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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-27
BY DAVID KooNCE

This year the furry of January
messages from the White House is
confirming that the Eisenhower
administration. rather than merely
lacking with the political winds,
has made basic change in the
course charted in its early days.
And, more significant in the context
of history, this change is trans
forming the character Of the Re-
publican Party,
The trend is clearly evident in
three areas:
Q The new look" given the actual
administration of policies and pro-
grams by the changing complexion
OF the official executive family.
. The White House policies and
programs themselves.
0sThe tone of presidential mes
sages documenting Mr.. Eisenhow-
er's political philosophy and setting
forth programs to implement that
philosophy.
Personalities tell much of the
story. Three years ago Dean
Clarence Manion. an irreconcilable
spokesman for the far right wing.
was close to the White House as
chairman of the Presidents Com
mission on Intergovernmental Re-
lations. Today one of Mr.. Eisen-
hower's closest consultants is said
to be the intellectual Arthur Lar
son, biographer of the New Re-
publicanism, who only recently was
promoted to head the United States
Information Agency. our Govern
ment's direct contact with the peo-
pie of the world.
The Changing Family
Mrs. Oveta CUP Hobby, a con-
sentative Texas Democrat who was
long the target Of the liberals, was
replaced by Marion Folsom as Sec
rotary of Health, Education and
Welfare. Mr.. Folsom is much more
acceptable to the liberals.
Douglas Mckay has been re-
placed as Secretary of the Interior
by Fred Seaton. The conservation
conscious Northwesterners had dir
rected much of their ire against Mr..
Mckay as the architect of the
Eisenhower partnership" policy of
water resources development which
clearly favored the business part
ner." Mr.. Seaton is so acceptable
to the Northwesterners that the
Senate committees hearing on his
appointment developed into a round
of testimonials to his liberalism, led
by the liberal Democratic Senator
from Montana, James Murray.
The conservative Herbert Hoover,
jr,, has been replaced as Under
secretary Of State by Christian A.
Herter, who Is much more in har-
mony with the administrations
internationalist bent In foreign
affairs.
There are reports. too, that some
Of the men who were MIR. Essen
hower's closest advisers. among
them Treasury Secretary Hum
phrey and Agriculture Secretary
Benson. are somewhat less influen-
tial in the White House than they
we're only few months ago. There
is considerable evidence, for In
stance, that the President Il leaning
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THREAT 70 I'VE BOOM?
Federal Agencies Scan 7 roding Stamps

lessen competition or tend toward
monopoly.
8. The Clayton (antitrust) Act,
which prohibits rebates and dis
counts for the purpose Of induc-
ing purchasers not to deal in the
goods Of competitors where the eff
feet will substantially lessen COM
petition or create monopoly.
Practices employed by certain
trading stamp companies have
been the subject of intensive in
vestigation in recent months by the
Federal Trade Commission.
The result of the investigation,
which has been aimed at possible
false advertising. price discrimina-
ton. improper administration and
basic inherent illegalities. may be
made public soon.
When this happens, 1t is expected
that--in addition to any positive
orders from the FTC-the Senate
Small Business Committee will
swing into action, beginning hear
ings which could lead to Federal
regulation. Whether the antitrust
division Of the Department of JUS
tice will become involved and to
what extent is not clear now.
Meanwhile considerable activity
Is going on within both the Agri-
cultural Marketing Service and the
Bureau of Labor Statistics in regard
to the meaning Of the trading stamp
boom to consumers.
Reports from these agencies, also
scheduled for the near future, will
exert no direct force upon stamp
promoters, but they will nonethe-
less carry lot Of weight. II Agri-
culture. for example, decides that
food prices have risen significantly
because Of the stamp plans, or If
BIS finds it must include the eff
feet Of stamp plans as a definite
factor in rising costs Of living
then the stamp companies and dis
tributors may find themselves some
distance out on the legal limb for
having advertised their premiums
as free"
Mony Stotes Restrict
At latest count, bills to control
or outlaw trading stamps were also
pending in some 30-odd State leg
islatures. Many States have already
imposed licenses. fees and restric-
tions.
But there is still some question
about how far the States can 60 in
controlling the stamp business.
SO. as far as regulation Of the
trading stamp business on a broad
scale is concerned, the Federal ac-
tivity now brewing is probably more
important.
Aside from Uncle Sans legal in
terests mentioned above, there are
certain other technical points that
may have to be clarified soon. Such
as:
. Disposal Of property represented
by unredeemed stamps.
. Contractual rights Of the public
as possible third-party beneficiary
to deals concluded between stamp
companies and retail outlets.
. Liability Of stamp companies for
failing to pay on in premium mer-
chandise advertised.
. The possibility that stamp COM
panies viii not b allowed to 90, out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-27
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Is the trading stamp boom headed
for q bust?
A definite answer may be some
time OF, but right now it looks as
though the road ahead will be
pretty rocky for stamp promoters.
Here are some dangers facing
them:
. Restrictive orders or adverse re-
ports issued by Federal agencies
such as the Federal Trade Commits
sion, the Department Of Justice, the
Agricultural Marketing Service and
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
. Regulation through new Federal
laws.
. Controls imposed by new State
laws.
. Private lawsuits brought BY
aggrieved competitors and/or stamp
savers.
Today, the food stamp business
is riding high. Latest estimates
show that some 400 stamp plans are
in operation nationwide, and about
40 million families are now savers.
Between $50 billion and $40 bill
lion worth of sales a year. or some
thing like eight or ten per cent of
the Nations gross product, are sub
ject to the stamp craze.
Over $500 million worth of stamps
are being issued annually. Just how
many 60 unredeemed is a con-
troversial point. Stamp dealers
maintain 1t is only about five per-
cent, but independent investigators
say it comes closer to 40 per cent
or about q quarter Of a billion dol
lars worth year.
Trouble Aheod
At the Federal level, at least
three statutes may be involved in
the future Of trading stamps:
/. The Federal Trade Commission
Act. which prohibits unfair COM
petition in interstate commerce
and authorizes the ETC to investi-
gate situations where such prac-
tices may exist as well as to order
their termination.
2. The Robinson Patman (fair
trade) Act, which makes 1t unlaw-
full for business to indulge in price
discrimination between different
purchasers where the effect is to
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TheaLocoI Picture

The District Of Columbia Is
the only spot In the Nation where
trading stamps are totally illegal
under the "gift-enteFprise act" Of
1871. This fact has caused some
local businessmen to claim they
are losing customers to nearby
Maryland and Virginia, where the
stamps are widely used in food
and drug stores, gasoline stations
and other establishments.
The possibility Of q change
In the picture In the suburban
areas has been raised by the re-
cent decision Of the Peoples Drug
chain 10 discontinue on February
] the issuance Of stamps In its
20 Maryland ana Virginia stores.
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Publishers Oppose
The main struggle today is be-
tween the NODL and the American
Book Publishers Council of New
York. which represents 30 per cent
of the Nations publishers. includ-
ing those who publish most Of the
NODL's disapproved books.
The council accuses the organi-
cation of using book burning tao
tics" and censorship by lynch law"
The NODL, a Catholic organiza-
ton with headquarters in Chicago.
answers that its movement is nee
esSary ito preserve the ideals Of
our young people"
The Catholic group also screens
magazines and comic books, but
mainly is concerned with the mex
pensive paper-bound books which
are found in most drugstoreS and
newsstands and which are readily
available to adolescents.
Most of the books banned are
not classics" and are not written
by prominent authors. But the
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Mrs. Brooke, 80,
Delegates Widow

Mrs. Minnie Lewis Brooke
80. a lifelong resident of the
Washington area, died of q
heart attack yesterday at hel
home. ALA Jenifer street NV
Born in Bladensburg, Md.
Mrs. Brooke moved to Seat
Pleasant in 1889 when she mar.
ried Robert Wilson Brooke, to-
bacco farmer and member OF
the Maryland House of Dele
gates. Mrs. Brooke moved to
Washington after her hus-
bands death in 1899.
She was a member of AL
Saints Episcopal Church al
Chevy Chase circle and was
active in the Daughters of the
King there.
Mrs. Brooke is survived by
a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Brooke Fowler, with whom she
made her home, and a son, DR.
Charles Robert Brooke of Liv-
ingston, N. j. Also surviving
are four grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren
These include Mrs. Gloria
Brooke Adgate. of 1907 Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda, and her
two children.
Services will be held at II
am. Saturday at All Saints
Episcopal Church, No. 3 Chevy
Chase circle.
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Marks. Robson,
LONG a YAAide

Mark Stuart Robson. so. q
Veterans Administration en-
ploye for Sc years. died today
Of cancer in the National In
stitutes of Health.
Mr.. Robson lived at 1920
North Twenty-fifth street. Arl-
ington. He had not worked
since February. when he was
admitted to George Washing
ton University Hospital. He was
transferred several months ago
to the Institutes for treatment.
Mr.. Robson was born and
reared in Georgetown. He was
educated in District public
schools and Columbus Univer-
sity here. where he Nnrned q
law degree.
Joined VA In 1921
He joined the Veterans ADJ
ministration in 1921 and served
in several capacities in the
Washington headquarters until
his death, except for 1880 to
1898 when he was assigned to
the Pittsburgh field Office.
He had been assigned to the
Board Of Veterans Appeals and
the Rating Schedule Board and
at the time Of his death was
assistant director for field con-
sultants in the Compensation
and Pension Service.
Mr.. Robson was a member
of the District bar, the David
II. Rankin Post of the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars, Wilkins
burg, Pa, and the Beta Lodge
of Masons, Williamsburg.
Served With Pershing
He served in the Army from
1916 to 1919. He was with
Gen. Pershing's forces on the
Mexican border in 1917 and
later went to. France with the
10Th Division.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Jennie B. Robson. and
a daughter Jane, both of the
Arlington address. and two
sisters, Mrs. Marion r. Morfitt
of 1705 P street NV. and Mrs.
Jessie W!.Sprinkle of Arlington
He will be buried in Airing
ton National Cemetery at I
pm. Monday after services at
the Fort Myer Chapel. The
body is at Gawler's funeral
home, 1855 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
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Robert A. Mills, Former Star
In Sports and Realty Dealer

Robert A. Mills, So. WASH
ington real estate firm part
ner and golf star, died yes
terday in Providence Hospital
after a long illness.
Mr.. Mills. a native of WASH
ington, lived at 1927 Michigan
avenue NE. He and his three
brothers were partners in L. ].
Mills & Sons, 430 Fifth street
NV, a real estate firm. The
business was started by Mr..
Mills father. Lawrence ]. Mills
ST.. at the turn Of the century.
Mr. Mills, known as Bobby
Mills. was golf champion of
Prince Georges Country Club.
An athlete at Gonzaga High
School. he was active on inde-
pendent basketball, baseball
and football teams.
Mr.. Mills attended George
town University Law School.
He was a member of the Holy
Name Society and the Win
horst Club Of st. Mary's Cath
olic Church.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Genevieve Poe Hart Mills:
three sons. - Robert A.. jr.:
Patrick and Lawrence Mills Of
the home address; eight daugh-
tiers. Mary Louise. Genevieve.
Barbara Ann, Loretta. Eliza
beth. Gertrude, Angela Marie
Mills of the home address. and
Mrs. Robert T. Boone, 1922
Eighth street Sc; three BROTH
ers. Lawrence j. Mills, 1870 @
lane NV; Joseph M. Mills, 1905
Twenty-third avenue. Lewis
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Representative Kelley Rites
To Be Held Here on Monday

Requiem mass for Represent
alive Augustine B. Kelley. "a,
Democrat of Pennsylvania. VINO
died yesterday at Suburban
Hospital, will be said at 10
a m. Monday in the Church Of
the Little Flower here. Burial
will follow in Arlington Gem
etery.
The services here will fol-
low a mass at 1890 am. Sat
urday in Blessed Sacrament
Cathedral in Greensburg, Pa.
The legislators widow, Mrs.
Ella Marie Kelley, attributed
death to cancer.
Second-ranking Democrat on
the House Education and Labo:
Committee, Mr.. Kelley was the
author of a controversial Fed
eral aid to education bill that
died in the 84th Congress and
was reintroduced and is pend
ing in the 85th.
First elected to Congress in
1910, he would have completed
his ninth term next January.
His family had announced in
Greensburg on Tuesday night
that he had decided not to
seek reelection. Two of his
sons, Regis and j. Hillary KEEL
ley, were said to be consider
ing the possibility that one of
them might run for the seat.
Mr.. Kelley recently suffered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-21
Mary Ella Taylor,
Retired Teacher

Miss Mary Ella Taylor. n,
retired District public school
science teacher. died Tuesday
in Hahnemann Hospital after
a long illness.
Miss Taylor began teaching
here after her graduation from
Teachers Normal School in
1905 and was a member of the
Paul Junior High School fac
ulty for nearly 2s years until
her retirement in 1915.
She was born in Wilmington,
DEL, and educated in the pub
lie schools here. She received
q bachelors degree from
George Washington University
In 1925.
Miss Taylor was q member
of the Westmoreland Congre-
gational Church and active in
the work of the Central Union
Mission. She was q Columbian
Woman Of George Washington
University and q member Of
the Delaware State Society and
the Friday Morning Music
Club.
She leaves two sisters with
whom she made her home at
IT'S Longfellow street NV.
They are Miss Alice NJ. Taylor
and Miss Bessie j. Taylor.
A memorial service will be
held at Westmoreland Congre-
gational Church at 2::30 pm.
Saturday. Burial will be In
Cedar Hill Cemetery in Phila-
delphia.
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Lyle R. Briggs,
Retired Bunker

Lyle Russell Briggs, rs, ia
ther of Mrs. c. j. s. Durham
Of Vienna, Va, died Sunday in
Arlington Hospital.
The former president of the
Tidioute State Bank in Tidi-
QUITE, Pa. Mr.. Briggs was en-
route to Florida with his wife
when he was stricken. He had
been Ill for several days at his
daughters home. Mrs. Dur
ham is executive secretary Of
the Langley School in Mclean.
Born in Warren, Pa, Mr..
Briggs was president of the
Tidioute Bank for so years. re-
firing in 1851.
Besides his wife, Mollie
Louise Stillman Briggs. and his
daughter, he is survived by
three brothers, a sister, and q
granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow in the Presbyterian
Church in Tidioute.
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1905. He died about 80 years
ago.
Mrs. Brown did all the
laundry for q boys home fol
many years, until about IL
years ago when she was in hei
eos. leaving home every morn
ing at 6 o'clock. Her family
didn't want her to go. but she
insisted.
you don't know how proud
I am" Mrs. Brown declared al
her first birthday party. II
any one had told me I'd be
here till now, I'd have told
them it wasn't true"
Asked the reason for hel
longevity. she said.. Il give
credit to the Lord.
81 thank the Lord I'm here
This may be the last 60 round
I don't care If it is. The LORD
will take me when He's ready.
Blames Drink for Worlds Ills
At an out-patient clinic
checkup at District Genera
Hospital in April Mrs. Brown
tersely diagnosed the worlds
ills today: TOO much whisky
drinking"
Her two children are dead
She is survived by five grand
children. Mrs. Carlyn Kelly
and Henry w. Childs of the
home address; Everett Childs
$50 Twenty-first street NE.
and Miss Thelma Childs anc
Mrs. Mary Escoppery Of New
York. Two great-grandchil-
dren also survive.
Called "a great church-goer,"
Mrs. Brown was a member OF
Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church, where services will be
held at l pm. Saturday.
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dale. Md. and Carl I. Mills,
8003 Baron street. Takoma
Park. Md: four sisters. Miss
Eva D. Mills. 4ll2 Twentieth
street NE; Mrs. John j. Tracy,
4112 Twentieth street NE:
Sister M. Immaculee. Holy
Cross Order. Columbus. Ohio.
and Mrs. Chester A. Oakley,
Newport. r. 1.
A requiem high mass will be
offered at st. Anthony's Church,
Twelfth and Monroe streets
NE, at 8 am. Saturday. Burial
will be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
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Mrs. jane Brown Dies;
Had First Porty at los

Mrs. Jane Brown, who had
her first birthday party wher
she was at least los years old
died Tuesday at d. c. Genera
Hospital.
The birthday party was giver
August IA, 1855, by two of hel
Grandchildren. with whom sh,
made her home.
! Mrs. Brown was not quit,
certain Of her age. Her grand.
children believe she was 10l
when she died.
Doctors at D. c. General Hos.
pital, where she was given ar
artificial hip joint in October
1854, said her estimate of hel
age was probably right. She
was believed to be the oldest
patient ever to come out of hir
surgery so well.
The old lady walked out oil
the hospital within Q month
after, the operation, and only
went back for therapy three
times.
Planted Corn in Spring
Last spring she INDUCED in
an annual ritual-planting corn
in the small plot behind her
home at 1919 Twelfth street
NV.
A hard worker all her life,
small, alert Mrs. Brown chafed
at the relative inactivity old
age forced on her, although her
sight and hearing were good,
and her appetite, too.
Hard times with me now, -
she said. Hard times when
you can't work yourself"
She told a reporter at her
birthday party. when I was
in the hospital for my opera
ton the doctor thought it, was
funny I didn't wear glasses.
told him I didn't know why he
was surprised. I could see
pretty good"
People were surprised in the
hospital because I said, yes,
ma'am,' and no, ma am, ;"
Mrs. Brown recalled. I'VE
learned to do that where
came from. Especially to older
people and I do it today"
Daughter of Slave
Born Jane Winston in Caro-
line County near Richmond,
Va, Mrs. Brown was the daugh-
ter of a slave who himself lived
more than 100 years.
II was a young girl when the
Yankees came in" she said. 81
saw the soldiers when they
came up in Caroline County in
great droves. One said, You're
all free. You're not slaves any
more
when I was growing up, my
father had a farm in the
county, and / helped work it,"
she recalled. II helped with
corn and tobacco, and we
raised hogs, cows and chickens.
Il picked cotton. planted
cotton. I even spun cotton.
brought water from a spring
with one pail on my head and
another in my hand.
These people coming along,
they don't know nothing"
Mrs. Brown came to WASH
ington with her children after
the death of her first husband,
John Bell. She supported them
in domestic work.
I'd Marriage In 1905
She married her second hus-
band, John Brown, in the late
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a fall at his home. $3.50 Ken
wood avenue, Chevy Chase.
Md. He underwent surgery
last September.
The father Of nine children,
he was a native of New Balti-
more, Pa. He took corre-
spondence courses in mining
engineering and business adj
ministration, and worked up in
the mining field. He was own
er Of the Mammoth Coal e.
Coke Co. at the time of his
death.
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Anuriling

KRAMER, LIBBY. There win be an
S anTsll1s Of z Gssy RRASP Wife Y III y
LYMAN Kramer, 70 be held in the
District Of Columbia Beneficial As.
ISOLATION Lodge on Sunday, November
"a, 1867. at pm. Relatives and
friends are invited.
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With Regard to O
Cord Of Thanks

ver often q card Of thanks IN
The Sior meets q need which ean
hardly be solved in any other way.
Not only is il . gracious expression
Of gratitude to those who hove sent
floral tributes but also courteously
acknowledges the services and
kindnssses Of the mony to whom
q personal NOTE Of thonks eonnoi
well be moiled or whose MONIES
ond oddFeses ore not known.
Insertion OF Q card OF thanks
may be oronsed BY telephone to
The Stor. ST. 5000.
The Evening and Sunday Stor
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CEMETERY LOTS

FORT LINcOLN-0-site lot, section I;
AP' 7-47is or HE. 4-S4e.
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CLINTON, ANDREW ,. In memory Of
MN my husband, ANDREW J.
..tn CLINTON, who slept away
|fEsVM six years aGo today, No
H.affHM vember n, 1851.
When the evening shadows
VII are falling
And ! sit all alone.
In my heart there comes . longing,
That / wish YOU were home.
Sadly missed.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Malvan g. Schey, Inc.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
ga r st. NV. NO. 7-0l33
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DEATHS
Announcement Of
Services W Chamber
In Mrmnriant

BAUMANN. LULA s. In loving mem.
S52yuS ii fny U S.us Ets LILA tSls NJ.
one year ago, November 81. 1856,
Though absent you are ever near.
Kept close BY memories hold dear
stu loved, still missed within my
THROUGH memory we shall never part.
CHARLIE.
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t ES:;rS :H.IS.a n s 81 ?!sss's;s
Ssn SH Of y the i' late O'S Merle W f Is
Rms, father Of Mrs Elizdbeth Ann
MiSEsti and S,os sssndis.hsT Of Earl ~.
3, II. Hines Co Funeral Hsms, aaoi
18th St. NV, on Friday. November
intermsnt dlsnwOOd cemetltsy. 81
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S and members Of Emma c.
Clement Court, No. 2, o. 9.
c., are hereby notified TO at
tend the called meeting on
Thursday, November Il,
1867, at $3.50 pm, at the
Calanthe Home. to arrange
for the funeral of Sister
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vem6sF s5 qn nee TSesday H SS
pitai, cLARicE Butler, lovins
daughter Of Irene Underdue. Also
surviving are one aunt, three nieces
hve nephews and many friends. After
may call at the johnson a. jenkins
Funeral Home, 4S04 Georgia ave
NV. where funeral services will be
held on Saturday, November %, at
am. Interment Woodlawn Gene
terry.
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COOPER. JosEPH n On 4

sSSFEf OF z sss '1 s.t ; .?s Brent
wood. Mo, father OF Mrs. Alice
ANDERSON. Also SURVIVING, are two
Anderson, and other relatives ano
many friends. After 4 pm Thurs
day, November n, friends are In
yited TO call at the Mcclure Funeral
services will be held on Friday, No.
Nember -, at 10 am. Bishop M
Reid offlciating. Interment Arlington
National Cemetery II
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yember 10, 1857. oLAR CARTER d
617 5th st. ne, beloved husband OF
Sylvia Carter, father OF Ruth Z
Evanseline. James. Angus. Peter, Ben
lamin and Hezekiah Garter. At
other relatives and friends. The
late Mr.. Carter may be viewed al
the Stewart Funeral Home. 80 d
ct. ne, after pm. Friday, No
held on Saturday. November 81. at /.
noon. Interment Lincoln Memoria
Cemetery. 20