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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 17, 1967.
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At fJkOa En April
...The Perquimans County
Board of Education , met
here Monday night and- the
two newly-elected Board
members Ralph Harrell and
Clifford Winslow, mef with
thorn at an invitation from
the' .board. The new mem-'
. bers will take their office
at the ' April meeting of
the board.
D. H. Eure and Joseph
W. Nowell, Jr., are retiring
members of the board and
' their term will expire with 1
the seating . of the new
members.
Joel Hollowell, Jr., ap
peared before the Board in
the . interest of the ' water
system for the . Town of
WinfalL' The board voted;
to allow the Town of Win
fall to place a well and a
small building - on the
grounds at Perquimans
Central Grammar Schoo?.
It is stipulated that the
building is to be no larger
than five by fiv6 feet and
three feet high.
; Principals William By
rum and . Joseph Dempsey
were invited to the meet
ing for a lengthy and
thorough study of ways and
means of improving in
struction. An effort will
be made to employ extra
teachers for English under
the E.S.E.A. program.
-Greater use of testing and
grouping for : instruction
will be encouraged. An
; expanded Vocational Cur
riculum is one of the goals
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The Museum of the Al-
bemarle is having a His
tory of the Albemarle ex
hibit contest for seventh
; grade students in the 10
. county Albemarle area.
, The supervisors of in
- struction for ' seven area
school systems: Camden,
i! Currituck, Dare,' Elizabeth
i City, ' Pasquotank, Per
v quimans and Washington
, have expressed their plea
; sure at the students' par
ticipation in the prepara-
tion of the first exhibit.
'p Chowan, Gates and Tyrrell
: county schools have not
decided whether their
' JgJsges w11 jm tne con
; The students have a list
l '"'of important events in the
yhemarle area from which
;. to- choose the event they
Contkiued on Page 6
Easter Seal
Drive Begins,
jv ' The Health. Careers Club
j of Perquimans High School
. will serve as , 1967 laster
Seal campaign . chairman
jfor PerquUhans County.
The president; Carolyn
i White, ays: , ' .
"There 'Js nothing id im
portant : as' seeing that
children get jthe, i right
. start in ' life. There is
certainly nothing more im
portant than seeing that
crippled children , with
handicaps . of. any . kind
have a chance to either
, correct . or , oversome their
handicaps end grow up
alongside normal children.
, "We as members 0f the
; Health, Club want all
children t have full, good
liveslives of dignity and
'. independence. As 8 mat
, ter oS I fact, flur . ' county
needs every one of them,
' "I haven't a question In
-my mind that when our
neighbors know what Eas
ter Seals are doing to
'make this a better world
.for 'crirrled children
and csv;:;d as
.11 tUt they .'4 be
r" s in their support..
t nc'hbors and
s' i ''ren v,! -cfit
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. ie . v. ,s will
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Books Given
To Library
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. The Perquimans County
Library has been given
several memorial books re
cently. These are: .- '
Rembrandt's Life of
Christ, in tmemory of Mor
ris T. Griffin; American
Gardens, in memory of
Lade C. Elliott; The Com
plete Works of Michel An
gelo, in memory of Maud
Blow Fulf ord; and a Diary
of Prayer by Goudge and
Exploring Nature With
Your Child, both in mem
ory of Vernon Lee Perry.
- Other recent acquisitions
are;
For students: A Critical
History of English Litera
ture by Daiches; The Con
temporary English Novel
by Karl, and The Modern
Poets by Rosen thel. For
the crafts Workers: Deco
rations From Pods, Seeds
and Cones, and the Doll
Book of Dolls and Doll
Costumes. For the inter
ested reader;. Breakfast at
Tiffany's by Capote; The
King's Orchard by Turn
bull; Green Grow the
Tresses-0 by Hyland; I
Love a Lass by Cadell; The
Paper Lion by Plimpton; A
Haunted House and Other
Stories by Virginia Woolf;
and The Gypsies by Yoors.
For young people the li
brary has a new book,
Mustang, by Marguerite
Henry and Time the latest
of the, 'Life Science series.
lwrf-ti!iteMe-note
the library will be
closed on Good Friday and
also on Easter Monday but
will be open the Saturday
between.
Hollowell On
Dean's List
R. L. Hollowell, Jr., son
of Mr' and Mrs. R. L.
"Bob" hollowell, a student
at N. Jjp. State College, is
listed on the , Dean's List
for the fall semester in the
school of engineering. ,
- Hollowell is a graduate
of Perquimans County High
School, and is a grandson
of L.IN. Hollowell: '
Psychiatrist
f ci"ts Here
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Dr.' Holton McAndrew, a
psychiatrist with the State
Welfare Department, was
the guest speaker at the
Hertford Grammar PTA
meeting Thursday night.
She listed Insecurity and
Immaturity as two of the
causes which may cause
emotional problems, in chil
dren. , ; She ' said Insecure
children have a fear of un
certainty and are unable to
define their fear. This may
he apparent in a child by
either , a braggadocio atti
tude or by retiring com
pletely into a shell. Their
feara reflect the fears and
attitudes oi their parents,
the area in which they live
and the age 'in which we
live. .r-....) .i-
Continuing yier; taik, Dt 1
McAndrew stated hat the
immature " child wag unable
to do what was expected
of him at a certain age.
He experienced a feeling
Pf restlessness i and often
reverted, - to 3 a. trantrum
type of behavior or an 1n
fantthjtype'1 of ' behavior:
he Suggested i "that , one
eould best cope with this
by changing the condition
so that the child could han
dle the situation or change
it just enough so, that the .
child might cope with it. -She...
listed six , types , of
.children who could suffer
:from emotional immaturity:
cu;,1ren, I -on . b r.o k e n
hpmes who, constantly have
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Supor Court
Jurors Dravi.i ,
Commissioners for Per
quimans County at their
March meeting here drew
the names of 65 residents,
for jury service i at the
April 10 term of Superior
Court which will convene
here' for the purpose of
hearing a mixed docket of
civil and criminal actions
on Monday, April 10.
Jurors drawn for service
are: . Mrs. May Miller Per
ry, Asa Stallings, Carlton
H. jWdan, Rev. J. Percy
Trueblbod, Mack Arnold
Bunch, Warren Overton,
Sr., Mrs. Jonas R. Futrell,
John R. Ward, Allen N.
Dancy, Bruce Lowe, R. M.
Baker, Raleigh Hurdle, Jo
seph I. Barcliff, Roy White
hurst, Jr., Mrs. J. E. Twine,
Walter Trueblood, Thomas
Harrell, Perry White, Noah
Felton, Jr., Jessie V. Roun
tree, Mrs. J. E. White,
Johnnie F. Elliott, J. Em
ory White, Fenton T. Britt,
Alfredo, M. Winslow, J. D.
Coston, Elizabeth C. Ward,
W. Talmage T. lewis, Wi'
liam Overton, Dorothy M.
Tucker, Harrison Hurdle,
Mrs. Maggie Baccus, Miss
Hulda Wood, Miss Edna
Hollowell, Lillie H. Thach,
Bobby B. Stallings, Ersell
Franklin, Mrs. Minnie
Goodwin, Deardeary Rid
dick, John A. Riddick,
Curtis Shambry, James P.
Skinner, Kenneth Rountree
Continued on Page 6
Mrs. Thateh
Taken In Death
Mrs. Essie Lane Thatch,
78, of Route 1, died Sun
day morning at 7:05 in the
Chowan Hospital after a
lingering illness. A native
was - tne aaugnter or tne
late Jimmie and Mrs. Mar
tha Goodwin. Lane and the
widow 1 of Benjamin J.
Thatch;
She was a member of
Great Hope Baptist Church;
Surviving are two daugh
ters, Mrs. Cecil Harrell of
Eden ton and Mrs. Martha
Harrell of Route 1, Hert
ford; two sons, Jamie
Thatch of Hertford and
Harry Thatch of Norfolk. ;
Funeral services were
held Tuesday at 2:30 in the
Chapel of the Swindell
Funeral, Home by the Rev.
David Harris, ; pastor of
Great Hope Baptist Church
and the Rev. Gordon Shaw,
pastor of Bethel Baptist
Church.
"In The Sweet By and
By" and "Rock of Ages"
were sung by the Great
Hope Church Choir, ac
companied by Mrs. J. El
lie White, organist. ;' '
, The v, casket ;! pall was
made of white chrysanthe
mums, white gladioli, baby
breath and fern. .
Pallbearers were Lloyd
Evans, Edgar Long, Julian
Long, Joseph Proctor, R. S.
Chappell, Jr., and Tom
Proctor.
Burial was in the Bethel
Cemetery.
Dardens' Store
Has New Hours
V. Ni Darden, owner of
Darden Department Store,
has . . announced that be
ginning April 1, the store
will , be open on Friday
evenings until 6:30 1 o'clock
and 'on Saturday vuntil 7
P. M. . ' '.;...;;:!
The. Darden- Department
Store will observe the
summer holiday on Wed
nesday when they will
close each Wednesday at
12 . noon. ' They will con
tinue the summer closing
if or, the months of June,
July and August.
Rose's Store will have
the sme hours as Darden
Department Store, open
each Friday evening until
6:30 P. M. and on Satur
day until 7 P. M, They
will .begin on June clos
ing. at 12 noon on Wed
nesday .and will continue
, the .schedule in .July - and
until the. middle of Aug
ust, .whenm-they will ,go
back to open', all day on
Wetliicoddy.
Margie Banks
Wins Contest
The Junior Class of Per
quimans County High
School held the annual
Miss PCHS Pageant Wed
nesday, March 1.
This year's theme was
"Garden of Magic Mo
ments". Ten junior and
senior girls competed in
the contest, being judged
on beauty, talent, poise,
and personality.
The title was won by
Miss Margie Banks, a jun
ior. For her talent, Miss
Banks drew a picture of
her "ideal guy", explained
what an ideal guy should
be, and showed some of
her other drawings.
Second runner-up was
Sharman Taylor and first
runner-up was Peggy Cope
land. Linda Winslow won
the Miss Congeniality
Award. Others participat
ing in the contest were Di
anne Benton, Dawn Lane,
Linda Perry, Joyce Stall
ings, Sandy White and Hol
lis Williams.
Dick Brewer was Master
of Ceremonies. Although
scheduled to perform, Miss
North Carolina, Nannette
Minor, did not appear. In
stead, Miss Linda Hand,
Hertford's Junior Miss, en
tertained the audience of
about 500 people. '
The .Junior Class would
like to thank the merchants
and businesses who spon
sored the pageant, their
class sponsors, the judges
and others who helped to
make the pageant a suc
cess. Portrait Scores
For Williams
ATLANTA, Ga. A bri
dal portrait of Mrs. Irving
Fields,, receptionist for the .
-Vni'ted "Piece Dye Works,
this week won third place
in full length bridal studies
entered by Jack Williams,
Elizabeth City studio pho
tographer, in the conven
tion of the 11-state South
eastern Professional Photoi.
graphers Association. The
portrait was entitled "Taf
feta." Mrs. Fields is the for
mer Cherry Jo Creamer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Whedbee, Route 3,
Hertford. Mrs. Fields and
her husband, a student at
the N o r f o 1 k Apprentice
School, Portsmouth Naval
.Yard, live at 223 Woodland
Circle, Hertford.
Mrs. Fields graduated
from Perquimans High
School in 1964 and attend
ed the Carolina College of
Commerce in Elizabeth
City.
Williams also won third
place with a three-quarter
study of Mrs. William B.
White, the former Harriet
Chesson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. "Chick" Chesson
of Elizabeth City.
Prints were judged by a
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Seminar Is Set
i The Tri-County. Minis
terial Association held its
regular monthly meeting
March 7 at the' ' Edenton
Methodist Church in Edeni
ton. "... . ' , . ' : . '
i In a significant action,
the association gave final
approval to the plans of
the Committee . on Race
.Relations to conduct . a
human relations seminar,
i to ' be held ', on Tuesday,
May 16. The highlight of
the. seminar , will , be , the
showing of , the celebrated
(motion picture "A, Time
For Burning," produced
by the Lutheran , Church
of America, with penetrat
ing insights into , the
problems of human rela
tions in . the . nation today.
(Following the,. viewing of
the film,- - a discussion
'period will give" viewers
ample opportunity fto thor-
Coughly .; express opinions
j and discuss various aspects
-of the film, , f
' Sitting , as a panel ' to
' lead in the ' - discussion,
will be' D. SCOltranc,.
chairman ... it : the "1 North
Carolina Good ' Neighbor ...
Cvuucil; ilev. Robert : Sj
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Drive Started
For Red Cross
The campaign drive for
the Perquimans County
Chapter of the American
Red Cross is now , in pro
gress under the chairman
ship of Mrs. Nathan Saw
yer. Goal for this year is
$126 which is needed to
meet the budget of the lo
cal organization for the
new year.
The Red Cross was con
ceived in 1859 by Henri
Dunant, a Swiss business
man, who witnessed the
carnage of Delferine during
the wars of Italian Unifica
tion. His crusade to di
minish the horrors of war
resulted "in a preliminary
meeting in Geneva in 1863,
followed in 1864 by a con
ference of delegates rep
resenting '16 governments.
From this conference came
two accomplishment;;: one
to guarantee, for the first
time in history, that the
wounded of 'he armed forc
es, whether friend or foe,
would receive medical at
tention in time of war; sec
ond, the decision to form
voluntary relief societies
in the countries signatory
to the agreement. A red
cross on a white back
ground was chosen as the
identifying emblem.
Since that time, govern
ments and the international
committee of the Red Cross,
a neutral group of Swiss
citizens, have .met at Ge
neva to amend the con
ventions to cover naval
and air warfare, the rights
of prisoners of war and
to give certain rights to
civilian populations, espe
cially refugees.
According to the charter
of the Red Cross, the Red
Cross must give voluntary
Jielp t'XjjijJhe.sick. and
wounded of our armed
forces in time of war, help
Continued on Page 6
James Morgan
Given Honor
James Morgan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K.
Morgan of Route 2, Hert
ford, N. C, was recently
honored by the Southwest
ern Company in Nashville,
Tenn. Last summer Jim
was one of more than 3,000
outstanding college stu
dents selected from ap
proximately 350 colleges
and universities to partici
pate in the Southwestern
Summer Program. He sold
books door-to-door in Indi
ana. The summer of 1966 was
Jim's second summer in
the .Program, and he led
a group of fellow students
as a Student Manager.
Competing with more than
200 groups of college stu
dents, the group which
worked with Jim had the
15th best sales record in
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By Ministers
Harrell, assistant to the
chairman of the North
Carolina Good Neighbor
Council, and Rev. Corbin
Cooper, secretary of the
Department of Inter-racial
Cooperation of the North
Carolina Baptist State
Convention. 1 Personal in
vitations will be issued to
respected community lead
ers in the tri-county area,
but the public will be cor
dially invited to attend.
The seminar will " be held
at the Edenton Methodist
Church. ;
The . committee on a co
operative evangelistic cru
sade ., reported excellent
progress in its exploratory
correspondence with the
Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association. , John Dillon,
field director of Associate
Crusades, has confirmed
that he is now prepared
to . come to Edenton for
discussions' with those who
are interested in - a cru
sade? in the area.. : The
date for . his i visit, some
time thisi spring, will be
...annoujiced as soon . asJt
has been cleared and - con
finned. .." :
Mother's Day
OfferingSet
Rev. Norman B. Harris,
pastor of the Baptist
Church and moderator of
the Chowan Association, at
tended a meeting in Ahos
kie last week in the inter
est of stimulating support
of the Mother's Day offer
ing for North Carolina
Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem.
The associa
tion's hospital representa
tive, Rev. Sidney Oxendine
of Roper, also attended.
Attending also were Bap
tist leaders from the North
Roanoke and West Chowan
associations.
The offering, received in
most of the 3,600 churches
of the denomination in the
state, is the principal sup
port of the hospital's broad
program of charity care.
Approximately 40 per cent
of its work 'is for patients
unable to pay the full cost
rf their care. r.. W. K.
McGee, head, of the insti
tution's denominational re
lations, attended the Ahos
kie meeting and explained
the needs of the hospital.
Rising operation costs make
additional support of the
program necessary if the
hospital is to continue to
curry it on at the present
levels.
The Ahoskie meeting is
one of 10 such gatherings
which are being held over
the state to increase sup
port of the offering.
Health Club
Takes Trip
This weekend, March 17
18, members of the Per
quimans County High
School Health Careers Club
will be attending the State
Health Careers Club Con
vention in Goldsboro. This
year the convention is be
ing held in conjunction
with the State Health Fail
also in Goldsboro.
The delegates from here
are Carolyn White, Norman
Stallings, Vera Harrell,
Sharon Bundy, Carole
White, Peggy Copeland,
Nancy Kemp, Joyce Stall
ings and Larry Swindell.
These nine club members
are being chaperoned by
their faculty advisor Mrs.
Anna Harmon and by Mrs.
Joe Towe White.
Three of the four state
offices have candidates
from Hertford in the run
ning. This is extremely
unusual because generally
a school is allowed only
one candidate. The State
screening committee decid
ed, however, that Hertford
had three very qualified
applicants and has placed
: their names on the ballot.
The candidates from Hert
ford include Norman Stall
ings for president-elect;
Sharon Bundy for corre
sponding secretary, and
Carole White for treasurer.
The local club has been
working diligently for the
last couple of ; weeks on
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Sub-District
MeetingHeld
The Chowan-Perquimans
Methodist Youth Fellow
ship Sub-District met on
March 6, 1967 at Cedar
Grove Methodist Church.
After fellowship singing,
the meeting was called to
order by Jan White, presi-'
dent.
The Covenant was read
in unison, followed with
the business session. :
Two songs, a scripture
reading, and an account of
a prayer with interpreta
tion made up the devotion
al service. "
Vera : H a r r e 11, Faith
Chairman, was in charge
of the program. The pro
gram was the film "Going
Steady". The film center
ed around two young peo- ,
pie who f. :, are considered .
strictly combo and their -conflicts
with;, other youth
and the bnly 'answer. X;
,.-'. Refreshments were serv-.
ed by the host church, fol
lowed by the MYF bene--diction.
' 1M
Town Election Is Set
For Tuesday
Board Hears Reports
Death Claims
Mrs. Caddy
Mrs. Pearl M. (P. J.)
Caddy, 56, of Route 3, died
Friday nitht at 7:00 in the
Albemarle Ho.-pital follow
ing a lingering illness. A
native of Perquimans Coun
ty, she was the daughter
of the late Will and Mrs.
Pearl Jordan Matthews.
She was a member of Be
ica Church of Christ.
Surviving are her hus
band, Ulric C. Caddy; her
step-mother, Mrs. Gertie
Matthews of Route 3; three
daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Dail,
Mrs. Leslie Narron, and
Mrs. Whit Cartwright of
Route 3; four half-sisters.
Mrs. Maude Godwin and
Mrs. Lillian Jordan of
Hertford, Mis. Russell Bak
er of Belvidere, and Mrs.
Will Hofler of Manteo;
four half-brothers, Howard
Mathews of Route 1, Jake
Matthews of Hertford, Hen
ry Matthews of Detroit,
Michigan and Graham
Matthews of Baltimore,
Md.; and seven grandchil
dren. Funeral services were
Continued on Page 6
Jordan Given
Service Award
, Pel'formance(ftajv a rd s
went to top squadrons at
the Mississippi's Civil Air
Patrol annual conference
which ended Sunday. The
two-day event drew some
3300 members, which took
part in a program featur
ing workshops and semin
ars as well as the annual
awards.
In a surprise announce
ment, Col. P. W. Burge
ineestre, wing commander,
presented the Civil Air
Patrol's exceptional ser
vice award to SMS LaPolk
Jordan of the Jackson
U. S. Air Force liaison of
fice. Jordan in a standing
ovation was lauded for his
exceptional sercise to CAP
during the past three and
a halt years. Col. Burfie-
meestre stated Jordan is
the first recipient of the
award by Mississippi.
Congressman John Bell
Williams was to have
spoken to the group but
bad weather prevented his
plane from landing. Sena
tor Frank Barber, special
assistant to Gov. Paul B.
Johnson, represented the
Governor at the meeting.
Sgt. Jordan is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clement
T. Jordan of Hertford. A
veteran of more than 20
years service with the Air
Force and U. S. Army
Paratroopers, he and his
wife currently live in
Jackson, Miss.
Fish Fry Set
At Woodville
The Inner-County Fire
Department at Woodville is
sponsoring a fish fry at
the Fire Station on Satur
day, April 1, beginning at
5:00 in the afternoon.
The purpose of the fish
iry, is , to . raise money so
that they can continue to
add the necessary equip
ment and improvements
Which are needed.
This department, is head
ed up by Sammy Jennings,
as Fire Chief, and has 24
members and at present
time one truck and tanker.
There are several people
in Hertford and all the vol
unteer firemen have tickets
available , which : sell v for
$1.00. It is hoped that-you
will, take this opportunity'
to come , out and eat with
them and also look at the
equipment they have In' the
2'
The Hertford Town
Board met here Monday
night and passed a resolu
tion calling for the regular
election of Town officials,
mayor of the town and
commissioners, to be held
on Tuesday, May 2.
V. N. Darden is Hert
ford's mayor at present and
has been for a number of
years.
During the meeting, the
board approved the Police
Department to send two
men to attend the Police
School to be held at the
College of the Albemarle in
Elizabeth City.
The board adopted a
resolution designating Ore
gon Inlet as a deep water
channel, to assist boat traf
fic in the upper northern
part of Pamlico River and
the Albemarle Sound.
F. T. Britt. general su
perintendent ot the Town
of Hertford, appeared be
fore the board and report
ed the work on the sewer
lines being installed out on
U. S. 17 south is progress
ing nicely.
W. T. (Tommy) Miller
reported that three of the
sewer pump stations are in
operation. At the present
time they are by-passing
the sewer station and going
straight to the river.
The board authorized
Leon Edwards, Perquimans
Chamber of Commerce
manager, who will be in
Raleigh on business, to in
vestigate the possibility and
feasibility of having Hert-
m I uci. Eimiru ri ; r-iii L
Authority.
R. C. Elliott, Hertford
Fire Chief, reported to the
board that the Hertford
Fire Department assisted
Elizabeth City a total of 37
hours during the fire which
destroyed the Carolina
Building.
Crafts Shown
At 4-HClub
Gail and Sue Proctor
shared with members of
their club some of their
craft ideas. The sisters
showed several items they
had made and explained to
the members how each
was done.
During the business ses
sion, Vickie Haskett dis
played the scrapbook that
she had purchased for the
club, and explained how
it was to be kept.- '
The meetine was puIWI
to order by the president,
Frances White, with the
club saying the allegiance
to the American flag and
singing a song. David
Trueblood gave the devo
tional. One new member, Sybil
Hobbs, joined our club.
Mrs. Joe Towe White an
nounced plans for the
coming months.
The 'meeting was dis
missed and refreshments
were served by Earl Lane.
GAIL PROCTOR,
Reporter.
Road Backed
By Democrats
The Perquimans County
Democratic Executive Com-
mittee went on record as
approving a four-lane high
way from Chesapeake Bay
Bridge - Tunnel, south on
U. S. Highway 17 to the
South Carolina line, ac
cording to Mrs. Marie S.
Elliott, chairman.
Don Mathews, Division
Commissioner of the State
Highway Department was -written,
requesting his con-
( sideration and cooperation
in implementing this - high
way. . - : . ,f-i'i-x
miss ' rtuiuu : wuoa were '
.Jefferson-Jackson dinner to
be held in 'Ralelglr March.
is. 1 4
May