Evening star. [volume], July 05, 1955, Page A-9, Image 9

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' John J. Raines, 83, Pioneer T |
Takoma Park Resident, Dies
John J. Raines, who had lived
in Takoma Park, Md., since the
town was chartered and dug one
of the first wells there, died
Sunday at Washington Sanitar
ium. He would have been 84
next month.
Mr. Raines was a carpenter
until he retired at 65 when he
fell from a rooftop, landing in
a cement basement and mjuring
his spine. Doctors told him be
would never walk again, but Mr.
Raines didn’t believe them. Using
crutches and canes and stair
railings he inched his legs along
until he once again was walking.
He even returned to his favorite
sport of rabbit hunting, leading
his four hunting dogs and a
group of hunter-friends through
the fields.
Mr. Raines was bom in Staf
ford County, Va. and went to
a one-room school. He was
quite a wrestler in his native
county before he came to Ta
koma Park in 1890 as a resident
under the first mayor of the
town. At that time, Mr. Raines
once recalled, the railroad fare
to Washington was 5 cents and
Carroll avenue was a winding
dirt path along a ridge. There
Claude B. Johnson, Worked
35 Years for Gas Light Co.
Claude B. Johnson. 60. em-:i
ploye of the Washington Gas i
Light Co. for 35 years, died Sun
day at his home, 4008 Pennsyl- J
vania avenue 6.E., after a brief
illness. ,
Mr. . Johnson, a native of
Washington, started work with
the gas company as a meter
reader. At the time of his death,
he was in the customers account
ing department.
He was one of the organizers
of the old D. C. Gas Workers
Union and served as president.
Later, when the union merged
with AFL. Mr. Johnson was a
vice president of the local—a
position he held at the time of
his death.
Mr. Johnson also aided in the
ground work for the Washing
ton Gas Light Federal Credit
Union and served as its presi
dent. He was instrumental in
working out the contract which
the company holds with Group
Hospitalization.
Mr. Johnson was a member of
the Holy Name Society and of
St. Francis Xavier Church.
He is survived by his widow,
Catherine: three daughters, Mrs.
Elaine J. Twillman of Wheaton,
Md.; Mrs. Claudia J. Reshaw of
the home address and Mrs. May
N. Chrlssafis of Trenton, N. J.:
two sisters, Mrs. Isabel Bailey of
• 421 Emerson street N.W., and
Mrs. Jennie Wood of Los An
geles, and a brother, William J.
of 2713 Terrace road S.E.
Funeral services will be held
at Lee s Funeral Home, Fourth
Mrs. C. B. Garland,
Contractor's Widow
Requiem mass for Mrs. Charles
Brown Garland, 75, who died
Saturday at Washington Sani
tarium, will be said at 10 a.m.
tomorrow at St. Ann's Catholic
Church, Wisconsin avenue and
Yuma street N.W. Burial will be
In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Garland, the former
Mary Bowles, was the widow of
a Washington building con
tractor. She lived at 3916 Yuma
street N.W. and was active in
St. Ann s Catholic Church.
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I wen a few scattered houses and
, town residents made daily trips
, with barrels and buckets to the
‘ town’s water supply.
1 Mr. Raines in 1892 was buried
’ in sand and water up to his
l shoulders while digging out an
old Indian watering place for
• use of the town.
- i Forty-four years ago Mr.
‘ Raines built the 12-room house
{ jat 113 Elm avenue, Takoma
■ Park, where he continued to live.
- He dug his own well in the back
J yard which was used by all the
" neighbors to save a trip to the
5 town’s watering place.
Survivors are widow, Emma
’ Jane, whom he married 58 years
! ago; four sons, John Randolph.
1 Fred and Benjamin, all of the
1 home address: Theodore, 115
Elm avenue. Takoma Park: three
- daughters, Mrs. Viola Browning.
) East Riverdale, Md.; Mrs. Betty
s R. Handing, Spencerville, Md.;
e Miss Elton Raines of the home
-!address, a sister, Mrs. Harriet
t Hill, Fredericksburg, Va„ and
e three grandchildren.
s Services will be held at 1 p.m.
e tomorrow at the Deal funeral
i home, 4812 Georgia avenue N.W.
i Burial will be in Cedar Hill
e Cemetery.
and Massachusetts avenue N.E..
at 9:30 am. tomorrow.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
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iMrs. William Ritter,’
Former Resident
Mr* William H. Ritter. 87. a
■ former Georgetown resident, died
yestercay at her home in Fair
, field Conn.
She was the former Mary
. Scherrer, a native of Montgom
s ery County, Md. Her husband,
, died about 20 years ago in
r Chicago.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Charles D. Correll, sr„ of
! Fail field, Mrs. Robert J. Dixon,
Madison, Wis.. and three grand
children and five great-grand
• children. .
! Services will be held at 2:30,
> p.m Thursday at the Birch fu-1
neral home, 3034 M street N.W.
i Burial will be in Oak Hill Cem
> etery |
; William H. Smith,
! St. Mark's Sexton
William H. Smith, sr„ sexton
at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,
‘ died Sunday in Sibley Hospital.
; He lived at 515 Constitution
1 avenue N.E. He would have been
81 on July 16.
| • Mr. Smith was a farmer ip
Salem County, N. J. He retired
[ and came to Washington 24
years ago. For the last 13 years
he had been sexton at St. Mark’s
Episcopal Church, Third and
A streets S.E.
Survivors are his widow, Mabel
E.; a son, William, jr„ 600 Crest
wood drive, Alexandria, Va., and
two grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1 p.m.
- tomorrow in the Lee funeral
| home, Fourth and Massachusetts
l! avenue N.E. Burial will be In
i Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Soviet's Atomic Energy
Work Held'Excellent'
By L. EDGAR PRINA
AEC Commissioner Willard F.[
Libby said today that the Rus
sians “are doing very excellent
work" In atomic energy.
He made the comment at a>
briefing at the Atomic Energy
Commission on United States
participation in the internation- i
al conference on the peaceful
uses of atomic energy slated* for
Geneva beginning August 8.
j Dr. Libby told reporters that
“it looked as though their (the
[Russians) declassification rules
are about the same as ours.” He
said his observations after read
ing the titles and short abstracts
of papers to be read at Geneva
by Soviet scientists,
i But that was as far as Dr.
, Libby went. Lewis L. Strauss,
. AEC chairman, jumped in at
i that point to say he did not
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the news conference by stressing
that the United States did not
regard the Geneva meeting as
any "scientific Olympics games.’
“This is not a contest,” he
said. “We are not attempting
to show that we are better than
anyone else;”
He added that American sci
entists hoped to contribute
something and also learn from
others.
Mr. Strauss said that 18C
American papers would actually
be read during the 12-day cor
ference and that a total of 52(
American papers would be
printed in the official proceed
, ings. This compares with t
; grand total of 400 to be read anc
; 1,000 to be printed.
[Walter B. Posey, Maryland
[Tobacco Authority Officer
| Walter B. Posey, secretary-,
j treasurer of the -Maryland To- i
d bacco Authority and a widely
7 known tobacco expert, died last
night of a heart attack in the'
d Prince Georges County General
* Hospital
is Mr. Posey. 62. was admitted to
” the hospital Saturday after a
e two-week illness,
g A native of Charles County,
n Md.. Mr Posey was appointed
agricultural agent for Prince
- Georges County in 1920 after his
« graduation from the University
n of Maryland.
He obtained a leave of absence
0 from the State extension service
y to become general manager of
n the Maryland Tobacco Growers
:4 Association and after two years
»e in that post he returned to the
I-[university as State tobacco
a I specialist.
d After his retirement In Janu
ary, 1954, he accepted the po6t
he held at the time of his I
death.
Mr. Posey became well known |j
in the Nation's tobacco belts |
while acting as sales promotion |
representative for the Maryland.
Tobacco Authority.
He leaves his wife, the former
Miss Mary Worthington: a son.
Walter Worthington Posey, of
Upper Marlboro, a Census Bu
reau employe, and four grand
children.
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