The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 39

Thursday May 12 1983Part l-C 3 Hoe Angeles (States Curiosity Brings Discovery of Mother Lode of History By NORA O'DOWD Associated Press SPECIAL VALUE OUR SANYO RADIOCASSETTE RECORDER NOW 4495 Orig 4995 A music-to-go system with AM and FM radio cassette recorder ACDC operation slide-rule tuning dial and a built-in condenser microphone Limited quantities Stereos 88 THE BROADWAY CHURCH Continued from Second Page stop the attackers by warning that he would call the police the men replied "We are the police" according to a church source The day before the attack three St Martin's volunteer workers were released from custody after a personal protest to the interior minister Gen Czeslaw Kiszczak who is ostensibly Poland's top security official However when the priest mentioned Kiszczak's name to the intruders one of them said "We do report to Gen Kiszczak" the church source said Investigation Requested St Martin's pastor Father Bron-islaw Dembowski has requested a formal investigation of the incident But judging from a letter that a source close to the church said was delivered Monday to the Polish episcopate Dembowski is not likely to get much satisfaction The letter signed by a police colonel said that security policemen had entered the cloister grounds in pursuit of "hooligans" who had been distributing anti-state leaflets Once inside the police were "attacked" by 10 people along with three priests and a nun the source quoted the letter as saying The letter reportedly said that the police are willing in the spirit of the papal visit to forgive and forget pricks evidence of the stretching of the skin before it was written upon Another interesting record is a deed of emancipation signed in 1793 by "Margaret Clark Widow" The document granted freedom to Clark's slave Flora and her son Jim "It was filed in the recorder of deed's office because slaves were considered property" Trench said Margaret Clark's official bequest cost 35 cents according to a hastily scrawled note on the back of the deed Trench said that some of the properties have been traced back to the original William Penn grants "People are fascinated by the history" she said "They trace their property back 100 years to find what was there And some of the properties have been in the same family for 100 years some longer" And some of the language in the old deeds is as flowing and descriptive as the neatly formed letters Long convoluted phrases serve to pinpoint a date while property descriptions often are repeated time and again throughout the document "The reason is simple" she said "Scribes were paid by the word" DOYLESTOWN Pa-The boxes weren't even labeled They were heaped collecting dust in the basement of the Bucks County Courthouse until they were found by Lucille Trench the newly elected recorder of deeds She struck it rich that day The boxes contained a mother lode of thousands of deeds and documents some dating from the days of William Penn The smart and steady script preceded by large and flowing capital letters is the sort usually only seen pressed behind inches of glass in the dark recesses of museums "See what this is tied with?" asked Trench holding a bundle of papers bound with a faded pinkish band When the knot was first tied the color was bright red "That's the origin of the term 'government red tape' she said with a laugh Sifting through the sheepkin documents spanning centuries she pointed out a small almost oval-shaped hole in one of the records "That's not because of deterioration that's where the ear was" she said turning the document over to display careful script circumventing the gap Along the edges of the land grant written in 1738 are tiny pin SAVE ON MEN'S SPORTSWEAR 1499 25 OFF hJwSmie SAVE 25 ON MEN'S CASUAL 'WmZmk SPORTCOATS COTTON POLO SHIRTS SLACKS inSI Orig 7500 Too good to be true? Nope just Rea 20 00 Sorina forward Wow! A tremendous collection JHP fSlfil terrific Haggar sportcoats you can toss in the nMrottlnniinworcin of great looking summer slacks JWBL BgmM wash and they come out looking great And Classic styling at a great value more stV'es In a superb choice of JHF IBf Sportswear 182 Pick up a bunch Men's colors (and we take the 25 off fw! tS Sportswear 50 right at the register so you can see I li Agm JSf how much you save) Men's I WH Sportswear 126245 ''iRBr I I ALL MEN'S SWIMWEAR I I j2BP Orig 1300 to 2000 That's right all our men's Jmtjt Hr swimwear Trunks and bikinis Catalina Laguna Pierre Cardin and more In a lively choice of colors THE BROADWAY Shop by phone: Central Los Angeles (213) 622-7044 Orange County (714) 521-8102 San Diego (714) 291-601 1 or call your neighborhood Broadway Shop weekdays and Saturday from 10 am and all weekday evenings Open Sunday 10-6 except Broadway Plaza 12 to 5.