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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-06-18

Brothers
Things are locking up for brollers
with prospects for price strength
this week
The june supply is now right
where it was last year and is due
To dip Just below July supply vii
be one to three per cent above last
year when the Valley price was
slightly above q cents.
Demand ought to be strengthened
by buying for the Fourth Of July
plus a promotlonal campaign that's
underway,
Prices have been firm in Virginia
recently. and the Valley was one
Ealf cent higher at the end of last
week at q cents. North Carolina
and Georgia were % cents and firm
Eggs
Look for egg prices to move
gradually upward now that the sea
Seildl tfeNQ mas started.
Local receipts have already slack.
ened noticeably and if hot weather
continues, they'll drop more
Prices moved upward last week
Richmond up two cents to "a cents
q dozen for Grade A Large, Harri-
sonburg, up two cents to 1882 cents;
Norfolk up one cent to "a cents and
the New York market for local eggs
one and one half cent higher. 80 to
36 cents a dozen
Peaches
A bigger crop than last year may
affect peach prices this year.
Virginia expects the biggest crop
in years. 1900 bushels COM
pared to 100000 bushels last year
Quality up to now is good, too
In nine southern states. the corp
is six per cent above last year. Mid
west crops are some lighter
This may be a good year for Vir-
ginia growers to do again what
some have done before to sell
peaches ON a self-service basis. let
ting buyers pick their own. Make
plans now to let the public know
If you'll sell this way
And this year the Department will
serve as clearing house for
growers who want to sell and
buyers making inquiries b 0 u t
sources. Any grower in the state
can send his name and address, and
the variety and volume of peaches
he has to sell to the VIDA Division
Of Markets, 1900 T Main Street.
Richmond Buying inquiries n
the Division usually receives num-
Der during peach season-will be
relayed
Wheat
The June winter wheat crop
forecast moves the production fig.
ure UP to about the same as last
year. and that makes ii look ever
more advisable to store under loan
And if you're not eligible for loar
storing. don't plan on any great
post-harvest price rise
Richmond price is now sl92 Vir
Finia loan viii be S22l. less z cents
for storage. and you have to coun
about another five cents for extra'
Ike foreign material moisture, in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-06-18
MISS JOAN BENNING POOLE
Miss Poole Finishes
At Nort,, Carolina

MISS Joan Benning Poole
laughter Of Mr., and Mrs C L
'oole, of Dillwyn. graduated with
bachelor Of arts degree in zool-
ogy from the University Of North
Carolina iii Chapel Hill. M C..
June 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-06-18
Weekly
FARM PRICE
OUTLOOK

Agriculture Friday The De-
partmen the warning that
let nj right all the time.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-06-18

plastic is available from the VPI
Agricultural Engineering Depart
ment, Blacksburg.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
Fire Danger Rises
With Dry Weather

Virginia Division Of Forestry
foresters are becoming increas-
ingly concerned over the dry
weather Of the past FEW weeks.
They say that the ra-nless days of
early May are making TIE danger
OF forest fires greater than at any
time during 1851.
Normally. the most serious fire
danger is early spring. with a gra-
dual decrease ia tile danger Us
the forests ana fields bacome
green Not 50 this year. say for
Asters Excessive rain during
March ana April reduced the
number Of fires to a near record
low, bit. they say. the good fire
record could be spoiled w late
spring and early summer fires if
rain dos not come soon.
Foresters caution everyone to
be especially careful with fire.
cigarett es ana matches during the
present dry period. Brush and
trash burners, and land clearers
ere asked to wait untIl later aft
ethoon before burning and are
cautioned to make sure these fires
ate out before leaving them.
A total Of 315 acres have been
burned IA Prince Edward county
fires this year. according to May
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
ALSO
SET

Everything for Il smart. mod
ern kitchen at n low price
The sparkling chrome table
comes with Formica Top that
won't chip. burn or stain. and
extends TO seat ! people. The
4 comfortable chairs have heavy
plastic seats and backs. Din
cites in a perfect rainbow of
colors to go with any decorat-
ing scheme,
Just enough ensembles for ONE
DAYS selling so hurry
down for yours. Remember
you a buy on our oh-so-
easy Credit Plan.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
Soil Stewardship
Observance Asked

The Amelia soil conservation
committee has sent letters to all
Amelia county ministers asking
them W cooperate either May 26
OF June 2 III observing SOIL ste
Wardshlp week.
The prosperity of the land and
the church w hand III hand and
We, who are members of the
Amelia county soil and water con
servo ion committee. are counting
on YOU fer your support ]. E.
Dodson. chairman Of the com
mitlee, wrote. z
Other committee members are
ri p. Childress, Amelia Charles
Saunders, Chula; NJ. S. Anderson,
Js5ersyiile, Douglas Hamlet. Rice.
and Wheeler Watkins. Amelia.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24

week i'll Richmond. returned to
Prospect Friday
WI e Carson and j. r. Glenn
attended the games in Richmond
Wednesday.
The three circles Of Prospect
WSCS met Tuesday in the homes. Of
Mrs. Philip Thomas. Mrs. G. A.
Garden and j.. r. Alsop.
Or. Mae Kelly. director of educa-
ton Ia Bath county. was d guest Of
her sister, Mrs. r. "A. Brisentine
during the week end.
Miss Larnette Glenn. Of Washing
ton. spent the week end with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Glenn
Guests Of MIS-. j. f. Glenn and
Mrs. Ida Andrews Wednesday were
Mrs. G H. Walker and Mrs. Halle
Crawley. Of Charlotte county.
Farrars Visit
Mr. and Mrs. o. P. Farrar visited
relatives III Richmond over the week
end.
Mrs. Ira Brisentine il Il patient
n a Lynchburg HOSPITAL al 4 result
OF an automobile accident. Her con
dition is not serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Hurst. Of
Washington. visited Mrs. John Lane
over the week end.
Mr. 7 ,Y,Sx yn LINN
visited relatives over the week end.
Mrs. Maggie Gillian, Of Farm
vile, IS spending some time with
her nephew. Wilfred Fuqua
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
Prospect.

Ihe showers were gratefully Vel
coined in this area and many Of our
farmers took advantage of the sea
son by planting tobacco.
Many friends attended the funeral
ot mrs. Plumber kreye at Davis
Memorial Church Sunday. Our sym
pathy goes out to the family.
Judge j. f. Lewis, Of Farmville
gave a message at Prospect Metho-
dist church Sunday morning.
Price Comes Home
c. NJ. Price. Jr., OF North Carolina
State College in Raleigh. spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. M. Price.
Mrs. r, B Wilson. of Green Bay.
spent Friday night with her mother.
Mrs. d. S. Glenn, and attended a
bridge and canasta party in the
home Of Mrs. IL H. Young with her
daughter. Mrs. Russell Newsome, of
Richmond, as ~co-hostess.
Stuart r. Glenn. who spent last
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24

approximately 104 900 we're quail
flied to receive the higher pay
ments.
Higher payments II r%etroac-
tive to January | under the Sur
Yivor Benefits Act which became
effective January /. VA said Wi
dows who do not apply for the
new benefit will continue to re-
ceiye death compensation at the
same rate as in the past, even
though they may be eligible for
the increased payments under the
Survivor Benefits Act.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
Cumberland Beauty
Contest Friday Night

Miss Cumberland Of 1857 will
be selected Friday evening, MAY
"a in a beauty contest at Cum
berland high school, according to
an announcement by Gordon L
Garrett, chairman Of the spon-
soring Puritan committee.
Mr. Garrett p-om-ses a bevy
OF beauties at the yearly event
that selects Cumberland county's
representative to the Tobacco
Festival.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
Money, Radio Taken
From Amelia Station

VI n Wilkinson's srevice station
cn the edge Of Amelia Oh Route $50
WAS entered Sunday night pr early
Monday morning and robbed Of
$3.50 IN change from the cash
drawer.
Also missing WAS a clock radio
valued at SIS. according to Sheriff
M. M deKrafft Tho thief entered
by tearing aut y whole window sash.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24

amelia /.

A baccalaufeate service viii be
held At 8 p III. June ! i'll the War
Memorial building. with the Rev.
Robert Fl. Thomas. III rector Of.
Brandon church in BurroWsyille
and Christ church in Waverly. as
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
SO Seniors
June 6 at

A week Of commencement ac-
tivities has been planned for 38
Amelia High School seniors. who
will graduate June 6. in an 8.l5
p. m. ceremony at the Amelia
War Memorial building.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24

Nearly 2.0o0. 600 tons of coal a
month can be dumped over the Nor
folk and Western Railways piers at
Norfolk as a result of a recent x
pansion Of yard facilities.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
Moose Dance May %

There win Be a dance at the
Farmville Moose Lodge Saturday
night fol- club members and their
guests. Pat Partridge and his
band VIII provide the MUSIC.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-24
War Widows Will
Have Higher Pay

Widows Of veterans who died of
seryice-connected causes before
January |. 1867 may lose money
unless they apply for the higher
death compensation payments BY
July !. 1857.
The VA originally estimated
that Of all the 114.o0O widows re-
ceiving compensation for the
service-connected deaths Of their
husbands before January l. 1857.
nard Stoddard. The last two Of
the fires reported occurred ON
May 2 and May 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24
"oh. Those American MenT

Belgrade where she majors in philoso-
ply and romance languages.
II would like to have been a movie
star in Yugoslayia,' she said, but they
make such bad pictures there my popu-
larity as a basketball star would be sure
TO fall off,
1t now appears that she doesn't intend
to go back home. would you like to
make some movies in American we
asked her.
"Ah yes" sighed Luba, ''but not 50
much because / like American movies
as because like American men,
We asked Luba the stock question:
are there any more at home in Yugo-
slavia like her? She blushed modestly
and said that all Yugoslavian girls have
a natural beauty.
'As team the Red Stars have it all
over the three Gabor sisters" she told
me. And besides there are two more
Of u.s. The End
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waved gOod-by from pier heads and
walked down streets. The cameras
remained at a discreet distance. until
Sophia appeared for the clOseups. Then
Luba was relegated to being her stand
in.
When we saw Luba in London recently
we learned that in Yugoslavia, sports
loving nation, she is sort Of national
heroine as highest scorer on the basket
ball team.
Starred In Sicily
When the RED Stars" played in Sicily
recently, the local sports fans were skep-
teal Of her proves because Of her
beauty. But when the game was won by
the RED Stars" largely because Of
Luba's ability, she had to be carried to
her car by the police to protect her from
the enthusiastic fans.
Luba told US she is q years old and
third-year student at the University Of
Evening star., 1957-08-22

in the choice of beef for
Sundays dinner. Recon-
mended are chuck roast, shoul.
der roast, boneless and bone
in; rib roast, homeless round
steak. boneless round roast. sir
loin steak. cube and chuck
steaks. and the versatile
ground beef.
Outstanding values at the
fish counters are lobster tails.
jumbo croakers from Chesa-
peake Bay, and claw crab
meat.
Lobster tails are a luxury
food at moderate prices.
There's no waste. they're easy
to prepare, and delicious eating.
If you've never prepared lob
Ster tails, try them broiled for
a quick dinner. Here's how:
Thaw. Cut under-shell around
edges and remove. Grasp tail
in both hands and bend back
wards toward shell side to
crack and prevent curling; or
insert skewer to keep tail fiat.
Arrange Shell-side up on rack
of broiler pan. Place 5 inches
below heat unit or flame. pre-
heated to moderate 1850 to
375 degrees). Broil 5 minutes.
Turn flesh side up, spread with
butter, and broil 6 minutes for
4-to-6-ounce lobster tails; 7
minutes for those weighing 7
to o ounces; 8 minutes for 10
to 12-ounce tails. Serve in the
shell with melted butter and
lemon wedges.
Fresh Produce
Smooth luscious Bartlett
pears from the West, freestone
Italian prunes from Washing
ton State, honeydews. canta-
loupes. Alberta peaches and
seedless California grapes lead
the parade of best buys in the
fruit department.
The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture reports
this has been a fine summer for
BartlettS. well above average.
AS for peaches. they're every
where at roadside stands,
farmers markets. your corner
grocery store. Prospects are for
an above-average peach crop.
the Department of Agriculture
says. Although Northeastern
crops are expected to fall be-
hind last years yield. this
will be Offset by heavier pro-
duction in other regions. Use
them with a free hand while
they last peaches with
cream over cereal I. in
pies -. shortcakes ice
cream (see our recipe for peach
melba today. Glazed peaches
are color and flavor accents for
meat or poultry +. simply dip
peach halves in sweet pickle
sirup and broil until delicately
brown.
Featured buys in vegetables
are limited this week to Pascal
celery. yellow corn and sweet
potatoes. Nevertheless you'll
find ample supplies of home
grown tomatoes, summer
squash. cauliflower. cucumbers.
eggplant. and green peppers at
moderate prices. Lettuce con-
tinueS to be outrageously high.
If your stock of frozen food
is running low. this is a good
week to replenish. One of the
local food chains is advertis-
ing a special frozen food SALE
w. F. ~
Evening star., 1957-08-22
Quick Hot Cornish

A delicious hot garnish to
serve with cold turkey or
ham is made by threading
three pineapple chunks on each
toothpick and rolling them in
brown sugar. Broil on two sides
to brown lightly.
Evening star., 1957-08-22
Herbed 'Beets

Add some crumbled whole
oregano leaves to the butter or
margarine with which you toss
fresh cooked beets and watch
their popularity appeal take a
giant step.
Evening star., 1957-08-22
< THE MARKET
hn$Y$7B{7 BASKET

Although food costs keep inching up there are
bargains to be had if you look for them.
Best buys in meat this week end will include
smoked picnics beef fryerS and all cuts of veal
Local food chains offer the shopper wide range
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24
ROMANCE.
OF FLOWERS
~ esesrs = - Post

81 Applause has been heaped on ENGLISH IVY (actualIy
nae Europe and into Asa for is lush foliage and
wonderfu climbing ability The plant almost ashamed
Of its Insignificant flowers and refuses bloom all until
quite old The pale flower clusters are put stiff sas
with rounded leaves they unrelated the Of the
plant The flower stems can't even climb for they sprou
no aerial along SIDE
In European folklore twning ivy symbolzes friendship
because embraces without harming them and gives
protective covering of green fallen trunks and old ruins
To Americans ivy suggests education, the UNCOVERED halls
Of leaning, especially the traditional Ivy League colleges
Valuable Stems
Small flowers of the Formosan RICEPApER TREE are
overshsdowed by decorative leaves and valuable STEMS From
the white ph inside the Orentas make fine paper
which We mistakenly call rice paper. They il for
lanterns artificial flowers and delicate paintings Americans
like the paper and the oddly attractive plants.
The Chinese long have valued GINSENG roots as
cureAlI medicine So many have been dug
her demand that wild plants In China and North Amerca
have almost disappeared Botaniss named the plant PaGx
"allhealing" The common ginseng is from the
ance Of the roots Thus the of this flower family
lets the flowers play second fiddle to roots.
Tasty Roots
WILD SARSAPARILLA Is another woodland herb with
well known It's refers the imitation sarsaparia
flavor Of the roofs thar used in cooling drinks and some
medicines sister flower the taller American spikenard
also has aromatic, spicy roots.
Formidable spines mark HERCULES.CLUB an aromatic
tree Of eastern states In late summer the dons long
cluster of creamwhite flowers but they change to
black fruits Of little interest When the leaves have fallen,
the usually banchess stand with spnes exposed much
like group of clubs fit fog powerful Hercules Some
think they look like the acknowledgement" BY
either they form mpenetrable pricy barrier New
trunks up from underground suckers each year.
Both the lfoot wild sarsaparla and 4Ofoot hercules
club are members of the genus Arz4 The wide variety Of
ppcal foliage plants commonly called araas belong in
other genera All have the small 5parted flowers typical of
the ginseng family These blooms 60 quietly about their
business Of making SEEDS while other parts of the plants
gather honors or notoriety.
Next Week: PARSLEY, prince of herbs.
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sad 1s fer reprints Of first 81 fewer tsbsd s Mail
and address to Boz $685. Dept RoE New New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-15
D. H. CompbeII, 50
Brokerage Chief
For Chicago Firm

D. Howard Campbell SO. a
native Of Washington. died
Wednesday at his home in Chi
cago Of a heart attack.
A graduate of Immaculate
Conception School here, Mr..
Campbell served with the I'd
Division in the Army in France
during World War l.
Since then, he had made his
home in Chicago, where he was
brokerage manager for the Ed
gar c. Fowler Agency, a life in
Surance firm.
Mr.. Campbell is survived by
his widow. Mrs. Erma Knemeyer
Campbell OF the home address,
6407 North Hamilton avenue,
Chicago; three children, Daniel
H. OF Chicago, Mrs. Mary Hal
lerud. Fort Madison. Iowa. and
Mrs. jeanne Barthold. Chicago,
and Ave grandchildren.
Also surviving are four sisters,
Mrs, S. Roy Robertson. 46l0
West Virginia avenue, Bethesda;
Mrs. Nettie c. Rinehsrt. 4007
Connecticut avenue NV. Mrs.
Hilda Elleray. 3446 Connecticut
avenue NV, and Mrs Mary
Maude. Dis e street Sc.
Services will be held at 10
am. Monday at Arlington
Cemetery.
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j. M. Macdonald,
Retired Executive
OF D. c. Company

James M. Macdonald. SIS. for
many years vice president of
the National Mutual Insurance
Co of the District of Columbia,
died Thursday at his home at
4036 Alameda boulevard. Balti-
more. after a long illness.
Mr.. Macdonald was tn E
brother of Charles S. MacDon-
aid. general manager of the
Ambassador Hotel here.
Born in Martinsburg. w. Va.
he was associated with the in
surance company here and in
Baltimore before his retirement
about six months ago because
of i'll health. Mr.. Macdonald
had made his home for the past
Is years in Baltimore.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Nell Luft Macdonald. OF
the home address. and two sons,
DR.. James NJ. Macdonald. jr.. OF
San Diego. Calf. and George A..
of the home address.
Also surviving are two sisters
Mrs. Raymond J. Loury. ano
Mrs. Walter T. Greene. both OF
MartinSburg.
Friends may call until lC
O'Clock this evening at the Jen-
kins funeral home in Baltimore
Requiem mass will be said at
1890 am. Monday at st. Jo-
sephs Catholic Church in Mar
tinsburg. with burial in St
JoSeph's Cemetery there.
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{. A. Fritz, n Years
With Standard Oil

Ernest A. Fritz. an account
ant with the Bureau of Mines
for more than 10 years and a
Standard Oil Co. purchasing
agent for 81 years. died Thurs
day of heart attack, He was 81.
Mr.. Fritz was born in Brook
Ign and served in World War /
as a sergeant. During his serv-
ice with Standard Oil he lived
in Charleston. S. c. He came to
Washington in the 1905 and
was first employed by the BIZ
luminous Coal Commission be-
fore moving to the Bureau of
Mines.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Helen S. Fritz of the home
address. 20l3 Kalorama road
NV. who until recently was
active in the Federation of
Citizens Associations. Also sur
wing are a son. 1t. Ernest S.
Fritz. USN, Sanford Naval Air
Station. Sanford, Fla; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles York. 1901
Timberlane drive. Rockville. and
a brother, Alfred j. Fritz,
Schenectady. N. Y.
Services will be held a: the
Collins funeral home at e:45
am. Monday. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
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William J. Erhurt,
Retired Owner
OF Metal Concern

William J. Erhart. owner OF
Erhart Sheet Metal Co. of Mount
Rainier. Md. died Thursday OF
a heart attack. He was II.
Mr.. Erhart was born in Au-
burn, N. Y, and came to the
Washington area when he was
a young man. He retired from
active work in the sheet metal
business about four years ago
Surviving are his wife. Mrs
Clara M. Erhart Of his home
at 1924 Thirty-fourth street
Mount Rainier; five daughters
Mrs. Dorothy Carr. Mrs. Irene
Miller and Marion Erhart. all OF
the home address; Mrs. Margaret
jenkins. 1904 Fifty-third avenue
Hyattsville. and Mrs. Irene Mil
Ter. 384l Thirty-fourth street
Mount Rainier. two sons. George
Erhart of the home address, ano
William Erhart of Los Angeles
Calf. a sister. Mrs. Mabel
Lowry Of Arlington. Va; IA
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
Services were TO be held al
$3.50 am. today at Valleys
funeral home, 5000 Rhode Island
avenue NE. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-15
Mrs. }. F. CrigIer Dies;
Government ATTORNEY

Mrs. John F. Crigler. an at
torney with the Agriculture De-
partment until her retirement
last month. died yesterday in
Garfield Memorial Hospital Of
cancer. She was A.
The former Ilene McCarter,
Mrs. Crigler dealt with regula-
tons for fruits and vegetables.
She Joined the department in
the Bureau of Chemistry and
Soils while attending National
University Law School. Gradu-
ated in 1887. Mrs. Crigler was
admitted to the District bar in
1888. She was a member of
Kappa Beta Pi legal sorority.
Born in Bayard, Nebr, Mrs,
Crigler was the daughter of the
late Frank McCarter, President
protein Of the Nebraska Senate,
and the former Ada Smith.
She was a graduate of Hast
ings (Nebr) Business College,
where she set the college speed
record in tipping. She came TO
Washington in 1888. and was
employed as stenographer for
the Veterans Administration be-
fore entering law school.
Mrs. Crigler is survived by her
husband of the home address,
1861 Vanderbilt drive, Alexan-
dria. an adjudicator at the Vet
Grams Benefits Office.
Also surviving is her mother,
Mrs. Ada McCarter, of Lincoln,
Nebr.. and four sisters, Mrs.
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Runcher and Wife
Slain in Arizona

MARIANA, Ariz.. June Is CP).-
A prosperous cotton grower and
his attractive japanese wife were
brutally slain last night and their
bodies placed in culvert in the
form of cross.
Fifty miles away officers ar
rested a construction worker and
farmer who admitted the slay-
ings.
The bodies of Freelin Huff, so
and his 30-year-old wife, Louise,
dead from multiple gunshot
wounds, were found in a desert
culvert some 20 miles northeast
of Tucson.
Investigators said they were
shot at twilight at Mr. Huff S
luxurious ranch here. Three
hours later a dozen patrol cars
converged on a fleeing auto near
Coolidge, Ariz., and Paul Whalen,
80, was taken ito custody.
Whalen, who is from Tucson
said he bought so acres of land
from Mr.. Huff recently. but said
the rancher foreclosed when pay
ments Jagged.