Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 May 1930 — Page 1
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. 1930
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SA Y! (By CHABLES J. ARNOLD) President Hoover cei tly ought to do better by us in t) matter of weather, it seems to me.
LAND NEAR PARK SITE GIVEN TO CITY
As the result of pain'iig some
I.OItENK HICKS NEW IIIt.II SCHOOL TEACHER
large and most conspicuous igns on Miss Loreno Hicks of Stilesville, his barber shop window, a bouncing who graduates from Purdue univerihat his barber shop would be closed sily this spring with high honors, all day Friday—Decoration Day— will he the new assistant to Miss' Worley Timmons, east side barber K hel Ader in the high school home shop proprietor started a "st mpede" oi-onomks department next years, a •- of telephone calls from friends around co'.;.r>g to an announcement by Su
PUTNAM COUNTY BANKERS HOLD DINNER MEET
(.KKKNC\STI.K l!»^ IO
<.ET ••WINES" .1 i'N K 21
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GET AWARDS TUES.
' LIONS ( LI US COM AT COUNTIO t
l li TODAY
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 28. (INS) -Four Indiana youths, two of them from this city, will get their! coveted wing insignia when they graduate from U. S. Army’s advanc-] j ed flying school at Kelly Field, San
„ .. Antonio, Texas, on June 21, accordthe square asking him it he wts going perintendent W. J. Yount Tuesday. NINETY THREE ATTEND EAST ini r (, wol . ( | i-eaching here today. AWARDS TO OUTSTANDING to dose his shop Friday. Frr while Al,-..- Hicks will take the place of PUTNAM ( OUNTY BANKERS The newly Hedged Hoo-iei airmen hr politely answered his annoyers: Mrs. Martha Smith Welch who is re-j ASSOCIATION MEET OF I w ;n ho William White and Charh s most courteously, but finally he lost signing. THE YEAR TUESDAY Maxwell of Indianapolis. Robert llixliis poise and when John Cannon - ■ — — — EVENING I on () j (h eeneastle and Robert Doolitcalled up and meekly inquired if he rkT\iri/\iT in •dawt-do Tr-rn'r aottottjc th' of South Hend. Ml will h.- appoint
Members of the Lions dubs of Dan , ■ ville and Plainfield held a golf tnurna! l merit at the Greencastle Country dub j this afternoon. A dinner following by | j an evening of bridge will conclude I j the day’s program. Seventy-five in-
ROBE GIVES CITY ADDITIONAL LAND ADJOINING PARK
was going 'o close his shop. Friday. Timmons responded: •'No. I’m going to close it Thursday night.’’ And when the next fellow caled by phone Kr. Timmons absolutely refused to answer the telephone. But. although I do not believe in signs. I honestly, believe that 'he Timmons shop will
be closed Friday.
PRISON PROBE IS RESULT OF THE JULIAN MURDER
BANKERS ELECT OFFICERS
STU-
DENTS OF VARIOUS CLASSES IS FEATURE OF CLASS
DAY PROGRAM AT GREENC ASTI. E
HIGH SCHOOL
I ed second lieutenants in the air corps ,
C. K. Hughes. President of the Citi-' reserve. Doolittle and Hixon are both p 0UR ARE R £CT0R SCHOLARS
zens Bank of Bainbridge New President of Assoc-
iation—Perry Rush Is Vice President
graduates of DoPauw.
INVESTIGATION BY BOARD
Jack Davis, the ’’big boy" at the Timmons shop, is all elated the e days. Jack, early in the spring built e martin house for Frank Cannon, which architecturally was a •’beaut". But for weeks the martins avoided it as though it was a ’’haunted house" or something. A few days ago a lone j martin piobably unable to locate any other house, sought refuge in the ' 10 " 1111 Davis built house. Mr. Cannon im-
STATE CHARITIES REUEVES PENITENTIARY OFFICIALS OF
RESPONSIBILITY —INSTITUTION i
GREATLY OVERCROWDED
Tlie dinner meeting of the Putnam’ ICounty Bankers association, which ! was the last meeting of the year, was 0^"ilargely attended last esenillg in the
James Beverly Lucas Prizes Given To Students In Freshman Mathematics Course—Tri Kappa Scholarships Are Awarded
INDIANAPOLIS. May 2X The | miluna state prison is overcrowded
Idle and mental i
defectives are not segregated from!
Country Chib. There were ninety three in attendance Including officers, directors, bank employees, wives and , lady friends. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Knight of Contrsville and Mr. and Mrs. .1 K. Hicks of Stiles ville. Mr. Knight Is eashlei of the First National Bank of Pnatesvilh and Mr. Hicks is cashier of the ('|if-
TWO MEN RIDE IN EACH CAR IN .MILE RACE
JEW SPECIFICATIONS FOR RAC- , , v , INC MACHINES IN SPEEDWAY Frank N I 'l° !
CLASSIC—CARS TO BE BIGGER AND MOTORS TO BE MORE
POWERFUL
eluding members and their wives are expected for the dinner this evening.
COUNTY CLUB LEADERS HOLD ALL DAY MEET
MR. ROBE ANNOUNCES GIFT OF ADDITION TO ROBE PARK AT REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE WORK ON PARK Council Considers Demands for Seveiul New Fire Plugs—To Make Tour of Inspection This Afternoon
At the regular meeting of the
ABOUT 35 LEADERS OF THE (beencastle city council held in • ity PUTNAM COUNTY HOME ECON- H all last night Mr. John Robe, donor OM1CS CLUBS AL n.Nl) ALL DAY ,,1 i;,,bc Park at the corner of BloomMEETING IN COURT HOUSE an(! H t mna streets, to the TUESDAY j city, appeared before the council and
anouneed that he bail purchased part
This picture of conditions In the
mediately notified the architect and Ml, ' hisa " ri,y organization
— jed by John A. Brown secretary of tin-
[zens state hank at Stilesville. J. B. Crosby, retiring president of.
builder and how Mr. Davis is elated
presided. O.
H* always did eoiltend that .ooner ^ ^Tn'd.fna" ITnK^^j^ZapoHrM^r ^e,;:; May ^ ^ " TberttkE^ -ImUr^^:b:"7;ar;i;t H m ""naWe^to ^av^or 1 ’ t^e 'I’r'imd later some martin or other would ...nort was on an lnv< ( -'" . loo have caused thonwnd ol fans to |,„ u _ Richar<1 Knight, and University were In charge , if, and that if it wai added to adopt his work of art as a home. And 1 ’ T v H for He aH , " s Bub wr,te “P-'<'"ay management fo , Mat thews. ' ■ meeting Miss M< Mai was in , v the cJty would have to take sure enough, one did adopt it. but 8 J Blnffron member ol the ,8Ct “ l * W8 " He talked about twenty opinio to ettle P t< • • Y state L Kappa cholarship val charge of the ling si eion a I up the option. The lot h 18 feet wide nmch “later” than Jack had hoped. ; t f , , , > n| n«tes and dealt with many Incl race fane In every state In the union j ued at | 2 5o was given to Margaret whlch « ''i " " Palntii f and | ;in ,| WO uld coat the
jdents of law violations which occur and in Europe. ; Matkin an< | a | (K . a | -fri Kappa schol-jond decoration of kitchens was dis [ ( ity al)((Ut ^ H00 yj,, nct ion was taken (every day. H Is obligatory that two men shi|)i whjt , h im .| U( u. s tuition at De- 'ussed. ('nimty agent Floyd Millar on ’ the mat tp r by the council other Dinner was served al 7 o’clock. The in each car starting in the race. This | p auw un i ver8 i ty was awarded tojonri Mrs. L. Stoner, county .hairnian than t „ re f,.,. it'to the Park commitgnests were seated al several small lis the tirsi race since 1!i22 that Rllth r nHr flP H The Business and Pro- 'd the Home Ecoiiomics dubs was m i t..,. Houevec rnundlman Havens
member of
charities board, of the murder of [William Julian of Greencastle, by
4(i years!
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind . May -’X. New specifications for cars in the
assistant | International 500-niile race al tic jprofessor of the Indiana University j Indianapolis Motor Speedway May JO (School of Commerce, was the speaker diave caused thousands id fans to He took as bis sub j write the speedway management fir talked about twenty opinions to settle disputes
Awards to the leading students of i the various classes was the outstand-' ling feature of the annual class day 1 1 program of the Greencastle high j school Tuesday afternoon. The 1
i awards were announced by Principal I A, “’ ul :15 lea,1 ‘ M ' > ' ,,r lh e Home Ecun !
Pj. c o || ;omlcs clubs of the county held an all
Smith of DePauw university. ProC ‘h>y tiding in the library of the PutSmith presented the Kiwanis cl U b |nilnl <:0, ""y ( ' ol "t '""'xe Tuesday, awards on behalf of the club. j Eve '' y township Mn the county with! Four senior boys were awarded | the exce P' ,0, ‘ ,,r Greencastle township : wi(ip
Rector Scholarships to DePauw uni- iW!ls > 1 |uesented. .Members of four-' ^Rube also announced that he versity. The scholarship includes all ll ' , ‘i> i lubs wete piesent. ! bad taken a thirty day option on a tuition for eight semesters’ work in j ' oun,y aKenl '°yd Miller and j ] 0 ^ wou j d give the park an open-
receivin"-; Miss' Kathryne McMahon of the Home
of the Ashtnn lot adjoining the park for the purpose of adding it to the park. The new plot of ground donated to the city for park purposes by Mr. Rohe is dull feet lung by .'IOO feet
room. A three course dinner
SrUGFONS SET BROKEN ! fellow prisoner, IVtei Tom LEG OF J AMES HUGHKS l„|,| i of South Bend. May 2o — ! The report absolved all prison of-
I’hysician and surgeons in charge jflclaIs of blame for the murder and at of the case of James H. Hughes, son |considerable length set out conditions , vp ^
of Judge and Mrs. Janies P. Hughes, iat the prison which made the slaying A (r | 0 ,. om p nHtM | (l( p l() f
possible.
Governor l^slie tpproved the
port, but had no comment to offer. Pauw 8chool (>f mMM , c Rnve H v
The report recommended that a care se i ertinns
fnl psychiatric examination he madej ' 0fflppi . g fn| .' thp ( . nHnlnK year were
<d all prisoners and a special examina
j Ruth (’lifTord. The Business and Pro- "f the Home Economics clul.s was in j u , e ii 0WPV er, Councilman
tables arranged in the reception |man cars have been the vogue. I’’"' | fessional Women’s club scholarship! bai gc ol the business session that , UKtfe sted that $800 could be spent
nf this city, who is in a Terre Haute hospital, recovering from injuries satfered in an automobile accident, on Tuesday deemed the general conilitinn of Mr. Hughes as good enough to begin work of caring for the leg which was broken in the accident.
was] the past seven years cars have been only wide enough to seat the driver. Henry Many pilots in the approaching race,
! Kolling. Miss lionise Palmer Walk-I feeling they ate not dependent in any ler and Miss Edna Bowles of the lie- way on a riding mechanic, arc cast-
ing about for midget riding companions, reducing their weight to a
minimum.
Race cars may be powered with
nuis-
Ielected with C. K. Hughes, president |
tion of prisonets who piesent discip-. j. 0 |. g a | n | )I .| f |g J> ^ i |))0 | ()| . s as | a i RP a:< .if, fi cubic inch's
loan went to Nellie'Steele. I "lh wed the regular meeting. The James Beverly Lucas prize,| The club leader* were iinutilmou given each year to outstanding fresh-! ly tn lanu ol a short lionise tm Home man students were given this year to! EconomIcs club women to be In Id In students in the mathematics depart-1 the court house some during the ment. The prizes are given by Mr. | w inter. Mr. Miller said this morning and Mrs. Ferd Lucas in memory oflfhat the course would probably be their son. James Beverly Lucas, who held sometime during January
Stretchers were put on the injured j Unary problems so that officers in limb and the preliminary work neces- 'charge can be on their guard, sary to setting the broken bone Start j “in the prison population tire a fd. Mi . Hughes has been unconscious, numl'i of men whose mental condias the result of a fractured skull, ip,,, subnormal or abnormal, som must Ilf the time since the accident. l() f whom should be segregated, but be During the past few days his condi- cause o crowded conditions, both lit tion has been good enough to war-l.t,,. pji on and hospital, it is Imposrant starting treatment of his injur- i|,| p tll make the proper segregaf 1 ! limb. | ton,'’ the report stated.
| Tom. ihe murderer, had been con- ; ned to the prison hospital for criminal insane, but was released because there were other prisoners “whose
ideath
freshman at the time of his I The club also named thi The awards this year went to] board of directors at their
j by the council to better pur|mse else-
i where.
Considerable work has been done toward beautifying the park grounds by Mr. Robe. He has had a man plow through the swale and partly open the drainage ditch. He has also trim- | mod the trees. It is the desire of the
i succeed J. B. Crosby ns president. Oth-1 piston displacement or upproximat jer officers Vere: Perry Rush, Vlcejly four times as large as the power i p enla Maddox
I president; Kenneth West, seeertarj j plant* used in the race iluring the | Kiwanis aw ards consisting of pirs and Paul Goff, treasurer. Mr. Goff past four years. This ruling was | f, )r outstanding scholars of the senior ( the clubs nt tin county.-
<’"»»»>■ ! donor of the park that the city take meeting, more interest in it. Mayor M . L. Den
I Is connected w ith the Slab
I Russellville.
Bonk In
MAM SEE FOURTH
ANNUAL OYM EXHIBIT
Many people attended the annual trrtuli school physical exhibition held Tuesday evening in the gymnasium nf the Greencastle high school. Th" program was under the direction of Giach W. E. Bausman and Miss L'onu Kcstner, directors of physical
''''inat m in the Greencastle schools. ' r( ,p ( „ teil Then were twelve features to th*'.when 1 program, which included games, Lf n)Ur , 'lances and drills for both luiys anil yieteil
were
mental condition was so serious as to necessitate commitment to the hospital for Insane,’’ the report said. Tom was recognIzeds as mentally be low normal but was not regarded as
d angerou*.
According to the report, Tom was
mentally below normal was admitted on a charge Junes, 1919. He was con South Bend. He was reou numerous occasion* for In-
virb. No i harge was made for admis , ported
sion to the exhibition. Each year f,. ac tion* of the titles. His last of-jJ:15 o’clock, more interest is namifested in the prim to tlie murder of his fel-[ The pageant
Kyra exhibition.
MAPLE HEIGHTS SCHOOL TO GIVE A PAGEANT SAT.
CHARACTER EDUCATION CLASSES TO PRESENT PAGEANT TN QUEST OF CHARACTER" ON
SCHOOL LAWN_
A pageant entitled. “In Quest of Character” will be presented by the character education classes of Maple Heights school It will be held on the school lawn Saturday afternoon at
made to Include motors of (lie approxi mate size ol the better known passcii
ger ears of today.
It is anticipated that there w ill be motors varying in size from 91 la cubic incites piston displacement to tlie maximum of J60. Already theri 1 are being built ears which will hi powered with four, eight anil sixteen
cylinder motors.
Cars must weight 1,7!i0 pounds. Compulsory weight of car is 7 Vi pounds per cubic inch piston displace ment of motor. Cuts powered as
j Morton Brown. Harold Patterson and j yesterday. One njctubci of park club : man suggested that it was too late
is to act with Mrs. Stoner and Mr i,hjs y ea r to landscape the park. Millet in planning projects Im all o: ] | t j s thought that several organiztt
Tills com- ' tjons will help beautify the place
class went to Richard Knight, Leota plHcs the county organization and | when the work i> started. A letter Mullins, Elizabeth Erdtnan and I roin now on the clubs will be aide to i was read to the council from the Robert Dirks. I net as a unit. council of club* asking that this work Mrs. Frank N. Jones awarded! Tlie women plan to pay the ex j be done, money prize* to the students of var-1 pense* of one girl to lhe Indiana ; There is a demand for at least
the money can lie ! three new fire plugs in the city
has been written by
low prisoner as the tesull of an argn | William Kautz, a student in DePauw',
Various school exhibits were also | |nent ()vel . the merits of various kinds! in order to summarize the work doncj,|,i s delleat
high as 221 cubic inches need weigh
only 1,750. II tiny cuts are powi iedj an( | Hetty Nichols was second in the, w ith maximum piston displacement i contest for the departmental, motors tlie entire cur must weigh, A tennis cup symlsdic of the chain-1 2.745 pound*. Average weight "i pumship in a tennis tourney conduct-! two man cars in other years of t wu j P d by the Hi-Y boys was presented] man cars was 2.500 pounds. to Charles R. Drown by William Me-
I
Superchargers will not lie petiiii’ , Gaughey.
ted in use on gas combustion motors Stunts by the various classes was in the race. Supercharger* came into] also a feature of the program for
use w lien engineer* had to perfect | class day.
ious classes who prepared the best] State Fair school
manuscripts in a contest conducted raised, | " ] cording to announcement of the chat" by the Woman’s Christian Temper-! Beshh s the leaders, who present ; inan ,,f the public utility committee nice Union. Charles Allen was first ed the various clubs there were se\ , a | council meeting lust night. Little and Charles It. Brown was second injerul guests present at tlie meeting ; q rp protection is offered the property the contest for juniors and senior*. Miss McMahon complimented the Wo owners on Hillsdale avenue, there Is In the contest for the freshmen and men on the progress of their club org [ no fire plug on the entire street, sophomores Morton Brown was first j anizut ion. ! Residents on the left fork of the
and Lettie York was second, while i , Hattie Mary Goldsberry was first I I NKRAI SERVICES FOR
ROAt 111) VI E M \\ I HIS I’
M
h n display at this time in the various I 0 j H i,eep, w as striking a prison officer. llas * rooms of the vocational build- T| lH t accurred Nov. 22. 1929. ami at irz. fhc exhibits included domestic [ t | lnt t |nie lie was transferred to the
blower instrument
'dence work, work by the art depart
"mt and by the boys in the
'i'inal classes.
K| \F.R\i ok JOHN SUTHERL1N " \S MONDAY AFTERNOON
hospital for insane criminals for ob-
servation.
“He gave no trouble except upon one occasion when he displayed a fit of temper," the report continued, “On March 20, 1950, he was returned
j to the prison and has since been em-
in tlie yard at odd Jobs. He did not give officers any trouble
1 uncrnl services for John Henry | Hye()
s U . th ' I'in, 7 L whose death occurred ,,,, n0l Klvr u „ Itrlp • a 'urday afternoon, were held Mon- [ innnirpst homicidal tendencies. ' dy aft ‘‘ ,noon at Gie Roachdale Meth i m inedlutely following the murder.
'/''ll 1 ' hu r' h ' R ‘‘ v Ray B*K s< lule °f ] jo hn E. Moorman of Knox, chairman i
' w ' n, 'ttstle hud charge of the servic-
by the children this semester. Kautz and Miss Andrews are both teaching character education classes in the Maple Heights school this semester under the supervision of Prof.
E. R. Bartlett.
The story of the pageant follows the adventures of u boy in search of the qualities of character about which he has been studying. It takes him through fairyland, the lands of the Bible, anti the records of history where he finds their contribution to
character.
The cast is composed of forty-five
children. The principal
Mu ] ron e gasoline Into tlie smaller motors which have been in use. They are
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20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
!of the prison board of truxlees, de
the Leb- nle(1 that Tonl had been confined *» j “ l , < ' as ithe criminal Insane hospital, hut said ' haracter
work there. Mr. Moor
overcrow ded
' • Interment took place in
’’ion cemetery.
Jl d r a " d Wa ' horn in 1>Utn8m he had been at
laml n ' T ’ 1855 ’ lhe R ° n ° f R °" man also denied that and Betsy Louisa Sutherlin. His , , , bpen , he PnllSp 0 f the
nirnage to Mrs. Elizabeth Steele '
P>»ce on April 1, 1896. mUrd ' r ’ survivors are the widow, Eliza THE WEATHER a son, Harvey, and a daughter, Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight
' • Lisa Klingman, both of whom j and Thursday, cooler tonight in ex- ' ‘ n Kansas City, Mo.; a step-son. [ treme south and extreme east por- ( .‘ tr ''‘ n Steele; a step-daughter, Mrs. tions, possibility of light frost in ex-
! V!, B r()oni . t WP i vp grandchi!-' treme north portion, Friday cool, not ' n and ten great grandchildren. | much likelihood of r»
From tht Files of
THE HERALD XU Year, Ajo _ io-de y
-1. .— r-~
, Mrs. Frank Donner was elected
characters! |)rps j,| pnt ..f t j, P Woman’s League of and was given the State Latin Medal | the Methodist church to succeed Mrs. , award. The youth, who was winner in
Miss Lenta Mullins was awarded the R. ('. Sloan cup for outstanding] work in the music department of the high school. She is the second member of the family to have her name engraved on the cup. Her sister Mae Mullins, now Mrs. Lois Arnold, was awarded the cup in 1926. A bronze taldet was awarded the high school band by the national bureau for advancement of music. The tablet has not arrived, but is expected soon. It will lie placed in the high school
building.
Morton Brown was announced as winner of the State Latin contest.
east Washington street road are also without protection and it was pointed out that they were taken into the
| city some time ago. Mr. Orville Funeral services for Henry Miller j Stewart nf the Water company was of Roarhdale, who died at his home j present at the meeting and stated Monday morning, were held at the j that to move the plug on east Washhome this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The ! ington street to protect these people Rev. Mcl’in. pastor of the Roachdale I would require the laying of a new Christian church was in charge. Bur- j <dx inch water main ns beyond the lal was in the Roachdale cemetery. | present location of the plug the - " - • — • ■ - : water line is smaller. STATE ROAD 43 IS j There is an order from the oil BLOCKED AT PRESENT council that the plug at the corner I of Green and Iowa streets be removCRAWFORDSVTLLE, May 28.- ! and that a plug he placed at the State road 43 is closed at the city | corner of Gillespie and Jacob streets limits and motorists are routed f or the purpose of protecting the
Boy
Fairy Queen Alberta Creamer Flora Pauline Crawley Prophetess Lillian Albright Cleo Louise William* Four members of Miss Loucile Calvert’s class in dramatic interpretation are directing the pageant. They are: Miss Evelyn Seighlan, Miss Kathryn Seighlan, Miss Jeanette White and Milo Roberts. The public is cordially invited.
Anna Hatcher j p Allen at a meeting yesterday.
. Dale Covert
the freshman division of the contest, I had the highest grade of all contest-
The Mt. Meridian band will lead ants in every division of the contest,
the parade to the cemetery Decora-
tion Day.
EPISCOPAL RECTOR NPF.\KS AT ROTARY LUNCHEON TODAY
Miss Berenice Kiefer took part in the senior piano recital of Miss Julia Ellen Day last evening.
Rev. A. P. Adbury of Farmersburg was elected department commander of the G. A. R. at Terre Haute today.
Dr. Charles N. Tyndell. rector of the St. Stevens Episcopal church in Terre Haute, was the speaker today tit the Rotary club luncheon at tho Country club. His subject was “Master Builders.’’
around the Covington hill. Many motorists are ging to Lafayette by way of Lebanon to avoid detours.
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CHURCHES ELECTED
HOOVER
property on Jaeoh street. Aecording to Stewart the people on Green street do not wish the plug removed. He also stated that it would require the ' laying of at least 530 feet of new j main to place the plug on the corner I of Jaeoh and Gillespie streets. There is a demand for plugs nt ! several other places. No action was I taken by the council on the placing ! of any of them, hut nt the suggestion i of .Vwyor Denman the councilmen agreed to meet this afternoon and
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Credit for election of President Hoover was attributed to the churches and temperance organizations tty Herts Pickett, representing the Methodist Board of Temperance, in testimony
today before tht 1 Senate lobby com- ! visit the various places where fire
mil tee. THE POSTOITTCK WILL BE CLOSED DECORATION DAY
On account of Decoration Day, May 30, the postoffice will he closed all day. No city or rural route deliveries will be made on that day. Mail received and dispatched as usual, however.
protection is considered inadequate. Action will be taken later, but the council members seemed agreed that only a few plugs could be placed at
a time.
Fire Chief Bert Howard appeared before the council and asked instructions concerning out of town fire runs. He (to in ted out that as the de(Please Turn to Page 4) Contiiv.i«tion R