Union press-courier. (Patton, Pa.) 1936-current, April 27, 1939, Image 1

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>atton Courier, Established Oct., 1893.
NO. 29.
Vol. 45,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1939
723 South Fifth Ave.
PATTON. PA.
PORTAGE UNION CIO OFFERS SIX
MINERS ENLIST | POINT PROGRAM
AGAINST AFL ONSECURITYACT
(GOVERNMENT MEDIATOR IN CHARGE
OF COAL NEGOTIATIONS AS MINERS
AND OPERATORS REMAIN IMPASSIVE
LOCAL CHURCH
HAS FORTIETH
ANNIV ERSARY
CHARLES SACKS
TO BE SPEAKER
AT EAGLES’ FETE
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Johnstown Deliveries Are tore} Suggestions for Improvements | Dr. John R. Steelman, Chief of the Labor Department's Concilia- Special High Mass of Observance | | Class Initiation To Be Feature
ed Back in Retaliation Move
on Drivers’ Local No. 110. |
Sent In Letter to House Ways |
and Means Committee, |
Delegations of United Mine Work-| Six basic points for amendments to
ent last Satur-
back” deliveries to Portage stores by the CIO in letter
made by Johnstown truck drivers af-| [Soy io he, House Ways and Means on Tuesday night, despite the first
filiated with Drivers Union 110 (A. F.| Committee by Josep OVNeT, SeCre-| qay's efforts of the federal govern-
| tary of the CIO Social Security Com-
mittee.
The six points included recommen-
dations for care of the aged; exten-
sion of coverage; disability benefits;
uniform standards in assistance pro-
grams; simplification of unemployment
compensation laws and keeping em-
of L.) it has been disclosed.
No instance was reported where
trucks were gtopped from entering!
Portage with Johnstown products, the
method adopted by the union miners
calling for a delegation to visit the
various stores and notify the manage-|
ment that the miners “desire” that 106 wage Tecords. The. tctiens
stores in mining towns refuse to ac-| a g gras, ~he letter's ‘ar.
penn hi b pucks “1. Care for the aged should provide @ National emergency, in two weeks.
and return 338,000 miners to work.
adequate minimum benefits sufficient
ment’s mediator to affect agreement
Dr. John R. Steelman, chief of the
Labor Department's Conciliation Ser-
vice, took charge of the negotiations as
the Chairman of the National Bitum-
inous Coal Commission estimated that
the nation’s supply of soft coal would
reach the critical stage, forerunner of
The suspension of the operations in
110. in. | to assure decent standards of living to T0 per cent of the industry became ef-
During the last 10 days numerous in-| ou >
stances have been reported where the persons over 60,
United Mine Workers have “turned!
back” trucks at Scalp Level, Windber LH RE
Colver arid. Revioe. | Board, the Advisory
United Mine Workers leaders made
no secret of the fact that allunion lo-
cals over a wide area mdjacent to
Johnstown have been encouraged to
“have nothing to do” with Drivers
Union 110.
Reason for the drive against the A.!
F. of L. union for truck drivers in
Johnstown, United Mine Workers ex-
plained, is that Drivers’ Union 110 re- established snder the
employes of non-profit organizations, ken.
“3. Disability benefits. A system of
disabled can be established without dispute, which now hinges on the min-
sistance
rograms now
should con-
“4. Uniform standards in
programs. Assistance
and with nothing materially effected
fhe Press-Courier closes its forms.
; y Steelman was designated by Secre-
| benefits for permanent and totally tary Perkins to attempt to settle the
any substantial new costs. ers’ demands for elimination of the
penalty clause against illegal strikes,
on Tuesday night, the conferences end-
ed until Wednesday morning, the time
fective on April 3rd, following expira-
“2. Coverage should be extended as tion of the old labor contract, and
recommended by the Social Security! consumption is gradually catching up
Council on So-; with production in other regions as
cial Security and orgaized labor. This! the reserve supply dwindles. A com-
would give needed protection to ag- plete stoppage may be effected on the
ricultural labor, seamen, domestics and 4th of May if the deadlock is not bro-
tion Service Seeking to Bring Groups Together in Bituminous |
Coal Industry as Nation Begins to Face Acute Shortage of Fuel. |
The United States Departmen of
A Ag he : Labor is attempting to iron out the dif-
ers of America on Monday “turned the Social Security Act were presented | so ones of the soft coal industry, as
the industry remained deadlocked yet
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Was Sung Last Sunday in Ob-| of Gathering at Patton Aerie
| servance of Period. | on Sunday Next.
The United Mine Workers Union has | —— ns —————
given notice to operators outside the; Patton — In observance of the 40th | Charles P. Sacks of Akron, Ohio
! Appalachian area, that work will stop | anniversary of the dedication of St.| will be the chief speaker at a meeting
on May 5th if the current negotiations | Mary's Catholic Church, a high mass! of the Patton Aerie Fraternal Order
are not completed by that time. The of thanksgiving was sung by Rev.| of Eagles, on Sunday April 30th. Mr.
government knows of no statute that! Father Bertrand McFayden, O. S. Sacks who is well known for his fra-
outlines any course they can pursue in pastor, on Sunday morning last at 8 ternal activities, is well qualified to
the event of an emergency. o'clock. St. Mary's Church was dedi-! speak on the purposes and activities
Miners in the Pennsylvania areas! cated April 23, 1899, by the Re. Rev.| of the order.
soon will be receiving unemployment | Richard Phelan, D. D. Bishop of Pitts- Asked what is the chief purpose of
checks. In this section there is a thor- burgh. | the F. O. E,, Worthy President L. C.
ough understanding of why Mr. Lewis While it is not difinitely known Smale, said: “The chief purpose of the
seeks to drive home his demands. The when the first Catholics came to this order is, of course, to help its mem-
operators in this section no doubt| locality, it was about the year 1815 bers. Since the founding, forty years
would accede to the miners’ requests, | when German, French, Scotch and ago, the F. O. E. has paid out in ben-
but the southern operators—at least! Irish Settlers settled here. The place efits to its members the sum of ap-
some of them—with any weapon in| was then known as McGuire's Mill, | proximately $76,000,000. But to help
their hands to work their mines on a| having been named for Jonn McGuire, | the men within the ranks is not the
non-union basis, see the penalty clause | Who built a grist mill about the year only purpose of the order. It seeks al-
abolition as a frustration. The Pro-! 1854. It was later known as Marx Mill | SG to benefit humanity at large thro-
gressive Miners’ AFL movement they | until the year 1892 when Patton was| oh the initiation and sponsorship of
forsee as a stepping stone to abolition | laid out by the Chest Creek Land and stoial justice legislation.
of union labor in their operations in Improvement Company and named | «Ap Eagle wrote the first mothers’
time. Patton in honor of Alex Patton of! | pension law in this country,” contin-
There are those, some of them bus- Curwensville. ued the worthy president. “An Eagle
iness men, in our own section, who Linked with the early history of the 150 wrote the first workmen's com-
as least sometimes roundly condemn Church, Rev. Edwin Pierron, O. S. B., pensation law. And the Eagles’ model
John L. Lewis in his stand—but. these | Was designated by the Benedictine 14 age pension bill, written in 1921,
same men have profited by the pay Fathers to purchase lots and build a has been the basis of all the old age
checks of the miners, and would suffer | Place of worship for Catholics in pension laws passed in the United Sta-
greatly were anything to happen that Patton and vicinity. The first church tes.”
would in time again demoralize the Was built in 1893. It was a frame build- At present the F. O. E. is seeking
miners’ union and sent us back to the | Ing: 35 by 55 feet, with a seating capa- | yo passage of the Eagles’-Ludlow bill
conditions that existed in 1927 when City of 350 persons. The structure was f,. the stabilization of employment,
hours were long and pay checks were erected at a cost of $2,000. Mass was ' This pill .if passed, wouldset up a gov-
slim, Bist eslenrated in this edi} ice October | erpmental agency whose work, if pro-
7, 1893, by Rev. Macarius Schmitt, O.| perly accomplished, would insure to
|Site Chosen in Hone Honor of Secre-
tary of Mines, John Ira Thom.
as, Who Resides There.
“Friends of the Progressive Miners
are no friends of ours,” one United
Mine Workers of America Organizer
said.
State Motor Police at Ebensburg vis-|
ited the Portage sector on Monday.
re > Progressive
SSALIY give Sunport In elroy gressive! rain guarantees agai discrimination
It Was hinted that the sitaation from | of any kind and for uniform benefit
the standpoint of Johnstown employ- Payinents to all Classes of Tecipionts, =
ers of truck drivers engaged in the 2 Simplification 0: unemployment
Zliviry breil, weal Deogecls, Dror Compensation Laws. Further federal CENTRAL FIRST
duce “and Beverages ‘would become standards are required to simplify the
more acute os the week progress. presen cumbersome and over-compli-
The contract between employers and gated unemployment compensation Al D M FET T0 BE
Local 10 expires. Sunday midnight laws and to provide minimum benefit
and United Mine Workers, according to i for 8 pena Jom if AT PHILIPSBURG
the leaders, are determined to point, =...’ |
out this week that “there's no room| Th Employe Wage Records, |
Tn a Haine en or Local TD art-T ile every effort is now being made |
ma {to facilitate the task of the employer |
o keep social security records, noth-
ing has been done to provide the wor- |
kers with their wage records. This!
| lack has made it impossible for wor-
| kers to understand how the social sec- |
urity system operates and what it Ebensburg — The annual first-aid
means to them.” I meet of the Central Bituminous Dis-
No disorder was reported, activities of fd ) oak of
i i i = : trict will be held during the week, of
the United Mine Workers having been | : 13 3t rg i
: : dao A STREET LIGHTS SHUT | July 29 in Philipsburg, it was decided
confined to “turning back” deliveries 1 last Friday afternoon at a meeting of
OFF AT GALLITZIN, | mine officials and first aid leaders
by calling upon store managers with |
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Li area FAIL TO PAY BILL in the courthouse at Ebensburs.
Union 110. oo rr | The committee voted to stage the
Gallitzin.-—Gallitzin borough, which event at Philipsburg in honor ot John
‘ 2y Sp has been without street lights for the! Ira Thomas, state secretary of mines,
OPPOSE REDUCTION | past week, appears likely to remain whose home is in that place. Winning
OF MOTOR POLICE | “in the dark” for an indefinite period, | teams in the central competition will
| according to information received this| be eligible to Sompele in the Saewide
prichiire oo nel ing “nneadl Week | contests at Evensburg on Saturday,
Motor Police force in the interest of Penn-Central Light and Power Com-| The meet this year will be finance
economy, the State Motor Federation) P2™Y 2 bill of over $5,000 and the! in the same manner 2s last year, The
- Tuesday contended “any step that power company has turned off the] various mine inspectors will Jopont
removes patrolmen from road duty — lights, it is believed that the borough somites 1» Tals funds. RF Josep
would be a short-sighted effort to will be sued by the power company of Jopnstowsn, inspegtor of Pune $
save dollars at the expense of human and also the Tunnelhill Township presided at last Friday's meeting. The
lives.” | Wine a Lo an hat th posed of mines in Cambria, Somerset,
ey el Ria ah ih) unnelhill officia ege that they | Pos C 2S ambrie ome
The federation seid, however, that by turned their electric light payments! Blair, Huntingdon, Centre, Tioga, Sul-
was not adverse to elimination of “un- ; Si | Tire vant of ale :
necessary administration and clerical | Ver 10 Gallitzin who, they declare, | livan and parss of Clearfield and Ly.
overheads” providing such savings failed to advance it to the light com-| coming Counties.
were “converted into highway con-
struction.” | 2 5 5 |
A reported impending reduction of | LE JGISLATORS st EAK |
AT JAMESTOWN MEET | —
| Harrisburg — Employers who pay
State Senator John J. Haluska and , additional wages under regulations of
SO Torrie AVIYY} x ives
Assemblyman Dennis L. Westrick were | the federal wage and hour adminis-
| speakers on Sunday at a meeting of tration must also pay contributions on
| pany RRA RAE
pri STATE REGULATION
REVEALED BY HINES
police personnel to balance a $1,500,000 |
cut in the Revenue Department's ap-
propristion occasioned the attack.
PRINTERS o PPOSING
WAGNER ACT CHANGE | tne j Jamestown Hall in Portage Town- | employment Compensation Fund, Lew-
ship. Senator Halusk sed Sen-| is G. Hines, secretary of Labor and In-
Buffalo, N. v, April 24— Oppo- ate: Bill 3 2 . :
2 47 on old-: 8, Mr.! dustry saj St Weble
sition to change in the Wagner Labor on 0 a age nee. Mr. | dustry, said last week.
Relations Act was urged jody by al the Earle Adminis
Empire State Typographical confer-| ne present administration.
ence, following a week-end session |
| subject the employers to “penalties
here K Thomas C. Mieseats and Joseph | prescribed in the Unemployment Com-
. | 50zelskl, members of the Portage snsati aw.”
5 > Wis + > : age | pensation Law.
Jalozsoment of the Wage: a 2s Township School Board, also spok | Contributions from covered employ-
Sonisine A OL pot | briefly. Frank MeDonald, WPA fore-| ors for the first qusrier of 1929 dro
by the conference at its closing session! jy, "14 4 report on road work inl due and payable on or before May 1.
last night. The move was in conflict the township.
CANCER CONTROL MEET
with recommendations by William |
Green, American Federation of Labor, |
leader, that the legislation be revised. GALLITZIN COUPLE PLANNED AT PORTAGE
The printer's organization, compos- | MARRIED 51 Y EARS —_—
ed of A. F. of L. members, also went | ———— Portage — A meeting in the interest
on record favoring unity with the | Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Titler, well- | of cancer control was held on Monday
Congress of Industrial Organizations.| known Gallitzin ‘residents, observed) evening in the Portage High School
mn | the 51st anniversary of their marriage | Auditorium by the Cambria County
HASTINGS MORTICIAN { on Monday. They reside at 301 Quarry | Branch of the Women’s Field Army,
Street. American Society for the Control of
IS NAMED DIRECTOR Mr. Titler, a retired track foreman,| Cancer. The month of April was desig-
Altoona — John Carns of Clay shure) of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-| nated by Congress as Cancer Control
recently was elected president of the | pany, was born in Roaring Spring on| Month. ; :
Central Pennsylvania District Funeral | November 17,1867, a son of William |. Mrs, S. A. E. Brailler, Cambria
Directors Association. Other officers and Henrietta (Bracken) Titler. He | County chairman, was the principal
elected were: served as track foreman in the Gallit-! speaker at the meeting on Monday.
John S. Mauk, Altoona, vice presi- | zin district and was the caretaker of | A special musical program was given
dent: John J. Hickey, Altoona, secre-| the famous old Allegheny Mountain | Mrs. E. K. Turney and Mrs. Charles
tary. Harvey M. Liebegott, Dinicans: Tunnel. He was retired on November | | Patterson are in charge’ of the cam-
ville, treasurer; Charles B. Lafferty, | 1: 1937, after continuous service of 49 | paign in the Portage district.
Altoona; H. J. Easly, Hastings, and R. | Years and two months, ;
Leslie Green, Three Springs, Board of | Mrs. Titler, the former Ida Wilt,
Governors. also was ‘born in Roaring Spring.
At a business session, delegates dis- | Mary (Stiffler) Wilt. The couple have Te
cussed pending state legislation affec-| made their home in Gallitzin since| pt Aloysius Academy, Cresson, will
ting funeral directors. Nine Central] their wedding day. They are the par- | conduct two retreats this year—dJune
Pennsylvania Counties were represen- ents of four children and are enjoy-!g to 12 for those under 21 years and
ted at the meeting. ing excellent health. August 18 to 21 for women.
{ CRESSON AC! ADE MY
TO HOLD RETREATS |
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Central Bituminous District is com- |
{ the Jamestown Citizens Club, held In these wages to the Pennsylvania Un- |
Westrick discussed legislation under| He pointed out that failure to file |
ration and under | suplemental returns to the state would |
| to this amendment. Employes who re- | and was one of the first to maintain
‘| the state by 10 members and by 21]
S. B. It was dedicated November 5, every worker his right to “continuous
ClO OPPOSES ANY 1893, by Rev. Vincent Huber. After that| work at a saving wage,” and to the in-
t mass was read every other Sunday | yestor “reasonable returns on his in-
until 1897. Pastors who have served vestment.”
the church are as follows: Rev. Maca- | The committee in charge of -
EXEMPTIONS IN | Hus, O. S. B., September, 1893, to co foe ange pron
gements for the meeting includes
September, 1894; Rev. Marcellus, O. Charles E. Crowell, John J. Bender,
WAGE- HOUR LAW. S. B., September, 1894, to September,| william Whiteford, Ted Farrell and
| 1897; Rev. Isidore, O. S. B., September, | nrark Brown.
{ 1897, to March, 1898; Rev. Eusebius, 0. | Lo
: Yolo: ; TA S. B., March, 1898, to August, 1898: |
White Collar Wor Workers Up for | | Rev. Edwin Pierron, O. S. Ee CONGRESSMAN SPEAKS
Discussion, and AFL Doesn't | 1898 until July, 1922 Rev. Henry Sch-|/ AT LETTER CARRIERS’
Care What Happens Them. wener, O. S. B, June, 1922, until Aug-; EVENT AT EBENSBURG
ust 29, 1934; Rev. Father Bertrand —
3 .... | McFadyen, O. S. B., present pastor. | Members of the Cambria County
Washington — The American Feder- | Larger Church Eerected Rural Letter Carriers Association and
ation of Labor has informed the House | gi nrayy's Congregation grew so ra-| its auxiliary held a meeting and din-
Labor Committee that the proposal pidly that it was necessary to build! ner in Ebensburg on Saturday evening.
! eet highsalaticd white eollari
to exempt high-salaried white collar |, larger church. Rev. Edwin Pierron,' Featuring the the meeting were ad-
workers from the W age Rous So then stationed here, directed the erec-' dresses by Congressman Harve Tib-
“appears quite reasonable” and that], of the present church of stone’ bott and Postmaster A. M. Schettig of
the federation has no objection to its| ong prick, 56 by 120, with a seating ' Ebensburg.
enactment into law, it was learned capacity of about 800. It was comple- Congressman Tibbott spoke at the
last Saturday. . ted in April, 1899, and dedicated April dinner, which was served in Tibbott’s
The views of the federation were! 53 1499 hy Rt Rev. Richard Phelan. Restaurant. He urged the American
made known in a letter to the com- pn p_ Bishop of Pittsburgh. In 1905 people to take definite steps against
mittee by W. J. Cushing, legislative | y,1v of 1912 an additional plot was! all foreign “isms.” Congressman Tib-
representative, in response to a request| 5 pay, sanctuary was added and in| bott also told of his experiences in
from the committee's chairman, Rep- | purchased to build a convent for the | Washington. He paid ute to the
resentative Mary T. Norton, Demo-| sisters and a parochial school. The | leaders of both parties in the House.
crrat, New Jersey. | school was finished in August, 1913, Mr. Schettig discussed the impor-
In a similar letter the C. I. O., the and opened in September of that year | tance of organization, especially in the
federation’s rival labor organization, with an attendance of 210 children postoffice department. He said that
took the opposite position, objecting| 1t was in charge of five sisters of the organization is of the highest value
to the proposal both “in principle and | ymmaculate Heart of St. Mary from in all walks of life, but particularly
in fact” : : 3 Marywood College, Scranton. This ar-' so in the postoffice department, He
Mrs. Norton is sponsoring a series | rangement brings the church, rectory, | also pointed out that the administra-
oe >. rape a fF whick : : . 1 * : :
' of amendments to the act, one of WRICh | school and convent in alignment with! tion in Washi ngton has encou d or-
is the so-called ‘white-collar workers™| 5 frontage of 300 feet on Sixth Avenue.! ganizations in every walk of
amendmennt, granting exemptions Five acres of land were purchased Elme Hughes of the Ebensburg
| from the hours limitations to persons| in the year 1893 for a cemet ery. During postoffice, president of the association
paid $200 or more a month. | recent years an improved road leading presided. The next meeti will be
“This exemption would no¢ include into the cemetery was finished and! held in Ebensburg in June.
the great mass of clerical workers,” Improvements made to the cemetery, ein
> f RC Us communiciation said. whic nakes Mars + ANS
; the A..F. of L Shi 7} sa which m kes St. Mary one of the, CHESTER P. McCOY
“The exemption appears quite rea- most beautiful burial grounds in the rH rT RN r
DIES AT BAKERTON
sonable and no good reason can be | north of the county.
seen for making any objections there- Rev. Henry Schwener, O. S. B., suc-
to.” ceeded Rev. Edward Pierron, who re-
The C. I. O.s position, drafted by | signed in July of 1922. Later Rev. Ber- | Postmaster of Elmora for the past nine
Lee Pressman, general counsel, fol-|trand MacFayden, O. S. B.. assumed! Yas, and a clerk in the office of the
lows: the pastorate. At present St. Mary's| Sterling Coal Company here for 25
“We object in principle and in fact | Church maintains the parochial school | Y€ars, died at 12:30 o'clock on Monday
morning at his home after illness
Bakerton Chester P. McCoy, 55,
2 yf >
ceive salaries of over $200 a-month| a religious vacation school for children | of a month of heart trouble. a
need and deserve the protection of the | during the early summer months. Mr. McCoy was a son of Thomas
law. The attempt to set up a separate | { McCoy, deceased, and Mrs. Clara
class of workers who are not given CHERRY TREE DOCTOR | (Reich) McCoy of Johnstown and was
the protection of the law is wholly un- | | born in Braddock on Februar
desirable.” APPOINTED TO POST | 1884. He and Ada Weaver of Johns-
Clea Br. J £ Pet Ch T | town were married 28 years ago.
. 2 r. James ku. Peterman, erry ree! Surviving are his aged mother in
GAL LITZIN AUXILIARY physician has assumed his duties as Johnstown; his widow, and these child-
GIVEN RECOGNITION | district medical health officer in In-| ren: Arthur McCoy, Bakerton; Paul
em | diana, Armstrong and Jefferson coun- and Ruth McCoy, both at home. He
The Ladies Auxiliary of Memorial | tes. a : was a brother of Arthur McCoy, Los
Post 174, American Legion, Gallitzin | _Dr. Peters replaces the part time med { Angeles, Cal; Gilbert McCoy, Johns-
was given special recognition last week | ical directors who served during the town; Mrs. Lillian Meyers and Mrs.
by Mrs. Helen Casey, department pre- | Earle Administration, including Dr. | H. C. Brant, both of Johnstown. Mr.
sident, for its commendable increase George Martin of Clymer, who was| McCoy was a member of the Knights
director in Indina County. | of St. George of Bakerton and the
The Gallitzin Auxiliary led in a The new post, under appointment| Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
state in increasing its membership| PY Dr. John J. Shaw, state secretary| puneral services were conducted at
quota. The Gallitzin quota was 71|°f health, carries the duties of super-|g yelock this morning » the Sacred
members and its membership totals an vision of all functions of the state de-| Heart Catholic Church by Rev. Father
even 1 The Gallitzin uni DOSS! esses | partment i ree counties John McEntire, rector. Interment was
00. I
yin St. Benedict's Catholic Church
the largest membership it has enjoyed ry i
since it was organized 15 years ago. | STRIKE GIV ES BREAK Cemetery at Carrolltown under the
5 ns, Carroll-
It led all other such organizations in TO MULES AT MINE direction of J. Edw.
— town mortician.
in membership.
| members. in Cambria County. The| Johnstown, Pa.— Cessation of bi- | - tier ——
| Spangler unit was second in the co-| tuminous mining since April 1 brought | SPORTSMEN TO MEET
unty. The citation was read at a coun-|a bright spot into the lives of four | A regular meeting of the
cil meeting held in Portage. mules last week. | County Sportsmen's As
Miss Gertrude Seymour, chairman The animals were brought from the | held in the Court Hou
of the Gallitzin membership committee | mines of he Stineman Coal Company, | on this Thursday eve
announced that the membership drive | near here, and saw daylight for the | Further arrangemd
will continue. Other members of the] first time in their four-year-old lives. | for the events tha
committee are Mrs. Lottie Johntson,| They had been quartered in the mine | the Field Day on .
Mrs. Dorothy Forlini, Mrs. Alma Mec-| stables, quarter of a mile under- question of vermir
Closkey and Micss Regina Murphey. * ground, since they were foaled. advocated