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The Arizona post., 1956-08-31
The Chief Rabbits MESSAGE
By RABBI ISAAC HALEVY HERZOG
Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land

My dear brethren and friends:
With the beginning of the New Year send you
blessings from the Holy City for life and peace and
strengthened spirit of fthfulness to the traditions
of our fathers and the sacred values of the Jewish
nation, to the Torah of Israel and to the Land of
Israel.
In the Holy Days and in moments of devotion
may the remembrance of our beloved and most
precious land come to your hearts Bind yourself to
it-and become sanctified Bind yourself to it-and
become strong The greatness of the Land of Israel
is your greatness ,and it's pride-your pride Come
forward and take your part in the growth of our
country and in its Development this is the por
ton left to you of all your labors. AS it was said by
Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra: "The Land of Israel is of
great merit-he who has portion in it, is accounted
as having portion in the world to come"
1t is the Jewish National Fund which makes the
deserts of Israel blossom and reclaims the waste
lands We pray you, beloved brethren, lend your
strong and generous hand to the redeeming Fund in
the fulfilment of it's mighty task.
And may the blessings of the Almighty come
upon all who do the sacred work themselves and all
those who help others to do it, and upon the whole
house of Israel in good and blessed year-for life
and peace and our complete redemption. Amen
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31
Ii Was Love Al
First Sight
All IS!

LOS ANGELES, (JTA)-
A couple of people who met
each other here recently
and, according to their own
testimony, fell in love cal
most immediately" applied
for a marriage license here
and got more publicity than
is ordinarily accorded such
events.
The reason for the public
interest was understandable
though, because the pros
pective bride, Caroline Levy,
is IS years old and her
groom, David Cohen, is 80.
Both are residents of the
Jewish Home for the Aged
here, where they met. Miss
Levy entered the Home last
October, while Mr.. Cohen
came there 3 months ago.
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31

ish National Fund. Eight
years ago the Israel Defense
Army captured Elm Gedi as
part of the last "mopping up"
expeditions of the War of In
dependence. For centuries the
land had lain waste, the ancl-
ent terraces crumbling, and
the soil that had been so fruit
full was slowly covered by
rocks and boulders which had
been swept down the hills by
the winter rains. Gradually
the dense brush and other
hardy desert bushes covered
all signs of occupation. -
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31
AND THEN CAME the mir

acle. Where private enter
prises feared to tread, for the
initial investment would be
large, the venture hazardous,
and the profits far off in the
future, the Jewish National
Fund undertook the task of re-
claiming the land of Elm Gedi.
A group of NA1AL (pioneer-
ing youth who spend part of
their period of military serv-
ice in agricultural work. were
established at the foot of the
hill. Almost Immediately,
bunkhouses, a mess-hall,
shower-houses, all whitewash-
ed and shining, sprang up, and
the young men and women of
NATIAL began clearing the
stones from the fields. Eighty
dunams were reclaimed the
first year and experimental
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31
Yam Humuvef Hal
By IDA SLAVAN

yam Hamavet Hal" (The
Dead Sea LivesD in giant let
ters made of gunny sacks
twisted around wires, these
words are strung between two
poles on a height overlooking
Elm Gedi, pioneer outpost on
the Dead Sea.
To one who thinks of Elm
Gedi as a place mentioned in
the Bible-captured by
Joshua; where David sought
refuge from Sauls wrath; and
where Shulamit sang of her
shepherd lover, "My beloved
is unto me as a cluster of
campfire in the vineyards of
Elm Gedi"-its becoming a
modern settlement full of the
sounds of people and animals,
the noise of tractors and
trucks, and the movement of
daily life, is close to miracu-
lous.
AND INDEED the recent
ceremony celebrating Elm
Gedi's inclusion in the Ihud
Ha'KvutZot VehakibbutZim
(Union of Cooperative Settle
ments) as a full-fledged COOP
erative agricultural settle
ment is indeed a miracle.
The wonder of turning
dead" land into living, fruit
full soil is due to the foresight
and perseverance of the Jew
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31
Yom omu
The Dead SEQ Lives i.
planting was begun.

planting was begun.
Why was this inaccessible
point in the desert chosen for
such great investment of
money and labor? Firstly,
there is the strategic import
ance of the place. Lying about
so kilometers north of Sodom,
it is Israels northernmost out
post on the Dead Sea. Just as
important a reason is Elm
Gedi's special character. 1t is
an oasis, fed by three springs
which flow down in two water
falls at the rate of 40 cubic
meters of water an hour.
THESE FABULOUS quanti-
ties of water have been pour
ing down unexploited for Gen.
turies. Their mineral content
has formed fantastic Stalac-
tites and stalagmiteS which
line the famous cave under the
upper waterfall. In Biblical
times Elm Gedi was a flourish
ing oasis where dates and figs
and grapes grew in abund-
ance.
The caves in the mountain
side were a favorite haunt of
the Essences, who sought to eS-
tablish at Elm Gedi a rule of
simplicity, equality, modesty,
and purity.
In early Christian times her
mits lived there and manufac-
tured healing balms from the
various leaves and berries
which abound. The plentiful
water made Elm Gedi an inn
portant stopping place for
caravans crossing the desert,
and up until the War of Inde-
pendence a few families of
Arab peasants eked out their
existence by scratching the
soil with their primitive tools.
All they need now is good
means of transportation, for
the rough path along the
coastline makes for a dusty,
bumpy journey.
IN HIS CONGRATULA-
TIONS to the new KibbutZ,
Prime Minister Ben-Gurlon
said: There is perhaps no
other place in the country
blessed with such rare and
precious qualities as Elm Gedl
Once again from the vine
wards of Elm Gedi will be heard
the song of songs of redeem
ing labor.
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31

medical finding that entities
him to a lengthy honeymoon
leave" from the veterans hos
pital where he resides.
Proceedings against him
were quashed in March of
1855. when German physic-
ians pronounced him "physi-
cally unfit to stand trial"
AS A FIRST sergeant in the
IS. the former agricultural
laborer was for many years in
charge of the Buchenwald
guardhouse. A large number
of Jews were his victims. The
files of the Bayreuth District
Attorney contain sworn affi-
davits giving the names and
dates of 67 murders he COM
mitted within and II he perpe-
trated outside the camp, as
well as exact data on several
hundred assaults, mostly
against sick prisoners, that re-
suited in death.
Documented instances of
manslaughter and aggravated
assault are too numerous to
have been counted.
These crimes, testified to by
400 witnesses, are only a small
fraction of the killings Som
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31

mer is believed guilty of.
Memoirs by former Buchen-
wald inmates, such as Eugen
Kogen's "The SIS State" re-
count how his sadism stood
out even in the hell of the
camp. He is described as $50
terrible that Ilse Koch the
Bitch of BuchenWald' looks
like an angel by comparison"
The Arizona post., 1956-08-31
Beost Of BuchenwoId Gets
leave From Hospital

NUREMBERG, (JTA) = Martin Sommer, the infamous
of Buchenwald who killed hundreds of Jews in the
Bchenwad camp and set free last
tho basis of German medical finding that he unable to
stand trial" has Just married after securing another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21

n1oSty I-ul-u-kluu from
Exesllent-to-bad condition.
1898 weeI subussen. sxl2.
1895
S3s5 wool wilton, loxI3. 1895
1895 rsyen-eetten, Sx12, 1925
1895 weei. 9xl2 1896
1895 weelwiIten. Sxl2.lls.S5
5s.sS weel-fibre. sxI2. 1885
$3.50 rsyen-fibre, Sxlz. 1895
1895 rsyen-fibrs. sxlz. 4.ss
1875 oveI rush. 6xs 81
1880 grey wool SKIS. 1898
l23.45 ssndsI Esyen 9xlS.
$s7 green cotton sxl2, 1895
z2s.7S beige wool sxl5.
26.lo sandel cotton sx6 SIS
3l5.46 beige wool llxl7,
500
o. n h.;.. ,.... o., % ox
-ro "a a.
.e 's'ss '''o" ,Ae 80
1888 beige Fsyen 9xlz 1875
1852 beige rsyen Isxlo
6s.ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21

q 1870 grey weel i7xs. 1898
n lol.s7 sxil beige ssyen. 1895
Il Ss.s5 grey SxIz-----$io
4 1878 grey weol, sxI5, 1895
q 65.47 grey cotton, sxl2.5, $40
q z61.s5 rose, l2xlS, 1895
$3.50 grey weeI. lox2o. 1895
1917 beige weoI loxs. ss.s5
D zo7.ss grey wool. IoxI4. 1895
s $40 brown cotton sxl2. $40
B 244.o7 green weeI. SKIS. 1895
4s.2s grey wool 6.sx6. 1895
{ STA srsy woei. sxlo. $685.
1880 blue wool. sxls. $685.
D $is4 blue wool. sxio. 1895
n ILLS green cotton. exls.
s $i2s rose cotton. sxl2, 5s.ss
$s7 rose cotton. sxl2. 1895
I 1888 beige rsyen, sx7. 1895
5l.4S ssndeI cotton. 9xi2. SIS
\ ll2.0z grey wool, exl2. 1895
1880 grey wool. 9xS.6, 1895
! 1880 oaue wool, Ska. 1895
& 1888 grey wool. Sx8.6. 1926
$3.50 grey wool. Sxlo. 1895
: 99.4S royon, Sxl2 1895
1875 Son. sersn. sxl5, 1895
1880 beige wool. Ska, 1895
1880 beige wool. 9xl2. 1895
Oriental Patterns
3.s5 cotton 27x45". just IS. 81
7.s5 reyon-eotton. zx4. 2.95
1895 royon-cottoa, 3x5, 4.95
1895 rayon-eotton, Axe, 9.s5
1895 rayon-eotton. 6xS. 1895
1926 royon-eotton. 9xi2, 1926
1885 wool. SxI2, o. is. 1895
1895 wool, es Is. 9xlS, 1896
1895 wool ieeauerd. S.3xlo.6,
1896
l24.ss wool subussen, sxl2.
1895
1898 wool wilton. Skill. 1895
1895 wool wilton, sxl2, 1895
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
Odd Rugs at Eye-POpping Savings!

9Th p. washtngton only. Mostly I-ofa-kind from
displays rooms. Exeeient-to-bad condition
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1956-01-01
Increase In Sweden's Contribution
To International Aid Activities

STOCKHOLM (ASNE) - TIL e
government budget for the next
fiscal year provides for contribu-
tions to international aid activi-
ties totaliing 90 million kronor,
an increase of 80 million. Swed-
ems current aid program also inr
cludes somewhat more than three
million kronor that were raised
last year in a nationwide drive
for assistance to Ethiopia and
Pakistan. A school for the train
ing of future construction engi-
neers was opened in Adds Ababa
last fall, and according to a re-
cent preliminary agreement the
Swedish technical-aid organization
will also establish a children's hos
pital or clinic in Ethiopia. In
Pakistan, a trade school is being
founded near Karachi. It will
serve the country's small indus
try in the first place, teaching
carpentry and the making Of
ready-to-wear clothes.
About 40 Swedes have been en-
gagged, or still serve, as experts
in U. N. technical assistance to
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1956-01-01
Film To Be Shown

1.-THE Titan, Story of Mcclellan
gelo, will be the film presented at
the Frye Museum, Terry at Cher
ry, Friday evening, March 16, at
8 pm. The showing is compliment
tary. The Titan is a 81 minute
film. Commentary is by Frederic
March. The narration knits to-
gether a visual story built out of
piazzas, palabes, cathedrals, TIA
liam landscapes and, above all, the
sculptures, painting and architec-
ture of Michelangelo. Among the
works of Michelangelo shown are
the David, the Medici monument,
the Moses, the Sistine Chapel CELL
ing, the Last Judgement and the
soaring dome Of st. Peters.
The film has an appealing mu-
steal score.
Mrs. Leonard B. Larsen,
MA. $3.50.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1956-01-01
publication dedicated to THE interests Of the Norwegian S~edt
Dsnnb Finnish and eauae population TIE Great Northwest
Wo|fgang Mozart
In the News

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is
the name of a twentyyear-old
law student at the University of
Stockholm. who is a distant rela-
tive of the great composer. One
branch of the Mozart family i'm
migrated to Sweden in the 10Th
century. It's members adopted a
Swedish family name. but the
father of young Wolfgang ANA
deus resumed the old one, and he
then gave his son the two cele-
brated baptismal names. Mr..
Mozart neither sings nor plays
any instrument, but he is ardent
ly interested in music, especially
the compositions of his famous
namesake. He has tape record
ings Of most of Mozart's major
works and listens to them as a
break from his legal studies.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1956-01-01
Dentists Drill
$4,000 Revolutions
Per Minute

A dentists drill which experts
describe as revolutionary has been
constructed by a dentist in Stock
holm, Ivar Norlen. Operating at
speeds of up to $4,000 revolutions
per minute, compared to 5000 for
the old machines, it is said to
greatly facilitate the work of the
dentist and practically eliminate
the DISCOMFORT of the patient. The
Swedish Atlas Copco Company,
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1956-01-01

less developed areas, and some
500 fellowship students from eco.
nomically underdeveloped coun.
tries, or about ten per cent of the
total, have received technical
training in Sweden. Last year a
postgraduate course for Indian
veterinarians was arranged in
Stockholm, and next fall and win.
ter a seven-month course in hos.
pital and social welfare admins
tration will be given in Gothen-
burg for twenty students from
underdeveloped countries.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1956-01-01

Danish Prime Minister H. C.
Hansen has accepted an invitation
to visit Moscow this year prob
ably in March. (The Prime Minis
tiers of Finland and Norway visit
ed the Soviet Union last fall and
it is understood that the Swedish
Prime Minister has accepted ST.
milar invitation and is expected
to visit Moscow next April. Four
Danish Ministers have PREVIOUSLY
visited Russia since 1915.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1956-01-01

the worlds leading exporter of
rock drills, has already begun
manufacture of the new machine.
New high-speed dentists drills
operating at speed of $4,000 to
10000 revolutions per minute have
recently figured in medical news
in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
|O'Brien to Direct
1857 Auto Show
In January

Neil O'Brien, president of
O'Brien g. Rohall. Arlington
auto dealers, has been named
chairman for the 1857 Auto
Show at the National Guard
Armory January 5-13.
This was announced yester-
day by President Harry Monroe
of the Automotive Trade ASso-
citation Of the National Capital
Area, sponsor for the annual
event.
A native Of Washington and a
resident Of Kenwood Park, Md,
Mr.. O'Brien started in the auto
mobile business here in 1886.
AS the 1857 auto models are
newly designed and mark an
other milestone in the industry's
progress. the coming show will
be an unusually interesting one,
said MIR. O'Brien.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
BALTIMORE
LIVESTOCK

BALTIMORE NOV. 10 N CusDA).-
Cattle. Compared last Friday: slaughter
steers fully steady 70 rs. spots more than
rs higher: heifers fully steady. cows
genernlly fully steady; fulls fully steady
% 80 higher: stock cattle senerally
saS cn s.sr. 'as Rs5 osSo sdod ~.
choice S75-i4OO lbs 90. 90. eb 90; stand-
ard and good s40-1220 lbs i7.b0-l9 so;
utility and standard 1900 ~ 90. Good
and choice G60-l0B0 10 heifers 200
$500. same weight standard and good
= :0os20. 90; utility and commercial
utility and commercial COWS II .oO-14 90.
Gamer and cutter cows s00-I 90,
utility and commercial sausage oulls
~ .bO-i5 10; commercial up 10 1875;
cutter bulls l0.OO-l3O0 Good and
choice 2gO-90Q ID stoekers, feeders and
calves 10 0O-2l 25 medium and good
t00.g50 10. ~ 90. 1880; common and
ssrisf ana common ~ .sd.7So Is. 1000 y.
csivss--compsrsd last Yridsy; Gen
eraly steady. Choice and prime yeaiera
.g0-2e 90. good and choice % 90
900: standard and geod 1900 10 90;
she aa 1850 n. slAushssr calves
nss ss .ds. Ss:.l, :is.a,s ~: sSs
sssss isol .s is saS i 10 sn9 M
Y zs ~ 70; S4e52Io ~. ls.so;i.s;a IS 20
isS. " edi e. sSsis s5 !'1 isS. ss'i g.
b5t-s rs. NiTsi pndsT 900 u. povl
] tSS-tsieS e. igss-is.56 iA's-isas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
Peoples Drug Sales Up
DATES
and
PLACES

Spring and Holiday Show
Of the Washington-Maryland
Mems and Boys Apparel Club
opens today at the Lord Bal
timore Hotel in Baltimore. 1t
will continue through Tuesday.
Advertising Club will hear
George H. Allen, director of
sales promotion for McCall's
magazine. at a Willard Hotel
luncheon Tuesday.
Investment Analysts, WASH
Eington Society. will be addressed
by Armand G. Erpf, general
partner Of Carl M. Loeb
RhoadeS & Co., at a lunch
con at the Burlington Hotel
Wednesday. Mr.. Erpf will dis
cuss Canadian investment op-
Iportunities.
Maryland Bankers Associa-
ton will hold a Statewide
bank management operations
session at Baltimore Wednes-
day. A panel discussion Of serv-
ice charges will be led by Mil
lard S. Yeatman. auditor, Ma.
tional Bank Of Washington.
District Association Of Insur.
ance Agents, has scheduled its
annual banquet at the May.
flower Hotel Thursday night. A
reception from 6 to Z pm. will
precede dinner. There will bC
no speeches. and dress is in.
formal.
Babson Clients have been in.
vited to the annual Washington
conference Of Babson's Reports
scheduled in the Mayflower Ho-
tel ballroom on Monday, No.
vember 10. starting at 2:30 pm
DR.. Arthur c. Babson anc
George M. Rideour, vice presi.
dents, will discuss the business
and investment outlook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
Ward Elected Chairman
OF Gaithersburg Bank

Harold w. Ward Of Gathers
burg has been elected board
chairman Of the First National
Bank Of Gaithersburg to succeed
the late Windsor w. Hodges.
Mr.. Ward has been a member
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

CAAAVCA 0tdtCo 0dVlIlB1 ana GOal
and Currency Committee study
tive changes from various Fed
eral regulatory agencies.
The league statement, given to
the Senate committee yesterday
pending a more detailed analysis
of the FHLBB proposals at the
leagues convention opening in
Philadelphia today. did not take
4 final stand. but expressed strong
opposition to giving the board
the power to examine and regu-
late noninsured member associa-
tons Of the Federal Home Loan
Bank System. Around $50 insti-
buttons are system members but
not members Of the Federal Saw
ings and Loan Insurance Corp.
Bank System Regarded
AS Credit Reservoir
"The league is opposed to this
Recommendation which would
bring about a change in the
fundamental concept Of the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank System, .
the statement said. 1.-THE bank
system is a credit reservoir rath-
er than a supervisory mecha-
nism. This request appears to be
an attempt to extend Federal
power into what is appropriately
called a State function"
The statement also expressed
vigorous opposition to a proposal
to give the FHLBB the power to
remove an officer or director of
a Federal savings and loan as
ISOLATION.
1.-THE league is vigorously op-
posed to this extreme grant of
power which would permit the
board to suspend and remove
any officer or director of q Fed
eral association upon grounds
which are so broad as to be, in
effect, completely at the discre-
ton Of the board. No adequate
protection is provided the ac-
cused, and no opportunity to
cease or correct the alleged prac-
tice."
The statement opposed a rec
concentration to amend the
statutory liquidation requirement
for Federal Home Loan Bank
member associations. 1.-THE
league favors increased liquidity
for savings and loan associa-
tons, but has recommended that
| it be complished through credit
policies of the regional Federal
Home Loan Banks which would
reward institutions maintaining
| liquidity."
Other Board Proposals
Received FavorabIy
The league supported other
PHIBB proposals to remove OBJ
solete provisions in the laws, and
make technical revisionS and
Qualifications. 1t also supported
the removal Of the FHLBB and
the insurance corporation from
congressional budgetary proce-
dures.
The league also made five pro-
poSals not listed by the FHLBB,
including a broadening of Fed
.eral associations investment
powers and authority for them
to invest in other insured asso-
Citations. 1t requested a clarifica-
ton on lending authority of
Federal associations, an amend
ment to the National Housing
Act relating to community prop
Ierty insurance coverage, and
liberalization Of loan restrictions
on Federal associations.
1t further urged Qualification
Of legislation covering establish
ment of holding companies in
the savings and loan field; also
legislation that would make as
ISOLATION accounts legal invest
mentS for public funds.
Senator Robertson. Democrat
OF Virginia, presided at hearings
on Friday and Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
Shirlington Trust Votes
5-per cent Stock Dividen,


Directors of the Shirlington
Trust Co. have declared a 5-per
cent stock dividend, Board chair
man Frank L. Ball, ST., an
nounced yesterday.
Action was taken at a board
meeting October 80, Mr.. Bal
said. The dividend will be pay
able December / to holders OF
record November Is.
No fractional shares will be
issued, he declared. Instead q
cash payment will made to hold
ers of fractional shares, based
on present book value of the
stock. The cash dividend value
for fractional shares will be SIPS
a share.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
u. S. League Will Fight
More FHLBB Powers
BY DONALD B. HADLEY

Some Of the proposals from the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board for changes governing the savings and oar
industry will be opposed vigorously
This was dicaed yesterday submitted by the
united states Savings and Loan League BANKING
and Currency Committee studying for egisla
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WEEKLY SUMMARY

Quotations Furnished b the Associated Press
Low ds r s9e Add 90 Hrh Low Clos. eS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

Of the board since November.
1886, and has been active in
banking affairs. He is a member
OF the contracting firm of War;
then q Ward and is q director
of the Citizens Building & Loan
Association. He served as a cap
tain in the Armed Forces ir
World War II. is a member of
the Gaithersburg Lions Club and
a Mason.
r. Cromwell Allnutt was elected
a director of the First National.
He has been cashier since Octo-
Der, 1949. A graduate of George
town University, and a veteran
OF World War II, he is president
OF the Gaithersburg Kiwanis
Club and lives in Germantown.
Peoples Drug Sales Up
8 Per Cent From Year Ago
Sales of Peoples Drug Stores.
Inc. totaled $5.188.135 in Octo-
Der. an increase Of 81 per cent
from $4,S00.272 in October last
year. Treasurer H. j. Althouse
reported.
Sales in 10 months this year
aggregated $49,257,751, a rise of
81 per cent from SAG, 286, 03O In
the same 1855 period.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-03
PODhdtdn Items
WOrSham Home Saved
BY Fire Department

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
cher Worsham caught fire on
Monday but thanks to the prompt
and efficient work of the PoWha-
tan Fire Department. flames were
quickly brought under control and
tragedy averted.
Much visiting and good fell
loWship has prevailed throughout
in this community during the
Christmas season.
The Adult Ladies S. S. Glass of
May Memorial Church held its
Christmas get together" in the
class room of the church on We'd
nesday evening with 16 members
present. Gifts were exchanged.
several contest and games suit
able for that age group were in
dulged in followed by a social
hour with punch and cake being
served.