Evening star., 1941-01-26
By JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

george Marley OF Deer Park, Nd,
who will be los years old April l..
according to his English baptismal
certificate, believes there is no
other man like Roosevelt in the
world today" In fact, visitors who
! aren't Democrats are under con-
siderable suspicion, for he stands
for no foolishness when it comes to
his partisanship in politics.
His deafness, and the fact that
he can neither read nor write. in
no wise prevent him from having
decided opinions, nor from being
in touch with the news of his town
and that of the Nation. With ear
phones, he keeps up with the news
over the radio
MY greatest disappointment
since have been 100 years DID," he
tells his daily callers, lis that my
family interfered with my plans for
going to President Roosevelt's
third inaugural. Too cold, humph,
the weather was nothing that day
to the really cold weather I have
Weathered without harm in my lorg
life
His first inaugural was Presi-
dent Lincoln'S first one. 1t was
always matter of pride with him
to attend the subsequent inaugurals
regularly after his honorable dis
charge from the Union Army. June
%, 1865, at the age of 20.
Readily Found His Way About.
On the occasion of his inaugural
visits. it was always his custom
to make his headquarters in a ROOM
ing house on G street near the
Old Mansion House From this
point, despite his inability to read
the street numbers or the names
of the streets, he could readily find
his way to any place he wished to
walk within the city's radius
Schooling when he was a child in
Stockton, Durham, England.
century ago, he recalled, was a
luxury only the well-to-do could
afford" He admits, however, that
when an arrangement was made
for some one to pay for one days
schooling week for him. his mother
could not induce him to take ad-
vantage of it.
When he was 9 his father bound
him out to ships captain BY the
time he was IL he had made two
trips by sailing vessel to the United
States. On the second one. via a
French port, cargo of brandy was
brought to New York City. Always
stocky and husky. he remembers the
thrill he had when the ship was in
port, of being handed the wonderful
sum of 25 cents for giving the sue
cessful boost to one of the heavily
loaded horse driven harbor wagons,
which extricated it from the mud
near the dock and started it on its
way toward its Broadway destina-
ton.
A native of Hull, England, Mr..
Marley has seen service in the Eng
llsh Navy, the United States Navy
and the United States Army.
Was Wounded in War.
During the Civil War he enlisted
in Company C, goth Regiment, New
York Infantry, and saw action at
Cape Hatteras, where he was
wounded in the right leg and right
ear. He also was engaged in the
battles of Gettysburg, Antietam and
the Wilderness.
A witness to the battle between the
Monitor and the Merrimac, he has
told the story many times of how
1t was foggy until noon, when the
fog lifted and the Merrimac came
face to face with the Monitor, that
little cheese-box on a raft, which
sent the Merrimac scuttlin' and dis
abled to harbor in Norfolk" This
engagement, he reminds you, put
an end to the building of wooden
ships of war and demonstrated the
value of armored vessels"
After the Civil War Mr.. Marley
settled in Garret County. Md, to
become one of the founders of Deer
Park when the late Senator Gas
saway Davis of West Virginia took
him there from Washington to dig
well. Subsequently he worked for
Senator Davis for 40 years.
For seven years he was. police
officer of Deer Park, during which
time he met President Harrison and