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Publiihid by Nawj.Rtview Co., Inc., 545 S.E. Main St., Roseburg, Or.
Charles V. Stanton
V Editor
George Castillo Addye Wright
Assistant Editor Business Manager
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Entered as second class matter May 7, 1920, at the post office at
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EDITORIAL PAGE
4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri., Feb., 24, 1961
DANGEROUS SITUATION
By Charles V. Stanton
The lonir search for the elusive Steve Solovich has
taken a desperate turn because of his shooting and wound
ing a Glide resident participating with a posse endeavor
ing to end what many residents of the area claim to be
a "reign of terror."
The situation is one which puts Sheriff Ira Byrd on
the spot. One faction would have the officers leave Solo
vich in peace to roam the hills. Another faction wants
Solovich removed from the area at any cost. The sher
iff, who has' been honinjr against hope that a peaceful
way of capturing the "wild man" would be found, will be
blamed if he does and blamed if he doesn't.
Solovich lias captured the imagination of the public
because of his woodsmanship. The art of "living off the
land," a necessity with the early settlers of the West,
has been lost in these days of modern civilization. Not
many of us could go into the woods and keep, ourselves
alive for any length of time. Nor would we creatures of
the soft life be willing to accept 1he hardships and ex
posures that go with such a rugged existence. So, Solo
vich's ingenuity and ability win admiration.
Thievery Reported
But Solovich. reportedly, isn't entirelv without some of
the comforts and aids of civilization. He is armed with
rifles and ammunition stolen from homes in the area
where he roams. He is said to have killed a number of
sheep, some of them registered and valuable animals.
Not only has he dried meat from these animals, evidences
of which were found in his camns to indicate his guilt,
but he has rendered out mutton fat and preserved steaks
in hot, grease packed in stolen glass jar's.
His camps have yielded evidence of stoves, food,
clothes, blankets, and other articles reportedly stolen from
homes. It is said that he has raided several food lockers.
Some of the residents of the Glide area where he has
been active admit to being frightened.
One woman voiced the sentiment that it is the heritage
of the growing boys of a rural area to roam over the
hills near their homes, often carrying rifles to plunk at
ground squirrels and farm pests. But at this particular
home, the woman asserted, she hasn't dared let her
children leave the vicinity of the house, particularly with
a gun, and even adult men of her family, she said, have
been warned to stay away from the remote portion of
the farm.
Worst of all, her talk indicated, families can't gel
baby sitters because no one will venture out after dark.
How long, she asked, would city residents put up wilh
someone stealing gasoline from their cars, food from their
lockers, ransacking their homes, setting up boundaries
and threatening anyone who ventured inside the restrict
ed area, telling the officers where to "head in," and
"scaring the daylights" out of women and children?
Information Lacking
On the other hand some people admire the woods abil
ity exhibited by Solovich and would overlook his depre
dations. They feel he would be harmless if left alone.
Then there is the argument that no sane person would
be permitted to get away with thefts, threats, destruction
of property and whv should people be caused to feel in
secure on their own land?
One fact of the case is a certain element of mystery.
Because Solovich is a ward of the Veterans Administration
his personal file, reportedly several inches thick, is "class
ified." His history isn't a matter of public record.
Rumor, much of it erroneous, is all the public gets.
Official information is lacking.
It is said that he was a member of the armed forces.
Rumor has it that he went A.W.O.L at intervals and
was listed as a deserter. When finally apprehended, it
was discovered he was suffering from an hallucination
that he was a leader of guerrilla forces. His mental con
dition is such that he is unable to distinguish between
friend and foe, according to rumor, therefore everyone
to him is a potential enemy.
Eludes Pursuit
At the time of his last stay in the hospital, according
to the stories one hears, arrangements had been made to
place him on a remote, mountain ranch where he would
he isolated, yet would have reasonable comfort and shel
ter. But because he was being "placed" by an "enemy"
and because officers were "coming for him," he took to
the lulls, and has been eluding pursuit for a year.
The sheriff is sworn to protect society. His duties
demand he try to prevent theft or apprehend violators of
the law and that he use his
of property belonging to individuals. It therefore, becomes
necessary for him to endeavor to stop depredations and
dangers. At the same time he is charged with the ap
prehension of mental patients who escape from the hospi
tal. Yet one can't blame him for being "sore" that his
office is subjected to its present situation after Solovich
twice previously was delivered to the hospital, then al
lowed to escape.
Present indications are that someone will be hurl, pos
sibly killed. In fact, there could well be more than one
person suffering injury or death.
The situation is, indeed, complex and dangerous.
Train Strikes Car,
Vacationers Injured
' n 'R.G P-Aft'Mjlli. scheduling of talk, on Algeria
mashed into an automobile at a I,. . . ,
railroad crossing here and crit
ically injured two vacationers from
North Dakota.
The injured men. Fred I.aiiBer-
man, 7.1, and Bill Mullula, 57, both
of Buffalo. N I. I)., were ru;hed to
Sacred Heart Hospital in neaiby
hugene. A hospital spokesman
later said both men suffered head
injuries and were in critical con
dition. The locomotive smashed into the
rear of the automobile, knock il
against railroad ran parked on
an adjacent track. Both
men
were thrown out of the auto.
, When the accident occurred,
they were on their way to isil
Lesicr Olson of llarrishurg, a
friend of both for many years.
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
oft ice to maintain security
Peace Talks Welcomed
PARIS (AP) French news
papers today cautiously welcomed
Monday between President
Charles de Gaulle and Tunisian
President Habib Roiirguiba, F.di
torial writers interpreted the
agreement to meet as sign that
h(h rr,nce ,,, ,,,, kttn
rebels wish I settlement,
New Department Formed
CORVAI.I.IS (AP)-A new city
Department of Public Works has
been created, and City Engineer
V. L. Goodnight will head it.
Goodnight will supervise water,
street, sewer, airport, building in
spection and shop operations of
tne city.
In The Day's News
By FRANK
By FRANK JENKINS
There is sad news as - this is
written. Tragic news. ,
There is the recluse in the forest
ed slopes of the Umpqua Basin
Cascades. He is a veteran of World
War 11. He had broken out of a
veterans hospital about a year ago.
He had lived alone in the forest
since. He was regarded as a harm
less eccentric, who wanted only to
live alone in the forest, close to
nature.
Then. . .he began stopping hunt
ers, accusing them of hounding
him. Otficers took up the search
for him. Yesterday, they found
him. . .but he saw them first. Ri
fles cracked. One of the officers
was shot through the chest.
The recluse disaDDeared in the
fog. He is still being sought.
In Woaverville. a 15-vear-old
boy, president of his hieh school
sophomore class, secretary of his
acuui iroop, enters nis parents
room shortly after midnight. He
carried a rifle. He put the muzzle
against his father's head and pull
ed the trigger, killing him instant
ly-
His mother awoke, screaming
with fright. He slugged her with
tne rule s barrel, then shot her. A
young woman, living with the fam
ily, was awakened by the shots
and entered the room. He shot at
her, missed, then beat her over
the head with the stock of the
weapon, but didn't kill her.
He dashed lrom the nouse, and!
James Marlow
Rockefeller In Challenge
Of Nixon's Role In COP
u'Asmw.TnN (API Unless
jjou like apple sauce, forget the
guesses about Richard M. Nix
on's presidential intentions.
What the highly ambitious formal-
vino nmsiflpnt does depends
on how he figures his chances.
He has another three years to
examine them. .
Now he probably doesn i Know
u:mDnir tii,tiior hp'll Irv again.
Too many things can happen by
19(14 to change his mind, one way
or the oilier.
One tiling is sure: unless ine
n.mn...l. malra a Inlal mPSS of
it, he will never be able to run
again under circumstances as ia-
vorable lor mm as inose m iou.
Thev were so favorable they
looked ideal: , ,
Eight years in the punnc minn
as vice president, overwhelming
Dnm.hlif.an enHnrKPITlPnt. flhd the
help and blessing of the highly
nopuiar rresmem. r.iicniiwri.
. - . . i . ti ..II Iknl
it ne couinn i win i
r.. v.i.n and ha rliiln't. hnlh
KU1IIK lui nun, ..w -..
he and his party will have to
think nara ociore ne pun un ma
track suit again.
His silence since novemner was
normal. He would have been
blamed for bad taste if he had
sounded off before President Ken
nedy even got starled.
Nixon is expected to join a West
Coast law firm. He may slart
maL-inir cnppplipft in a few months.
That would be normal, too.
As the Republicans' presidential
candidate in 1960, he is titular
head of the party and will he
expected to talk out until the 19t4
campaign.
But his standing in me pany
seems so uncertain that even his
role as titular head has been
challenged. Not by Elsenhower.
He says that's Nixon's right posi
tion. But New York's Gov. Nelson A.
!?nr.lrpfnllni hut fllrpnrlv rullnrl
Nixon leader of the party in name
only. He has decla'red for a col
lective leadership.
Rockefeller. Nixon's only real,
if only temporary, rival in 1960,
appears the one most likely to
challenge any ambitions he has
in 1964.
Besides, many organization Re
publicans are teedoff politically
at the former vice president for
,'arious reasons.
Kor example: They say that he
The Cartoonist
..ircivem
JENKINS
wii taken infn pustnrlv hv officers
of the law a few hours later.
Why all this?
The officers tried to find out.
They questioned him.
He didn't like his father, he said,
adding that he had intended, for
some time to kill him. He finally
reached the decision to do it now.
Whv did he kill his mother? "I
didn't like her much, either," he
told the officers.
The girl was a mere incident.
She came screaming into the room,
and he turned on her.
If these were isolated and un
usual incidents, they would be less
disturbing. But they AREN'T iso
lated and unusual, ine news in re
cent years. . .and, it seems, IN
CREASINGLY in recent months. ..
has been full of them.
Grim questions:
Are our communications merely
so much better in these modern
days of galloping progress in the
communications industry mat we
HEAR MORE ABOUT IT?
Or is menial instability GROW
ING? tt IL. r..nAnnii nt 4kaca Iralin
II lite UCtfUm ui "icac uaa
!nlnnA) tt mantal inctoHiliti ie
due merely to more perfect com-
mumcauuus, uieie 10 icaa tu nunj
about.
But
1 it im rln a In rf pr uM n rf manl a 1 in.
otnk;i;t.. ;i nnnne nr. a Int nf (mil.
hlpsnmp' miPstinriK ahnut our mod
ern way m ine.
wasn't tough enough in the 1960
campaign; that he listened too
much to those around him and
not enough to the organization
men.
Rockefeller will be in a pretty
position to grab for the 1964 Re
publican nomination if he wins
reelection as New York's gover
nor by a big margin:
He'll not only be in the public
eye constantly until 1964 but will
control New York's big delegate
vote to the next convention.
This prospect bothers some Nix
on admirers.
They seem to think he must
offset such a situation by running
for the governorship of California
in 1962. That would give him pub
licity and Republican delegates.
There's one argument against
this: If Nixon runs for the gov
ernorship and loses, y he's a dead
political duck,
The most important unknown
factor in Nixon's future is this:
Will Kennedy be truly success
ful in his first four-year term? If
he is and runs again, the chances
of both Nixon and Rockefeller will
be vastly diminished.
Boeing Gets Order
For Medium Jets
SEATTLE (AP) -An estimated
$50 million order for 12 short to
medium range jet transports will
be placed with the Boeing Air
plane Co. by Deutsche Lufthansa,
the West German air line, The
Seattle Times said Thursday.
Lufthansa said "exact terms of
the purchase contract still are be
ing negotiated" for the Model 727
pianes.
Lufthansa will become the third
air line and the first overseas
carrier to buy the new Boeing
three-engine jets. United Air Lines
and Eastern Air Lines each pur
chased 40 Model 727 s in Decem
ber. The new order will increase
Boeing's commercial jet sales to
358 pianes.
The 727 s will accommodate 90
passengers each. Six will be de
livered by the summer of 1964
with the remaining six by the
summer of 1965, the newspaper
said.
Says:
Science jGap
ROCKET.
! Hal Boyle
'That Guy May Be A Cubist,
But I Hear He's A Square'
NEW YORK (AP)-Remarks a
modern artist gets tired of hear
ing: "I may not know much about
art but I know what I like."
"At his last one-man show, the
only picture he sold was one the
gallery hung upside down."
"They all look like they're hung
upside down to me.
"His Yearbook in art school ore-
dieted that 'Some day the name
of i-llsworth Iwilteringham will
be one to conjure with.' But so
far all he has lived up to is the
last syllable of it:"
He must be in his blue period.
Anybody who paints the way he
does couldn't be anything but
blue."
"This, one called 'Nude descend
ing a moonbeam' isn't half-bad,
but tell me which is the moon
beam and which is the nude?"
''Ellsworth,' I've got a commis
sion for you at last. It's from the
landlord. He says if you'll paint
the other apartments in the build
ings, he'll cancel our back rent.
1 understand he started out by
painting ' signs, and then his ca
reer went steadily downhill."
'Never mind explaining to me
what it is. Just tell me why it
is."
'If my kid couldn't draw bet-
Reader
Fan Says Wrestling
Is Interesting Sport
To The Editor:
Several weeks ago. near Mi e
beginning of the wrestling season,
I wrote a letter to The News
Review expressing displeasure
with the amount of publicity given
the wrestling team. Now, as the
season nears an end,, may I com
pliment the newspaper on the
write-ups given the matches this
year. Both varsity and JV match
es have been well reported. We all
want to thank you.
Now, with your permission, I'd
like to compose an imaginary,
though not improbable, conversa
tion. We'll imagine it taking place
somewhere in Roseburg. The first
speaker could be myself, or any
wrestling fan, and the second,
just anyone else.
"Hi, Bill! Say, how'd you like
to attend some meets of a school
sport so exciting it can draw cap
acity crowds every time there's a
home contest?"
"Sure sounds like fun, but I al
ready go to all the football, bas
ketball and baseball games, and
most of the track meets. It must
be one of those. 1 can't think of
anything else that fits your de
scription exciting and all that."
"Well, what about wrestling?"
"Wrestling! You must be kid
ding! Who goes to wrestling match
es? I've driven by the school on
wrestling nights and I'd say it
wouldn't be any problem to take
a choice of parking spots. Surely,
you're kidding!"
"Yes, I supp6se to anyone liv
ing around here it might sound
like a joke, all right, to say that
wrestling's exciting and draws
capacity crowds. Most people, like
you, 'drive by the school.' You
should live somewhere where they
stop and come in."
"Where's this, man? Slust be
somewhere where there's not much
else doing or there's not much
capacity for the crowds. I still
think you're kidding."
"Well, I can give you some
statistics. At a dual meet between
Oklahoma U. and Oklahoma Slate
there was a capacity crowd of
8,900. They had arranged seating
in the gym to crowd in everyone
possible and still comply with fire
i laws, and still many people were
i turned away. And, at a meet be
tween Penn State and Lehigh,
there was a sellout crowd of 6.000.
So many had to be turned away
that 1.400 more paid to watch the
meet on a closed TV circuit in a
nearby hall."
- fT "v
ter than that, the teacher would
throw him out of kindergarten."
"My dear, his work is simply
too en province to be classed with
the really avant garde, don't you
think? What I mean is, he's sort
of a frigid zone Gaugin substitut
ing igloos for Tahitian huts."
"Of course his painting lacks
. -r 1 J ir 1. 1 t
j aciiav ui yvi sucttit e. ji lie nau
i a real sense of perspective, he'd
have become a plumber."
"Last year the judges ignored
his mural depicting high points in
the life of a used car salesman,
and instead gave third prize to
his paint cloth which happened
to be hanging on a chair nearby."
"His only published works are
three drawings a psychiatrist
bought to illustrate a book on ab
normal psychology."
"Some call him a post-impressionist.
Others say he's really a
cubist at heart. But my girl
friend used to date him, and she
says he's strictly a square."
"Original? He isn't even ab
original !"
"What did he paint this one
with a brush or his beard?"
"I admit his paintings give me
a sense of mystery. But the big
gest mystery is why did he put
a $500 price tag on them?"
"Why do they hang his pic
tures why not him?"
Opinions
"Sure, but that's a little differ
ent, isn't it? After all, that's col
lege stuff."
"Not much different. No more
different than high school and col
lege football or basketball. It's
the same sport grown up and re
tinea a nuie, witn tne noys nav
ing a little more experience. As a
matter of fact, though, at a high
school match between Montrose,
Colo., and Grand Junction, Colo.,
a capacity crowd attended. These
are two towns that compare in
size with ours. Capacity in this
case was in the neighborhood of
5,000, with many being turned
away. Actually, 1 understand that
the early bird gets the seat at the
matches in that part of the coun
try, and the late ones no seats at
all."
"You're beginning to convince
me that I should maybe see what's
going on. 1 don't know though: I
haven't observed too much excite
ment here in Oregon about ama
teur wrestling."
"Not too much, but in a few
places they're beginning to wake
up. For example, the Lebanon
team came down here for a meet
a few days ago. A Lebanon man
told us that the wrestling matches
there regularly draw capacity
crowds, fully as large as basket
ball crowds. In a school that size
that's probably around 3,000 peo
ple at each meet. And, some
thing else there were more peo
ple from Lebanon here in Rose
burg to watch the meet than were
from our home town, and there's
a whale of a difference in driv
ing time."
"O.K.. so I'm really convinced.
If that many people get that much
enjoyment from wrestling Ihere
must be something to it. I prob
ably ought to see enough matches
to get to understand it a little,
too. Any sport is more enjoyable
when you get to know its finer
points and get acquainted with the
players. I remember, I didn't like
fooiball too well before I learned
what it was all about, but I kept
going because everyone else did
and now I love it. I guess I'm a
little- late for this year though.
Isn't the season nearly over?"
"Yes, just about, but this year
you're lucky. The district tourna
ment is being held here t hi s
year and for either two dollars
if you're an adult, or one dollar
if you're a student, you can see,
four sessions of wrestling in two
days. This adds up to more than
two hundred and thirty matches,
with boys from seven schools par
ticipating. It surely would be nice
10 see some oi muse capacity
crowds there. And, of course,
there's always next year."
"Sure! Well, see you there. Looks
as if I've been missing something.
This tournament gives me a good
chance to get with it."
Mrs. Earl T. Clark
. Rt. 3. Box 1815
Roseburg, Ore.
Prof Loses Money
But Gains A Lot
TOKYO (AP) The governor of
Tokyo held a reception today for
an American professor whose
brush with thieves is being eased
with hospitality if not wilh cash.
Scores of Japanese considered
it a national disgrace that Tokyo
ruffians lilted S2.2S0 from the
pockets of Dr. Harry B. Fried
good of the University of Califor
nia. Each decided it was a mat
ter of personal hnor to atone to
the visiting professor.
Friedgood said he looks upon
the episode as "a heartwarming
experience that comes to lew peo
ple in a lifetime."
It began Jan. 29 when Fried
good was passing through Tokyo
on his way to the founding of a
new medical school in Kuala Lum
pur. Malaya. The professor is as
sociated with the Hooper Founda
tion of the University of California
Medical School in San Francisco.
Friedgood was on his way to
exchange his cash for travelers'
checks when three Japanese
jumped him as he was about lo
board train in Tokyo, taking the
money.
Local newspapers got the story
from the police. Gov. Ryntaro
Anima of Tokyo called on Fried
good to apologize.
.So far Friedgood has received
a doen letters or more and Ja
panrsr yen equal to about S12. He
told Azuma he want.t to use the
money lo slart an organization
among Japanese youth for improv
ing human relations.
Until he takes a plane Monday
for Honolulu and home, Friedgnori
will Mghtsre as the governor's
special guest.
Roseburg Church Youf h Group
Plans Fund-Raising Activifies
Ways and means chairman Jim
Lamka of the Youth Fellowship
of the First Church of God, Rose
burg, reported a double project to
be carried out by the youth of the
church on Saturday.
A car wash will be held from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ross
Miller Flying "A" Service Station
at Mark's Shopping Center. Chuck
Cotton will be in charge, aided
by all boys of the group. Mean
while, at Penney's Store in the
downtown area the girls will be
managing a bake sale under the
direction of . .Emma Stringfellow.
Glendale Minister
Recently Ordained
The Rev. Bruce Manning, pastor
of the Glendale Assembly of God
Church was ordained recently at
Salem, reports Mrs. G. B. Fox, cor
respondent. His ordination and that of 13 oth
ers was held on the last evening
of meetings of the District Council
of Ministers of the Assembly of
God Churches of the state, held at
Central Assembly of God Church,
Salem.
The Rev. Mr. Manning was born
in Portland but grew up in Spring
field and graduated from Spring-
tieid High scnooi in Ja3. ne was
graduated from Bethany Bible Col
lege in Santa Cruz. Calif., and re
ceived his BA degree in 1957. He
and Mrs. Manning were married
in 1955 in Weiser, Idaho, while he
THE REV. BRUCE MANNING
... ordained i
was a student at a college there. I
After graduation, he held a pastor
ate at Caldwell, Idaho, coming:
from there to Glendale in Septem-;
ber of 1959. ...
Prayer Day Observed j
By Winston Churches !
World Day of Prayer was ob
served recently in the Dillard -Win- i
ston Methodist Church jointly with,
the Winston Baptist Church, Win-!
ston Christian Church, Green Com-1
munity Church and the Looking-,
glass Church. j
The Rev. J. C. Johannes extend
ed the welcome and led the de-l
votion and guided prayer service. '
The program included a play pre
sented by the . Winston Christian
Church and the Dillard - Winston
Methodist Church, entitled, "With
Tomorrow Yet To Come." Mrs. J.
C. Johannes gave the closing pray
er. A social hour was held following
the meeting in the social room of
the church with refreshments be
ing served.
Tibet Epidemic Rages
NEW DELHI, India (AP)
Prime Minister Nehru told Par
liament today he had received re
ports that an epidemic is raging
in many parts of Tibet. Nehru
said he did not know what the
disease involved was.
' i 'k - y;
The Congregational Christian Church
(Church-HouM 1S81 N. W. Keoiiy Rd)
Invites you ro attend services where:
1. The Bible is token seriously, not
necessarily literally.
2. Critical and constructive thought it
encouraged regarding life's meoning.
3. Christianity is considered as prac
tical tor doy-to-doy life, as for
eternal life.
Rv. Verne A. Robinson, Minister
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY SERVICES
- ":00A.M. 7:00pM
"Toward Now Horizons" "A Bog With Holes"
Church School, 9:45 a.m. 1
Adults & Youth Fellowship, 55 p m
Dr. Eugene F. Gerlitx, Pastor
Re and Lane Streets
Co ordinator for the two activities
will be Dolores Baughman. pro
ceeds from the two fund raising
projects will be used for worth
while youth projects and activities.
At a recent meeting of the Y.F.
executive board, announcement
was made of a West Coast Youth
Fellowship Convention in Portland,
Oregon, Aug. 24-27. The conven
tion will answer the need of such
a program in the western states.
Youth of the chu.'ch will again
meet for an Easter breakfast after
attending the Easter sunrise serv
ice in body. Arrangements are
being made for restaurant reserva.
lions by Gordon McCoy, social
chairman. Music chairman Glcnda
Schindlcr reported purchase of 21
new songbooks for use in the youth
chapel. Dave Lilly was elected by
the executive group to be its rep
resentative on the nominating com
mittee to be formed immediately
to prepare for forthcoming elec
tion of olficers the Jatter part of
March. Officers serve for a term
of six months to permit more of
the youth to participate.
Other action by the board in
cluded a report on the Easter play
to be presented by the youth Easi
er Sunday evening. Title of the
play is "The Cross on the Hill".
Rita Spakousky will direct the
drama with all youth not partici
pating in the play itself aiding
with costumes, props, stage ef
fects and rehearsals.
A report from Dave Lilly in
dicates that the Thursday youth
evangelism class and Bible study
group has met with such wide ac
ceptance, there is a possibility of
having it extend over a longer
period of time than the original
six-week course.
A movie "Teen To Teen" will
be presented Sunday evening dur
ing the Y. F. hour beginning at
6 p.m.
IS CHRISTIAN J
I SCIENCE J
HEAlP
Station
KYES
950 K.C
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Corner of Lont and Jackion
Tht Rtv. John E. Adams, Paitor
9:30 A.M. Chufth School
10:30 A.M. Junior Choir
9:30 and 11:00 A.M.
Morning Worship
"The Royol Experience of Life"
6:00 PM Sr. High W.F.
6:00 P.M. Jr. H.gh W.F.
Communicants Class
Nursery Care 9:30, 11:00
Sundays
9:45
A.M.