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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-21

SATURDAY, DECEMBER Il, 1863
Sports, BIS; Amusements, BIS
Classified, Bill; Obituaries, BIZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-21
What Christmas Can Mean
By DANIEL POOLE
Stor Reel Estote Editor

Christmas means a season
VII en- families gather at
home.
It's a time to work together.
To put lights and tinSel on the
living room tree. To hang
wreaths in the windows and
mistletoe over the door. To
decorate the lawn-and even
the roof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-21

And bright faces sing carols
and hymns. You know It's
Christmas when neighbors
drop by, and Santa pays a
call.
Christm a S means these
things-and more-when fam
lilies gather at home for win
ter'S merrieSt season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-21

It's a time, too, to be alone.
To wrap presents for others in
the family, and for friends. To
think about the origin Of the
Christmas celebration-its
real meaning. To worship in
your own personal way.
Christmas means a season
to give-giftS, friendship, love
and thanks. And it means a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-21

time to receive-a feeling of
warmth, and aroma of turkey,
a taste Of cranberries, the
sounds Of happy children and
a look of appreciation.
You know it's Christmas
when the schools close and
students come home for the
holidays. When the communi-
~ tree lights the evening snow.
Copper River current., 1963-02-14

LAND AUCTION
 The Division of Lands has announced a public auction of % recre ional tracts about 50 miles east of Chit ina, ar Mccarthy, at ? pm on Feb' 28th, at Copper Center Lodge. Thee tracts range in size from 37 to 29l acres, with appraised prices from $50 to $23OO. A sale brochure on this auction may be secured from from the Division of Lands at 344 Sixth Avenue, Anchorage. Purchase nay be through an agent, if said agent has qualifi jed, prior to the sale, by filing a power of attorney or letter of authorizat Success ful bidders are required to deposit not less than lO% of the high bid, plus $l5. .OO to cover appraisal costs. Mrs Mary Brenwick, widely known and re spected pioneer of the Copper Basin area, passed away February 5, 1863, in the Alaska Pioneer Hospital at Sitka She was born in Hakadolan, Norway, on March 24, 1885, and came to Alaska in 1906. She was in Skag way first and then went on up to Dawson City, where she cooked In logging camps for several years. She later came to the ChlSana country where she met and married the late Peter Brenwick, also from Norway. She and her husband prospec ted and worked small mining claims, and Mrs Brenwick ire ighted by dogteam in that area. The Brenwicks made their home in Mccarthy for many years, and Mrs Brenwick was the last woman of the original pioneer group, to leave Mccarthy. In 1852 she moved to Glenn allen to live with her son Leonard. She entered the Pioneer Home in Sit ka just year ago. Mrs BrenWack Is survived by son, Leonard, of Glenn- allen; sister, Mrs Ollne Bolke. of Young own, Arizona; and brother, Iver Larsen, of Ketchlkan. :.'. Word was also received here about the death last month of Mrs Rose Geoit of Cordova. The Geoit' were stati oned at Gulkana FAA station at one time, and moved to Cordova about three years ago.
Copper River current., 1963-02-14
Joy 7. Morgan

AsHBY ARr1sTRO ONG NUPT IALs Miss Judith Winifred Ashby, daughter of MT and Mrs George Ingram Ashby of Copper Center, be came the bride of Mir Jack Curtis Armstrong, son of Mir and Mrs S. Curtis Armstrong :" of Seattle, in a church ceremony he Id in Seattle on the 27th of Jan uary at l:3O pm.
 The Very Reverend John c eff Ter read the service in the pre- sence of friends gathered in the Thompson Memorial Chapel, Saint Marks Cath-, edral.
 The bride wore a z DOT length gown of white silk organza over taffeta de signed with a lace bodice, and carried bouquet of white orchids. She was attended by Barbara Duffy and Barbara Thomps son, both of whom were gowned in waltz length dre sses of peppermint green taffeta. They carried yellow roses and daff odils. I ..
 A reception in the lounge of Cath edral House followed the wedding ceremony. Miss Helen Blackgood, Godmother of the bride poured, and Mrs Lucille McDermott, another god- mother of the bride, was in charge of the cake. The guest book was handled by Miss Agnes Anderson.
 The bride attended the Annie Wright Seminary at Tacoma, Washing ton, and was graduated with honors from the Copper Valley School at Glennallen. At the time of her wed- ding, she was a senior at Seattle University. The bridegroom attended the Lake side School for Boys in Sc attle, and also a student at Seattle University. He is pre- sent1y employed by International Business Machines, Inc. After a two week hone ymoon in Carmel 1, Calf ornia ,, the couple plan to make their home in the southern state, Mr Arms troong will be attending IBM School for months, and the newlyweds expect to finish their University training also whil in Calif ornia. The Oscar Craigs had their wedding anniversary plans all set until Oscar found out that 1t was also First Aid School. His wife spent the evening baking a c ake for the school party inste ad.'
 We failed to mention in the last
Copper River current., 1963-02-14

If were Fe bruary,
 I'll tell you what I'd do, I'd banish January,
 and start the world anew. After frost and icicles,
 thaw, and then freeze, I'd give my folks a cough,
 and I'd laugh to he ar them sneeze But when I'd fully carried out
 my comical de igns, I'd make up for my tricks and pranks with tender valentines"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

There will q great deal Of public
contact for q bright young girl
who types accurately AZ 90 w,p.m,
She. viii Be REQUIRED 10 greet all
visitors and do q limited amount
iEohs' ' fSf s'sPlAs vSo DEsi.r D0' 70
work without pressure.
EMPIRE EMpL. 1916 Conn. NV,
Room $40 NO, 7-6iiO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

RECEPTIoNIsT FOR Embassy
Personabie lady with pleasant
telephone manner, some typing
required. Write Box iiO-A, Star.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. young
lady for front desk OF large Luxe
souTfwTsT. Apply MRS. Ia.
COCK, 100 9TH A.. aw., between
~ noon and 4,.l0 4. m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
Walt Disney
Rupe
FFonk Roberqe

Answer: Because most OF It's
occupants are cowboys who
died with their boots on. As
Ramon Adams notes in his
Western Words" university
OF Oklahoma Press. There
amt many tears shed at q
boot-hill burying" and II is
full OF fellers that pulled their
triggers before amin"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28

You see, the word "paruuet'
appeared In print in England
at least as early as 1915, &C
cording 10 the oxford Diction-
airy. and II existed In French
long before that.
"Parquet" originally meant
little park" then came u
mean a special section Of q
courtroom. reserved for the
judges. Flooring OF unique de-
sign was often used 10 indicate
that this was a special section,
Hence, "parquet" came TO mean
the patterned flooring itself
The term was also once used
30 designate special areas In
theaters, usually the orchestra,
but this use is now dying out,
Question; In TV westerns,
the cemetery Ia always labeled
boot hill" why7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28

He was quite famous during
the time Of Queen Victoria
and there's q house over In
Greenwich that is supposed TO
have a parquet floor laid by
the old boy himself in 1880"
l had never heard this story
OF the origin Of the name Of
this kind OF flooring COM
posed Of pieces OF wood set In
geometric pattern. II true.
M. Parquet deserves a spot in
the dictionaries along with M.
Pasteur. who gave his name
TO pasteurized milk.-M. M.
Old Greenwich. Conn.
Answer: It's q nice story.
but II any M. Parquet ever
laid any parquet flooring. II
was q case Of q man adapting
his career 10 suit his name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BLAST BLAIR
SANS STRIP
FREDDY
MRS. FITZ
THE BERRYS
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Question: In the course Of
discussing a new house that
one OF our neighbors is think
ing OF buying. she said: 1T
has the most beautiful parquet
flooring in the living room,
II would be a shame 10 put a
rug over IT," Her husband
then remarked: THE old boy
would be happy TO hear you
say that" When asked what
"old boy" he was referring TO.
he said: Monsieur Parquet.
OF course, the Frenchman who
invented that kind Of flooring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
.SHEINWOLD
ON BRIDGE
BY ALFRED SHERWOOD
Trust Your Purtner
And Fear NOTHING

trust Tour Partner
And Fear Nothing
A trusting partner is one of
the most touching sights in the
world. If you're sitting the
other way of the table, how
ever, 1t does your heart good to
see an opponent disregard his
partners clearly expressed wish.
East dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
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All Pass
Opening lead: King Of clubs.
West opened the king Of
clubs. and East played q crisp
deuce to discourage O continual
ton. West switched to the ace
Of hearts. and East played
another crisp deuce.
South wanted to scream
Don't snap those deuces," but
he didn't want to underline
East's clear signal. Between us,
East should have played his
deuces without emphasis or
snap but he got carried away
by enthusiasm for the best line
Of defense.
East's enthusiasm didn't help
him. West growled Nothing but
deuces in your hand, eh?" and
continued with another heart.
Blows Defense
This play blew the defense
sky-high. South ruffed the sec
ond heart and led q club. West
won with the Jack Of clubs
and led q third heart to make
South ruff again.
Now South ruffed q club in
dummy, took a trump finesse,
led a diamond to the dummy
and took another trump finesse.
The rest was easy.
East had told his partner to
switch from clubs and then to
switch from hearts. A trusting
partner would switch to dia-
monds. and this would defeat
the contract.
If South tries to reach dunn
my twice with diamonds for
trump illnesses. East gets q dia-
mond ruff. II South tries to get
to dummy the second time by
ruffing q club. he must give up
q club first: and then West
leads q second diamond to give
East o ruff.
It's wonderful to have
enough deuces for discouraging
signals, but it's even better to
have q partner who will respect
your signals.
Daily Question
As dealer, you hold:
Ak 100 VKQJ1O42 o. %10S2I
What do you say7
Answer: Playing standard
bridge you must pass; the hand
isn't quite worth an opening
bid. II you use weak two-bids"
you can open this hand with
two hearts, as shown in today's
hand. This shows q strong six
card suit in q hand that is not
quite worth an opening bid.
Don't try q weak two-bid I'M
less your partner and the OPP
ponents know that your two
bids are Of this nature.
(copyright, 1903, Gen. Features Corp.)
The Republican., 1963-05-30
Aurora-Eglon

Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Lantz and
two grandsons, Aurora, spent the
weekend with relatives in Cleve-
land, O.
Rev. Clyde E. Hylton returned
to Eglon Sunday evening after
holding a weeks evangclistic serv-
ices in Bergton, Va He was ac-
companied home by his mother,
Mrs. Carsie HyltOn, of near Chris
tiansburg, Va, who will spend the
week with her son and daughter
in-laW
Mrs. Artenis Harsh and son, Rob-
ert, of Eglon, and Miss Norma Wot-
ring, Brooksiide, spent few days
over the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Harsh, Harrisonburg,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Wilkinson,
Maidsville, w. Va, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Harsh and daughter Carol, of Egg
Ion. The formers daughter Karla,
who had spent few days in the
Harsh home returned home with
her parents on Sunday evening
Mrs. Donnie Ford and two sons,
The Republican., 1963-05-30
Wotring Reunion Held

Descendants of the Henry G.
Wotring family, who held family
reunion at the Aurora Community
building Sunday, May 26, had rep
resentatives from six different
families. They were Newton Wot-
ring, Mrs. Cora Gift, Mrs. Ida Sell,
Mrs. Priscilla Roth, Mrs. Martha
Chidester and Luther Dock" Wot-
ring.
The reunion was held in honor
of Luther Wotring, daughter,
Mrs. lone Byers, and her husband
Ladd Byers, who had come from
Port Angeles, Washington, by car
and house trailer.
lone was born on Stemple Ridge
near Aurora in 1894, later moved
to Morgantown at age 13. She and
her family then went to Okanogan,
Washington, where they had
fruit farm. She had returned to
West Virginia only once since that
time, until this past week.
Some seventy persons attended
the reunion.
The Republican., 1963-05-30
Accident Personals

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Deal and
Mrs. Emma Deal visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Bowman and son, Mr..
and Mrs. George Deal and family,
and Mrs. Nellie Pensel, of Balti-
more, over the weekend. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Deals son, Jimmy,
returned home with them after be-
ing a patient at Children's hos
pltal in Baltimore, for several
weeks. He will be confined to a
wheel chair for about four weeks.
chair for about four weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Musick and
Fritz Barker, Niles, o.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Deal and son Billy, and
Jean Watt we're Friday overnight
guests of Mrs. Emma Deal
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Friend and
daughters, and Mrs Margaret
Friend were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lohr. The
dinner was a birthday dinner in
honor of Mrs. Claude Friend and
Mrs. Margaret Friend Other rela-
tiveS of the Lohrs we're also dim
ner guests.
Miss Donna Bittinger, McHenry,
was a Thursday overnight guest of
Miss Linda Artice. Libby Keller
and Mary Ellen Deal also were
Thursday evening visitors.
Clark Wicklow, Terra Alta, was
Sunday dinner guest of Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Seggie.
Lloyd and Carl Trout spent the
weekend with their father at Mey-
ersdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pickett, of
Frederick, and Mr. and Mrs. War
rem Thomas and family visited Mr..
! and Mrs. Glenn Fratz and family,
on Sunday.
Maureen jenkins spent Saturday
/ with her grandmother, Mrs. Harold
Jenkins.
Ray Artice and son were Satur-
| day supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Artice and
children spent the weekend with
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harold jenkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Zinkan were
shopping in Uriontown, on Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Heating
Cumberland, were Sunday dinner
guests of the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman Frazee.
Rev. and Mrs. c. F. Dauphin, Mr.
and Mrs. B. o. Aiken and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Zinkan
were Sunday evening dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Georg
and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kahl and Mr.
and Mrs. Erman Frazee visited
Thursday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Fratz and family.
The Republican., 1963-05-30

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Marjorie Fratz was a Thursday
overnight guest of her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Margaret Rush.
Henry Haenftling, Akron, O., Wis
tied relatives and friends in Acct
dent, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn FratZ, Mrs.
Ida Fratz visited Mrs. Margaret
Rush, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Rush and
family, Miss Mae Schroyer, Mrs.
Arthur DeVine and daughter were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis BroadWater and family
and Mrs. Cora Rush.
Mrs. Cora Rush was a Monday
visitor of Mrs. Josie Groer.
There will be a showing of two
films at the Bear Creek Church of
the Brethren, Sunday evening,
June End, at 8 o'clock. The films
are In Response" and Camp Cali
lee" at Terra Alta.
The American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 208 will hold a special meet
ing Tuesday evening, June 4, in
stead of the regular Tuesday meet
ing. All members are urged to at
tend.
Mrs. Martha Bittinger caught an
8l2 pound carp, 27 inches long in a
private pond.
All American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 208 members are asked to
meet at Zion Lutheran church on
Memorial day for the parade at
$3.50.
The Ladies' Aid society of Zion
Lutheran church is sponsoring
ham supper and bazaar on Satur-
day night June l, at p. m.
Miss Jean Watt, of Newark, o.,
was an overnight guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Artice and family.
Hold Paint Demonstration
The Farm Home advisory COM
mittee of w. H. FratZ, Inc, held a
paint demonstration meeting May
81, at p. M, at the home of Mrs.
Walter Fratz. Wayne Fratz gave
the demonstration assisted by Gary
Fratz. Present were Mrs. Charles
E. Bowser, Mrs. Carl Haenftling,
Mrs. Luther BoWser, Mrs. Walter
Margroff, Mrs. Walter Harman and
fifteen other guests. Refreshments
we're served by Mrs. Fratz.
The Republican., 1963-05-30
Announce Engagement

Mrs Jessie Yarnall, Cumberland,
announce the Forthcoming mar
riage of her daughter, Kathryn A.,
TO Robert d. Bray, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Bray, of Shallmar.
The Nuptial mass will be per-
formed today in Cumberland with
Rev. Roman Schneider as celebrant.
The couple selected Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. Burke, Chevy Chase, as
the only attendants. They are
brother-in-law and sister of the
bride.
The bride, graduate Of Ursuline
academy and Potomac State col
lege, is employed by LitZenburg
Company, Inc. A graduate of Elk
Garden High school, Mr. Bray at
tended Alderson-Broadd college,
Phillippi, and Frostburg State
Teachers college. He is employed
at Allegany Ballistics laboratory.
The Republican., 1963-05-30

practiced his profession in st.
Louis. He exposed a vast amount
of political and official corruption
and prosecuted numerous bribery
cases which attracted wide atten-
ton He was governor of Missouri
for four years.
Marion Hayne Folk, Jr., is pro-
fessor and head of the department
: botany, and dean of the School
CT Agriculture and Forestry,
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute,
Ruston, La.
Eugene R. Folk, a distinguished
physician and specialist in diseases
of the eyes, practices his profession
in Chicago where he is also profess
sor of ophthalmology at the Uni
versity of Illinois College of Medi-
cine.
Samuel Byron Folk is professor
of engineering mechanics at Ohio
State University.
The Republican., 1963-05-30
Is Your Name
FOLK?

Folk, an old and honored sur
name, is principally of English and
German usages. The consensus of
opinion among authorities on the
origin of names is that it is OBJ
tanned from "Fulk", an ancient per-
sonal name meaning people"
The first census of the United
States, taken in 1890, has eighteen
istings of persons by the name of
Folk who we're residents of Penn
sylvania and heads of families at
that time. Twelve of them lived
in Berks County. The census rec
ords of Maryland for the same
year contain no references to per-
sons by the name of Folk.
According to The Pennsylvania
German Pioneers, published by
the Pennsylvania German Society
and listing the immigrant arrivals
at the Port of Philadelphia from
1927 to 1908, James Folk and Han
nah Folk, both of Hamburg, and
John Folk of Bremen arrived on
the ship "Betsey" on May 8, 1907
There are five references to per-
sons by the name of Folk in the
latest directory of Phi Beta Kappa,
the honorary scholastic society.
Edgar Estes Folk Q856-191O was
ordained to the ministry of the
Baptist Church in 1882, served in
various pastorates in Tennessee
and Kentucky, and was editor Of
the Baptist Reflector for the twen-
ty-eight year period preceding his
death. He served also as president
of the Anti-Saloon League of Ten
nessee.
Joseph Wingate Folk 1869-1923)
was a distinguished attorney who
The Republican., 1963-05-30
GrNHadSUiLEe NeEUS

The Route 40 Pioneer All club
met recently at the Route 40
school, Present were 16 members,
one mother, Mrs Walsh, Mrs.
Hugh Denison, assistant home
demonstration agent, and two Lead
ers, Mrs. Ray jenkins and Mrs.
John Blocher. Mrs. Denison talked
and showed a film on future ca
reers. Tie topic discussed was
plans for a Mothers and Fathers
day program combined. Gifts
would be made for both mother
and father The program will be
held at the Route 40 school The
girls plan to take part in the
county demonstrations The girls
v took part in the dress revue
all won blue ribbons. Lois Hunter
and Mary Alice Walsh were the
hostesses for this meeting. Z
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Grantsville Volunteer Firemen met
at the home of Mrs Elwood Tfess-
Ter with ten members present.
Delegates and alternates we're
The Republican., 1963-05-30
Bayard Ends Season
With so Victory

Bill Kopfle and Wayne Rippey
belted homers to account for all
of the runs as Bayard High closed
its baseball season with a so vic
tory over Circleville Monday af-
ternoon at Bayard. Kopfle's swat
came with two aboard and Rip
pey's with one.
The victory gave Francis Maleon-
skies team a 3-3 record in the
Potomac Valley conference and an
overall mark of 3-5.
Also playing for Bayard we're
Collette, Minnick, Moreland, Shat
fer, Kuhn, Sexton and Idleman.
The Republican., 1963-05-30

named to attend the Allegany and
Garrett County Auxiliary conven-
ton in Oakland. The holiday ba-
ar was discussed. Mrs. Oma
Beachy will assume the duties of
eSident as the present president,
Mrs Gloria Cline, plans to move
to Richmond, Va, in June.
Mrs. Wayne burst was hostess to
the Hi Lo 500 club at her home.
Prizes we're won by Mrs. Robert
Davis, Mrs. Luther Huff and Mrs.
Don Swauger.
Recent dinner guests of Misses
Ida and Beulah Engle we're Misses
Leanna and Clara Layman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Robson, of
Frostburg
Mr.. and Mrs. William Merrill ac-
companied their daughter Dixie,
to the University hospital, Balti-
more, over the weekend for fur
ther study in her educational work.
Mrs. Mildred Beachy is due to
leave on May 20 to visit her
daughter Zane, in Germany.
The Republican., 1963-05-30

of Charleston, spent several days
over the weekend with relatives
in this area.
Several members of Eglon Home
makers club and their families en-
joyed picnic lunch at Thornton,
w. Va, on Sunday, enroute to Jack
sons Mill where they toured the
grounds with guide.
Mr. and Mrs. Ladd Byers, who
had been visiting in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Wotring, of
Brookside, left Monday for their
home in Port Angeles, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Donham
and family, Baltimore, spent the
weekend in the home of the for
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs Wal
ter Donham, Aurora.
The Republican., 1963-05-30
To Conduct Bible School

The Assembly of God Church at
Deer Park will conduct a daily
vacation Bible school for children
three to fifteen years of age, from
June 10 to June 81, from to 8
o'clock each evening, it was an
nounced.
The Republican., 1963-05-30

An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Snyder, who died soon af-
ter birth in Baltimore, was brought
to the Accident cemetery near
Horse Shoe Run on Monday for in
terment Graveside services we're
conducted by the Rev Arnold
Smith, of Eglon.
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Life on Other Planets
Still Hope of Expert

Investigations that these micro
organisms "live out their entire
life cycle at high altitude" Mr..
Newell said, lone may conclude
that the question of whether
life exists on Venus is not
necessarily settled by the very
high surface temperatures that
appear to exist there"
instruments on Mars
AS for Mars, Mr.. Newell said
"the truly exciting phase of
the space biology program,
when we shall place instru-
ments on Mars in search Of
life on the red planet, is yet to
come"
But already the hardware is
ready. NASA now has new
and improved sticky string"
machine, called CULVER. 1t
would fire out two sticky strings,
which are supposed to pick up
living organisms on the surface
of Mars.
Then the strings would be
reeled back into a tank of
nutrient solution. If live organ
isms were picked up, they
would burgeon and change the
fluid. That tipoff would be
radioed back to earth.