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i 1 , 3 Have You
I Joined the
- Red Cross?
THE ST. TAMMANY FARMER The subscriptln pice of he
On Sale Every Saturday at Farmer i 200 Yoll et more
goN1A'P and WATKINS DRUG
STORAE, CovingtonD than your money's worth by being
IDEAL PHARMACY, Madison. a subscriber. Help us boost the
wille. Five Cents Per Copy. Parish along.
D. H. MASON, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1918 VOL. 45 No. 2
THE BIG DRIVE
WILL NOW BE
ON FOR RED
CROSS
Director E. Poitevent Calls
Meeting at School
House, Monday.
CHRISTMAS PACKAGES
MAILED TO SOLDIERS
Appeal Made For Knitted
Garments and Band
age Workers.
The meeting of the Covington
Branch, A. R. C., which was to have
been held Tuesday, was postponed on
account of the inclemency of the
weather. The meeting will be held
to-day (Saturday) at 4 p. in. at the
courthouse for the purpose of elect
ing officers. All members are urged
to attend.
MRS. B. B. \VARREN.
Secretary.
Dierctor Poitevent announces that
there will be a meeting of the Red
Cross at the school house in Coving
ton, Sunday, December 1. Matters
relative to the coming Christmas
membership drive will be discussed.
All members are asked to be present
The meeting will be at 1:30 p. m.
Mr. Poitevent has been such an
earnest worker for the Red Cross,
and he has been so loyal to his home
C parish in seeing that all monies spent
by the IPoitevent & Favre Company
have been credited to St. Tammany
*' parish-and this money has been a
considerable sum-that he should be
rewarded by the very best support
that Red Cross members of this par
ish can give him.
Everybody come to the meeting
and be prepared to give some sug
gestion for boosting the drive.
The Poitevent & Favre Company
yre the first to take a page ad. in the
Varmer boosting the Christmas Mem
bership Drive.
The Red Cross rooms have been
busy this week. It is no fun making
up and inspecting the Christmas
packages that will be mailed to the
boys who will spend their Christras
abroad, and to see that they get off
in time to meet the requirements of
the Government. November 30 is
the last day.
Seventy-six packages were inspect
ed and mailed up to the time we
went to press Friday evening, and
more were expected for to-day.
Covington sent off 31 packages,
Slidell 13, Mandeville 17, Madison
ville 6, Abita Springs, 3, Sun 1, Fol
som 4, Waldheim 1.
An especial appeal is made by the
Covington Red Cross for workers to
make knitted garments and band
ages.
The war is not over for our boys
aeross the sea, as far as assistance
from the Red Cross goes, nor can
ouar wounded do without bandages.
The call should be promptly answer
ed by all who can.
New Orleans, Nov. 29.-"Soap,
soap, my kingdom for some soap-
and some good home-made like
mother-used-to-make stuff. O boy!"
This is the plea that comes from one
t of our Southern boys in a German
prison camp. And the Red Cross is
going to see that he gets what he
wants.
Here is the story. Last March,
Robert Caballero, of New Orleans,
.,son of Mrs. Dominique Caballero, of
Palincourtville. La., reached France
with the U. S. Marines. Several
months later, Mrs. Oaballero receiv
ed a letter from a delegate of the
Catholic Mission of Switzerland, in
f orming her that he had seen her
Sson in a German prison camp.
T 'hrough the Red Cross Bureau of
Communication a correspondce De
tWeen young Caballero and his fam
ly was arranged.
When Mrs. Caballero received the
' above unusual request, she immedi
C ately got to work and packed a box
Swith fig preserves, fruit cake, pies.,
and all sorts of eats-and soap. But
as many things were smuggled in
eontrary to the Red Cross regula
Stions-"they surely won't deny my
poor boy some preserves and just a
Slittle bit of fruit cake," thought the
:ager mother-the box plus all the
ood things was returned from New
York.
But Robert must have what .he
asks for. His brother, Jos. Cabal
lero. of New Orleans, came to tne
Lheadquarters of the Gulf Division *,a
-Ahe A. R. C., in New Orleans, with
.ls problem. In a short time Ro>
*rt will have his goodies and soap.
"I feel sure that Bob will be taken
ood care of now that the Red Cross
;eople are on his track," says his
brother. "I can never say enough
for the Red Cross. It's some organi
-.tion, take it from me-and the
y they get people out of difficulties
simply great."
SNew Orleans, Nov. 28.-According
*a report from Washington head
ter of the American Red Cross,
LOUISIANA WILL
SOON BE FREE
OF CATTLE
TICKS
Largest Territory Ever Lib
erated In Year In
One State.
12,742,151 DIPPINGS OF
CATTLE IN LOUISIANA
Records Broken By State
For Number of Cattle
Dipped All Year.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 27-Lou
isiana takes high honors in the re
lease from cattle fever tick quaran
tines authorized for December 1 in
an order signed by Secretary of Agri
culture D. F. Houston.
In the first place, the amount of
territory to be freed in Louisiana
23,49 2 square miles-ia the largest
grossly infested area ever released in
one year in any one state since the co
operative State and Federal fight
against the parasite began in 1906.
The next largest release of territory
was that of 15,358 square miles in
Mississippi in 1917.
Furthermore, Louisiana has not
only set the high mark for the num
ber of cattle dipped this year, but it
has broken all records for all years.
In the first ten months of 1918 Fed
eral, State and county inspectors
supervised 12,742,141 dippings of
cattle in Louisiana. The next larg
est number of dippings in one State
in one year was 7,029,272, the mark
set by Mississippi in 1917.
,If these figures do not indicate that
release orders follow the dipping vat,
consider this: The amount of terri
tory released this year in nine states
-79,217 square miles-is the great
est on record. And the number of
dippings in all tick-infested territory
in the first ten months of 1918 also
is the greatest on record-39,263,867
-exceeding more than ten million
the number for the entire year
of 1917.
Parishes To Be Freed.
The parishes in Louisiana from
which quarantine restrictions are to
be removed December 1 are:
Allen, Avoyelles. Beauregard, Bien
ville, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron,
Catahoula, Claiborne, DeSoto, East
Baton Rouge, Grant, Jackson, Jeffer
son. Lafourche, LaSalle, Morehouse,
Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Ber
nard, St. Charles, St. Helena, Tan
gipahoa, Terrebonne, Union, Vernon,
Wabster, West Baton Rouge, the re
mainders of Orleans and Ouachita,
and parts of Ascension, Iberville, St.
James and St. John.
Parishes previously released are:
Caddo, Concordia, East Carroll,
East Feliciana, Franklin, Jefferson
Davis, Lincoln, Madison, Pointe Cou
pee, Tensas, Washington, West Felic
(Continuad on page 6)
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MOOSE MAY BUILD HOME HERE.
The Loyal Order of Moose antici
pate building a home for their aged
members. Mobllg has been working
to have the ,home built there, but
Covington is also interested and be
lieves there is nb Iegter place than
here. Members of tie Association of
Commerce have beel working on the
matter, and intereased parties have
been looking overLthe ground.
Schonberg's Pharmarc has a com
plete assortment of Dennison Christ
man cards and seals. Just arrived.
110 American Red Cross workers
arrived in London during the month
of October. This list includes work
ers from almost every state in the
United States. The Guft Division of
the A. R. C. was well represented by
eight workers, five of ~whom came
from Louisiana, and three from Ala
bama. There are: John W. Fair
fax, Jr., New Orleans; Geo. B. Ferry,
New Orleans; Mrs. Rosalie Nixon,
New Orelans; Hilda A. Simmons and
Lois S. Simmons, of Baton cRouge;
Lamar G. Patterson, Montgomery,
Ala.; Florence McCressin. Birming
ham, Ala., and James H. Ballantine,
Huntsville, Ala.
New Orleans, Nov. 2S.-American
soldiers who have been or still are
prisoners in Germany will have a
Merry Chrstmas after all.
The Gulf Division is notified from
Washington to-day tbhat shipments
originally sent to Switzerland will be
diverted to Paris and reach the men
in time for Christmas Ave. Hereto
fore all shipments to prisoners have
been handled through Switzerland.
Exactly 108 cases containing 2431
Christmas parcels and 15 cases of
cigars for American prisoners are in
the shipment to American prisqners.
They were sent by relatives and for
%-arded from New York in October.
In the Paris offices 4t the Red
Cross there will be'handled also an
additional supply of ChVistmas gifts
for pirsoners to who, 0othing has
been sent.
THE STOREKEEPER UP TO DATE
Gas masks are Indospensable articles near the front. This Y. M. C. A.
canteen nmanaiger has been forced to don his "muzzle," but he is still holding
his positionl behind the counter. He was later wounded while on duty.
Y. M. C. A. men at the front not only see that the boys are furnished
refreshmennts, but they often help in the care of the wounded. Sevetal Red
Triangle workers have been wounded by shell and gas, while a number have
lost their lives in this service. The sign just over the "Y" man's shoulder
reads: Our Slogan-Best for the Man in the Mud."
RESTRICTIONS
ON SUGAR ARE
REMOVED
New Orleans, Nov. 27, 1918.
To All District and Parish Food Ad
ministrators:
The following instructions just re
ceived from Washington through Mr.
Horace C. Earle, of the Sugar Di
vision, now in New Orleans:
"To. relieve congested conditions
in Louisiana cane and beet sugar pro
ducing territory, the certificate plan
of distribution to manufacturers and
dea:ers is abandoned, effective im
mediately. The zoning plan of dis
tribution 'will continue effective."
Accordingly, until otherwise ad
vised, this office has stopped the is
suance of sugar distribution certiti
cates, and therefore sugar hereafter
may be obtained by the wholesale
grocers, soft drink, candy, and other
manufacturers, bakers, public eating
houses, retail grocers and others
dealing and handling sugar, as here
tofore, without the presentation and
surrender of sugar distribution cer
tificates.
The above for your information
and guidance. Please notify your
deputies and all interested.
Yours very truly,
Food Administrator for La.
Per J. M. Wilzin.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
No; the schools are not closed.
It is not thought there is any good
reason to close them.
Pupils not in school manage to go
to the skating rink.
No; the flu and yellow fever are
not the same thing.
The flu and cholera are not re
lated.
No; you can't catch the flu from
the films at the picture show, even
though they come from infected
places. They move so fast the germs
can't jump off.
Anybody who hasn't had the flu
and wants to prove that it can be
caught in Covington can prove it by
running up and down the street hol
lering murder. But you must keep
your mind on the flu at the same
time--and wipe your mouth with a
borrowed handkerchief.
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FIREMEN ELECT OFFICERS.
At a meeting of the Covington
Fire Association, held November 19,
the following officers were elected:
Jacob Seller, president; Harry A.
Mackie, vice-president; Paul J. La
croix, treasurer; W. C. Morel, Jr.,
secretary; H. J. Ostendorf, chief; J.
H. Lambert, assistant chief; S. J.
Newman, garnd marshal.
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MRS. LUELLA GAINES.
On Monday, November 18, 1918,
at 7:10 a. m., Luella Carpenter, wife
of Leslie Gaines. departed this life at
the age of 29 years. She leaves one
little girl; Georgia Mae. her husband,
and sisters Mrs. Bessie Schenk, Mrs.
Carnella Schenk, Mrs. Pearl Raborn,
Miss Viola Carpenter,, and brothers,
Morgan Carpenter, Leander Carpen
ter, and father P. M. Carpenter.
The funeral took 'place from her
late residence in Covington. on Tues
day at 10 o'clock. Interment in the
Covington Cemetery, Rev. F. C. Tal
mare officiating.
May her soul rest in peace.
A FRIEND.
DOINGS IN THE
MIXUP OVER
THERE
London, Nov. 28.-The Vienna gov
ernment intends to bring to trial all
persons responsible for the war, in
cluding Count Berchtold, Austro
Hungarian foreign minister when the
war broke out, and Count Czerntn,
foreign'minister at a later period, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen today.
London, Nov. 28.-Bavaria has
broken relations with the Berlin gov
ernment, according to a Munich mes
sage transmitted by the Central News
correspondent at Copenhagen.
London, Nov. 28.-(British Wire
less Service)-In connection with re
ports that the resignation of Dr. Solf,
the German foreign minister, and
Mathais Erzberger, another member
of the cabinet, are expected after the
severe attacks made upon them at
the Federal congress in Berlin, it is
stated in a Copenhagen message that
documents are to be published con
cerning many compromising facts re
garding the activities of Herr Erz
berger during the earlier years of the
war.
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
There will be regular services at
the iBaptist Church, to-morraw (Sun
day) at 11 a. m. Sunday School
will be at 9:30 a. m.
The public is invited to attend.
REV. C. E. REID,
Pastor.
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LIST OF GRAND JURORS.
Following is the list of Grand
Jurors:
No. Name Ward
1. Jno. F. Mevers ......... 1
2. Michel Koepp, Sr., ....... 1
3. Henry Barker ........... 2
4. Dave Sharp ............. 2
5,. J. F. Hester ........... 3
6. Chas. Jenkins ........... 3
7. W. T. Coffee ........... 4
8. C. A. David ............ 4
9. Henry Culbreath ........ 5
10. J. W. Williams .......... 5
11. G. C. Thomas ........... 6
12. Albert Welsh ........... 6
13. Harry Culbertson ....... 7
4. John King ............. 7
15. H. J. W illis ............ 8
16. Ed. Foy ................ 8
17. A. A. Parker ........... 9
18. F. F. Wigginton ......... 9
19. Alfred Heath ........... 10
20. James A. "agan ........ 10
A true copy.
HOLGER KOHNKE,
n30 Dy. Clerk of Court.
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100,000 WOMEN. TO RE3LAIN IN
RAILROAD JOBS.
Washington, Nov. 28th.-Women
railroad employees, about 100,000 in
number, who were added to the pay
r olls on account of the war, mainly
as clerks and stenographers, prob
ably will be retained permanently, it
was said today at headquarters of the
railroad administration.
Specific action in this regard will
be left to individual railroads, but
administration officials who made a
survey of the employment situation
believe the demand for labor during
the readjustment period will be so
great that it will be not only desir
able but necessary to retain the. wo
men employees.
PARISH. FAIR IS
CALLED OFF
FOR THE
PRESENT
Board of Directors Hold
Meeting and Pass
Resolutions.
PANICKY FEELING OF
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE
Candy Bought Will Be Sold
On Columbia Street
To-Day.
The postponing of the parish fair
was a great disappointment to those
who had looked forward to making
it one of the best, but the general
.iublic seemed to oppose it, through
fear that more flu might be brought
in, that the officials finally passed the
following resolutions and ordered the
grounds closed:
Whereas, the present unsettled
weather conditions as also the unsat
isfactory health conditions of the
parish are unfavorable to the hold
ing of the Parish Fair on November
28, 2.9, 30, and December 1, 1918,
and,
Whereas, the holding of the said
Fair under the aforenamed condi
tions and dates will in all probability
result in a moral and financial fail
ure; therefore
Be it it resolved, That the St.
Tammany Parish Fair, fixed for Nov.
28, 29, 30, and Dec. 1, 1918, be post
poned unto some more favorable time
and opportunity.
The motion to adopt the above
resolution was made by Dr. A. G.
Maylie, seconded by Mrs. B. B. War
ren, and carried without a dissent
ing vote.
Some expenses were incurred,
among them the purchase of about
$500.00 worth of candy and a horse
racing machine. In order that the
candy may not be a loss it has been
decided to use the racing machine
to dispose of the candy. So all loyal
citizens will have an opportunity to
play the races to-day, on Columbia
street, near Watkins' City Drug
Store. Just walk up to the machine
and place your bets. Some of you
will win boxes of candy and some
must lose, but you will have a fair
chance and if you are lucky at play
ing the races and fond of a little
gamble you will get your money's
worth. At least you will be helping
the fair.
No announcement has been made
as to just when the fair will be
put on.
SAVE TOUR EXHIBIT; TWO MORE
FAIRS.
Prevent Weevils By The Use Of Com
mon Gasoline.
Now that the fair has been post
poned, the exhibits so carefully se
lected and prepared should not be
carelessly put aside. The 10-ear ex
hibits of corn will be good seed and
should be preserved from weevils.
The peas or beans selected will make
better planting seed than unselected
seed. The pigs that have been
"pushed" for the fair should continue
to be "pushed"-but do not make
them too fat on corn. Give some
wheat bran or shorts or a quarter
mound daily of high grade cottonseed
meal with slops. This amount is for
a 100-pound hog. This makes a
very good hog feed. Its use should
befor four weeks and then discon
tinued for one week. Too much feed
for a long period is dangerous.
A state corn show will be held in
December or January, and very large
premiums will be paid. The best
five or ten exhibits of corn from club
members of this parish are wanted
for this fair. Again, there may be
a Spring Festival or Victory Fair at
Covington in a few months from now.
If so, club exhibits will be wanted
there as much as at the fall fair.
Preserve the exhibits. Put seed
corn and 10-ear exhibits in a tight
barrel or box, put a plate full of
gasoline on top of corn, cover bar
rel or box with oil cloth or paper,
tightly. Leave for three days, then
uncover to let "air" for half day.
Then cover again tightly. Don't go
near barrel or box with a torch, lamp
or match while undergoing treat
ment. Two tea cups of gasoline
should be enough for a flour barrel
of corn on ear, or one teacupfull for
shelled corn or peas. But the barrel
mus' 'be air tight to be effective.
"High life" used in the above way is
the standar$ remedy. It may be
purchased at drug stores. It is in
expen.ive but economical. Gasoline
is effective end cheaper and more
convenient to get. So the "John D"
solution is good for several things
besides hustling "road louses" over
the hills.
KARL TREEN,
Boys' Club Agent.
WHAT MILK CAN
DO FOR YOUR
TABLE IF YOU
KNOW HOW
A Demonstration Will Be
Made By Mrs. Eaton
2 to 3 To-Day.
SAUSAGE MADE OUT
OF COTTAGE CHEESE
Other Interesting Demon
strations at Association
of Commerce.
The fact that the fair has been
postponed releases from demonstra
tion work scheduled for that oc
casion, Mrs. Virginia Eaton, Louisi
ana state demonstration agent of the
L'. S. Deiartment of Agriculture;
Mis-; Mary Sue Maddox, emergency
district home demonstration agent,
and Miss Martha Williams, girls' club
agent of St. Tammany parish. This
will give the people of Covington and
people from rural districts that are
able to attend, an opportunity to wit
ness the result of this work- and see
some of the things that would have
been on exhibition at the fair, if they
will be present at the rooms of the
Association of Commerce in Coving
ton to-day (Saturday) from 2 to 3
o'clock -p. m.
The demonstration of Mrs. Eaton
will be especially interesting, be
cause it is new to most people and
covers a wonderful field in. the eco
nomic management of the home
table. Butter making and its by
products-skimmed milk as human
food, and how to use it. Cottage
cheese with sweet or sour cream,
sugar or chives, chopped onions or
caraway seeds. Cottage cheese with
fruit preserves, bread or crackers or
bits of jelly. Cottage cheese as a
salad, cottage cheese rools, Boston
roast, cheese roast, nut roast, cheese
sauce, cheese sausage, croquettes and
numerous other dishes that are said
to be extremely imitative of real
meats and very tempting and palat
able. Cheese lemonade and cheese
syrup.
Mrs. Eaton will show you how to
make all these things, and you will
be surprised and delighted to learn
that if you had known how to do
these things during the war your
table would have been more nourinh
ing and less expensive than it was.
You will be able to get some leaf
lets and bulletins that will instruct
you in the making of the many things
that can be made of milk.
There seems to be an impression
that 6 1-2 mills will be levied to meet
the payment of bonds and interest
of First Road District. This is not
true. In accordance with informa
tion from the assessor's office, the
levy this year will be three mills.
PROMINENT DRUGGIST DB.AD.
H. C. Mackle, In Business 50 Years,
Passes Away.
(From Times-Picayune)
The funeral of the late Henry Clar
ence Mackie, who died Tuesday, Nov.
26. 1918, took place at 3:30 Wednes
day afternoon, from the Mackie home
at 3426 Camp street. New Orleans.
Interment was in Lafayette Ceme
tery.
Mr. Mackie was born, in New Or
leans, September, 1842. He was in
the drug business in New Orleans
fifty years and was with the Parker
Blake Company forty-two years, be
ing a stockholder and manager of the
city department for the past twenty
six years.
Mr. Mackie was a member of Com
pany A, Crescent City Guards, during
the Civil War. He was taken pris
oner at the battle of Winchester, Va.,
September 19, 1864, and received his
parole on May 23, 1865.
He is survived by his widow, three
sons and two daughters, Harry A., of
Covington, La.; Frank W. and Chas.
E., of New Orleans, and Mrs. Alice
Reeder, of New Orleans, and Mrs.
William Meyers, of Cincinnati, O.
WINS HONORS IN WAR WORK.
Covington people will remember
Mr:;. O'Keefe, of Chicago, with pleas
ure. During her stay here she made
many friends. She has won dis
tinction for the wonderful war work
she has accomplished and has receiv
ed quite distinguished honors.
COTTON GINNED IN THIS
DISTRICT. *
There were 3570 bales of cotton
ginned in Tangipaho parish from the
crop of 1918, prior to Novembel,
1918, as compared with 2496 bales
to the same date of 1917 In St
Tammany parish 487 baies as com
pared with 287 to the srm , date in
1917.
JOHN U. V'ING,
Special Agent.
WOUUNDED AI FRONT
LIEU'T. BENJ. W. MILLER,
Lieut. Miller is the son of Attorney
B. M. Miller, of Covington, and wase
severely wounded in acton. He is
now recovering.
A LETTER FROM
LIEUT. MILLER
IN FRANCE
The following letter Is from Lieut.
BenJ. W. Miller, to Mr. Felin L-,
mongi:
My Dear Felix:-All my days j
shall look upon you, my dear friend,
as my preserver and benefactor. Tho
you do not know it, you have saver
my life. Listen and I shall tell yOu.
After one of our advances, to
gether with some of my men, I oc
cdpied a captured German dug-out.
As usual, I was carrying your photo,
my good luck emblem, in my pocket.
A shell hit just outside waking me.
1 heard another coming and sat up;
my arm was curved above my head,
when the shell entered and exploded.
Then came the miracle: the shell
exploded so close to me that I was
tossed about like a jack-straw. My
face was badly burned, but no fur
ther injury received than a shattered
and torn elbow, the. right. How it
came that my head was not blown
away, ,I will never know. Your pic
ture, my fetish friend, saved me.
You will pardon my deformed
writing, I have not yet learned to
write with the left hand. Please
write as soon as you can at American
Red Cross Hospital, No. 3, Paris.
As ever,
BEN.
Mr. Limongi, being familiar with
,the location of the hospital above re
ferred to, furnishes us the fallowing
information:
This hospital Is situated in the
immediate suburb of Paris, at Treu
illy, Seine. It was built by the
"Lycie Pasteur" but never occupied
as such. At the opening of hostili
ties, the American Colony in Paris
obtained it from the government and
have used- it continuously. It has a
capacity of 2000 beds; a frontage of
600 feet on Boulevard Tinkermann.
I have seen in its courtyard upward
of fifty auto ambulances ready for
immediate service. Knew a few of
the personnel, especially the chap
lain.
ADVENT CALL.
To-morrow (Sunday, Dec., 1) is the
first Sunday in Advent in the church
year. The Advent season lasts four
weeks and is the time just before
Christmas Day. Advent means com
ing or the coming of Christ on the
day of His birth. It is a special sea
son of prayer, penitence and fasting
in preparation for Christ's coming
that He may rule in our hearts by
faith.
Special services will be held in
Christ Episcopal Church during the
first week of this season, beginning
Sunday, December 1, and will be as
follows:
Sunday-Holy Communion and
sermon at 11 a. m.
Tuesday-Holy communion and
address at 9:30 a. m.
Wednesday-Litany and address
at 9:30 'a. m.
Thursday-Holy communion and
address at 9:30 a. m.
Friday-Litany and address at 4
p. m.
Subject of addresses: "The Church
and Her Responsibilities at This
Time."
Members of the Episcopal Church
are especially urged to be present at
as many of these services as possible.
The public is cordially invited to
come.
- J. ORSON MILLER,
Rector.