Evening star., 1932-12-18
THEODORE P. MOVES
RITES TOMORROW
President Among Those Who
Pay Tribute to The Stars
Late Associate Editor.

Colleagues from The Star and the
American Automobile Association, to-
gether with close personal friends, will
serve as honorary pallbearers at the
funeral services for Theodore Prentice
Noyes, associate editor of The Star, who
died early Friday morning at the United
States Naval Hospital, after an illness
of nearly eight months. The services,
at which Rev. DR.. C. Ernest Smith, rec
tor of st. Thomas Episcopal Church,
will officiate, will be held at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the residence Of
Mr.. Noyes father, Theodore w. Noyes,
1730 New Hampshire avenue. Interment
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
The list of pallbearers is as follows:
r. M. Kaufman, secretary OF The
Evening Star Newspaper Co.; Gideon A.
Lyon, associate editor Of The Star:
Samuel H. Kaufman, assistant busi-
Howard, automobile editor of The Star;
Henry G. Hanford, assistant to the busi-
ness manager Of The Star; Ben M. Nc
Kelway, news editor Of The Star;
Charles P. Clark. general manager Of
the American Automobile Association:
George E. Hamilton, jr.; Carl r. Kurtz,
and Archibald c. Rayner.
The Presidents Letter.
The condolences of the White House
were expressed to Mrs. Noyes in per-
sonal note received from President
Hoover. The note read as follows:
MY Dear Mrs. Noyes:
Il am deeply grieved to learn Of your
husbands death, and both Mrs. Hoover
and I wish you to know of our heartfelt
sympathy He was so useful citizen
and so generous Of time and effort in
all public interests as to earn the warm
regard of the community and OF his
many acquaintances. He will be sadly
missed.
"Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER"
Bascom N. Timmons, president Of the
National Press Club, yesterday an
nounced the following committee repre-
senting that organization to attend the
funeral: Uric Bell, Louisville Courier
Journal; Clifford K. Bergman. WASH
ngton Star; Raymond P. Brandt, st.
Louis Post-Dispatch: Raymond Clapper,
United Press; j. Fred Essary, Baltimore
Sun: Gilbert Grosvenor, National Geo.
graphic Magazine; Arthur Krock. New
York Times; Russell Kent, Birmingham
News; David Lawrence. United States
Daily; Sir Willmott Harsant Lewis,
London Times: Byron Price, Associated
Press: Mark Sullivan, New York Her
ald-Tribune; LIE Roy T. Vernon. Chi
cago News; James L. Wright, Buffalo
News, and Paul Wooton, New Orleans
Times-Picayune.
Resolutions Of Sympathy.
A resolution conveying to Theodore
w. Noyes the sympathy felt by the or
ganiza ton on the death of his son was
unanimously voted by the Society Of
Natives at its meeting held Friday
night Theodore P. Noyes, although
resident of Washington for practically
his entire life, was ineligible for men,
bership in the society because OF his
having been born in Maryland.
Mr. Noyes, who was .36 years Of age,
in 1915 first entered the service Of the
newspaper of which his father is editor
and of which his grandfather was
editor for more than 40 years. From
1917 to 1919 he was in active service
with the United States Naval Reserve
force. Returning to The Star, he served
IN various capacities and through vari-
GUS grades until he was appointed an
associate editor in 1927. He had been
for number Of years automobile editor
Of The Star: was always constructtvely
interested in civic affairs and in traffic
matters; was director OF the A. A. A.
and chairman of the Traffic Committee
of the Board of Trade.
Mrs. Noyes, who was Miss Adelaide
Pearce of this city. and two young chill
dren survive him, together with his
father and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph
Walker Mcdowell and Mrs. Smith
Hempstone.