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Evening star., 1943-05-02
Dorothy Currier
Is the Bride of
Ensign Preisser
Couple United
In Marriage in
Hamline Church

The marriage OF Miss Dorothy
Beresford Currier, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Louis Wade Currier of
this city, to Ensign Warren Godfrey
Preisser, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Warren Preisser, also of Washing
ton, took place last evening at 8
o'clock in the Hamline Methodist
Church with the Rev. DR.. H. w.
Burgan officiating. The church was
decorated with palms and tall vases
OF white lilies and gladioluses and
lighted with candles.
Given In marriage by her father,
the bride wore gown of white mar
qu1sette and lace over white satin.
The gown was made on princess
lines and the full skirt ended in a
train. A f1nger-tip veil of illusion
was held by a coronet of seed pearls
and orange blossoms. She carried
shower bouquet of white roses.
Miss Dorothy H. Cochrane was the
maid of honor. Her gown was of
pink marquisette and lace made
with fitted bodice and a full skirt.
Her pink face veil was held by pink
flowers and her bouquet of spring
flowers was tied with blue and vel
low ribbons matching the brides
maids gowns.
The bridesmaids were Miss Sarah
E. Clark of Newtonville, Mass, and
Miss Marion Choisser, Miss Louise
Steuart and Miss Ruth Bicknell, all
OF Washington. Miss Clark and
Miss ChoiSser wore blue marquisette
and lace with matching circular face
wells fastened with blue flowers and
they carried bouquets of spring
flowers. Miss Steuart and Miss
Blcknen wore yellow marquisette
and lace with yellow wells and their
bouquets were of spring flowers tied
with matching ribbons.
Mr.. A. Howard Beard served as
best man and the ushers were MIR.
wade R. Currier, brother of the
bride; Mr.. Robert B. Trey, Mr.. James
E. Loggins and Mr.. j. Walter Per-
kinS.
Immediately following the cere-
mony a reception was held at the
home Of the brides parents, which
was decorated with spring flowers.
Mrs. F. V. Rand, Mrs. Sidman P.
Poole, Mrs. George Bicknell, Mrs
Percy Balch and Mrs. Harold M.
Bannerman assisted.
Mrs. Currier wore gown of cerise
crepe with a corsage of talisman
roses. The mother Of the bride
groom was gowned in aquamarine
crepe and her corsage was of pink
roses. Mrs. Charles H. Richardson,
grandmother of the bride, wore a
gown of pale blue crepe with a cor
sage of pink roses.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Preisser left
for their wedding trip, the bride was
wearing a powder blue suit with
beige accessories and a corsage of
roses.
Mrs. Preisser attended George
Washington University and is a
member of Sigma Kappa. Sorority.
The bridegroom attends George
Washington Medical School and is
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity.
Among the out-of- town guests at
the wedding were Prof. and Mrs.
Harold M. Bannerman and Miss
Jean Bannerman of Hanover. N. H.:
Mrs. E. l.. Sanborn of Fairlee, VT:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Cole of Win
chester, Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs,
Henry Aldrich OF New York City.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Memorial Tea
BY Auxiliary Of
Dental Society
Tribute to Be Paid
Bessie d. Wolfe,
Gr0ub's Founder

A silver memorial tea will be given
this afternoon by the Woman'S
Auxiliary of the District of Colum-
bia Dental Society in honor Of the
organizations founder, the late
Bessie Daley Wolfe.
Mrs. william Paul Hoffman, act
ing president, will head the receiving
line, and welcoming the guests with
her will be DR.. Hoffman, Capt. G..
Raymond Wells, U. S. N, president
elect of the American Dental Asso-
citation, and Mrs. Wells; Gen. Rob-
ert H. Mills, U. S. A, and Mrs. Mills;
Capt. Albert Cox, U. S. NJ; DR.. Will
liam j. Wright, United States Public
Health Service, and Mrs. Wright;
DR.. George B. Clendenin, president
of the District of Columbia Dental
Society, and Mrs. Clendenin and DR..
Woodson T. Birthright, president
elect of the District of Columbia
Dental Society, and Mrs. Birthr1ght.
Taking their turn at the tea table
will be Mrs. George Clemns Ruh-
land, Mrs Magruder Macdonald,
Miss Matte Gibson, Mrs. Rudolph
Max Kaufman, Mrs. Hugh B. Cal
lahan and Mrs. Joseph Wall. Mrs.
L. M. Smallwood has been asked to
assist, and others in this group are
Mrs. Allan Scott Wolfe, Mrs. John
D. Callander, Mrs. Carl Woods, Mrs.
Bruce Taylor, jr., and Mrs. William
NJ. Sweet, all past presidents of the
auxiliary.
Guests of honor will be Miss
Katherine Lenroot, DR.. and Mrs.
Harry Ostrow, DR.. and Mrs. Walter
A. Rath, DR.. and Mrs. Frank w.
Ballou, DR.. and Mrs. Chester Holmes,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mahon and
several members of the Dental Corps
of the Army and Navy.
May has special significance,
as it is known as Dental Health Day
throughout the United States, fol-
lowing Child Health Day. For the
past IA years the auxiliary has
maintained the dentists at the Chill
dren's Hospital and we're the first
to realize the Importance of dental
health among the junior and senior
high school students. The Friday
afternoon clinic was organized five
years ago, and many thousand chill
dren receive dental service through
out the year.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

have had to be given up-there
is no time for them now. Her
fragile, rather wistful look be-
lies her energy. She takes the
war seriously-mothers of sons
on the front do; so she gives all
she can.
There Is so much to be DONE"
she says, and I'VE are all working
hard. Work piles up and more
workers are needed. Sometimes
think of going to work in the
canteen or the motor corps, for
both need more women to meet
the increasing demands. But,
we need people in the Office, too.
I want to do as good a Job as
my son is doing"
Evening star., 1943-05-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Azreal Furr of
this city announce the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Bessie
Ida Furr, to Mr.. Edward Fischer,
U. S. A, son of Nh. and Mrs. A.
Ben Fischer of Brighton, Colo.
The ceremony took place April II
at the home of the brides
parents. Rabbi Solomon Metz
officiated.
The bride Is a native Washing
tonian and has received a num-
ber of literary and scolastic
honors. Mr.. Fischer was in busi-
ness in Denver before entering
the Army. He Is now stationed in
Washington.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Capt. Reichnan
Is Dinner Guest

Capt. Alfred Reichman. U. S. A.,
who will leave Washington soon,
was honor guest at dinner given
Monday evening at the Washington
Golf and Country Club in Arlington
by a group of officers.
In the party were Maj. James Lee
and Mrs. Lee, Maj. D. E. Cain and
Mrs. Cain, Capt. Wade Cordin and
Mrs. Cordin, Capt. Jacob Jones and
Capt. Hillary Hoskinson.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Capt. ]. D. Picco
And Bride Take
Arlington Home
Couple Married
Sunday in Chapel
At Fort Myer

After short wedding trip in
Richmond and Williamsburg, Capt.
and Mrs. John D. Picco will make
their home in Arlington Village.
Their marriage took place last Sun
day at 2 o'clock in the chapel at
Fort Myer with Chaplain Gracey
officiating at the double-ring cere-
mony.
The former Miss Anne F.. Higgins
of Hudson, Mass, the bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
j. Higgins. She was given in mar
riage by Mr.. William Humphreys.
Her wedding gown was made with a
white satin bodice having a sweet
heart neckline and the full skirt
was Of net and ended in a long
train. A f1ngertip length veil fell
from a pearl beaded Juliet cap.
Miss Betty Haynes served as maid
OF honor and Miss Eileen Roddy
and Miss Mill Kirkbride were the
bridesmaids. Mana May was the
flower girl.
Capt. Picco had Mr.. Ray Sherry,
U. S. A., as his best man, and the
ushers were 1t. q. g. Larry Sherry,
U. S. N, and Mr.: Robert L.
Tollefsen.
Capt. Picco Is stationed in the
Office Of the Chief of Engineers IN
Washington at the present time.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

father who first knew he had a
son when he read OF his arrival
in the Stars and Stripes, the
Army paper. His family had
tried in every way to send the
news, and found the quickest
means was to publish the birth
in the paper. 1t. Peterson's cap
tain reported that when the
father read it he let out a yell
that should have frightened
Rommel from his base.
Now, with the incentive Of a
grandchild, and the secret hope
of a possible furlough for her son,
Mrs. Walmsley works even harder
for victory. She doesn't mind
that riding horse and motor car
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Mother; Inspired BY Boys on the War Front,
Wants to DO as Good a Job as Son Is Doing
Mrs. r. T. Walmsley
Among Busy Workers
At AWVS Quarters

By Mary MacCracken Jones.
Since Pearl Harbor, the time
when Mrs. Robert T. Walmsley
came to the headquarters OF the
American Women's Voluntary
Services to do her part toward
winning the. war, she probably
has met and helped more persons
than any other one person in the
organization.
After brief period Of training
her post was at the information
desk, contact point where every
new recruit and visitor comes to
set on the way to her objective,
where inquiries are answered or
referred to the right person,
where the spark Of friendly help
fulness makes all the difference
between drawing volunteers into
valuable work or leaving them in
different.
Marguerite Walmsley was the
right person for the job, for her
quiet, unobtrusive interest and
ready helpfulness never failed
and her gentle manner and pleas
ant voice made all comers feel
wanted and welcome, inspiring
them to find their job and pull
their weight. For more than a
year she held her post, ready and
reliable, often from 8 in the
morning to S at night.
She thought the information
desk the most interesting point in
the organization, loving the work,
for she enjoyed making contacts
and meeting and helping people.
She liked setting them on the way
to what they wanted, telling Of
classes and giving information as
to the varied activities Of the
AWVS.
All this is in the past tense,
because Mrs. Walmsley now is
Office manager of the humming
business Office that runs the in
ternal machinery of the AWVS.
Sometimes, as she assigns typists,
arranges for mimeographing or
acts as service of supplies, she
may smother a longing for the
more varied personal contacts Of
the information desk-which she
speaks of as a sort of "house by
the side OF the road" But she
meets the fevered demands for
more typists than have reported,
for non-existent messenger serv-
ice and the thousand and one re-
quests that come from every de-
partment to the business Office,
with the same gentle and quiet
ability that distinguished her at
the information desk.
-Four years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Walmsley and Edward Robert
Peterson, Mrs. Walmsley's son by
her first marriage, came to
Washington for what they ex-
pected to be a brief stay, to re-
organize a branch of his busi-
ness. But gathering war clouds
threatened and the Government,
reaching for valuable men, gath
cred Robert Walmsley into the
Office of Price Administration
where he is now senior specialist.
So the brief stay has heightened
and all three of the family are
working with all their might for
an early victory. One is in the
Government. one working for
the AWVS and the son is now a
lieutenant fighting somewhere in
North Africa.
Marguerite Walmsley's friends
know without a word being said
when a message comes frcm her
boy by the brighter look on her
face and the buoyancy of her
walk. A couple of weeks ago she
made visit to her old home and
stopped in New York to see her
Week-old grandson, born to a
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Guests in ARLINGTON

Mrs. A. N. Faulkner of Blacksburg.
Va, and Mrs. Thomas j. White and
daughter Barbara of Newport, R. l.,
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Wine at their home in North Ar
lington. Mrs. Faulkner is Mrs.
Wines mother.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04
Svrid;SIdst
MethUSe|dh Man
g Goes West

NAX committed suicide by slIaHguatIUn-
w ago the age Of 100 years the curse
Of long life which ha plagued hs family line centuries
seemed to have been brought to a end
While most every person normally fears the thought
OF death and longs for ripe old age the "Methsel9h
Family of Shnafya looked upon theif blessing
curse The average age OF the "Methuseah FAIRLY"
might have reached incredible figure had not each
of them cut short the trend by sefmfcted death
The 1Methuselah Family Shnafiya hated long iie
For generations single member of the line vital
statistics have been recorded in their wage-had died
normal death. Suicide invariably used to join aged
members Of the family with old friends the beyond
Many supersttous Shinafiya citizens believe that the
"Methuselah Men" would have died naturally and
that when they became weary and unnterested in life
after living an amazno span of years they sought the
relief that suicide alone could provide.
Shefosh Garun the last Of the "Methuselahs" after
living century and oneh true TO the tradition of his
line. hanged himself with a made out of rope cut
from in his cottage full month before he committed
the act. He followed literally hundreds Of his knsmen
who became known the men who can never die"
With Shefosh his grave and other Gaun left
alive the people of Shnafya believe the curse is obt
Grated
Syrian scientists publicly expressed regret over the
Shefosh not much because they
any him personally but because
they seriously hoped he would live until natural
causes would bring death and explode the myth of i'm
mortality associated with his family.
Now science viii have a chance to dsprove the
legend could pass away except by violence
The Syrians have too many examples at which TO point
TO rcfutc scientific claims that il is all nonsense.
The first Garun who is known to have taken his own
life died by drowning public fountain in Shinafiya
years ago reaching the age of III years
The old simply lost interest living He felt that he
was burden to his family His limbs were weak and his
heart heavy. lie found difficult g. walk the streets
the village and Of his old friends alive to
cheer him most of them had died in their seventies
eighties He grew self-conscous of the oldest
in the world SO Mia Garn originated the family
tradition Of sclf-imposed death.
Five Of his brothers followed him, using different
methods of scfdesruCtion hanging drowning, leaping
high windows swallowing a variety of poisons
Many others nephews even cousins also took their
lives,
Mfa's br,,tbcrs ages averaged III wears but their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

- HE little file tired into the jungle clear
1 ing where they planned camp for the night. Sud
denly Nasco Nuncz the veteran Peruvian bush guide
held mp his hand "a warning TO his companions
Amor de Dos senior guard there is devils
work here he 1hispcrcd to Dir Andrcas Larsen noted
Swedish anthropooRS and leader OF expedition which
was working way through the Maquntare Indian
country between and Ventuar rivers in South
Venezuela
Larsen pcerng Nunez shoulder saw in the grass
the body Of stawart Indian horribly twisted and broken
As the others rifles in hand watched the surround
1rric the Swedish physician walked over 70 the body
and dropped TO his knees Although like all medical men
ne was the sight of death in many forms he
was nauseated by the spectacle before him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

different tribes who worship the Great Snake God and
they say he them into gigantic snakes to wreak
murder revenge
Nonsense" snapped Or. Larsen
oh undoubtedly, 1T is nonsense, you
but What about that fellow there?" Nunez pointed to
the grotesquey twisted body
Intrigued by the mystery, Or. Larsen determined 10
before he returned to civilization His
brave well armed with blow guns bows and
spears while Nunez and the explorer had high powered
rifles and automatic pistols.
DR. Larsen recalled stories of the African natives Of
West Coast their Leopard Society," who said
to disguise themselves with leopard skins VIC
TINS death with claws which fastened
fingers lie wondered something similar going
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

snake but 30 brawny savages, crawling on their
stomachs, each gripping the ahead just above the
and kissing they crawlcd The skins OF several
giant anacondas joined together and fastened over
them AS Or. Larsen and Nunez watched, they wrthed
several times around the terrified girl Then suddenly
leapng upright they seized huge Llama vine fully five
inches diameter and twisted the great vine strong as
rope half times around the girls body
Of the Llama fastened TO distant tree and
others great piece of mahogany, six feet
long sign the leader Of the snake worshppers
the seized the ends OF the piece and began slow
ineXorable twisting of the Llama rope
DIR. Larsen raised his rifle and aimed at the
leaders realized how the Indian whose body he
had found had met aEonizng death.
Nunez and the doctor fired together and then, snap
ping their rifle bolts pulled the triggers again and again
The torturers survived, fled The rescued girl
back her village and the story reported TO
the Venezuelan authorities.
But said Larsen the other day II often wonder if
the snake and their torture rope still prowL'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

veterans of the Jungle trails knew that the great
which grows to length of 20 feet and
the most feared creature in all South America must
tail support before eXertlnE its
bone crushing pressure the victims held in its coils
Indian porters chatering in nervousness and
fright turned them and spoke sharply in their
Indian tongue
The natives held back and NIne2 continued TO speak
TO them angrly. Finally strapping buck came for
ward looked at the body, and began to speak slowly,
emphasis, illustrating his meaning with gestures
continued for time while Or Larsen,
familiar with the Maquilitare language,
waited 70 Nunez Interpretation.
Finally the Periviana waved the Indian back to his
fellow porters and turned to Or Larsen
1t looks bad senior tells that this is the work
OF the body-crushng snake men"
"Hody-crshing snake men?" said the doctor Il never
heard Of them"
Few have and lived to tell of it. senior" said Nuncz
But have rlmors along the Rio BeGro and up
the Vcntuar The story S There Indians Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04
The |7-Yedr-0|d Admiral
Who Bui|tA 70-Ship Ndvy

make a model of every type of vessel
and plane in the United States Navy
and still has TO build mine-layers, pa
troll vessels and auxiliary craft.
All his ships are copied from spcclfi-
cations I'm the authoritative book The
Ships and Aircraft of the United
states Fleet" written by James c.
Fahey. However, the Rosemont youth
hasn't had time TO put modern arma-
ment and technical equipment on his
ships. although these arc carried by
naval vessels now on the seven seas.
Censorship, too, has kept him from
learning all the details he would need
TO know before ne undertook the job.
The Pennsylvania student eventually
will be in the fleet he has copied SO
we'll II the war lasts long enough. He
plans 20 join the Navy in 1916 when
ne graduates from college, or when
his rcservist class is called 20 active
cas-.
however is already helping the real
ainst the Axis right now because IL is
C. about our NAVY and helping 10 i'm
avail officers Many "a real Admiral in
onviuuslv az Master Fellows splinter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

A 17-ycar-old boy who is the Nd
~ miral' of one of the largest
fleets of ships in the world
recently amazed official Washington
with his intimate knowledge Of naval
affairs and shipbUlding although he
has never been aboard a standard
sized battlcshlp.
He is Randolph zclov, student at
the University of Pennsylvania and a
resident Of Rosemont, Pennsylvania.
whose splinter fleet made of light
balsa wood to scale of one inch 10
100 feet has been on display by the
Navy IN the nations capital
Zelov. who is a Naval Ecservist. has
90 shIps-of-t he-liHe in his fleet, the
largest armed vessel being "a replica OF
ao aircraft carrier Of thu Lexington
Class. nine inches long Among his
other true-to-scalc models are subua
rtr,- IpUt and heavy trltesf. l..ff ..-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

The mans face
bore an expression
of intense az ny,
and, as the doctor
examined the body,
il seemed as If
every bone in it
had been crushed.
1T was the most
terrible thing /
ever cav, Or.
Larsen said, de-
scribing his eXper-
fence recently at
san Fernando de
Atapaho, after he
had returned to
civilization.
DIR. Larc n
scanned the jungle
clearing and saw
that the bod was
at least 80 feet
from the nearest
tree. He was puZ-
zled for he knew
there was only one
creature a m O n E
the enemies of
man in the jungle
that is capable Of
inflicting such in
ju4ie $ yet this
could not be the
work of the giant
anaconda constric-
tor n a X @. He
turned TO Nunez.
IS II a k c ?" h c
whispered.
mo, senior, no
snake could have
done that IT is
too far from the
trees. "
Just what I
thought said Lar
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

Ships csIoycrs ubtcndcrs and transports The transport
Of The fleet represented by scale model OF the
Queen Mary and 30 is his largest ship
What "a production achievement 90 Horny j Kaiser
just sldcmo TO- Z,loy who started the work as
hobby when h II Years old AID finished hs last
battcsl january h.s year lie hopes eventually TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-04

h ere. thousands
Of miles from West
Africa.
IL was ( h c c
o'C 10 c k in I h e
IN Ornin & when
n u n e awakened
him. Not far dis
tant, they heard a
deep, steady hiss
ing sound. The In
dian pOrters were
awake and grip
ping their weapons
as. they peere d
fearfully into the
tropic darkness.
At the guides
com m an d, n e
party slipped slow
ly and noiselessly
throt IN the bush
toward the mys-
FERROUS sound. FL
nally they reached
the edge OF a sec
ond clearing and
( zcd on "A horri-
be scene etched in
the brilliant tropic
moonlight. In the
center Of the clear
ing lay a young
Indian Wo m a n,
nude and tightly
bound.
To w ard h er
writhed and twist
ed what at first
glance the horri-
fed doctor took 20
be a tremendous
snake, larger than
any he had mag
med in his widest
dreams. Then he
realized suddenly
that il was not a
Evening star., 1943-08-10

versatility, which make IL a fine foil
for accessories. One of Washing
toms prettiest models said to us the
other day: You know, I'm ahead
of the game. I've been wearing
coat dresses for two years. I wear
them with dickeys, with ascots--and
perfectly plain-as background for
my good pin. I've even tried an
edging of narrow white sheer stuff
and it was very pretty. And one
night I put beaded black narrow
edging on black dress-as dramatic
as anything I've ever tried"
This model went on to say that
she finds the coat dress the most
practical of all fashions because she
can Ak her hair, her makeup and be
completely groomed, and then just
step into her frock. OF course, she
likes coat dresses particularly for
her kind of work, which requires
her to be ready at any moment TO
change into another costume to be
photographed. But in the hurly-
burly of everyday wartime life you'll
all enjoy the comfort and con-
venience of the coat dress. CIT
saves time and coiffuresD Another
practical point In favor Of the coat
dress is that it's easy to keep In
press because practically any one
can open 1t up, lay 1t fiat on the
ironing board and give 1t . once
over-no small virtue in these days
when the cleaners can't always be
counted on to keep our clothes in
apple-pie order.