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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10

Eena Best, of Whiteville. and
Liston Cox, of Tabor City.
Cox told the coroner that
Norris and Mrs. Simmons had
picked up Mrs. Best after she
lot. off work at another White
vile restaurant about midnight
Monday. Cox said that they in
y.tCd him to ride around with
them for awhile. and he agreed
20 do so.
Norris. Mrs. Simmons and
Mrs. Best rode in the front scat
and Cox in the back. accord
ing TO the testimony at the
cOrOner'S investigation Cox
said that when they stopped az
the church, Norris and Mrs.
Simmons got out of the car
To walk around. \ few NOM
cntS later he said they heard
the three shots fired in quick
succession.
The witnesses testified to
investigating officers that Nor
riS fired on Mrs. Simmons and
tlCn turned the gun to his
own temple and fired again.
Cox and Mrs. Pest said that
they had heard no argument
between the two deceased prior
10 the shooting.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Brunswick Electric Corn.
Gets Set For Meetinu Here
dent of the local Jaycees.

dent of the local JayceeS.
The local effort is part of
a statewide Jaycce speaking
campaign in cooperation witt.
the n. c. Citizens Committee
for Improved Courts.
The Jayccc speakers bureau
has been especially trained by
the Citizens Committee and
The n. {. Bar Association Com
nittec. They have Programs Of
20 minutes and 10 minutes in
length.
Presidents or program chair
men of civic. church. and pro-
i'SSional groups an, being ure-
cd to contact Sill Rogers TclC-
Phone No. 1871 To arrang"
iC a court improvement pre-
S,ntatiOn.
The constitutional amend
mcnt would require the Cen
cral Assembly To set up Il UNI
form system of courts below
the Superior Court level by
1871. il would set up q system
ni district courts and would
eliminate the present fec SyS-
TEN by which Justices Of thu
peace receive pay only upon
rendering a guilty verdict
Courts would be set up on the
raSiS of need and would be
presided over by full-timC
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Church Yn~d Scene
OF Murder-Suicide

A double killing in the
church yard of the Lebanon
Methodist Church, route ),
Whitcvillc, shocked the COM
munity this week.
Benjamin Franklin Norris.
20 year old route /, Taboo
City carpenter, and Thclma
Lena Simmons. 81 year ole
WhiteVillc waitress, are dead
following the incident that has
Ecen ruled a murdcr-Suicidc.
The deaths occurred about | 80
Tuesday morning.
Coroner j. 3. Long. Jr., said
Mrs. Simmons. was shot by
Norris in the leg and back
with a % calibcr revolver Of
e foreign make. and that he
then turned the gun on himself,
inflicting the wound that cauS-
ed his death. He was shot in
the temple. Both bodies were
found within about six feet
of each other in the church.
yard.
Long said that the couple
left Whitevillc in an old model
car driven by Norris shortly
eftcr 100 A. NJ. and that they
were accompanied by Mrs.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
5 posnsors Host II
Development Clubs

Ten of the eleven organized
community development clubs
met last night for an annual
Sponsors Dinner in the White
vile high school cafeteria.
G.. G. Doddins. Southeastern
District Extension agent. was
the guest speaker.
The sponsors of the annual
dinner are as follows: The Ia
Dor City Tribune and radio
station WTAB. both of Tabor
City: the Columbus County
News. Chadbourn: The News
Reporter. radio station WENC.
The First National Bank, Wac
amaw Bank and Trust Com
pany. the Columbus Production
Credit Association, and Peoples
Savings and Loan Association.
N 81 Whitcvillc.
There are eleven community
development clubs rcscntly
organized. They are as fol-
'"ws. Bethel. Cedar Grove.
Jui'C. Lebanon, Mishop Spr-
ngt, Prosper. Sandy Plain.
.,my rnd, Western Prong, and
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Two Columbus
Seniors Begin
Teoching Posts

Grecnville. N. Cast Car
DINA Colleges student teaching
program for the fall quarter
includes 1862 seniors who are
cOndul ting classes in more than
thirty public schools in Eastern
North Carolina. Thirty-ninC
are doing work in the primary
and grammar grades. 100 in
high schools, and fifteen arc
teaching either art or music at
I'll grade levels.
Assignments of seniors al
the college who are now gain
ing experience as classroom in
structors have been announced
by DR.. J. l.. Oppelt. director of
student teaching at East Caro-
lima.
Students who are teaching
from Columbus County. listed
with their teaching assignments
are:
Patsy Ann Collier. Tabor
City, Granger High 5 hopl in
Kiuston; English; Phyllis Emily
Hinson, RI. 3, Whi:Cvill,. Ayu-
en- High School, English
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Yang Festival
Donce Planned
For October 18

Several local citizens arc
sponsoring 4 Yam Festival
Dance featuring Ed Turbcvillc
"nG his orchestra ON THURSDAY
October 10 in Planters Ware
house. II was announced re-
Gently.
The same group will sponsor
a square dance on October %
al Planters Warehouse. Both
events will last from Q y. m
until a. m.
Cash prizes and a Twist con-
test will nc some of the nigh
I:EhtS of the Yam Festival
Dance.
There will bC no parade or
rin"r events normally aSsociat-
ro with past Tabor City Yam,
Festivals. although several
events including the Bruins
wick Electric Corporations an
rual meeting on the afternoon
ot October 80 and a Twir
States Gospel Sing featuring
the Blue Ridge Quartet on the
cvCniug of October 10.
The Tabor City Merchants
Association which has spon-
N"rDd recent Yam Festival.
announced that il had decided
not To sponsor the event this
year iu order to devote thei,
entire attention to efforts tc
attract industry to Tabor City
The Tabor City Junior
Chamber of Commerce cOnsid-
cred sponsoring = YIm FeStiv-
81 this year. but d,cIdcd against
the project at this
time.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
81 Yeor Oh Man
Killed In Wreck
NeorRiegeIwood

A 92-ycar-Old Acme. Route
|, man was killed when the
mule-drawn wagon driven by
his 85-year-old brother was
struck from behind by an auto
Monday night.
State Trooper l.. II. Baker
said A. x. Collins. 81. died in
stantly when the wagon driven
by his brother. O. c. Collins.
85, was in collision with the
auto driven by Rosetta Pollard,
%, of Wilmington. The accident
occurred a mile west of Reigcl-
wood on NC87.
The trooper stated that the
driver of the auto said she
didn't see the wagon as she
came up behind it because OF
being blinded by lights of some
cncoming autos. There were no
lights on the wagon, Baker
said.
The Pollard car ran into the
rOad-ditch after the collision
and the driver suffered a leg
injury. She is a patient at Co
lumbus County Hospital, but
her condition is considered sat
iSiactory.
O. c. Collins is also hospital
lied here for observation after
being shaken up in the COLI
sion.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Board E Explains Bond Issue
Fund Alterations; Tabor
Would Receive $4,000

ArtcSia School-S2O.O0O
Carvcr-Moorc Schoul-S5O.-
600
EolGcn Schuul-S5. 1000
Oak Forest Schuul-SlO.OOO
Douglas SChuol-Sl3.OOO
Armour SChuul-Sl25. 600
B"for" the reading of the
list of proposed ALLEGATION of
funds. there was much discus
$ on OF the needs of the county
school system and how the
bond issue, if passed. would
case some Of these needs.
Tn" meeting was opened 70
Rear opinions. discussions. an
comments OF all those present.
Several members OF the County
Board OF Education. the County
Commissioners. ana members
Of the individual school board,
present made their opinions
known
The group unanimously en-
dorscd tn, need for the bond
ISSUE.
John J. Hicks. assistant SUD-
~rlutcrd"nt Of schools. express
I'd his views on the need for
'hc passage of the bond issue
as follows:
We are counting on those
present here tonight to go back
INTO your communities and eX-
plain the need for this bond
issue To the voters"
Hicks explained that if the
bond issue passed the funds
would provide for facilities
which would help county
schools meet the modcrn-dav
demands in education by pro-
viding such facilities up-to-
GATE science laboratories. mod
"rn health facilities. and other
facilities conducive It. better
learning and teaching.
He also stated that the funds
provided by the bond issue
would help schools meet stand
"rdS of aCCrcdItation establish
ca by the state. He pointed out
That in the future state stand
2ldS would be raised hiche,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10

end higher, and that only by
sufficient funds could the CO.
unity school system hope to
continue To- meet these stand
! ards.
Hicks pointed out that should
III, bond issue fail to be ap-
proved by the voters. the CO.
unity educational system would
be set back ten years. pupils
would have To continue attend
ing schools that are badly out
dated.
Charles Council. member of
the County Board of Education.
stated that il would take II
years fur the board. working
, through normal tax channels,
L. do the things that they are
planning To- do if the voters
approve the bond issue.
II. G.. Damcron. another edu-
cation board member and "A
Tabor City druggist, said that
mo time in the history of CO.
iumbuS County have we faced
more serious problems in our
schools"
The Board of Education and
the County Commissioners
have done all they can toward
passage of the bond issue. 1t is
Cow up to YOU as members OF
The school boards of the county
I" go home and work." DAM
Cron said.
County School Superintend-
ont Guy explained to those
present what points were con-
S!dcrcd by the Board of Educa-
ton in determining the propos-
cd ALLEGATION of bond issue
funds.
Mr.. Guy said that ALLEGATIONS
were made after the board con-
s-dered the following points:
/ % the pressing needs Of EACH
school. (2J the recommend
tons of the state educational
survey team which surveyed
the Columbus County schools
last spring, and 90 The con-
Solidatlon program being PLAN
red for four high schools in
the western part of the county.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10

Earnest TubbS and his Texas
Tr"ubadourS. well-known CO.
"ntry ana western singing stars.
VIII be featured attraction
when the Brunswick Electric
Membership Corporation meets
in Tabor City for its annual
membership meeting ON Octob-
Ct 10.
Inc directors of the Bruns-
wick Electric Membership Cor
p"ratlon. the REA power COM
ranN which serves a large area
20! Columbus and Brunswick
counties. voted several weeks
ago To hold their 23rd annual
meeting in the new r. c. Cole
man Company FOL Bypass
Warehouse. This is the frs;
time that directors have decid-
cd To meet in Tabor City.
Registration for the meeting
VIII begin at noon on October
~. and the meeting will offic-
'aily get under way at 100
7. m.
An election of directors and
reports by various officers of
INC company will highlight the
business meeting. Other activi-
ties on the afternoons agenda
include the awarding of sever
al hundred dollars in prizes in
Guiding a grand prize of an
automatic fr"st-frCc rcfriger-
ItOr
j. c. Brown, executive man
"gcr of the Tarhccl Electric
Membership Association of RAJ
leigh. will be the guest speak,
or. according to a statement
made by a Brunswick Electric
Coop official yesterday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
MoIIie Church
Roises $500
For RemodeIing

Some $4,000 OF the necessary
$500 has been raised for the
interior remodelins project of
Sweet Home Baptist Church in
Mollie. The church is most
grateful to those who have
contributed to the project.
New pews, stained glass win
dows and a hardwood floor
are included in the interior
changes, and outdoor lighting
has also been discussed.
The hardwood floor will be
put in prior to the pews since
il will be necessary to bolt the
pcws TO a good solid floor.
The stained glass windows
which will replace the present
plain glass windows will be
both decorative and also pre-
vent the sunlight from fading
the new psws.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10

School board members from
all public schools in Columbus
County gathered i'll the Court
ouSc in WhItCVillc Monday
night tu hear how funds will be
divided among the County'S
schools should the 50 million
school bond issue be approved
by the voters on November Is.
The County Board of Educa-
ton and the Commissioners
met with the school board
members 10 discuss any QucS-
ti"nS which might arise on Ell
thCr the bond issue or the mo
thodS of distributing funds Ia
individual schools if the bond
issue passes.
The moment OF the announce
mCnt of ALLEGATIONS tor indiy-
Idual Schools moment all
school board members were
anNi"uSly awaiting-camc late
in the meeting.
Mr.. +. Ward Guy. Supcrin-
icndcnt Of Columbus County
Schools. read the ALLEGATION
list To an eager audience.
The ALLEGATIONS suggested by
the County Board OF Education
* as follows.
Tabor City-S85. 900
Consolidation Of Fair Bluff.
Chadbourn. Evergreen and
Ccrro Gordo High Schools -
S500.OOO
Chadbourn Elcmc tarv -
School $50. 900
Fair Bluff School-S35. Goo
Cerro Gordo School-S4O. 600
Evergreen School - S25. 900
HallSboro SChuol-S65-7O 900
Old Dock School-Sl5. 900
Nakina School $4,000
GuideWaN Scholastic 900
Williams TownShip-S6O. 900
Acmc-Delco School - S75-
10000
Chadbourn Indian School -
$4,000
WaCcamaw School-S2O. 600
West Side School-SI5.OOO
Carver School-S5O. 900
Mt. Olive SChoUl-S6O.O 600
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Gospel Sing Plans
Well Underway

Tickets are really selling for
the Rotary-SponSorcd first an
nual gospel sing festival to be
in Tabor City Friday night,
October 10. The sing promises
TO be tremendous success.
Among the singing groups
appearing al the Z O'Clock per-
Torrance in the new giant 7Ol
B-PasS Warehouse will be the
Twin State Trio and the Mills
Sisters of Tabor City and the
Southern HarmoneerS of Boliv-
la. The acknowledgements Blue
Ridge Quartet Will be feature
singers for the festival.
There will be seating capac-
ity for more than 5000 people.
The ROtarianS now have SUD-
ply of tickets at Sl.OO each.
However, you may purchase
your ticket at the door for
Sl.5O.
This will be the first of what
may be Il year to year gospel
sing here. Proceeds will go to-
ward the Tabor City School
ACTIVITY bus fund in an attempt
TO replace the obsolete bus now
being used.
The sing will be held the
same night of the Brunswick
Electric Membership Corpora
ZION annual meeting in Tabor
City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Pototo Mort VIII
Be Best Ever"

Carl Stephens and LCman
Ward. operators Of the White
vile sweet potato market. be-
IAN banking one of the larg-
st sweet potato banks" in
This area Monday. market OPP
ming date.
Stephens said that the late
closing of the tobacco market
had delayed the opening Of the
potato market.
Stephens said that ne is OK
rcCting one of the best potato
crops in years. He stated that
the largest number of acres
ras been planted this year in
The county. He declared that
the weather conditions have
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
L-oeoI Joyeees
Beck Improved
Court Reform

JaycCcs in Tabor City will
conduct public speaking cam
paign among local organiza-
tionS in behalf of the constitu-
tional amendment for improv-
cd courts which will be placed
on The ballot in the upcomine
general election on November
6. . Curd'rg To- a statement
made 10y Clifford Gore, presi-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
State Line Nan
Fatally Shot,
Two Wounded

one man was fatally sho,
and two other persons were
wounded Saturday night after
u family row at Alb Wards
Place on the State Line.
Elton Ward, owner of anoth-
or night spot about 200 wards
ilom where the shooting occur
RED, was pronounced dead or
SrrlVal at Community HoSpit-
al.
Wounded and admitted to
the hospital for treatment were
Eloise Waddell and Bobby
ward, niece and nephew of the
dead man. Mrs. Waddell re-
cclvcd Il SO calibre bullet
wound of the hip and Bobby
Ward was shot twice in the
back with 80 calibre bullets
Coroner Littleiohn Blanton
said.
Inc coroner said the shoot
ing was apparently the out
i"me Of an inter-family argu-
ment.
Elton Ward was sentenced
OCT. s to serve six months for
an assault on his wife but had
been alloEed IL days to astls
'pusif.t.sS affairs before begin
ming his sentence, the coroner
said.
Mrs! Ward, he said, was at
Alb Wards place when the
shooting occurred.
The coroner said that a group
comprised at least of Elton
Ward, Bobby Ward and Mrs.
Waddell had words" before
the shooting began.
He said a 80 calibre pistol
belonging to Elton Ward and a
% calibre rifle belonging to
Wayne Ward. brother of
Bobby and Mrs. Waddell and
son of Alb Ward. have been
recovered. The coroner said
Wayne Ward is being held
pending completion of the in
veStigation.
The coroner said weapons
Mrs. Waddell and Bobby Ward
were reported to have had in
their possession at the time of
the shooting have not been re-
covered.
The coroner said he has not
yet set the date of an inquest.
pending receipt of information
from an autopsy. Filing of
charges, he said, awaits the
outcome of the inquest.
Funeral services for Elton
Ward were held at 3 D. m.
Monday from the chapel of the
1nman Funeral Home at Tabor
City by the Rev. l.. |. Todd.
lnterment was in Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
He is survived by three sons,
Ricky, Craig and Mickey Dean
Ward; two daughters. Betty
and Kay Ward, all of Dayton
City, Fla, two brothers, Alb
Ward of Tabor City and l.. o.
Ward of Wilmington; three sis
tiers, Mrs. Roy Harper of
Whiteville; Mrs. Velma Ikner
of Wilmington; and Mrs. Mae
Currie of Aiken. S. c.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10

been good and he expects a re-
cord crop OF number ones.
For the best price. handle
Inc potatoes with care and
don't bbruiSc the tender skins.
Care IN handling will mean
the top dollar for all potato
.rDWNrE. drcIurrd Wnrd.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
GUIDEWAY PTA

Jack DufcI. president Of
the Guidcway Parent-Teach-
crs Association, announced
that the PTA will hold It's
first regular meeting Of this
school year on Monday night,
October Is In the school aud
itorium at 1880 p. m.
Dufei urged that all par
cnts with children In the
Guideway School sttend this
meeting.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Three Are Sentenced
For Crimes In Loris

Two Negro boys arrested
after they allegedly broke into
the office of DR.. w. H. john
son were sentenced i'm General
Sessions Court last week.
Eddie Cox was sentenced to
six months and Lester Long
was sentenced to one year i'm
prisonment.
Sentenced on four counts of
forgery, one year on each
count. sentences to run con-
currently, was J. c. Walker
who passed forged checks at
the Piggly-Wiggly and at Dem
mis- jewelers. both in Loris.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10
Tabor Weed Market Closes:
Exceeds II Million Pounds

The Tabor City Tobacco
Market closed its warcbousa
G"orS last Friday after break
In2 all volume records for the
i3-day 1862 selling season.
On closing day. the tota,
r"undagc sold. for the 1862
.cLSon stood at l4.538.332
i"und$ for a total of s9,O32-
@Ji.OT for an average of SGD 10
Ter hundred pounds.
These 1862 figures show an
..creaSc of approximately GO
per Gent of total poundaga
:old and an increase of about
30 per cent in the total cash
laid To- farmers.
Last year the Tabor CITY To-
E"Cco Market sold 9,gO8 SD
pounds for a total Of $685.. 466
or an average of S66.43 Der
hundred weight.
The decrease in the average
per hundred weight from last
year to this year is due in part
t" the sale of loose leaf tobac-
6" during the first five DAYS
ct tins season. Loose leaf to-
lHCco sales averaged only a.
bout S45 per hundred weight"
Al Whitehead, sales supervis-
az of the Tabor City Tobacco
Market, said.
Tabor Market Leads
Whitehead said that up until
the Tabor City Market closed
ii led all other markets in the
iluc-cured belt in overall
sales.
THE Tabor City Market led
al other markets in the fluc-
cured belt in the number of
POUNDS bought per set Of buy
trs," Whitehead said.
In talking with buyers,
"archousemcn, company re-
representatives., and growers, Il
h;at' learned thst snost sgrek
thst W. have had / very SUD
'essiul season coasIaern.s -
quality of tobacco. Most seem
Ia feel that the quality was
not what il has been in this
area IN the past, but that the
poundaGe was much higher"
Whitehead said.
Speaking in behalf of the
Tabor City Tobacco Market. |
would like to thank the grow
ers who sold here for a most
successful season, and we hope
to serve them again next year.
We are looking forward to an
even bigger and better season
next year" Whitehead added.
Border Belt Elsewhere
The final week of sales be-
gan Monday for the 1862 crop
Of South Carolina and Border
North Carolina flue-cured to-
baccO.
The U. S. and N. c. Depart
mcnts of Agriculture report
volume of sales were fairly
heavy on the four markets still
operating.
Average prices by grades
Monday were generally I'M
changed TO slightly higher than
on last Friday.
Gains ranged from Sl.00 to
$500 per hundred pounds.
Sales in this belt last week
crossed 20.850, 805 pounds and
averaged $3.50 per hundred.
The average was Sl14 under
the previous weeks average
Season marketingS were rails
ed 10 369,30l,ll9 pounds for a
S61.08 average.
Receipts of the Sterilization
Corporation last week amount
ed to 1872 per cent of gross
sales. For the season, growers
have placed 81 per cent of
sales under Government loan.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10

White MarSh-Rcd Hill.
Included on the program
were: c. r. Yoder. master OF
ccremon'eS' Welcome by Len
IovCl, OduCtion of SpCCia!
guest" BiOn Sears. in
tiOdu.,--.. of communities by
Nsrv Stuart: and introduction
Of the speaker by G. Lacy Tate.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-10

The weakest spot with man
kind Is where they fancy them
selves most wise.
The Arizona post., 1962-11-16

from South Bend, Ind, to
make their home here. They
are the parents of MRS. LE-
ON LEVY
The Arizona post., 1962-11-16
Round The Town

ONE ISRAELI WAC says
he's not so sure he could
have sWeated out the world
crisis if he had to watch the
events on a TV screen 49,.
Feelings still run very
strong in Israel. The Ramat
Gan Chamber Orchestra is
on a six-week European tour,
but cancelled six concerts in
Germany under the pressure
of the Organization of Holo-
caust Survivors and the
Fighters of NaZism E.
MIR. AND MRS. JOHN AL
BALA have moved into their
new home in the Iona Alta
Estates at 852 San Martin.
DIR. AND MRS. NATHAN
SCHNECK also have moved
to a new home at GA S. Err
in. Visiting IN m is Mrs.
Schneck's sister, MRS. ROSE
RICE of Gladwin, Mich. =.
= Q
NEAL KURN, son of MIR.
AND MRS. SAMUEL KURN,
won t h r e e awards at the
University of Arizona Col
Iege of law annual fall hon
ors luncheon. Neal won the
Tucson Title Insurance Co.
award and two American
Jurisprudence Book awards.
Also at the luncheon DOR
IS MINDELL won an Amer
can Jurisprudence Book
award and SIDNEY nj. RO-
SEN was presented a Phi
Alpha Delta speech contest
award
MIR. AND MRS. A. G. ST.
MON have moved to Tucson
The Arizona post., 1962-11-16
RUTH ROBERTS 235 higf

RUTH ROBERTS 235 high
game in the Women's bowl
ing league set a new all-time
Center record. Congratula-
tionS to Ruth on her fine ac-
complishment. Other good
scores were: Nancy Sirota
216-512, Lu Ash 193-49O,
Ruth Roberts 235-504, Bios
som Joseph 178-467 and Irene
BroWnStein 168-469.
The Red Team with a 25-
II record is in first place fol
lowed by the Blues and Aqua
20-16.