Evening star., 1946-02-11
English Wives of D. c. Veterans
Arrive at New Homes Here

ONES Here
accountant. who met her in New
York.
They reached Washington by
train about 2 am. Mr.. Chite was
q storekeeper, second class, in the
Navy and was overseas for %
months.
MIR. Chite's father, Dominic Chite,
who owns a barber shop at 1920
North Capitol street. where he lives,
said of his new daughter in law, as
he listened to her Scotch burr:
She is wonderful. She is very
NICE"
Delayed by Weather.
Due to their late arrival here, the
couple slept through the snowy
morning, but prepared to greet a
news photographer about noon.
The weather was to blame for for
mer T/Sergt. Joseph E. Aronoff, 80,
of SAT E street NE, being unable to
bring his wife, Frances, 80, and son,
Michael j., year old, to Washing
ton last night.
Mr.. Aronof told his father, E. JOS
eph Aronof of the E street address,
by telephone from New Brunswick,
N. j., where the trio was visiting his
aunt, that he planned to drive on
to Washington last night. When
told that it was showing here, he
decided to remain there for the
night.
Served Under Patton.
A Purple Heart wearer, Mr.. Aron-
of was discharged last July after
service in England with the Special
Services Division of the Southern
Base Section, and served with the
Gath Infantry Division of the late
Gen. George 8. Patton's Sd Army
through France and Germany.
He is a graduate of Eastern High
School and George Washington
University and also attended the
University of Delaware. He now is
employed at District Red Cross
headquarters as assistant director
for the First Aid. Accident Preven-
ton and Water Safety Division. He
and his wife were married in Eng
land two years ago.
j. ]. Libert, 1044 Quebec place
NV, met his family in New York
and had a room for them at the
Hotel Piccadilly there, decorated
with flowers, his mother, Mrs. Johr
N. Libert of the Quebec place ad-
dress, said.
Former Corporal.
Mr.. Libert is former corporal
He and his wife have one child
Victoria, year old, and his wife
has son by a former marriage
Raymond Roberts-Brown, 4. Mr.
Libert's mother said she does moi
know when her>son and his family
will arrive in Washington.
Mr.. Libert was discharged las
June after serving with the 29tf
Division since April, 1941. He served
in England two years and later wa.
in the Normandy invasion, the cam.
paign at st. Lo and Brest in France
and in Germany.
On arrival, the war wives were
eager to know the kind of place they
were coming to and whether they
would arouse any jealousy on the
part OF American women, and they
were particularly anxious to know
how their new relatives would re.
ceive them.
Others Arriving Here.
Others coming here were:
Mrs. Maynard H. Smith, wife OF
the Congressional Medal of Honor
winner, auditor in the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, who lives at 2115 ]
street NV, and their daughte,
Mary, year old.
Mrs. E. B. Lunsford, wife of a for
mer staff sergeant, who lives at 506s
Macarthur boulevard NV, and
their year-old son Paul E.
Mrs. Thomas j. Evans. wife of q
former private, first class, who live.
at 2006 G street NV, and her two
children, Yvonne H. Stein, 4, ano
Sandra ]. Stein, 2.
Mrs. George S. Newman, wife OF
. former technical sergeant who
lives at 1855 Peabody street NV.
Was Dress Designer.
Mrs. Evans. with her two daugh.
ters by former marriage, came
from London, where she was 8
dress designer. She is the daugh.
ter of the famous strong man
Sandow. She has not seen her hus.
band for about year. Her first
husband died.
Gould Lincoln, The Stars CORE.
spondent who came over on the
Queen Mary from England, talked
with Mrs. Evans, who expressed the
common concern of all the wal
wives-they are eager to get to
their new homes, look upon it as a
great adventure and are primarily
interested in being with their hus-
bands.
Observers were impressed that
the war wives are "a good looking
bunch of girls" and come from the
same walks of life in England that
the wives of the GIs would ordi-
narily come from here.
The future Washingtonians were
eager to know what kind of place
they were coming to and took ad-
vantage of the lectures on ship
board and asked numerous ques-
tions.