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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Abbott Labs COM 002824100 1540 34614 SH SOLE 34614
Autozone COM 053332102 1351 61417 SH SOLE 61417
Berkshire Hathaway COM 084670207 8235 4679 SH SOLE 4679
Berkshire Hathaway A COM 084670108 377 7 SH SOLE 7
Block H&R, Inc. COM 093671105 1909 58952 SH SOLE 58952
Claire's Stores COM 179584107 3654 189798 SH SOLE 189798
Clayton Homes Inc. COM 184190106 2010 251190 SH SOLE 251190
Columbia Gas COM 197648108 1072 16340 SH SOLE 16340
Countrywide Credit COM 222372104 972 32082 SH SOLE 32082
Dentsply International COM 249030107 3607 117056 SH SOLE 117056
Franklin Resources COM 354613101 2375 78199 SH SOLE 78199
Household Int'l COM 441815107 7950 191280 SH SOLE 191280
Jones Apparel COM 480074103 1804 76755 SH SOLE 76755
Kaydon Corp COM 486587108 3816 180641 SH SOLE 180641
Leggett & Platt COM 524660107 5873 355921 SH SOLE 355921
MBIA Inc. COM 55262c100 6170 128049 SH SOLE 128049
Price (T. Rowe) COM 741477103 988 23246 SH SOLE 23246
Ross Stores COM 778296103 5950 348707 SH SOLE 348707
Safeway Inc. COM 786514208 4824 106896 SH SOLE 106896
Sara Lee COM 803111103 2940 152229 SH SOLE 152229
Sherwin-Williams COM 824348106 2274 107304 SH SOLE 107304
USA Education COM 90390U102 3301 88173 SH SOLE 88173
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