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Jersey Governor Plans!
No More * Reprieves;
Condon Interview Un
?.
Trenton, N. J., March 25.?Gover
nor 'Harold G. Hoffman, who saved
Bruno l&chard Hauptmamr from ex
ecution two months ago, said tonight
he will not do so again on his own
initiatim Hauptmann's only hope,
the governor said, lies in judicial in- I
terventron.
Hauptmann is scheduled to die!
at 3 o'clock next Tuesday night.
The Governor spoke a few hours
after Haaptiwann, in a last-minute,
desperate move, asked the court of
pardons for the ^second time to
commute his death sentence to life
imprisonment. The same eight men
who will decide whether to hear the
appeal rejected Hauptmann's first re
quest for clemency on January 11.
Stands by Statement.
"I stand on my January 17 state
ment" the Governor said "that I
would not grant a further reprieve
unless a situation arises which the
Attorney General would agree war- [
ranted asking the court for another J
extension."
He declined to say whether any
thing has happened to warrant
such a move by himself and Attor
ney General David T. Wilentz,
Hauptmann's chief prosecutor.
Asked if failure of Hauptmann's
mercy plea and an appeal for aj
new trial would mean ~ the Bronx I
carpenter would die next Tuesday
night for the Lindbergh baby killing, I
the Governor said:
"It looks much that way."
The Governor said he still desir
ed to question Dr. John F. (Jafsie)
Condon, Lindbergh ransom negotia
tor, but would - not accept Dr.
Condon's terms under which the
proposed interview would he held.
The governor said he would meet
Dr. Condon any place except his
home, where Jafsie suggested the
meeting take place in the pres
ence of Attorney General Wilentz.
DREAM' FOR DAY'S
RUN AT PARAMOUNT
THEATRE WEDNESDAY
Max Reihardt's super production
of ShiJcespeare's comedy, "A Mid
summer Night's Dream," at the
Paramount Theatre on Wednesday,
April 1, is one of the biggest and
most talented casts of Warner Bros.,
stars ever to appear in a single pic
ture.
Reinhardt, long acknowledged to
be Europe's greatest stage producer,
consented to present his spectacle in
film form after it had met with
tremendous success at the Hollywood
Bowl and in San Francisco.
It is said to be the ultimate in
spectacular grandeur, while at the
same time, its comedy and romance
are as hilarious and as human as
the mortal race.
James Cagney heads the all star
cast with Joe E Brown, Hugh Her
bert, Frank McHugh, Otis Harlan,
Dewey Robinson and Arthur Treacher
playing with him as the artisan
mummers who present a play before
the Duke of Athens on the occasion
of his wedding to. the Queen of the
Amazons.
The leading romatic roles are play
ed by Dick Powell, Jean Muir, Ross
Alexander and Olivia de Havillfod,
whose mixed np love affairs lead to.
some strange pranks by the elf of
mischief, Puck, portrayed by Mickey
JRooney.
Scores of beautiful dann'ng girls
take part in the fairy spectacles,
the, dances being created and directed
by the two famous European baller
inas, Bronialawa Nijinska and Nina
TVflade.
The spectacle is set to the beau
tiful mask by Mendelsaohn, arrang
ed by dm noted Viennese composer,
Erich Wilfgang Goragold.
The Paramount announces two
rsaareid aaat performances Wednes
day, April 1, each lasting three hours;
at 3:30 and 8:00 o'eloek. At the
matinee all achool children will be
admitted for 76c, adults 86c. Eve
ning parfondmee tickets, children
86c, ?Mta ?U3, t*x included.
Four StUb Seized,
Arrestee
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Lack of Committee
Quorum Responsible;
Favorable Action Ex
pected Today ?
Washington, March 25.?Action on
the tobacco compact bill was again
postponed by the House Committee
on Agriculture today, due to the
fact that only a bare quorum of the
25 members of the committee was
present. * '
"A number of committee mem
bers who were absent today have
assured they will be on hand to be
recorded tomorrow, and I see no
reason why we should not get a
favorable report tomorrow; and I
am still hopeful for an unanimous
report," said Representative Harold
D. Cooley, a member of the commit
tee, today.
While no - action of any kind was
taken today by the committee, it
seems fairly certain that Sections
Three and Four of the bill, dealing
with interstate transportation of to
bacco, will be eliminated from the
measure.
To Be Eliminated.
A caucus of members from North
Carolina and other states interested
in the measure authorized the ac
tion yesterday on the ground that
elimination of these sections would
not weaken the bill materially, and
some members of the delegation
feel that the elimination would'
actually strengthen the bill; and
that without resort to Federal pow
ers, the compact states will nave am
ple authority to deal with all to
bacco, whether or not grown in that
state, should an attempt be made to
market it on the warehouse floors of
a compact state.
There is also a possibility that a
long section of the bill, setting up
the equivalent of a state act for
Puerto Rico in the event of a com
pact among states producing sugar
type .tobacco, will be stricken out
However, some members from
states growing cigar type tobacco
object to the elimination of the
Puerto Rico section and it may be
retained.
Another question raised at the
committee meeting* today was the
reservation of ratification by Con
gress until after a compact has
been actually formed. However,
that proposal met with strong ob
jections from Mr. Cooley and other
members directly interested, and
will probably be abandoned tomor
row.
There was also a suggestion that
the* compacts be limited to flue
cured tobacco, but Virginia mem
bers and those from the big burley
states objected strenuously to that
proposal.
Carolina T. &T.
Co. Mill Dial
System Here
The New Dial System Was Cut
In For General Use This
Morning; Users Urged To
* Follow Instructions Very
Carefully
t For tie past several weeks *the
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Co, has had a large force of men
here installing the very latest tele
phone system, known as the Dial
System.
The new system was cut in for
general use this morning at 6:30 and
is expected to eliminate a lot of the
usual centra] office delay and trou
ble, and too, the user will not have
\ anyone to fine at but himself in
case of a wrong number.
Coming with the insta|latiott of
the new telephone system, will be
"the removal of the unsightly tele
phone and electric light poles from
the business district of Main street,
which will naturally add, to the at*
tractiveness of this pert of the erty.
The. Carolina Telephone* and Tele
graph Co., is gradually flanging ife
various exchanges throughout this
State.
Swift Creek
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(By N." T. Enttett^ Mr -D.) :
Last- week Wn article appeared in
one of the eomity papen* giving oer-:
tain facte-aMl1 Agues-concerning the.
Swift Creek Rod arid' drainage proj-i
ect
The article was made up largely
of statistical data as to thercost of
the work and givifcg the names of
the State and National persons and
organizations cheifly responsible for
securing WPA funds for this stu
pendous project. (The Government
contributed $104,000' and the land
owners $50,000.)
Farther information touching on
[the value of this-project from the
[health standpoint and giving the
names of some of the local organiza
tions and persons which have coop
erated with the State and National
Administration will probably be of
interest to the citizens of our county.
It is probably not generally under
stood that this Swift Creek drainage
project is primarily a Health Project;
not a project for the reclamation of
farm land. In other words, the
National Government appropriated
money for this drainage solely for
the purpose of improving the health
of the people, that is, the reclama
tion of manpower rather than farm
acreage,
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Alai ana IS OJIC OX WW? Uiwov |J4v t ?? i
lent of all preventable diseases and is
especially prevalent in the Swift
Creek area. Malaria so devitalizes
its victim that wherever malaria pre
vails, the population is generally
subnormal physically, mentally and
economically. As malaria lessens,
health improves and prosperity in
creases.
As evidence'of the prevalence of
malaria in the Swift Creek area, the
health officer has statements ? from
the physicians who practice in this
area to the effect that around 25 per
cent of their practice is made up of
malaria patients. In a survey made
last spring among 500 Swift Creek
citizens, 58.8 per cent gave a history
of malaria. ?
I can conceive of no single effort
which would improve the health of
the citizens of Pitt County so much
as drainage of this area, for this
area represents the county's worst
malaria problem.
I would like to voice my apprecia
tion for the cooperation given the
lqcal health department by the coun
ty officials, andr the public spirited
citizens of this area. It is difficult
tp say where most credit is due, but
as General Scheie y remarked about
the capture of Santiago, "there is
glory enough for all"
In addition to the county officials,
the local organizations and commit
tees that were active in promoting
this project were:
A committee from the Pitt County
Board of Health, composed of: Dr.
N. Thomas Ennett, Health Officer,
Chairman, Greenville; Dr. M. T.
Frizzelle, Ayden; Dr. Paul Fitz
gerald, Greenville.
A committee from the Pitt County
Farm Board, composed of: J. E.
Winslow, Chairman, Greenville; J. T.
Thorne, Farmville; M. 0. Blount,
Bethel; J. P. Davenport, Pactolus; A.
L. Woolard, Stokes; F. M. Kilpatrictc,
Ayden.
A committee from the Ayden Ro
tary Club, composed of: J. R. Turn
age, J. B. Pierce, J. W. Prescott, J.
H. Coward, aU of Ayden.
' Officers of the District Drainage
Association are: Judge F. M. Woot
en, Attorney for the Association,
Greenville; J. R. Harvey, Grifton; J.
R. Turnage, Ayden; Alton Gardner,
Grifton; Hugh T. Stokes; Ayden, R.
F. D.; F. M. Kilpatrick, Ayden.
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Miss Penina Susan Dail, attractive
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Dail, and Mr. Ernest Bray, son
of Mr. and Mr* A. B. Bray, of Dud
ley, motored to Emporia, Va^ Thanh
day, March 19, and were united in
marriage by Rev. J. W. Kinlaw, Bap
tist minister, in his home.
The bride wore a becoming suit of
blue ? with hat and accessories to
match. Her flowers were a shoulder
of sweetheart roses and valley lilies.
After a motor trip of several days
Mr. and Mrs. Bray will return to
jFarmville, where Mr. Bray, is engag
ed in the business of car repairing,
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ed to read carefully the Vivertise
ment of the company elsewhere in
Pissue or their temperary tele
i directory. '
.RECEIVES I
TO WRBVf*OINT
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Shows Big Gain!
Receipts To Date Ex
ceed Those For Past
Fiscal Year by 10 Per
Cent
Raleigh, March 26.?Income taxi
collections by the State of North!
Carolina to date exceed by 10 perl
cent those of the same period! during I
the past fiscal year, it was shown!
yesterday by a report from Commis-1
sioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell.
Receipts through Tuesday totaledl
'$7,022,146.26, as compared with $6,-1
367,207.26 on the same date in 1935.1
Tins increase approximates' the!
estimates - mad* by the Department I
of Revenue, said Commissioner I
Maxwell. The peak of-Collections!
almost has been reached* although!
payments will continue. Delayed I
payments normally do not exceed!
$300,000, said Maxwell.
Only about "five per cent of the!
income taxpayers have be^n grant-j
ed extensions, the department es-|
ti mates. - Furthermore, the major I
taxpayers have filed their returns,!
finding it cheaper to pay on time!
and avoid penalties and interest, I
even if they have to borrow money.!
While tax collections for the fis-|
cal year to date exceed those fori
the same period in 1934-35 by $654,-!
949, receipts for the current month!
exceed those for the first 24 days!
of March, 1936, oy only $392,668.88,
indicating that more income taxes 1
were ? collected prior to March this
year than in 1934-35.
Income tax collections from the <
beginning of the fiscal year up to
March totalled $1,022,318.82, as com
pared with only $760,048.70 for the
Same period in 1984-85.
Receipts for Match, 1936, were al
most as great as for March of this
year, the figures being $5,60^,158.56
in 1935 and $5,999,h27.44 for 1936.
Sam A. WMtefturst
States Candidacy
For Another Term
Sheriff To Make Race For Present
Office For Sixth Time, Having
Won Position Five Terms ,
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Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst announces <
his candidacy for a sixth term as <
sheriff of Pitt County*
Sheriff- Whitehurst has held his 1
present position for five consecutive <
terms and has had opposition on 1
each occasion, with the exception of i
one time. He .has, however, in- i
creased his majority of ' votes on i
each occasion. 1
The officer is not only well known
in this county, where he has held I
various other police offices, but '
throughout the state. He is at i
present president of the North Caro- <
Una Sheriffs Association, the high- '
est position among the various sher
iffs in the state.
Forty-five years old, 3heriff White
hurst served in the World War for
18 months and now holds his com
mission as first lieutenant in the 1
Reserve Corps of the United States i
Army. i
The sheriffs official duties date J
back to 1919, when he was chief of j
police of Ayden. From 1920 to 1922
he served on the Greenville police <
department. ' i
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County Agent, E. F. Arnold an
nounced on hie return from the Con
ference of County *Aynts at Ral
eigh, that a meeting vi all tobacco
growers would be held at 2:00 p. m.,
Saturday, March 28, at the Court
House in Greenville, for the purpose
of giving general information on the
soil conservation program. Final
rules and regulations have not yet
been approved for this program.
However, there has been certain defi
nite committments made by the Fed
eral Government that can be passed
on to the growers at this time. It
is hoped that every tobacco grower
in the County will reduce his tobacco
acreage base down to 70 per cent,
for which he will receive around $40
per acre for the acres retired, the
amount depending on the base pound
age in his adjusted contract for
1936.
. The County Agents spent all day
last Tuesday studying the 1936 soil
conservation program, in order that
they might be able to instruct lead
ers in the various Counties as to
what would be required of the far- ?'
mers in order to participate in the
Federal Government's Soil Conser
vation and Soil Building program.
Work sheets are now being prepared, '
upon which farmers will establish
the basis on which they will cooper
ate with the Federal Government. 1
This work sheet, when filled out by :
the farmer will entitle him to the :
maximum of benefits offered for his '
cooperation, provided he complies.
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Red Cress Appeals i
For Flood Sufferers'
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Campaign For Funds
Now On Here; Urged \
To Give Liberally
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Citizens here are being solicited
at this time by representatives of
the local Red Cross for special do
nations for relief in the flood disas
ter, and according to reports are
contributing generously. A list of ?
donors wBl be published in these
columns next week. ?
Everybody in the whole country is
being urged to give whatever they (
can, whether large or small amounts
to meet the needs of thousands of
unfortunate people, who will die of
starvation and disease unless the re
sponse to the appeal of the Red
Cross is met in an adequate manner.
Contributions will be sent to
headquarters by the local Red Cross, 1
of which Dr. P. E. Jones is chair
man, Mrs. J. L. Shackleford, sec re- '
tary and Mrs. J. W. Lovelace, treas
arer.
R O. TURNAGE !
APPOINTED POSTMASTER
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Friends of B. 0. Tumage have '
been offering ? their congratulations j
since Saturday, when the announce- (
ment by Representative Lindsay ?
Warren of his appointment as Post- (
master here, was received.
Other eligibles mentioned in the
announcement were B. J. Skinner 1
and C. F. Baucom.
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Extension Workers To
Explain Farm Program
Mass Meetings for Pitt
and Greene to Be Held
i Saturday, March 28
The new farm program will be ex
plained to North Carolina farmers in
a serieejof mass meetings that will
cover the entire State. ,
The meetings will be conducted by i
seven teams from the State College >
agricultural extension service which t
have been making an exhaustive study
of the program.
Starting in the pastal counties on <
March 26, the tpams will, swing
across the Statfe until they finish
with the mountain counties- on April
18, said Dean I. 0. Schaub, director
of the extension service.
' / In* most counties, he said, the far
mers will gather in the courthouses
on the day designated.. Where the .
?ourthouaea will not he available, the'
* ounty agents will select other suit
able meeting places.
In arranging for meetings, the
farm agents have been instructed-to
Invite vocational :> teachers, home
Agents, other agricultural leaders,
and all fanners, ?
86RI chsui was the i
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old AAA. Therefore it is urgent!,
that every farmer attend these meet
ings-- ,
In the tobacco counties, he con*
tinued, the speakers Trill also stress
the improtance of united action by
the growers to. control production '
under the voluntary contracts and
the State compact plan if such a ,
plan be adopted. N
| County and community commit
tees will play a prominent role in
administering1 the new program, the
dean pointed out. County i agents i
have been asked to appoint tempor
ary .committeemen to serve until the
growers can elect permanent commit- [
teemen.
The committeemen will meet with
the eoimty -agent* in the mornings
before each mass meeting. The
schedule of mass' meetings, to be
held in the afternoon of the date giv
en, i? as fallows;
Match 28; LenqMv Greene, Mar
tin, Pitt, Brunswick, Sampson, and
Onslow.
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Growing interest in regard to co
operating witjr the TV# in bettor
farm management demonstrations
has been shown by the inewase, in
inquiries received by cpunty agents
To Aid Mans
Mask Explains Require
ments For Selection as
Resettlement Client
Raleigh, March 26. ? Preference
will be shown World War veteranB in
the selection of clients for the re
habilitate on-in-place and resettle
ment programs of the Resettlement
Administration, Regional Director
Homer H. B. Mask stated yesterday.
VeteranB' applications must be ap-j
proved by the Veterans Administra
tion..
"But veterans should be remind
ed that, while recommendation by
the Veterans Administration is im
portant, there is something elso to
be done," Mask said. ,'They must
be otherwise qualified, They must
satisfy the Resettlement Admin
istration that they are suited to and
probably will make a success of the
new venture."
Farm ? experience or farm back
ground is necessary. All applicants
must be free from disabilities that
would prevent them from fulfilling
their obligations. Veterans, as well
as all other applicants, must meet
these requirements. Veterans should
first apply to the Veterans Admin
istration for special application
blanks, said Mask.
"Some citizens, including vet
erans, have received the erroneous
impression that the Resettlement
Administration, will lend them
money ta buy farms," he added.
Ihe general practice is to offer ap
proved applicants a chance to buy
on easy terms farmsteads selected
and developed by the administra
tion.
The rehabilitation-in-place pro
gram provides small loans and su
pervisory assistance to farmers who
cannot get credit elsewhere. It does
not involve purchase of land,
though farms may be rented.
Farmers Organize
Livestock Asso'n.
Organization ' of "Tri-County
Livestock Sanitary-Health As
sociation" at Fountain, N. C.,
March 23, 1936.
Organization called to order by G.
E. Travathan, who was later elected
president of the Association.
The remaining officers elected are:
J. W. Reddick, secretary; J. M. Hor
ton, treasurer. Directors: J. N.
Fountain of Fountain; B. A. Pope of
Fountain; J. W. Bass of Farmville;
1. R. Galloway of Walstonburg; J.
2. Parker of Fountain,
After a short talk by Dr. H. B.
Smith, Veterinarian of Farmville, ex
plaining the reason for the existance
md operation of said livestock asso
ciation, the time for monthly meet
ing of the association was fixed for
the first Monday night of each month
at 7:30 p. m., in the Agricultural
Building .at the High School in Foun
tain.
At each one of these meetings, Dr.
Smith will give a lecture to the
members on the care of animals and
the prevention of disease after which
there will be an open forum for the
purpose of discussing the problems
jf the members in livestock husban
iry.
The membership dues are $5.00
per year for which the following
benefits will be available to the
members:
1. All Veterinary service free to
the members excepting mileage and
cost of medicines, ete.
2, Educational services consisting
of one lecture each month to the
members by Dr. Smith in the regular
meeting at the school house in Foun
tain.
The pressing need of the livestock
industry of this section is for more
information from reliable sources by
the owners of livestock in order lo
increase Hie possibilities of preven
tion of disease as well as to help in
the greater diversification in' agri
culture. Towards this goal the "Tri
County Livestock Sanitary-Health
Association" is dedicated, and in or
der that Hie organization will be of
greatest possible benefit, a large
membership is welcomed?come and
join us.
Signed: J. M. HORTON.
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NOTICE ? CORRESPONDENTS!
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Please do NOT use dull lead pencil
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United S t ate s, Great
Britain And France
} Formally Sign New
iLondon Pact; Italy
i Makes Attack Upon
British Policy
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London,'March 25,?A "stop-gap"
naval treaty was formally signed by
the United States, Great Bhitain and
France today in a ceremony unex
pectedly enlivened by a vehement
Italian attack upon Britain.
Prior to the signing, the United
States and Britain agreed privately
to keep their navies at the same
level
After American, British and
I French delegates expressed hopes
that Italy as well as Japan would
join the pact late*, Dino Grandi,
Italian ambassador to London,
dashed cold water on this idea by
proclaiming that Britain's Mediter
ranean mutual assistance agree
ments stood in the way of Italian
adhension.
Serving notice that Italy would
raise an ijsue over these pacts?de
signed to i ivent possible Fascist
aggression against sanctionist na
tions?at "a more suitable moment,"
Grandi added:
"Agreements for the limitation of
armaments cannot be disembodied
from the framework of political re
lations between states."
For Five Years.
The new treaty replaces for five
years the expiring Washington and
London pacta
Japan and Italy, who were signa
tories of these more comprehensive
treaties, refused to sign the new
one?Japan because she was not
granted parity and Italy because of
sanctions and the attendant Medi
terranean defensive pacts.
Ratification by the United States
Senate will be necessary following
the signing today by Norman H.
Davis, chief of the American dele
gation to the London conference
and President Roosevelt's special
ambassador, and Admiral William
H. Standley.
Despite the Senate's reputation
as a "graveyard of treaties," the
American delegation was confident
the new agreement, filled with loop
holes in the form of escape clauses,
will be approved at this session of
Congress.
These loopholes were put in with
an eye to a possible extensive Japa
nese building program. It is the
first large treaty affecting national
defense signed by the United States
since the 1930 London pact.
At Same Level.
Restrictions on the sizes of navies
are removed in the new pact. Great
Britain and the United States, how
ever, through letters exchanged be
tween Davis and Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden, agreed to maintaih
their fleets at the same level.
The signing ceremony was held in
Queen Anne's drawing room of St.
James' Palace, terminating the con
ference begun la3t December. <
The smooth formality was broken
when Grandi told the diplomats:
"A= potential naval mena^ exists
in the Mediterranean. TmS is the
first time in th^ history of United
Italy that our people feel their lives
imperiled."
Davis, the first delegate to sign
the treaty and two protocols, smiled
broadly- as he did so, Japanese ob
servers were present.
The chief American delegate, in
an address at the ceremony, said:
"The structure of' naval limita
tion by agreement, built up by the
Washington and London treaties,
was badly damaged when it *aa
found impossib''* to carry on these
treaties.
"The treaty which we are about
to sign lays the foundation of a
[new structure. I will go far to
maintain friendship and under
standing between the naval powers.
It will serve as a bridge to future
treaties of more far-reaching scope
and the structure of international
understanding will not have been
destroyed^ I.
A new feature which was not in
,tl^ Londoh or Washington pacts
-provides for the annual exchange
by sibnrtories of information ~ con
cerning their building programs.
Four months' notice will be given in
advance before the laying of new
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Special Serviced At
Presbyterian Church
Sunday, March 29th
There will be Special Praise Ves
per Service held at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday afternoon at 6:30
oVbek.
This is the last Sunday of the
Church year, and a good attendance
la desired.