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A.tl 'J it 1i: PAGE POUGHKEEPSIE SUNDAY EWYORKfeR SUNDAY. JULY' 19.4J Culture Prize Fighting Cokm feft .3 bus Nation's Great? Spbkef roirf Plaf orm In Political Campaigns ti By HELEN MYERS bid everything In thit building from intellect uel dUcourses to prise fights," Edmund Freer of 18 Parker avenue Mid of the old Columbus Institute at 11 Washington streeh "It a tort of civle center, part or tne ure or rougnxeepsie. "They hid lectures and political speeches and public entertainment 'and prise fights and basketball games galore and formal dances and some that weren't So formal. There were firemen's conventions and K. of conventions and labor conventions.

They had a wide variety of every thing mere (or 30 years, irom ivus unui was, until ne powiing aney took over the auditorium. The auditorium was where all the activity was. The speakers and the games and all that were In that first floor auditorium. 9 rJ ffSTfW ti Mr. 'Freer was reminiscing about the lively doings that once followed one another In rapid succession.

In the building that was the headquarters of Florentine council of the Knights of Columbus from 1(05, when "the building was completed, until June 10 of this year. The council then moved to Its new clubhouse at 100 Mill street, the former home of the late William J. Beard aley, local architect, and Mrs. Beardsley. Tlje council still owns the Washington street building.

Joined In 18W. Mr. Freer Isn't charter member, he said. He was only a boy when the first council meeting was held In Van Benschoten hall Feb. 0.

IMS. Ahd he wasn't a member when the cornerstone of Columbus Institute was laid Oct. 12, 1804. He didn't Join until 1808. or: the cnarter members, ne believes that only Six are now living.

One of these Is James A. Kerr, who operated cigar store across Wash ington street from tne k. 01 building for many years. Another E. MrTimmin.

"Now ntlredrh had a shoe store on the south' side of Main street lust east or Market. IF' i ftf A time'. The public was Invited, and there were a lot of Vaasar girls there. J'l remember that the address Mayor Oeorge lllne he ran shoe factory down' Malg street and Oompers and Jack Bradley and a lot of them had a party of their own In the old Zlmmer. bouse, right below Washington street In Main.

It went. out of business long that speaking business, they nsa msny great scholars, and. It was. all free. You couldn't 4eU tickets, for a lecture.

They sold tickets for the prize fights and basketball but not for the lectures. "There was a man who came here years agoj His name was Dr. James J. Walsh he had a PhD and all those things behind his name. He was a professor at Ford ham university and had written many books.

One was 'the Thir teenth, the Oreatest of Anotner was The Popes and Those are Just two he wrote. He used to Jauth about popular medicine. thestuffjjMlyofvr). iiacu 10 curs everyimng. He spoke in the hall on several different ployed at' Dutches Manufacturing, company, is anotner.

Tne otner two are William Welcha.conductor' on the New York Central and the father of. City Chamberlain Welch, 3 and Henry Bmlth. sou see now men pass out, 1 best of my knowledge, only six ofthe'M are left. The rest; are all Head:" Most of the early; the men" who built It up, are tone too. They were all honest, Industrious: men that would classed as substantial cltlsens In any only one' that are living are1 Tim mini and James A.

Kerr, and Joe "Morschsuser, the Judge. others are all dead." jljla rirsi Grand Knight John Mvlod, the first grand knight and a leader 6T the Dutchess county bar. was tb primary leader of the early council, Mr. Freer said. He was crand knight for 10 years, then went back in office In 1915..

John Cusack. who had an Ice cream store In those days' before he opened the Cusack wag another of the men who built the council. 60 were John F. Rlngwood, a leading criminal lawyer her around the turn of the century. and Patrick C.

Doherty, who ran a plumbing and heating business, in lower Main 'Another. plumbing and heating contractor he specialised In sheet metal work who was an early lead er was Thomas Waters, thcaee ond. grand knight, Mr, Freer said. Then there was James Lynch, who had a marble yard In lower' Main Just above and Charles F. Hughec.Ue snd his fsth er ran a big furniture store on the aouth aide of Main street.

Just (rt "The late' Aldermen John Hogsn was a vary active member; and had a lot of friendevT Mr. Freer 'con Tve seen' him run. a nun show and make 1,000. He was the greatest man you ever saw to run minstrels and fairs. Dr, C.

J. McCambrtdge was another' of the early leaders and a generous giver. He gave a pony and cart for an2 hlblUon once. That attracted a lot of attention. It iu around.

1008. when there weren't so many automobiles around. Automobiles didn't take over the country, until about 1(19. Other Doctors 1 There were other doctors, too. Dr.

Edward M. Burns he's been dead number of years was a very famous ground here. He was the doctor of the poor. All he charged was 35 cents for. office calls.

Thera 'wera always five times as many people looking for him as could find him. Then there was Dr. Cotter, don't Just recall his first name, but he was the. father of the present Dr. Cotter In Mill street." (It was Dr.

John H. Cot terJ Mr, Freer continued the roll call ofthe men who built up the council and brought so many, attractions to Columbus Andrew O. Cochran, for many years associated with M. Shwsrts and company: John Nevlns, North Bridge street grocer. who was later a city assessor under Wilbur and Mayor Lovelace: William J.

Leahey, the president of Dutchess Manufacturing company and the father of Alderman Leahey; Thomas Furlong. New York Central defective: Anthony Muckenhoupt, who had a shoe store in Main street "EveJythlng Fappened" Tflr that building, and those are same 01 me men who made things happen," Mr. Freer said. "Why. Father sheahan wrote The English In English there.

He had an office upstairs: where, Dr. Vincent O'Neill Is now. Monslgnor Joseph Sheahan was pastor of St Peter's church for years. Until his desth. jir.

Freer said, and a great schoUr. The book hes wrote In Columbus In stitute compares the three great ver Bible, the Rheims ver sion of 15JJ, the King Jamesdf 11 Litweenjaoejnd 1911." re Hr i .1 (' ll' vHf and the Revised of 1(81 Dampers Spots There "Many famous speakers were heard there," he continued. "Short 'lyaftertbe building was put up 8amOomptrs was, pre Iderit of the American Federation of borrfor inanyTrearsand a Vf ry able speaker. He was brought here by the late John, who, wal Sresldenof Ppughkeepsle 1 Tiada ji UbotgpouncU; irv Dr. John O.

Covlata. nnlhr platform Mr. Freer said. DrCoyle was a New York bhyslclan, who was considered an authority on American history. It was a hobby Dr.

Coyle, Mr, Freer said, to give up his doctor business for a while, and so around the Hudson valley talking about history. roiessor' James C. MOnaharl was a great speaker who used to come often," Mr. Freer "He was a veryi rapid talker and a great speaker on almost every subject. He had these PhDs and LLDs snd, things behind his too.

Then Peter Collins, and Dayld Ooldsteln from' Boston used to speak here on all sorts of subject historical, geographical, educa tional any line. Those two were Eald by the national organization, ut.the others all talked for nothlng." Patrlck, Cardinal Hayes, spoke at the Institute about a quarter of a century ago, Mr. Freer ssld. This was soon after the Cardinal started the annual Catholic Charities cam. paigns perhaps during the second one, Mr.

Freer thinks, and Catholic Charities was his subject "He waa a rrMt la1r said. "They called him the 'Archbishop of the It was" Father fiheahan vhn' hmiriit' klM' t. The two were great friends." Many politicians, both national anillocsl, spoke from the Institute platform In theTtld days, Mr. Freer said. These politicians spoke on both sides of the political fence, since the local committees hired the auditorium.

Like the prize fights and minstrels and exhibitions these political meetings helped pay for the hall. Bryan Spoke "BVyan spoke there1 in 1(08, when he ran for the presidency!" Mr. Trttr recalled. "He was one of the out standing speakers of the country at He was like Henry Clay. He ran three times for the presi dency, but.be was never elected.

"Bryan spoke In Poughkeepsle In all three of his csmnalEns. He'd usually 'stop at the railroad station, but this time; In 1808 that was the Jastatlme.he.ran he spoke In rougnkeensle twice the same day. Hd was at the Old Colllnswood Onera house around noon, then went over to Columbus Institute, "I can remember all 'the people "crowding around Bryan, and BUI McCabe his brother was chief of police at tne time waving bis arms to open up the crowd anaWlet Bryan get out Bill was a sort of bodyguard for him." Four years later "Teddy" Roose velt spoke st the institute when he wss running for president on the Bull Moose, ticket Mr. Freer recalled. Taft wss then the Republican candidate, and Wilson was the Choice of the Democrats.

When Roosevelt failed to, get the Republican nomination, 'his backers had stsrted the new Bull Moose party. "It was a strslght csmpalgn jpeecn, mi. Freer ssld. "He hired the hall. There was a large crowd out la front after the speech.

He waved to the crowd snd went on up the road to spend the nigni wrin nu relatives, the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt's people." FDR'S Custom President Franklin Roosevelt spoke at the Institute marry times between 1(10, when he wss elected atste senstor, and 1933, when he wss first elected president, Mr. Freer said. After that the bowling alleys had the space that had been occupied by the auditorium. Mr.

Roosevelt epqke there In both of his campaigns for governor. He usually finished each campaign, Mr. Freer said, with a speech at the Institute when he wss on his wsy home to vote, usually the night before election. There was a lot of political speaking going on In the hall be Institutey Part of Life of mi City 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 aaaaaaaaagf' 9 smaaaaaaaaaaHaSaaaaa sageagealgeaH faaBaBaBaBasagfEiaaCHBBSnblaHaBagaHa aaHKlaaalsVtaJgaaalaa'aaValBBa galiiaa.V.:?'.W'. saaafasTsaagngel 3 sageWflnV SBBSm'rM sasaWralH J'BWTMffflBSiSi agsaWf aMlX''W3rLMB kgeWi asarrffaLCi7f.isaWRsmaaaKa7.s aV slfMaaV' MjlaHVIaHnW MFlf agawJel saoaegel BarlHaeB8alBafUXl iVrw 1 If lirToiir 1rtf iflsft 1 1 tgssV' JtofvgKaaTt rl est AigrsgessssssM safaBasB Kl 'V ltV? 'ySlXl WtlW9 lMgeaHaigKal 9saBasaBlal.ttti;.)aV(B:igBti rjms ggji" T.wrTgmr 'V'.

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The Chanter outfit snd John K. Baeue and John Mack and Richard S. Connell all spoke there many times. "Connell was the editor of the old News Press, a Democratic paper that was owned by the Hlnkley fam JlyCHe Wss.theibest of them tbe.best fpcsl orator of party pat i evex, He is I either' psrty wssnt humorous. He wss an Intel lectual, a greet Intellectual He was self too.

He never went to any. college, but how he could talk. Oh, that Connell was a great speaker. He spoke for the Democratic party. In 1(10 he was finally elect ed Cbneressmsn after many years of active political campaigning.

He'd been running for assemblyman all his life, and been" defeated. 'Speech, Became Famoaa "While he was In Congress he msde a great speech thst wss commented on all over the country. That was when Arizona and New Mexico became states, and two stsrs were added to the flag. In eloquent language and he' could use It he ssld we should sdd more stsrs. They tslked about that speech all.

over the country. Some liked It, and of course, some dldn t. Some people thought that Connell waved tne nan too much. He wss the Only local man every elected Con gressman from this district on the Democratic ticket In my time. He only served one term.

He died in 1(12 when he was coming up for reelection." 1908 was a very exciting year, politically, Mr. Freer recalled. John Mack was then. elected district attorney, John K. Sague was elected mayor for the first time, VBob" Chanler was elected sheriff and his brother, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, was elected lieutenant governor.

They were all Democrats, and they all spoke st Columbus Connell also spoke msny times: he spoke In all campaigns, but he wasnt running that year. The Chanlers, Mr. Freer said, were Red Hook millionaires, and they revitalized the Democratic party that year. Lewis Stuyvessnt Chanler was a New York criminal lawyer, and had aerved as supervisor of Red Hook. dldnt run again, and neither did Bob Chanler.

The council was putting on many fairs, exhibitions and minstrel shows In that period, Mr. Freer recalls. Everything from a. house and lot to a basket of groceries was given away at the exhibitions. The minstrels used local talent exclusively, and drew large crowds.

One of the' biggest fairs If not the biggest was shortly after the last war. with Mr. Hogan as chairman. The first, boxing contests were held in the hall in 1(18. Mr.

Freer said. They were rhn by James J. Cosine, a former New. Yorker, who was then living In Rhinebeck. Fred Wetmore bed charge of the pre llmlBaries that featured local boys before the main bouts.

"I built the ring for Cosine, and Johnny Saxon and Johnny Howard opened up the first main bout we called 'them boxing contests Instead of prize fights," Mr. Freer said with grin. ''Saxon and Howard were well, known at the time. Cozlne brought Charlie Welnert here, too. He waa a prominent boxer of that day.

He challenged Jess WUlsrd when WlUard waa champion." Tanney Appears After this country declared war on Germany in 1(17 the boxing was discontinued for a time; when the war was over, In 1918. Fred Wetmore revived boxing st the hall. Mr. Freer built. the ring for him.

too. "Wetmore ran about 30 bouts that sesson, Mi. Freer (aid. He had James Wright, known as Dominie' Wright to the fight fans, as an announcer. Dominie Wright had plenty to.

say, Mr. Freer recalled, and provided a lot of entertainment with his wit and humor. The fans "liked his gab." He wore a white suit and made a good appearance. "BUI McCabe. brought dene Tunney here for a boxing exhibition around 1818, right after the war," he continued.

"Tunney was Just a young beginner then. He was world champion later, you know. Bill had met him France when he was a K. of C. and Tunney was a Marine.

Tunney was then champion of the AEF. He won that title a real contest In Europe. Here he fought against someone who dldnt have a chance against him. That's whst they mean by an exhibition match. Tunney did this for nothing.

Bill got him here to entertain the soldier boys coming back from the war." 1 O'Dowd Referred Michael O'Dowd, the world middleweight champion, who had fought for the entertainment of the boys In France, was slso here about this time, Mr. Freer recalled. O'Dowd didn't fight In the local hall. He refereed matches between local boys from" up and down the river. Ills visit, like Tunney's, was arranged for the entertainment of returning servicemen, and no' admla slon was charged.

Wetmore quit Ous Joy took It up about Mr. Freer ssld. "He had the same Dominie Wright as announcer. On Ous Joy's those in the picture from left to right are: MICHAEL J. CLEARY, JOHN J.

MYLOD. WILLIAM J. BEARDSLEY, JOHN E. DONNELL, the REV. WILLIAM LIVIN08TON, CHARLES F.

HUOHXS, JOHN J. NEVINS. JOSEPH PtJRCELL, THOMAS J. COMERFORD, ANTHONY MUCKENHOUPT, EDWARD M. TIMMINS.

DR. JOHN H. COTTER, MAYOR QEQROE M. HINE. ANDREW O.

CORCORAN, POLICE CHIEF CHARLES M. MCCABE. WILLIAM MC DONALD and THOMAS CLEARY. One of the People: Looks Forward to Rest Mrs. A.

Nichols, Retiring from Oakwood School, Once Managed Manufacturing Company Here By HELEN MYERS "I want to do the things a home woman would do." Mrs. Albert L. Nichols of King wood park says of her resignation at Oakwood. school. "1 had time to read or do any civic work.

Of course. 1 want to have contacts. I would miss them if I were home' entirely. But when 1 leave school, I hope to have finished my working career. 1 have gotten awfully tired, and I'm going to take a long rest." Mrs.

Nichols has worked at the' scnooi zor it years, tne last eisnt as director of halls and buyer of foods. Her resignation will be effective Aug. 4, after the series of summer church conferences at the school Is over. Mrs. Nichols' desire for rest, for time to resd and time to do the things a home woman does, Is understandable.

She has held responsible Jobs for more than 35 yesrs, and during several those years she was the mother of two small sons. as weu as tne nesa 01 ner household. Tne former Florence Nlcol was born and brought up In Chicago. Her first Job was there, with Sears Roebuck and company In the days wnen tne now giant mall order firm had only one small building on the Chicago river. Mrs.

Nichols worked there when sno. was a girl during summer vacations: Planned to Be Teacher When sh wss graduated from high school at the age of 16 she was planning to. be a school teacher. here to pay Joe Humphries. He Just came to accommodate a friend.

Then he went pn to ssy he wss born and raised with Governor Al Smith in the old Fourth wsrd In New York City, and what a good governor he would mike. Smith had been elected governor first In 1(18, but he wss beaten by Nathan Miller in mo in the Harding landslide. He was reelected from 1(23 on." Mr. Freer reeled off the dates with no hesitancy whatever! In the early 10s the council also had "basketball for everybody," Mr. Freer said.

Around 1(23 a league of six' or eight teams was formed. John Hogsn was the chairman of I the committee that organized It and got It going. 'lBV'BBBBBBaBgaV MRS. ALBERT L. NICHOLS Since she was too young to enter teachers' training school, she took a Job with Mead Cycle company, one of the first bicycle mall order houses.

She decided to slay, and took a business course at night When the company began to do a good bust ness with the Philippines, she stud fed Spanish st the Berlitz School of Languages. In this wsy she worked her wsy up to be head of the foreign department In five years. Her next Job wss with Styx Baer Fuller In St. Louis, at the time the The teams were all fourth largest department store In composed of 18 or 20 yesr oldcoun the world. Here the had charge of ell members.

At that time the the mall order department that oc council had a membership of around cupled the entire seventh floor and WllltM UM 1HIW UtVppCU tO CMyiujtU tllviC ll.nil 14t pujie, 1I1B nmnln, nloh, mil XMnlaM nithf Hughes Elected Joe Humphries here to'ooen It UD. Everything went Democratic that Everybody who ever read sports year," Mr. Freer rtcalled with knows Joe Humphries. He (wss the pleasure. "All the top officers of announcer for leading bortlng con the state were Democrats except the tests of thst day all over the coun Oovernor.

That was Charles Evans try. "He started off by saying he didn't come up here to take this young Hughes. He defeated WlHIam Ran dolph' Hearst. In 1(08 Lewis stuy vesant Chanler Spoke in the hall when: he, ran against Hughes for marl's Job away from him, meaning Dominie That Was funny. governor, Hughes beat hlmV Ho.lTbe? didn't make enough money ft about 500, Mr.

Freer said, "Lots of pebple remember those basketball games," he said. "There was basketball galore for everybody and no admission charged. At considerable expense, the council put in shower baths, tile floors In the showers and a great many individual lockers, one for each player. They were all local 'boys, who've grown to manhood now. Some were good players, and some weren't so good.

department she headed got out Its own. catalogue and bought its own merchandise. The last year she was tnere It cud a business of more then $258,000. After seven 'years on this Job, she resigned In 1912, when she married the man with the name so like her own, whom she hst talked over the telephone for seven years before she met. After her marriage she moved back to Chicago, and here It was all done for the boys' enter her two Albert and Charles, talnment were born.

Albert Is now In the Air All this has happened In the old Columbus Institute. It's part LoIth history of Poughkeepsle. You see, tney nac. culture ana refinement there, as well as, prise fights and athletic events. I know about It, because I used to be there for alLof It, I dont go so much new.

home SI. night" corps, stationed st Las. Vegas, Nev and Charles returned to Poughkeepsle lest autumn after three yesrs of government, construction work In Scotland, Bermuda, the Yukon end the Aleutians: Mrs. "Nichols" husband was in the steamship and when he was made treasurer of his company and transferred to New York in 1818, she and the two hoys naturally followed. MT.

and Mrs. Nichols bought a home In New Jersey within' commuting distance of New York. Cane lo Poaghkeepaie In the summer of 1821 Mr. Nichols bought the patents, factory and equipment of Liberty Starters that operated the Friable Pie company Is todsy on West Cedar street, near where DelafleM street enters the North road. Mr.

Nichols named hls'new business the Algonquin Electric corporation, and began to tool up to manufacture Ignition systems fot Ford cars. 1 That autumn, before the company got In production, Mrs. Nichols lock ed up their Jersey home and came to Poughkeepsle with their, two boys. In fact, the company hadn't begun production when the family went to Chicago for a short holiday visit While they "Were there, Mr. Nichols, who had apparently been strong and well, died unexpectedly Christmas day.

Since her husband had put so much money In the new corporation, Mrs. Nichols decided to on the business. She" finished tooling up, and went Into production. The basis her business waa two patents, one for" the Ignition system, the other for a fly wheel magneto for lawn mowers and water supply systems, tor farms. This wss in the days when Tords Came off of the assembly lines with a crank.

The Ignition system was for those who preferred an easier way of starting thetr cars. Mrs. Nichols describes her Ignition system as "a little $10 lgnltor." It could.be installed on any standard model, and she sold a great many of them to dealers. Then the Ford company began building its own ignition systems, ahd that part of her business was ended. Obtained Radio Contract The magneto was still selling well.

Mrs. Nichols remembers that Fairbanks Morse thought well enough of It to send their engineer here. He worked at her faotory for six weeks. adapting the magneto to their unit. Radios were becoming popular at the time, so the Algonquin branched out to make condensers, colls and other radio parts.

Mrs. Nichols advertised In the New York papers and so obtained a great many small oraers. "Then we secured a'blg radio con tract, and that was our mistake." Mrs. Nichols says. "It was a half million dollar contract from Music Master corporation to make complete sets.

We discontinued all our small orders to handle It, and got up to production of 500 sets a day." In that period the Algonquin had more than 150 employes, ahd the payroll was $8,000 some 'weeks. And Mrs. Nichols the active head of the business, Its treasurer and general manager. Her husband's former partner In the steamship business was Interested In the local firm, but she wss In charge. All went welT until Music Master went into bankruptcy.

Since est corporation had discontinued Its small contracts ttfhsndle the big one. It was forced into receivership. Mrs. Nichols hsd operated the local firm for five years, and had poured money Into it to make it a going concern. Joined Oakwood Staff "Wemade.

Our mlstake, when we put. all of our eggs in one basket," she ssys. "It wss a blow, of course, but I figured that I still had myJ APqge Ten Years Age 7 i Jalv 22. leu Alderman James McKenna named, toact as mayor In the It aence of Mayor, Spratt and Alow mert at Jarge Luks. "r' T' Raymond Billows returned her.

after winning thBNew York Sub amateur; golf cnsmplonshV "roneck: Alderman Fallon received wm from the Postmaster General Poughkeepsle has Included! sVllat.oi e.tiei that were. new postofflce. Acting District Attorney Thoou, reported thst MmS manslaughter charges had Sk lodged as a result of aulnmnkn. cldehts throughout the numi. 4eatti tollforjtbe year rose toil in, awuon agent the New York Central designated Republican candidate mayor to run against Msyor Sorau Emergency relief administration loomed'as an outstanding the election campaign.

TWENTY FIVE YEAR8 AGO Jaly 1(28 ay jonansson, owner of 'th. Johansson factory, here, was samed the "world's most accurate nsa." and "the Edison Sweden" in as American magailne article. Frances Sagendorf and Marlon Yeager. EvenlngSUr girl reporUm made a flight along the Hudson In 1 hydroplane and declared their trto to be "heavenly. The former home of Mr.

and Mrs Oeorge A. Coleman, Klngwood part was remodelled for the occupency of UhrQttataaaemjtarj fw bujiiiu Charles Rhynus, veteran dtr merchant; sold his Main street slot to a VlrglnU firm and took his flm real vacation In Much speculation was Larouart when an unidentified truck unload. ed unmarked packages at a wan. house hv the, First ward. Later la the day, limousines drew up, their occupants knocked and gave pais.

and carried, away' the pick. Fifty Years Ago Jaly 22, 18(5 Undersherlff Hsdden, while bleyel. ing through Hopewell Junction, recognized an escaped lunatic and (sp. hired him with a bunch of keys. Tm lunatic mistook "the keys" for and surrendered.

Mayor Arnold vetoed a resolutln to hold a special election of Uxpay erg to determine whether the water commission had the power to spud $20,000 for a new filter bod. He itsM that the. Common council had Uh power to make that decision. Spencer Van Clevf and see, Harry, accompanied a Senate committee on fish and game to Canada, where agreements on fish and gam laws were established for this itsti and the Dominion of Canada. health.

I'm of Scotch ancestrt. and I have a lot of come back. Both my mother and father were Mrs. Nichols had moved to King' wood park three years before. Is 1823, to be near Oakwood school, wnere sne entered ner soya am wasnt a Friend.

She was a Pres byterian, but she admired tin school. Her boys went there for 11 tears. Since her property adjqlnstbt school, she became a house mother. In thU case, It meant that eight of the glrU lived In her home for year and a half. In 1828 she asked to help at the school durui a clerical shortage.

She took onr office detail, the books and accounts ahd became school secretary. "I gradually took over dlffertnl things," Mrs, NlchoU ssys. 1 came buyer of foods about eight years That's beep a prattj big Job for the last two or mres years." As the buyer of foods she plsnneo: the menus for from 155 to. 180 people. Although the vsrlous locd shortages often made It dlffleUM, she still thinks It's fun to pua menus tor young people.

TM may be because she msde a hsw of. encouraging suggestions from tM pupils, and often changed her nlema to Include things they asked It's easier when, you know they what you give them, she ssys. How did she learn thU workT don't know, except that 1 sowaj. knew good 100a, ssys frankly. "My husbano su.

used to travel a lot, and of couth. I did study up on balanced Then I let the home ecjoomW classes tske the menus and eneo them. The average mother wm Intelligent all and has raw children knows eomeimns As buyer of foods Mrs. Nlcho also, had full charge of both and student help in the dining rooa and kitchen. Three women art ployed in the kitchen, the first cool.

the second cook and an assWsnt During the pest school year IT.bMJ ahd 20 glrU aerved as boys csrrled trap and did dUh and (lass wsshU w. tk. lahles SDO ne aula aefc uh rt waited on them. ThU work is pan of the Instruction st the school where every student required Work at least an hour a u). Each student also respomft" for keeping hU or her own ioo clean, and halU and rooms sre KJJ hv tiMimti with the assistance one man and woman.

As director" halU. Mrs NlchoU work, too now on the last Up Oakwood. During tne monu. church conferences bsve or wiu Meld there, with an attendance, K. ii and 180, UP capacity of the school.

She begst ihnu rnnftrences ld when she signed up dents ai paid employes. to plan the food last spring. U. hadn't ahed have i that she lo forward resting, to plsnnlngyi further ahead than jext. Sundsj' roastr A I.