,ete. State Historical Society
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA., MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937.
140 Attend
K. T. Banquet
for the Ladies
Sir Knight Lisle L. Horton, Warder,
and Lady Horton Entertain.
Mt. Zion Commandery.
From Friday's Dally
An outstanding social event of the
year was held in the Masonic hall
last evening. 140 attended the ban
quet to the Knights and Ladies of
Mt. Zion Commandery No. 5 Knights
Templar given with the compliments
of Sir Knight Lisle L, Horton. war
der, and Lady Horton.
Right Eminent Lewis E. Smith,
past commander and grand recorder,
presented past commanders jewels to
Eminent Sirs Emmons J. Richey. An-,
brey H. Dnxbury, Henry F. Nolting,
Raymond C. Cook, Charles L. Carlson,
and Lester W. Meisinger. A jewel
Harrison L. Gayer, who was unable
to attend the banquet.
Eminent Sir Raymond C. Cook
opened a lively program as toastmas
ter. Rev. Sir Karry G. McClusky pro
nounced the invocation. Sirs Roy
Knorr. Rev. H. G. McClusky. Ray
mond Cook, and Frank Cloidt, the
Templar quartette, sang "Wagon
Wheels" and "Sailing." They were
accompanied by Lady Knorr. Emin
ent Sir Raymond P. Westover gave
the address of welcome and Lady
Laura Kieck made the response.
Introductions were made of the fol
lowing grand lodge officers of the
Grand Commandery Knights Temp
lar of Nebiaska: Right Eminent
Lewis E. Smith, past grand command-
er and grand recorder, of Omaha:
Very Eminent Clarence O. Dawson. ! "dent but had improved from the ef
deputy grand commander, of Blair, j f ects of the sku11 fracture that he
Nebr.; William A. RobertsonT emln-! suffered at the time but in the Past
ent irraurt Junior warden, ot Malts-; . . ,
mouth; Fred B. Dale, eminent grand
sword bearer, of Omaha; Fred C. Ma-
innnr fLm!nsnt o-ronrl rnntain of the
,u, t'' "V ' a r ci,Ttii
iruard. of Auburn; and Rev. Sir Luth-
er M. Kuhns, past grand prelate, of,
Omaha.
Tlrs following visiting commanders;
were also introduced by Toastmaster
Cook. Eminent Sir John Boyd, repre
senting Mt. Carmel commandery No.
3 of Auburn and Eminent Sir Dan
Hill, past commander, representing;
, o .
Mt. Olivet commandery No. 2 of Ne-
. ..... . , '
braska Citv. Sir Hill is also chaii - :
, c. . .vtV !
man of the Southeastern Nebraska;
Knights Templar Easter Sunrise ser
vices to be held in Nebraska City and
told briefly of the plans, extending
an invitation to the Knights and
Ladies of the riattsmouth command-
ery.
Sir Frank A. Cloidt gave a beautl
ful interpretation of "The Holy City"
as colored snues were suuu
screen by Eminent Sir William F .
Evers. Lady Knorr accompanied Sir
Cloidt.
Rev. Sir Harry G. McClusky deliv
ered the main address of the evening.
He spoke of the virtues of the sword.
He told of the sword as the emblem
of power throughout the ages, even
though other arms have taken its
place in practical usage. However
the ideal of the swords of power are
still needed in faith, courage, inteln-
gence, and love.
Benediction was pronounced by
Rev. Sir Luther M. Kuhns, P. G.
Prelate. The members of the Knights
Templar wore the uniforms which
Right Eminent Lewis E. Smith said
expressed openly the men's belief in
God and Jesus Christ.
Tables carried a green and yellow
color scheme. A large Easter bunny
in a gay suit was the centerpiece on
the speakers' table. Nests of bright
Easter eggs were at either Bide.
Orchid and yellow stocks, given by
Henry Jasper, filled two large vases
at the table. Green tapers in crystal man, 01 umaa. 0b.at -gasholders
were used on all the tables iters and Effie Masters of this nty.
.... , .. iT, nstitinn states that Effitffno.
and smaller Dunnies ana nesia ui
eggs formed centerpieces. Butterfly
napkins in green and yellow and pro
grams were at each place.
Members of Bethel No. 24 Job's
Daughters, wearing shamrock aprons
and tiny green caps, served. Mem
bers of the Eastern Star, Home chap
ter 189 prepared the menu which
consisted of:
Fruit Cocktail
Chicken Pie - Rolls
Potatoes - Creamed Peas
Salad
Ice Cream - Wafers
Coffee
The first Knights and Ladies din
ner party was given in Plattsmouth
by the Mount Zion Commandery No.
5 Knights Templar on April 22nd,
1927 at the Masonic hall. The din
ner honored Right Eminent Sir James
M. Robertson, grand commander of
the Grand Commandery Knights
Templar of Nebraska. The dinners
were given annually until four years
ago. Last night again brought the
Knights with their Ladies
beautiful gathering. '
into a
ATTEND FUNERAL
From Friday's Daily
F. I. Rea, Warren Scharfenberg,
and Miss Florence Buxman drove to
Lincoln today to attend the funeral
services for Stanley Taber. assistant
general manager in charge of sales I
for the Iowa-Xebraska Light & Power
company. Mr. Taber died in Lincoln
Wednesday morning.
Clifford Samek
Dies at Wahoo
Hospital Today
family spent some two years in Min-
Brother of Mrs. J. A. Capwell andjnesota on a farm but later returned
Mrs. Chris Bulin Succumbs to to Plattsmouth and where they have
Effect of Auto Accident. since made their home.
During the years of his residence
From Thursday's Daily- jhprp Mr Srhnrkneis has been en-
This morning at 9 o crock at the j
Community hospital at Wahoo, Ne
braska, occurred the death of Clifford
Samek, 19, who has been at the hos
pital for the past six weeks suffering
from the effects of injuries that he
sustained in auto wreck near Wes-1
ton. j
Mr. Samek was in very critical
condition for some time after the ac-
he suffered an attack of brain fever
land from which he died today.
I Mr. Samek is a member of one of
the prominent families of Saunders
v
county, his family having teen lo
cated near Weston and where he has
spent his lifetime.
He is survived by the father. Jo-;
soph Samek, of Weston, three bro-
! thers, Neil and Kenneth of Weston
and Melvin of Chappell, four sisters
Hfro T A T Tiirnor r f Tarnuotto Vd.
- '"0 " "
braska, Mrs. Roy Cterdorsky of Milli-
f '
gan. Mrs. J. A. Capwell and Mrs.
-
Chris Bulin of Plattsmouth.
E0N0RED ON ANNIVERSARY
i Thursday marked the fifty-fifth .numbers. "Good Night and Good
i wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.! Morning" and "Asleep in Jesus."
;Benno Sedlitz. long time residents ofpIiss Leona Meislnger being the ac-
this
' o-noottt fit the homf- nf Mr nnrl Mrs.
the & daughter
of the honorees.
The tables were arranged with the
attractive spring flowe-g and furnish
ed a very attractive -tting for the
event.
During the afternoon -.he many old
friends called to tende- their con
gratulations and well 'W.thes to this
estimable couple wno!la,t fceen given
opportunity of en.Vyl:s so many
years Qf their wedded ife
They were marriedVt LoUisvlile
tfae fami,y of Mr.etUu were
making their home.
The honored guests kave made
their home in PlattsmoutVince their
marriage and are amorlthe most
highly esteemed residents! the com
munity
Mrs. Jasper was assist! by Mrs
W. J. Sedlitz In the serviiand en
tertaining
PILES DAMAGE Stt
From Saturday's Daily
Today in the county cour dam
age suit was niea oy nowa'ree-
ters is the mother of Alfred, a or.
The petition sets out that oi&g-
ust 25. 1936, the plaintiff wasiv
ing a car on 24th street nea
ward Creighton boulevard in
that his car was struck by th
the defendant, Alfred Masters.
as the result of the accident, th
of plaintiff was damaged and
that the plaintiff sutered inl'7lwalk. Sht hag been regti and pat.
his right arm that hat caused hint nd . nrflrHf.nllv w .
i great aeai oi sunerius- ne usrs Juufcow-
iment in the sum of $110 for the pel
sonal injury and repairs to the
Death of Frank
Shackneis Thurs
day at Omaha
Well Known Resident of This Com
munity Succumbs to an Illness
of Some Duration.
Frank Schackneis, Sr., 56, a resi
dent of this city for ihe past twenty
six years, died Thursday afternoon at
Omaha w here he has been for the
past week, having Deen operated on
last Saturday.
Mr. Schackneis has not been in
L - 00(i health for some time and it was I
found necessary that he be operated
on undergoing a series of these.
from which he failed to rally.
Mr. Schackneis was born in
Lithuania. February S, 1SS1, where
he spent his boyhood days and reach
ing the age of sixteen years he mi
grated to Germany to remain there
until he came to the United States
in 1911 to make his home. He was
married here shortly after his arrival
ito Miss Augusta Seifert. who with
the children survives his passing. The
gaRed in railroad work, first with the I
Burlington and later with the BREX I
at their Bhops in this city.
Mr. Schackneis was a man highly i
esteemed by those who had the pleas
ure of his acquaintance and held in
the highest eteem for his splendid i
I character and contributions to the j
life Of the communitv. isuuai iai assessment, uisi uu. From Saturday's Dally
He is survived by 'the widow, two j The association is much interested; Over 400 persons filled the Pres
daughters and three sons. Mrs.. Otto j in a great deal of the legislation that j byterian church last evening to hear
v,anflr(,all qniith Dakota-
Kwlf!! 1 lil
this city.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
The funeral of Frank Schackneis,
Sr., was held on Sunday afternoon
at the St. Paul's Evangelical church
where a larre irroun of the old !
friends and Iieighbors had gathered
to paj' their last tributes to the mem
ory of this highly respected citizen.
Rev. G. A. Pahl in the service paid
tribute to the departed in his ser
vices to the community, the church
and his home and the fine heritage
that he had left to the members of
the family circle.
The choir of the church gave two
The interment was at the Oak Hill
cemetery, the Sattler funeral home
being in charge of the funeral.
KEEPS CHIEF BUSY
Since the discovery in the city
archives of the ordinance that pro
hibits the distribution of handbills
over the city without the proper li
cense and permit of the city council,
Chief of Police Libershal has been
kept busy in different parts of the
city.
The ordinance covers all forms of
the bill distribution save farm sale
bills or that which may be displayed
in stores but not distributed broad
cast. The day following the session of
the council an Omaha distributor was
stopped here and the distribution
checked.
The ordinance provides a license
fee of 25 for the privilege of
handling the bill distribution.
MISS ETHIOPIA RETURNS
Miss "Ethiopia," a two-year-old
black persian cat, was discovered at
the back door of the J. H. Retelsdorf
home Wednesday evening after a
forty-one mile Journey from Memphis,
Nebr. The cat was brought here by
Clelland, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Retelsdorf, at Christmas time. Last
week he came and. took the cat with
him to Memphis where Clelland
teaches. Wednesday evening she was
discovered at the back door and was
SO fatilTUar! thnt cho pnnW
car.l phono q fc
HOME GUTTED BY FIRE
From Thursday's Daily
Fire this afternoon practically de
stroyed the roof and upper floor of
jult
frame residence on Locust street,
west of the First Christian
church. I
The residence was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Meisinger, who moved i
here recently from near Louisville, j
It is thought that the fire wasj
caused by an overheated chimney or,
sparks and when discovered had j
gained strong headway and spread
through the upper part of the house
and destroyed the roof.
The family and neighbors were
able to get a larger part of the .
household effects out
of the lower ;
floor of the building.
It w as necessary to use a great
deal of water in getting the fire un-
der control and w hich will cause ;
some damage.
V. H. Puis is
Named Officer
nf I irtrnln IVJap!"
&L iililtVliii IVICCJ.
Selected as Secretary-Treasurer of
State Association of Assessors
at Lincoln Wednesday.
W. H. Puis, veteran assessor of
Cllss county, was elected as secretary-
treasurer or tne state association ai
their meeting at Lincoln Wednes-1
day.
Mr. Puis spent Tuesday and Wed-
nesday attending the sessions of the
association and where many of the
question nn(11uS iue mmt .
sonal tax assessment was discussed.
' 'i" be passed by the legislature. cov
Wring" p.o-.a, ,-and the var
ious measures wiai may aeai iiu;Dert Santi, organist. sL the Kountz
the taxation problem. j Memorial church and the Scottish
Mr. Puis is one of the long time j Rite cathedral of Omaha, gave a
members of the association and at ! beautiful program.
the session served as chairman of
the committee on pipe line assess-
ment, a great deal of the pipe lines
bein located in Cass county.
AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN
'selections were "Pastorale" by Guil-j previous convictions of the defend-
State headquarters of the Nebraska mant; "Largo" by Handel; "Fan-, ant.
Society .for Crippled Children, 507'tasia" by Sjogren; and the favorite'
Medical Arts building, Omaha, an- j "Liebestraume" by Liszt. j DINNER PRECEDES RECITAL
nounced Thursday, names of the men j The hour and a half recital wasj
and women w ho will carry on the J preceded by a short service of dedi- From Saturday's Dally
society's 1937 sale of Easter seals ration and a song by the congrega- A 6:20 dinner was served in. the
in thirty-two counties in w hich the;tion. The new memorial hymnals ! Fellowship room of the Presbyterian
organization has special cooperating ; Were used by the audience. j church last evening preceding the or-
committees. j This was the first service to be held ' ean recital. The elders and their
In these counties distribution ofin the church since its redecoration. j wives, trustees and their w ives, and
the seals has been placed in the hands! The room was indeed a thing of! members of the planning beard, and
of committee chairmen. In other j beauty last night. j wives or husbands, Mr. and Mrs. F. .0
counties the seals are sent by mail) Bouquets of red carnations, calla j Schlegel. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sand
to persons asked to purchase them limes and nussv willows sat at either 'and daughter, and Dr. and Mrs. H. G.
to swell the total of the state's Easter j side of the entrance to the chancel,
gift to needy children. The sale in , They were donated by Mrs. John Sat
Omaha and Douglas county is under; tier, Jr.
supervision of W. R. Brooks, presi-j
dent, and other officers of the state j
a; i
nriraniziiLiuii. i
The seals, offered at one cent each, j old time friends cf tnis community
may be purchased in any quantity j wiU be interested in learning that
the contributor desires to buy. SaleHerman Vaintroub, a resident hete
of each seal means another penny for for niany years, is now in his 101st
the tuna lor continuing mrougn me
year activities in behalf of crippled
youngsters.
The Cass county committee In
charge of the sales is Mrs. Evelyn
Franke, Cedar Creek, chairman; Mrs.
Clara Street Weseott and Mrs. Jennie
Klimm, Plattsmouth.
IMPROVING ROADS
Taking advantage of the weather
conditions that have partially dried
up the dirt roads, the streets, alleys
and bridges committee, of which W.
C. Tippens is the chairman, has had
the city maintainer out to try and
'smooth up the roads. From the snows
and thawing a great many of the
streets over the city have been bad-
ly rutted and made travel very dif -
ficult.
There has been some work neces
sary on west Oak where bricks were
used to fill up several bad holes and
Lincoln avenue is another of the ex
tremely bad streets and where the:
maintainer has been in use the past
few days.
It has been necessary to wait un-
til the roads had dried sufficiently
to be worked before the maintainer
could be used successfully on the!D. Roosevelt serving as the nation's
streets. Ipresidents in his time.
Sues Bathing
Beach Company
for Damages
Frederick Woodrough, Jr., Sues the
Merritt Beach Co., for the
Qj $10,115.
An action has been filed in the
on- jce f,f the clerk of the district
court by Frederick Woodrough, Jr.,
against the Merritt Beach Co., et al.,
asking the sum of $10,115 for per-
g0nal damages.
The petition of the plaintiff alleges i
that on July 20. 193C. that the plain-
.tiff visited the beach and paid ad- j
mission to the park and had dressed !
and swam to the east side of the!
swimming pool where a swing was
maintained for the use of the patrons
of the pool. It was the custom to
j swing out over the pool, letting go of
; the swing and alighting in the water.
;The plaintiff claims that he did this
1 and alighted in ten feet of water, in-
i
'sufficient to break the force of the
phmge and vith the result he sus
tained injuries that have caused him
much suffering. He asks that the sum
of ? 10.115 be given in judgment
against the defendants.
The petition alleges that the de-
fendants were negligent in that they
permitted him to enter the pond and
use the swing at the time of night;
anu- aiso that they were negligent in
not seeing that the pool was supplied
with water sufficient for safety.
Qyj qq ATTEND
DEDICATORY
RECITAL
- Uhe recital and dedication service of
- , lhe new'p Reuter organ. Al-
: Mrs. F. O. Schlegel. contralto solo -
ist. also of Omaha gave lovely in -
; terpretatlons to "Open the Gates o'
the Temple," "Prayer Perfect," and
:"The Voice in the Wilderness."
j Especially fine among Mr. Sand's
jtjjj; AND HEARTY AT 101 YEARS
vear and en1ovinir life and able to be
around with old time activity.
Mr. Waintroub has resided in Los
Angeles with his daughter, Henrietta,
and son, Edward in recent years and
has stood well the advancing years,
preserving his health and being able
to enjoy the declining years.
The great period of time that has
covered the lifetime of Mr. Waintroub
can be measured by history of our
nation. When he was born Martin
Van Buren was the president of the
United States, the republic of Texas
had recently revolted against Mexico,
the first iron vessel was built in the
United States and later was to come
the Mexican war, the great civil war
that threatened the nation was still
in the dim distance. Abraham Lin-
;coln was a captain in the Black Haw k
war when Mr. Waintroub was born
and a struggling Illinois store clerk.
The lifetime of Mr. Waintroub has
covered the regime of many as lead
ers of the nation, Van Buren, Harri
son, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, "Fillmore,
Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson,
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur,
Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley, Theo-
i dore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Hard -
! ing, Coolidge, Hoover and Franklin
ORGANIZE STUDY CLUB
Mis Mariam Marks, of Washington,
D. C, official representative for the
National Center of Confraternity of I
Christian Doctrine, met Thursday
evening with a large group of the
members of the Holy Rosary and St.
John's and Manley parishes of the
Catholic church. The meeting was
held at the St. John's school building.
Miss Marks was introduced by Father
George Agius of St. John's church.
The club will be divided in a group
of eight units and with leaders while
a general chairman will be in charge
of the program.
Miss Marks is traveling through
the Lincoln diocese establishing these
confraternities, which are principally
study clubs for the adult members of
the church.
Frank Harmer
is Sentenced to
Ten Year Term
Overruling Motion for a New Trial.
Judge John W. Yeager Gives
Sentence This Morning.
District Judge John W. Yeager of
Omaha, who presided over the trial
of Frank Harmer, charged with
' breaking and entering and also with
a complaint as a habitual ciiminal.
i was cere iouuj io uum a s-essiuu ui
the court.
Judge Yeager overruled the mo
tion of C. E. Walsh, counsel for Mr.
Harmer, for a new trial and at once
took up the matter of sentencing the
defendant who was convicted here by
a jury of the two counts of the in
dictment. The court gave a sentence of ten
'years in the slate penitentiary on the
conviction ami remanded the defend-
ar.t to the care of the sheriff until
further action.
Mr. Harmer was charged with
breaking and entering the garage of
j Lee Stewart, near Elm wood on April
:25. 1936. at which time he had been
.shot by the owner of the building
j while Harmer was in the garage
jwHere the car of Stewart was kept.
The second charge was based on the
McClusky were guests.
Places were laid for 46 at the table.
Calendulas were used on the tables
and a green and white color scheme
was used in place cards- candles, and
i i , i i ,i r-
v - unutco.
Mrs. Henry Goos, member of the
planning committee, acted as toast
master. She called upon Dr. H. G.
McClusky, Mr. Sand, and L. O. Minor
for after-dinner talks. Mr. Sand ex
plained the organ, telling of the many
, virtues of the instrument. Both Dr
McClusky and L. O. Minor paid high
tribute to Leslie Niel for his tireless
work as chairman of the planning
committee for the redecoration of the
church. Mr. Minor also mentioned
the fact that it seemed as if some
thing beyond the planning committee
seemed to work out the redecoration.
Members of Circle five served the
dinner.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the members of
the Plattsmouth fire department for
their splendid services during the
fire at our home, to Mrs. Sipple who
gave the alarm and Rev. J. W. Taenz-f
ler for his kindness to us in the hour
' trouble All of these and the kind
friends and neighbors w ho helped
save our property and care for us w ill
be gratefully remembered. Mr. and
Mrs. L. G. Meisinger and family.
BAKE SALE MARCH 20
There will be a bake sale held on
1 Saturday, March 20th at Gobelman's
; store. Given by the ladies aid society
'of the Eight Mile Grove Lutheran
lchurch.
Plattsmouth
Ties for Third in
Speech Contest
All Music Contestants Rate with Two
Excellent and One Good in
Tarkio Festival.
From Patiirday's Iaily
Plattsmouth made a fine showing
at the Tarkio music and speech fes
tival yesterday. Competition was
strong in all divisions.
James Sandin, speaking i:i a class
jwith 2fi contestants, won superior
'rating. He was chosen as the ut
i standing speaker in the humorous
division to take part in th' evening
program for the public. Four entries
took superior rating in the section.
Gavin Fanner won excellent on
extemporaneous speak in sr. No super
iors were given in the (lass. Alice
Hirz. with 22 competitors won a gtd
rating. One superior and two excel
lents were given in the class.
Plattsmouth, with a total of seven
points, tied with Shenandoah, lu.. for
third place. Wyandotte high school
of Kansas City won first place with
13 points and Maryville. Mo., wa
second with eight points.
Twenty-two schools were repre
sented in the music contest. John Ja
cobs won an excellent rating in boys
high voice. No superiors were given
in the class. Dick Hall won excellent
rating in boy's low voice. On" su
perior was given in the class, with
six competing. Jean Knorr competed
with twelve in the piano division.
She received a rating of good.
The boys' quartf t, composed of Bub
Vallery, Dick Hall. John Tidball. and
John Jacobs, won a ratiiig of good.
One superior was given tn quartet.
Corning, la., won first place in the
music -roiitest with IS points; Sid
ney, la., was second with 10. and
Coin, la., third with nine.
Farragut, la., won the Class I
speech contest with ten points. Sec-
jna r'are was a Iour wa n r,e"
j tween Stennet. la.. Maitland. Mo.. Co-
burg. Ia., and Randolph. Ia.. with
five each.
Superior ratings in Class A speech
dramatic declamation: R. Jay
Nash, Bedford, Ia.
Humorous declamation: Betty Es
tes, Glenwood, Ia.
Oratory: Bill Yatis. Shenandoah,
Ia.
Class B speech: Humorous der la
mation, Elizabeth Clark, Farragut,
Ia., Louis Mclntyre, Coburp, Ia.
Oratory: Jessie Mclntyre. Farra
gut. Ia.
Music: Piano, Margaret Bowman
Clarinda, Ia.
Men's low voice: Theodore Run
yan. Coin, Ia.
Women's ?mall vocal groups: Ran
dolph, Ia.
Women's glee club: Coin, Ia.
Trumpet: Betty Ridgeway, P.lan
chard, Ia.
GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS
The law offices of Divyer & Dwyer
in their building on Main street, are
now back in shape for use after the
damage that was caused by smoke in
the recent fire in the building.
The heavy smoke that had spread
through the upper floor of the build
ing left a thick gummy substance
over the furniture, walls and ceiling
and which has been difficult to re
move and required a great deal of
time.
While the smoke damage was heavy
it was fortunate that the fire did not
reach the part of the building where
the law offices are located as it would
have caused the destruction of the
valuable library and the files or
papers that represent many years of
legal work.
WILL PRESENT "ELUFTERS"
Plattsmouth's little theatre group
wi Psent the comedy, "Bluffers -
j ln tDe dement of the public nb-ary
Tuesday evening at S o'clock. The
two-act play is an old French comedy.
Mrs. Clement Woster is directing.
Those taking part are Greth Garnet,
Mrs. William Gorder, Miss Mildred
Cacy, Miss Edith Solomon, Miss Wil
helmina Henrichsen. Paul Var-der-
. voort, Wilbur Kail, Clement Woster,
Miss Maybelle Taplett. Ed Wehrbein,
Roy Olson, Miss Gertrude Vallery.
and Bob Wurl.
