Evening star., 1945-08-28

COuIoc, III 1900. ne was u mcmDel
Of the New Jersey National Guard
He received a civil engineering de.
gree from Princeton University ir
1892.
His wife, Mrs. Virginia r. Tench
lives at 919 South st. Asaph street
Alexandria.
Col. Tench has been at headquar-
ters in the South Pacific area since
1912. He was in Washington In
April before returning to duty to
the headquarters of the AAF, Pa
ciflc Ocean area.
Was Stationed at Pentagon.
Col. Hutchison, Al, was stationed
at the Pentagon II months ago. His
wife, Mrs. Esther Hutchison, and
their two sons, Charles, jr., 10, and
Joseph, 8, live at 1924 South Colum-
bus street, Arlington.
Born in Mineral Point, Wise, Col
Hutchison is one of nine children
in his family. Three of his seven
brothers also are in the service
including Brig. Gen. David w. Hut
Gibson, now on Okinawa. The othe,
two in the Army, Pvt. Joseph Hut
Gibson and Corpl. Harry Hutchisor
are stationed in this country. Col
Hutchison was graduated from West
Point in 1927. He wears the Legion
OF Merit awarded for services while
on duty in Washington. Col. Hut.
Gibson has written his wife that he
hopes to contact her brother, Mai
Joseph Webb, who has been i'm.
prisoned In Japan since the out
break Of the war. Mrs. Hutchisor
said her family had not heard from
Maj. Webb for almost two years.
Won Byrd Contest.
Maj. Siple, 81, is remembered as
the Eagle Boy Scout who won q
Nationwide contest in 1928 to &C.
company Admiral Richard E. Byrd
on his expedition to the Antarctic
He is now a veteran of the Aeutians
Europe and Pacific theaters of war
A native Of Montpelier, Ohio, Mai
Siple received his bachelors degree
at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa,
and his doctors degree at Clark
University, Worcester, Mass. He
went with the third Antarctic Ex-
pedition, 1889 to 194l. He was in
charge Of equipping the expedition
Before entering the Army as q
captain in July, 1912, Maj. Siple
spent five months at the Quarter
masters Depot in Boston preparing
for the work he Is now doing. The
family moved here in 1912, when
Maj. Siple was stationed in Wash
ington.
His wife, Mrs. Ruth Siple, ano
two daughters, Anne, S, and Jane
3, live in Arlington.
Practiced Law Here.
1t. Col. Sightler, 38, a native oi
Montgomery, Ala, attended the Uni.
versity of Alabama and was gradu-
ated from Virginia Military Insti-
tute. He began his law studies al
the University Of Alabama and COM
pleted them at George Washington
University in 1929. He began prac-
ticing in the District in 1929.
Col. Sightler went into the Army
in December, 1910, as a captain In
the I'd Armored Division at Fort
Benning, Ga. He was assigned tc
Washington in November, 1941, ir
the operations division of the gen.
eral staff. He was in the invasion
at Peleliu. He returned to Wash
ington last November, leaving or
July l for the Pacific.
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Sterling
Marsden Sightler, is a native Wash
ingtonian. She is now running Col
Sightler's law Office in the Southern
Building with his sister, Mrs. G. w
S. Musgrove.
Served ut War Department. .
Col. Paige, 36, a native of Deck
erville, Mich, is a graduate o1
West Point in 1882. He was sta
toned at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
from 194l to 1913, coming here tc
serve on the general staff of the
War Department. He left for over
seas in June, 1915.
His wife, Mrs. Marietta Talbot
Paige, and three children-Maretta
8; Melanie. 4, and Melinda, 2-live
at 1130 Valley drive, Alexandria.