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The Nome nugget., 1960-03-18
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON

A large comet generally first appears in the form of a dim spot of light. It may appear from any direction, for, although comets are considered members of the solar system, their orbits do not lie in the planes of the planets.
 A long streamer of luminous gas gradually develops and floats backward from the head of comet when it approaches the sun. Small comets often have no tails, but larger ones usually pos sess long, beautiful ones. Some comets have had two and even a half-dozen tails. The tails of the comets are at their best when close to the sun. At all times, the tails are swung out away from the terrific flames of the sun.
 The Great Comet of 1843 almost grazed the surface of the sun, and many another has passed right through the outstretched banners of the corona.
The Nome nugget., 1960-03-18
Company Executive Points Out Causes Of Sectional Selfishness in New State

SEWARD - In talk given be- fore group of Alaskan mer- chants assembled here last week, O. E. Darling president of the Brown & Hawkins Commercial Company, deplored the sectional ism that is developing in Alaska today. He pleaded for less selfish ness and for greater sense of unity and responsibility for the good of the State as whole.
 Darling blamed much of the sec- tionalism that is showing in Alas ka today on the passing of the passenger steamboat. "In the old days" he said, i've depended on leisurely club-like steamboat trav- el to get us to and from the out side states. The boat picked up passengers from coastal ports and drained others from the remotest parts of the interior. In this man. ner, Alaskans from all parts of the Territory got to meet and know each other, and to under stand and have sympathy for each others problems.
 Today" he said, Eve board a plane in our various parts of the state, and are sped directly to Seattle, hardly speaking to any of our fellow passengers. If our proud new State is to grow in unity and fulfill its growth fac tor and it's industrial promise" Darling said, i've are going to have to find new means of social intercourse to take the place of that delightful club-like manner of steamboat travel that was so conducive to regional understanding"
The Nome nugget., 1960-03-18
Juneau Financial Deal
 Figures in Perjury Trial

EPHRATA, Wash, lR - A New York businessman denied We'd nesday that he had asked Frank Bell of Ephrata to investigate a Juneau financial deal with prom ise of a $5,568 fee.
 The witness, Lewis M. Schott, was called by the state in Bells perjury trial. The 76-year- old Ephrata man is accused of lying to grand jury that investigated incidents in connection with con- struction of the Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River.
 In one court Bell was charged with testifying falsely that Schott asked him to go to Juneau and check on a project there on behalf of Mclean Finance and Invest ment Co.,, with which Schott was associated. Bell was quoted in the indictment as saying he was to get $5,568.49 for the work.
 Schott denied he had asked Bell to go to Juneau or promised him any money for such a project
 Outside court, Bell told a re- porter the Juneau venture con- cerned prospective purchase by the Mclean companies of the cleo trical power system owned by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. and currently leased by that firm to distributing agency. Bell said the property also included wharf age or dock area.
The Nome nugget., 1960-03-18

A survey of the Wrangell Mar rows in 1902 was the first Corps of Engineers civil works project in Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1960-03-18

Letter r-size and legal file foldey
 available at The Nome Nuquet
Evening star., 1960-09-06
Ohio. The couple will live in
Cleveland Heights.
AsIukson-Loonis

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Moore Loomis of Auburn,
N. Y, announce the mar
riage of their daughter Char
lotte May to Mr.. Richard
Corbin Aslakson, son of Capt.
Carl Ingman Aslakson,
United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, retired,
and Mrs. ASlakson Of Be-
Evening star., 1960-09-06
Kroft-WoIker

Comdr. Robert ]. Walker,
USN, and Mrs. Walker Of
Cleveland. Ohio. announce
the marriage'of their daugh-
ter Margaret Clendening to
Mr.. George Louis Kraft, jr.,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Louis Kraft of Ohio. The
wedding took place August
26 at st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Cleveland Heights,
Evening star., 1960-09-06

Fred smith Whisenhunt, jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Smith Whisenhunt of New
ton,' N. c. The wedding took
place September 3 at the
Wesley Methodist Church.
The bride is also. the daugh-
ter OF Mr.. Albert z. Browne
of Columbus. Ohio. The couple
will live here.
Levenson-EPstein
Mr.. and Mrs. David Ep-
stein of Silver Spring an
nounce the marriage Of their
daughter Barbara Lee to Mr..
David Daniel Levenson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Lev
enson Of Silver Spring. The
wedding took place Septem-
ber 4. The couple will live
here. "'.4
Stern-JenkinS
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack j. Jen-
kins announce the marriage
of their daughter Marcia
Adrienne to Mr.. Marvin
Merrill Stern, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Stern of Chicago.
The wedding took place Sep
tember 4 at the Washington
Hebrew Congregation. The
couple will live in Chicago.
Brody-Wolfe
Mr.. and Mrs. william Ad-
olson Wolfe of Marion, Va.
announce the marriage of
their daughter Martha Fran
els to DR.. James Peyton
Brady. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Edwin Brady of Ar
lington. The wedding took
place September 4 at the
First Methodist Church,
Marion, Va. The couple will
live in Arlington.
Pierce-Weston
=. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Neck
Weston announce the marri-
age Of their daughter Linda
4 to Mr.. Kenneth Lee Pierce,
son of DR.. and Mrs. William
@. Pierce of Los Altos, Calf,
formerly of Washington. The
wedding took place Septem-
ber 4 at the Cleveland Park
Congregational Church. The
couple will live in New
Haven, Conn.
Evening star., 1960-09-06
Ponneton-Leoch

Ponneton-Leoch
Mr.. Harold Leach an
nounces the marriage of his
daughter Carol Ann to Mr..
Richard William Panneton,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Panneton Of Silver Spring.
The wedding took place Au-
gust 27 at the Holy Family
Catholic Church, Glendale,
Calf. The couple will live In
Glendale, Calf.
Weuver-Turner
Mr.. and Mrs. John McRee
Turner of Bethesda announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter jeanne Marcia to Mr..
James Teamon Weaver, jr.,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Weaver
of Martinsville. Va. The we'd
ding took place August 20 at
the Sixth Presbyterian
Church. The couple will live
here.
KuuI-Rotzkin
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ratz-
kin of Silver Spring announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Barbara Susan to Mr..
Donald Allen Kaul. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kaul
of Toledo, Ohio. The we'd
ding took place September 4
at B'nai Israel Synagogue.
The couple will live here.
Horning-Dick
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Charles Dick Of Chappaqua,
N. Y, announce the mar
riage of their daughter Lynn
Noel to Mr.. Joseph Francis
Horning, jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Horning. This we'd
ding took place September 3
at the Church Of ST. John
and st. Mary. The couple
will live in Silver Spring.
Whisenhunt-Browne
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Wick
life Bradshaw Of Rockville,
Md. announce the marriage
of her daughter. Miss Eliza
heth Ann Browne. to Mr..
Evening star., 1960-09-06

Paul's Episcopal Church, Ak
ron. The couple will live in
Ithaca. N. X.
Evening star., 1960-09-06
WEDDINGS

thesda, Md. The wedding
took place August 20 in Au-
burn, N. Y. The couple will
live in Midland, Mich.
HiII-Rutkovich
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Ratko-
vich of Akron. Ohio, an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter Ellen Alice to Mr..
Lamar Mott Hill. son Of Mrs.
Thomas Cobb Hill and the
late Mr.. Hill. The wedding
took place August 81 at Saint
Evening star., 1960-09-06

torsH Hours daily; o pm.
shopping,
Evening star., 1960-09-06
Horninq-Dick
Whisenhunt-Browne

Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Wick
life Bradshaw of Rockville,
Md. announce the marriage
Of her daughter. Miss Eliza
beth Ann Browne. to Mr..
Evening star., 1960-09-06
LAM FALLWINTER
FASHION SHOWING
Debutante Shop, Sixth Floor; Spring Valley and

0VAACAe
Main Store. Wednesday,
September I. at $3.50
pm.
Spring Valley,
Thursday, September
8, at 4 pm.
Z Corners, Wednesday,
September 8, At
1880 pm.
Miss Audrey Brock,
Lanz Represen-
tative, will
be with us for
customer-consultation
Also informal
Modelling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

Answer 70 THIRsTING
thin, this. things. thirst. tithing, It'll.
firing, thight. ting. tints. trig, trithing
hints. hist. hiring. hitting. insight,
iris, rings, right, rising, shin. shirt
sting. stir. string, stint, nights, nigh
nisi, gist, girth, grit, grin. grit, griSt
grtth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Hirohito ] Path in Line

TOKYO.-Emperor Hirohito
is the Hath In the line Of the
japanese imperial dynasty,
which has remained unbroken
more than 1000 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
SHEINWOLD
ON BRIDGE
BY ALFRED SHERWOOD
Bidding Indicates
Best Line Of Play

Probability Is O useful guide
when you're in the dark. Look
for something better when the
lights are blazing.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
AJ1062
2A963
o104
&943
WEST EAST
ATS A95
VISTA WHOSE
oAKJ87 o9532
AXIS %J108
SOUTH
AAKQs4
20
pQ6
&AQ762
South West North East
lie Double az Pass
- All Pass
Opening lead: Diamond king.
West cashed the top diamonds
and then shifted to O trump.
South drew trumps and led q
heart to dummy to take the
club fineSse.
When the club flnesse lost,
South was in the soup. He had
TO lose another club trick for q
score Of minus 100 points.
1T was Q reasonable con-
tract" South declared. There
was an even chance that the
king Of clubs would be right
for U.s."
And with this statement they
were OF to the next hand.
Chance Wasn't Even
It was 0 reasonable game
contract. but the location Of the
king Of clubs was far from an
even chance. What did West
have for his vulnerable takeout
double of one spade?
West didn't have ideal dis
tribution, since he followed to
two rounds Of spades. Hence
West surely had good high-card
strength. The odds were about
100 to / that West needed the
king Of clubs for some reason
able sort Of takeout double.
II South read the bidding
properly he would draw two
rounds Of trumps. lead out the
ace Of clubs. enter dummy with
q heart, and lead o club toward
his hand. When East plays the
ten, South must duck. The best
chance Is that West must play
the king anyway.
South can clear UP the rest
of the clubs later by leading
the queen Of clubs. Playing West
for the singleton or doubleton
king Of clubs Is the best chance
for the contract.
Daily Question
Partner opens with one heart,
and the next player passes. You
hold:
AJl003 Vases ol04 &943
What do you say2
Answer: Bid two hearts. You
have i've points In high cards,
four trumps and 0 doubleton.
This Ia enough for . simple
raise.
(copyriShG 1850. Gen. Features corp.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
WORD GAME
Find 40 or more words in
HY M N OLO GIG
By Peter Loins

meaning pertaining to the
study Of hymns. Average
mark. 40 words; time limit,
40 minutes.
Rules Of the game: 1, Words must
be Of four or more letters. O., Words
which ACQUIRE four letters by the
addition OF s." such Is bats.
cats" are not used. 3. Only one
form Of word is used. 4. Proper
names are not used.
Evening star., 1960-09-19

500 goose down, 500
crushed feathers in O 23x2o
pillow by New York feather
with tri-coIor stripe ticking,
solid color polished cotton
cover.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27
SIDNEY CASH GRAIN"
Wednesday Noon Quotations:
Farmers Nero. and Occident
.ark Northern Spring Wheat:

No. 1. go Id. test, .-.-$1.70 1860 wheat
No. l. go lib. test, 81. SO 1859 wheat
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27
News

Thursday Edmond and Linda
Klasna were guests at the Mrs.
Bertha COrnelia home.
Thursday Mrs. George Fisher
went to a shower at the Mona
Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levon Schlenz
and Linda Verhasselt, Mrs. George
Fisher and son Jerry, Mrs. Harold
TolkSdorf and Mr.. Fred T~olkSdorf,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete j. Ruffatto and
family and Mrs. Leslie Candee,
Butch Candee and Debby Candee
were Sidney shoppers on Friday.
Friday Mr.. Melvin RauSchendor-
fer. Rita Rauschendorfer and
Greg Rauschendorfer went to Gull
bertSon, FairvieW and Sidney.
Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Sheehan motored to Culbertson.
Saturday Mrs. Harry Hagen and
Jackie were guests at the Plrny
Schlenz home.
Sunday MI. and Mrs. Quintc
Ruffatto and family were dinner
guests at the Melvin RauSchendor-
fer home.
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Charley
Amestoy and family were guest:
at the Pete J. Ruffatto home.
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Candee and daughter Doris, Mr.
and Mrs. Pirny Schlenz went t.
Bloomfield, Sidney and Fairview
Sunday Mrs. Bertha Cornell;
and Virgil Cornelia went to Sid
ney.
Sunday Mr.. Dick O'Coner AM
Father Lussion were dinner guest
at the Johnnie Ruffatto home.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27
Council Agrees
On Proposed
196O-61 Budget

A preliminary budget for the
fiscal year 1960-6l In the amount
Of S1O4, 1913 was agreed upon
by the City Council at a special
meeting Friday evening in City
Hall. The proposed budget will
REQUIRE a tax levy of 48 mills, a
reduction of pa mills from the
1880 levy. Taxable valuation
for the city is $2,182,957.
Mayor Harold Mercer stated
that not a single warrant has been
registered during the past fiscal
wear. the first time in many years
that the city has not had to regis
ter at least a few claims. Funds
remaining on hand are believed to
be sufficient to carry the various
departments until new tax funds
begin to come in in December.
Funds apportioned for the various
departments and the millage rates
needed for each are: General
Fund, Sal, 476.18 to be raised by
10 mills; Streets and Alleys, $21,-
829.57 by 10 mills; Parks and
Fairgrounds, $6,548.87 by 8 mills;
Library, $6,548.87, also 3 mills;
Firemen's Disability and Insur-
ance Fund, $4,365.87 by 2 mills;
Bond Interest and Sinking Fund,
S24,012.53 by IL mills. The City
Water Deartment is self support
ing.
The "a mill saving was made
in the Parks and Fairgrounds
Department, which took 434 mills
last year, and in the Bond Fund,
which required an additional y
mill.
A protest meeting has been
scheduled for August g., with adop-
ton of the final budget slated al
a special meeting August 8.
In other action taken at the
meeting, the Council renewed al
of the special improvement Dis
tricts now in force in the city
refused a request that the city
lay a sewer line to connect with
Richland Homes, the new Home
for the Aged, now under conStruc.
ton, on the ground that the Coun.
ell lacks legal power to construc
the proposed line through TIT
property until a Special I'm.
provement District is formed.
Discontinued water rationing
effective at once, thus allowing
residents to water lawns at an.
time instead of on alternate days
and hired Robert Lalonde as
policeman, replacing Louis WhiteC
who resigned after Is years O
service.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27
Unemployment
CLAIMS DROP

Unemployment conn ensation
claims dropped 291 throughout the
state last week, leaving a total of
4,126 unemployed Montanans
claiming benefits UCC Chairman
Chadwick H. Smith reported to-
day.
The total was 1909 above the
same 1859 week, but 1861 fewer
than the comparable week in
1858.
Jobless women filled 1,574
claims, 38 per cent of the total.
Ninety-nine persons received
their final (22nd) benefit check
last week, including 20 at Billings,
16 at Butte and IA at Great Falls.
Initial claims, indicating new
unemployment, numbered 582.
Some of these new claims were
temporary and the indirect result
of several labor disputes in the
state, Smith said. Others were
from lumber, construction and
| other workers temporarily idle
| between jobs. Smith explained
| that at this time of the year there
is a constant inventory of tenn
porarily unemployed due to a
| continual movement of workers
| from one job to another and to the
start and completion of the many
construction projects.
During the week hundreds of
fire fighters were recruited and
referred to the fire lines by local
employment offices at Helena.
Great Falls, Butte, Dillon, Kalis-
peI, Livingston, among others
Many remained open Throughout
the night during the critical
periods, Smith said.
Increased hiring in the lumber
industries and in agriculture pro-
vided much of the positive labor
market force last week. More
lumber workers were added tt
payrolls at Missoula, Livingston
and Thompson Falls. The swee
cherry harvest was underway a
Poison with an adequate supply O
labor. Early shortages of combine
operators and truck drivers WerC
developing at Havre, Great Fail
and Wolf Point and other area
where the grain harvest ha
begun.
The negative side Of the labo
market picture was reflected il
the strikes of telephone operator
, at Butte, grain millerS at BOZe
man and Great Falls, and hote
N and restaurant employees at Glas
/, Cow. Strikers are not eligible TO
: benefits under Montana law
Smith explained. But other work
erS not directly involved in tn
dispute, but idled because of i
/ generally r eligible, Smith sale
Claim declines came from nine
teen local employment offices i
, this order: KalispeH, down Sc t
I 365; Butte, down So to 60T
Libby, down AZ to Sc; Billing!
down 40 to 1853; Helena, down 3
J to IA; Missoula, down 81 to 40l
, Thompson Falls, down 20 to g.
Havre, down Is to 1872; Livings
ton, down 1873 to SO; Poison, IA.
and Wolf Point, 81, down IL eacl
Anaconda, down 8 to 157; Shelb.
a down 7 to 1876; Hamilton, 126, an
/ Dillon, 20, down 6 each; Levi;
town, Sc, and Sidney, %, down
d each; Glendive down3 to 8; an
IS Miles City, down l to Sc.
Higher totals were counted
Glasgow, up "a to 100; Bozema,
up 26 to 60; Great Falls, up 9
d 499; and Cut Bank, up z to go.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27


Mr.. and Mrs. George Daniels,
CulbertSon, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Nettie, to
Richard Wolff, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Wolff, Culbertson.
Miss Daniels, a graduate of Gull
bertson High School and E.T.R.I.
College, Omaha, Neb., was en-
ployed by Slade, Hipp, and Meloy,
Inc. of Chicago, Ill. She is now
employed for the Mountain States
Telephone and telegraph in Gull
bertSon.
Mr.. Wolff graduated from Gull
bertson High School and was en-
ployed by the Bureau of Land
Management in Colorado. He is
now farming with his brother in
the CulbertSon area.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27
The Driver S Seat

A good driver plays position as
carefully as a professional base
ball player. That is, he plays his
position in relation to other vehi-
cles in the traffic pattern.
In order to avoid accidents, the
safe driver knows where his
car is in relation to the cars
directly in front, back and to both
sides of him. He also is aware of
the positions Of vehicles several
car lengths to the back and sides,
and as far ahead of him as he
can clearly e
With this knowledge, he won't
make sudden moves that could
cause accidents or create breaks
or bottlenecks in the traffic flow.
If a car is overtaking him from
the rear, he can assume the other
driver will try to pass on his left.
He won't werve or drift to his
left into the path of this oncom-
ing car.
If the a ahead slows down, the
driver who knows his position in
the pattern is not likely to swing
out into the side of a car next to
him.
To play his position in the
traffic pattern, a good driver uses
all the aids at his disposal. His
rear-VieW mirror and side mirror,
properly used at frequent inter
walls, help him keep conscious of
other vehicles around him. He
glances from side to side frequent
ly to orient himself to traffic flow.
And, he looks as far ahead as he
can see in order to detect possible
accident situations in plenty of
time to avoid them.
At night, when visibility is
severely limited, playing position
is naturally more difficult, even if
headlights make it easier to detect
vehicles at a distance.
The wise driver makes use of
every positioning aid he can.
Reflective traffic signs and direc-
ton signals that glow far ahead
in his headlight beams help him
plan his moves in advance. Reflec-
4 tive road markings are a further
\ aid. Many commercial trucking
firms have added large reflective
stripping or trademarks to help
following drivers make them out
more clearly in the darkness.
] All of these are aids, but in the
long run, good positioning is ur
to the common sense of the driver
4 himself.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27

If you stay on the right side OF
the road, the chances are you
won't wind up in left field. Most
head-on collisions happen because
somebody drifts left of the center
line of the highway.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27

The Advantages of a Bank Checking Account:
Proof of payment; A cancelled check is a permanent legal re-
ceipt Saves time and trouble; You can pay bills by mail and
bank by mail Provides business like records: Helpful in
preparing income tax returns and in budgeting. Your money
is safe; No need to keep large amounts of cash on hand, or to
send cash through the mail. Stop in today at Your Full Service
Bank, THE SIDNEY NATIONAL BANK. and open your check
ing account with us.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27
Markets IS Weather at a Glance
YELLOWSTONE LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION COMPANY

Total Cattle Receipts Today ---1175
Total Receipts Last Week .-------1563
Total Receipts Same Week
Year Ago
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27
REMINDERS

Sidney's gigantic end of the
month sale this weekend. Support
your local merchants, spend your
money at home.
The Sidney herald., 1960-07-27

u way 49,
REMARKS: StockerS and feeders
so cents to rs cents lower. Light
weight steer and heifer calves in
good demand. Z38 ID. steer calves
sold $500 to $30.50.
Sale Every Wednesday, Thursday
when necessary. Speclal Feeuer
Sales on Saturday. Oct. 8. p, Nov.
5th and 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15

son Richards led the group in
song.
The Prom was held in the school
gymnasium which was beautifully
decorated as the deck of a ship. At
the end of the Prom the committee
members and Junior class advisor,
Mrs. Calvin Wells, who made the
Prom possible, lined up in the CEN
ter of the floor to form an anchor.
The King and Queen of the Prom
were then crowned, Joyce Walls
being Queen and Joe Sherwood,
King.
We wish to thank the mothers of
the junior class under the direction
of Mrs. O. B. McGinnis and Mrs.
Benjamin Belts, our home room
mothers. We would also like to ex-
press our appreciation to our jun
ior class advisor, Mrs. Calvin
Wells.
Eleventh Annual Math Contest
In the Eleventh Annual Mathema-
tics Contest, sponsored jointly by
the Mathematical Association of
America and the Society of Actuar-
les.
The winner. in category B in
FELTON, School District is Howard
Moore, second place was taken by
Nancy Ludlow, with Lawton Tabor,
third.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
MILLVILLE
Mile c. Banks
Phone: DickersOn 461

An Easter program will be held
on Sunday morning at the Millville
Methodist Church. Rev. Melvin E.
Wheatley will deliver the Easter
message.
Communion services will be held
on Thursday evening at 1880 o.
clock. Members are urged to at
tend.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Savage and
daughter Faye spent the weekend
in Washington, d. c.
Mrs. Laura Evans and daughter,
Naomi, returned home last Wednes-
day after visiting friends in Col
lingswood. N. j.
Mrs. Earl Kelly spent the week
end in Wilmington and visited Mrs.
Linwood Evans. Jr.. who is a pa
tient at the Delaware Hospital. We
wish Mrs. Evans an early recovery.
Emmonds Phillips was rushed to
the Peninsula Hospital in Salisbury
last week. We wish him an early
recovery.
Many children in our community
are down with the measles. We
wish them all an early recovery for
the holidays.
Mrs. Lizzie Fufman is somewhat
improved at this time at her home.
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Collins upon the birth OF