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Volume 73.—Number 31. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, December 3, 1953. Seven Cents
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90-mph Flight Lands
Two Men in Jail
Parnell Golden
Dies in Diego
Heart Attack Fatal
to Ex-O’Neillite
Funeral services for J. Parnell
Golden, 71, former O’Neili resi
dent, were conducted Monday
morning, November 30, in San
Diego, Calif. Mr. Golden died
suddenly Tuesday, November 24,
presumably from a heart attack.
He had been in failing health for
several years but his death was
not expected.
The late Mr. Golden, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Golden,
v.as burn July 13, 1882, at Grant
City, Mo. He came to the young
O’Neill community with his par
ents when he was a small in
fant. He was reared and educat
ed here, attended the universi
ty, and in March, 1910, he mar
ried Mary Morrow at Scottsbluff.
Before leaving O'Neill to go
to Casper. Wyo.. and later to
Omaha with an engineering
firm. Mr. Golden was associat
ed with his father in the ab
stract business.
He moved to California last
year from Omaha.
Survivors intlude: Widow;
daughter—Mrs. Mary Gell of
San Diego; sons—Richard of Ft.
Dodge, ,1a., Frank and Thomas,
Golden . . riles Monday
both of gan Diego; sisters—Mrs.
P. F. Morgan and Mrs. F. J. Dish
ner, both of O’Neill; Mrs. I. F.
Kinsman of Columbus, Mrs. John
Robinson of Hampton, la.;
brothers—Clear Golden and M. J.
Golden, both of O’Neill.
One son, Robert, a World War
II flying officer, was killed in an
aircraft accident in 1947 while
serving as a flying instructor on
the West coast.
The la>.e. Mr. Golden is re
membered here for having help
ed to establish and layout the
Country club golf course.
Gigantic Curved
Wide Screen Commg
A gigantic curved wide screen
is now being installed at the
Royal theater here. No date has
been set for the inauguration of
the new screen and other equip
ment, according to the manager,
Mrs. Georgia Rasley.
The new screen will measure
the width of the theater—from
wall-to-wall. Special new pro
jection equipment including a
made - to - order lens, rectifiers
.and power equipment is being
added to provide “unexcelled
viewing for Royal theater-goers,”
Mrs. Rasley added.
After years of research and ex
perimentation, engineers have
come up with a motion picture
screen of the shape and size tha1
„ adheres to the natural lines oi
vision of the eye, and is more
comfortable for the viewer tc
watch, Mrs. Rasley said. “The
human eye, being oval in shape
Sees greater width than height!
and the tremendous size of the
new screen puts every person ir
'the theater audience right int<
the picture.’’
Due to the curve in the screer
eVery detail is enhanced. The
curve of the new screen match
es the curve, of the lens; conse
quently a better focus is obtain
ed.
Value Fxperts Start
Measuring Dwelling!
Two reoresentatives of E. 1
Wilkins Associates. Inc., a Lin
coin firm, arrived Monday ti
begin the scientific valuing o
Holt county real and persona
property. The soecialists ar
Charles Smith of Fremont an
Edward Coche of Kansas Citj
Mo.
The two men. who will hire as
sistants, have begun the task c
measuring the outside of dwell
ings in the county. This is
preliminary step toward estab
lishing the valuations. Heatin
and flooring will be studied t
help determine a house value.
Smith and Coche will hav
temporary offices in the court
house.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Harry C- Lampert, 25, of Oi
chard and Margaret Suzann
Moss, 19, of O’Neill.
William E. Gibbs of Norfol
and Doris Jean Bartak of Ewinj
Peturns to Florida—
Mrs. Margaret McMillan ha
returned to her home in Miam
Fla., after spending three month
. here with relatives and friends.
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A 90-mile-per-hour chase on
Holt county highways in some
body else’s car with a state pa
trolman in armed pursuit has
landed two O’Neill men in jail.
Clark Coulter, about 38, and
Richard Davidson, about 24, will
be charged with •‘unlawfully tak
ing a vehicle owned by Walter
Ijlaake of Chambers.” No date
Has been set for hearing.
Both admitted to Holt Sher
iff Leo Tomjack they took part
h appropriating the car off
Douglas street, near the Royal
theater on Monday night. When
Haake emerged from the theater
about 11 o’clock and discovered
nis 1953 Plymouth had been
taken, he notified O’Neill police.
City Policemen Andy Wetl
laufer and Harry Jolly noti
fied State Patrolman Robert
Gude and together a systemat
ic canvass of the city was
made including county roads
adjoining the city.
On a county road near a junc
lton with highway 108, northeast
of town, a Plymouth answering
.o the description was located
and the occupants hastily drove
away. Patrolman Gude took ef
ter the vehicle over the county
roads and at times the speed at
tained 90-miles-per-hour. The
roughest portion of the ride, ac
cording to Gude, was on the sub
station-Country club road (from
east to west). At the airport the
big’ chase went north a mile,
then back into town on highway
20.
Finally, the two cars raced
eastward on O’Neill’s Douglas
street, turning south at the traf
fic signal. Gude fired several
shots at the speeding car up
ahead. Finally, the Plymouth
went out of control and ended
up in a plum thicket on U.S.
highway 281 about three miles
south of town just off the high
way. It was after getting on the
country road the Plymouth got
out of control.
Both admitted to Sheriff Tom
jack having taken part in help
ing themselves to the car and
both admitted having driven it.
A wrecker had to be called to
pull the Haake car out of the
plum thicket. Otherwise, it ap
peared none the worse for the
thrill ride.
The jail doors clanged shut
about 12:30 a.m., and Mr. Haake
started home about 1 o’clock.
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Rain or Snow
Forecast Today
To Put County ans in
Yule Mood
■
To put Holt countyans in a
vuletide mood, the weatherman
1 obligingly predicted snow late
Wednesday.
The precipitation started in the
eastern part of the state and
spread to the west, blanketing
the entire state by early today.
Hi Lo Prec.
November 25 _36 29
November 26 ..51 22
November 27 -45 21
November 28 _57 29 01
November 29 .- 52 27
November 30 .51 21
December 1 57 35
December 2 43 28
Mrs. George Marshall
Expires at Orchard
ORCHARD— Funeral services
will be conducted at 1:30 p.m.,
today (Thursday) from the Meth
odist church at Clearwater for
Mrs. George Marshall, 72, who
died Monday, November 30, in
Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at
Norfolk. She had been ill a short
tim&.
Burial will be at St. Edward.
Survivors include: Widower;
' sons—Frank O. of Stanton and
James K. of Clearwater; daugh
, ters—Mrs. Floyd Gibbs' of Or
chard and Mrs. Everett Jacobson
cf Royal; 12 grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren, and
three brothers.
The late Mrs. Marshall lived
’ many years in the Clearwater
and Neligh vicinities, coming to
Orchard last February.
Suffers Fractured
* Arm, Leg in Mishap
STUART — Elvin White, a
■ rancher living northeast of here,
J suffered serious fractures of one
f leg and one arm Sunday after
1 noon when he was caught in the
; power takeoff of a tractor he
1 was operating.
’ He was rushed to the Atkinson
hospital and doctors plan to take
- him to an Omaha hospital as
f soon as his condition permits.
White was grinding feed at his
J ranch when the accident hap
" pened.
1 , Dr. N. P. McKee, White’s
physician, said Monday the pa
tient's condition was good, al
s j though he suffered from shock.
Frank H. Mackey
of Niobrara Dies—
Frank H. Mackey, 71, of Nio
" brara died in a Lincoln hospital.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Tony Wengilo of Sioux City,
c and a brother, Clarence Mackey
of Niobrara.
Mrs. Mable McKenna went to
5 Omaha Wednesday, November
i, 24. to spend Thanksgiving with
s her son, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mc
Kenna, and family.
Former
Pastor
Dies at 69
_ I
Rev. V. R. Bell Forced
to Retire in 1952
Because of Health
Rev. V. R. Bell, 69, pastor of
First Methodist church here be
tween 1948 and 1952, died Thurs
day, November 26, in a Grand
Island hospital. He had been in
failing health for about two
years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Monday, November
33, from Trinity Methodist
church in Grand Island.
.The late Reverend Bell was
born near Rushville on Novem
ber 2, 1884. He was reared and
educated in northwestern Ne
braska, worked in a bank for a
time and taught school.
He graduated from Nebras
ka Wesleyan university at Lin
coln in 1916 ar.d later attended
the Iliff school of theology at
Denver, Colo., from where he
received the bich.Ior of divin
ity degree.
During his many years in the
Methodist minis ry, u£ serveu
churches at Andrews, Marsla.ic,
Stuart, Hay Springs, Paxton,
Sargent, St. Paul and O’Neill in
that order. Ill health forced him
from the active ministry in
March, 1952, and his retirement
Reverend Bell . . . served O'
Neill parish 1948-'52.
became official in May of that
year, being succeeded here bv
Rev. W. B. Smith.
Survivors include: Widow;
sons—Rev. Joseph of Nashville.
Tenn., who is with the national
Methodist church board of mis
sions; Franklin of Sargent and
Robert of Grand Island.
Upon leaving O’Neill, Rever
end Bell and his wife went to
Sargent to reside where they
owned residential property. Re
cently they moved to Grand Is
land to be near their son.
Among those from O’Neill who
attended the funeral were Mrs.
H. L. Lindberg. Mrs. Robert
Kurtz, Mrs. C. W. Porter, Mrs.
Emmet Crabb, Mrs.' L. W. Rei
mer, Mrs. Dale Fetrow, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Rodman, Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Bowen and son, John.
Also present were Mrs. Grant
Peacock of Emmet, Mrs. George
Stuessi of Kearney, Rev. and
Mrs. Dawson Park of Central
City, formerlv of O’Neill, Rev.
and Mrs. E. E. Jackman of Nor
folk.
Mrs. Lindberg and Mrs. Pea
cock sang a duet, “Beyond the
Sunset.”
Husker Butter
Output Is 4th
The state-federal division of
agricultural statistics reported
Tuesday 71,269,000 pounds of
creamery butter were produced
in Neb aska in 1952, to give the
state fourth place nationally in
creamery butter production.
About 494,000 pounds of Amer
ican cheese were manufactured,
along with 9,120,000 pounds of
cottage and creamed cheese.
Ice cream production reached
5,694.000 gallons and 1.440,000
gallons of icemilk were produced.
Learn of Brother's
Death While in Iowa—
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Dishner
spent several days last week
visiting Mrs. Dishners sister, Mrs.
John Robinson, at Hampton, la.
While in Hampton the sisters
learned of the death of their bro
ther, J. Parnell Golden, 71. who
died suddenly in San Diego,
Calif.
V*«5'tars Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Merrill and
daughter, Suzanne, of Des Moines,
la., spent the Thanksgiving week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
B. Houser.
Bug-Eyed Kids See Reindeer
On of the nation’s best known Christmas parade units, a Ne
braska product, stopped by in O’Neill Sunday evening and gave
bug-eyed youngsters a glimpse of Santa’s “helpers.” The unit in
cluded several reindeer, shown above during the stop at Fourth
and Douglas streets in O’Neill. Youngsters pressed close for a
good look at the animals and other Santa Claus attractions. Their
owner, Earl F. Hammond of Aurora, was en route to North Da
kota. Mr. Hammond for years has been staging Christmas pa
rades throughout the country and his units have been seen in
scores of the major cities.—The Frontier Photo by John H. Mc
Carville.
Fall Sown Grass,
Alfalfa Improves
Winter wheat has made marked
improvement in Nebraska, due
to the recent rain and snow.
This report came Tuesday from
the state-federal division of agri
cultural statistics.
“Wheat sown in dry soil that
was not sprouted previously is
coming up. With few exceptions,
the temperatures have been high
enough for wheat to grow,” the
report said.
Early sown wheat in the favor
ed areas has been furnishing
some pasture.
The department said fall sown
alfalfa and grasses also showed
improvement, with chances for
winter survival increased consid
erably by the moisture.
Husking of the few remaining
fields of corn has been completed.
Much corn has been placed under
loan.
With the present supply of corn
and stocks of old corn, there has
been a good demand for feeder
pigs at high prices.
Grading of potatoes continues
in the west. A little difficulty has
been encountered because of high
temperatures in the storage caves.
Harvesting of a few scattered
fields of sugar beets is practically
completed.
Pastures and western range
were softened by the moisture
and are more palatable.
Return After Vacation—
ATKINSON—Mr. and Mrs. A.
G. Miller have returned to their
home here after a four-week va
cation in California. While there,
Mr. Miller attended the 49th an
nual convention of the National
association of Postmasters at San
Francisco. Mr. Miller, owner of
Atkinson’s Miller Theater, and a
group of relatives, were special
guests of a Hollywood movie
company on a studio tour.
Richard Hunqerford,
Wife Visit Here
Marine 2/Lt. Richard Hunger
ford and his wife, the former
Wilma Davis of Lincoln, spent
Saturday in O’Neill. Lieutenant
Hungerford recently received
his commission and wings as a
j marine jet pilot.
He received his training at
Pensacola, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schwartz
of Atkinson visited at the Charles
B. Houser home on Saturday eve
ning.
Vanguard Arrives for
Today’s Stock Meeting
Shierk Motor Co.
New Firm Here
A new firm joined the O’Neill
business directory December 1.
Paul Shierk has announced
he establishment of the Shierk
Motor Co., 212 South Fourth
street, in a completely remod
eled location, featuring new
showrooms, offices and shops,
'he firm will handle DeSoto and
Plymouth cars, formerly sold by
the Smith Motor Co., which was
a partnership between Harry R.
Smith and Mr. Shierk. The part
nership has been dissolved and
the DeSoto-Plymouth agency has
been redesignated as the Shierk
Motor Co.
Harold Benson will be sales
manager for the new firm. A
formal opening announcement is
planned in the “very near fu
ture,” Mr. Shierk said. (See ad
vertisements on page 19.)
Mr. Shierk came to O’Neill in
1939. He has operated an insur
ance agency here and has been
selling new and used cars here
over 12 years.
Turkey Tickets
to Fly Saturday
Saturday, December 5, will be
turkey day in O’Neill. Tickets
will be scattered at approximate
ly 4:30 p.m.. as trucks move out
in four directions from the heart
of the business district.
Lucky* ticket holders may re
deem them for turkeys and other
fowl, which must be claimed at
the Spelts-Ray Lumber company
yards by 6 p m., that day.
The O’Neill businessmen, In
cooperation with the Chamber
of Commerce, are providing $300
worth of fowl for the stunt.
Meanwhile, the city is bedeck
ed in yuletide decorations, mak
ing the business district and
stores a sight to behold.
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Despite adverse weather warn
ings from the weatherman, the
vanguard of Nebraska Stock
Growers’ association began ar
riving in O’Neill late Wednesday
in preparation for an all-day re
gional meeting to be held today
(Thursday).
An estimated 300 stockmen,
their wives and members of their
families may gather in the home
town of the associations president,
D. C. Schaffer, who is now serv
ing his second term.
Four speakers will appear on
the program to discuss the agri
cultural outlook for 1954, the
unicameral legislature, cattle
support and beef promotion.
The morning session will begin
at 9:30 a.m., in the Royal theater.
Harold Breimyer, agricultural
economic statistician from tne
U.S. department of agriculture,
will discuss next year’s agricult
ural outlook. He recently com
pleted an economic study on that
subject.
Erich Rohlwing of the Amer
ican Meat Institute will discuss
beef promotion and will attempt
to stimulate advertising of beef—
like other commodities are ad
vertised
Stan Matzke, former capitol
city radio commentator and form
er member of the Nebraska uni
cameral legislature from one of
the Lincoln districts, will discuss
the one-house legislature—its
good and bad points as seen by
Matzke.
The cowbelles, the ladies’ aux
iliary, will hold a luncheon at
First Methodist church.
A banquet will be served in the
evening at the American Legion
auditorium. Principal speaker
will be Carl E. Bahmeier. execu
tive secretary of the South Dakota
Bankers’ association. Many O’
Neill businessmen, farmers and
their wives will join the Stock
growers in the evening banquet
H. J. Lohaus and James W.
Rooney have been assisting with
advance arrangements for the
regional meeting in behalf of the
Chamber of Commerce.
To Lincoln—
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter
went to Lincoln last Thursday to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mat
thews and other relatives. They
' returned to O’Neill on Sunday.
Woman Hit by
Car Improving
—
BRISTOW — Mrs. Ray Long,
who was struck by a car at Lynch
Saturday, was reported recover
ing well at her home northeast
of here Tuesday
Mrs. Long was badly bruised
when a car driven by Andrew
Classen, Bristow, hit her as she
crossed a street near an intersec
tion. She was taken to a hospital
where x-rays showed that she
suffered no serious injuries.
She spent Saturday night and
Sunday at the home of her son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Moody, at Lynch.
‘Messiah’ Scheduled
Sunday, December 20
Director Charles Houser of the
: O’Neill Civic chorus announced
this week the third annual pre
sentation of George Fredrick
Handel’s oratorio, "The Messiah,”
will be on Sunday, December 20.
Chorus rehearsals have been
underway for several weeks, Mr.
Houser said.
The presentation will be made
in the O’Neill public school
auditorium.
WORKS FOR BOEING
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fetrow re
turned Monday from Seattle,
Wash., where they had gone the
previous week, accompanied by
their son, Paul, jr., and Robert
Knepper. The boys remained in
Seattle where Robert will seek
employment and Paul, jr., has a
position in the drafting depart
ment of Boeing airplane company.
RETURNS FROM ORIENT
S;xteen Nebraskans are among
the 3.470 U S. servicemen sched
uled to arrive in San Francisco.
Calif., today (Thursday) aboard
the transport Gen. John Pope.
All of the servicemen, including
Marine Sgt. Gerald E. Davidson,
have been serving in the Orient.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cronin and
daughters of Grand Island visit
id relatives and friends in O’Neill
ver the weekend.
Dies at Lincoln
W. ,T. McDonough. 66 (a
bove). farmer O’Neill business
man and retired farmer, died
Tuesday. November 24, at Lin
coln. where be had been resid
ing. Funeral services were held
Friday *rom St. Mary’s Cathe
dral. Lincoln. Survivors in
| dude the widow, two sons and
I two daughters.
Fire Takes Family’s Belongings
The former Maybelle Osen
bauh and her husband are having
nighty tough luck.
And a fund drive is on at Mul
Vn, about 200 miles southwest of
here, for Mr. and Mrs. Erik Erick
son and family who lost all of
their possessions in a fire at
their ranch home. Mrs. Erickson
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Osenbaugh of O’Neill.
Mr. Erickson is a multiple
sclerosis victim and his wheel
chairs were destroyed in the
blaze.
Carl Simonson and Mrs. Ross
Hager, both of Mullen, are head
; ing the Erickson benefit fund in
that community.
Mr. Simonson said Saturday
that the Mullen Methodist
church has made the initial group
contribution and receptacles for
contributions have been placed
I in business houses.
“They need some help,” he
said.
It is believed that the explo
sion of a power plant in the
basement of the Erickson ranch
home 16 miles north of Muilen
set off the fire.
Mrs. Erickson and a neighbor
woman dragged Mr. Erickson to
safety after he was blown from
his chair by the explosion.
The Mullen fire department
and many neighbors responded,
but were unable to save the
house or its contents.
The young couple returned
about a month ago from Tacoma.
Wash., where he took treatment
for several months. They are
staying here with relatives.
One of the wheel chairs lost in
the blaze was power-driven the
other a manual machine. One of
the chairs was narked only
three feet inside the house at
the time of the fire, but the heat
was so intense Mrs. Erickson
could not pull it to safety.
Mr. Erickson has been an in
valid 18 months. The Ericksons
have two small children, both
of whom were in school at tn**
time of the explosion.
VYF Cabinel
Meeting Planned—
PAGE—The- Methodist youth
fellowship met Sunday, Novem
ber 29. at 7:30 p.m. Joellyn Ken
nedy led the devotions. Linda
Cronk gave the lesson.
All cabinet members are to
be at the church at 6:45 p.m ,
December 6, for a meeting. —
By Linda Cronk, reporter.
p0^—
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Jones so^n-*
'hhankseiving at Polk visiting the
Ben Peterson farm.
Surfacing
Highways
Planned
Work to Commence
in Spring on Route
281 North, South
The biggest single highway
contract letting in Nebraska his
tory has been scheduled for
March 11 by the state highway
department. Included in the let
ting will be contracts for hard
surfacing U.S. highway 281 both
north and south of O’Neill and
state highway 95 from Cham
bers east to the junction with
281.
State Sen. Frank Nelson of
O’Neill, who called upon the
highway department in Lincoln a
fortnight ago, said this week the
construction work on both high
ways 281 and 95 can be expected
to start “as soon as spring wea
ther opens up.’’
Senator Nelson has been press
ing for the 281-95 work since he
first went to the unicameral.
He explains that the emer
gency gas tax receipts made
possible by 1953 legislation
are "producing more moneys
than originally expected" and
contractors' bids generally are
' running about 10 percent be
low our own highway depart
ment estimates."
The overall improvements, esti
mated to cost upward of $d,50t)
000, will provide a prime exam
ple of the revenue increases au
thorized by the 1953 legislature.
Tentatively scheduled for the
March 11 letting are 24 projects
involving 165 miles.
In eight cases, existing gravel
surfaces will be replaced with
blacktop. On two other projects
concrete will replace blacktop
But two relocation jobs—high
way 2 between Bonnet and Lin
coln and U.S. 83 from Wellfleet
north—will be dropped because
of an attorney-general’s opinion.
State Engineer L. N. Ress said
it may be possible to add jobs
to replace the highway 2 and 83
projects.
TTiis could boost the contract
total to eight million dollars
Work on which bids are
scheduled for March 11 include:
U.S. 281, from 13 miles south
of O’Neill to junction with high
way 95, four miles blacktop re
placing gravel, 125 thousand dol
lars.
U.S. 20, west from Jackson
4^ miles, widening and resur
facing blacktop, 400 thousand
dollars.
U.S. 281, from 1.5 miles north
of O’Neill for 11.1 miles north,
blacktop replacing gravel, 355
thousand dollars.
U.S. 281, from O’Neill north
1.5 miles to join project listed
above, blacktop, 65 thousand dol
lars.
U.S. 81, from the junction
with U.S. 20 straight north 17
miles, gravel, 645 thousand dol
lars. This relocation will remove
a jog in U.S. 81 by moving part
of.it five miles east.
U.S. 20, between Emmet and
Atkinson, three miles blacktop,
110 thousand dollars.
Federal-aid secondary highway
projects:
No. 11, south from Atkinson,
six miles blacktop, replacing
gravel, 355 thousand dollars.
No. 95, from Chambers to U.S.
281, 5.5 miles blacktop replacing
gravel, 130 thousand dollars
No. 95 west from Chambers
three miles, grading and gravel,
45 thousand dollars.
[Special Session
Possible—
Belief that a special session of
the legislature is inevitable
spread over the statehouse Tues
day in the wake of an opinion by
the attorney general that major
fees collected for highway im
provement cannot be expended
for maintenance of roads not
designated as part of the state
highway system by the legisla
ture.
Sen. W. J. Williams of Kear
ney said that he had talked to*
about a half dozen other sena
tors and that all were of the
| opinion a special session could
not be avoided.
Gov. Robert Crosby refused to
comment on the opinion and its
import until he has had time to
study it and determine “what I
can do by administrative pro
cesses first.” He termed the opm
ion “critically important” as it
could affect maintenance of
highways including removal of
winter snows. The governor said
that he could not deny that a
special session may be necessary
"I do not want to exaggerate
the situation." the governor
* said, pointing out that only 20
percent of the generally con
sidered system is affected.
"However, it is an important
20 percent," he continued.
The opinion written by Ralph
* (Continued on page 6)