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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

In fact, Belgium's official policy
in the Congo is to put on the brake
to all future white immigration
and, especially, to prevent creation
of new big, whiteowned planta-
tons.
However, what bewilders the
average Belgian in the Congo more
than the political advancement of
the Africans is their much more
rapidly increasing economic we'll
being.
Governor General Petition an
nounced in his speech before the
new government council on June
u, 1857, that it is now official
policy of the Belgian administra-
ton to move toward an equal wage
scale for all Congo workers.
All of them, Africans as we'll as
Europeans, will receive the same
remuneration for the same type of
work; those who are called to work
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

interests.
A government council and its
permanent deputation are constitu-
ted in the same manner and will ad-
wise the Governor General on all
questions of policy.
European circles in the Congo
are following the progress of the
administrations characterization
policy with mixed feelings. "In five
years from now" one of the set
tiers said to a recent visitor, 1--WE
may be all on our way back to
Europe!"
Many look with reserve on the
recent decisions of the governor
General whom they reproach for
attending to exclusively, they feel,
to the interests of the native popu-
lation and of the big Belgian indus
trial enterprises in the colony while
neglecting the interests of the indi-
vidual Belgian settler.
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lenge, like the mountain that is
there to be scaled. There are signs
that elements who believe some
start should be made toward COM
pliance with the Supreme Court
mandate are growing FESTIVE.
The Dade County Council on
Community Relations, a predomi
nately white organization repre-.
senting a liberal point of view, has
repeatedly called on the Dade
County Board of Public Instruction
to adopt plan for Indignation. The
council has proposed such a plan
but has been rebuffed.
Countering the council is a pres
sure group with deep local roots
the Dade County Property Owners
Association. Antedating the school
segregation fight, the DCPOA has
been opposing expansion of Negro
residential area, expounding with
success the doctrine of complete
racial separation.
Since the rise of the White Citi-
zens' Council movement in Florida,
the DCPOA has embraced it whole
heartedly and now lists itself as an
affiliated group. At recent school
board meeting, DCPOA Spokesman
openly threatened violence if seq
regation ended.
With lines thus drawn, the break
may come from suit just argued
in federal district court by which
group of Negro parents seek to
end the racial barriers in Miami
schools.
The suit already has been
through the courts, the Negro par
ents winning the first round, and
now is back for trial on the facts.
The pattern of judicial precedent
seems fairly well set.
The Dade County Council on
Community Relations is trying to
prepare the community for an out
come it considers inevitable. 1t has
urged the adoption of a plan for
Indignation, and careful education
of the community to accept it.
But nothing has been done.
Miami Situation
Metropolitan Miami, with a popu-
lation of more than 800, 900 is no
longer a southern community. A
majority of its permanent resi-
dents, and the great preponderance
OF its winter population, are from
states outside the old Confederacy.
There is no community insistence on
rigid segregation.
A recent study showed that inte-
grafton would affect less than a
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04
Mississippi Products Company
Gives Giant Christmas Party

export, and three song groups. In
addition, there were several dance
numbers presented by a group of
Youngsters. Mrs. c. E. Mosely,
director of the YWCA teen-age
program arranged for the various
performances.
The auditorium had a huge
Christmas tree and other decora-
tons in keeping with the holiday
theme.
The party and program was
planned by MPPs Key Mems Club
made up of $50 members of the
company's management group.
This event has become one of MPI's
most popular activities and is
looked forward to by employees
and members of the Key Mems
Club with as much anticipation as
do the children.
General Chairman for the party
this year was Don Holdorf, and
Master of Ceremonies was Johnny
Waller. President of MP, George
A. HUH, gave a short welcoming
address at the party.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04
White Youth
Confesses Guilt
In Rape Case

TAVARES, FLA 19-year-olt
white man has confessed to the
rape of a 36-year-old white woman
here last week, a case in which %
Negroes were questioned, Sheriff
Willis Mccall reported today.
The suspect was identified as
Jesse Daniels of the Okhumpks
community near Leesburg.
State Attorney Gordon G. Old
ham, Jr. of Leesburg called brief
news conference this morning to
announce that Daniels had been
arrested and charged with the at
tack of the prominent white wo-
man near Leesburg.
Oldham reported shortly after
the alleged attack Dec. II that
Melvin Hawkins, 18-year-old Ne
gro, had been arrested and was
being held at secret Jail pending
an investigation into the attack
on the prominent white woman.
Hawkins is a nephew of Virgil
Hawkins of Daytona Beach, the
Negro who has tried unsuccessfully
for more than seven years to OBJ
tain admittance to the University
of Florida.
Oldham said Hawkins was re-
leased Observation-Disclosures Eve
and cleared of all suspicion in the
alleged attack. Newsmen found
that Melvin Hawkins and his fam
lily had left their home for parts
unknown" until the rape case is
disposed Of,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04
First Record
/ Hits With DJ's

New York-With only two years
Of professional singing tc her
credit, Valerie Carr looms on the
horizon as one of next seasons
new stars. Helping her acquire
fame is her Roulette recording of
you're The Greatest" that was
chosen by some of the nations top
disc jockeys last week as TIE
"pick of the week."
While studying in Boston at
the Berkeley School of Music she
quit her classical piano lessons to
concentrate on voice. Veteran disc
jockey Jack Walker, after hearing
her first disc, said that he would
60 out on the limb and predict that
Valerie Carr's name would be a
big name in show business by next
June.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

The utility president pointed
out that use of electricity per
person in Mississippi homes is
making large gains. ION top OF
this, we are attracting many new
industries to the state. Our Com
pany is gearing to this increased
demand" he said.
Among the major transmission
projects planned for next year
by MP&L are the following:
l. A $4,000 volt transmission
line through the city of Jackson
from the Rex Brown Station to
the South Jackson substation-a
distance of about 8 miles. This
will be of modern, single-pole
construction. Included will be a
compact, package-type substation
of the latest in design, located
strategically to best serve the
City's growing electrical needs.
Total cost of the substation and
transmission line will be 1895, 900.
In addition, 100000 will be spent
increasing the capacity of a 10
mile section of an existing 49,
900 volt line from the Rex Brown
Station to South Jackson.
Purpose of the new Jackson
installations will be to meet in
creased electrical demands in
Jackson and south of the City,
MP&L said, as well as to trans
NIT the added electrical output
by the Rex Brown Station.
2. Added expenditures on the
$4,000 volt transmission line
now being constructed from
Brookhaven to the MP&L Nat
chez Steam Electric Station, a
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04
So Needy Negro
Families Given
Bakers Grove
Xmas Gifts

CLINTON, Miss, Dec. 26.-Spe-
cia)-Packages for So needy Ne
gro families were distributed yes
terday at the 18th annual Bakers
Grove Community Christmas party
held at the Bakers Grove church
under auspices of DR.. E. D. Rey-
nolds of Clinton, who initiated the
distributions as a personal project.
In the IL years the project has
grown into a Clinton community
effort participated in by many
friends of DR.. Reynolds who do
nate and help prepare gifts for
those who make requests. This
year the Texas Eastern Transmits
sion Co., an oil line operator with
pipe lines traversing this section,
again donated three trucks to carry
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04
MP&l ANNOUNCES 1858 CONSTRUCTION BUDGET
OF $19,185,000 : SECOND LARGEST IN HISTORY

Mississippi Power & Light
Company has announced a 1855
construction budget nearly twice
as large as the current 1857 budg-
et-and the second largest in the
history of the Company.
Total construction planned for
next year will cost SIG, $50.
This figure compares with the
1857 total of $l0,791, 1924. Largest
construction expenditure in the
history of the Company was over
$22,O00,000 spent in 1853.
The largest portion of next
years expenditures will 60 into
the additional generating facili-
ties at the Rex Brown Steam
Electric Station, Jackson, where
a 100000 kilowatt generating un-
it is being added at total over
all cost of $25,0O0,000.
MP&L will spend over $l3, 00O,-
900 on the Rex Brown Station adj
dition in 1858. Other expendi-
lures for next year include ST.
100000 for transmission, $780,
$50 for distribution, and 1922, 00O
for general facilities.
In announcing next years con-
struction program, Baxter Will
son, MP&L president, said the
expenditures are necessary to
meet the rapidly growing electri-
cal demands of Mississippi. They
are also necessary to transmit
and distribute the added power
which will be generated by the
Rex Brown Steam Electric Sta
ton, which will be in operation
in the Spring of 1889"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04
Negroes Called =.

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gressive characterization" Of the
Congo administration.
Voter Participation Strong
This time, Africans and Euro
peans elected 100 city councilmen
from among whom the government
appointed "burgomasters," tn e
mayors, will pick out those who
shall take part in the administra-
ton of the communes or city
boroughs, IL in Leopoldville, five
at Elizabethville and three at ia
dotville, which is a section Of the
mining center.
African participation in this first
test was surprisingly vigorous and
will encourage the administration
to take further progressive steps.
The Africans presented 765 can
didates for the ITO council seats;
$40 alternates were also elected.
From the moment of opening, the
polls attracted long lines Of Afri-
can voters whose participation
amounted to much as sc per cent
of all registered voters in Leopold
vile.
Belgian Governor General Leon
Petition, who himself was an early
voter, told the population in a radio
address,:
1--WE want to establish democracy
in the Congo and this test poll will
show what we will have to do to-
morrow and with what speed we
can advance on our road"
This is milestone in the Congo's
history and complete about-face
for Belgium's colonial policy. Next
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

distance of 81 miles. Total project
cost is $1,250,0O0-of which $780,
600 will be spent in 1858. This
project will be completed about
May of 1858, including a $4,000
volt substation at Meadville.
3. Continuation of the Vicks-
burg Rolling Fork $4,000 volt
transmission line, now under
construction, and which is ex-
pected to be completed in 1859.
1t will include two substations-
one at Vicksburg and one at the
Mississippi Valley Portland Ce-
ment Company plant, under con-
Struction north of Vicksbrug at
Redwood.
Total cost will be $1,37O,0OO
over three years. The 1858 ex-
penditure will be SAT-, 900.
4. Senatobia- Coldwater $4,000
volt substation and transmission
line. The line will run from Como
to a new substation planned for
the Senatobia Coldwater area.
Work is now scheduled for 1857
and 1858. Total cost will be 1884,
900.
Another transmission project,
yet to be announced by MP&L,
will cost nearly 100000 over a
three year period. Some $4,000
will be spent in 1858.
The $3,302,950, which the Com
pany plans to spend on distribu-
ton in 1858, will be for num-
Der of jobs throughout Western
Mississippi. MP&L states that
they will increase capacity and
improve local distribution and
service over a wide area"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04
Booker
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of production of the 8 million half
dollars sold.
8. The establishment of the
Booker Washington Birthplace
Post Office which will be discon-
tinued as of December l. This
was made at the request Of Presi-
dent Phillips. Mr.. Norman R.
Grant, Director of Bureau of Post
Office Operations of the United
States Post Office Department in
formed President Phillips on yes
terday that this action would be
taken as of December 1, with the
understanding that Rural Station
will be established sometime within
the near future which will bear
the postmark Booker Washington
Birthplace, Va, as a symbol of
National Historic Significance to
the name of Booker T. Washington.
4. Sponsored legislation which
made the George Washington Car
yer National Monument a reality
at Diamond, Mo.
The creation of the Booker T.
Washington National Monument
Foundation the successor of the
Booker T. Washington Birthplace
Memorial which gave deed of as
signment in interest of its cred
itors in 1866. The outstanding
achievements of this organization
were as follows:
1. Secured an appropriation of
$4,000 from the Commonwealth of
Virginia to pay off the indebted
ness on the real estate which con-
stituted the plantation on which
Booker T. Washington was born.
2. Secured legislation which pro-
vided for the appropriation of
100000 to establish the Booker T..
Washington National Monument
Foundation for the enjoyment of
all people. Mr.. Chester Brooks of
the Theodore Roosevelt National
Park was appointed Superintend-
ent in July who will begin a de-
velopment program December l On
this date the Booker T. Washing
ton National Monument Foundation
will move its temporary headquar-
tiers to Rocky Mount, Va, with a
field office at Tuskegee Institute,
Ala.
8. Secured the cooperation of the
United States Post Office by is
sung ''' W" ~" ker T. Wash
ington postage stamps on April 5,
1856 which was the Tooth annivers
airy of the birth of Booker T.
Washington. More than 100000
Booker T. Washington Centennial
postage stamps were cancelled as
of this date.
q. Secured legislation which pro-
vided 1926, 900 to conduct a nation
WIDE program to focus national
attention upon the policies, pro-
grams, principals, practices and
PHILOSOPHERS of Booker T. Wash
ington.
5. The Foundation President
made a recommendation with the
Board that the future program
OF perpetuating the ideals and
teachings of Booker T. Washing
ton should be through the Booker
I. Washington Goodwill Building
Commission which would helm to
lose racial tension brought about
by recent rulings of the Supreme
Court. A charter is to be request
ed from the Commonwealth Of vir-
ginia. In addition to this it wouN
keep down confusion between the
activities of the Booker T. Wash
ington National Monument Pro-
gram which is sponsored by the
National Park Service under the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

quarter Of the schools, because of
residential segregation, and less
tnan a dozen would have substan-
tial mixing.
On the face Of it, a court order
Tor gradual school Indignation
should have little impact.
But studies of cities in which
school violence has occurred dis
closes pattern. Factors include
the absence of a plan, an apathetic
public, a militant segregationist
group, and an unprepared offial-
dom and police.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

outside the colony will receive addi-
tional payment.
In fact, native wages have in
creased by one-fourth since 1850
and, at equal living costs, their pur-
chasing power has gone up CORES
pondingly.
-Patronize Our Advertisers
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

to Portugal, Belgium is the last
European colonial power which
reluctantly, it must be said-is
reading and responding to the
handwriting on the wall which asks
increased political rights for Afri-
cans.
Consultation Established
Today, Belgium is moving slowly
but determinedly toward new con-
ception of colonial rule. In Janu-
airy, 1857, royal order extended
and modified the provincial councils
by charging their African men,
bership. Members of these consul
tative bodies continue to be APP
pointed by the Governor General.
Yet they are no more selected from
among the officials of the admins
tration but from the representa-
tives of the Congo economy, the
advanced African middle class, the
workers unions, and the rural
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

the packages from Clinton to the
church.
Members of the Negro church
choir presented the musical pro-
gram and the Rev. James Baird,
pastor of Mt. Salus Presbyterian
Church, Clinton, delivered a talk
appropriate for the occasion.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-01-04

United States Department of In
terrier.
The Trustees of the Foundation
gave a vote of confidence to Mr..
Phillips with reference to the man
ner in which he has served in help
ing to perpetuate the ideals and
teachings of Booker T. Washing
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Suuers-Kehoe

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
John Sauers, jr., Of White
Plains, N. Y. announce the
engagement of their daugh-
ter Katherine Ramsay to 1t.
Thomas Prentis Kehoe. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
John Kehoe of Silver Spring.
A December wedding is
planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Monohon-Bonbrest

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard T.
Monahan Of YonkerS, N. Y,
announce the engagement
Of their daughter Katherine
to Mr.. James William Bon
brest III, son of Mrs. Andrew
w. Bright and Mr.. Bonbrest.
jr. Of Chevy Chase, Md. A
December wedding is plan
ned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Edwurds-Hicks

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond F.
Edwards Of Washington and
Westmoreland County, Va,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Stephanie
June to Mr.. James Franklin
Hicks, IT., son Of Mr.. Hicks
of Rockingham, N. c., and
the late Mrs. Hicks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Nonce.Coin

Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Nance OF
Arlington announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter
Karen Lee to Mr.. Robert Ray
mond Cain, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Cain Of Newark.
Ohio. A November wedding Is
planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Coe-Jockson

Vice Admiral Charles
Frederick Coe, USN., retired.
and Mrs. Coe of Alexandria
announce the engagement of
their daughter Charlotte to
Mr.. William Harding jack
son, jr. He is the son Of Mrs.
]. Hampsen Robb of Beverly
Farms, Mass, and Mr.. jack
son of Princeton. N. j. A No
vember wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Bucko-Sweoney

Mr.. and Mrs. william Backa
Of Hicksville, N. Y. announce
the engagement Of their
daughter Rosemarie to 1t.
Elijah Watson Sweeney, jr..
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeney
Of Arlington. An October
wedding is planned. E
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Korber-Coble

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Paul
Korber Of College Park, Nd,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Olga Barbara
to Mr.. William Crawford
Gable, son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Wendell E. Cable Of Alta, III,
and Hyattsville, Md. A fall
wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Boll-Boldwin

1t. Col, Theodore Macklin
Ball, USA, retired and Mrs.
Ball Of Washington and Bur-
lington, VT, announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter
Carolyn Frances to Mr.. Rich
srd Edward Baldwin, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bald
win, alsoe Of Burlington. A
fall wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Winn-King

Mr.. and Mrs. John 7. VIM
of Falls Church, announce
the engagement Of their
daughter Becky Nell to Mr..
Edwin Eugene King, son Of
DR., and Mrs. Edwin .. King,
jr., Of ValdoSta, Ga, A De-
cember wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Sonders-McHugh

Mr.. and Mrs. William Bar
low Sanders Of Alexandra
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Kerrie Harry
cite to Ensign William
Michael McHugh, son Of
Capt. and Mrs. William
Bristol McHugh' of San Diego.
Calf. A December wedding
Is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Howord-Breivis

Mr.. and Mrs. Jam es
Francis Howard of New York
announce the engagement
of their daughter jeanne
Patricia to Mr.. Robert John
Breivis, son Of Mrs. Frances
Breivis of Binghamton, NY,
and the late DR.. John James
Breivis,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Shults.Roqers

Mrs. Clark Nye Shuts of
Washington and Orlando.
Fla, announces the engage
ment of her daughter Joan
Marie to 1t. Travis Odell
Rogers, USA, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. o. Rogers of Bakers
field, Calf. A November we'd
ding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Groves-Nelson

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lee
Green Of Charlotte, N. O.,
announce the engagement Of
her daughter, Miss Penelope
Graves, to Mr.. Courtney AM
drew Nelson, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester A. Nelson Of
Glencoe, MINI. An october
wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
ENGAGEMENTS
Sussmun-Liss

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Suss-
man announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Bar
bara Lou to Mr.. Joel Liss,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Liss. A March wedding is
planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Kubut-Sturmun

Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Kabat
of Rockville Centre, N. X,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Janet to Mr..
Norman B. sturman. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Sturman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21

Mai. Gen. John Cogswell
Cakes, USA, and Mrs. cakes
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Sue Allison to
1t. Comdr, James Keith. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Alexander Morson Keith Of
Charlottesville, Va. An Oc-
toher wedding Is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Dietz-Gibson

Mr.. and Mrs. James Edward
Dietz of Dayton, Ohio, an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Donna Marlene
to Mr.. John Douglas South.
mayd Gibson, son Of DR.. and
Mrs. Ralph E. Gibson of
Chevy Chase, Md. A Mo-
vember wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Arner-Pon1eruntz

Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Arner
of New York City announce
the engagement of their
daughter Phyllis to Mr.. Rich
ard s. Pomerantz. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Pomerantz. A
January wedding Is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Ailerton-Rockn0k

Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Aller-
ton Of Alexandria, formerly
Of Riverside, Conn.,, announce
the engagement Of their
daughter Lucinda Ann to Mr..
Roger William Rocknak. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ].
Rocknak Of Princeton, N. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
TelcorskY.Plunkett

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul 8. Tel
garsky Of Johnstown, Pa, an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Bernadette j.
to Mr.. Thomas w. Plunkett,
son Of Mrs. Thomas w.
Plunkett Of Detroit. A Janu-
airy wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Pollock-Rudden

Mr.. and Mrs. jerome Pol
lock announce the engage
ment of their daughter Mari
Ign Joan to Mr.. Ronald Paul
Ridden, son Of Mr.. and. Mrs.
Louis Ridden Of silver
Spring. A March wedding is
planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
Thomos-Given

Mr.. Frank @. Thomas an
nounces the engagement Of
his daughter Martha Dear
borne to Mr., James Jacob
Given. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Given Of Muncie,
KanS.