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NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1939—TEN PAGES
$1.50 PER YEAR.
Donald H. Smith
Speaks Here
Thursday Evening
To Address Joint Banquet Meeting of Rotary and American
Legion on "Lives of Presidents" at Community Church
Banquet Speaker
Sections of the country from which
presidents of the United States have
come, professions they followed before their election, things they did
while in office, and many other interesting facts, will form the basis for
the address on "Lives of Presidents"
which will be given by Donald H.
Smith, of Van Wert, Ohio, at the joint
banquet meeting of the Legion and
Rotary at 6:30 p.m. in the Community
Christian  church Thursday, Feb. .23.
Mr. Smith is a well-known speaker
having addressed more than 1300 audiences in the United States and Canada. He is also author of a book "Peculiarities of the Presidents" and
ripent nine years looking up these
facts, traveling thousands of miles,
and talking with presidential relations
and descendants.
Shortly after his book was published it was reviewed by William Lyon
Phelps, professor emeritus of English
literature at Yale universty. This review appeared in the December issue
tit the Rotarian magazine and an excerpt follows:
"And as Ohio is the mother of Presidents, may I suggest that you read a
slender and informative and diverting
new book called "Peculiarities of the
Presidents," by Don Smith, a member
of the Rotary club of Van Wert, Ohio.
The secondary and accurately descriptive title is Strange and Intimate
Facts not found in history—by which
he means history books."
On Thursday afternoon Mr. Smith
will speak to the high school students
at an assembly at 2:40 bringing to
(hem the same address he will have
in the evening.
Dave Glass is chairman of the program committee in charge of arrangements.
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200 Enjoy Frolic
at Valentine Party
Games, Stunts, Auction Provides Entertainment Thursday
Approximately 200 persons gathered
at the high school auditorium Thursday, evening to enjoy the fun and
frolic at the Valentine party sponsored by the Parent-Teacher association, for the benefit of the band.
Door prizes were given and those attending played 500, bridge, Chinese
checkers, and the old style checkers.
C. B. Williams, local Y. M. C. A.
secretary, served as auctioneer for the
white elephant sale and later took
part in one of the stunts suposedly
playing a tuba while Mr. Hammond
supplied the "music" from the wings.
"Ferdinand the Bull" also proved to
he an entertaining skit that brought
much laughter.
Following! the evening's fun a lunch
was served. Members of the P.-T. A.
supplied the pickles and cake while
the following merchants donated foodstuff. Krafts, Sugardale, Bond Baking company, McClains grocery, and
Sweeney's Bread company through
Hummel's I. G. A. store; Tasty Bread
company of Canton through Isaly's;
Acme, Straussers, Lewis and Greenho the tally cards; and Smith grocery on East Maple.
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Granddaughter of
Mrs. C. C. Foster Dies
Early Labor
Troubles Faced
Back in 1848
Greentown Man Invents Reaper
But Opposition of Cradlers To
Man Who Buys It Forces Him
To Cancel Purchase
Harry Mohler Named
as New Fire Chief
Betty June Lichtenwalter Succumbs at Home in Akron
Word has been received here by
Mrs. C. C. Foster of the death of
Betty June Lichtenwalter, 22, only
child of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Lichtenwalter who died at her home 1315
Jefferson street, Akron, Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Lichtenwalter, who was active
in singing clubs, was a graduate of
Akron high school and Ohio Wesleyan and also a member of Grace Reformed church. She was granddaughter of the late C. C. Foster of North
Canton.
Surviving besides her parents are
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Lichtenwalter of
Greentown and Mrs. Foster of North
Canton.
Funeral services will be held Friday.
DONALD H. SMITH
Death Takes Three
Middlebranch People
One, a Former Resident, Dies
In Ashland Friday
Two residents, and a former resident of Middlebranch died on Thursday and Friday of last week.
Charles L. Thoman, 67, a resident
of Middlebranch until 18 months ago
died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. Preston in Ashland where
he had been making his home since
the death of his wife.
Funeral services were held Monday
at 10 a.m. in the C. D. Spiker parlors in charge of the Rev. P. H. Welshimer.   Burial was made at Kenton.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Preston and Mrs. Catherine Campbell of Canton; two sons, Paul of
Washington, D. C., ai.d Louis of Canton.
On Thursday, William E. Johnson,
55, died at Aultman hospital following an extended illness.
Survivors are five sisters, Mrs.
Mary Brehon, Mrs. Frances Wallace,
and Mrs. Ida Bailey of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Martha Brown and Mrs. Vern'ctta
McCoy of Norfolk, Va., and a brother,
Walter also of Philadelphia. Services
were held on Saturday.
Curtis Stonemetz, 65, died on Friday in Mercy hospital from a complication of diseases. He had been
ill for the past three months and was
a life-long resident of Stark county.
His survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Caroline Stonemetz; three daughters,
Mrs. Wilda Schaefer and Mrs. Lucille
Sweitzer of Canton and Mrs. Charles
Moor of Hartville; a son, Glenn of
Canton; ten grandchildren; two stepdaughters and a stepson; two sisters
'\nd one brother.
Services were held Saturday at thc
E. J. Welch parlors with interment
being made in Warstler cemetery.
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Surprise Parties
Honor Local Men On Occasion of
Birthdays During Past Week
Homer Young was surprised in his
home on West Park boulevard Thursday evening by his four sisters and
three brothers on the occasion of his
birthday.
Chinese checkers and euchre provided the evening's entertainment after which a buffet lunch was served.
Those who attended were: Mr. and
Mrs. Lamar Dulabaum ond children
Marie and Willard of Mogadore; Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Kurtz and daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Anstine of Hartville; Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Huff also of Hartville; Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Kurtz of Mogadore and
daughter Mrs. Henry Bowersox of
Lakemore; Melvin Young of Barberton; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Young of
Sharon Center; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Young, daughter Valda, daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Wiley.
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J. P. Surbey was pleasantly surprised with a 6 o'clock dinner Satur?
day evening in honor of his birthday.
Following the dinner 500 was played with awards going to Mrs. Dwight
Chenot and M. E. Ebie.
Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Kannel, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Ebie, Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Chenot, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bierie, son Richard, and
daughter Betty, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Surbey, and children, Elden, Marilyn
and Neal.
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Engineers To Meet
Gordon Curry will entertain members of the Hoover Engineers' club at
their meeting next Wednesday evening
with an exploring' trip by photograph
into the Wyandott caverns of southern
Indiana.
Chairman C. W. Studer made arrangements for the program.
That current labor difficulties are
not new to this generation is amply
Ulustrated for 91 years ago, back in
1848, Perrin, in his history of Stark
county reveals that a Mr. Ball started
making reapers in the nearby community of Greentown,
Anxious to display this latest in-
"ention to farmers, one of the machines was taken over to Louisville
where a public exhibition of its then
marvelous operation drew a large
crowd of men, women and children.
The farmers saw with great astonishment how easily the standing grain
went down before it. Consequently
the owner of the field in which it
was being demonstrated bought the
machine. But here he ran in difficulty.
Cradlers Oppose Purchase
His cradlers were bitterly opposed
to the purchase declaring that it would
leave them, like Othello, without occupation. In order to restore peace
to the village it was necessary to return it to Mr. Ball.
History does repeat itself, as human
nature is the same the world over, and
as history is but a record of human
experience and achievements, this incident proves that labor troubles are
years old. Not only did the men have
to fight for an existence against the
inroads of machinery but the manufacturer had to battle as well for
maintenance.
The motor for Mr. Ball's reaper
was a horse named Prince. We're told
Uiat the old horse was apparently-
subject to fits, sometimes running the
machine up to a rapid pace, and then
suddenly lowering the speed so that
it barely moved. Since it was desirable to elminate this difficulty a ten
horse power motor was purchased at
Cuyahoga Falls for $400 which proved
to be a great improvement over
Prince.
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Moose Women Hold
Patriotic Program
Washington and Lincoln's Birth
Anniversaries Celebrated
The birthday anniversaries of Washington and Lincoln were observed as
part of the patriotic program held by
the Women of the Moose of the Canton chapter at their meeting Monday
evening with Mrs. Cora Fitzkee, senior regent, presiding over the business
session.
Americanism and publicity chairman, Mrs. Sophie Warfel and Mrs.
Belle Sigler were in charge of the
patriotic program. The sextette composed of Mrs. Pearl Alflen, Miss Anna Mae Alflen, Mrs. Pearl Davis, Mrs.
Mabel Ross, Mrs. Ella Vraebel and
Mrs. Minnie Volzer sang several patriotic numbers.
Short talks on "Americanism" and
publicity were given by Mrs. Warfel
and Mrs.  Sigler.
A covered dish dinner was served
and a class of candidates presented
by the publicity committee were initiated. Reports on the Mooseheart
conference held last week were given
by Mrs. Eva Waller, ritual chairman,
and Mrs. Vraebel, child care and
training  chairman.
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Fishing Methods
Aired by Anglers
Discussed By M. K. Hummel At
Regular Monthly Gathering
"New Methods of Fishing" was the
theme of the talk given members of
the Anglers Club of North Canton by
M. K. Hummel at their regular monthly meeting at tlie home of R. J.
Honeywell on Hower street Thursday
evening.
L. P. Myers, president of the club,
presided over the business session and
gave a few remarks concerning the
club's activities.
Harold "Rapp" Warstler, Boston
Bee shortstop, showed club members
two reels of movies taken on his trip
around the world, which proved to be
both  entertaining  and  educational.
Following the pictures the balance
of tho evening was spent in playing
cards, music and light refreshments.
Twenty Injured,, Two Dead in Train Wreck
SHELBY, IA.—General view of wreckage of a freight and passenger train 'near Shelby, Iowa, last Sunday. A
runaway locomotive and one car hurtling through the night crashed head on (into a Chicago Great Western passenger train killing the engineer and fireman and injuring twenty passengers.
Fills Vacancy Created by Death
of Joseph Smith
Harry Mohler, assistant fire chief
since 1929 has been appointed chief
of the North Canton Volunteer department by Mayor Frank Evans to
fill the vacancy created by the recent
death of Joseph Smith.
Mr. Mohler has been with the department since 1921 and residents of
the community may feel certain that
his qualities make him a fit replacement for Mr. Smith.
He has taken several courses given
to firemen and ranked high among
those taking the course at the same
time. He is well versed in the modern methods of fire fighting as a result of these courses and actual experience gained in jattling fires during the past 18 years.
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Services Held for
Hartville Physician
Or.  George Garmier, 74, Died
Tuesday Morning at Home
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for Dr. George T. Garmier, 74, who died Tuesday morning
in his home on West Maple street in
Hartville. He had been in failing
health for the past two years.
A graduate of Western Reserve
Medical school in 1896, Dr. Garmier
had practiced in Hartville for 28
years, occupying the office of Dr.
Smith for a short time after he moved
here.
He later built himself a home on
West Maple which served also as his
office.
Surviving him are two brothers,
Henry of Akron and Samuel of Union-
town. Burial was made in Wood cemetery at Uniontown.
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Local Isaly Employee
Married Recently
Thomas Jenkins, Miss Patricia
Gilbow Married in Canton
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Miss K. Patricia Gilbow
to Thomas J. Jenkins of Massillon on
February 1 at St. Joseph's Catholic
church with the Rev. Fr. John C. Rath
officiating.
Miss Gilbow is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William E. Gilbow of 2705
9th street NW., Canton, and Mr. Jenkins the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Jenkins. V
The bride wore a blue velvet gown
with wine accessories and a corsage
of pink roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Martha Rose Maurer, maid of
honor, wore brown crepe with matching accessories with a corsage of yellow roses and sweet peas. William F.
Gilbow, brother of the bride was best
man.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was held at the bride's
home for members of the immediate
families and a few friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are residing
at 1552 Shorb avenue NW. The bride
is a graduate of McKinley high school
and is with the Acme Grocery company. Mr. Jenkins is assistant manager of the Isaly store in North Canton.
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Monnett Club Meets
The Ohio Wesleyan Monnett club of
Canton met at the Community building Thursday evening.
Mrs. M. A. Cossaboom reviewed
"Fannie Kimbel" and Betty June
Johnston gave a reading "A Pair of
China Blue Eyes." Piano numbers
were given by Catherine Manchester,
Esther Schweisberger, Jane Glass, and
Mrs. Hansen.
Catherine Manchester, Genevieve
Wheelock, and Frances Seederly were
on the committee for the tea.
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First Aid Classes
Will  be   Honored  at   Party   Monday
Evening at the High School
A party will be held Monday evening at 8 p.m. at the high school under the auspices of the P.-T. A. honoring all those who successfully completed the standard and junior first
aid courses taught by Mrs. Maude
Bailey, Willis H. Wood, and Rebecca
Snyder.
Certificates will be given out at this
party and a demonstration of first aid
and rescue work will be given hy Central Fire department of Canton.
Study Group To Meet
The Mother's study group of the
Parent-Teacher association will meet
at the home of Mrs. D. W. Yonally,
Portage extension, 2 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 23. Mrs. Yonally will be assisted
by Mrs. Lester Schug.
The topic for discussion will be
"Great Mothers" and Mrs. Harry
Mohler, Mrs. Wilbur Howe, Mrs.
Shorb, and Mrs. George Harshman
will speak.
Renew Euchre Rivalry
Following what almost amounts to
a tradition now carried out for the
past 30 years or more, the North Canton K. of P. lodge will play the Oddfellows of Greentown, March 1 in a
euchre match at the K. of P. hall.
Many interesting matches have been
held in the past years and members
of both clubs are looking forward to
tlie renewal of the friendly rivalry.
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To Be Hostess
Peggy Duff, student at Lake Erie
college, Painesville, will be one of the
hostesses at a party to be held Saturday for children of a Painesville orphanage whom the college students
adopted last fall as their "little sisters.' '
CHECKING OUR WAR DOGS
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Opens Fair Gates
Till >-l IJ I I \ VD—Governor Cul-
bcrt Olson of California unlocks the
barriers to the courts of the 1939
Golden Gate International Exposition,
while Exposition President Leland
Cutler stands   proudly  at   the  left.
More Birds Reported
Middlebranch Man Has Been Feeding
Several Throughout the Winter
Since Mrs. A. R. Warstler reported
seeing two cardinals near her home
recently, two other persons have reported seeing birds also.
Mrs. A. A. Hummel saw a pair of
cardinals recently and E. V. Hoover
of near Middlebranch has been feeding a number of different birds
throughout the winter.
Mr. Hoover reports that he lias had
as high as eight cardinals eating
grain which he has put out for them.
Blue Jays have also been eating there.
A covey of quails has been taking advantage of the feeding station and he
has counted as high as 14 of these,
birds feeding at one time.
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"Cherry Swing" Draws Crowd
14 Young Men
Leave for
Dayton Friday
Will Attend 14th Annual Young
Men's Conference Sponsored
By Ohio Area Council of Y.
M. C. A's
Library Receives
Many New Books
Collection of Old Classics Draw
Much Attention
An interesting collection of books is
being shown at the North Canton library. The slogan calling attention
to these books reads, "Some books we
call Classics" and it is surprising how
many patrons stop at this table and
renew their acquaintenance with these
old masters or, attracted by the excellent print and lovely illustrations
decide to fill in the gaps in their
reading.
Among tlie books are the following-
favorites :
Blackmore, "Lorna Doone."
Bronte, C, "Jane Eyre."
Bronte, E., "Wuthering Heights."
Bunyan, "Pilgrim's Progress."
Dickens, "David Copperfield," "Nicholas Nickleby," "Pickwick Papers"
and "Tale of Two Cities."
Aesop, "Fables."
Eliot, "Adam Bede" and "Mill on the
Floss."
Goldsmith, "Vicar of Wakefield."
Hawthorne, "House of Seven Gables"
and "Scarlet Letter."
Homer, "Iliad."
Jackson, "Ramona."
Scott,  "Kcnilworth" and  "The Talisman."
Thackeray,   "The   Virginians"    a n d
"Vanity Fair." _
Wister, "The Virginian."
Other new books added this month:
Bottome, "The Danger Signal."
Douglas, "Disputed Passage."
Bowen,  "The   Death   of  the  Heart."
Lawrence, "A Good Home With Nice
People."
Mann,   "Joseph   and   His   Brothers."
Lockhart, "Guns and Butter."
Vallentin, "Leonardo da Vinci."
Gilman, "Toscanini and Great Music."
Paderewski, "Memoirs."
Mantle, ed, "Best Plays of 1937-3S."
Mann,   "Coming   Victory   of   Democracy."
Pearson, ed, "Birds of America."
Wilson,  "Traffic  Management."
Since the reserve service has been
discontinued at the library these books
are placed on the shelves and circulated without call.
High School Students Dance in Grade
School Gym Tuesday Evening
One hundred couples of high school
students danced to the music of Jack
Zengler's orchestra at the "Cherry
Swing" held in the grade school gymnasium Tuesday evening.
Decorations were red, white, and
blue streamers arranged to form a
canopy over the heads of tlie dancers.
Members of the faculty served as
chaperones.
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Oyster Supper Saturday
The Men's Bible class of the McDonaldsville Evangelical church i s
sponsoring an oyster and chili supper
Saturday evening, Feb. 25, from 5 to
8 p.m. for the benefit of the building
fund.
Auxiliary Holds
Card Party
Valentine Gathering Held at
Legion Home on W. Maple
A Valentine card party was held
Tuesday afternoon by the American
Legion auxiliary in the Legion home
on West Maple street.
Prizes were given at each table and
the door award went to Mrs. Frank
'faufman.
Hostesses were Mrs. Gertrude Dick,
chairman; Mrs. Sue Crawford, Miss
Hazel Warburton, Mrs. Florence Her-
liruck, 1-lrs. William Bonnell, Mrs.
Mary Braucher, and Mrs. Donald
Uriel..
The regular meeting will be held
Tuesday evening, Feb. 28, at 7:30 at
tbe home with Mrs. Lester Swearingen, American chairman in charge.
Fourteen youg men of the community will leave by auto Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. to attend the 14th annual Young Men's conference to be
held at the Dayton Y. M. C. A. under
the auspices of the Ohio Area council of Y. M. C. A.'s.
The three day program will feature
outstanding speakers who will reveal
the problems faced by American youth
today. The conference opens at 6:30
Friday, Feb. 24 but since it is impossible for the local contingent to leave
before 5, they will miss the opening
banquet at which Dr. Owen Lovejoy,
American Youth Commission, Washington, D. C, will speak on the topic:
"How Fare American Youth V"
Saturday morning the group will
get into the swing of things when they
divide up for the various round table
discussions. Before this however,
Cameron Beck, personnel director of
the New York Stock exchange, addresses the conference members on
"Building a Better Tomorrow."
The round table discussions begin
at 10:15 and will cover young men's
clubs, phalanx fraternities, informal
educational activities, recreation hob-
bes, co-educational trends, and physical programs.
Following luncheon at 12:30, Dr.
Lovejoy again addresses the group on
"Youth Looks at Life" and will be
aided by Mr. Beck. From 3 to G p.m.
recreation and sight-seeing trips will
take ud their time.
Banquet Saturday Evening
The fellowship banquet is scheduled for 0 p.m. with Mr. Beck as
principal speaker on "The Cost of
Leadership." At 9 p.m. the Biltmore
hctel ballroom will be the scene of a
largo party.
Sunday morning sessions begin at
') p.m. with round table discussions
again in order starting at 9:30 on Religion, citienship, jobs, marriage-
home. Dr. F. G. Barr, supervisor industrial relations, National Cash Register company will deliver the closing
address.
While in Dayton members of the
group will stay in hotels and private
homes and will return Sunday afternoon.
Those who will make the trip are:
Don Masline, Tom Slusser, Jerome
McCarty, Bob Bailey, Paul Reeder,
Roger Clouser, Walter Holstrom, Kenneth Rohrer, Bob Forster, Harry
Baus, William Hart, Dick Chenot and
.lack Coughlin.
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Legion Sponsors
Boy Scout Drive
Solicitation of Sustaining Memberships to be Carried Out
The American Legion post has accepted tlie sponsorship of the solicitation in North Canton for senior sustaining memberships in the Boy
Scouts according to an announcement
made by T. G. Denton, commander.
Although the drive for these memberships is not new to this community, this is the first time that the Legion has assumed leadership of the
project. Representatives of the Canton
Lions and Exchange clubs presented
the idea to the local post at tiieir Monday meeting.
Plans were also discussed concerning the joint birthday party celebration of the Legion and Auxiliary on
Friday, March 17, which will be the
20th anniversary of the American Legion. Sons of Legion activity was also
aired. %
They also voted to support the
County council in snonsoring a county
banquet for all legionnairres in honor
of past commanders.
Tomorrow evening they hold a joint
meeting with the Rotary club.
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Fantasy Presented
to Woman's Club
$100,000 Pasadena Fire
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PASADENA, CALIF.—Whipped into an inferno by a 60-mile gale, fire broke
out list week, destroyed wholly a block of business buildings and six residences in Pasadena, shooting sparks and flames 200 feet linto thc air, threatening a swank residential section. Photo Shows: In the wake of the greatest
windstorm in Southern  California's history.
Musical Numbers Supplied by
Doris and Myrtle Denton
Mrs. Gordon Curry, clothed in a
dress which was once worn by her
great grandmother presented a "Fantasy" on treasures she brought with
her to members of the North Canton
Woman's club at their Monday meeting.
Other members also gave short histories of articles brought by them as
tlie program evolved around antiques.
Myrtle and Doris Denton entertained the group with musical numbers,
Beethoven's "Minuet in G;" Kreisler's
"The Old Refrain" and "Gavotte" by
Gossec.
Mrs. Walter H. Reeder served as
American home chairman, Mrs. C. B.
Williams, music chairman, and Mrs.
C. R. Mummery and Mrs. L. E. Rein-
oehl  as  receptionists.
The next meeting of the club will
be held on Monday, March 6.
NAMED~ON DEAN'S LIST
Elizabeth   Schiltz   Honored   at   Randolph Macon  College  Recently
A Dean's list which includes the
names of two class presidents and is
made up for twenty-four self-help
students in the fifty-two students
named was announced at a recent assembly by Dean C. Clement French,
Kandolph-Macon Woman's college.
Miss Elizabeth Schiltz, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Schiltz of McKinley street, was among those named
by the dean.  Miss Schiltz is a senior.