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Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09
JOHNSON
Milford Grange

The field meeting which was to have
been held on June 3rd, at the home of
Mrs. Howard Hager, Shawnee, was
postponed until Saturday, June 10th,
because of the storm. Mr.. Wilson, the
Kent county agent, will be present
and rumOr says he is a might good
talker. The sisters will bring their
rug rags and enjoy social hour to-
gether while working. There will be
ice cream for sale and delicious home
made cake will be served with it.
Note the attractions: A good speaker,
worthy work to do, and good things
to eat. Everybody fill their cars and
bring all your friends.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09
MILFORD PAYS TOWN
TAXES PROMPTLY

The annual town taxes for the town
of Milford are subject to a rebate of
three per cent, if paid in the month
of May. The Tax Receiver reports that
out of total tax levy of $23,14000,
he received on or before the 31st day
of May, S13, 13,946.00-which is just a
little below the amount received last
year. The taxes are all due now
but no rebate will be permitted. on
payments after the last day of May.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09
APPETIZING EXHIBIT

A quart of strawberries were shown
in the window of Evans jewelry store
this week that caused quite a little
comment bv the shoppers on Walnut
street. They we're displayed IN a peau-
tiful silver bowl, and the 20 berries
piled up a quart basket full. The per
ries were grown by William ii. Buell.
right in town.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09
HISTORIC PAINTING

The painting of Stanley M. Arthurs,
"The Dawn of Peace" which has been
on exhibition at the Hotel dupont, in
Wilmington, was placed in the hall of
the House of Representatives in the
State House on June End.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09
Told In A Few Lines
Full moon today.

Full moon today.
Cherries are ripe-better can them
at once.
Wheat harvest will be here in an
other week.
New red tender beets are in large
supply now.
The clover hay crop is good one
in Delaware.
Heavy rains have soaked the earth
in Delaware.
New homegrown cabbage is in Mil
ford markets.
Laws Church-Sunday school $3.50
a. m, June 18th.
The strawberry crop is over for
1922 in Delaware.
More building in Milford this sea-
son than in the past seven years.
One week from tomorrow, Saturday,
will be school election day in Della
ware.
All carpenters and painters are
working steadily in and about Milford
at fair wages.
Cedar Neckers" peel out your
share for the Grange Bake and make
it a huge success.
The pea canning business in Della
ware is over and the business was an
entire failure as to yield.
Business is getting better-but the
pea crop failure has made money
scarce with factory laborers.
A crop of mosquitoes will be due in
this part of Delaware this coming
week-as a result of the heavy rains.
A very fine musicale will be given !
at Millwood Hall, June 18th. Benefit
Nillwood school. Admission Is and rs |
cents.
Christ Church Guild will meet on
June 18th, at the home of
Miss Elizabeth Collins, on North Wal
nut street.
Cedar Field School will hold their
annual picnic on Saturday afternoon,
June 10th. Everybody invited to come
md enjoy good time.
The Faithful Circle of Kings
will meet at the home of
hrs. Lee Hirsch on Wednesday even
ng, June 18th, at seven p. m.
A new weather vain has been plac-
ID on the Presbyterian Church in Mil
ord to replace the old one which was
,lown down in recent storm.
Children's Day services will be held
n the M. P. Church Sunday evening.
sunday school after next Sunday will
e held in the morning at IL o'clock.
Christ Church Guild will have a
AXE in Kent and Sussex Building &
,oan on Saturday morning, June II. !
lso a few aprons of various styles
Or sale.
tThe Slaughter Beach road has been '
ad to travel over during the heavy
aims, but they will be split logged
ragged and in order in few days
fter the rains stop. !
The concrete roads are showing :
leir value to farmers during the wet :
Gather of this week-it is possible =
, travel with large loads in any kind =
weather over the new roads. n
The corner stone of Christ M. E. +
ew stone church, Chincoteague, Va,
ill be laid Sunday, June 18th, at 8
n. DR.. John Krantz, of New York,
ill be the principal speaker. Boat
ill leave Franklin City at 1870. Fare :,
,und trip 25 cents. y
The managers of Camp America, n n
rye summer camp for girls, on st. h
atherine's Lake, near POultney, YER K
ont, have selected Miss Anna Drew -
,ott, of Front street, as one of their +.
'uncillors for the season, opening p,
Inc 29th and continuing until Sep o,
mber. ic
The Cedar Neck Division of the m
'ange will hold bake number one in N
e Kent and Sussex Building & Loan W
i've, on Saturday, June 10th, begin to
ng at $3.50 a. m. and will have pO- bl
to salad, deviled eggs and other de- Q
acies in addition to the usual good {
MS, cakes, pies, etc.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09
AND DOVER

Thursday and Saturday Buss will
leave Milford 7:15 p. m. and Dover,
1880 p. m.
Sunday Buss wifi leave Milford at
a. m. and 4:3O p. m. Leave Dover
1O:OO a. m. and $3.50 p. m.
Fare-Milford to Frederica, 25c.
Frederick to Magnolia, 25c. Magnolia
to Dover, 25c. Milford and Dover to
Bowers Beach, 75c.
These busses stop any where en-
route to take on or leave passengers.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09

Where are you going my pretty maid?
Down to the Grange Bake kind sir,
she said.
What have you there my pretty maid?
Goodies of all kinds, dear sir, she
said.
May 1 go with you, my pretty maid?
They would just be delighted kind sir,
she said.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09
Obituary
MILLBY

James H. Millby, husband of the
late Annie E. Millby, died at his home
in Philadelphia, on June 9th, 1922,
aged u years. The remains will be
brought to Milford today (Friday) on
the IL o'clock train, and inferred in
Odd Fellows cemetery. Rev. Disston
W. Jacobs officiating.
JOHNSON
Mrs. Laura D. Johnson, widow of
the late John H. Johnson died at her
home, 207 Montgomery avenue, on Sat
urday, June 4th, 1922, after a linger-
ing illness, aged 81 years. She is sur
vived by a sister, Mary G. Davis. In
terment at Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of the M.
e. Church.
Milford chronicle., 1922-06-09

Advertising space in ~MilfOrd
Chronicle" Is sold on basis Of
guaranteed circulation Of over
1000 copies each week.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
MISS GRAHAM WE'D
IN NEWPORT SUBURB
Becomes Bride of Mr.. Deuer-
eux Colt Josepks.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
NEWPORT, r. l., June 26.-Miss Mar
garet Thayer Graham. daughter of Mrs.
Howard Spencer Graham was married
to-day to Mr.. Devereux Colt Josephs.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Colt Josephs
of Newport and Baltimore. The event
took place at the Berkeley Memorial
Chapel in Middletown. and there were
800 guests at the church. The rector,
the Rev. James H. S. Fair. officiated.
Miss. Graham walked up the aisle on
the arm of her uncle. Gen. Russell
Thayer, and was given away by her
mother. The matron of honor was her
sister, Mrs. Richard r. Zimmerman Of
Philadelphia, and the bridesmaids were
Misses Mary Goodman OF Philadelphia
and Harriet Zimmerman and Mrs.
Chauncey Havens Beasley. Mr.. Roland
Baker. Jr., OF Boston was best man and
the ushers were Messrs. Sidney Clark.
Bowman Wheeler, Francis Boyer, Rich
ard Zimmerman and Hugh Josephs. the
latter a brother.
Following the ceremony there was a
large reception at MILESTONE. the home
of the brides mother. and nearly every
one In the social colony OF Newport was
present. among them being Mrs. Jessie
Williamson. Miss Williamson, Miss Eliz-
abeth Guilford. Mrs. T. Hudson Rich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Parks. Miss Eliz-
abeth Washington. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Wharton. Mr.. and Mrs. John thinner
man, the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Roderick
Terry, Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Eppley.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William III. Sims.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dufais. Miss Martha
Goldman, Mrs. 4. Shaw Safe
Major Lorillard Spencer will arrive on
Inn.
Bright sunshine at the Casino this
morning brought several sharp tennis
matches. the most interesting of which
was a doubles match between Messrs.
Williams Burden and Craig Biddle
against Grafton Cushing and Thomas
Ridgeway.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
SAMUEL J. FOLEY DEAD;
FORMER STATE SENATOR
Held Old Time Tnmmany
PolDer on East Side.

Samuel ]. Foley. former State Sena-
tor and one of the old time Democratic
politicians of the lower East Side, died
yesterday in a sanitarium at Central
Islip. after long Illness. His body
was removed to the Broadway Funeral
Church. where services will be held
tomorrow.
Mr. Foley was born In Quebec. Can
ada, july 10, 1862, and was brought TO
this country as youth. He started
his career as a clerk In the offices Of
II. b. Claflin & Co. and branched out
into politics in the late sos, his first
adventure being an unsuccessful can
didacy for the State Assembly. He
tried again in 1890 and was elected and
in 1886 he was elected Senator from the
old Seventh Ward of the East Side.
Mr.. Foley was closely allied with p.
J. Scully. John +. Ahearn and the Sui
llvans during his political career. He
was made disbursing officer of the
House of Representatives during the
war and in 1920 he was In charge of
the census gathering forces OF Manhat-
tan. He leaves a son. Samuel ]. Foley,
lawyer Of SO Buchanan place, The
Bronx.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
,PINNEY-COOMBs.

Miss Margaret Coombs Of Scarsdale.
n. Y, was married last Saturday to
Mr.. Alexander Pinney of New York In
the Church of st. James the Less, Scars
dale. The reception was in the home OF
the brides mother, Mrs. Jerome w.
Coombs. The Rev. Alan Reid Chalmers
and the Rev. William Oscar Jarvis Off
ciated.
The bride was given away by her
uncle, Mr.. Charles II. Hall. Her sister.
Miss Virginia Coombs. was maid OF
honor. The bridesmaids were Miss
Josephine Coombs. sister Miss Kath-
arine Adams of Wellesley, cousin Miss
Janet Pinney, the bridegrooms sister.
and Miss Margaret Brown, classmate
of the bride in Wellesley. class of 1919.
Rhoda Walker was flower girl.
The best man was Mr. Edward @.
Pinney, Jr.. the bridegroom's brother.
The ushers were Messrs. John Van
voorhis and DIR. Craig Potter of Roch-
ester, Kelvin Evans OF Scarsdale and
New York, Sherman Baldwin of New
York and william Stewart of Scarsdale,
cousins of the bridegroom, and Gordon
Smyth of Germantown. cousin of the
bride.
The bride Is a daughter Of the late
Jerome. w. Coombs. a former Assistant
Corporation Counsel of New York city.
Mr.. Pinney, who is a son af Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward c. Pinney, Is associated
with Lee. Higginson & Co. He Is a Yale
graduate. Mr.. and Mrs. Pinney will
live In New York.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
WIFE'S FUNERAL HELD
BEFORE KNAPP ARRIVES
NeUs Reaches Hin, Too Late
Charters Steamer.

Special Dispatch TO THE NEw York HERALD.
SoUTHA AMProN, l.. l.. June 26.-Jo-
seph Palmer Knapp. husband of Mrs.
Elizabeth Laing Knapp. who died Fri
day. is on his way here In special
steamer which he chartered In Halifax
yesterday as soon as he received a
message announcing the death of his
wife. He will arrive too late for the
funeral.
Mr.. Knapp was on n fishing trip in the
Canadian wilds. where he had been for
eyeral weeks. He did not know of his
wife's death until he reached Halifax
yesterday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Knapp were
held this afternoon in her home on
Cherry Creek Farm on Ok Pasture road.
The Rev. Samuel G. Fish. rector OF st.
Johns Church, ofiicia,ed. The body vas
removed to a mortuary chapel at Sag
Harbor where 1t will lie until Mr.. Knapu
arrives. The funeral services were de-
layed until a message was received frtm
Mr.. Knapp.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
MISS BUTLER, ARTIST,
IS CLERCYMAN'S BRIDE
The ReU. Herbert L. Jcnes of
Flushing Weds.

Miss Olive Butler daughter of the
Rev. w. H. Butler of Boston and Sue
cessful artist and illustrator of this city.
was married yesterday IN the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine to the Rev. Her
bert Lewis Jones. curate of St Georges s
Church. Flushing. L. I. The ceremony
was performed by the Right Rev. Arthur
s. Lloyd, Suffragan Bishop Of New York.
and the reception was in the home %
Miss Alice Marsland at 800 West Eighty
sixth street.
The hour of the ceremony. 2 o'clock.
was dependent upon the docking Of the
Celtic of the White Star Line. as Mr..
Robert Edwards. the purser. an uncle
Of the bride, had promised to give her
In marriage within an hour after the
ship was at her pier. The bride was at
tended by Mrs. Lyman Orton. her sister.
Mr. Douglas Stewart of this city was
the best man.
Yesterdays bride finished her art
studies in the school of the Boston
Museum Of Art last year and has since
been successful as an illustrator. Her
work. which she expects to continue, Is
being uJed by eight publications.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
7. M. Carnegie, Jr.,
Weds Daughter of
w. Butler Duncan
Bride a Granddaughter. of the
Late Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
A. Havemeyer.

Miss Dorothy Duncan. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Butler Duncan. was mar
ried yesterday afternoon In the family
home. ii5 East Seventy second street. to
Mr.. Thomas Morrison Carnegie, Jr. of
New York and Pittsburgh. The couple
will sail for Europe by the Olympic on
July Is and pass several weeks abroad.
They expect to live in New York In the
autumn.
While one Of the most interesting
weddings Of the month. 1t was most sim
pie. The ceremony, which was attended
by small group of relatives. was per-
formed by the Rev. Father Farrell of
the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Brooklyn.
The reception In the Colony Club was
more general.
The bride. who was given away by her
father. had one attendant only, Miss
Florence Loew. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Goadby Loew. The brides
dress of white satin was adorned with
some old family lace. Mr.. Charles c.
Lee, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Parrish
Lee. was best man. There were no
ushers
The bridegroom and his best man had
arranged to go abroad together last
summer when two days before the sail
ing date Mr.. Carnegie was stricken with
appendicitis and underwent an operation
in the hospital at Southampton. where
Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie had villa. Mr..
and Mrs. Duncan and their daughter
also passed last summer in the Long
Island resort.
Bride and bridegroom are members Of
noted families of this city and Pitts
burgh She is a granddaughter Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore A. Have
meyer. Her father is namesake. nephew
and adopted son Of the late w. Butler
Duncan. who was the father OF the late
Mrs. Paul Dana Mr.. Duncan recently
sold his country place at Port Washing
ton. L. l.. to Mr.. Vincent Astor.
Mr.. Carnegie is grandnephew OF
Andrew Carnegie and Is the third of his
line to bear the name of his grandfather.
the late Thomas Morrison Carnegie. He
also is grandson of the late Carter
Curtis Beggs Of Pittsburgh and is a
nephew of Mrs. Frederick c. Perkins OF
this city and Pittsburgh.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
GOVERNORS WIFE EIES
FOLLOWING HIS TRIAL
Excitement Attending Acquit.
foi OUercomes Mrs. Small.

kANKAKEE, ILL.,, June 26.-Mrs. Len
Small. willie Of Gov. Small OF Illinois,
died about s o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Small was stricken with
apoplexy Saturday night during the ex-
element incident to the celebration o.
friends and fellow townsmen of the
Governor as a consequence Of his acquit-
tai that afternoon after his trial at
Waukegan. With her at the time OF her
death was the Governor and their thres
children. Leslie and Budd Small. and
Mrs. A. +. Inglesh.
From the moment OF Mrs. Small's COL
lapse physicians offered no encourage
ment. She had suffered for some time
with high blood pressure and her condi-
tIon was believed TO have been aggra-
waited by the strain of the Governors
trial.
Mrs. Small was born December II,
1851, In Livingston county, Illinois. She
was married to Gov Small In 1892.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
SAMUEL c. HARRIoT.

Samuel Csrman Harriet, SO. son OF
Samuel Harriet. for more than thirty
years president Of the Greenwich Fire
Insurance Company Of Manhattan. died
Sunday at his home, 454 West Twenty
third street. Mr. Harriet retired a num-
Der OF years ago. He was identified
with charitable work, and In this con-
nection withheld his identity. lie was
member of the Union League Club and
the Sons Of the Revolution of the state
OF New York. He leaves his widow and
son, Samuel c. Harriet, Jr.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Miss Virginia w. Hagen. daughter of
Mrs Winston III. Hagen of PAP East
Sixty-eighth street. was married yester-
day in the Church of the Ascension to
Mr.. Alvin Devereux of New York by the
Rev. Dr.. Percy .Stickney Grant, rector
of the church. assisted by the Rev.
Thomas Guthrie Speers Of the First
Presbyterian Church. Miss Helen Hagen
was her sisters maid of honor. The
bridesmaids were Misses Elizabeth Van
A. Manning and Alice Warren. The best
man was Mr.. Walter Bourchier Dew
ereux, Jr. The ushers were Messrs w.
G. Devereux. G. Wolcott Henry. Charles
J. Biddle, Donald ID. Dodge, Thomas
Swami 4th. Don NJ. Kelley. Garrett e.
winants and Arthur A. Gammell.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
POTTER FUNERAL TOMORROW.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
NEWPORT. June 26.-Mrs. Julia Blatch-
ford Potter who died on Saturday. will
be buried tomorrow at Newport. She
was the daughter of the late Richard
Milford Blatchford and widow OF Ed
ward Tuckerman Potter. who was a
son OF Bishop Alonzo Potter Of Pennsyl-
vania. and an older brother of the late
Bishop Henry Goldman Potter. In re-
cent years she had lived chiefly in New
port. r. I. Her children include Howard
Mott Potter, Edward Clarkson Potter.
Mrs. Tompkns McIlvaine of New York
and Newport. and Mrs. William Adams
Delano of New York.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
SOCIAL NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Young gave a
dinner last evening for Mr. and Mrs.
Earle w. Sinclair. who leave for Europe
this week. Among the guests were Mr..
and Mrs. James q. Shepherd. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene y. Cronin. Mrs. Frank
Moore and Mr.. Albert Boettger
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson s. Dunn OF II
rast Eleventh street have returned
from their country place in Ipswich.
Mass. and are at Sea Gate for the
summer
Mrs. James J. Hoyt, who has been. at
txatonah, N. Y, has returned to her
anartment at the Carlton House.
Mrs. c. Douglas Green entertained at
luncheon yesterday for her daughter,
xt,ss Eleanor Lee Flagg. In the Ritz
carlton. Miss Flagg has just returned
from Rome.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
DANCE FESTIVAL AT ROsLYN.
Entertainment for Rec reation
Work mt Harbor H,II.

For the benefit OF summer recreation
work of the New York City Recreation
Committee, composed OF about thirty
cooperating organizations. dancing
festival will be held In the gardens Of
Harbor Hill. the summer residence OF
Mr.. Clarence II. Mockay. at Roslyn
l.. l., July 3. Mrs. Frank A. Vandsrlip
Is chairman OF the executive committee.
and tickets may be obtained OF Mrs
Charles Cary Rumsey of 20 lcas.
Thirtieth street. Manhattan.
Among those on committees are Miss
Constance Jennings Miss Katherine
Mackay. Mrs. William Preston. Miss
Muriel Vanderbilt. Mss Barbara Wilt
ney, Mrs. Robert B'con. Mrs. August
Belmont, Mrs Nicho.as +. Brady. Mrs.
Arthur Scott Burden. Mrs. w. AverelI
Hartman. Mrs. John T. Pratt. Mrs
Payne Whitney. Mrs. Egerton Winthrop,
Messrs. Thomas Hitchcock. Herbert
Pulitzer. Rodman Wanemaker. Bronson
winthrop, Douglas Burden. william
Preston, Oliver Jennings and Colgate
Mann.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Daughter of Mrs NJ Tumbleston Brown to Be Bride of
Son of Mrs. Frederic P. Sands.
MISS GWENDALIN BROWN.

Miss Gwendalln Brown and Mr.
Austin Ledyard Sands of New York
and Newport. r. l.. whose engagement
was announced just a year ago, will
be married tomorrow In the Marble
Collegiate Church by the pastor. the
Rev. DR.. David James Bunrell. The re-
ception will be in the Hotel st. Regis.
Mr. Sands and his bride will live in
New York.
Mrs. Roland p. Dickson. sister of Mr..
Sands. Mr. Rodman Wanamaker ID.
Of Philadelphia will attend Mr.. Sands
as best man and Messrs. Bradford Nor
man, Jr.. of Newport and Jerome Paul
of Philadelphia will be the ushers
Miss Brown is a daughter Of Mrs.
NJ. Tumbleston Brown Of 80 West Fifty
fifth street who has lived in New York
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
MRS. H. B. HYDE BURIED.
Widow of Founder of Equitable
Life Assurance Society.

Funeral services for Mrs Henry Bald
win Hyde. widow of the founder OF the
Equitable Life Assurance Society. were
held yesterday in the Church of the
Incarnation, Madison avenue and
Thirty-fifth street. Mrs. Hyde was
buried in the family plot. at Wood
lawn Cemetery beside the body OF
tho late Mr.. Hyde, who died In 1899.
Mrs. Hyde died last Friday at her
country home in Saratoga Springs,
n. Y.
Mrs Hyde had for many years at
tended the Church of the Incarnation.
The Rev c. NJ. Belden. assistant rector.
read the service. Two OF Mrs. Hyde's
favorite hymns were sung. The mem
bers of the family present included
Mrs. Charles r. Scott. daughter of Mrs.
Hyde: Mr.. Scott, Messrs Sidney Dillon
Ripley, James II. Ripley and Henry
u. H. Ripley. grandsons. and Mrs.
Henry B. II. Ripley. Others at the church
were Mrs. Charles b. Alexander, Mrs
Elliott f. Shepard and Messrs. Henry
Rogers Winthrop, Bradish G. Johnson.
William Rhinelander Stewart and Law
renee Lewis Gillespie.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Photo by Ira Hill Studio.

ten years. She is a niece Of the late
William T. Adee of this city and Is
graduate of Spence School. Mrs. Brown
and her daughter have Joined the Palm
Beach colony for the past few winter
seasons and to-morrow's bride was the
first woman to fly by airplane between
Palm Beach and Miami. She served
with the Motor Corps of America dur
ing the war.
Mr.. Sands Is son Of Mrs. Frederic
p. Sands of Newport and a brother of
Mrs. Lorillard Spencer and Miss Eliza
beth Sands as we'll as of Mrs. Dickson.
His first wife was Miss Mariana
Fullam. daughter of Rear Admiral
William F. Fullam. u. S. N. and
Mrs. Fallam. He has a country
place in New Hamburger, N. Y, and
has been engaged in aviation promotion
for some time.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
THOMAS CLARKE.

Thomas Clarke. carpenter anil
builder, father OF the Rev. John J..
Clarke. rector of 81. Patrick's Church.
Long Island City. died yesterday at his
home, 16 Cypress avenue. Flushing. he
was born in Ireland In 1s46 and learned
shipbuilding in Glasgow. He came t.
this country In 1889. and sixteen years
ago moved 10 Flushing. His wife died
several years ago. He leaves another
son. Thomas ]. Clarke. civil engineer.
The Rev. John J. Clarke founded st
Anastasia's parish In Dsuglaston.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
OIL MEN FRENCHMEN's GUESTS.
Rorace Ffnsly and Others Enter
tain standard OmciaIs.

Several leading oil men in this coun-
try were the guests Of Horace Finally
and several other prominent Frenchmen
at dinner last night at Sherry's. About
nifty persons attended. among them being
Alfred c. Bedford. chairman OF the
board of directors, and Walter c. Teagle.
president, Of the Standard OIL Company
Of New Jersey; Howard Il. Cole and
Lucien I. Thomas, vice-presidents. and
Charles f. Meyer and Herbert l.. Pratt
directors. of the Standard Oil-Company
of New York !. Edward Prisner, president
of the Vacuum oil Company. and many
of the officers and directors OF several
other oil companies in this country and
abroad.