The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 22, 1929, Image 1
[ The Camden Chronicle
fME 41 I CAWDgN, SOUTH CAROUNA, VRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22 .0 1 '
KT* l _ ?* -iJ I r* ? ? _ NUMBER 30
dues 10 ueure
Qfter Long Service
L a lengthy communication adto
the voUfru of Kershaw
Ely, Judg* * ? SMcDoweli states
Eh? villi not he a candidate for
Ration to the dffice of judge o!
Ce ne*t sannper. Mr. McDow.
Bp held office for one of the
Lt records of -any man in JC*rKcounty,
and his retirement wifl
Kgietted by a large number oi
K whom he has served well and
Enflv. He has always attended
Ely to his office and baa nevei
Ced himself with any clique ol
which accounts more thar
King else for his re-elediion at
BTptimary. His statement to the
Ke of Kershaw County follows:
Bthe Democratic voters of KertL
County who have so loyal1.?
Ejrtfd me for the office of Pro
[judge f?r now nearly a Quarter
Ecentury and who would still vote
toe were I to give them the op
Htanity, (which I- appreciate- very
Ep]y) I wish to say tjat I wilfnot
Hi candidate for that office nexl
men in KershHW County have
Bg public office far an unbroket
Ejd of time longer than I have
Kvkw of this faCt a short resume
KB; administration I trust will bf
Imtered politics in 1908, and'led
Bit W in the outset that it was pos>
Krcly against mry .will. I was averat
Mj.ftt hdlding of nany .public office
Heater, and not until three weeks
Kfo th primary 'election in l&Qt
$1 I yield to the solicitations ol
tnobwdmy name appeared in the
Bpiutvhns as a candidate for the
H ?^ce' ** may be a ffUte
I mst hiri to be believed by sojnp
mitt ? fart nevertheless, but daring
Mm Srst aatpaign I sincerely hopred
B&7 irtB^Ve^ddfeated. . 'X&MFMI
fet time engaged in the. newtpapei
Bodind I preferred the' newspaper
Hftcbiny office within the gift ol
It was my first love -and
Bee/my happiest business hours
Hi! as some very anxious ohes,
spent in -the office of the CamHkronicle
which I established in
; Hnr 1'889, and which ib now
Hand edited by Mr. H. D. Nil ex,
Hk the records show, the people
Hi differently to what I did and
Br taking charge of the Probate
Hi soon found out that it would
Hpe&ible for me to do justice - to
. Wtihate office and carry on 'the
Hptper work at the same tame,
Hat being willing that the P?oH
office should suffer, I diseonHi
myself from the newspaper
Htmd my .entire time since then
Hen devoted wholly to the duBtfee
primary election in 1908, to
st the unexpired term of Col. "W.
btttham, my only opponent was
HC W.' Birchmore. That election
Hptd as foIIo.wb : Birchmore, 006;
well", 1,078. My majority 172.
Hl910 I was again opposed by Mr.
Hfmore, the election resulting dn
i??e manner as the previous one,
H*?te being Birchmore, 962; Mc1,043.
My imajority was 8L.
HjtfiU my only opponent was J.
HWUin, the vctte being McKaJn,
HMfDowell, 1^895. My majority
H J918 1 was opposed by J. J.
H** and IX S. Trapp, necessVHf?
second electfcion with Mr,
In the first election the
H,<8: Goodjde, Alff,; Trapp, 878;
Hyii, 1,123. In the second elecHae-vote
was: Geotiale, 974; Mens*
1,142. My majmrtty 168.7:
WV? I was opposed by F. H.
J. I. Bowers and I. J. McH?
necessitating a second race
I*' Arrants. The sesult of the
pSlTon wasi AwSnis, 778;
536; Mc.Kenxie, 666) Mo*
1,725. Result di "^^schon^
K1I34. Mry^aVaity24b5.ML
1926 I was again opposed by
i H&ants and S. N. Nicholson, neH*|ng
a second race with NichHwe
result in the first election
-Arrantp, 844; 'Nicholson* 1,874;
jHF", 1,812. Tn the second elec ?Jesuit
was: Nicholson, 2,009;
fD,'2,343. My majority 384.
will be seen from the above
f majority in the last election
H?* of the three largest I ever
P?? and looking back over the J
Past I cannot but feel grateful,
food people of Kershaw CounKtave
always given me their]
H^rst commission was issued
**rnor Martin F. Ansa! in
U\ L socond one by Governor
HyBloase in 1911; third ohe by
' ?* Richard I. Manning in 19lb;
H?1Q ^?rnor Robert A- CoopHLr,:.lftb
one by Governor
McLeod in 1928; gnd the
H^l Prcaent one by our own
Governor, John G. RitfhBgj?f
not toc be a candidate
?o upon my own iniyid^Heving^hftt
L' ? n i \ g\ Jk _ m w ^.
pauioly
i amden Lady Now
Assistant Lee Agwt
KnhopvfB#, Nov. 14.?Thi a|i|M>inl
went of Bias Saflle Pearce as afcsULv
ant homo demonstration agent for,
Le? I'ounfly has been annoqnced by
' the district agent, Mrs, S. O. Plowden.
Hl&e Fesrce is a native of Camu
den and has been successfully teaching
for several years In the Charl
lotte Thompson high school. She re'
ceiyed her education in the schools
I pf 'Camden and at Columbia college.
I She has taken special courses in home
economics at Feabody college this
? fall. She comes with high recommeni
dations for tV\e position she is to fill.
; She began her "work November 11 and
( her office will be in the saihe office
- with the home agent," Miss Heba
. Sheppard.
- Miss Sheppard and Miss Pearce
. will have full schedules of work, for
in addition to the regular duties of
. the home agent, they are putting on
? a food survey for the county, which
demands careful and thorough work;,
; And it is to be Invaluable in the flna;
ings for the feeding of undernourish'edpeopile.
. Both of these agents arfgpull trainv
ed for t)>e work they are undertaking
and with' their experience with food
? work they will make a telling exam.
pie of results that can be obtained
from such a study.
Lee, county is particularly fortunate
I in having such work done and the
! county legislative delegation is tq be
| thanked for this progressive move$
Intent.
; First Week Jurors - I
j December Court
Tv\The following jurors are to se|ye
the fifir&t" week of the court of gen|
eral - sessions for Kershaw <?ounty
j r which opens here on Monday, Decy[ember
9th, with Judge S. W. G.
.fShipp, presiding: ' ? .
X, A. C. Drawdy, J. C. Rollings, T$*.
I Brown, Wiley Sheorn, C. V. Mas^e,
bbeau, John - W. Wilson, Heyward
i Smith, John E. Cassiday, D. E. Bel^i-vih,
W. L. Sanders, of Camden; K.
S. Rodgers, S. N. Horton, C. J. Baj
ker, R. *S. Long, E. L. Sowell, J.
?I Sowell, ' David F. Faulkenberry, ?.
?JT. Catoe, of Kershaw; L. S. Horton,
1 H. E. SeegarS, W. H. Smith, J. T.
cRaley, of Bethune; Dewey Rabon, E.
! H. Watts, B. T. Rabon, Abe Rabon,
[Tillman Peak, of Lugoff; B. K. Rose,
[John/L. KirMand,Jr.,_ Ernest
j offBlaney; J. J. Owens, J. E, Dixojto
rW. P. Barfteld, of Westville; ClevAp
I land Holley, of Jefferson; H. C. GrVjKH
tort, of Heath Springs; H. E. GardV
hi$r, of Cassaty. ^
E Abandoned Car Ib Found.
EvA wrecked Nash touring^OT
iffound a few miles southeast of Cam;
| den Tuesday. The car had turned^dydr
in a clay pit and had been abandoned j
Iby
| company sent a wrecking machinP out
and pulled it into their garage. The,
supposition is that it was a stolen ca$
AJabel bearing the name of "Central1
j School" of'North Carolina was pasted
on the back of the car. The policy
j have been notified and .are on tftl j
lookout for the owner.
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County Teachers To Mee^
There will be a
CountylTeftchers' Associa:j
J tion in the Camden high school auditorium,
Saturday morning at 10:30
o'clock, November 23. The last meeting
of the association, was well attended
by tiie teachers of the county
j and It is hoped that at th? coming
meeting they will all be present*
Each teacher is requested to make
every effort to be
J Holdermans Made Fast Flight
Mr and Mrs." Bu??eli Holderman
last week visited Camden, South Carolina,
where investigation is beta*
made of the prospects of locating,
the D. W. flying school fbr the winter
months. They made the tri# in
a plane, and covered the 750 miles
between LeRoy and Camden in six
hourn and thirty minutes.?LeRoy
News-Caxette.
Hot Sapper at Bethany
' The ladies of Bethany church at
WekyUk Bill give a hot supper Frlschool
hooss. W
Bethany church, yyybod^^w
Comic Opera Staged
at Camden School
! - 1 ""? ?. i
V **iday evening it 8:16 At thi
.Camden high school auditorium, th<
Wa^jsvijle chamber of commerce b
a comic opara, "The Idyll o;
thrill." This company of 60 ybuni
mm come very highly rccowmende<
and since they are visiting Oamde:
u^der the auspices of the local foot
ball team, the Camden school official)
will appreciate Camdeu's enthusiasts
support of the entertainment The en
tire cast will be dressed out ip beau
tiful attractive costumes, addinf
much to the stage setting. v
The Idyll of the Mill is a romanth
opera of Colonial times, with ten prin
cipal characters, supported by a cho
rus of over forty, young men an<
ladies. The varying lights and shade;
produce a magic spell History, patH
ptism, pathos and comedy are blende*
<fo<^i*pnique manner and the public 1
assured of a very fine evening's enter
tainment.
local school will profit in th
receipts and, therefore, Camden wil
be expected out in large numbers.
. Don't forget to glance at the ad
vertising matter In" the display win
dows over town and be sure to te)
your friends to join the crowd an<
march to the school auditorium Fri
day nighl^The prices of admiBsloi
are, school children 25c, and adult
50c. A guaranteed show. Not one dul
moment for. anyone. Solos, duett
trios, and chorus numbers which ca:
and will be enjoyed by yofcmg an<
old. #
The Chamber of Commerce heart
ily endorses this show and hopes tha
it will be liberally patronised in or
der to help the foot ball team.
Boy Scout Campaigr
Commences Mondaj
The annual campaign of the Cam
den District Boy Scouts ?f Amerie
will be inaugurated on Monday, Nov
ember 25, 1929, by a dinner to b
, b^ld in the Palmetto Tea Boom a
j o'clock in the afternoon, a
which Mr. Orin F. Crow of the fac
ulty of the University of South Car
olina will be the pincipJe speakei
Mr. Crow has been connected wit
the Scout movement* tn Coluffitblirfo
many years and is a talented speakei
. Following the dinner on Mondaj
at which ho solicitations will%
made, about fifteen or twenty mei
will make a general solicitation o
'the city extending over the balanc
of the week and all persons will b
' asked to belp~ in this worthy cause.
-?Tha Chroniele?wiB-be glad to re
ceiye donations from any person o
persons desiring to use it as a me
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Bulls Are Coming
Saturday, Nov. 30th
The dairy bulls for the sale her*
On" December 3rd are to arrive at thf
tbuplfy fair grounds on Saturday afternoon,
November 30. They will be
there for generaL inspection qntU the
eale on December 3rd, at 1 p.
v.v Anyone interested'.in these bulla
should look them oyer before -the
ohnj. ^ f ( .:' t - a -IV
After, the meetings all over the
\courity there will be the big . countywide
dairy meeting at the Court
House at 11 a. m., December 3rd, at
which time a county dairy association
will be organized. Please notify
your neighbors requests Henry D.
Green, the county agent.
Local Post Drive ^
Goes Over Good
r *
The James LeRoy Bdlk Post No,
17, American Legion List week put
oh a drive for new members and went
oveivwhat they expected to get. They
had on their roll for^1929, a membership
of 122. Their goal was 117
ftv/prder to be entitled to the state
'orcatfon, but they went" beyond that
number and secured a total of 125
pjpmbors. This entitles .ythe locnl
ram*,to a citation from national aa
Wall as state headquarters.
The local post is%pl80 in receipt
of a community service citation from
PauI v. McNutt, national comman<>
>der, for worthwhile and outstanding^
service to its community during the
*roriod between November 1, 1928,
and August 15, 1929.
Camden Boy Injured.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. DcrLoache received
a message last week that their
son, Arthur Harris DeLoache, had
been painfully Injured in a parasite
jump at Long Island. Young DeLoache
had been working for some
time tu the Atwater Kent radio factory
at Philadelphia: < It is said the
wind caused the parachute to veer
and the juniper had his, .leg broken
^ratrikli^ Mme^^^TTMis
r^uTwed tb?t Artbsr H?ri? wm?
Meetings Called in
I interest of Dairying
? For ?om? time there has been de}
velopln^ in Kershaw County a greatI
#r and greater interest in dairying,
f It seems to have been preordained by
X Providence that we should have this
1 splendid and valuable*" industry' o^
? dairying and livestock to fall back
on when we have come face to face
f ^Hrith the present seemingly diSMc
trous economic condition.
f:_ ^ A one-crop system anywhere with a
V ,^w. successive years of crop failures
X or near failures will mean /uln^and
hardship for the people. We. nfted
c and must^havt' diversified farming
with livestock in our program. An
-" "agricultural program that is not bal1
anted with a proper amount of liveb
stock in the program is not aoynd.
- If livestock had been made a part of
I jibe farm policy in Kershaw County
s 2^ of 40 years ago we would have a
- ffeh'er county and more prosperous
and happy people today.
S For the sake of the -present and
II future generations we must put our
farming on a safer basis. Why is it
- Jthat the dairy and livestock balanced
- farming sections are in better condi11
tioq than we are? How will cows,
d fcogs and chickens help us out of thitf
present economic depression?,. What
ti must we do to start out on this basis
8 pf farming? Can the farmers of
11 Kershaw County who are deeply in^
b debt do anything? All of these
n questions and many others will be
d brought up and' answered by in and
out of state specialists and speak
ers who are to meet with the people
f of Kershaw Coxntty in meetings all
over the county. Meetings are to be
r. held as follows:
? November 25th, 3 p. m. at Lugoff
and 7:30 p. m. at filaney.
j November 26th 3 p. m. at Cassatt
and Westville at 7:30 p. m.
The Cassatt meeting will be In the
R Midway school house.
.j:i' November 27th, 3 p. w, at Liberty
e Hill and Mt. Flsgah at 1:30 p. ha.
t November 29th, 3 p. m. at Chart
lotte Thompson and Antioch at 7:80
p. na.
November 30th, 3 p. m. at Kershaw
and Bethune rat 7:30 p. m.
Y - County-wide meeting at Camden
-. in Court House on December 3rd at
'? 11 a. m.
? (Bull sale to be held at caunty fair
f gi^CUnds in Camden on December 3rd
e at il p. m.
e . Some, of the speakers who are ex~
pected other than local speakers are:
r Rowland Turner, general agricul
tural agent; Mr. Humphries and Mr.
Lawhon, agricultural agents, all of
the Southern Railway system, Atlanta.,
Ga.; W. T. Bennett of the cotton
seed crashers association; ,V. W.?Le1
wis, Atlantic Coast Line railway; D.
- JR. Abbott, Seaboard Air Line Raili
way; J.,P. LaMaster, extension dairy
. specialist from Clemson College; R.
i D. Steer, dairy specialist from Clem1
soli College; D. W. Watkins, assistant
director of extension work in
South Carolina; A. A. McKeown, district
extension agent; W. F. Ilowell,
Lancaster county agent; Ward Snarr,
' field representative of American,
sey Cattle Club; Miss Nepley, poultry.,
ajwcialisit from Winthrop, College;
,P. H. Gooding, poultry specialist
from Clemson College.1 ^Others
have been invited. Local interest
is-very keen iTr^hls dalry movehaent
and some of tfte best business men
in the county are expected to help
in the c&mpaign meetings.
It is not desired to bring about a
^sudden radical change in outf .ARticulture
but instead to supplement
our cotton and other present crops?
to balance up our farming. Wo need
more cows, ho^s and hens. We will
never have farm relief until we do
something definite ourselves, -r
The biggest present need of the
farmers in Kershaw County is final!*
cing for 1930. We are working hard"
on this big need. The different ins&tj^ian*
of the county are cooperating
well but it is very evident that
before-,wa^get much aid we are going
to have to put our farmi^^^Hjj j
safer and more business-like basis.
It is not wise for any one person
to jump id to the dairy or any live- <
itock bu.ine.fi too heavily. We
should grow into it. We need ?*.,
hogs and hens to supply more aaff
better food to our children and our
grown people. We need an addition- j
al arid more evenly distributed income,
arid use of farm labor. We! i
want statft this dairy movement by1
getting a jpwe-bred, registaued dairy
bull main community in the ?
county.- This will take a tout fifteen
hulls. We need to distribute over the
county 200 or 000 grade dairy -heifers.
This is -tfJe cheapest-and best
way for us to go into dairying. We
must make pastures. The success of
dairying depends largely on, first,
abundance of pasture and good, cheap
feed and, second, high - producing
cows. This is why we must have the
pure-bred hulls. All of our idle lands
or unprofitable lands should go either
into pastures or foresty. We should
set a goal of ridding Kershaw county
of every scrub sire, bull, boar, ram
and rooster. can be done. Let's
do it. ?
At the meeting in Camden on December
3rd at 11 'a. m. a county dairy '
association will he organised. -?
As for markets for our dairy products
that is no problem to worry
about.' We can' sell all of our sour
Bream at go^d prices now in Sumter,
Rock Hill, Chester. 0{ Charlotte. We
itae working on the matter of a
ireamery for Camden. What we need
pv are more cows and dairy-minded
Yours for better and safer agricultural
conditions in Kershaw county..
Respectfully,
Henry D Omit,
.m ' . County Aaent
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Legion Auxiliary
To Put on Cabaret
On Wednesday night, November
27, a Cabaret will be given here under
t.he ny spices of the American Legion
Auxiliary and the Kershaw
Guards. The new armory will be
converted into a modern grill room
for the occasion. Plans have recently
been completed for this event,
In response to popular demand for an
affair similar to the one held last
November by the Auxiliary, The
cabaret given last year was the first
,public? "night club" ever held in Camden,
and whsi so successful that, if
this proves us good arf^the last, the
affair may become an annual one.
A great effort is being made to
have the cabaret as tnuch like a real
night club as possible, and. the favors,
decorations ami entertainment of the
original are being closely imitated.
Entertainment will provided by
a program of specialty numbers by
talented local people, with* a chorus
of young Camden girls?Phyllis Carfison,
Willie Haile, Elizabeth Zemp,
Carolyn Houser, and Olivia Buddin.
Jumelle Haile and Basil Bruce are to
give an exhibition ball room dance.
Elsie MeDowell will give a song and
dance specialty. Fred Bryant will
sing a solo. Joe McKain will sing
whfle Molly Blackwell gives a special
dance. Miss Nancy Dempster
will show^us something, new. in novelty
singing. f F
Jimmie DeLoache and Miss Elizabeth
Zemp will be seen in an attractive
dance number.
Dance music is to be provided for
the evening by George Coleman and
his ? country I club orchestra. The
small tables for four will be arranged
around the walls, leaving' d large
space in the center for the guests
dancing and for the entertainment
features. *
Canning Factory
Seems Assured
Some time ago a proposition was
made to the business men of Camden
through the Chamber of Commerce
by Mr. Joe H. Thomas, ol
Bloomville, S. C., that he would establish
a cannery here provided th<
citizens would raise f^OOO.
A canvass of the business district
this week practically assures thin
amount being raised and with th?
promises of other interested business
men the goal is almost in sight.
Mr. Thomas aready has his cannery
paid for and the only, cbntin
geney-is getting thefnTTflbriTto agree
to plant one thousand acres ih truck.
But this should be readily agreed to.
The cannery will be operated for
four months or more during the season
and will employ between 250 and
500 women and 25 men, and have a
capacity of one and one-half car
loads of banned goods per day. At
first "intention to start
off on tonflboes^dkra and. beans.
Later expand to take in other pro*
ducts such as turnips, mustard,
sweet potatoes and asparagus.
About December 5 Mr. Thomas will
come to Camden to arrange contracts
with the farinera. He will come here
with the very highest recommendations
both in a personal and business
way.
To Meet at Hospital
The auxiliary to the Camden Hospital
will meet in the parlors of the
[ hospital on Monday afternoon, November
25, at 4 o'clock. -All'members
ai'e urged to Obme to this meeting.
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Fatal Auto Collision
Close To Newberry
Friends in Camden and throughout
the *tate regretted exceedingly the
unfortunate accident which befell
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben B. Pitts Ipst
Saturday morning when their car
and another car of a Newberry citizen
collided causing the death of tfye
Newberry man.
Besides being president of the Hermitage
Cotton Mill of this city, Mr.
Pitts is a popular Rotarian, prominent
member of the Camden Bap-,
tist church and an all round good citizen.
A large number of Rotarians
0n<\ other' friends called at the Pitts
home Sunday to offer sympnthy arid
services to these good people in their
trouble.
Tuesday's Newberry Observer carried
the following impartial account
of the sad occurrence:
Another very distressing and unfortunate
automobile collision has
occurred on the now famous detour
around this city,put there a few
years ago over the protests of a
number of our citizens by the State
Highway commission, in which a
prominent young farmer of the New
Hope section of the county, Mr. J.
Wilbur Graham has lost his life.
The collision occurred Saturday
morning about 10:15 at the intersection
of the l&rother-Winnsboro high- -p
way and the road around the city of v
Newberry from Columbia to Greenville,
near "BisKbp's filling station.
% ?
Mi^yGraham had in his car with
' him, Mrs. Graham, and they W.eTe
! on their way to this city. The car
' with which they collided wits that
of tyf. Reuben B.% 'Pitts, driven by
Mr. Pitts, and1 was occupied by Mr.
* and Mrs. Pitts.. Mr. Pitts is president
of the Hermitage Mill at Camden,
S. C., and they were on their way
to the upper part of the state,
j Mr. Graham's car was completely
I -turned*- ever -and he and Mre. - Graham'
pinned -beneath the wreckage.
5 Mr. Graham was injured about the
chest and body, causing internal
j hemorrhage. He was carried to the
Newberry- County hospital where >
he died about 12:38 o'clock. Mrs.??
.. Graham wns painfully-. hurt about
the face and arms, but was dismiss'
ed from the hospital late Saturday
1 afternoon. ,
i Mr. and Mrs. Pitts were unhurt
and their car wns only slightly damaged,
the car running about one hun7
dred feet after"The impact. . -2
The coroner held an inquest Sat4
urday afternoon and after hearing,
several witnesses', none of whom
were eye witnesses, no one seeing t
the cars whqn they struck, their, atr.
tention being attracted by the noise
of the impact, and rendered a Verdictto
the -effect that1
Wilbur Graham was the result of a
collision of a Pord touring car driven 'A
by the deceased and a Buick coupe
driven by Reuben B. Pitts.
uMr. Pitta.-was held by the author.* - ities
on a charge of manslaughter
and appeared before Associate Justice
Eugene S. 'Blease Saturday afternoon
-oh application fof\ bond 3?
which was granted in the sum of
$1,500. Mr. Pitts was represented
at the hearing for bail by Dr. Geo.
B". Cromer, F. H. Dominick and Steve
, Griffith. The-etste?wag"ropfe- F
sented by Alan Johnstone.
Mr. Pitts is a nephew of Judge
C. FegtKerstone,. who, was f|io
present ar^tbe heanng for bail.
Mr. Graham was 38 years of ag6.
The funeraF services were held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Graham cemeteiy, wndutled "by the
Rev. R. C. Anderson. Besides AWidow
he is survived by seven small
children, ranging from one to twelve
years of age. Five^ brothers and
three sisters also survive, Thomas,
Clarence, Daniel, Roy And Grady
Graham, Mrs. E. Q. -Wicker and Mrs.
Blackman Wicker all of Newberry
and Mrs. Bessie Bonds of Colum- .
bia. An aged father* Felix A. Gra- ?
ham also survives.
Charlotte Thompson Carnival.
HThe athletic association of Char- I
lotto Thompson High School is pubting
on 4 Carnival at the' 8gb<jjfe?3M
building Friday evening, November
22. They are anxious for you to attend
this Carnival. It is a good place
to- meet your friends and enjoy an
evening of fun, v and feasting. Don't
disappoint anyone. (Be thorn to receive
your share of the pleas0**.
There, will be- entertainment* for tt?
young and old so bring the family.
Be on hand from 7:00 until bedtime.