to create and
make his life prevail-praise
him up to the skies at first,
and then press in upon him
from all sides with cynics' eyes
and scornful faces, asking him
If he can ever do it again or
is done for. finished, no good
through forever?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
A Study Of the Real People
Who Inspired FictionuI Roles

(the real Robinson Crusoe)
and others.
This is a fascinating idea
and it is successfully brought
of by Mr.. Wallace, whose flair
for writing is not. however. as
successful as his eye for q
good story.
EDWIN TREBLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28

condensing a great deal into a
comparatively small space.
He describes Grant at Shiloh
as doing everything a COM
mander could to turn the
opening days rout into a coun-
ter-offensive and a victory.
Other historians have told how
Grant sat against a tree, APP
parently bewildered. lucky the
Confederate surprise attack
did not destroy his army. Just
as Shiloh was the low point
of Grants career, SO the Vicks-
burg campaign brought out
his military genius, the promise
to be fulfilled in the final cam
paign against the Army of
Northern Virginia.
But on the whole Mr.. Cation
has summarized judiciously,
with a firm grasp on the trends
and happenings that shaped
the outcome. The incidents
he brings in are always reveal
ing, his descriptions memora-
BILE.
This Hallowed Ground" is
one of the Mainstream of
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Fall Pogeuntry

AUTUMN ACROSS AMER
ICA, by Edwin Way Teale
CDodd, Mead; $5.75) takes you
on a 20,000-mile trip across
the breadth of a crisp and
tinted country, mellow with
the season. varying in pag-
eantry as we glimpse oceans.
plains. forests, mountains and
lakes. The author has illus
trated his impressions with
many fine photographs. Mr..
Teale, a naturalist with a sharp
eye, brought out a previous
book, North with the Spring"
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he will meet some folks he
has known for a long time.
Call it what you like-a
Science-fiction fantasy. a po-
litical treatise, a sociological
novel-for it is a little of all
these. DR.. Morley is a conserv-
alive in politics and a liberal
in humor.
DAVID KOONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
THE SAME SCOURGE. BY
John Goldthorpe. &C. P.
Putnam's Sons; $3.75.)


Putnam's Sons; $3.75)
1t was a dramatic time when
Jesus of Nazareth laid the
foundations for His Church
and the "kingdom not of this
world" THE Robe" told the
story of the impact of the
Christian viewpoint on Roman
power. but this equally good
treatment is more contem-
porary. more immediate. There
is a newsy flavor to the story as
it unfolds through eye-wit-
neSSeS.
The same scourge used to ad-
minister the shamefully brutal
execution flogging of the Mas
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Mississippi Valley sealed the
Confederacy's doom.
The burgeoning career of
Ulysses S. Grant is the central
theme Of this immensely
scholarly and yet fascinatingly
written work, a must in the
library of anyone devoted to
the increasingly better-realized
significance of the Civil War
in the affairs of mankind.
FRED THEROIIX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28

what's the trouble with the.
authors? We have several
opinions this morning. one
current, one poSthumouS.
The irrepressible William
Saroyan, writes in The Re-
porter his version of what's
amiss:
e. the young writers
aren't young, and the old
writers aren't old. The young
ought to be profoundly earnest,
If a little wild and mischievous,
and the old ought to be wise
and funny, as Mark Twain
was. The writer, old or young,
can't invent the American
world but he can look at it in
one of six or seven ways, and
he ought to choose the best
way that makes the best pos
sible sense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
READING AND WRITING
Jesuit Book Critic
Blasts Reviewers
BY MARY McGRORY

No one in the book-review-
ing business could fail to re-
pond to a point we'll taken in
a recent issue of the Jesuit
Weekly by its estimable critic,
Father Harold Gardiner.
Father Gardiner, a just and
merciful judge himself. Ia
ments in measured tones, the
fact that opinions on books
do not arouse the healthy dis
cussion that ought to make
the pages of the book-review-
ing media more vital and chal-
longing than they are"
An amen" is clearly called
for here, and should be forth
coming.
Granville Hicks Buzz Bomb
BY way Of illustration, Father
Gardiner points out that Gran
vile Hicks planted a "buzz-
bomb smack in the middle OF
the book-reviewing fraternity
when he wrote in the New
Leader an article The New
Yorker, Anthony West and Sad
State of Literary Journalism"
Nothing, but nothing, hap
pened. The New Yorker never
answered back. Anthony West
never said boo. While one
would not like a return of the
savagery that distinguished
the critical fraternity in the
days of John Keats. it does
seem to indicate a certain dis
piritedness among those whose
job is to tell people what's what
in the book world.
Influence of BIurbS
Father Gardiner goes on to
say that he is ready to sug-
gest "for the sake of the argu-
ment and because I feel that
there is more than a suspicion
of truth in the charge, that
the ungoverned enthusiasm
and high-voltage language of
the Underwriters influences,
perhaps all unperceived. the
judgments of the literary
journalists"
AS example. he cites the al
most unbridled superlatives
that greeted John O'Hara's
Ten North Frederick" and
Herbert Kubly's Stranger in
Italy," two books received
much more coolly by our Eng
lish critical cousins. The con-
trast, he suggests, might lead
to the suspicion that perhaps
American critics were a little
too generous in their praise"
Shoe on Other Foot
1t is possible, but we should
like to suggest to Father
Gardiner that very frequently
the shoe is on the other foot
in this situation. All too often,
British imports come here
garlanded in encomia from the
locals, who, it must be said,
far surpasS us in their flights
of authoritative approval.
We can remember, just for in
stance, Nigel Denis Cards of
Identity" 1t arrived laden
with laurels from such coun-
trymen as w. H. Auden. One
advance reader called it "the
funniest book of the century"
1t turned out to be a pre-
tentious, involved, thoroughly
parochial charade for the
initiated only.
However, that is beside the
point of Father GARDENERS
main and valid contention
that there is too much Of
follow-the-leader in American
literary journalism"
\ 4 4 4
What's Amiss
Well, that's what's the
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Books
Bruce Cation Now Tells
Story of the Union Side
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

In the new way of dealing with history which has been
developing of bringing out all its latent drama making
its personalities shine through the years WaShngtons
Bruce Cation is at the forefront The Civil War; which still
facnateS large segment of the public his ed-so far
He his three volumes the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28

Drawing By Ray Houlihan from
This Hallowed Ground"
America series, edited by Lewis
Gannett. 1t is the November
selection of the Book -of-the-
Month Club.
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anguish of killing who created a
South Korean Air Force out of unframed
Koreans :, but whose greatest accom-
plishment was the heroic rescue, by
means of an audacious airlift, Of thou
sands of helpless Korean children from
the onrushing Chinese Communists.
Tormented by the sight of these
homeless, starving children wandering
the streets of Seoul, he organized
shuttle fight Of the orphans to Cheju
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28

This is the compelling first
person story of Dean E.
Hess, dedicated man of God,
who, on 300 combat mis-
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What's Amiss
Well, that's what's the
matter with the critics. And
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Island in what later became famous Is
OPERATION KIDDY Car. There he estab-
lished permanent orphansge, raised
money for it by highly unorthodox
means, increased its facilities, and con-
tinued ferrying orphans to its haven.
His heroism won him Korea's highest
military honor and the close friendship
of President Syngnan Rhee his self
less efforts on behalf of Kores's orphans
brought him the gratitude and homage
of an entire nation. His story is heart.
warming, astonishing, filed with excite
ment, with tenderness, with humor.
illustrated with 8 pages Of photographs.
S3.o5 at your bookstore.
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The Big Campaigns

Mr.. Cation gives us a sharp
sense of the big campaigns and
the important battles. Neces-
sarily, though, he has had to
leave out a great deal. and
sometimes we emerge with only
a partial idea Of decisive mo-
ments. This is inevitable in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28

EDWIN TREBLE.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-23
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our deepest
thanks to all our friends, relatives
and neighbors who were so kind
in sending flowers and expressions
of sympathy at the time of our
recent loss, the death of Mrs.
Louise Floro. Our special thanks
to DR.. Hughes and DR.. Ritter and
to nurse Mrs. Chester Kurtz and
to the Magruder hospital staff,
We wish to thank Rev. Braun and
Intern Paul Long for their COM
forting words ano Gerner and Wolf
for their excellent service The
many acts of kindness were very
much appreciated.
7-1tp E. J. F1oro and family
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-23
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDNANCE 6-a6

ORDINANCE 6-56
An Ordinance To authorize the
Director of Public Service to con-
tract for the erection of Com
cessfOn stand at Lakeview Park.
Be it ordained by the Council of
the City of Port Clinton, State of
Ohio:
Section No. 1. The Director of
Public Service is hereby authorized
to contract for the erection of a
concession building at Lakeview
Park according to plans now on file
with the Director of Public Service.
Section No. 2. That this ordi-
nance shall take effect and be in
force from and after the earliest
period allowed by law.
Passed: March 13, 1856.
BOYD MARTIN,
President of Council
Attest: LESLIE CARTER,
Clerk of Council.
Approved: GEORGE TEW ERS,
6-2t MaVOr
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-23

New 3 Bedroom Ranch Style
home. Large living room with
woodburning fireplace. Kitchen
with built-in stove and oven.
Ceramic tiled bath. Good stor-
age area. 2 car garage. Includes
carpeting and drapes. Excellent
location.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-23

6 Room Bungalow. 2 bedrooms
and bath. Furnace. Home in
AL condition. Large garage
with workshop and storage area.
Lake privileges. Priced at SILL
$50. Located on CataWba.