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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
WOMBAT, tfUl 4. >«M
A-12 **
*f BfutlH
ACKERMAN. HORACE E. Suddanlr. oa
Sunday, April 3. 1055. at hit home,
3017 Medway st.. Silver Sprint. Md„
HORACE E. ACKERMAN, beloved hue
band ol Anna O. Aceerman. father of
Robert E Ackerman. Mrs. Bettie Ann
Griffis and Mrs. Ruth Carol Crifaal and
brother of Charlie W. Ackerman. Mr.
Ackerman rests at the Warner E.
jnimphrey Funeral Home. 8434 Oeoraia
%ve.. Silver Sprlnd. Md„ where services
will be held on Wednesday. April It. st
10:30 am. Interment Arllnaton Na
tional Cemetery. 6
ADDISON. FRANK. On Friday. April
1, 1955, FRANK ADDISON of 1720
lath st n.e. After 5 p.m. Tuesday.
April B. friends are Invited to call at
the Jarvis Chapel. 1432 You st. n.w..
where funeral services will be held at
9am Wednesday. April H. Inter
ment Arllnaton National Cemetery. 3
ALLEN, THOMAS EDWARD. On Batur- ,
day, April 2. 1956. at his home. (1512
79th pi., Cabin John. Md,. THOMAS
EDWARD ALLEN, beloved husband of
Bessie Virginia Allen, father of Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Lons, Mrs. Margaret
Viralnla Cox. Mrs Sarah Alinia Katz
and Edward Winters Allen, brothel of
Forest Winters Allen. Friends are In
vited to call at the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Funeral Home ol Robert A
Fnmphrey. Bethesda. Md.. until 1 pm.
Tuesday April 6. Thence, to lie In
state at the Shaler Methodist Church.
Cabin John. Md., where services will
be held at .2:30 p.m. Interment Po
tomac Methodist Church Cemetery.
ARMSTRONG. ROBERT BERN’S. Jr. On <
Sunday, April 3. 1955. at Doctors' Hos
pital. ROBERT BURNS ARMSTRONG.
Jr., husband of Bess Furman Armstrong
of 3436 34th pi. n.w.. father of Ruth
Eleanor Armstrong and Robert Furman
Armstrong. Friends may call at Oaw
lers Chapel. 1766 Pennsylvania ave. n.w.
(free parking opposite). Services will be
held at Epiphany Church, 1317 O st.
n.w.. on Wednesday. April 8. at 2 pm.
Interment Rock Creek Cemetery.
AWKARD. ILL A BENSON. On Thurs
day, March 31. 1955. ELLA BENSON
AWKARD of 4724 9th st. n.w.. wife
of Augustus Avvkard. mother of Sent.
Harvey M. Awkward. Helen, Beulhh and
Bthel Awkard. Lillian Hill. Ella Barnes
and Juanita Johnson, sister of Kath
erine Levis and Laura Claugett. she
also leaves two arandchiloren. other
relatives and many friends Alter 12
noon Sunday. April 0. friends are in
vited to call at the Jarvis Chanel. 1 432
You st. n.w. (parking space available',
where funeral services, will be held
at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Aoril 5 Inter
ment Woodlawn Cemetery. 4 |
RANKS. MAE E. On Saturday. April 2.
1955, MAE E. BANKS of 509 Eastern
•ve. n.e.. beloved wife of Fred D. Ban.:*,
aister of William Jackson of Carlyle,
Pa. She also is survived by ten nieces,
slsters-in-law. other relatives and many
friends. After 5 pm. Tuesday, April
6. friends are invited to call at the
Jarvis Chapel. 1432 You st n.w. (Park
ing space aavllablei. Funeral services
1.30 p m. Wednesday. April 0. at Beth
lehem Baptist Church. Howard rd and ]
Nichols ave. s.e. Interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery. 5
BLANDFORD. JOSEPH H. On Sunday.
April 3. 1955. at Physicians Memorial
Hospital, La Plata. Md.. JOSEPH H.
BLANDFORD. son of the late Dr
Joseph H. Blandford. sr.. and beloved
husband of Pauline Blandford. Funeral
from hta late residence Brandywine.
Md.. on Wednesday. April ti, at 9:45
a.m. Mass St John's Church. Clinton. ,
Md.. 10 a.m. Interment church ceme
tery 5
BOND. JOHN SAMUEL. JR. On Friday.
April 1. 1955. JOHN SAMUEL BOND.
Jr., beloved husband of Nettyc Bond,
father of Stuart M. Bond, brother of
granees Thomas, Victorlne and Joseph
ond. nephew of Joseph and William
Bond. He also Is survived by other
relatives and many friends After 5
ban. Monday. April 4. triends are
Invited to call at the Jarvis Chapel.
1432 You st. nw. (parking space avail- .
ablei. Maas will be offered at St.
Cyprian'a Church at 9 a rr. Tuesdav.
April 6. Interment Arlington Na
tional Cemetery. 4
BOYD. CHARLES IRVIN. On Sunday,
April 3 1955. at Casualty Hospital,
CHARLES IRVIN BOYD of 808 Q st |
s e„ beloved son of Eva M. Owens and ;
the late Charles H. Boyd, brother of
Eston A. Boyd, stepbrother of Anne N.
Owens. Evelyn Erskine and Ear] Owens.
Funeral from the James T. Ryan Fu
neral Home. 317 Pa. ate. s.e.. on Wed
nesday. April 6. at 8:30 a.m. Requiem
eass at St. Peter s Church at 9 a.m.
elatlves and friends Invited Inter
ment Arlington National Cemeterv. 5
BOWIE. CARRIE L. On Sunday, April 3.
1055. CARRIE L. BOWIE of 4227 Grant
at. n.e. Notice of funeral later. Ar
rangements by Fraziers.
BROWN. JAMES L. Suddenly on Tues
day. March 20. 1955, JAMES L.
BROWN of 815 18th st. n.w.. beioved
brother of Mrs., Ann Feely and Mrs.
Catherine King of Newport, R. I.
Puneral from Collins Funeral Home.
8821 14th st. n.w.. on Tuesday. April 6.
at 9:30 a.m. Requiem mass at ( .
St. Matthew's Cathedral. 17th and
fthode Island ave. n.w.. at 10 a.m.
nterment Arlington National Cemetery.
BROWN. RANDOLPH (RANDLE). On
Saturday. April 2. 1955. RANDOLPH
(RANDLE) BROWN of 720 Virginia ave.
s.e. lather of Mrs. Cliffus B. McKin
ney. Mrs. Veineil B. Brook,. Johnnie S..
Harry. Haywood and Henry Brown:
•teplather of Mrs Ida S. Drake and
James Strother: brother of Mrs. LI zie <
Johnson and George Brown Fifteen i
grandchildren and other relatives also
survive Notice of funeral, later. Ar
rangements by Malvan & Schey. Inc.
CALBKEATH. JAMES B. On Sunday.
April 3. 1955.. JAMES B. CALBREAIrt,
beloved husband ol Margaret T. Cal
breath. father of James B. Calbreath,
jr. Funeral from the W. W. Deal Fu
neral Home. 4812 Georgia ave. n.w.,
on Tuesday. April 6. at 2 p.m. Inter
ment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
CHAMBERS. EMMA. On Saturday. April
2, 1955. EMMA CHAMBERS of 508 Co
lumbia rd. n.w.. devoted mother of Ben
iamin Richardson, sister of Beniamin
Snells of Elkridge, Md. She also is sur
vived by six grandchildren, seven great
grandchildren and other relatives and
friends. After 4 p.m. Tuesday. April
5, friends ma.v call at Fraziers Funeral
Home. 380 R. I. ave. n.w. Funeral Wed
nesday, April H. at I P.m, at St. Ste
phens A. M. E. Churcn, Elkridge. Md.
CHASE. AMANDA HUMES. On Saturday.
April 2, 1056. AMANOa HUMES CHASE
of 410 T st. n.w.. wife of William T.
■Chase and mother of Thomas Chase.
Also surviving are four sisters. Mrs.
Mamie Smith. Mrs. Ida Thomas. Mrs.
Sarah Johnson and Mrs. Ma .ne N.
Hughes; four borthers. William N.
Humes Douglas Humes. Bishop Samuel
L. Humes and Russia Humes: many j
other relatives amt llrends. After 0 ■
p.m. Monday, friends are invited to
call at her late resilience. Services at
Vermont Avenue Bapt:st Church oai
Wednesday. April «. at 1 pm. Rev.
C. T. Murray officiating. Arrangements
tto McGuire. Inc. 5
CLELAND. ALEXANDRIA J. On Satur
day. April 2. 1936. at his residence,
6700 Cedar pkwy., Chevy Chase.
Md.. ALEXANDRIA J. CLELAND. be
loved husband of Johanna Eck Cleland.
father of Mrs. James A. Cunningham.
Thomaa J. cleland. Mrs. Frank Acosta
and John Cleland. Services at the 8 H.
Hines Co, Funeral Home. 2901 14th at.
n.w.. on Tuesday. April 5. at 9:15 a.m.,
thence to the Most Blessed Sacrament
Catholic Church, Western and Quesada
at. n.w., where the holy sacrifice of the
mass will be offered at 10 a.m. for the
repose of his soul. Interment Fort
Lincoln Cemetery 4
COOPER. ELIZABETH. On a Sunday.
April a. 1955. Elizabeth c<Joi-br of
1706 C st. s.e., the beloved mother of !
Mrs Ella Butler. Mrs. Martha Boone.
Miss Clara Coates and Mrs Nellie |
Hagans. She also leaves seven grand- |
children, eight great-grandchildren and ,
many other relatives and iriends. No
tice ol funeral later. Arrangements by
Alexander 8 Pope. *
CORNELIUS. MADELINE M. On Friday.
April 1. 1965. MADELINE M. Curt-
NELIUB ol 1448 Corcoran st n.w.,
devoted aister of Mrs. Leantlne M.
Watson and James anu Edgar Mouse,
niece of Edward Miller. Friends are
invited to call at the Malvan st Schey,
Inc . Funeral Home. New Jersey ave.
and R st. n.w.. on Tuesday. April 5.
after 4 P.m., where luneral services
will bo held on Wednesday. April (j, at
1 p.m. Interment woodlawn cemetery.
i«VIS. WILLIAM A. suddenly, on Fri
day. April 1. 1955, residence,
Jboi 27th st. a.*., vfrllllAM A DAVIS,
beloved husband of Catherine A. Daria,
(services from the William J. Tlckner
at Sons Funeral Horae, North and
Pennsylvania ave.. Baltimore. Md. on
JSuesday. April 5. at lu a.m. Inter
ment Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore.
iteNNtr, GENEVA E. On Bunday. April
S. 1955. GENEVA *. Denney of 6308
‘‘Colorado ave. n.w., daughter of tue
late Hugh H and Alllce E. Denney and
inister of Miss Louise F. Denney and
111 late Pearl A.. Robert R and Philip
L Denney. Also surviving are many
relatives and friends. After 13 noon
Wednesday, friends are Invited to call
at the McOuire Funeral Home. 1820
9th st. n.w.. where serlvces will be held
(Thursday, April 7. at 1 p.m. Inter
ment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. 9
FJEFIELD. WILLARD A. Suddenly on
.Friday, April 1. 1956. at Prince Georges
Hospital. CheveW. fed;. WILLARD A.
FIEFIELD Os 3908 Newton st., Colmar
Manor. Md, beloved husband of Ruth
J. Flefleld and father of Mrs. Katherine
L. Ingram And Mrs. Allyne D Southard.
He it also survived by seven grand
children. Friends may call at Oaach'a
Funeral Home. Hyattsville. Md. where
services will be held on Tuesday. April 5.
at 11:30 a.m. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
FUNERAL DESIGNS. j
GEO. C. SHAFFER, INC. |
Sxpresalve Floral Tributes Moderate
Brices Open daily Sun holiday* - Phone
Ofdert also accepted. 8:30 to 9 p m week
gvhti 91111 14th St N W NA 8-01 Oti j
CUDE BROS. CO., FLORISTS
jSI» F At NW NA 8-4278
; FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Crematorium
I. William Lee’s Sons Co.
MtNFIAL DIRECTORS
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As Low os $95.00 Up
CHAMBERS
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FIEFIELD, WILLARD. Officers and
• members of Post 131. Colmar
Manor, are requested to at
tend service* of our late com
rade, WILLARD FIEFIELD.
at Oasch'a Funeral Home.
Hyattsville. Md.. at 8 p.m.
Monday. April 4. 1955.
FRANK WALZL. Comdr. 1
E. MASTIN. Adi.
FIEFIELD. WILLARD A. Members of the
Association of Retired Polire
« ■ ) men are notified of the
t 111 death of our late brother.
/. A A WILLARD A. FIEFIELD. on
■MPMM Friday, April 1. 1955. Re
-S mains resting at Uaseh
. ' Funeral Home, Hyattsville.
Md.. where services will be held at
11:30 a.m. Tuesday. April 5. Inter
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
JAMBS P. SAYER. President.
RICHARD A BURTON. Secretary.
GORMAN. JAMBS JOSEPH. JR. On Sat
urday. April 2. 1955. at Georgetown
Hospital. JAMES JOSEPH GORMAN.
Jr. of 415 North Qearge Mason dr..
Arlington. Vg.. beloved husband oi I
Juliet H Oorman and father ol James
Joseph. 3rd. and Michael J. Gorman. :
He is also survived by his mother. Mrs.
Learie Gorman of Miami. Fla..,and two
biothrrs Robert Oorman of Mlimi. Fla.,
and Franklin Oorman of Falls Church.
Va. Friends may call at the Ives
Funeral Home. 2847 Wilson blvd.. Ar
lington. Va. where funeral services will
be held on Tuesday. April 5. at 11 a.m.
Interment Columbia Oardens Cemetery. |
GORMAN. JAMES J., JR. A special com- :
m munication of Columbia
JJS Lodge No. 286. A. F. and
/iQI A. M-. Arlington, Va.. Is
e/r 'Va called at lo a.m. Tuesday.
\Kjkjy* April 5. 1965. for the pur-
Pose of conducting Masonic
YF services at the funeral of our
late brother. JAMES J. GORMAN. Jr.
W. W. DOWNS. Matter. 4
GREGG. ANNE M. Suddenly at 9:45
Saturday. April 2. 1955. ANNE
M. OREGG. she is survived by one'
niece. Mrs Leonard Bowman. Funeral
services Monday. April 4. at 2 p.m
from her late residence. PurcellrUle.
Va. Interment Lincoln. Va Remains
resting at Bail Funeral Home. Purcell
ville. 4
HADDER, JOHN J. Os 409 4th at. n.w.,
pn April 2. 1955, husband of Gertie
M. Hadder, father of Edsel H. Hadder
and Mrs. Louise C. Sllvey. Services
at Chambers Funeral Home. 617 11th
st. s.e . on Wednesday, April 8. at 2:30
p.m. Interment Washington National
Cemetery.
HALL. ELLEN, of 3101 20th st. n.e.. on '
April 1, 19.);., mother of Mrs. Bertha
Simon of Detroit. Mrs. Nellie Noble
of New York. Mrs. Doris Wood of Alex
andria. Va.; Clifford Hall of D. C. Also
survived by two sisters and five
brothers: nine grandchildren and one
Keat-srandchild. Services at Cham
rs Funeral Home. 1400 Chapin st.
n.w„ on Tuesday. April 5. at 3 p.m.
Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
HART. HARRY McKINLEY. Suddenly. 1
on Saturday. April 2. 1955. at his resi
dence Tudor Hall Apartments. 928
Massachusetts ave. n.w.. HARRY MC
KINLEY HART, husband of the late Bes
sie Jones Hart, brother of Walter L. Hart
of Morgantown. W. Va. Services from
the S. H. Hines Co. Funeral Home. 2901
14th st. n.w., Tuesday, April 57 at 2
P.m. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery.
HART, harry M. (DUCKY). The mem
-opn. bers of Washington Post No. i
29. 29th Division Association,
are requested to attend rites
at the S. H. Hines Co. Fu-
Home, 2901 14th st.
n.w. at 8 p.m. Monday. April
4. 1955. Interment Arling
ton National Cemetery. 2 p.m. Tues
day. April 5. 1955.
(Signed) THOMAS F. HALt, Comdr.
J. FRED CHASE. Adjutant.
JAMES. ARTHUR. On Friday. April 1.
1955. ARTHUR JAMES of 2106 Mary
land ave. n.e., beloved husband of Mrs. !
Mary James, father of Mrs. Evelyn Lan- |
caster. Leslie. Ralph and Charles James.
Brother of Mrs. Mary Williams. He
also is survived by three grandchildren,
two great-grandchlHren, other rela
tives and friends. After 5 p.m. Wed- j
nesday, April H, friends are Invited !
to call at the Jarvis Funeral Church. ■
1433 You st. n.w. Funeral services j
1 p.m. Thursday, April 7. at Florida '
Avenue Baptist Church. Interment :
Woodlawn Cemetery. 6 j
JOHNSON. THADDEUS W. On Satur
day. April 2. 1955. at Suburban Hos
pital. Bethesda. Md.. THADDEUS W. 1
JOHNSON, beloved husband of Mrs. I
Irene Johnson, father of Mrs. Gladys i
Thomas. Sylvia. Warren and Edward
Johnson: also surviving are four grand
children. one son-in-law. William
Thomas and other relatives and friends.
After K p.m. Monday. April 4. friends
may call at the Robert L. Snowden Fu
neral Home. Rockville. Md.. where
funeral services will be held on Tues
day. April 5. at 2 p.m.
JONES. JOHN MONTGOMERY. JOHN
MONTGOMERY JONES, son of Mrs. Ann
Grace Sheridan Jones, brother of
Thomas Powell Jones. Mrs. Dorothy
Brady Mrs E eaitor Clark and Mrs.
Betty Robertson. Friends may call at
Oawler’s Chapel. 1760 Pennsylvania
ave. n.w. (free paiking opposite) where
prayers will be said on Tuesdav. April 5. ,
at 9:30 a m Interment Arlington Na
tional Cemetery with honors. 4
KELLY FORD R. Suddenly, on Sunday.
April 3. lOo.j, at Occoquan. Va.. FORD
R KELLY of Warrenton, Va., son nf
H. Wtae Kelly, sr.. and the late Julia
Swetnam Kelly, stepson of Juliet A.
Kelly, brother of H. Wise Kelly, jr.,
George A. Kelly. Judith 8 Kelly. Han
nah A. Kelly and Diane Kelly. Friends
may call at the Everly Funeral Home.
Fairfax. Va.. where services will be
held on Wednesday. April 8, at 11 a.m.
Interment Fairfax Cemetery. 6
KING, MARY. On Friday. April 1.
1955. at Sacred Heart Home, Hyatts
ville. Md.. MARY KINO, widow of
the late Michael J. King and mother
of Reverend J F. King, pastor of Our
Lady of Sorrows Church. Takoma Park.
Md.: Marlon V and P. J. King of
Washington. D. C.. and Mrs. Beatrice
Keary of 412 North Bend rd.. Balti
more. Md. Funeral from the Wltzke
Funeral Home. 4101 Edmondson ave..
Ealtimore. Md.. on Monday. April 4.
at l(( a.m Solemn high mass at St.
William of York Church at rii:3H a.m.
Interment in New Cathedral Cemetery.
Baltimore. Md. 4
LAIR. LOUISE BURTNER. On Friday.
April 1, 1955, at the United K.a:es
Naval Hospital. Quantico, Va.. LOJISE
BURTNER LAIR of 17 Graham Park
rd., Triangle, Vg., daughter of Mrs.
Ctto W. Burtner and the late otto
Whitmore Burtner. wife of Comdr.
Harold Patrick Lair, mother of harold
Patrick, it., and Michael John Lair,
sister of Mrs. John Jacoby and Dr. O.
Whitmore Burtner. Services on Tues
day. April 5. at 12:3<l p.m. at the
post chapel Quantico. Va. Interment
Arlington National Cemetery, at 2:30
p.m Friends may call at the Everly
Funeral Home. Fairfax, Va, until 10:30
a.m. Tuesday, thence at the post chapel,
Quantico, Va., after 11:30 a.m.
LANCASTER. ELLEN. On Friday. April
1. 1965. ELLEN LANCASTER of 115
F at. n.w., beloved wifa of Frank I.
Lancaster and mother of Lawrence.
James. Francis and Joseph Lancaster.
Also surviving are a sister. Miss Annie
Sharps: four grandchildren, nine great
grandchildren. other relatives and many
friends After 12 noon, Monday, April 4,
flrends are Invited to call at the Mc-
Guire Funeral Home, 1820 9th st. n.w.
Requiem mass will be celebrated at
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, New
York and New Jersey aves. n.w.. on
Tuesday, April 5, at 9 a.m. Inter
ment Mount Olivet Cemetery. 4
LEE. ALEXANDRA McDANNOLD. On
Saturday, April 2, 1955. ALEXANDRA
McDANNOLD LEE Os 3411 Newark st.
n.w., beloved mother of Commander
Richard Henry Lee (U. 8. N.i. Mrs.
Myers 8 McDougal. Mrs. M. Jastrow
Levin and Mrs. Rebecca Lee Harper:
also survived by nine grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Cline Funeral
Home. 8 E Patrick st., Frederick.
Md.. where services will be held on
Tuesday. April 5. at 2 p.m. Interment
Mount Olivet Cemetery. Frederick. Md.
(Frederick papers, please copy.) 4
LESTER. RUTH E. On Sunday. April
3, 11)55 at the National Institutes of
Health. RUTH E. LESTER of 2417 N.
Fairfax drk Arlington. Va.. beloved
wife of Guy J. Lester and mother of
Jack. ir.. Ruby Ruth Lester of Ar
lington. Va. and Mrs. Ann Lee Estes
of Radford. Va. She alao Is survived
by one brother. Lloyd A. White of
Prince Georges County, Md- and two
sisters. Mrs. Mae White of Washington.
D. C.. and Mrs. Ann Blackstone j>f New
York City, N. Y. Friends may icall at
the Ives Funeral Home. 2847 Wilson
blvd. Arlington, Va- until 12 noon
on Wednesday. April 6. Thence to the
Community Methodist Church where
funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Interment National Memorial Park 6
LETTK'E, IRENE M. On Bunday, April
3. 1955. at Suburban Hospital. IRENE
M LETTICE of 3710 Livingston at.
n.w.. sister of Mrs. Spencer N. Phillips.
Services at the S. H. Hines Co. Funeral
Home. 2901 14th at. n.w.. on Tuesday.
April 6. at 4 p.m. Interment Capa-
Joharte, N Y.
LONG. LOIS VIRGINIA. On Saturday.
April ,1. 1955. at the D. C. General
Hospital. LOIS VIRGINIA LONG of
1238 4th st. >.w. devoted daughter of
Carrie Weaver, beloved mother of
Thelma Jeter, devoted sister of Mrs.
Margaret Hunneycutt. Miss Louise Long.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Dunham. Mrs. Caroline
Boston: Samuel. Harold. Earnest,
Charles. James and D. Q. Long She
also leaves to mourn her passing, three
I grandchildren and a host of other rela
-1 tlves and many friends. Remains rest
i lng at the John T. Rhlnes A- Co.
I) Funeral Home. 901 3rd st. s.w. Notice
of funeral later.
LONG. THEODORE. On Saturday. April
2. 1955. at Emergency Hospital. THEO
DORE LONG of 4740 Bradley blvd..
Bethesda, Md.. beloved husband of
Vivian O. Long, father of William F. E.
I and Marlorle G. Long, brother of Wll-
I lard B Long, grandfather of Linda Lee
Long. Services at the 8. H. Hines Co. ;
Funere! Home. 2901 14th st. n.w.. on 1
Tuesdav. April 5, at 11:30 a.m. In-!
terment Ebeneaer Cemetery. St. Marys
County. Md.
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LOVING. Ist SERGT. BARRY. On Sat
urday, April 2, 1855. at Boston City
Hospital Boston. Mass- Ist SERGT.
HARRY LOVINO oi 3008 South 18th
st- Arlington. Va- beloved hugband
of Mary A. Loving and father of Mrs.
Evelyn McCamey. Mrs. Bessie M. Buber
and Mrs. Nancy Edna Tomnklns. Also
surviving are other relatives and many
friends. Notice of funeral later. Ar
rangements by McOuire. Inc. 5
LUMBDEN. GEORGE NAFIEE. Sr. On
Saturday. April 2. 1955. at George
Washington university Hospital, Wash
ington. D. C- GEORGE NAPIER,
LUMSDEN. Sr., of 815 West Orest
Falls st.. Falls Church. Va- husband
Os Mary Louise Lumsden and father
of Mrs. Lanita Marshall. Oeorte N. I
Jr- Donald Ralph. Robert Douglas, i
and Ernest ShroDshlre Lumsden. He
also Is survived by five grandchildren, j
three slaters end two brothers and his I
mother. Mrs. Cora A. Lumsden,,
Friends mar cal) at Pearson's Funeral
Hume. 472 N. Washington st- Palls!
Church. Va. Funeral services from I
Crossman Methodist Church. Falls ,
Church, Vs. on Tuesday. April 5. at
2 p.m. Interment Cedar Hill Ceme
tery, Washington. D. C.
LUMSDEN. GEORGE N- Br. Members!
®of th« Policemen s Association i
wHI attend the funeral of our i
late brother. GEOROE N.
LUMSDEN, Sr . to be held at
the Crossman Methodist
Church. Falls Church. Va.. at
2 p.m. Tuesday. April 5,
1955. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
ROYCE L. GIVENS. President.
KENNETH P. FOLSOM. Rec. Secy
LUMSDEN. GEORGE N. Members of the
-cN- Association of Retired Pollce
r" t -'" w ) men ere notified of the death
•I i l of our late brother. GEORGE
I I \ N. LUMSDEN, on Saturday.
■■■■■l April 2. 1955. Remains resi-
L-.1-J lng at Pearson’s Euneral
Home. Falls Church. Va. un- :
til 1:45 ~.tn. Tuesday. April 5. thence I
to Crossman Methodist Church, where
services will be held at- 2 p.m. Inter
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
JAMES F. SAYER. President
RICHARD A. BURTON Secretary.
.LUFTON. JAMES ROBERTS. Suddenly,
on Saturday. April 2. 1955. at his resi
dence, 4858 8. 28th st.. Arlington. Va..
JAMES ROBERTS LUFTON. husband
of Margaret H. Lupton and father of
James R„ ir- Edward I- Alfred R-
Margaiet H. Lupton and Mrs. Mary
Jean Bpeldel. Funeral services on
Tuesday. April 6, at 2 p.m., from the
Wheatley Funeral Home. 809 King st-
Alexandria. Va. Memorial services on
Thursday. April 7. at 3 p.m.. at the
graveside, at the Friends Meeting
House. Hopewell, near Winchester. Va.
Please omit flowers
MARKRITER, ELLEN. On Friday. April
1. 1966. ELLEN MARKRITER. daughter |
of the late John and Mary Jane Mark- 1
riter and aunt of Miss Laura Hancock.
Friends may call at Oawler's Chapel :
1756 Penna. ave. n.w. (free parking op
posite) Prayers will be said at
Oawler's Chapel on Tuesday, April 5. at
8:30 a.m Mass will be offered at
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. 10th
and O sts. n.w., at 9 a.m. Interment
Mount Olivet Cemetery. 4
MASCHAUEK. LENA ANNA. On Tues
day. March 211. 1955. at Talmadge,
Calif.. LENA ANNA MASCHAUER. be
loved sister of Charles P. and Albert
Joseph Maschauer. Miss Maschauer
rests at Oasch's funeral home. Hyatts
ville. Md.. where services will be held
on Wednesday. April 6. at 9:30 a.m.,
thence to St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
Hyattsville. Md., where mass will be
offered at lo a.m. Relatives and
friends Invited. Interment Mount Blivet
Cemeterv. 6
MESTESKY. JULIUS. On Sunday. April
3. 1955. JULIUS MESTESKY of 1456
Channing st. n.e.. beloved father of
Mrs. Minnie Rosenberg, Mrs. Dora
Ackerman. Michael and Louis Mestesky.
He also Is survived by seven grand
children and two great-grandchildren
Funeral services at the Bernard Dan
zansky & Son Funeral Home. 3501 14th
at. n.w.. on Monday, April 4. at 12
noon. Interment D. C. Lodge Cemetery.
Memorial week 1456 Charming st. n e.
MILLS. MARY JANE. On Thursday.
March 31. 1955. MARY JANE MILLS
of 1229 Otk st. n.w., beloved mother of .
Mrs. Laura Little. Mrs. Susie -ones,
Mrs Alberta Wllcher. Mrs. Edith Mid- I
dietffn, Mrs. Lenna Carter and Thomaa 1
Mills; aunt of James S. Brooks. Seven
teen grandchildren, fifty-three great
grandchildren, sixteen great-great
grandchildren also survive. Friends j
are invited to call at the Malvan &
Schey. Inc- Funeral Home. New Jersey
ave. and R st. n.w.. after 5 p.m. to- j
day. where funeral services will be held
on Tuesday. April 5. at 2 p.m. Inter- >
ment Woodlawn Cemetery. • ‘
MINOR. PVT. 1/a JAMES WILLIAM. !
P Suddenly, on Tuesday. March i
29. 1955. PVT. 1/c JAMEBI
WILLIAM MINOR, beloved son I
of the late Abraham Minor
and Eliza Minor of Shephcrdz
town, W. Va. Also surviving
are one brother. Mr. George A. Minor: a
devoted sister-tn-law. Mrs. Bessie E.
Miner of Freemont. Ohio; a cousin.
Mr. Raleigh Crawford of Corona. N. Y.;
a son-in-law, Mr Edward N Adams of
Washington, D. C- and a host of other
relatives and many friends. Friendi
may vitw Pvt. Minor after 4 p.m.
Sunday Anri! 3. at the Cornish &
Cornish & Son Funeral Home. 2121
19th st. n.w., where funeral service
will be held on Tuesday. April 5. at
12 noon. Graveside service and (nter
ment Arlington National Cemetery. 4*
O'BRIEN. WILLIAM PAUL. Suddenly on
Friday. April 1. 1955, at his home. 3907
Dawson ave- Silver Borln*. Md.. WIL
LIAM PAUL O'BRIEN, beloved husband
of Nellie W. O'Brien, father of William
W. OBrlen. Howard M. O’Brien. Mrs.
Carroll D. Kendall. Mrs. William F,
Shea. Mrs. Devereux D. Palmer and
Jchn T O'Brien and brother of Joseph
M.. John F. and Charles M. O’Brien
and Mrs. Cynthia M. West. Mrs. David
8. Tuohey and Mrs. John L. Harding.
There are also eleven grandchildren.
Mr. O’Brien rests at the Warner E.
Pumphrey Funeral Home, 8434 Georgia
ave.. Silver Spring. Md. Mass will be
offered for the repose of his soul on
Tuesday. April 5. at 9 a.m- at Bt.
Catherine Laboure Church. Viers Mill
and Claridce rds- Wheaton. Md. In
terment St. John's Cemetery. Forest
Glen Md 4
OWENS. MARY E. On Saturday. April
2. 1955. at Emergency Hospital. Wash
ington. D. C„ MARY E. OW/NB. lov
ing cousin of Alexander Hamilton. Mrs.
Alice L. Tibbs. Mrs. Lillian Rudolph,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Hamilton and
many other relatives and flrends. After
6 p.m Monday. April 4, friends may
call at the Robert L. Snowden Funeral
Home, Rockville. Md- where funetal
services will be held on Tuesday. April
5 at II a.m. Rev. William Lee offici
ating Interment Mount Zion Ceme- '
tery. Bellman. Md.
PERRY. ROLAND REED. On Friday.
April 1. 1955. at Sibley Hospital.
ROLAND REED PERRY of 8716 Coles
vtlle rd- Silver Spring, Md.. beloved
husband of Margaret E. Perry, father
of Eugene W. and William F. Perry,
son of Ernest Perry and brother of
Mrs. Elsie J. Farran. He also is
survived by ten grandchildren. Pray
ers at the S. H. Hines Co. Funeral
Home. 2901 14th st. n.w.. on Tues
day. April 5. at 8:45 a.m.; thence
to St. Michael’s Catholic Church. 826
Wayne ave., Silver Spring. Md.. where
the holy sacrifice of the mass will
be offered at 9:30 a.m. for the repose
of his soul. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. 4
PERRY. ROLAND. Thera will be •
® special meeting of Printing
Pressmen’s Union, No. 1. at
8 a.m. Tuesday. April 6.
1955. at the union office, 1003
K st. n.w., to attend the fu
neral of our late brother.
ROLAND PERRY.
D O. FREMEAU. President.
ROY DEAN, Secretary. 4
PERRY. ROLAND B. Washington Lodge.
No. 15. B. F. O. Elks, will
assemble at S. H. Hines Co.
Funeral Home. 2901 14th
(Niyßfiß st. n.w.. on Monday. April
V9R| 4. 1955. at 7:39 p.m. to
VIBw exemplify the funeral ritual
of the order over the re
mains of our late brother. ROLAND
R. PERRY. By order of
CHARLES E. ORRISON. Exalted Ruler.
Attest: R. T. PICKEREL. Secretary.
POWERS,. ELIZABETH. On Sunday.
April 3. 1955. ELIZABETH POWERS,
beloved wife of the late Patrick Powers,
mother of William P. Powers and Mrs.
Lyman J. Mansfield, also survived by
fourteen grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren. Friends may call at
Nalleys Funeral Home. 3200 Rhode
Island ave. at Eastern aye. n.e. Funeral
Wednesday. April 8, at 8:30 a.m..
thence to St. James Catholic Church,
Mount Rainier. Md- where mass will
be offered at 0 a.m for the repose of
her soul. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. 6
NCHNURR. MARGARET B. (nee Reiner).
On Thursday. March 31, 1055. at Cleve
land. Ohio. MARGARET B. SCHNURR
(nee Reiner), beloved wife of the late
Frederick Schnurr, mother of Frederick
J- Joseph A. of Bradenton. Fla. and
Mae 8. Southard of New York City,
and grandmother of Joseph A. and Mar
garet Schnurr. Friends are Invited
to call at the Oeler Funeral Home. .1695
14th st. n.w., on Tuesday, April 5.
Requiem mass at St. Mary's Church on
Wednesday. April 6, at 8:30 a.m In
terment St. Mary's Cemetery. Please
omit flowers. 0
SMALL. GEORGE A. On Saturday.
April 1955. GEOROE A. SMALL oi
Round Hill. va.. nuaband of Gertrude
M. Small, father of Mrs. Gertrude 8.
Caffcv of Round Hill, Va- and Clar
ence F Small of Washington, D. C
and brother of Mrs. H. H. Cross and
C. A. Small, both of Chicago, 111. There
also are four grandchildren and one
Sreat-grandson. Mr. Small rests at
He Warner K. Pumphrey Funeral Home,
8434 Georgia ave.. Silver sprint. Md
where services will be held on Tuesday.
April 6. at 2 p.m. Interment Rock
Creek Cemetery.
BPOTTS, JOSEPH C. On Friday, April
1. 1956. at Emergency Hospital,
JOSEPH C. SPOTTS of 216 R si n.w..
husband of RUla Bpotts. He also lg
survived by three sisters, two brothers,
a host of other relatives and friends.
The late Mr. Spotts may be viewed
at the Stewart Funeral Home, 30 H st.
n.e., after 4 p.m. Tuesday. April 5,
where services will be held. Wednesday,
: April 6. at 1 p.m. Interment Wood
lewn Cemeterv. 5
STOEK. GRACE L. Suddenly on Thurs
day. March 31. 1955, at the Newton
D Baker Veterans’ Hospital. Martlns
burg. W Va- GRACE L. STOKE, be
loved sister of Mrs. Faith stock Dai
kam of Silver Bprlnc. Md. Service*
ot the 8 H. Hine* Co. Funeral Hope,
2901 14th st. n.w., on Tuesday. April 5.
at 10:30 a.m. Interment Arlington
Cemetery. 4
STREETER. PRISCILLA W. On Satur-
SwJKfIM
aunt of J. Lee Walter T. and Lester
P Wilkinson and Un. Mar W. War
-^iH ,d ..^. r (e>, U !t" Rt • Pau7«* o Chufeh*
mortal services at oi. Paul s enuren.
Tuesday. April 5. at 12 naan. Inter
ment Rock Creek Cemetery.
Joseph H. Blandford,
Marylander Leader,
Farm Expert, Dies
BY the Associated Press
Joseph H. Blandford. 78,
i Maryland agricultural and civic
leader for many years, died yes-
I terday in La Plata <Md.) Hos
, pital. He suffered a heart attack
: last Wednesday.
| Mr. Blandford served for 11
! years as State chairman of the
'Production and Marketing Ad
j ministration and its predecessor.
! the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration (AAA).
Sihce ids retirement in 1952,
he developed Blandford Village,
a community surrounding his
home and faipi two miles south
of Clinton.
Before World War 1, Mr.
Blandford served in the Mary
land Legislature and for eight
years (1908-16) was county road
engineer in Charles County.
! During World War I he was su
-perintendent of the Maryland
State Lime Board
Native of Prince Georges.
A native of Prince Georges
County Mr. Blandford served at
various times as a member of
the Board of County Commis
sioners, a member of the County
Orphans Court, and president of
the Board of Managers of the
Cheltenham School for Boys.
In 1941, he was appointed by
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
j Wickard as acting chairman of
: the Maryland State Agricultural
Defense Board and chairman of
the State AAA Committee.
Married in 1919
In 1919, Mr. Blandford mar
ried M. Pauline Mudd. Survivors
include his widow: three sisters.
Miss Alma Blandford and Mrs.
Eugene S. Burroughs of Char
lotte Hall, and Miss Sarah
Blandford, Hyattsville, and a
brother, Sprigg Blandford of Au
Gres, Mich.
Funeral serives will be con
ducted at 10 a.m., Wednesday
in St. John’s Catholic Church,
Clinton Burial will be in St.
John’s Cemetery.
Iratljß
STREETER. PRISCILLA. The officer*
1 ts. ana member* of Lebanon
UVjz Chapter No. 25. O. E. 6-
yazi are hereby advized of the
death of Slater PRISCILLA
AZ/ — STRLETER. on Saturday,
W April 2. 1955. Memorial serv
. * „ lees will be held on Tuesday,
I April 6. 1955. at 12 noon in the Bt.
Paul* Episcopal Church. Rock Creek
Church rd. and Webster st. n.w.
BETHEL G COOK. Worthy Matron.
OSIE B. RITTER, Secy.
STROTHER, CLARA JEBLICK. Os 7126
; Sycamore st- Takoma Park. Md.. on
April 1, 1955, wife of Aubrey W.
! Strother, sister of Mrs. Ernest Pum
: nhrey and Andrew P. Jebllck. Services
at Chambers Funeral Home, 3072 M
st. n.w.. on Tuesday. April 5. at 2 p.m.
Interment Arlington National Ceme
tery. 4
TAYLOR GOLDINE V. (nee Kitchen).
On Friday. April 1. 1955. at the
United States Naval Hospital. Corpus
Chrlstt. Tex., QOLDINE V. TAYLOR
(nee Kitchen) of 828 North Wakefield
st. Arlington. Va.. wife of the late
Herbert M. Taylor, mother of James
McNally of Charlottesville, Va.: Mrs.
Amelia Wright of Kingsville. Tex..
and sister of Charles Kitchen of Ar
lington. Va.: George Kitchen of
Keoughtan. Va : Vernon Kitchen of
Bethesda. Md.; Mrs. Annie McDaniels
of Washington. D. C.' Mrs. Ruth Lar
son of Atlanta. Oa- and Mrs. Naomle
Ralston ot Arlington. Va. She also
is survived by three grandchildren,
Friends may call at the Ives Funeral
Home, 2847 Wilson blvd.. Arlington.
Va.. after 12 noon. Tuesday. April
6. where funeral services will be
held on Wednesday. April 6, at 3
pmv Interment National Memorial
TAYLOR, JENNIE S. On Saturday. April
S' Arlington Hospital, JENNIE
S. TAYLOR of 727 North Highland st..
Arlington, Va- beloved wife of Clarence
Thomas Taylor, mother of Mrs. C. C.
Maxwell. Alton T. and James N. Taylor.
Friends may call at the Ives Funeral
Home, 2847 Wilson blvd- Arlington.
Va.. where funeral services will be held
on Tuesday. April 6. at 2 o.m. Inter
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery. 4
t .HOMAB. MARY. On Saturday. April
2. 1955. at her residence. 511 F st. n.e-
JJARY l HOM AS. beloved mother of
Mrs. Martha Beckett. Mrs. Ellen Scott,
**ri Luberta Mitchell. Mrs. Anna Smith,
John T Frazier and William and Wash
ington Thomas. She also leaves to
mourn their loss, fourteen grandchil
dren, seven great-irandchildren. seven
great-great-grandchildren and a host
of “(•her relatives and friends. Remains
will lie in state at the Morning Star
| Baptist Church. 932 26th st. n.w.. from
? »:>h. Tuesday. Ap.-il 5. until 12 noon
Wednesday, April fi, where funeral Berv-
Jces will be held at 1 p.m.. the Rev.
c ; Murray officiating. Interment
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. ' Arrange
ments by the John T. Rhlnes At Co.
Funeral Home, 901 3rd st. s.w., Wash
ington. D. C.
TOMASHPOL. ELEANOR O. Suddenly,
on Thursday, March 31. 1955, ELEA
NOR O. TOMASHPOL of 1324 Savan
nah st. s.e.. beloved wife of T/Bergt.
frank Tomaahpol, U. 8. A. F.: sister
of Harold Pierce and Mrs. Ruth Dares
of Boston Mass. Friends may call
at the Rinaldi Funeral Home. 816
H *t. n.e. Services at the Fort Myer
Chapel on Tuesday. April 6. at 10
a.m. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery. 4
TOMLINSON, SARAH LONG. On Sun
d*y. April 3, 1955, at her residence,
i ■Richmond. Va- SARAH
LONO TOMLIN BON. beloved mother of
A?” C. Gilbert Miller, grandmother of
Charles Gilbert Miller, jr- William
Tomlinson Miller, Mrs. J. B. Russell and
Mrs. J. C. Brown. Mrs. Tomlinson also
is survived by seven great-grandchil
dren. Services at the Revillle Methodist
Church, Richmond. Va- on Tuesday,
April 5, at 10 a.m. Oraveslde services
at Rock Creek Cemetery. Washington,
S' c P m - Arrangements by
Bennett Funeral Home. Richmond. Va.
WINNER. HARRY E. On Saturday. April
£■ Suburban Hospital. HARRY
E. WINNER of 218 West Montgomery
•y*v Rockville. Md- beloved husband
of the late Anna M. Winner and brother
of Mrs. Annie Lucua. Mrs. Clara
Younserman. Mrs. Bernle Holland. Mrs.
Margaret McKensle, Joseph. Frank.
Agnes and Harry C. Winner. Friends
are invited to call at the Colonial Fu
ser5 er u* ~f on i' of Robert E. Pumnhrey,
Rockville, Md. Services Tuesday. April
6' at St Mary's Catholic Church. Rock
ville. Md- where requiem mass will be
offered at 9 a.m. Interment. St. Mary’s
Cemetery. Barnesville, Md.
in iStttttnriam
BATTENFIELD. JOHN E. AND KATH
ERINE R. In loving memory of our
dear father. JOHN E. BATTENFIELD,
who departed this life five veart ago
today. April 4. 1960, and our dear
mother KATHERINE R. BATTEN
FIELD. who departed thli life thirty
years ago. March 7. 1925.
Until memory fades and life departs,
DEVOTED lI CHILDREN. In MABEL e jACK-
E®!nJ!&E" n and w . ,l -
CARRINGTON. JAMES W. AND NICYT.
In sad but loving memory or our dear
father. JAMES W. CARRINGTON, who
died March 17. 1944, and mother.
NICY E CARRINGTON, who died April
4 1961.
Until memory fades and life departs.
You will live forever in our hearts.
THE CHILDREN. ♦
DUNNINGTON. BLANCHE. In fond and
loving memory of mother. BLANCHE
DUNNINGTON, who left us fourtaen
years ago today. April 4, 1041.
The world may change from year to
year.
_ Our lives from day to dav.
But love and memory ot vou. mother,
dear.
Shall never pass away.
RUTH, CLEM AND BILL. »
LEE. KENNETH F.. who departed this
life one rear ago today, April 4. 1954.
Loving and kind In all hit ways.
Upright and lust to the end of his days.
Sincere and kind In heart aid mind.
What a beautiful memory he left behind.
HIS LOVINO WIFE. MABEL-L. LEE. •
MEREDITH. louisT. In sad but lov
ing memory of our beloved son and
stepson LOUIS F. MEREDITH, who
passed peacefully away 20 yeare ago
today. April 4. 1935.
The beautiful memory you leSh behind
Ungers forever In our mtnds.
Though Ood has taken you a War
You are with us each and every day.
HIS LONELY MOTHER. KffiEL*MERE
[YS A M# prATHKR ' W.IL
PEnN. LT. CARLTON C.. Jr. (BUDDY ■ in
PSiss
In action off Formosa tan years
ago today. April 4. 1945.
Our family circle has been broken.
A link gone from our chain:
, Geofje M. Htaetm,
World War I Veteran
George McPhall Minetree. 70,
oi the Calvert Woodley apart
ments here, died Saturday at
Garfield Memorial Hospital after
a brief illness.
Mr. Minetree was the son of
the late Col. Joseph Powhatan
| Minetree and Elizabeth Eppes
. Minetree.
: He was a graduate ot Wash
ington and Lee University gnd
i ; served as an Army lieutenant in
, World War L He was a member
; of the Chevy Chase and Uni
versity Clubs and Phi Delta
' Theta fraternity.
Mr. Minetree is survived by
three sisters, Mrs. H. B. Holli
> field of the District, Mrs. George
> H. Evans of Alexandria and Mrs.
i Charles S. Fitts of Chicago.
1 Funeral services were to be
held at 11 am. today at Oawler’s
* Funeral Home, 1756 Pennsyl
* vania avenue N.W. Burial was
| to be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
1 Charles Harger, 92, i
Publisher, Longtime
s
I Friend of President
j ABILENE. Kans., April 4 UP).—
[ Charles M . Harger, 92, news
> paper publisher and founder of
the Eisenhower Foundation, died
j yesterday.
s Mr. Harger had known the
f President since Mr. Eisenhower’s
1 boyhood days in Abilene and was
t instrumental in getting him an
appointment to West Point.
Kansas’ oldest active news
paperman. Mr. Harger was pres
‘ ident of the corporation oper
-5 ating the Abilene Reflector
* Chronicle.
Convention Official
i He was a friend of several other j
i Presidents in addition to Mr. |
( Eisenhower and had attended;
! every Republican National Con
■ | vention since 1908, serving in an
' | official capacity as assistant sec
> retary.
Mr. Harger’s writings through
. j the years appeared in a number j
' j of national magazines and other
i newspapers.
s One of his most cherished;
1 projects was the Eisenhower:
i Foundation. It operates Mr.!
) | Eisenhower’s boyhood home and ,
71 museum, which houses many of j
■ | the President’s mementoes. Mr. j
1 Harger was the foundation’s first
president. He also was one of:
ii the founders and the first
1 teacher in the University of Kan-
: s sas department of journalism.
Was Widely Quoted
Along with William Allen
. White of Emporia, Kans., Mr.
5 Harger was for many years the
J most quoted editor in the Mid
e west. Last year he received the
J first William Allen White Foun
:; dation award for journalistic
f | merit.
* | Funeral services will be tomor
e | row afternoon. Burial will be in
° i Abilene.
j j Survivors Include three daugh
ii ters, Mrs. Ross I. Parker of Chi
* cago, Mrs. H. Donald Harris of
J Westport. Conn., and Mrs. Giles
ii S. Maxwell of Fort Myers, Fla. i
t
e I President Expresses
;| His Sorrow at Death
i President Eisenhower today
■ expressed “the greatest personal
i sorrow’’ at the death of Mr.
j Harger.
Mr. Eisenhower sent a per
sonal telegram of sympathy,
! signed “Dwight, ** to Mrs. Parker,
l elder daughter of Mr. Harger.
s The telegram expressed the
[ President’s regret at being un
; able to attend the funeral. Mr.
7 Eisenhower designated Maj. Gen.
‘ John M. Lentz, commander of
the 10th Corps and commandant
of the Army General School at
* Fort Riley, Kans., to represent
I him at the funeral.
•j “I owed much to him and his
s passing is a matter of the
s greatest personal sorrow,” the
£ President wired Mrs. Parker.
l 1 ===
lit JHmortam
I
f QUEEN. LILLIAN E. In lovlnx memory
f of our mother. LILLIAN E. QUEEN.
> who passed away one year ago today,
1 April 4. 1954.
° How we miss your smiling face,
t But vou left us to remember.
None on earth can take your place,
z The happy home we once enjoyed.
. How sweet the memory still.
1 But death has left the loneliness
The world can never fill.
1 THE CHILDREN. MAURICE. MELVIN
t AND LILLIAN. •
; ROBINSON. JOHN H. In sad but loving
; remembrance of my dear husband,
r JOHN H. ROBINSON, who passed away
1 five yeare ago today. April 4. 1960.
Ood too*k him first and 1 remain
i To walk the road alone:
Now I live in memory’s garden
Os happy days we have known.
I Hts memory le all we have now.
The tears are all at rest,
1 But thankful are we today who can say,
1 We loved him and did our best.
He had a smile for everyone,
His heart as good as gold:
To those who knew and loved him.
HU memory will never grow old.
- HIS DEVOTED WIFE. ESSIE M. ROB
r INBQN; DAUGHTER AND SISTER. *
!• SIMMONS. EMMA J. In lovlag memory
\ of our dear mother. EMMA J. SIM
r MONS. who departed thU life eleven
' years ago. April 3. 1944.
’ Some have forgotten >
Now that you have gone.
But we shall always remember.
No matter how long.
I IRENE. CORA AND VIRGINIA, »
SIMON, CHRISTOPH. In loving memory
of my dear husband and our loving
* father. CHRISTOPH SIMON, whom Ood
r celled home April 4. 1946.
Though other memories fade away
Upon this mortal shore.
Your memory, like the laurel.
Stays green forevermore.
HIS LOVINO WIFE. ALMA. AND CHIL-
DREN
; SMITH. EDWARD. In loving remem-
J brance of my dear husband. EDWARD
“ SMITH, who passed away nine year*
1 ago today. Aoril 4. 1946.
Bit life Is a beautiful memory,
HU absence a silent grief:
He sleeps In Ood’s beautiful garden
In the eunahlne ot perfect peace.
Some day I hope to meet him
In that land ao bright and fair.
For Jesus. Our Savior, invites us
- His beautiful home to share.
s HIS LOVINO WIFE. LUCY B. SMITH.
AND FAMILY. •_
Snowden. UHESLEY T. In loving mem
'• ory of our eon and brother. CHESLEY
. T. SNOWDEN, who departed, this Ute
t one year ago today, April 4 1 1954.
Ood knows how much we miss you.
: Never shall your memory fade;
“ You are In our thought! and prayer*
l Today and
TAYLOR. ARTHUR G. in loving memory
of my dearly beloved husband. ARTHUR
G. TAYLOR, who passed peacefully
away four year* ago today. April 4.
1951.
There are time* my heart U lonely.
- When friends who are true are few.
And then comes memory flowing
„ Withering thoughts, dear husband.
* Os you and your sweet understanding,
d That was there tor my every need.
* And then I am happy in knowing
That 1 had a treasure Indeed.
Br S ? ttySSK'
In memory'* frame I shall keep A
, *£3i!p« s-JSx-awa’-.0.
Mrs. Alexander Lee,
78, D. C. Resident
More Than 50 Years
Mrs. Alexander McDannold Lee,
78. a Washingtonian for more
than 50 years, died Saturday in
a Washington convalescent home
after an illness of about five
months.
Mrs. Lee was the daughter of
the late Thomas A. McDannold
and Frances Knight McDannold,
of Frederick, Md- She lived at
3411 Newark street N.W. j
She was the great grand- j
daughter of William Murdock
Beall, a Frederick banker who |
was an intimate friend of United
States Chief Justice Roger B.
Taney, and the granddaughter
of John Knight, a cotton mer
chant of Natchez, Miss.
On her father’s side, she was
descended from the Hendersons,
a family prominent in ante
bellum Louisiana and Mississippi.
Mrs. Lee was born in Orange,
N. J., but moved to Fredeiick as
a child. She was educated in
Baltimore. She came to Wash
ington in 1902. ,
She was a member of the Na
tional Presbyterian Church for
50 years and a member of the
Washington Club, the Colonial
Dames and the English Speak
ing Union.
She is survived by four chil
dren. Navy Comdr. Richard -L
Lee of Panama City. Fla.; Mrs.
Myres S. McDougal, New Haven,
Conn.; Mrs. M. Jastrow, Levin,
Baltimore, and Mrs. Rebecca Lee
Harper, Redlands, Calif., and
nine grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m.
tomorrow at the Cline funeral
home, Frederick. Burial will be
In the family plot in Mount
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.
The Rev. Edmund J. Lee,
brother-in-law to the deceased,
will preside at the services.
Horace E. Ackerman,
Salesman at Garfinckel's
Horace E. Ackerman, 61. a
salesman in the women’s shoe
department of Garflnckel's, died
yesterday (of a heart attack at
j his home, 3017 Medway street,
Wheaton, Md.
i Born in Decatur, 111., Mr.
I Ackerman attended McKinley
| High School here. During
World War I he was in the Army
i overseas. He worked at the
! former Burt's Shoe Co. at Four
i teenth and F streets N.W. until
he began work at Garflnckel’s
about 25 years ago.
Mr. Ackerman was a member
of Potomac Masonic Lodge and
Cissel-Saxon American Legion
Post No 41 •
Survivors are his widow, Anna
Gafney Ackerman; a son. Robert
E„ 11712 Viers Mill road, Silver
Spring; Mrs. Bettie Ann Griffis,
3015 Medway street, Wheaton;
Mrs. Ruth Carroll Crifasi, 2017
Iverson street, Hillcrest Heights,
Md.; a brother, Charlie W„
Alta Vista, Md, and five grand
children.
Services will be held at 10:30
a.m. tomorrow at Warner Pum
phrey’s funeral home, Silver
Spring. Burial will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret Ward,
78, Native of District
Mrs. Margaret Shreve Ward.
78, a native of Washington, died
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Marcel F. Ancher, 1701
Rhode Island, avenue N.W., late
Saturday.
Mrs. Ward, the widow of Wil
liam Harry Ward of Norfolk, was
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Rivard H. Shreve. Her
late husband was associated with
the YMCA and various civic or
ganizations in Norfolk.
Besides Mrs. Ancher, Mrs.
Ward is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. W. Colbert Willi
ford of Norfolk; a son, William
Harry Ward of the Rhode Island
avenue address; a brother, Wal
ter E. Shreve, and a sister, Mrs.
Lloyd Bohanon, both of the Dis
trict.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in Norfolk.
Burial will be in the Forest Lawn
Cemetery there.
Col. C. E. Dentler, 95,
Oldest West Pointer
PORTLAND, Oreg., April 4
UP). —Col. C. E. Dentler, 95, be-'
lieved to have been the oldest
living graduate of West Point,
died at his home Saturday.
Col. Dentler was born April 9,
1859, at Pittston, Pa. He was
graduated from West Point in
1884. Ten years later he came
to Oregon to become the first
Army commandant of cadets at
Oregon State College.
He saw 42 years of active serv
ice, including the Indian cam
paigns in Arizona, the Spanlsh-
Amerlcan War, Philippine insur
rection, Cuban pacification and
World War I.
He retired from active service
in 1923.
Mrs. Arthur Snowden, 69,
Former D. C. Resident
Mrs. Arthur Snowden, 69, a
Washington resident until she
went to Florida to live eight
years ago, died yesterday in
Clearwater, Fla.
She was the former E. Ann
Jennings. She was a member of
the Master Plumber's Ladles
Auxiliary, the Washington So
ciety of Clearwater and the Crest
Lake Association of Clearwater.
Besides her husband, she Is
survived by a brother, Fred Jen
nings, of Washington, and two
grandchildren.
Services and burial will be held
Wednesday in Clearwater.
D. Wentworth Wright
FLEMINGTON, N. J- April 4
UP). —D. Wentworth Wright. 56.
prominent architect, died Satur
day in Hunterdon Medical Cen
ter after a long Illness. He was
an architectural consultant for
the Johns-Manrllla Corp.
Mrs. Harry W. Streeter, 80,
Founder of Anthem Society
Maryland Woman
Preached Love of Flag
During World War I
One night during World War X,
Mrs. Harry W. Streeter had a
; dream. As a result, she dedi
cated her energies toward popu
larizing the National Anthem
; and in patriotic work over the
| country.
She died at a Washington
i nursing- home Saturday at the
age of 80. She had returned
here last October from St.
Petersburg, Fla., to live with a
nephew, J. Lee Wilkinson, an
architect, at 1026 Fifteenth
street N.W.
The former Priscilla Backett
Wilkinson, Mrs. Streeter founded
the. Sing America and the Star
Spangled Banner Society during
World. War I. The group was
known later as the National'
Anthem Association and she was
its first president.
Guns Drowned Out Anthem
She started the organization
after she had a dream that the
playing of the national anthem
at the opening battle of World
War I was drowned out by the
thunder of the guns as the
United States went into its first
battle. Mrs. Streeter decided
then that the national anthem
should never be dimmed out,
that it should be played through
and at more and more places.
As a result of her efforts Wool
| worth dime stores featured the
singing of the national anthem
: by their employes at opening and
closing hours each day during
World War 1. She persuaded
department stores and schools
to do the same. She got the
Capital Traction Co. to halt
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ROBERT B. ARMSTRONG
Robert B. Armsfrong,
Veteran Reporter and
Former U. S. Worker
Robert Burns Armstrong, Jr.,
52, for 10 years Washington cor
respondent of the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat until early this
year, died yesterday at Doctors
Hospital of a heart attack. He
was stricken a week ago at his
home, 3435 Thirty-fourth place
N.W. '
Mr. Armstrong was the hus
band of Bess Furman of the New
York Times Bureau in Washing
ton. She was with the Asso
ciated Press here when they
were married in 1932.
A veteran newsman, Mr. Arm
strong had been a Washington
correspondent for the Los An
geles Times and the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. Early in his
career he worked on the Brpok
lyn Eagle.
Born in Washington.
He was born In Washington
and was educated at Western
High School, Maryland Univer
sity, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Columbia Uni
versity.
He spent his childhood in Chi
cago and Los Angeles, returning
to Washington during World
.War I when his father became
head of the Washington bureau
of the Los Angeles Times. Mr.
Armstrong, sr., who died in 1946,
was assistant Secretary of the
Treasury from 1903 to 1905.
Mr. Armstrong worked In the
, office of the Secretary of the
Interior for four years and in
the Information division of the
Federal Works Agency. In 1943
he joined the staff of the Wash
ington Post.
During World War EC he was
a war correspondent on two
assignments in Europe.
Amateur Photographer
He was a member of the Na
tional Press Club. St. Louis
Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the
Newspaper Guild in St. Louis
and Epiphany Church. He was
an amateur photographer.
Besides his widow he is sur
vived by twins, who are 18 today,
Robert Furman and Ruth Elea
nor Armstrong.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Wednesday at Epiphany
Episcopal Church, 1317 G street
N.W. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery. His body is at
Gawler’s funeral home.
Delegations from the National
Press Club and Women’s Na
tional Press Club will attend the
funeral.
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11/ FIFTY IS THE YOUTH OF OLD AGE”
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MRS. HARRY W. STREETER
streetcars at midday for a patri
otic pause.
Mrs. Streeter worked, too, to
have the American flag put in
churches and lectured In the
States op citizenship.
Born in Calvert County
Bhe was born at her maternal
grandmother’s 1,000-acre home,
His Lordship's Manor, in Snow
Hill, Calvert County, Md. The
home was an original land grant
from the King of England. She
was the daughter of George P.
'and Henrietta Wilhemina Blake
Wilkinson.
Mrs. Streeter lived here until
her husband went to Atlanta,
Ga„ in 1929 with Southern Rail
way. Later they moved to St.
Petersburg. Mr. Streeter died in
1946.
Mrs. Streeter was a member
of the DAR and a life member
of the Eastern Star.
Besides Mr. Wilkinson, she Is
survived by other nephews and
nieces, Walter T. Wilkinson and
Mrs. Lloyd A. Morrison, of
Washington; Lester F. Wilkin
son, Churchton. Md., and Mrs.
W. Edgar Warner, Cheverly, Md.
Services will be held at noon
tomorrow at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, Rock Creek Church
road N.W. Burial will be In
Rock Creek Cemetery.
James J. Gorman, Jr. r
Washington Attorney
James J. Gorman, Jr., 43,
Washington attorney, died Sat
urday at Georgetown Hospital.
He lived at 415 North George
Mason drive, Arlington.
Mr. Gorman was born In Ar
lington. He was educated at
Washington and Lee High
School, the University of Vir
ginia and was a 1938 graduate of
National University Law School.
His law offices were in the Co
lumbian Building.
During World War n he was
with the Office of Strategic Serv
ices in the European theater.
He was a member of the Dis
trict Bar Association and Co
lumbia Masonic Lodge, No. 255,
in Arlington.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Juliet Hensley Gorman; two
sona, James HI and Michael Jay
Gorman, both of the home; his
mother and two brothers, Mrs.
Lessie Gorman and Robert Gor
! man, both of Miami, and Frank
lin Gorman, Falls Church.
Services will be held at 11 a.m.
tomorrow at Ives funeral home.
Arlington. Burial will be in Co
lumbia Gardens Cemetery.
Harry McKinley Hart,
Government Accountant
Harry McKinley Hart, 63. a
Maritime Arministration ac
countant for the last 37 years,
died Saturday at his home, 926
Massachusette avenue N.W.
Mr. Hart was born near Evans
ville, W. Va. He taught school
in his native State and later
was a high school principal there.
During World War I he was in
the Army. At one time he was
clerk at the former Arlington
Hotel on Vermont avenue.
Mr. Hart was a member of
Stansbury Masonic Lodge, the
American Legion and was a first
lieutenant in the Field Artillery.
His wife, the former Bessis
Jones, a Veterans Administration
employe, died in 1950.
Suvlvors are a daughter, Mrs.
Mary Betty Albert, Marion, Mass.,
and a brother, Walter L. Hart,
Morgantown, W. Va.
Services will be held at 2 p.m.*
tomorrow at Hines funeral home,
2901. Fourteenth street N.W.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery. *
Loudoun Civil Defense
LEESBURG, Va., April 4 (Spe
cial).—A mass meeting of coun
ty, civic and patriotic organiza
tion members and others inter
ested in helping Loudoun’s civil
defense program will be held in
the Loudoun County high school
April 11. Col. E. George Griffith
will show a movie on air de
fense.
RITCHIE BROS,
FUNERAL HOME
U*pw Maribere Md.
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