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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
Crash Leeds
To Solution
Of Thefts

ANNAPOLIS. April % (P.-
Three Washington men we're
charged today with a series of
Ithefts from District of Columbia
department stores after their
Iloot-laden car was involved in
an auto accident near here yes
Iterday while they were on a
pleasure ride through Anne
Arundel County.
Ironically. police said, the
driver Of the other car was at
fault in the accident.
| A routine traffic investigation
turned into a major crime probe
when 1t. Elmer F. Hagner. jr.. OF
Anne Arundel County police,
Just happened" to go to the ac-
lcident scene and found one of
the cars involved contained al
legged stolen property valued at
more than $4,000.
| 1t. Hagner said he responded
to the accident call at routes 2
and 2l4 because he was un-
occupied at the time.
He became curious when he
saw pistol ammunition scattered
around one of the cars which
overturned in the collision. In
his search for a gun to match
the cartridges. 1t. Hagner found
the auto loaded with radios,
cigarette lighters, clothing. a
tape recorder, a movie camera
and a variety of other articles.
John Dawson. 81, of the 1900
block of Hayes street NE, driver
of the car, was held for investi-
cation along with two compan-
ions-Edward Lewis. SO. Of the
700 block of Eighteenth street
NE. and Ralph Higgs. AZ, of
the 600 block of Franklin street
NE.
Today the three men were
charged with larceny in war
rants sworn out by Washington
police.
1t. Hagner said Washington
police reported some of the ar
ticles found in Dawson's car had
been linked to a series Of thefts
from department stores. includ-
ling Garfinckel's and Woodward
& Lothrop.
1t. Hagner said the driver of
the other car ran through a
stop sign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23

liceman said he stayed in Cuba
until February rs.
Then Hunt went to Key West
and took a bus to Miami. where
he apparently ran out of money.
In Miami. he went to the Allied
Beach Employment Agency and
got a job as a waiter for the
Bagatelle Restaurant in the San
Marino Hotel.
1t. Higgins said he was de-
scribed as one Of the best walters
the hotel had. Hunt said he had
studied walters over the years
and tried to be a good one,
He used the name Sam Dent"
while waiting on tables. 1t. Hig-
gins said. He said Hunt saw a
movie called THE Americana"
in which actor Glenn Ford used
the name Sam Dent" Hunt
adopted it for his own.
Hunt cannot remember all the
details of the money he admits
taking. 1t. Higgins said, but it
was all gone when he was ar
rested Friday. He said Hunt
won't say how 1t was spent.
The arrest was made on in
formation received by police
here and relayed to Miami police.
They had no trouble making the
Identification, 1t. Higgins said.
The restaurant had only one
bald-headed waiter who was a
rabid cigar smoker. That was
Sam Dent" alias Thomas w.
Hunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23

that c sharp or a c natural?"
&C natural for you and the
cello BOTH Mr.. Galloway said.
Waves Warning Signal
Stagehands, the lightboard OPP
orator. props girls. and a union
representative hustled around the
stage. Molly Holden waved a
warning signal toward the light
board and grumbled into her
phone. We'll. / did! l took it
right where Mr.. Menotti wrote it p
The Young Maid and one OF
the Old Maids were singing to
the drunken Thief. Pull your
self together. pull yourself to-
gether +" The orchestra players
stole side looks at them.
Bassoonist Kenneth Pasmanick
asked the conductor. Gould you
explain l6l--do / carry that over
or what?"
Sorry" said Mr.. Galloway. 81
intended the downbeat Of l6l as
the release Of the previous chord
I was just thinking Of something
else"
Mr.. Waring talked into his
phone and got no answer. Molly,
Molly. Molly" he said. Finally
he tore the headset of and
shouted. "Mollyl Put on the
phones!"
Small. But Noisy
Mr.. Galloway was giving di-
rectionS to hang a curtain on the
front wall Of the pit to cut down
the sound Of the orchestra in
the first opera. This orchestra
Is smaller than Mozart's." he
said. but 1t makes more noise
the way this opera is scored. >
Even II everything else goes
all right. the production will
need the help Of the Metropoli-
tan police to start on time. The
orchestra is playing an earlier
engagement in another part OF
town both nights and has only
Is minutes to get to Lisner. But
a feet of cabs with a police
escort hopes TO bring them in
on time.
Like clockwork.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
By HARRY BACAs

Putting an opera production
together must be like building a
clock. If even one small part is
out of place. you haven't got the
time of day.
In that sense. 1t was like a
scene in clock factory today at
Lisner Auditorium where the
Washington Opera Society was
putting together a two-opera bill
The two shows. THE Old Maid
and the Thief" and 1.-The Uni
corn. the Gorgon and the Manti-
core" both by Gian-Carlo Me-
motif, will be presented at Lisner
at 8;45 pm. tomorrow and
Thursday.
TO be killed by a man would
be better than to live without
one" sighed the young maid in
IA high musical sigh. The Old
Maid and the Thief" is actually
about two old maids and one
young one. and a man who's
never thieved until they make
him do 1t.
Shouts instructions
In the back of the auditorium
Director James Warning sat with
a telephone headset clamped
against his ears. He shouted into
the mouthpiece:
Cut that backstage light dur
ing the blackoutl 1t spills onto
the stage during the scene
change and it looks like Coxey':
army marching on and Off"
Backstage. young Molly
Holden, the stage manager lis
tened to his voice and muttered
She glanced down nervously al
the electric doorbell wired to g
battery and at the hand bel
she'll use II the electric rig mis-.
fires.
In the orchestra pit, conductor
Paul Galloway was saying to the
musicians. "All through thi:
scene, play it down. play your
dynamics down" From the STAGE
The Thief, bare-chested as ihe
role called for. asked him, "Was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
Rambling

An editor Of The Star reports
that he saw a New Jersey bus
unloading children in front
of the Hotel Harrington. They
apparently were from a junior
high school with about $3.50
indignation. The white boys
we're wearing the Civil War
caps Of Union soldiers. The
Negro boys we're wearing Con-
federate caps.
Overheard as two brewery
employees were delivering beer
to an Eleventh street tavern:
Yesterday I had my first beer
since Lent started. I feel
terrible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23

vice president of the Realty
Title Insurance Co. of 1924 K
street NV.
Hunt. q valued and trusted
employee" Of the company for
more than 10 years. was wait
ing on tables in a Miami hotel
when he was arrested last Friday.
| He was arraigned today
before United States Commits
lsioner James Splain on a charge
Of embezzling $4,000 in 1855. but
1t Higgins said Hunt admits
having taken about $50, 900 over
Ia three-year period. Mr. Splain
set bond at $4,000 and. held him
for grand jury action.
Hunts apparently aimless wan
behring's started in January when
he left his home in the first block
Iof Fourth street NE. with his
wife. Evelyn. for a four-day va
cation.
1t. Higgins said he left on
January l8 and was due back on
January %. but instead called
the Office and drew $4,000 in
savings. Then he disappeared.
Howard Bernstein, executive
vice president Of the company.
had an audit made of the miss
ling mans accounts and at least
$4,000 was found to be missing.
1t. Higgins said Hunt, who
never had taken a vacation in
three years because OF his need
to cover his manipulations con-
stantly. went to New YORK. leav-
ing his wife behind. He spent
four days there and then went
to Miami and Cuba. The po-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23

ONCE ON Route so, the sail
ing was clear. CThe John
Hanson highway Is the section
of Route so between Wash
ington and the Chesapeake
Bay bridget.
The red Chevrolet Corvette
(oopsD sped by the fields of
Belair, where Nashua romped
as a two-year-old.
Then over the Severn River
bridge. The midshipmen of
the Naval Academy were out
in their knockabouts, and the
mouth of the river was dotted
with tiny sails.
When the sun is shining and
the skies are blue. these tidal
estuaries of the Bay are as
blue as a mountain lake. And
now the trees on the banks
are in early leaf.
Then the Bay bridge. When
the weather is clear, it's worth
the toll-$1.65 for driver and
one passenger.
Tankers from Gulf ports
and ore boats from Venezuela
pass below on their way to
Baltimore, more than 4 miles
of blue water between lush
banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
18th Street
Asked

A group Of businessmen today
asked the District Commission
ers to postpone plans to convert
part of Eighteenth street NV.
to a one-way street May in con-
nection with a new bus-lane ex-
pertinent.
The city had planned TO es-
tablish reserved bus lanes on
Eighteenth street May 10. with
the aim Of speeding bus service.
Robert F. Wilson. president of
Magruder, Inc. and a group Of
merchants and other business
people on the affected street told
the Commissioners they would
like to have a public hearing on
the question.
Hope for Compromise
The businessmen already have
objected to making Eighteenth
street one-way full time. They
said they hope TO work out a
compromise.
The stretch In question runs
from Pennsylvania to Connecti-
cut avenue. II would be one
way northbound.
The Commissioners instructed
Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp TO confer with both the
businessmen and spokesman for
the d. c. Transit System. which
requested the buslane trial. Mr.
keneipp said he hoped to have
a recommendation for the Com
missioners by Thursday.
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin complained that the
city heads had been bombarded
with telephone calls from Capt.
toll Hill In connection with the
controversy. Douglas @. Mode.
an attorney with Offices in the
Ring Building. said he took re-
sponsibility for stirring up some
congressional interest in the
matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
Disaster Aid Course

A course in family action for
Observation-Disclosures. sponsored
by the Arlington Co-ordinator
for Civil Defense. will be held at
% pm. for three consecutive
Wednesdays. beginning tomor-
row at Kenmore Junior High
School. 200 South Glen Carlyn
Spring road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
CONVENTIONS
TO-DAY

Going into its second day.
the National Academy of
Sciences meets in the acad-
envy building. 2l0l Consti-
tuition avenue NV.
The National Society.
United States Daughters Of
1912, ends a four-day con-
vention in the Shorehah
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
The
Rambler
-. Makes Dry Run
On New Beech Rood
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

By GEORGE KENNEDY
The fowers that bloom in the
spring, IRA Ia,
Breathe promise OF merry
sunshine
As ne merrily dance and ,oe
sing, Ira la,
We ,oelcome the hope that
they bring, Ira la,
OF a summer OF roses and
,Dine.
1t was in this spirit that the
Rambler started out Saturday
in a new sports car (bor-
rowedl, to drive over the John
Hanson highway to Ocean
City to check on his cottage
and his boat (both imaginary.
He thought Washington
motorists might appreciate a
preview Of this new route
the city's magic carpet to the
beaches.
The car is owned by a
Detroit corporation interested
in the promotion Of automo-
tive transportation, which is
awaiting this report with great
interest.
The report:
/. The distance from The
Star Building to Ocean City
via the new route is exactly
1918 miles.
2. Even If the speed limit is
strictly observed, it takes only
3h hours to make 1t.
3. The link of the George
Palmer highway and the new
road. which was opened in
January after years of delay,
is 81 miles beyond the end of
East Capitol street.
4. Only one loop in the
cloverleaf is completed. Not
much progress has been made
on the others. It is doubtful
that the paving will be COM
pleted by the Fourth of July.
S. 1t will be a most remark
able bottleneck on a summer
Sunday evening.
6. These sport cars are a lot
of fun, even when driven
within the speed limits.
7. Two hundred and forty
horsepower and $4,000 are too
much for the Rambler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23

FROM THE other side of the
bridge, it is 108 miles to Ocean
City on the broad highway
Route so through Maryland
all the way. 1t is about 10
miles shorter through Della
ware. 1t was Saturday after
noon, but the farmers we're
busy blowing.
At Ocean City, everyone was
painting for the coming sea-
son-couldn't smell the ocean
for the paint. A fog was roll
ing in-couldn't see the ocean
for the fog.
Come back soon," SAID
Capt. Jim Whaley, who char
tiers boats for Josh Bunting.
The blues will be biting early
in May"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
Hyde Seeks Support
For Areo Study Plan

Representative Hyde, Republican Of Maryland night
sought the support Of local engineers for his
calling for special study Congress Metropolitan Area
overall planning and development
put into effect the findings could guide
future growth of other communities throughout Nation
calls for thorough supply problems trans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
Embezzler Suspect Tells
Of TroveI; Money Gone

The strange story Of the wandrngs of an accused WASH
ngon embezzler and how he ended up pennes waiter
without any Of the missing ooOo disclosed
inetcn police
1t David Higgins Of the check fraud
night by plane from Miami with Thomas W. Hunt 35-year-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
d. c. Society Sets Stage
For TwoMenotti Operas

that a C sharp or a c natural?"
&C natural for you and the
cello BOTH" Mr.. Galloway said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-23
Waves Warning Signal

Like clockwork.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14
C.K.Davies,
Attorney
Dies at 40

Funeral services were held
Monday at Ascension Episcopal
Chapel. Gaithersburg, for Charles
Kirkwood Davies, Jr., 40, prom.
inent Montgomery County attor.
ney who died Saturday.
Mr.. Davies, who lived in Wash.
ington Grove, suffered a coro-
nary thrombosis while gathering
firewood at his cottage at Deep
Creek Lake near Oakland, Md.
Burial was in Jamestown Gene
terry.
Mr.. Davies was a member of
both the District and Maryland
Bar Associations, charter presi-
dent of Gaithersburg Kiwanis In
ternational, member of the Bust.
nessmen's Association, former
member of the Lions Club of Cal
thersburg and a member of the
Appeals Board of Washington
Grove. For many years he was
attorney for the Gaithersburg
Town Council.
During the second World War
he served with the Office of
Price Administration and in 1913
ran unsuccessfully for the Coun.
ty Council.
He was born in Washington,
D. c., July 5, 1908, and was a
graduate of Eastern High School,
George Washington University
Law School and the Washington
College of Law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies, the for
mer Lucy McGray, would have
celebrated their twenty-sixth we'd
ding anniversary November IS.
He taught Sunday School at
Ascension Chapel.
Delegates from Mr.. Davies
various clubs filled the church as
the Rev. Harry Dalzell conduct
ed services. Pallbearers were
Cromwell Allnutt, Robert Bauer,
George Gloyd, Harold Knode,
Richard Perry and George Young
all of Gaithersburg.
Surviving besides the widow
are two daughters: Mrs. Richard
Dean, Glen Burnie, Md; Laurie
M. Davies, II; two sons, Charles
Kirkwood III, 20, and William
Calvert, 8; his father, Charles
K. Davis, ST., and two grandchil-
dren.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14
Caithersburg
Kids Raise
$40 for UN
By Mollie Christie
Gaithersburg $50

Never underestimate h {
power of our young people
The Methodist Youth Fellow.
ship of the Grace Church, the
Juniors of Epworth and the
young folks of the Washing
ton Grove Methodist Church
combined their efforts on
Trick or Treat Night to solicit
funds for UNICEF, the Unit
ed N lions international
Children's Emergency Fund.
The evenings calls brought in
a total of $176.49 for this
worthy enterprise. Congrat-
ulations to each one Of you
who had a part.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles r. Fox
spent last weekend visiting in
Warrenton, Va.
Mrs. Eleanor b. Schneider has
been quite i'll in Providence Hos.
pital, having undergone surgery
two weeks ago.
The second annual Charter
Night banquet and dance of the
Gaithersburg Junior Chamber OF
Commerce. has been announced
for November 81 at the Peter
Pan Inn. Incidentally, congratula.
tons to Clarence Westfall, the
newest member of this very ac-
tive organization.
It's good to see Ira Darby back
at his post as school Waterman
at the railroad crossing after a
bout with the fashionable flu bug.
Mrs. Ralph Harris was hostess
on Tuesday evening to the mem.
bers of the Women's Missionary
Society of the First Baptist
Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Heideck
and Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Bryant
and family, recent residents of
Gaithersburg, have moved to Flor.
ida to make their home.
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion w. Selby, Jr., on the ar
rival of a young daughter on Fri
day, November 8, at the Mont.
gomery County General Hospital
The little newcomer has been
named Patricia Ellen, and with
her older brother, Mike, will make
fine Pat and Mike team. The
proud father Is not only our next.
door neighbor and former high
school pupil, but is also the very
faithful purveyor of this column
from Gaithersburg to Rockville
each week.
Sympathy is expressed to the
family of Walter C. Offutt, for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14

mer resident of Gaithersburg, who
passed away on Wednesday at the
National Institutes of Health.
Services were held on Saturday,
with intennent in the Forest Oak
Cemetery.
Mrs. Ralph Walker and her sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Johnson of Airing
ton, have returned from two
week vacation that took them to
Mexico City. Their homeward
bound trip was made by way of
Dallas, Texas, and Shreveport,
Louisiana, where they visited with
relatives. Highlights of their stay
in Mexico included sightseeing in
the ancient village of Taxco, in
the Sierra Madre Mountains; the
Floating Gardens of xochimilco;
the Calendar Stone of the Aztecs;
the Halls of Montezuma; Cortez
Palace, and Cuernavaca.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry j. Muller,
Jr., of Baltimore were the week
end guests of his parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. Henry ]. Muller.
They also attended the homecom-
ing festivities of Western Mary
land College.
MIR. and Mrs. George Dean are
the proud parents of a baby boy,
John Norman, born on October
% at Suburban Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. T. Fitzhugh
and family of Culpeper, Virginia,
were the house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Hayward last week
end.
Henry Lefebure was the proud
but astounded winner of the bull
calf from the Irvington herd in
the drawing held at the King Mo-
tor Company on Saturday as the
1858 Pontiac was displayed. Mr..
Lefebure, who lives in the town
limits, is not exactly sure what
he's going to do with his new ac-
QUESTION. He says he'll have to
consult the calf as to future plans.
Mrs. Garner Smith is convalesc-
ing from surgery performed last
week at the Naval Medical Cen
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Ward are
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14
Gaithersburg Holds
Planning Meeting

A public meeting to acquaint
citizens of Gaithersburg with
the progress made on a survey
of the city by the Fred w.
Tuemmler Co. will be held at
8 p. m. November 25 in the
Gaithersburg high school audi.
forum.
William E. Norman, chairman
of the town planning commits
sion, said that subsequent meet
ings will be held to keep the
town abreast of progress on the
survey before formal public
hearings. required by law, are
scheduled.
Mr.. Tuemmler will discuss
the work his firm has done over
the past six months, Mr.. Nor
man said, and he will give an
outline and some detectives of
the overall plan.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14

receiving congratulations on the
arrival of their first child a
baby boy, born on November 5
at the Montgomery County Gen
eral Hospital. The young man
will be named David Lloyd.
The girls of Bethel No. 81, In
ternational Order of Jobs Daugh.
ters, will attend in a body the
morning worship services at the
Epworth Methodist Church on
sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Woodfield
spent last weekend in Syracuse,
N. Y, where they visited their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Lehman. Accompa-
nying them was Mrs. Clay Plum
mer, who spent the time with
Mrs. Hudson, her former neigh
Dor here, who is now a resident
of Syracuse.
Condolences are extended to the
family of Charles K. Davies, Jr.,
well-known local attorney, who
died suddenly on Saturday at
Deep Creek, near Oakland.
The faculty of the Gathers
burg High School enjoyed a barn
dance and social evening last Fri
day at the Izaak Walton lodge.
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Hall have
returned from a six-week trip
through the West. Mr.. Halls
work was in the nature of an
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14

orientation tour for the Atomic
Energy Commission, and their
travels took them to Acc centers
in Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico,
Washington, Iowa, California
and Missouri.
Mrs. III. Clark Helms was host
ess on Monday evening to the
members of the Upper Montgom-
cry County Women's Republican
Club.
The conservation of the altar
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14
Gaithersburg
Treat Readied

Steaming baked beans cooked
for "a hours in a pit filled with
hardwood Goals and rocks will
feature the sixth annual Bean
Hole Dinner November 16, staged
by the Flower Hill Church of the
Brethren Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-11-14

of the new st. Martins Catholic
Church took place on Monday,
November II, which was the Feast
of st. Martin, the patron saint of
the church.
Evening star., 1957-11-03
Nov. ]

$50
4-Quiz Club. Panel.
$50
9-Mork Time. Tolk.
Featuring Mark Evans.
1000
4-Arlene Francis Show.
5-Morning Movie.
IA Hours. THE Ghost Goes
West" 1898. Robert Donot.
tBritish.)
9-The Gerry Moore Show.
1880
4-TFeosure Hunt. Quiz.
jan Murray, host.
9-Arthur Godfrey. Variety.
From Son francisco.
l1:00
4-The Price Is Right. Quiz.
7-Romper Room. Kids.
! Hour. Featuring Miss Sally.
1880
4-Truth or Consequences.
5-Liberoee. Music.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-17
Mrs. Rntb Harrelson
Is Circle Hostess

The Rosa Carroll Circle of the
Tabor City Baptist w. M. u. me,
with Mrs. Ruth HARRISON at hel
home Tuesday at 7:30 p. m.
The continuous study Of the
book entitled Home Missions
U. S. A" was led by Mrs. v. R.
Burroughs.
A salad course was served dur
ing the evening by the hostess
to Mrs. Hazel Martin, Mrs. Luz
Gle Buffkin, Mrs. j. A. Herlock-
er. Mrs. James Scott, Mrs. Ken
meth Wray, Mrs. Minnie Grazing.
or, Mrs. Bruce Soles, and Mrs
c. II. Primer who was visitine
the circle as w. NJ. U. president.
The circle will meet with Mrs
V. Il. Burroughs at her home
Tuesday night. May Z, at 7.31
p. m.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-17
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check.
Farmers who already have
their ~ quart size crates Will
have market for this berry M
Chadbourn Tabor City will spe-
vlalilc in the pint size in so lar
as Is possible
Several local buyers who have
bought on the Tabor City mark
ct for years expect TO be here
next week. 3. Alton Carroll. q
mainStay on the market for
years, has indicated that he may
buy some berries this season
here but he doesn't wish to be
totally responsible for the sale
as he has been in recent years.
1t was that move that prompted
the merchants to raise funds for
putting the market back in bust
ness.
All berries here will be gov
eminent inspected and buyers
are urging the best possible
quality pack in the new crates
with expectations of being able
to market this product more
readily than in recent years.