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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21
New Officers Elected
To Memorial Board

ker. of Alexandria.
The May Memorial Sunday
School had a very interesting
commencement program, Sun
day night. The school had ar
average attendance of more
than 1870 workers and children
uring the week. The Rev
Crawford was superintendent
Mrs. Pauline Lawson and Mrs
James Dalton did a very line
job in serving refreshments tC
the children each morning.
The community wishes to vel
come a new Methodist pastor
the Rev McElroy and his fami-
ly.
We also welcome a new Pres
byterian minister, the Rev. Car
Uzzell He and bis family have
moved into the manse at Be
Iona.
Guests of w. R. Parker as
president of the Bank of Pow
hatan, Thursday evening for !in-
ner at Byrams. ard the ball
g a m e following We're: j. l..
Longest, Judge D. w. Murphy
G. c. Crump. Fred d. Thomp-
son. George w. Moore. Jr.. Will
liam Sheldon and Lewis Farm
en-. Of Chesterfield county, and
w. R. Blandford, Wyatt Sanders
of Powhatan, also T. D. Wat
kins and William W Watkins,
of Midlothian.
Mrs. John j. Guthrie is again
patient at NOV Hospital ard
is on the 14th floor.
R. NJ. Hudson. a member of
our board of supervisors. is en-
tering st. Elizabeth's Hospital
in Richmond Sunday He h s
not been well recently.
Nh and Mrs. w. r. Parker
attended the wedding of Miss
Barbara Ann Dunn. daughter of
Mr.. ard Mrs. B. Earle Dunn. to
Eugene Hughson, of Richmond
at Hatcher Memorial Church.
Richmond, FRIDAY evening.
j a C k Blanton, of Tamworth,
will work at the Bank of Pow
hatan during the summer. He
has recently completed his nm
ior year at the University Of
Virginia.
A number of our people at
tended commencement eXnr-
cises at the University Of Rich
mond, Monday evening. John
Buck, of Powhatan. was among
the graduates.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Marstin
have moved Tito the KRUGER
apartment.
Mr. and Mrs Kruger a n d
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. West have
moved into rev homes on RIOS
son Road.
Word has been received that
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Nichols
and Patsy Nichols have arriy-
ed safely at their home in At
lanta after an extended trip Of
several European countries.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21

Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Hub
bard have been to see his moth
er, Mrs. Myrtle Hubbard. a pa
tient at a Richmond hospital for
over two weeks. Mrs. Hubbard
lives in Louisa, but is a former
resident Of PoWlIatan county
1t is nice to see the college
students home for summer va
cation Among these are Carl
Jennings, Jr., Betty 10 Mover
Betty Jane Snitler. Fran Blox-
ton, Jr, Billy West, Joe Kac-
perski, and Winkie Emerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace NJ.
Franklin, who recently sold their
farm. have purchased land on
Route Is below Powhatan Court
House and plar to build a home
in the near future. Mighty nice
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21

POWHATAN. June II - New
officers for the Powhatan War
Memorial ard are: c. N
Elan, Jr, president; Ford Har-
ris. vice president; Margaret
Kruger. secretary. and j. P,
Fuller. treasurer
On the board Of directors are.
Douglas Marley. represent
ing N a ional Guard; w. R.
Blandfol'd. PoWhatan county
resentative; j. c. Green, Pow
hatan school board: c. r. Ken
non, il. PoWhatan hool
board T. w. Stafford, P-TA:
R c. Yates. Powhatan Lodge
and Eastern Star: j L. Tribble
American Legion, w. E. MaXey
Jr-, Rnrltar Club: James Ar
baugh. PoWhatan High School
Mrs. Douglas Elanton, h o M e
demonstration clubs. and Mar
safet j. Kruger. Legion AuXIl-
larry.
Members at large are NJ. B.
Hancock. w. R. Parker. G. NJ.
Palmore, j W Hatcher, r. c.
Goodwin.
Bond registrar is Mrs L C S
Mover.
Each director is elected for a
term of five years with the ex-
ception of the Captain of the
National Guard. w. r. Bland
ford. and J c. Green, who were
elected for indefinite terms.
Quite a numbei of our people
attended homecoming at Car
tersVille Baptist Church Sunday.
June Is. and the revival during
the week which is being con
Quoted by the Rev. Harold Par
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21
Colorado Ranger
New Appomattox
Park Supervisor

Grover E Steele has been
named superintendent Of Apo
nattoX Court House National
Historical Park. Director Con
rad L. Wrth of the National
Park Service announced June u.
Steele succeeds Thomas F..
Norris. who was recently APP
pointed superintendent of Fort
Smith National Historic Site in
Arkansas.
The new supervisor has been
Supervisory Park Ranger at
Rocky Mountain National Park
in Colorado since 1860 During
his 1919 years with the Ma
tional Park Service he has also
had Ranger assignments at Big
Bend National Park in Texas
and at Organ Pipe Cactus and
Saguaro National Monuments in
Arizona.
In April 1910, the Congress
authorized establishment of the
National Historical Park to com
memorate the end of the Civil
War The park includes the old
Village of Appomattox Court
House, and Steele will continue
the program of restoration and
reconstruction of the historic
buildings in the village in time
for the Centennial observance in
April 1865.
A native of Texas, Steele serv-
ed with the U. S. Air Force dur
ing World War IL He will be ac-
companied to Appomattox by his
wife. Hazel. and their four chill
dren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21

Roanoke. and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall Coffey, of Lynchburg, visit
ed Mrs. Elsie Smith and Mrs.
Annie Orange last week. They
also visited Mrs. Bell in the
home of Mrs. Marshall Brisen-
tine.
Mrs. Lou j. Southall of Rich
mond, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Lou B. johnson.
Vacation Bible School is bein
conducted this week at Prospect
Methodist Church. Children are
invited to attend.
For fast results use the Herald
classified page.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21

1t is better to come to a dead
stop than come to a stop-dead
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21
QUALITY

Author I have a story ;hat
everybody ought to read.
Editor - Sorry: if it were a
story robody ought to read
would take a chance and pub
lish it in book form.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-21
IN JUST IS MINUTES
If you HAVE TO
SCRATCH YOUR INCH

Your 4sc back at any drug store.
Quick-drying ITCH-ME-NOT deadens
the itch and burning. Antiseptic action
kills germs to speed healing. Fine for
eczema. insect bites. foot itch. other
surface rashes. NOW at Gray's Drug
Store. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
&c to Build
Paper Mill

The Kimberly Clark Corp.
announced yesterday that con-
struction will start Immediately
on a multi-million-d dollar pulp
and paper mill at Anderson,
Calf, site of its Hasta Division.
Completion is scheduled for
November, 1864.
The integrated plant will
manufacture printing papers
for expanding western needs.
The supporting pulp mill will
have a daily capacity of $50
tons of several grades of
bleached Kraft pulp. The paper
mill is designed for a normal
capacity of $4,000 tons a year.
John r. Kim berly, board
chairman, said the project is
part of a 'long-held corporate
policy to build plants near
markets for better customer
service"
The new plant is in an area
where Kimberly Clark has saw
mills and 325, 1000 acres of forest
lands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15

stock publicly on the New York
Stock Exchange.
The company, which has
annual sales of $50 billion, had
been run tightly by Mr.. Burger
as president for Is years.
In January, six of the new
directors from the 1858 re-
organization objected to a plan
to replace Mr.. Burger as presi-
dent by a man almost as old as
he, 67-year-old John D. Ehgott.
The six directors said
younger leadership was needed,
but they were voted down by
the other board members, all
of whom are APP executives.
Mr.. Ehrott became president.
One of the six dissidents
said the action yesterday was
viewed favorably" but would
comment no further on
whether a schism still exists
on the board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
OFFICES WITH AIR AGE VIEW
A6PAdds Five; Burger, 73, to Retire

NEW YORK (AP). - The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Co. announced yesterday that
1t has added five new men to
its board of directors and that
Ralph w. Burger, board chair
man, win retire Gin the near
future"
The announcement marks
further high-level changes at
APP, the Nations biggest
supermarket chain, which at
tracted attention in January
with a directors dispute over
younger leadership.
Mr.. Burger. 70. did not indi-
cate how soon he would step
aside from active management
but said that when he does, he
will remain a director. He is
now chief executive officer as
well as chairman.
Mr.. Burger said he is retir-
ing to devote more time to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15

John A. Hartford Foundation,
a charitable institution set up
by APPS founding family and
one that owns about a third Of
the firms stocks.
The new directors. all from
the New York area, include
four attorneys. Anthony A.
Bliss, so, of Milbank, Tweed,
Hadley and McCloy; John T.
Cahill, so. Of Cahill. Gordon,
Reindel and Oil: Roy C. Col
Inns, so, of Collins and Toner,
and David Sher, SIS, of Stroock
and Stroock and Lavan. The
fifth. John M. Schiff, SO, is a
senior partner in the big in
vestment, banking firm Of
Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
The appointments bring the
board membership to IS. II
had been increased from IA to
20 in 1858. just before the then
family-held firm offered its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
Rail Freight LOadings in the

Rail Freight LOadings in the
week ended March 8 totaled
517,757 cars, down 2.8 per cent
from the previous week and
down Is per cent from the like
week a year ago. Assn. of
American Railroads.
Intercity Truck Tonnage in
"a metropolitan areas across
the country in the week ended
March 8 was up 10 per cent
from the previous week and up
IL per cent from the like week
"a year Amer. Trucking
ASsns.
Life Insurance purchases over
the Nation in January totaled
SAL billion compared with $3.s
billion in the like month a
year ago. Life ms. Mgm.
Assn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Wards Will Build
Central Warehouse

j. B. Ceiling, Metropolitan
District general manager for
MONTGOMERY Ward g. Co., an
nounced plans yesterday to
build a 126,000-square-foot
central warehouse at Ardwick,
Nd, near Hyattsville, to serve
the company's stores and GUS
toners in the Washington,
area. D.
Mr.. Ceiling said the ware
house, to be erected on a nine-
acre site, will distribute mer-
chandise to Wards Wheaton
Plaza store and to the two
stores to be opened early this
fall in Villa Heights and Falls
Church.
Construction of the ware
house at the intersection Of
Old Landover and Landover
roads is scheduled to start next
week. a.
A central repair and GUS
tomer-service unit. including o
fleet of 80 radio controlled
service trucks equipped with
spare parts and testing equip
ment, will be provided to serv-
ice Ward appliances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Area Store Volumes
70 Per Cent Above ~

department store sales in
the Washington Metropolitan
Area for the week ended March
9 were up 20 per cent ever the
same week a year ago and also
Is per cent ahead Of the pre-
vious week, the Federal Reserve
Bank Of Richmond reported.
In the four weeks ended
March 9, sales gained 8 per
cent over a similar period in
1862. For the year to date, they
also were up 8 per cent.
For the downtown stores,
sales rose % per cent over the
similar week in 1862 and "a per
cent over the previous week.
In the four weeks they had
gained 8 per cent over the 1862
period and a similar precent-
age for the year to date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
BY CHARLES COvELL
Star staff Writer

The 27-member firms Of the
District Savings and Loan
League showed an increase Of
$175.8l4,787 in their total assets
at the end Of February over
the same date in 1862.
Assets totaled 81. 668, 1874, 877,
compared with $l,492, $3.50, 900
on February %. 1862. On jan
uary 81 this year they were
81 ,654 1888, 688.
The breakdown for last
February 28. included cash on
hand. $76,847,180; Government
bonds, S78.409.875; real estate
loans. 1.458, 940, 084: share
loans, $5,085. 1873; stock, Federal
Home Loan Bank, $19, 730, 400;
real estate, LATE, $50, and
other assets, $7,7O2,35
A year earlier, cash on hand
totaled $54,752,790: Govern
ment bonds, $60,334,9I0; real
estate loans, $1,328,544,3l5:
share loans, $4.545, 096; stock
In the Federal Home Loar
Bank. $l9,680,400 real estate
$2l 1851. 430, and other assets
$3,171,146.
On the liability side on Feb
ruary %, were shares, $1,452,.
6l4,637; borrowed money, $42,-
10000; reserves, $115,O37, 007
and other liabilities, 5S,423.-
232.
A year ago liabilities were
shares, $l,291.771,s53; Dor.
rowed money, $40, 1896, 900; re.
serves, $l04, 778,673. IL and othel
liabilities, $52,934,563.
Loans by the member COM
panies also increased sharply
over 1862. Construction loans
settled last month totaled $ll,-
1872, 725; purchase loans, So, $685.
421, and others, "a, ,221.31
for a total of $500 ,367.57.
In February, 1862, the total
was $21 ,292,5 33, broken down
into construction loans, $6,047,-
100; purchase loans, $10,42 1888
an others. S4.825.O44.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
FoirchHd to Expand
Marketing of F-27s

Fairchild Stratos of Hagers-
town, Md, is expanding its F.
81 marketing program through
out Latin America.
The company has Just COM
pleted an agreement for Kwiat-
kowski Aircraft, Inc, Of New
York to represent 1t in Market
ing the products of its AIR
craft-Missiles Division. II
Previously it had engaged
Laurance @. Henderson of
Washington as Fat sales rep
resentative in specific Latin
American areas.
L. B. Richardson, jr., Air@
craft-Missiles Division general
manager, predicts that Fair
child's turboprop transport will
continue to replace piston pow
cred aircraft for at least the
next 10 years. "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
CHAIN STORE
SALES
RetuiI Sales Gain
BY the Associated Press

Retail sales amounted to
1892 billion in the week ended
March 8. an increase OF 8 per
cent over the corresponding
week last year, the Commerce
Department estimated. Volume
declined from the previous
week, when sales aggregated
$4.4 billion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Earnings

KennecOtt Copper Co. in
year ended December 81
earned SOS, 654.728 or 1894 q
share VS.. $61 1868 or $3.50
in 1861.
West Point Mfg. in 6 months
ended February % earned
$685. 900 or $1.16 a share VS..
$3.806,000 or $1.25 in 1862
period.
Flying Tiger Line in year
ended December 81 earned
$2,810,931 or S1.94 a share VS..
a loss of $3.50, 756 in 1861.
Kay Jewelry Stores in 6
months ended December 81
earned $772,8 1884 or $1.29 a share
VS.. $828.363 or $1.38 in 1861
period.
Other earnings included:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
SCI League Assets Show Increase
Of 1914, 1877; Loans Up Sharply!

agreement for the aircraft pur-
chase by Slick.
The planes, made by Canad-
air, are CL-44s and were &C.
quired last year, a company
spokesman said. They are OPP
Grating under an international
contract with the Military Air
Transport Service. The 51a per
cent debentures due in 1878 may
be offered by Canadian for
public sale in the over-the-
counter market.
Slick is a diversified company
also producing window shades,
industrial machinery. and dust
collecting eQuipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Meeting Changed

NEW YORK (AP).-Western
Union Telegraph Co. has noti-
fled stockholders that the 1868
annual meeting will be held
April 10 in Los Angeles. 1t will
be the first ever held outside
New York. One resolution that
will be presented TO the meet
ing calls for a limitation OF
$4,000 a year on pensions for
company officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Slick Plans to File
Debenture Issue

Slick Corp, Washington
hsadquartered com pany, is
seeking registration of $615, 900
in convertible debentures with
the Securities & Exchange
Commission as part of a recent
purchase of two swing tail
turboprop freight planes.
The registration statement,
filed Wednesday with the SEC,
said the debentures were issued
to Canadian, Ltd, in change for
a temporary note under a loan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15

the property from the Farm
Rite Implement Co. of Chicago
through the realty office Of
Russell N. Head in that city.
The garage has six stories
above ground and three below,
containing 10000 square feet
of inclosed parking space,
enough to accommodate AIS
cars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Common Market Conference

Officials of the European Economic Community and
United States Government and industry will speak at
brefing conference April at the Hall Of Nations,
Georgetown University under auspices Of the Bureau Of
National Affairs Federal Bar Assn. and Villanova and
GEORGETOWN Universities. French Ambassador Herve
Aphand who will discuss his country's international
policy is among the scheduled speakers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Of People
Bank Directors Named

Samuel Salzberg, vice president Of A.
Tasker, Inc, of Falls Church, and
william A. Koier, president of Haven
Construction Corp, have been elected
directors of First National Bank of
Hillandale, Md. Mr.. Salzberg is
mechanical contractor. Mr.. Koier is
also president of Blk Factoring Co.
and general partner in Lincoln Park
Investment Assn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
StotIer Garage Sold
To William Cohen

William Cohen, Washington
real estate investor. announced
yesterday the purchase of the
Statler garage at 1914 L street
NV, adjacent to the Statler-
Hilton Hotel, at a price Sin
excess of 81 million"
Mr.. Cohen said he brought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Dividend Announced
By Security Bank

The Security Bank will pay a
semiannual dividend of $3.50
a share March 20 to stock
holders Of record March %.
The bank said the dividend
will be paid on the increased
number of shares resulting
from the 10 per cent stock
dividend paid in January
which raised the number Of
shares outstanding from a.
400 to 53,24O with a par value
Of $25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Page Communications AppOintee

Joseph A. Neary has been named
assistant to the senior vice president for
marketing at Page Communications
Engineers, Inc, of Washington, sub
sidiary of Northrup Corp. He is vet
eran of is years in the electronics and
communications industry. including
work for the Army and on the DEW
Line. He joined Page last November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
SIS Million Contract
By the Associated Press

The Navy awarded a $5,151,-
300 contract to Marinette Ma
rine Corp, .Marinette, Wis. for
construction Of two oceano-
graphic research ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
DriscoII Forms Company

Theodore @. Drscoll, jr, has announced the organ
ization Of new company. Driscol and Associates Of
Bethesda. 1t will represent trade associations in the
management of their conventions and group meetings
Mr.. DriScoll formerly held executive posts with the
Shoreham Hotel and International Inn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
UIine Ice Aide Chosen

Harry Lynn, president of Uline Ice
Co., has announced the promotion Of
Richard Henderson, general manager
for the last year, to vice president. Mr..
Henderson previously was manager of
the watch import division of the Fair
fax Distributing Co. for 16 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
EIectronics Aide Named

Richard j. jacob has joined the staff of White Elec
tromagnetcs, Inc, chief of the Electromagnetic War
fare Section The Bethesda company specazes in RADIO
Frequency interference prediction measurements and
control electromagnetic warfare and eectronic intel
kence techniques
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Joins Arbitration Panel

The American Arbitration Association has named
Thomas K. Taylor of Washington, vice president of
Trans World Arnes Inc to its National Panel of Arbi-
traitors The non-proft organization annually arbtraes
more than 1000 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT commercial and in
ternationa trade disputes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
OVER COUNTER

Following prices furnished by the Ma
tional Association Of Securities Dealers in
Washington represent the range within
which locally active securities could have
been bought or sold at | pm. Friday,
March IS, 1853:
nauka anl WuaurawaN Earwnnaufaa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Defense Products Aide Named

William P. Bell has been appointed to the newly
created position Of defense products manager of the
Als-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. office here. Mr. Bell
previously had been sales manager in the companys
thermal power department He Joined Alis Chalmers in
1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
and Events
Marketing Conference Set

The American University School of Business Admin
itraon will hold its third annual Washington conference
on business Government relations in marketing at the
Shoreham Hotel March 2122 Industry and Government
officials will discuss world markets procurement policies
regulation and idea communications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Foreign Trade Institute

The 18th annual ocean shipping and foreign trade
institute will be sponsored by American University at its
downtown center 1901 street NV. April 29May 10.
Encouragement and junior executives will be
represented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Picked for Hopkins Panel

-Four new members have been named to the Advisory
Board Of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory Selected by Dr. Milton s. Eisenhower presi-
dent of the university James A. Sngluff, Richard
Z. Ellis, Alvin r. Eaton jr. and Robert w. Hart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Joins Commercial Loon Unit

Peter Banker has been transferred by the James W.
Rouse g. Co., Inc, from its Baltimore office to Washing
ton Mr. Banker viii be assigned to the commercial loan
department Of the mortgage banking firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
TREASURY BONDS

| NEW YORK CAP) Noon over the
counter us. Government Treasury bonds.
| bid. asked, net change and yield for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Two Pattern Books

Mrs. W. A. u, Arlington p
I am DESTROYS Of obtaining
a copy of each of the follow
ing: Pattern and Costume
Designing (1940) published
by the Women's Institute Of
Domestic Arts and Sciences"
Ia division Of international
Correspondence Schools,
Scranton, Pa. The publishers
have informed me that the
book has been discontinued.
The other book is 'Funda-
mental Principles Of Pattern
Making for Misses and Ladies
Garments" by Irving e.
Curtis and Philip DiFatte.
Philcurt Publishing Co., New
York. This too is not avail
able.
Could someone Of the RICH
tell me where I might obtain
a copy Of these? Or. perhaps
someone could suggest SINH
lar books and tell me where
/ could obtain them.
Thank you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
University Head Plans Reception

The $3.50 to II pm. event
will be held in the Chinese
Room and main ballroom of
the Mayflower Hotel.
Members of the University
faculty and their wives or
husbands as well as members
of the administrative staff