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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from- the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb 3, 1945 '
(It was Saturday)
Mark Goldy named chairman
of Rogue River water commit
tee, succeeding H. B. Murphy,
who resigned: because of the
pressure of business.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A series
of showers, plus a couple of
warm days, and the first toad
stool to be picked for a mush
room would be reported, with
the patient recovering as well
as could be expected.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 3, 1935
(It was Sunday)
v Dr. Edwin Durno, Medford,
former University of Oregon
All-American - basketball play
er, named to Pacific Northwest
all-time all-star team by coaches
in Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho.
Mrs. E. E. Gore and Miss Dor
othy Gore to organize girls civ
ic orchestra.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 3, 1925
(It was Tuesday)
Home of Charles A. Wing en
tered and $12 stolen.
Mrs. J. W. Jacobs presents a
bunch of pussywillows gathered
on Bear creek to Chamber of
Commerce.
40 YEARS AGO '
Feb. 3, 1915
(It was Wednesday)
Attorney E. E. Kelly writes a
letter describing "my first ride
in a Cadillac," and says he was
'astounded, awed, and thrilled."
From the local and personal
column: Medford police have
found a woman's hat on Main
St., and the owner can have
same by applying at the police
station. : -
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?) '
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
-1. When the U.S. began under
its present Constitution in .1789,
its capital was Washington, D.C.,
right or wrong?
2. The track mileage operated
by -U.S. railroads as a whole
gets greater or-less every year,
or stays the same?
3. - P r e s i d e n t Eisenhower
wants the present 75c-an-hour
federal minimum wage lower
ed, or kept the same, or raised
to 90c, or $1, or. $1.25.
4. Which member of the pres
ent U.S. Supreme ' Court was
once a member of the Ku Klux
Klan? . ...
' 5. A half -nelson is a maneuver
in boxing, basketball,' football,
wrestling, or -chess?-, ' . "
6. President F, D. Roosevelt
accused Red . China, Nazi Ger
many, Fascist Italy or militaris
tic Japan of plunging a knife
into the back of its neighbor?
7. Puerto Rican migrants to
the U.S. last year were sharply
or slightly up, or sharply or
slightly down.
The answers: 1. Wrongs it
was then Philadelphia. 2. Gels
less. 3. Raised to 90c an hour.
4. 'Justice Hugo L. : Black. 5.
Wrestling! 6. Fascist Italy. 7.
Sharply down.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday : 10 ajn. Monday for
Monday; other days 6:30 previous day.
MAIL TRIBUNE
What Is "Co-kxistence "? : -
Certain "die-hards" in the congress are still claim
ing that co-existence with Soviet Russia is "unthink
able." . . ..
In fact some of them maintain co-existence is. a
synonym -f or appeasement. -
: Why don't our political brethren take a breathing
spell and look up the word in the dictionary. . -
U-CAlSbCllVC 11XC1CXV UlcailO vvuab xu oajo tio-
tence TOGETHER, presumably at the same time
and on the same planet.
The only way to end it would be to get off the
planet.
DUT until then we would like to see the word bar-
red in congressional debate, at least during the
present crisis.
"Co-existence" is here whether we like it or not.'
We co-existed with Germany through two wars; we
co-existed with Russia when it was a slave state and
a Communist one: we co-exist today with Jugoslavia,
which is Communist, and
and sundry small dictatorships, without serious dif
ficulty, or injury.
Until Uncle Sam gets off the earth, he has to live
on it and co-exist with the other nations that do,-
"It seems to this department the time has come to
recognize the facts of life, Webster's unabridged and
geography even if it hurts. R.W.R.
w
. Another word we would like to see dropped in
political debate for a few days is "appeasement."
Every time any suggestion is made that Uncle Sam
doesn't WANT to fight Red China, the pro-Chiang
lobby in Washington headed by Senator Knowland
UJ. KjaiLLvjiiiia, uicis xjjeaocixxtxxi.
This was the objection to the "cease fire", proposal
of President Eisenhower, and as usual the Republi
can leader had his way, persuading; the Foreign xie
lations committee to withdraw support of it.
' 7 .
HAT has trie senior Senator from California got
that is not visible at
him so effective in opposing the leader of his, own
party and subject to so little criticism, as he persists
in that course. -
If anv other Senate member should dare oppose
the administration's foreign policy- as - persistently
and vigorously, there would be wild cries of opposi
tion and resentment. But the Calif orriian gets away
-with it and ho one says a
WHAT Senator Knowland apparently: wants is . the
ratnrn o-f P.Viijnr TTai-aVipV tn rnTitrnl 7vfr China.
arid if that involves World
will be worth the price. Anything short of it in fact is
"appeasement. .
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SO THE failure to cross the Yalu and instead secure
an armistiVe in Korea was "aDDeasemeni" The
failure to aid the French in
hnmh th p. Chinese mainland
Also as stated, everything
China for Chiang Hai-sneK
NnW if the Eisenhower
succeed, and peace in the
for a time at least, that
peasement. .
THE term has been so overworked, and so twisted
-Fvrvm ifc Trnnor mAQTrnio
MJ AWW AlaVMiaai w
ity, and a better understanding not only in this coun
try but in foreign lands, it should be given a rest for
a time. Let's hope it will be. R.W.R. v
A Good Word for Morse
Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon Independent, was
thinking out loud for a great many of us when he pos
ed to the Senate, as it began debate on Formosa, the
dilemma of widening the defense of that island to
Quemoy and the Matsus along the mainland.
He bespoke the worries that plague . many, of us
when he showed how we ourselves might be nailed as
aggressors, contrary to international law, should our
military leaders interpret the vague language of the
Eisenhower policy resolution as authority to strike
at the mainland and thus involve us in an Asian con
tinental war! s -
It may turn out to have been a historic speech.
- ,
OF ITS courage there is no doubt, if you appreciate
uii uviwiuii 11 W VY ill UlllO V-llJ. J. IX w OCliatUI up
boldly where so many of us let our desire to conform
silence us, and that last seems to be true, in fact, of
many members of the House who went along quietly
to pass tne resolution, as well as of the Senate. :
It was quite an experience to sit in the Senate
gallery and listen to the slender, earnest Oregon Sen
ator. For he was giving voice to the anxieties in your
t)wn mind. He was saying
you looked at a map and
ij ni.;
uuu v ux uuuia cmig ixie lsianus wmcn now are in an
our headlines. You tried to imagine yourself way over
there on that other side of the world, and wondered
what you would think if you had always lived on that
continent, on the other side of the Pacific ; Ocean.
about the intentions of another great nation far across
that ocean which now had' its warships deploved
along the coast., . ,
THE MAN. With thA man
' v
duu uicu tu cApicas
bowled Over in the melee
up, even if he has to wait
and raise a memorial. (Extract from article bv Tom
Stokes, well known news
ington (D.C.) Post),
Thursday, February 9,193 S
we? cp-exist with various
this distance that makes
v - " - ' . :.
word. ' -V ' ; -
War III. OK, the results
Indochina and failure to
then was "appeasement."
short of war to conquer
is "appeasement
cease fire attempt should
Far East should reign,
we assume wouiQ De ap
r
t.hat. tnr rriA or ciar-
what you had thought as
saw how close to the great
j l;. i ti
wllft noennVa Ani'arc
" J UyUUV WIU
uui uest uM.uncts may ue
but we are frlnrl Tip annke
for historv-to mark his art
commentator in the Wash
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Matter of Fact
SIDELIGHT ON FORMOSA .
Hong Kong ' For what it
may be worth, the Chinese Com
munist leaders have solemnly
declared their
intention of
taking For
mosa this year
to high offi
cials of the
Burmese gov
ernment. This report
er learned this
remark able
fact from an
undoubt e d
Joseph Alsop
source just be
fore leaving Rangoon. Superfi
cially, it may not seem to add
greately to the loud protesta
tions that, "Taiwan must be
ours" which have been heard
on the Peking Radio for the nast
year. ;
But in reality there is a wide
difference between a radio bar
rage with all its varied domestic
and other motives, and a confi
dential disclosure to leading
men of friendly governments.
Indian oficials are reputed to
have received the same disclos
ure as the Burmese.
There is further significance
in the disclosure's timing. It was
made in the midst of, indeed as
an mcident of. the elaborate
Chinese Communist courtship of
the Indians and Burmese. If
Chou En-lai and his colleagues
were just hunting for- conven
ient dupes, it is rather1" hard to
see why they chose the two
chief Asian governments which
have approved Premier Chou's
"Five principles of co-existence."
There are good reasons to be
lieve, in fact, that the disclos
ure to the Burmese was made
in the course of Prime Minister
U Nu's . elaborately organized
state visit to Peking. As already
reported in this space, the great
Chinese Communist theme with
U Nu was that China was being
"encircled" by American bases;
that the American intention was
to destroy China in the end; and
that China would therefore run
any risk to destroy these hostile
bases first. " '
It can now be stated, however.
that responsible Chinese Com
munist leaders went even , fur
ther with members of U Nu's
party. They pin-poujted Formosa
as the . "American base" thev
were most 'determined to des
troy. They stated that they
meant every word of their ra
dio propaganda about taking the
Dig isiana, witnout qualification.
And they even discussed the na
ture of their plan.
TVHE Burmese officials evident-
A ly inquired how the Chinese
leaders could conceivably hope
to take Formosa proper, with so
many, miles of open water be
tween the big island and the
mainland. The reply was that
air warning on Formosa was
poor; that the morale of the gov
ernment and people was low:
and that Formosa would be soft-
ened up for the final attack by
powerful air bombings of Tai
peh and other centers.
Whether this assessment is
stiu correct, this reporter hopes
to find out on the spot in a few
days. It was certainly , correct
last year. The : Chinese might
nave aaaed, and perhaps did
add, that against land based IL
28 jet bombers and bomb carrv-
ing MIG 15s, our "aircraft car
riers in the narrow waters of
the Formosa Strait would have
a very hard time indeed.
There is no hard information
as to whether this latter point
was maoe. in any case, the Chi-
nese convinced the .Burmese
iney meant business and were
wuimg xo risk American repri
sals. In Rangoon, in fact, a auiet
warning of bad trouble to come
in wnma was recently given to
a friendly neutral diplomat leav
ing for Peking on an entire
peaceful and irrevelant special
mission. .. ; s . .
" Having spent the -last two
months studying the Communist
danger in Southern
WHO
reporter can make no attempt
iu evaxuaxe me. danger to For
mosa. It is simply worth noting
uxt- xne wunese leadei s de
clared tneir warlike intentions
with such positiveness and in
such detail to the Riirmp
whom they are courting.
They may have been seeking
to frighten the extremelv stout
hearted and astute Burma gov
ernment," for they liave reason to
fear that the Burmese will abandon-what
-may -be-called the
Nehru position 5 if Communist
pressure in South Asia goes
much further. Or the Chinese
may simply have been unburd
ening themselves of their real
plans. - . t ' - -
- If a complete shot in the dark
is permissible, these Chinese
warnings to the LAsian neutrals,
mere bluster though they 'may
be, have probably produced one
very ; important result already.
For ; the: news ;has ; surely been
passed on to Washington,
through London or by some oth
er route. And such news would
be just the kind of secret lever
that could shift the President
from hC firm former position,
and lead, him to the new deci
sion to include Quemoy and the
Matsu .islands in the Formosa
defense perimeter.
THE general ; confidence that
tiie.dChinese do not mean
By Joseph Alsop -
business about 'Formosa proper
has been squarely , based on the
same habit of thought that was
the real .explanation - of Pearl
Harbor the habit of thinking
out what the other fellow will
do on the basis, of what you
would do ,if you were the other
fellow. .The news here given,
whether it means anything or
not, would be. likely to raise a
question mark among " those
thinking along these ' lines,: in
Washington. And the natural re
sult would be a bolder and
tougher policy. .
Copyright, 1955, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc. -
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Meetings Helpful
To the Editor: I have received
so much spiritual help from the
series of meetings being held in
the Free Methodist church this
week that I feel compelled to
tell others about it. If anyone is
spiritually hungry, I invite them
to come, for if one can receive
good spiritual food, without a
doubt "it is there for others too,
for God is no respecter of per
sons. Mrs. Everett H. Malott,"
1902 Elm St.,
Medford, Ore..
Give 'Em All A Chance
To the Editor: The "past few
weeks my wife and I have been
attending the grade school bas
ketball games. Besides having a
wonderful time . watching the
little shavers play we have no
ticed a striking difference in the
coaches. , '
One coach in particular struck
a responsive chord with u?. I
won't mention his name, but it
does my heart good to - see a
coach who thinks more of his
Doys tnan running , up . impres
sive victories. : He, also, has . i
wonderful little players that
feel could probably win most of
their games, but he makes sure
that every bby on his team plays
in each; game. So his victories
aren't very impressive. "!
I can understand high schools
and colleges trying their utmost
to win all their games, as their
box office brings in . anf im
pressive amount of revenue for
the school. But in the 5th and
6th grades, I feel that the com
petitive experience that the boys
get is much more important
than the ability to say "We beat
such and such school." -
I takmy hat off to this man.
We sure wish there were more
like him, and hope that he never
changes his attitude.
A Fan '
(name on fil).
Ike Needs Help and Sympathy
To the Editor: While the Pres
ident did not need the endorse
ment of the Congress he thought
it, wise, because of the horrible
precedent that had been set by
tnree Presidents before him in
saying one thing, and doing an
other. Wilson told the Germans
we were too proud to . fight.
Roosevelt said our mothers' sons
would never fight on foreign
soil, and Acheson said we would
not defend .Formosa or Korea.
As these statements resulted
in three wars, the,. President
wanted to make sure that there
would be n6 mistake about him
doing what he said he would, if
they tried to take Formosa: -
There was no need or excuse
for any argument, only to create
confusion. However, it gave an
opportunity for the man holding
the record of making the long
est speech ever recorded, with
out changing a single vote, to
demonstrate to . his friends and
coworkers in state owned in
dustry that he was trying to pro
tect them from our war-mong-ering
President... ,
Our'' President is overloaded
with, responsibility, and needs all
the help - and ; sympathy his
friends can give him. His. ene
mies are hot all in Russia,'-6r
China.' A. good way to persuade
the commies that they do not
want any , more of those islands
around Formosa would be after
evacuating,' slip an H'bomb in
and then warn them, to keep
Ira C. Jones, -
2325 Stewart ave., .
Medford, Ore., ;.
'Linda Bowen Fund' ;
Benefit Dance Slated
Gold Hill Plans have been
announced for a public dance to
be held in the Gold Kill Grange
hall Feb. 19, .with all proceeds
going in to a ; "Linda Bowen
fund." 'v: ; v
Linda is the 11-year-old girl
who suffered serious back, in-
juries last lau wnen sne ieix
from a tree while attempting to
rescue her kitten. She has been
paralyzed since, and has under
gone extensive hospitalization
and medical treatment. It is
hoDed the money : raised will
help pay for her treatment, r:
Four organizations are. spon
soring the dance. They are the
Odd Fellows, urange, laons and
Veterans of Foreign Wars." Com
mittees have been named, with
H. D. Force, Gold Hill- post-
master as gerieral chairman. '
EVACUATED FROM TACHEN ISLANDS, these Chinese orphans
are greeted Tjy Mme Chiang Kai-shek, wife of Generalissimo, as
they arrive at Taipeh, Formosa.
Red Chi na Expected
Eventually TosTurn
Guns on Hong Kong
Editor's note: In he ahunr. nf
Charles M. McCann, who is iU, the fol
lowing special dispatch is substituted
for his foreign news commentary. -
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
United Press Correspondent
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Red
China's repeated claims that
Formosa and all other Chinese
soil will be "liberated" by the
Chinese Communist armies have
raised a question about the fu
ture status of Hong Kong.
Chinese Nationalist sources
are speculating that Britain may
have good reason to be concern
ed for its small but rich and
strategic colony in the Pearl
river, delta.
Many : important sources here
are convinced' that the Chinese
Reds are merely biding their
time before grabbing the Brit
ish colony. Some are suggesting
that the Peiping regime will
turn its attention to Hong Kong
if they are convinced they can
not seize Formosa. ,
: One prominent . Chinese Na
tionalist official said today: "We
think the Communists first will
try to maneuver Britain into giv
ing Hong Kong back to them,
If political' maneuvering fails,
it's a good: guess the Chinese
PuHe will ir r o1ta if V.r va "
Determination Stressed
t Nationalist quarters point to
Communist broadcasts from Pei
ping which have rejected the
Formosa cease fire plan, which
was ' strongly recommended to
Peiping by BritainThese broad
casts, . they add, have stressed
Red China's determination to
continue : military action until
they get Formosa. -'
These propaganda thunder
ings lead informed quarters here
to believe Peiping does not want
to become bound by any cease
fire or other formula which
would limit or deter Red expan
sion plans.
Talent Project Still
Given Fair Chance,
Ellsworth Believes
By HARRIS ELLSWORTH MC
, Washington If Federal proj
ects could be built in Oregon by
speeches made on . the Floor of
the . United States Senate our
worries would be over. They
cannot be built that way.
Over $400,000 Available
The fact is that $84,000 was
allocated last year for work on
this project and that the new
budget calls for $352,000 for the
most urgently needed work pro
vided for in the Talent authori
zation. This money will be used
toward the rebuilding of the
Medford and Rogue River Valley
irrigation district facilities.
Another $30,000 was budgeted
for further planning.
Secretary .McKay urged the
inclusion' in the budget of $2,
500,000. for construction on the
major works of the project. The
Bureau of the Budget did not
put that amount in. In Novem
ber I was informed that the fig
ures in the hands of the Bureau
were all in good order. The proj
ect, is a sound one and clearly
stands- on its own feet with re
spect to repayment of the money
to the Treasury. When the item
did not appear in the budget I
asked the Bureau what happen
ed. Here is the story revealed by
a conference with Budget Direc
tor Hughes and his technical
people: v .
-. The project .was set aside for
further study by' the Bureau be-;
cause the data in their nands in
dicated an amazingly low bene
fits to cost ratio which in
simple language means that the
government appeared to be foot
ing part of the cost as a subsidy
whereas irrigation projects: are
required to pay put with a mar
gin to spare. ' .' ; . . 5 -
Simple Typing Error j
Upon comparing their data
with figures furnished me by
the Interior Department and by
the Talent district, it was dis
covered first of all that a simple
typing error in 4he report sub
mitted by the Department of
Agriculture reduced the per acre
return several dollars. Then , it
was discovered that more than
8,000 acres of land to be irrigat
ed were classified as grass lands
with low income return per acre
(International Soundphoto)
Another factor pointing , to
trouble for Hong Kong' in the
not too distant future is the
attitude of Chinese Communists
toward all foreigners on their
soil. It is reasonable to assume
that they resent the .presence
of the British in , Hong Kong.
Even the' . Nationalists, before
they were driven from the main
land, were bringing pressure on
.Britain to recognize the crown
colony as Chinese and return
it to China.
Would Look for More
"Nationalists realize that the
Reds will take all they can get
and would soon be . .looking to
ward the Philippines, once For
mosa fell," a government, official
said.
Outwardly, at least, the Brit
ish in Hong Kong appear to
view the situation calmly.
v "Maybe jthey are right " the
same Nationalist leader said,
"Maybe they have nothing to
lear. But the record of the Com
munists to date would lead one
to believe otherwise,
"Since 1945, Communist con
trolled territory ' has been ex
panded; by military -efforts by
more than 3,891,000 square
miles
Hong' Kong's 32 square miles
would be a mere drop in the
bucket, in terms of real estate.
But it would be a gigantic plum
for Peiping's prestige and it has
strategic importance as well.
The biggest factor weighing
against ; a Red move on Hong
.ri.ong is its importance , to the
Communists" as a base for trade
both in goods and information
with the West,
If Peiping decides the ad
vantages of seizure outweigh
those of keeping that "window"
open in Asia, it is believed here
that a move, against Hong Kong
will not be long coming
whereas they w'ijl be in orchards
with much higher return. It was
also found that a late revision
of the 'figures on income from
the sale of power had not reach
ed the Budget Bureau's file on
the project. The new figure in
dicates a return from power
nearly ,25 greater, than origi
nally calculated.
Other very favorable figures
raising the total of indirect bene
fits from the project are also
now incuded in the file. "
It shoud be remembered, with
reference to this or to any other
project, that the President and
the Bureau of the Budget and
the Appropriations Committees
of Congress look at them criti
cally. It must be proven beyond
question that a :project is sound
and right before money' is either
budgeted or appropriated.
Working with the district peo
ple, we are now getting the cor
rect data in the hands of the
Budget Director. I think it likely
that a budget item for starting
the construction portion of the
Talent project may be sent to
Congress before too, long.
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In the Day's Hews
? By FRANK JENKINS t
The Soviet newspaper Pravda
(which prints only - what the
Kremlin tells it to print) de
scribes as a "rude provocation"
the congressional resolution that
authorized President Eisenhow
er to use armed force in guard
ing Formosa.
' - It adds:'' :-' :
"The United States is follow-,
ing a criminal aggressive policy
directed toward aggravation of "
tension in the Far East."
B'
AD? v-:v
I think not.
' That's the - way Pravda and
the other mouthpieces of the
Kremlin have been talking for
years, and the Russians have
done no BIG shooting yet.
: Look out, though, if the com
mies start talking NICE.
A FRIEND writes" from Lima,
"Senator Morse is referred to
down here as "Man Who Hasn't
Made up His Mind yet."
Who says these South Ameri
cans aren't politically astute? '
ri THESE chronicles, I've
spoken frequently of the tem
peramental robot we call a tele
type. The teletype says: a
"Scattered precipitation is re- ''
ported in Washington and Ore
gon today with snow in the
inland mountains. The precipita
tion is being triggered by cool
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Succintly and accurately put,
I'd say,v after a look out of the
window, v v- -
THIS modern world note:
In a hip C. h i a a n ViioVi
school, breakfast is now being
served in the school cafeteria
to 'the students before classes
begin.
(Presumably, they get up too
late for breakfast at home, and
the school authorities have the
sound idea that one does better
work on a full stomach.) .
Fi1 GRANDPA reads that item
he'll be cynical. He'll recall
the days when he arose - at 4
a.m., lighted the kerosene , lan
tern and started his chores. He
went to school later on in the
day as a kind of afterthought
. And"1 r- s ; '
Hustled home in mid-afternoon
to get his night chores
started. : v ... .
Who says the world isn't get
ting better?
THAT brings up the high school
girl in Reese, Mich., who
whispered to a seat-mate during
class and as a punishment was
required to copy by hand Presi
dent Eisenhower's State-of-the-Union
message all 7500 words"
of it.
She did it, commenting later
that Ike could have covered the
same' ground, in fewer words.
She sent the copy to the -White
House,- along with her comment,
and a few days later along came
a note from Ike acknowledging
that after all the 'message WAS
longer that it really needed to
be. vv. i'v :. " hn'
What a gal!
. What a PRESIDENT! V '
AND v y - .-.
' In Akron, O., an 18-year-old
boy got into court on a
charge of breaking and entering;
He pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced immediately. Here's what
the judge prescribed: , ? - .
"A spanking with a ping-pong
paddle - until his seat - is pink
red.".
THE judge said to the boy's
father: : . '
"You can't cultivate a farm
if you don't take, the weeds out.
Do you think you could give him
a spanking? ' y
The father, said he could, and
would and then he did. ' 4
UNORTHODOX? ' J 1
It certainly is. But I can't
help thinking that the boy him
self is better off and his parents
are better off, and his commu
nity is better off, and his STATE
is better off than if he'd been
sent to an orthodox ' prison
which far too often is just a fin
ishing school from which petty
criminals graduate v as skilled
and competent criminals. .
REGULATION
New Haven, Conn. (U.Pj
The Greater New Haven Restau
rant . Association 5 disappointed
some with its lack of originality
when it announced the menu for
its annual banquet. It served
fruit, cup, soup, salad, chicken,
ice cream and coffee. ,-
MORTUARY
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