Evening star., 1946-12-29
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dens, Alexandria, special crew men,
Der and radio man, cuts and bruises.
1t was the first TRANSATLANTIC
flight for Mr.. Mcbride since he mar
ried Miss Dorothy Burgess Decem-
Der in Elkton, Md. A native OF
Noank, Conn. Mrs. Mcbride had
been employed by TWA for more
than two years before resigning No.
vember 27.
She worked as a secretary in the
Personnel Division of TWA, later in
the Procurement and. International
Divisions and finally as a secretary
in the Training Division at Will
mington, Del.
The couple had recently returned
from a honeymoon in Puerto Rico.
They had borrowed the Alexan-
dria apartment for three months
from a friend until they could find
place of their own. Before that
they had spent week at Mr.. Nc
Brides cid apartment at 1906 Old
Dominion boulevard, Alexandria.
Introduced Year Ago.
This was the apartment Mr.. Nc
Bride had shared with his friend,
Myles E. Saunders, TWA naviga-
tor who introduced the couple nearly
year ago.
Mrs. Mcbride spent the day at
her new apartment with a friend
and her mother, Mrs. Robert w.
Burgess of Noank, who came to be
with her daughter when she heard
the news.
Born in Woodstock, vt, June 27,
1920, Mr.. Mcbride joined TWA De-
cember "a, 1941. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. R. Mcbride, live in
Brownsville, vt.
Friends of Mr.. Picard said he had
moved to Flushing, N. Y, with his
wife, Germaine, and sons, Albert IA,
and Gilbert, 9, a few months ago.
Arriving here from his native Paris
in 1941, he was employed by the
French Purchasing Commission.
In Washington he lived at 4211
Second street NV. Only about two
months ago he received his natural
ization papers. He had been in Paris
arranging an Office for an export
import business between Paris and
New York An aunt, Mrs. Charles
Picard, lives at 1903 Woodley road
Was Instructor at Maryland U.
Mr.. 'Lanyon successfully worked in
the rent and housing section of OPA
and the WPB before taking the
special State Department assignment
in Europe last year. A native of
Pittsburg, Kans. and a graduate of
Johns Hopkins University, he came
to Washington in 1889 as a staff
employe of the Bituminous Coal
Committee and in 1943 was an in
structor in business economy at the
University of Maryland.
His wife and two daughters, Anne,
8, and Zoe, 5. live in Pinecrest, We
Mr.. Burmeister's career with TWA
was interrupted during the war for
service in the Army Air Forces. He
was born in Fonda, Iowa, where his
mother, Mrs Johann BurmeiSter,
still lives. Unmarried, he had lived
at the Forty-fourth street address
since last summer.
Mr.. Osterberg also was unmarried.
TWA said he made his home in
Alexandria with another employe of
the company, Capt. John Beatty.
Born in Minnesota, his mother, Mrs.
Orpha Osterberg, live in Milaca,
MINI
Capt. Tansey had made more than
100 New York-Paris flights before I
yesterdays crash. Flying contract !
missions for the Air Transport Com
mand during the war, he added to
mis- more than 10 years experience.
His wife. Mrs. Myrtle Tansey, with
whom he lives in Falls Church, said
Tansey was making his first flight /
since returning from vacation. /
At the home of Flight Officer .
Sparrow is a Christmas tree, under
which are grouped his unopened
presents. His mother, Mrs. Vernon