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V Parking Paradise Patchoguo can certainl y be proud of its fine new off-street parking f i eld s . Construction of the Lake Street field , third of the four maj or fields compris- ing Patchogue ' s otf-street parking pro- gram, was completed last week. And recently the last remaininjr parkin^ meter in munici pal parking fields was removed from the Terry Street lot . Meters on parking lots had been a source of irritation to shoppers , and now that they are gone , shoppers have been la\ ish in their praise of the move. All in all , Patchogue now is a veritable parking paradise. The spacious, newl y- surfaced lots have added new lustre to Patchogue ' s reputation at the No. 1 Sh o pp ing Center in Suffolk. It should be pointed out , too , that the cost of this off-street parking program is being assessed against the benefit use dis- trict covering properties in the central business section. Now that the otf-street parking pro- gram is almost comp leted , what is need- ed is a concei ted attempt to improve traffic flow in the village. As this news- paper has urged for years , more access roads are needed to provide easy ingress and egress without bottling up traffic on the main arteries. Some pro- gress has been made in accelerating; traffic flow b y restricting parking to one side of the street in certain areas. Black-topp ing of the main streets in the business section last year also hel p e d. One remed y mig ht be lo make cer- tain streets one-way onl y. The opening of new links should also be given prior- ity attention. One thing is certain. The expanded parking lots , which make shopp ing in Patchogue so convenient , are bound to bring throngs of additional shoppers to the \ illaee. This in turn will agu-re- \ ate the problem of traffic flow. We feel sure the same cooperation between \ illage and civic officials and expert counsel that led to the sp lendid off-street fields can lick the traffic problem. Research on this subj ect to date should be augmente d b y data on how the new lots have affected the flow of traffic. Great strides have been made to date on the parking-traffic front , and thev are a credit to M avor Robert T. Wald- bauer and all those who have been associated with this activity. Business as Usual Out of recent news that Eastport and li\ e communities to the East will embark on a study of school district reorganization has come an observa- tion which we feel is well worth the sober reflection of all parents with chil- dren in the Eastport school system. Commen ting on the news of the im- pending stud }, one Eastport administra- tor voiced fears that the prospect of change in the school systems mig ht re- sult in a \ short-chang ing \ of students , unfortunate enough to be enrolled during a period of \ wait and see. '' More specif- icall y, he fears that the \ powers that be \ may be tempted to close the book on the future ot Eastport School , sit back and wait the change , whatever it may be. Courses that are needed and mi g ht be added to the curriculum under more ordinary circumstances mig ht be sheh ed in the name of \ practicality , \ he iears. This , of course , would mean that students in their last years of secondary education mig ht find themselves run- ning the demanding races for college admission and vocational success with \ game \ legs. We ha\e great confidence in the wis- dom of the men who administer the school system in Eastport and we feel sure that backed b y the community ' s taxpayers , they will conduct their vital business as usual while awaiting the stud y ' s outcome. Christmas Present Peop le can hardl y be blamed for fuzzy tl linking about the cost of federal aid dollars when their local leaders and news media couch information on spending increases in terms that indi- cate federal aid is an outright gift from Santa Claus. Recentl y in a news story, one maj or New York newspaper stated in a three- column headline that the cost for pub- lic welfare was up onl y $25 in its county. The story began with a state- ment b y the comity welfare commis- sioner that the cost of public welfare to the county ' s taxpayers in 1962 would go up only $25. Much further down in the story it was disclosed that the program would actuall y cost $287 , 800 more than the preceding year. This information was followed b y a quotation from the wel- fare commissioner saying that while the bud get had increased , federal aid would offset the increase for local taxpayers except for $25. Is it possible taxpayers in that county don ' t pay federal taxes and thus the increase in welfare spending paid for b y federal tax money will not cost them anything ? How can peop le understand what they are pay ing for each week when they receive their pay check minus federal taxes and then are told that this money they have earned and lost reall y isn ' t an expense? If this same money taken from their pay check each week as specificall y ear- marked county welfare aid , it is hard to see how anyone could tell them their welfare costs and taxes to support it were increasing onl y b y $25. Federal aid for welfare in this county is not magicall y appearing from a vacuum. It is being collected every pay day from each productive person in the county. The diminution in their individual spending ability is not less because the cash taken is labeled in- stead of county spending, federal tax ( which will have to pay for county spending). Notes From the Old Files 50 Years Ago December 7 , 1911 Patchogue — The old and well known firm ol Mathieu , Reid and Shand is to dissolve at the end of the month , and be- ginning January 1 Mr. Aiathieu will con- duct iiie business alone. Air. Reid is to retire , tor the present at least , and has no delimte announcement to make of his future plans. Mr. Shand will purchase the business of the tirm of John S. riavena and Company. The store of this latter firm is being remodeled for the new proprietor. Blue Point — The entertainment and dance given b y the Ladies ' Village Im- provement Association in Firemen ' s hall last Thursday evening was a great success , and besides providing a thoroughl y enjoy- able affair the association realized over $25 above expenses . Yaphank — Station Agent Barteau is taking a two weeks ' vacation. R. C. Lef- lerts is substituting for him. Center Moriches — The Thimble Club meets with Mrs. Daniel Brown this week. East port — Mr . and Mrs. R. C. Tuttle are at Oneonta where their daughter is at school. Moriches — Mrs. Sarah Ross is visiting her daughter , Mrs. Giles De Grot of Ron- konkoma. East Moriches — Edward Clark came home from Rensselaer Polytechnic School to spend Thanksgiving holidays with his parents , Postmaster and Mrs. E. A. Clark. Patchogue — The electric car on the Blue Point line was tied up all Monday morning and part of the afternoon by the heavy snow. No means for removing the snow was at hand when the storm came , but late r in the day the tracks were cleared with a road scraper drawn by a team of horses. Patchogue — At the meeting of the Sorosis on Monday evening the following officers were elected : President , Miss Li Hie M. Conklin; first vice president , Mrs. Clarence Vrooman ; corresponding secre- tary, Miss Susie Shary; recording secre- tary, Miss Lillian Davis; members board oi* directors for two years each , Mrs. John J. Roe , Mrs. Frank Potter , Mrs. Howard S. Conklin . Next Monday evening Dr. Frank Overton will give a talk on Domes- tic Science The hostesses this week were Mrs. J. L. Overton and Mrs. W. S. Ben- nett. Bellport — J. D. Walton won a tu rkey one night last week and Saturday eve- ning it was served to the members of the Occombomac Club. Patchogue — Jerome W. Ackerley has a new auto truck that will carry two p ianos instead of one which was the capa- city of his oth er two trucks. 35 Years Ago December 7 , 1926 Patchogue — Two new records were broken locall y on Sunday, one by the weather and the other by the street de- partment , for just as the heavy snowfall set a new record for this section at this time of the year so did the village set a new record in the manner and rapidity with which the seven-inch white blanket was cleared from the main thoroughfares of Patchogue. Patchogue — Jacob E. Longbothum , Pat- chogue ' s oldest male resident , is today celebrating* his 96th birthday anniversary at his home , 60 Terry Street , where he is receiving the felicitations and good wishes of his many friends. East Moriches — Miss Beatrice Darnell , who is staying with friends in Larchmont , N. Y., and studying dramatic art in New York City, spent Thanksgiving- vacation with her parents , Mi* , and Mrs. Walter Darnell. Eastport — Mrs. Clarence Raynor , Mrs. Charles Albin , Mrs. Alex Smith and Mrs. Fred Pierson were among those at- tending a card party at Riverhead Country Club on Thursday afternoon. A delicious luncheon was enjoyed. Center Moriches — Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hawkins have moved from Mrs. Eugene Ross ' bungalow on Lake Avenue to their new home which they have recently pur- chased of Mrs. Florence Smith , also of Lake Avenue. Bayport — The Bayport Girl Reserves met at the home of their guardian , Mrs . Maynard Nichols of the North Country Road on Saturday afternoon. Patchogue — Hostesses for Sorosis Wednesday will be the Misses May and Irene Webb. Center Moriches — Mrs. D. S. Warner left here Saturday for a visit with friends at Blue Point , whence she expects to go to the cit y for about a week. Patchogue — The night school for im- migrants which began October 6 under the direction of Vice Princi pal Sittler and Principal Eichelberger , at the high school , is meeting with marked success. To date 60 members have joined the classes. The advanced class has a membership of 24 , while 36 have signed up' for the begin- ners ' class. Patchogue — The Christmas season opened officially Saturday morning as far as the police department is concerned when the first lost child was brought to headquarters and returned to his home after his identit y had been established. Officer Mester found the little lad wander- ing aroend on South Ocean Avenue in the vicinit y of the post office where he said he was looking for \Santa Claus. \ — on — Main Street THERE WAS ONCE a Greek his- torian named Herodotus who said of the postmen of his clay that \Neither snow , nor rain , nor heat , nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointe d rounds. \ \Apparently Herodotus didn ' t know about dogs , \ says Patch- ogue Postmaster Geary H. Whit- lock. \Or maybe he did know about them but found that they had a pleasanter disposition in those pagan times than do th\ir brethren in our more civilized society. If Herodotus were writ- ing about mail carriers today, he would probably record for posterit y that 'No force on earth except dogs can prevent these worthy public servants from completing their important tasks ' . \ Looked at historically or cur- rently, soberly or facetiousl y, dogs are not always man ' s best friend. In their proper place , they merit all of the poetic comp li- ments paid them through the ages. But their proper place is not gnawing on the tenderest part of the mailman ' s calf or cling ing with complete dedication to the seat of his pants. \By way of pointing Up our problem , \ says Postmaster Whit- lock , \ six earners on the 23 route s we have out of Patchogue were bitten badly enoug h to re- quire medical attention during a recent six-month period. There are numerous instances on record where a carrier was bitten so badly that surgery was required. This is all painful , costl y, unfair , and unnec- essary. \ The eternal conflict between dogs and the postal service would make some sense if the postman were an enemy of the dog ' s fam- ily. But the postman is among the family ' s best friends. All he ever seeks is the opportunity to serve his patrons well. So , if any of you who read this appeal have a dog, enjoy him thoroughly, but please don 't make the mailman ' s life miserable in the process. He , too , deserves re- asonable comfort and security in his work. And the taxpayer is en- titled to relief from the heavy medical costs imposed by dog bites. Letters The editorial page of this newspaper goes to press Monday. Letters to the editor and accepted by him for publication , must be received not later than Saturday morning or publication will be delayed until the following week. PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME The editor will not pass anonymous letters for publication. If you do not wish your name published you may sign a nam de plume but your real name and address must be written below as evidence of good faith —Neither will be printed. Why Delay Any Longer ? Editor , The Long Island Advance: Seldom has the touchy subject of Integration been approached with the clarity and human un- derstanding of Advance Colum- nist , Robert B. Martin. Mr. Martin ' s recent \Fuss Over Intergration , \ succinctly sums up what has too long ocen made an overl y-complex problem! A littl e boy ' s hopes , fears and anti- ci patory yearnings — maybe a puppy for Christmas — simply accentuates that all humanit y are but brothers under the skin. Acts of violtnce and depreda- tions against minority groups in a country guaranteeing equality to all , are in themselves , per se , living testimony to the fact free- dom ' s flag does not yet fl y full- mast in the U.S.A. Laws cannot grant freedom to any race , creed or nationality. They spring from the well-springs of the heart. Wlhat an erroneous assumption that mere color , race or creed automatically bestow supe- riority to one group — while implying arbitrary inferiorit y to another segment of our citizenry. We ' ve had 100 years to prepare for integration — why delay im- p lementation longer?. Wilson L. Glover Waterford Conn. Nov. 20 , 1961. Lesson in English BY W. L. GORDON WORDS OFTEN MISUSED Avoid these common errors in everyday speech: \Where did he go to?\ and , \Where ' s he at?\ Instead , say, \Where did he go?\ \Where is he?\ Do not say, \The bird lit grace- fully on the branch of the tree. \ Say, \The bird LIGHTED. \ When using the abbreviations \A.D. \ and \B.C. \ in dates , it is important to remember that \A. D. \ is always used before the year , and \B.C. \ after the year. Say, \A.D. 1961 , \ and \250 B.C. \ Do not say, \This machine is no use to me. \ Say, \is OF no use to me. \ Do not say, \Neither he or she have any plans. \ Say, \Neither he NOR she HAS any plans. \ Do not say, \Is it snowing out- side?\ The word \ outside \ is su- perfluous, and should be omitted. WORDS OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Absolutely. Accent FIRST syl- lable , not the second; and pron- ounce the third syllable as \lyu \ and not as \loo. \ Novice. Pronounce nahv-iss , ac- cent on first syllable; and not \ nahv-uss. \ Extricable. Accent is on first syllable , not the second. Gala. Pronounce as gay-la , and not as \ gaal-a . \ Splenetic (peevishly malicious). Pronounce splee-net-ick , accent on second syllable. Mayhem. Pronounce may-hem, accent on first syllable. Consult ^ our classified columns for bargains , opportunities , no- tices. —Adv. Town and Countv - m More About \Those Good Old Days \ ISLAND NEWS BRIEFS HUNTINGTON — The new Jefferson School, now in its early stages of construction, may under- go a change of contractors. The board of education said it had re- ceived notice from a Maryland bonding company that the present contractor will not be able to com- plete its contract. As guarantors of the performance bond , the Maryland firm expects to name a new contractor. Construction is expected to be delayed for about 60 days. BY ROBERT B. MARTIN When I started last week' s column with the line , \Oh , for those good old days , \ I should have added , \Run for the hills! The dam is breaking!\ At the time , I mentioned such recollections as horse-drawn milk wagons , vaudeville , gangster mov- ies and such. 1 didn 't realize how great a reservoir of other memor- ies I was tapping until peop le in all age groups began tossing in their own \ remember whens \ at me. A surprising number of persons much younger than I came for- ward with recollections such as , \Do you remember when we didn 't have * TV? Penicillin ? Frozen foods?\ And ( for cry in ' out loud), \Do you remember when we didn 't have jet p lanes?\ Am I THAT old ? As for those in other age groups , \Do you remember the Joe Louis fights on radio ? When every motorist carried a tire pump? When you made your own ice cream ? When people greased their own cars and cleaned the sparkplugs?\ There used to be a say ing, too , \Little pitchers have big ears. \ And I guess \little pitchers \ still do. A doctor ' s wife here in town jokingly remarked in front of junior that she was at the Ford Theatre the night Lincoln was shot. The following day, junior proudly informed his teacher of this. Teacher may ask his mom for further details at the next PTA meeting. - We moved from Brookl yn to a rural area upstate and then we used hand pumps to get water . We had a cistern , too. A lady said she remembers the cistern at her house because the famil y dog was alwavs falling into it. I' ve never heard of a cat falling into a cis- tern , have you ? We had a barrel under the rain spout. 1 forget what we used the water for. Seems to me it was \ soft\ water and good for wash- ing clothes. Among my earliest recollections was a wood-burning stove for cooking. Mom was baking cookies in its oven once and gave me some of the dough. Or batter , or whatever you call it , to roll around in my hands. I rolled it into the shape of a cookie , opened a door of the stove and threw it onto the fire. Wh y bother with the oven ? When I figured it was done , I hitched up my short pants , squat- ted in front of the stove and opened the door to see how the thing was doing. The cookie rolled out , hit me on the left leg just above the knee and stuck there. I' ve still got the scar. It looks like a vaccination. The sturdy man of ihe house always cranked the car to start the contraption. This is why there was always some sturd y man of th(> house in the nei g hborhood sporting\ a busted arm. We bad a p layer p iano and my happiest sport was p lay ing the rolls in reverse. The keys went up and down by themselves. Looked like a six-handed invisible man was p lay ing. Sometimes I used to punch extra holes in the rolls. This dismayed the rest of the family, but I got a real charge out of the strange new chords I'd com- posed. Victrolas had an arm that fold- ed back. When you went to the store to buy a new needle the clerk didn 't have to consult a catalogue featuring a million different types. He merel y handed you a packet of needles for a dime or so. Record players have since become more comp lex , which is wh y they sound better today, I suppose. Fourth of Jul y was always an event . Li ghting a five-incher and p lacing an empty bean can over it treated you to the sigh t of a Cape Canaveral effort that cost a nickle. Sometimes the fuse fizzled out. Then , the bravest kid in the bunch would chance lifting up the can to see what was what . If it so happened the fuse had been damp and a little slow , the brave kid would either get bongod on the forehead by the can or end up with two or three short fingers. Those tiny lady crackers could be p laced between your teeth and g ive your head a sli ght tingle when they went off. If you neglected to keep your li ps pulled way hack—especially the lower one—the doc would have to put some cotton on a tooth p ick , im- merse it in iodine and shove it back and forth through the^ hole. The movie , \Panoh o Villa , \ came out one year. In one scene , Pancho cave each of his men a cigar. When they charged , they used the ci gars to lig ht sticks of dynamite and won the battle . I thought this was a great idea , so I mentioned it to Tommy Fitz- maurice , who got hold of one of his grandfather ' s cigars. We tos= n d to see who would be Pancho Villa , and Tommy won. So I , in great disappointment , gath- ered my strings of flash crackers and re hired into a doghouse to await Tommy ' s charge. When he didn 't charge . T struck a match to one of the flash crack- ers and next thing I knew the whole bunch was going off. I didn 't get hurt , but I sure got the dick- ens scared out of me. Tommy, it deveionen. had puff - ed away on the ci gar until his stomach began acting up. His mother caught him and he went to bed without supper. Not that he 'd have wanted any. Yeah , those were certainl y the \ good old davs. \ — Long Island — N ews Briefs SMITHTOWN — Construction has begun on the 13-acre shopping center to be built on the south side of the Smithtown b y-pass west of Route 111 , Hauppaugcj , according to agents for the project. The cen- ter will consist of 100 , 000 square feet of retail space being built in two sections by Universal Shop- ping Centers , Inc. * * * ISLIP — An informal hearing will be held at 8 p. m. December 6 on a proposed atomic waste storage warehouse in Bohemia. Supervisor Thomas J. Harwood said Federal and State officials will meet with the town board and representatives of Long Island Nuclea r Service Corp., which hopes to build the structure. * * * HUNTINGTON — In its No- vember 18 meeting the town board appointed the Northport Observer as the legal paper for Huntington Town. The action rescinded earlier board resolutions in which The Long Islander was made the town ' s official newspaper. * * * ALBANY — The Shinnecock Indians of Eastern Suffolk County were told by the .;tate November 22 that a golf course could not be built on their reservation. The attorney general' s office ruled that leasing any part of the reser- vation for a golf course or for any other purpose was contrary to the \fundamental purpose of a reser- vation. \ Use of tribal lands for other than residence or settlement would constitute an \intrusion , \ the attorney general said. * * * BABYLON — The town board recently authorized the expendi- ture of $270 , 000 for waterfront projects. The park improvement plan , which will get underway shortl y, covers almost every facil- ity in town and will provide addi- tional parking space, bathing areas , fishing p iers and docking space. >! = * * HUNTINGTON — A committee of 63 men and women have been asked to formulate a master plan for the town b y town officials and the Huntington Planning Board. The committee was told recentl y that the town ' s total population is expected to re ach 240 000 b y 1980 , and that the town ' s land area , now 51 per cent utilized , will be 85 per cent utilized in 1!)80. PAGE 8. EDITORIAL SECTION alfje -Hmtg Jfilmtii Atmartr? (Formerly The Patchogue Advance ano Consolidated with The Mo> i< ties Tribune; Published by THE PATCHOGUE ADVANCE, INC. 20 Medford Avenue Fatchozue , Long Island New York Telephone GRover 6-1000 NINETY-FIRST YEAR First issue of The PaU-hojjue Advance wab 1- rid;i> , St i/ltrnber 1 , IB .1. Fir.st lsbue ot Tne Moriches Tribuna wab !• mlay, April 2 , 10o7- First issue as The Long Island Advanc* May 4 , latil. Mail Addrebs : Po.it Office Drawer 780 , Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York. Entered as second c.ass matter at th* post oliice at Patchogue , under the Act of March 3 , 187'J. JAMES A. CANFIELD Editor ar.d Publisher , 1HS2-1D24 SUBSCRIPTION AND RLTAIL KATr-S ?5.C0 a year ar.vvs neie in the United StatoH , H' -> for 2 years. SI3 for 3 years , $4.0(1 for nine months . * ;. ' .. OU for six months , SI- 7o for three months , pay- able in advance. Single copies loc , 26c by mail. 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NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Greater Weeklies Associates 912 Broadwav , New York 10 Telephone: ORegon 4-09-15-6 ADVERTISING POLICY The adverti sing columns of The Long Island Advance aie available to legitimate , trust worth y ad\ ei tisci - . ; copy is subject to cent oi ship, huwevei . for the protection of the reader , and the Publisher reserves the right to reject any advertising, with- out explanation. The Advance does not advise the use of its ad v* . t tising culumus. except to the se who believe they can profit by them by attracting the attention at'd the interest of several thousand intelligent thinking people , who are accustomed to reading this newspaper for the happenings and occurences of the week throughout its circulation area. J OHN T. T UTHILL , E DITOR AND P UBLISHER D ONALD J. M OOG , A SSOCIATE E DITOR J OHN T. T UTHELL , 3 RD , A SSISTANT P UBLISHER Established 1871 - Published Weekl y at 20 Medford Avenue , Patchogue , N. Y. Thursday, November 30 , 1961 It is not our aim to tell our readers what to think but to p rovide them with - s^^^ food for thoug ht and to make interp retive editorial comment on the news. W% SIIj ? Hong Jslanfc Khxmnt? The Women Reader Not long ago a veteran editoral writer sounded off , in a publication for j ournalists , on the theme th a t mor e editorials oug ht to be written for women. Most editoral pages , said he , are written and edited with men in mind — and not onl y men , but rather stuff y, p i pe-smoking fellows given to ponder- ing heavy comments on world affairs and economics and the problems of big government. There is some truth in this. Most emp haticall y it is true that editorial comment should be made interesting and comprehensible to women as well as to men of the sort described above. We part company with the critic , thoug h , when he suggests that women are less interested than men in matters of government and foreign policy. Our finding is that many women are better informed , and more concerned , than the ir menfolk. In line with that , our comment on the world at home and abroad is directed neither at men nor at women but rather at all citizens who seek greater understanding. The old idea that women are some- how less intellectual than the superior male , and less likel y to think about large affairs and comprehend their meaning, may have been true when women ' s onl y acceptable p lace was in the home. Modern women have long since out- grown tfiat stereotype. We have a hunch that she reads comment on events as discerning l y as men do. And it may turn out that women , rather than men , will bestir themselves and save the world from its present foll y. Grass Roots Opin ions NORWALK , CONN., HOUR: \Many a politician lives to wish he had ob- served the Chinese axiom : Tt is better to keep one ' s mouth closed and be thoug ht a fool then to open it and re- move all doubt. * Denotes proj ect comp leted. 1. A new bus terminal. 2. Proper drainage on East Main street in front of the postoffice. 3. More access roads to provide easy ingress and egress without bottling up traffic on Main street. Patchogue Needs : * Denotes project comp leted. 1. A well-p lanned incinerator pro- gram. 2. A Town Hall annex. 3. A traffic light at the intersection of Route 27 (Montauk hig hway ) and Hewlett avenue for the protection of ambulances and private cars go- ing to and returning from Brook- haven Memorial i Hosp ital. 4. More light and T 'diversified industry. 5. The dredging of Swan creek. 6. The dred ging of Terrell river and Orchard Neck creek. 7. Improvement of the hairp in curve at Montauk hig hway and Senix avenue , Center Moriches. Brookhaven Town Needs: RT Photo Quiz The question : Have you begun preparations for Christmas? MRS. GERALDINE CO LOS A , Pine Neck Road , East Patchogue , housewife : \No , but I'll start sending out my Christmas cards the first of December. \ * * * MRS. NATALE MARCH I ANO, North Howell' s Point Road , Bell- port , housewife : \So far , I' ve purchased three Sifts. Now the rush will really start. \ * * * MRS. DONX A LARCOMB , Woodland Avenue , Brookhaven , housewife : \I'll wait until the second week in December. \ * * * THOMAS CONTI , Rutherford Drive , Seaford , area routeman: \I'll begin about two weeks be- fore Christmas. \ * * * DONALD BROWN , Chapel Ave- nue , Brookhaven , mechanical en- gineer: \We 'll start getting ready next week. By Christmas , we ' re usuall y pretty well cleared-up. * * * GEORGE NIELSEN , Tonapen Street , Mastic , Clerk : \I visually wait until a couple of days before the deadline. \ Mrs. G. Coloaa Mrs. N. Murchiano Mrs. D. Larcomb Thomas Conti Donald Brown George Nielsen Random Views on the New s IAfe ' t Darltest Moment A WKBSTHI CLASSIC
