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to the West Coast in . rela-
lively short time was made to
this reporter ct q reception
given for Mr.. Douglas last
night BY the National Aviation
Club. which named him its
s'Man Of the Month"
Mr.. Douglas also predicted
that horizontal landing Of air.
craft win give way entirely
to vertical landing (straight
down. within another 20 years.
How are they going TO develop
. plane that comes straight
down for q landing9
III ] knew, ! wouldn't be
talking about It. but 1t will be
developed" he declared at the
Sheraton Carlton affair.
Mr.. Douglas. who began his
aviation career with the Glenn
L Martin Co. In 1916 after
graduation from Massachusetts,
Institute Of Technology. con-
eeded that It required . very
good imagination in 1916 to
f0resee even Q part Of the vast
development Of aviation since
then.
Mr.. Douglas company Is
working on orders for Ia new
DC-8. Jet commercial trans.
ports. for a. lines and they
represent about half Of its large
backlog Of orders for CONNER
cial airlines. The overall back
log Of - billion on August 81
was divided about evenly be-
tween military and private
orders.
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James s. Murray Of Chevy
Chase. Nd. has been elected Q
vice president Of the Lindsay
Chemical Co. Of West Chicago.
III.
Mr.. Murray has been with
the company since 1896 and
has served Is assistant to the
president.
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Aluminium Cons Due

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 R.-
Continental Can Co. announced
It win be on the market this
week with aluminium cans in
several STYLES.
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'Ss e BUSINESS.
Douglas Predicts 2-Hour
Trip to Cost by 1872
~ DONALD B. HADLEY

Commercial alnes win be able to carry you from WASH
tngton 70 Los Angeles In hours within the next Is years.
You viii start from Washington at 10 and arrive
In l. A. at am. the same day
This the prediction Of who should know Donald
Douglas board chairman and president Of Douglas Aircraft
The prediction that planes win beat the the clock
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METAL PRICES

NEW YORK. Oct. 3 O7.--spot non
ferrous metal prizes today: cnppeE
20.27 . pound. .conneetlent Waller.
Lead IL Z pound. New York. zine
u, eents . poqnd. East o., Louis. In
silver eos per Troy ounce. Neu York.
AZ PiitahuTsh screp steel No. l heavy
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Abe Coonin. controller Of
William Hahn a. Co. here. has
been named chairman Of the
3. c. Stephenson Memorial
Trophy Committee Of the Con-
trollers' Congress. National
Retail Dry Goods Association.
This was announced BY WAL
den p. Hobbs. chairman Of the
Congress and vice president Of
Consolidated Dry Goods Co. Of
SprinRfield. Mass.
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an expanded line Of products
offered.
PEPCO Earnings show
Gains From Year AGO
Net earnings Of Potomac
Electric Power Co. In both Au-
gust and ~ months ended
August 81 were well above q
year ago. the company's
monthly report showed yester-
day.
August net income was 81
022. 200. compared with $751;
400 in August last year.
Twelve months net was SlO.-
266. 300 or Sl.6a . share, com.
pared with so.233. 400 or tl.ao
q share in same 1855 period.
Per share earnings for both ~
month periods were stated on
the basis Of 5.sl0.lSs shares
outstanding.
Gross additions to property
and plant in the II months
ended August 81 aggregated
3S6.Ol0.000. the report said. Di-
rectors authorised an addition.
al el.363. 500 OF construction
projects In September, includ-
ing 3l.Ol9.s0 for transmission
and distribution facilities.
New Dodge Displayed.
Good Year Expected
A completely new engine,
front end. and plenty Of room
inside Is the talk Of Dodge
representatives about their new
car for 1858.
Shown to the press. radio
and television men yesterday
ct the Maynower Hotel the
new car looked wider and
longer but 1t isn't-at least not
E1uch. The seats are wide
enought to sleep ON. and the
trunk $ just as wide.
n. c. Patterson. Dodge
president, said . truly excel
lent" automobile sales record
for 1858 Is predicted. He said
he expected the year TO be
one Of the finest in Dodge
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ing to create . higher standard
Of living.
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an expanded line Of products
offered.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
Shawnee Evening
HOmemakerS Club

The Shawnee Evening Home
Demonstrated Club met on Mon
day evening at the home of Emily
Cartwright with Eleanor Ivans,
co-hostess. There were thirty
present
The topic for the evening was
'Time for Living" Miss ShofTner,
county agent, spoke on the impor-
tance of a goal, with all members
of the family cooperating, planning
and working to that end. film was
shown to illustrate
Reports were given from the del
egatiOn that visited Delaware Col
ony Some project for the 'Penni-
well Cottage" will be sponsored by
the club.
= October 80, will be County Day,
held at Georgetown. Everyone who
can attend is urged to do so, as this
promises to be very interesting
program.
The November meeting will be
held at the home of Dorothy I.
Hall with Doris Geyer as co-hos-
tess,
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elolns townsend Dieksrson

Chinese game) pieces. Didn't we
three Dickerson girls have fun
looking over all that jewelry.
Thursday morning the Boans
were again on their way, but first
they saw a glimpse of our new
house, the children's new school
and the Governors mansion. OH!
| did hate to take them out to the
highway to head them on their way
west, out 1 did appreciate their
stopping by.
Our weekly bridge club got back
into full swing, last week when we
were all invited over to Shirley
Walkers. l don't play bridge too
well anyway, but this week | was
so enchanted with Shirley's antique
filled home that | couldn't tell
hearts from diamonds. One of the
charms of any nicely decorated
home, l think, is flowers and she
had lovely ones from her garden
in old vases, pitchers, and demi-
tasse cups. The braided rug in her
living room composed of blues and
greys to go with her Wedgewood
blue living room decorations. The
nice part about the rug was that
she and her husband HAD and ARE
making it. Her husband collects
old guns and she confessed that
was the way she got him into
lots of antique shops. His collec-
tion is stored in fine hand made
gun cabinet and this is in their
den. Hanging on the den's door
was bag whose origin really
startled met was a Wells Fargo
pouch. I must confess it's not
very useful antique, but l would
have loved it.
Covers from Gourmet magazines,
pasted together, covered the wall
beside their kitchen table and not
only would it whet the appetite,
but it made very pleasing setting
to eat beside. A copper wash basin
was turned upside down and used
fer table top. There were just so
many clever ideas that make each
individuals house interesting.
My husband today is flying a mis-
sion with SAC and so he isn't hav-
ing a two day weekend to lolI
around the house like many of you.
l wish, willie we're speaking of
SAC, that you'd all read James
Michener's while Others Sleep"
It's in October's Readers Digest
and is so true to the life of men in
SAC. Whether they are ECM men,
navigatOrs like Hayes, pilots, me-
whatever their job-the
story is there in Michener's report.
We liked the story and would like
you to read it too.
Until next week
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
Local Happenings

TURKEY SUPPER-Th W.S.C.S.
Of Cedar Neck Church will hold a
Turkey Supper on Friday, October
10Th, in the Lakeview Avenue
School Cafeteria. Please keep this
date open Further information
next week
AVENUE CIRCLES = Tuesday,
October Is, is the meeting date
of the circles of Avenue Methodist
Woman's Society of Christian
Service with one exception. No l
Circle will meet Monday evening
at eight o'clock in the parsonage
with Mrs. Robert E. Green and
Mrs. Della Deakyne as hOstesses.
The others are as follows:
No. with Mrs. Byron Gibson,
Miss Edith Simpson assisting.
No. 3 with Mrs. Laurence Fitch
EFT, Mrs Martha Friedel assisting.
No. 4 with Mrs. George T. Mack
lin, Mrs. Bernice Evans assisting.
No. with Mrs. Charles French,
Mrs. Manaen Marvel assisting
No. with Mrs Roland Isaacs,
Mrs. Earl Emory assisting.
No. Z in the church parlor at one
thirty O'Clock.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
Important Girl
Scout Meeting

A meeting of significance to the
Girl Scout organization will be held
in Salisbury, Monday, October IA.
when representative adults from all
sections of the Delmarva Peninsula
will meet to discuss one council for
the entire area. The meeting will
be preceded By a dinner at the New
English Grill at 1880 D. m.
Miss Bobbie Wash, of Washing
ton, d. c., Council Advisor from the
National Branch Office of the Girl
Scouts of the USA and Mrs. G.
Arthur Mcdaniel, fredericksburg, a
member of the. Region III Commit
tee, will meet with the group to
decide if development committee
shall be formed.
If it is voted to continue the
study a development committee will
be elected. 1t shall be the duty of
such d committee to consider the
proposed Jurisdiction, gather peril
nent facts, outline an organization
and formulate a possible plan of
work anu budget for the new coun-
Gil.
There are four counties of the
Peninsula which have Girl Scout
lone troops, namely: Northampton
and Accomac of Virginia and Wor-
cester and Somerset of Maryland
WicOmico county is organized as
council The remainder of the
section is the Peninsula Council
which embraces Kent and Sussex
counties of Delaware and Kent,
Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline and
Dorchester counties of Maryland.
This proposed council is in keep
ing with the program of the Ma
tional Girl Scout organization. Ex-
tensive plans have been made for
complete council c5verage, mean
ing that all troops would be under
the jurisdiction of a council 1t is
believed that more girls can be
offered better program if scouting
is promoted through a council.
Miss Wash and Mrs. Mcdaniel
have met with the two councils and
in the various communities of the
lone trooD area to discuss the plan
for council organization Each town
where there are troops, has been
asked to send a delegate to this
first joint meeting of the local units.
Both councils will also be repre-
sented.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
VFW Auxiliary
Holds Meeting

The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Blue Hen Post No. 6483, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, held their month
ly meeting at the Post Home on
Haven Lake this week. President
Helen West presided.
The following reports were
made: Mildred Hall, Barbara Rick
er, Gertrude Carter, Audrey Saw
age, Hilda Cannon, Eurie Savage,
Mrs. Virginia Warren, Preston
Cannon, Mrs. Edith Niblett and
seven guests attended the Carnival
at the Governor Bacon Health
Center on Saturday, September
28th. The Milford Unit sponsored
a peanut booth and a lemonade
booth. They also contributed three
bushels of apples and 115 paper
bound novels for the alcoholic
wards.
During September, twenty-five
new white poplin uniforms cost
ing 1895 each, were also sent to
the Center for the girls studying
home economics. Sally Starr, T.V.-
Radio Personality, appeared in per-
through efforts of Hilda Cannon,
Blue Hen member and General
Chairman for the Department of
Delaware for Governor Bacon
Health Center; also, Mrs. Mary
Reed, Department President; Ray
mond Coffman and Preston Can
non, both members of Blue Hen
Post
Hilda Cannon has also reported
that 100 uniforms (white poplin)
have been sent to the Delaware
Colony for patients there. Mrs.
Marion Lynch reports that flags
and patriotic napkins will be
placed on trays at the Memorial
Hospital on Columbus Day. She
also reports that flags for the
class rooms, foyer and library will
be presented to the Lulu Ross
School on Veterans Day. Most of
! these flags are already being used
1t was voted to give a $500 do
nation to the Boy Scouts and a
$500 donation to the Girl Scouts.
Mrs. Helen West, Audrey Saw
age, Mildred Hall and Hilda Can
non will attend a school of in
structions to be held in Legislative
Hall, Dover, on October 18th. The
same group will attend the ban
quet for the National President,
Mrs. Ruby Godfrey in the Grange
Hall, Dover, on October 23rd at
Z p. m.
With retiring of the colors, the
meeting was adjourned to be re-
opened on November 4th at s o.
clock. All members are urged to
be present.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
TRINITY

Mrs. Esther Carey, of BridgevilIe,
was supper guest Of Mrs. Ella
Warrington on Saturday.
Guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Wheatley the past week
were, Mrs. Walter Spence of Green
wood, on Wednesday, Master Joey
Wheatley, of Bridgeville an over
night guest on Friday, Mr.. and Mrs
Brooks Wheatley and daughters,
Cathy and Dorothy, of near Bridge
vile, on Saturday evening and Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Wheatley on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Seeley and
son, of MontoursviIle, Pa were
weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Warrington. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Rogers and daughter of
Denton, were Saturday visitors.
We are sorry to hear of the seri-
Gus illness of Mr.. Dean Seeley, who
Is a patient in the Milford Memorial
Hospital Mrs Seeley is spending
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Warrington and family.
Layman's Sunday will be observ-
ed at Trinity Methodist Church, on
Sunday, October, October 8. with
servoces at 10 a. m, Sunday School
at II a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Hubert and
sons, of near fredericksburg, and Mr..
and Mrs. Enos Nichols were We'd
nesday evening visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hastings and Mrs. w.
F. Hastings. On Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Williams, of near Smith
vile were their guests.
Keep in mind the Home Coming
Services to be held at Trinity Meth
odist Church on Sunday, October
20. Services at II a. m. and 2:3O
D. m. Luncheon will be served at
the Dublin Hill Community Hall
between the services.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
Presbyterian Women

The Presbyterian Church of Mil
ford again invites all of our
friends and relations to attend
Sunday School during the weeks
from October 13 to November 18th.
We have a seat waiting for YOU
and we do hope that each and every
one will get up few minutes early
each Sunday and join us during
this worship hour. We start
promptly at 9:45 a. M, with Mr..
Robert Wormington, our very able
Sunday School superintendent,
leading the devotions. After the
devotions, you will have the privi-
lege of attending one of our many
interesting classes. We hope all
our regular members will be on
hand to greet the guests on this
first Sunday of our Attendance
Crusade of 1857.
If you are one of the young peO-
pie from 20 to 40 (give or take a
year or so on either end) you will
have the rare privilege of being a
part of Mr.. Harry Jaeger's class.
This class is bursting at the
seams already but we have saved
a seat for YOU in the corner so
please be on hand October 18th to
learn more about your Bible and
what it means in this short Sunday
School period than you have ever
learned before.
Mr.. Wormington has announced
that prizes will be awarded all
who attend these Attendance Cru
sade Sundays, so do come and re-
ceive your prize You do not have
to be a member to come and re-
ceive a prize, so please be sure and
Join us this Sunday, October 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
October 5, 1857
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas


Dear Friends:-
Lynne had OutgrOwn her school
shoes and Dawn needed ballet
shoes, so Wednesday night after
school we had set that day aside to
go shopping at our favorite local
shoe store.
When we returned from down
town we noticed a Delaware licens-
ed car parked in front of our house
The instant l saw it / knew it was
my cousin, Margaret Anne Sale
van Boan Frank, Margaret Anne
and their three-year-old daughter,
Debbie, left Delaware last week and
were headed for San Francisco and
their P. o. E. (port of embarka-
tion) enroute to their next two
year assignment, which happens to
be Hawaii. Not only are they most
fortunate to have such a scrump-
tious assignment, but this is their
second tour there. They are look
ing forward to seeing friends from
their former stay in Hawaii and
will live in the same apartment
they formerly occupied.
We were all so pleased to have
the Boans with us and insisted that
they eat with us and spend the
night. Service people can always
arrange sleeping space for unex-
pected guests. 1t so often happens,
that you just always seem to keep
a mental picture of how to accom-
modate passing through" guests.
My only problem was as I talked to
my cousin and family, What will
give them for dinner" l was fore
ing calves liver upon my family
and l just didn't think that would
be fair to give guests. | suggested
that we get a sitter for the children
and we adults have dinner at the
officers Club at Forbes. | could see
this wasn't going over very big with
little Debbie and the wheels started
whirling again trying to figure out
a dinner menu.
Dinner wasn't very fancy cause
it was getting pretty late. We cook
ed and ate quickly so we could have
a good part of the evening to talk.
You know Margaret Anne's mother
is an artist and has done some love-
ly paintings. This talent is carried
over to Margaret Anne with her
hand made jewelry. While she lived
in Hawaii before she made gorge
Gus bracelets, earrings and pend
ants of seeds, nuts and seashells.
While she was here she left me
three lovely pair of earrings =
one of white coral with a pearl
centered in the middle, another of
beautifully marked shells and an
other pair made from nah jong "a
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
Houston Cardinal 4-H
HOUSTON CARDINALS

The Houston Cardinal All Club
held their monthly meeting on
October 3rd. The County Leader,
Mrs. Marion Macdonald, was pres
ent She was in charge Of the cleo
tion of officers for the coming
year Officers are as follows: :
President, Calvin Hollis, III; vice
president, Raymond Marvel; sec
retary, Connie Parvis; treasurer,
John Benson; reporter, Henry
Griffith.
Plans were made for the Parents
Night Banquet which will be held
on Saturday evening, December IA,
in the Houston Fire Hail.
A committee was appointed to
make plans for a dance to be held
in the near future. Look for post
ers in the stores for time and date.
Our Club had 1000 in project
books turned in last year.
Henry Griffith, Reporter
HOUSTON CARDINAL JUNIORS
The October meeting of the
Houston Cardinal Junior All Club
was called to order by the Presi-
dent, Susan Benson. The Lords
Prayer was led by Paul Purcell
and the All Pledge was led by
Anna Lee Thistlewood. The roll
was called by Tommy Parvis with
% present The minutes were read
and approved. Dues in the amount
of $1.9G were collected. There was
no old business.
Under new business, we decided
to have a dance at the fire hall on
November 8th, from 1880 to 10:3O
p. m. There will be an admission
charge Of Is cents
The election of officers follow
ed: president, Susan Benson; vice
presiden Shirley Hayes; secre-
tary, Anna Lee Thistlewood; trea-
surer, Donna Faye Ward; report
er, Piret Saksen; song leader, Sue
Dutton.
The new members were enroll
ed. Any child who will be 10 before
June 1, 1858, is welcome to Join at
our next meeting, November 1.
Susan showed pictures the ESQ
Farm Magazine took of the two
clubs which were taken by the Edi-
tor of the same magazine. The
meeting was then adjourned.
Piret Saksen, Reporter
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11

classified Ais Get Results
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11

Read The classified Ads
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11

China's first railway was short
line of track running out of Shang-
hal. 1t was destroyed by the Chin
ese in the early 1880s because the
imperial Manchu court thought
it might disturb the immortal
spirits"
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
Fifty Years Ago

The Collins Mills, near
Georgetown, are undergoing a
general overhauIing at the
hands of George c. abbott &
Son, the millwrights, of Mil
ford. Ir addition to the inside
wn-h, new waste-gates and
fore-bay will be added. The
work will be completed about
November 1st.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11

The Civil Air Patrol held its
regular weekly meeting on We'd
nesday at the Pack Memorial
Building at Drummond Field. AS a
fOllOw-up of the lecture recently
given by Major G. P Talbot, Mr.
William c. Huyler, Technical Su-
pervisor of the Dover Air Force
Base Weather Detachment, gave
a lecture on the Meteorological AS
poets of Pathological FaIlout. Fol
lowing the lecture there was a
lengthy general discussion on the
subject
The Cadets expressed a desire
to have dance for the younger
members of the group. No firm
plans have yet been made, how
ever, they were assured of the full
cooperation Of the adult members
and there definitely will b. dance
in the very near future.
Plans were made by some of the
adult members to serve refresh
ments for the cadets each week
after their meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-11
GOOD AND BAD TAXES

As far as we have been able to observe,
there are two kinds of taxes: good taxes
and bad taxes. Good taxes are those that
are levied upon other people, and bad taxes
are those that we must pay.
Likewise, there is wise expenditure of
public funds and foolish expenditures of
such money. Wise expenditures promote our
idea of public necessity (and may afford us
an opportunity for a little profit on the
side) and foolish expenditures are those
which, so far as we can judge, do not direct
ly put cash, or benefits into our pockets
If you will thoroughly understand the dis
tinction that we make in regard to taxes
and expenditures, you will be able to under
stand great deal of the grumbling that you
near from time to time hereabouts
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Civic and Study Clubs

Washinston Club-Tomorrow II am.
clubhouse, book chat and luncheon
f bsrs I ng MIS- r. EmSnual Perry Of "4he
luncheon speakes' Mrs. + r. H G'ts'
g. rt the n .:1 DIVISION, Public Health
CAV" Wednesday,. i2s3u p.m. clu0-
house; rncneon and caro- party FL
oaV. IL am. clubhouse. poetry group
meeting and luncheon program on
Harry Y. Saint
Fairfax County League Of Women Voters
tomorrow, e.l5 PM Bucknell
Manor unit. with MIS-. William reeleI,
3s01 Apple Tree drive. Rose Hill 10.
Mrs j S. Plapinger. 6O5 FAR drive,
Country Club Hills. Tuesday, SIS
pm. Annandale and Bailey's Cross
Foaaddss unit, With Mrs. ". L. Reno. 34l
Columbia Pike unit, with Mrs Robert
Hemmes'. 14l7 Lakeview drive Tues
DAY DAY SIP 81: Pm jefferson VILLAGE unit,
Monroe street. wednesday, SIS pm,
Holm Hills unit. with Mrs. Howard
Wallace, 4O1 GLASGOW road. Wednes-
S Sa win St6 Em qs J aSmf Il f4 se Ae sS3
Holmes Run drive Wednesday, $3.50
am, Mclean day unit. with Mrs
Barbara Choseh. 6s12 HiRhland ave
un sS With Pn Mir, T RSs
Wright. II WestmorelaRd road We'd
nesday, l pm. Vienna day unit with
Mrs LLOYD Kinsey, 437 Knoll street
Vienna Wednesday. sis pm, Vienna
Svening unit with Mrs. Henry Ware,
Route 4. Vienna Thursday, S.l5
pm. Arlington boulevard unit. with
MIS- W. A. Gonnoud. 1922 Hedrow
lane Thursday. S;l5 pm. Mclean
evening unit with Mrs. Ben Gordon.
MackaIl avenue, Mclean Thursday
S:l5 pm, Pimmitt Hills unit with
Mrs Charles Perlik, 1900 Barbour
road. Topic for all meetings. Pro-
gram Planning on the Local Level
Woodbridge Book Club, TUESDAY. 1000
am, McKendree Methodist Church;
books TO be reviewed, THE Menninger
Story and sSiRmund Friend
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Dolly Madison Chapter. speaker, Col
John Z Fondahl. Director of DC.
Civil Defense. Tuesday. 1890 pm.
meeting with Mrs. r. Harvey Sar-
gent, 40A Oakwood street Sc;
speaker. Mrs. Louis E Calls. State
historian. Tuesday. 1910 pm. Ruth
Brewster Chapter, University Wom-
ems Club. Tuesday. 1890 pm,
Dorothy Hancock Chapter. Kennedy
Warren, luncheon meeting Tuesday,
pm, OAR Chapter House, Joint
meeting Colonial Danes Chapter and
Alfred W Banton historian, Coloni-
al National Park Yorktown, Va.
Jamestown Festival, 1857 Tuesday,
pm, President Monroe Chapter.
with Mrs. j Alfred Richards. 1905
Nash PLACE Sc Wednesday. pm,
OAR Chapter House; speaker. Mrs
William c. Pennington. State vice
chairman of National Defense