The Coquille Valley Sentinel
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TJEIE PAPER THAT’S TAKE A LETTER FROM HOME
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VOL. XXIX.
COQUILLE, COOS,COUNTY, OREGON,
NO. 44.
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F. W. Martin, Vice President,
and Directort« Chosen—To
Have Paid Secretary
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C. W. Gano was unanimously elect
ed president of the Chamber of Com
merce at the forum meeting held in
the hotel Wednesday evening. F. W.
Martin, as vice-president, and W. 8.'
Sickels as treasurer were also both
unanimously chosen.
The vote for directors resulted in
the following being selected—Geo.
Belloni, J.P. Beyers, Lafe Compton,
C. C. Farr, J. A. Fitzpatrick, J. A.
Lamb, C. E. Niles, J. E. Norton, M.
M. Newdall, M. F. Pettit, D. E. Rack-
leff, 0. C. Sanford, J. L. Smith R. L.
Stewart, J. L. Stevens, E. D. Webb,
Geo. A. Ulett and H. A. Young.
Before turning the gavel over to
the new president the retiring officer,
R. L. Stewart, thanked the members
for their co-operation and support
during the peat year and urged that
Mr. Gano be given the same hearty
co-operation.
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The new chamber head thanked, the
members for the honor conferred, and
then gave as his opinion that a secre
tary should be employed at a nominal
salary, 810 a month, until the cham
ber’s finances would permit the em-
ploysnent of a full-time secretary. The
suggestion Was adopted by empower
ing the president to make arrange
ment« for installing headquarters for
the chamber in the office of some one
who could handle chamber affaire at
the stipend named.
Another motion adopted was that
the Coquille Chamber of Commerce
make the Coast ‘Highway Association
its major project for 1934 and that
820 a month be set aside for that pur
pose when the budget is made up.
The next meeting of the chamber
will be on Dec. 6, when the president
will name the committees for the
year.
Treasurer SickcU’ report for the
past year showed 8194.01 to have
been on hand the first of the year and
receipts up to October 31 to have
been 9402.26, making a total of 35*6-
26. Disbursements during the year
were 9478.95, leaving a balance of
38721, of which 816.40 is tied up in
the defunct Farmers A Merchants
Bank.
Robber Was Locked In
"Bucko” Btaninger’a Rainbow oa
Front street was robbed last Saturday
evening about.six,o’clock by a man
of «0 or 66 years, who had hidden
himself in the building before the at
tendants had locked up to go to sup
per.
A man named O'Dowell, who lives
en the lower river, was attempting to
enter a« the rubber emerged. The
latter dropped a piece of paper, which
turned out to be an 818 check, but
didn’t stop to recover it.
Mr. Staninger says the thief, who
has not been seen since, secured 3100
in currency, 880 worth ef checks, and
failed to take 370 to 880 worth of
«mall silver which was in the cash
register.
The Last Public Wedding
-Hundreds of people were present
for the wedding last Saturday after-1
noon of Clyde St Cair and Mias Louise
Ocheltree. The announcing car mad. I
Final Game Here Tomorrow
Frye Before Juvenile Court
Tomorrow’s game between Marsh
field and Coquille, at Athletic Park
here, finishes the schedule for the Red
Devils. Starting with a green squad.
Coach Hartley has developed a team
which can give any school in the con
ference a hard game now. They have
shown constant improvement, and
last Friday against Myrtle Point
showed the best power attack of ths
season. . If the boys continue the same
driving tactics tomorrow, the Pirates
will earn the Coos county champion
ship, if they win. The game wifi start
at 2 o’clock.
Raymond Frye, the 17-year old
Norway youth, being held in the coun
ty jail for the murder of H. U. Black
man while the two were out hunting
on Oct. 31, was taken before Justice
Dodge at Myrtle Point, Tuesday. Be
cause of his youth the justice could
take no action and ordered him taken
before the juvenile court. This will
be done at two o’clock this afternoon
when it is probable that Judge
Thompson wilt bind him over to the
grand jury and fix the amount of hie
bail.
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The grand jury has been called to
meet Monday and beside the Frye, case
the only other one which is known
will t>e brought before them is thst
of Victor MdCallietor, charged with
involuntary manslaughter for the kill
ing of Louis Coombs when the latter
was struck by MdCallwter’s car on
To Give Pre-Thanksgiving Dance
Coquille Post, No. 36, American Le
gion, is advertising a Pre-Thanksgiv-
ing Dance for Saturday night of next
week, Nov. 26. The feature of the
evening will be the giving away of
six live turkeys. Any Legion man
can tell you how they will be dis
tributed.
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Ernie Ferrari’s dance band orches
tra will furnish the music. Nuf said.
DR. WHEELER
PASSES AWAY
Cerebral hemorrhage was the cause
of death of Dr. Jas. W. Wheeler, of
this city, who died at the Mast hospi
tal in Myrtle Point last Monday noon.
This was the statement of Dr. R. H.
Mate. Whether the hemorrhage re
sulted from a fall or from other causes
is not stated in the doctor’s statement
and it is doubtful that anyone knows
what caused it. The fall was Satur
day evening, at which time he struck
his head, and although he was around
Sunday, by-Monday morning he was
in a serious condition. Coroner Keis
er, who assisted in performing the
autopsy, pronounced it “accidental
death.”
Dr. Wheeler has practiced medicine
in Coquille for the past three years,
coming here from Gold Beach to pur
chase the practice of Dr. G. Earl Low,
and was well liked by al) who knew
him.
Funeral cervices were held at two
p. m. Wednesday in the chapel bare,
and interment will be at his old home
in Doddsville*Mbs.
Dr. Wheeler was born in Stonewall,
Miss., Nov. 17, 1882, and graduated
from the medical school of the Uni
versity of Tennessee.
On June 2, 1915, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mattie Lou Cow-
sert at Doddsville.
Before entering the service during
the World war ho practiced in Mis
sissippi and Oklahoma. He saw nine
teen months of service during the
war, being a first lieutenant in the
Medical Corps ' an attached to Air
Squadrons, Later he waa with the
Spruce Division, and spent several
months at the Presidio examining ex-
service men as they were discharged
after the armistice.
Besides the widow he leaves six
children. Jack 17, Alice 15, Billy 11,
Peter 8, Robert 8, Louis 4; also a sis
ter, Mrs. R. L. Bates in Meridisn,
Miss., a step mother and several half-
sisters and half brothers in the south.
Mrs. Wheeler hopes to be sble to
leave tomorrow with her children for
her old home in Mississippi. She hss
near relatives there with whom they
can make their home.
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Woma" " Cl«b Art Exhibit
the utterances of the contracting
The Woman's Club art exhibit in
couple and the officiating judge au- the I. O. O. F. building last Friday
dible to even those who could not' and Saturday waa an extremely inter-
come within hearing distance of the esting collection of very eld dishes,
stand on which the ceremony took antique ftirniture, tapestry work by
place.
¡two local ladies, Mrs. Emma Lyons
The happy couple were in no wise and Mrs. Lyfcnan Carrier, and an old
reaonsible for the oft-repeated ex-' spinning wheel, and an antique Swiss
pressions this week that there must dock,
never be an other public wedding in • Pictures taken many years ago, it
would not be polite to say how many
Coquille.
in all case«, were of a prize-winning
License Exams on Wednesday J. G. W. club float in 1918, the flrat
graduating class from Coquille high
Attention -is called to the fact that
school, one of Mrs. A. N. Gould when
hereafter Ward MoReynolds will be
»he taught school here, and one of
in Coquille on Wednesday every other
Mrs. Marne Slagle, taken in her girl
week, instead of on Tuesday as here
hood days.
tofore. His next visit will be on Nov.
Another interesting display was in
22, and he will be at the city hall
the Sentinel building. It featured a
from 8 a. m. until 4 p. m. to conduct
portion of Geo. W. Taylor’s butterfly
examinations for drivers’ and chauf
collection, bows and arrows made by
feur’s licensee.
E. H. Kern, and the gun and pipe dis
play of the late Dr. J. W. Wheeler.
White Robin This Week
Mrs. J. E. Norton reports that
Wednesday afternon she and Mrs. J.
A. Berg saw in the yard of her home
on Heath street, one of those very
rare birds—a white rdbin.
It waa
entirely white except for a fringe of
rod around its breast and a few gray
feathers on its back. It’s mate was
a robin of the regulation color, they
were with a flock of other robins, and
its shape and appearance, except for
folor, waa true to the robip breed.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1933.
Boxing Card Next Thursday
Com, Spuds, Fruits and Nf- Communities, Factories and Or
ganizations Provide Splen
tables Judged by Prof.
G. R. Hyslop
did Exhibits
The agricultural exhibits in the
Community Building last week were
not as numerous as in some years of
■the past, but on the whple it was on
excellent display. I
One of the unexpected exhibits was
of'six ears of yellow dent corn sent
by Mrs. Carrie -Hamden from Story
City, Iowa. It must be admitted that
the prize-winning ears she sent would *
score higher in a national corn show
than did the Coos product.
"Hedge apples” was the designation
of another display which this writer
has not seen since leaving Kansas.
They were known back there as Osage
oranges. They are not for eating
purposes!
Following is the list of prizes
sward awarded by Prof. G. R. Hyslop
who judged the agricultural exhlbts:
Cora
10 Ears Yellow Dent—A. B. Gant,
Coquille, 1st; C. A. Holverstott, Mc-
kinley, 2nd; H. L. Hansen, McKinley,
3rd.
10 Ears Yellow Dent—A. B. Gant,
Coquille, 1st; Geo. Hermann, Broad
bent, 2nd; Geo. Hampton, Arago, 3rd.
10 Ears White Dent—Geo. Hamp
ton, Arago, 1st.
100 Earn Flint—.R. J. Holverstott,
McKinley, 1st; J. T. Evemden, Bridge.
2nd; Fay Holverstott, McKinley, 3rd.
10 Ears Flint—Floyd Ameson,
Myrtle Point, 1st; Fay Holverstott,
Coquille, 2nd; J. T. Evernden, Bridge,
3rd.
10 Ears Sweet Corn—E. J. Myers.
Arago, 1st; II. L. Hansen, McKinley,
2nd; J. Banholster, Coquille, 3rd.
10 Ears Pop Corn—H. L. Hansen,
McKinley, 1st
Potatoes
Long type potatoes—Cowbell Dairy,
Coquille, 1st; Harold Neal, Coquille,
2nd; F. R. Bullock, Coquille, 8nd.
Round type potatoes—V. C. Pettea-
gUl, Coquille, 1st; W. M. Johnson, Co-
quills, 2nd; K. E. PrtlsngM, OsqaiHe,'
3rd.
Root Crops
Stock carrots—Mrs. Frank Lane,
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Riverton Fox Wins Sweepstakes
The Fox Breeders’ show at the
Corn Show last wek was one of the
very interesting departments. Thirty-
three foxes were exhibited and the
room wae thronged with visitors
both days.
Mike Duberer, of the Seattle Fur
Exchange, judged the entries and
awarded the grand champion prise to
C. M. Hartwell, of Riverton. Grant
Hartwell wen second place and Josh
Ruble, of Coquille, third.
•In the silver black fox drviaion,
which constituted most of the show,
there were four classes, male and fe
male for both adults and pups.
The prize winners and the prizes
won were as follows:
First Award:, In each of the four
classes, 36.00 cash, (doner, E. A.
Stephens and Co., Denver, Colo.), won
by C. M. Hartwell, Riverton; Grant
Hartwell. Riverton; Josh Ruble, Co
quille; C. M. Hartwell, Riverton.
Second Award: in each of the four
classes, a silver fox raw pelt manu
factured into a scarf, (donated by
Stanley Calkins, Denver), won "by C.
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Calling for Star Route Bids
Postmaster Geo. Belloni has been
notified by the postoffice department
that bids will be opened on Jan. lfl
for the operation of the two star
routes running out of Coquille, one
out through Norway, Lee, McKinley,
Fairview and back here, and the other
down the North Bank through Leneve
to Bullards, across the river to Ban
don and back through Riverton on the
highway to Coquille.
The contracts will be for four years,
starting the first of next July and
ending June SO, 1938. The present
carriers are Walter Rhule on the Mc
Kinley route and R. E. Ward' on that
to Bandon.
30 Boys for Fairview Camp
The Fairview and Powers CCC
camps were brought to full winter
strength Monday when 83 young men
arrived here for the former and 30
passed through on their way«to Pow
ers. The enlistments were all from
Nebraska.
The first amateur boxing card for
this season is scheduled to be held at
the Community Building next Thurs
day evening, Nov. 28. There will be
eight 3-round bouts between
local,
boys. In addition there will be a J
A Boy Scout Court of Honor will
three-round wrestling match for the be held in the city hall Wednesday
local amateur championship between: evening, Nov. 22. E. A. Britton will
Morse Stonecypher and Alfred Plasp. be here all day Wednesday checking
Admission will be M and 13 canto. . | up en ths naw peout work.
The 1933 Corn Show in most re
spect« was as successful a presenta
tion as has been made since the first
one was given 18 years ago. In other
respects, for which the committees
in charge were in no way responsible,
there is undoubtedly cause for crith
«ism, but the Corn Show cannot be
held responsible for individual ac-
tions.
However, this is not an editorial,
but is intended as a commendation of
the booths in which many fine dis
plays of agricultural and manufac
tured products were shown. These
booths were uniformly fine, and were
An Appreciation
visited by practically all of the thou
The Coquille Corn Show Committee
sands who were here both Friday and
wishes to thank everyone who assisted
Saturday.
in helping to make the show a suc
The interest taken by granges, ru
cess.
,
ral communities, and various organi
-J. L. Smith, Chairman.
zations in exhibiting the varied prod-.
nets which were shown indicates a'
TBr-. .
w?ici
CLUB HEARS
HEALTH TALK
ginated the Corn Show, the display of
Goos county products, and proves that
the foundation of Coquille’s annual ■
celebration is sound.
What * may
Mrs. J. E. Norton, president of The.
arise from that foundation cannot be
Coquille Woman’s Club, presided at
foretold.
The Myrtle Grange booth ><* • the November meeting, which was
fins, diversified exhibit of farm prod held Tuesday afternoon at the Perish
house of the Episcopal Church, wittj
ucts.
The Parkersburg Community Club the regular business conducted at the
was of the same order, canned fruite, opening of the meeting, 'Short re
port* were given by department chajr-
vegetables and farm producta.
I. A. Elrod’s Coos Bottling Works men who were present Mfs. H. E.
displayed the syrups and soft drink«
charge og the program, an-
whieh are made at the local plant
nounced th.«e taking part as the pri-
The Lee Community exhibited an mory PuPild <»f Mrs, Inez Chase dram-
attractive farm scene and crops.
| «tiled good health habit*. Thia was
J. E. Ford Co. showed the Coquille verY entertaining and well presented
valley peas which are proving so
children. Mrs. E. A. Wood-
profitable, as well as bam and bacon, * y,rd> accompanied by
Mrs. M. O.
butchered and cured in their own . Hawkins, jang two pleasing numbers,
Dr. M. Earl Wilson, the main speak
plant
The Myrtle Point Chamber of Com er of the afternoon, talked on Public
merce featured the major project* of Health, dealing mainly with preven
that body, chief * of Î whieh is the Coast tion and control of cJBtagieua -liseaa-
es. Mrs. Iris Elrod, county health
Highway
Aasoeiati
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iway Assoeiation.
The North Fork Grange at Fair nurse, tailed and explained from a
view, the Arago community, the Co- chart how the federal, state and coun
ty health d-.qiartmant* raised and dis
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tributed its money. .
At the conclusion tea was served by
A Splendid Comedy
Mesdame« L. P. Maury, E. L. Wilson,
That the Monotony Killers never, F. S. Emery, R. E. Boober, F. L. Rov
presented a more interesting or more er, F. W. Martin, and Emory John
cleverly executed play than “Her ston to the following present: Mee-
Step-Husband,” seems to be the dames H. E. Hess. O. L. Wood, J. R.
unanimous verdict of the seven or Bunch, Wm. Davis, Lsfe Compton,
eight hundred who heard and saw it Geo. A. Ulett, Caroline Yetten, L. W.
at the Community Building last Fri Oddy, Ray Barton, C. J. Fuhrman, J.
day evening. And the audience could A. Lamb, Paul Van Scoy, F. L. Green-
all hear it as well as see the actors. ough, R. A. Wemich, Lloyd Rosa, Ken
Without a hitch the nine who took nett Lawrence, W. H. Mansell, A. E.
part followed their cues and gave a Bradford, R. B Rogers, J. E. Norton,
truly fine performance.
C. L. Ward, M. M. Newdall, C. K.
Mrs. Ula Leach, who carried the Noreott, ‘Ray Thomas, R. L. Stewart,
comedy along through all the acta and E. A. Walker, Geo. Jenkins, O. T.
scenes with by far the heaviest part, Gant, £. A. Rietman. M. Earl Wilson,
was never at a loss for words; her L H. .Hazard, Jacob Grebel, H. H.
naturalness wss that of a woman in Hartley, O. C. Sanford, Wm. Cunning.
her home; she seemed to live the E. A. Woodyard, M. A. Hawkins, Ju
part and not be simply acting it. She lius Ruble, Theodore Luebke, Iris El
outdid all her previous performances rod, Misses Helen Stanbrough, Wal
and added fresh
laurels to those lace and Catherine Wernich. From-
heretofore won on the amateur stage. out-of-town guests were Mrs. J. F.
Ray Jeub, her permanent husband, Ryan, Mrs. C. C. Williams and Mm.
with gesture and facial expression, Fred Schepman, all of North Bend.
loud, clear voice, and general demean
or. was just as clever and natural as
Richmond, Trustee for Courier
“Mary” and he is deserving of much
Dr. Jas. Richmond was on Wed
credit for the successful presentation
nesday named as trustee for the Coos
of the comedy.
No less did the others carry out Country Courier of this city, for
their parts successfully. Lu Verne which Miss Anna Jerzyk had filed a
Knife as the maid put a lot of feeling petition in bankruptcy two weeks ago.
and emphasis into all her words and Dr. Richmond was selected by the
action; Clarence Bean, the temporary creditors as a compromise candidate
husband, took advantage of his op and hia «election was approved by
portunities in a whole-hearted man Referee Joehnk.
The following from the Marshfield
ner; Mrs. Viola Newton took to per
fection the part of aristorcatic society News telle of the procedings before
lady; Mrs. Georgia Richmond and Vir the referee:
ginia Tillman who had less promin
ent parte were conspicuous by the
manner in whieh they carried on;
Justin Cary, as the cop, sometimes for
got his brogue, but he handled well
the situation and especially the thug
sa played by Tracy Leach.
Fairview Camp Housewarming
The officers and men of the Fair
view OCC camp are planning a House
Warming out there next Friday eve
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ning, Nov. 24, in celebration of the
'
completion of their new qaurters. A
short program will be presented, an
informal dance enjoyed and a lunch 1
served before the party disperses.
Bandon Poultry Show, Dec. 8
The Bandon Poultry Show will be i
held on Dec. 8-9-10 this year and a i
c nsideratle Increase in entries and I
attendance is expected this year. The i
premium list was mailed out thia i
week.
THE BIG FEATURE
Parade Last Friday Makes the
(lorn Show — Marshfield
H. S. Band Assists
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While not as large as last’s year’s,
the Corn Show parade last Friday
was a very fine pageant, of over
four blocks in length, and made this
the outstanding feature of the cele
bration, and the B. P. W. club, with
Mrs. Berths J. Smith as chairman, de
serves all the credit for Friday’« most
successful presentation. .
The parade was headed by a state
police ear, Uncle 8am and Miss Col
umbia on horseback (Herman Floton
and Miss Kathleen MdClintock) and
the Marshfield High School band.
This -band from the bay added
greatly to the afternoon’s entertain
ment and their concert in the Com
munity Building the same afternoon
was enjoyed by a large crowd.
Prize winners in the parade were:
Best patriotic organisation float,
Coquille American Legion, 310.
Beet Grange float, Coquille No. 396,
810.
Best cliTb float. Lions, 810.
Best fraternal float, Royal Neigh
bors, 810.
Best school float, C. H. 8., 85.
Beat junior elub float, C. H. 8.
Smith-Hughes, 85.
Best rural school float, Roy district,
85-
Best rural high school float, Arago,
85.
In the prize pet section, the follow
ing awards were made by the judges:
Largest pet, Shetland pony, Elsie
Yoakam; smallest pet, gold fish, John
Ellingsen; moxt unusual pet, turtle,
Marie Matthews; dog with longest
tail, wolf hound, Dick Vinton; dog
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Truck Men to File Rates
AU fixed termini and anywhere-for-
hire truck men have employed Ned C.
Kelley as their agent and given him
power of attorney to file with the
Oregon Public Utilities commission a
uniform tariff or rates covering all
operators within the district of the
Oregon Coast Highway as far north
‘as Florence. AU local rates will be
made uniform and while there will be
a slight increase in rates on some
commodities and for some classes of
freight yet the public wiU be greatly
benefitted by this uniform tariff; for
all operators will have the same rates,
and one tariff will cover all opera
toss.
The new bureau will be known as
the Oregon Coast Auto Freight Bu
reau. Its office will be at 383 8outh
Taylor Street, Coquille, Ore.
Randolph Lorenz Wins Place
Randolph Lorenz, on Wednesday af
ternoon, won the right to represnt
Coquille in the McKesson Drug Co.
contest which will be held in the
Broadway theatre in a . few weeks,
and in which singers, dancers and mu
sicians from forty other cities in Ore
gon and southern Washington will
compete.
The «election was made Wednesday
afternoon
when Randolph, Ernie
C oper and Frankio and Johnny, of
the McKinley OCC camps, winners of
the local contest at the Liberty The
atre last Saturday night, were hoard
over KEX at Portland. Should Ran
dolph be one of the five winners in the
January competition be will bo giver,
a trip to San Francisco or Hollywood
for further try-outs.
Meetings to Close Sunday
The meetings which Walter Fiscus
has been conducting at the Church of
Christ for the past several weeks will
close Sunday evening. The following
are the subjects on which he will
ipcaik the next three evenings:
Friday: “An Adequate Savior.” A
social hour will be held for young
people.
Saturday: "Nine Men that Ought to
Be in Heil.”
„
Sunday evening: “Oatriches.”
The hearing was interesting, to
say the least, with charges of fraud
and counter charges. J. W. Robey, of
Portland, a friend of Miso Jerzyk,
the principal stockholder of the cor
poration, had attempted to secure suf
ficient creditor proxies to control the
meeting. He was opposed by Judge
Watson who, as friend of W. E. Hass Treasurer Wants Bills Quickly
ler, former owner of the plant, had
E. D. Webb, Com Show treasurer,
attempted to do the same thing. Fin- requests that all those having claims
ally a compromise candidate was pto- against the committee for expenses
posed for 'trustee, and Dr. Richmond in connection with this year’s show to
was appointed.
present those claims at once. It is
It* was pointed out “that the paper hoped to close the beoks on the 1933
would have to be issued this week Com Show early next week.
and next if the property is to retain
its value as a going concern. Joehnk,
The Ameriacn Legion Auxiliary will
after consultation with t>e creditors, have a pot luck luncheon and sewing
made the statement that the trustee meeting next Tuesday, Nov. 21, at
would be authorised to have a paper one p. m.
issued for the next two weeks provid-
ed an estimated deficit of 826.00 per
You can get your Radio tubes
week is put up, by erediterà and tested free at H 8. Norton’s Music
others.
A BtaUoaary Itera.