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Evening star., 1947-04-05
City Heads Enter Bill
To Extend Boiler
Safety inspections

Safety inspections in the District
would be extended to boilers under
a proposed bill before Congress
today.
The measure, sent to Capitol Hill
yesterday by the Commissioners,
would amend the District Boiler In
spection Act to require examination
of hot-water heating boilers, steam
boilers with gravity returns and
pressure vessels operating at pres
sures between Is and so pounds
per square inch.
At the same time, the city heads
sent to the Capitol opinions on three
|other bills affecting the District and
already before Congress.
A favorable opinion also sent along
on legislation to permit overcrowded
District Court to use the Capital
Park Hotel until the proposed new
courthouse Is erected.
Approval also was expressed re-
garding a bill to restore seniority
| to District police and firemen who
missed wartime promotions because
| of service in the armed forces.
The city heads expressed opposi-
ton to third bill, which woule
exempt from taxation the head
quarters. of the District American
Legion Department at 2437 Fifteenth
street NV.
Corporation Counsel Vernon E
West said the boiler inspection bill
would exempt single-family dwelling
and other structures with limited
number of occupants. He said the
measure was designed to reduce the
danger from explosions, number
of which have occurred here with
| In recent years."
Evening star., 1947-04-05
Writ Of Error Is Sought
In StrangIing Conviction
Bv the Associated Press


TAZEWELL, Va, April 5.-De-
fense counsel for Harold Duane
Bevers, 20-year-old former soldier
convicted of first degree murder and
sentenced to life Imprisonment in
the strangulation death of Aileen
Lockhart, Is, has filed petition
for writ of error with the Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals.
The petition was submitted to
Supreme Court Justice A. G. Bu-
chanan of Tazewen by N. Clarence
Smith, attorney for Beavers.
Beavers was arrested shortly after
the high school girl was found
strangled to death on the TazeweH
golf course last September %. She
had been criminally attacked.
Evening star., 1947-04-05
behind the apartment the man hat
disappeared.

behind the apartment the man had
disappeared.
Mrs. Lowery told police that about
10 pm. she was confronted By q
broWn-skinned man. abQut Is years
old. feet II inches. and weighing
about $50 pounds. He had Whit
appeared to be q nickel plated pistol,
she said. Wrapping . piIlowcase
around her mouth and seising her
by the throat, he forced her to walk
down an alley about SO feet.
When she pleaded that she had
no money, he said he did not want
money but threatened her with
bodily harm II she screamed. He
momentarily relaxed his grip and
the pillowcase was loosened, she
said. Mrs. Lowery then screamed
several times and the man ran
down the alley.
Evening star., 1947-04-05
ID. G. Inventor, Sc, Fined SIS
For Fire Huzurd in Laboratory

keep everything quiet, Mr.. Creel
declared.
He said his experiments are not
dangerous and consist in large part
of reading 1000 books and research
and legal files" He added that,
among his inventions, Is q wiring
device installed in $50, 900 900
worth Of radios" made by a national
concord.
And as for my creating hazard,
I'd like to complain about smoke
and fumes smelling like wet plaster
which had been coming into my
apartment for a long time. I keep
a white mouse there to detect poi
sonous fumes, and you should see
the dervishes he cuts"
Judge Casey INTERRUPTED at that
point to announce a guilty verdict
and impose SIS fine.
Evening star., 1947-04-05
Workers In Woods Area
Warned on Fever Ticks

The Montgomery County Health
Department today warned persons
working in wooded areas to take
inoculations against spotted fever
as soon as possible because OF the
length of time required for the
shots" to become effective.
The disease is spread by ticks
Health officials said ticks found
on the body or clothing should be
removed by tweezers and burned.
They should never be removed with
bare hands, they cautioned.
Evening star., 1947-04-05

Half the articles at a 3most treas
red possession" exhibition in VIM
chester, England, were hot water
bottles.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Charles P. Manship Dies;
Baton Rouge Publisher
By The Assoeioisd Pres,

BATON ROUGE, La. Jan. d.
Charles Phelps Manship, IS, pub
Usher and radio station owner and
former president OF the Southern
Newspaper Publishers Association,
died last night after long illness.
TIE publisher Of the Baton Ruge
State-Times and Morning Advocate
had been ILL since 1914.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 am. tomorrow at st. James
Episcopal church. Burial will be in
Baton Rouge.
During the war Mr.. Manship
served in London as United States
associate director of censorship and
became III there in July, 1914. How
ever, he remained on duty until De-
cember of that year. He suffered
another attack year ago.
I'm addition to the newspapers
Mr.. Manship owned radio station
WJBO and WBRL, the latter the
first frequency incubation station in
the South.
Mr.. Manship used his editorial
page to fight the regime Of the late
Huey P. Long when the latter was
governor.
Besides his widow, survivors in
clude two sons, Carries P. Manship,
jr., and Douglas Manship.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Missing Girls Mother
Under Medical Care

Continuing police search today
had failed to reveal a trace Of two
Taft Junior High School girls, miss
ing since Thursday.
Mrs. Henry G. Ritner, 1275 Brent
wood road NE, mother of 15-year-
old Lois Ritner, one of the missing
girls, was under medical care. The
father, a General Accounting Office
claims examiner, said Mrs. Ritner's
already frail health has been i'm
paired further by anxiety for her
daughter.
Also missing is Eleanor Richard
son, Is, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul G. Richardson, 3725 Eighteenth
street NE. Mr.. RichRdson is an
auditor.
The parents of the girls said that
so far as they knew the two were
not acquainted, but police were OF
the opinion they may have met
and may have left together. How
ever, the police were considering
other possibilities, including kid
naping.
Mr.. Ritner said he had supplied
the FBI with full information con-
cerning his daughter. Mr.. Rich
ardson did not discuss his daugh-
ter's absence, except to say no clues
had been found as to her where
ahouts.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
John R. Perry Dies;
Ex-Senate Doorkeeper

John r. Perry, ST., II, chief door,
keeper at the Senate for nearly %
years, died yesterday at his home
1870 East Capitol street, after a
years illness.
Mr.. Perry was a member of the
Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth
and A streets NE, and formerly
was active in the Masonic Order
here. He came here more than 35
years ago from~his native Franklin
County, N. c., to become a Capitol
policeman, In 1918 he became
chief doorkeeper of the Senate and
held that post until his illness.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary s. Perry; a daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Christoferson; son, John
iR. Perry, jr., both of Washington;
two sisters, Mrs. Wiston Perry, and
Mrs. H. M. Sledge, and brother,
H. B. Perry. all of Louisburg, N. G.,
another brother, w. H. Perry, OF
Norfolk, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will held at the
Lee funeral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts, avenue NE, at II
I'm. tomorrow. DR.. John c. Ball
and DR.. K. Owen White OF Metro
politan Baptist Church will officiate
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
tery
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Mrs. Robert A. Ellington
Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Lena Mills Ellington. IS. wife
of Robert A. Ellington, an inspector
for the Capital Transit Co., died
yesterday at her home. Sill Rock
Creek Church road NV, after a
long illness.
Born in Stafford County, Va. she
had lived in Washington for 80
years
Besides her husband she leaves
two daughters, Mrs. Ruth McGruder
and Miss Grace Virginia Ellington,
both of Washington; son, Robert
A. Ellington, jr.. Washington; four
sisters, Mrs. Florence Timmons.
Washington, and Mrs. Blanche
Briggs, Mrs. Clara Ely and Mrs.
Lilly Smith, all of Stafford County,
and three brothers, Roland Mills,
Washington; Alfred Mills, Freder-
icksburg, Va, and Stacey Mills,
Stafford County.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Thursday at the HARDWOOD
(Va.) Presbyterian Church. Burial
will be in the church cemetery,
Evening star., 1947-01-28
William PerryHa Is,
Former Science Chief
OF D. C.-SchooIs, Dies

William Perry Hay. rs. former
head of the science department Of
Washington high schools, died Sum
day at his home in Bradenton, Fla,
where he had moved after his re-
tirement.
A school teacher here for AZ years,
he was first appointed to post in
Central High School in 1892. He
later taught biology and chemistry
in Western, Eastern, and Mckinley
High Schools. He became science
teacher at Howard University before
taking charge of the science depart
ment of all high schools from which
post he retired in 1884.
For the last five years he had as
sisted in research work at labora-
tries in Sarasota and Englewood.
Fla, working with tropical animals
in a public health project.
Mr.. Hay had donated hts per-
sonal library on animal life to the
University of eFlorida. He was a
member of the editorial board of the
latest edition of Webster's Un-
abridged Dictionary.
He was a member of the Cosmos
Club here and formerly had been
active in Masonic circles in Ken
sington, Md.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary Bailey Hay; son, John o.
Hay of Cleveland, Ohio; a daughter,
Mrs. Constance Atkins of Washing
ton; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Minnick
of New York and Miss Frances Hay
of Washington; a brother, Robert
Hay, also of the city, and grand
daughter.
His first wife, the former Miss
Evening star., 1947-01-28
WeIansky, Cocoanut Grove
Operator, Dies in Boston
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Jan. GA physicians
prediction that Barnett Welansky,
so, operator of Cocoanut Grove night
club in which 1872 persons lost their
lives in a fire in 1912 could not live
more than nine months came true
last night.
Welansky died at his home Just
two months and one day after being
pardoned from prison, where he, was
serving a II to Is years man
slaughter sentence.
DR.. Edward D. Churchill of the
Massachusetts, General Hospital said
at the pardon hearing that he
would not be surprised If Welansky
died today or tomorrow" adding
that he would be surprised If he
lived nine months" He was suffering
from cancer.
AS he walked out Of Jail last
November 26, Welansky told news
men: II was framed; I was wrongly
convicted" and then in choking
voice added: Il only wish had
been in the fire."
His wife, two brothers and two
sisters were at his beside when he
died. Funeral services will be held
TODAY. ..-r
Evening star., 1947-01-28


Quincy, Ill. He received degree in
1924 in commercial science from
Southeastern University here. He
enlisted in 1908 in the Hospital Corps
Of the Navy and was assigned to the
presidential yacht Mayflower.
A resident here since 1918, he
was an employe of the Post Office
Department here for "a years. At
the time of his retirement in Octo-
Der, 1916, he was assistant superin-
tendent of railways adjustments in
the department. He previously had
worked ih the Railway Postal Serv-
ice, with headquarters in Chicago.
Widely known in fraternal organ
izations here, he was worthy grand
patron in 1910 of the District Order
of the Eastern Star. He was also
a member of the Bethlehem Chapter
of that organization and of the
Myron M. Parker Lodge of the
F. A. A. M. -
Mr.. Steagall was a member Of the
Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth
and A streets NE, where he served
as president of the Shaver Mems
Bible Glass for eight consecutive
years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Eulalia Barger Steagall; two sons,
Edward F., and Roy E. Steagall, all
of Washington; his father, E. Ray
bourn Steagall, Grantsburg, H.;
three brothers, James ", of Jackson
vile, ILL.,; Roy O., of Oakmont, ILL.,,
and Guy w. Steagall of st. Louis,
and four sisters, Mrs. Leila Hawkins
of .Watova, Okla; Mrs. Mary ONeal
of Ozark, Mrs. Sylvia Roberts of
Marion, ILL.,, and Mrs Laura Cum
minis of Harrisburg, Ill.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
T. {. Hanback, Dies;
Battalion Fire Chief
And 36-Year Veteran

Battalion Chief Floyd Calvin
Hanback,, SO, of 335 Rock Creek
Church road NV, a veteran Of SO
years of the District Fire Depart
ment, died yesterday afternoon in
Garfield Hospital after q months
illness. He had suffered heert
ailment at the end Of last month.
Chief Engineer Clement Murphy
issued statement saying that the
whole department would mourn the
loss Of Chief Hanback,, one Of the
most popular men in the depart
ment.
Mr.. Hanback, was promoted to
battalion chief last August and had
headed the 1st Battalion from that
time until his illness a month ago.
Born in Warrenton, Va, he came
to Washington nearly 40 years ago.
He was appointed to the fire de-
partment June 81, 1910. He was
awarded a decoration for heroism
in the Knickerbocker Theater dis
aster, which occurred Is years ago
today.
A private at the time, his citation
revealed that he took part in the
rescue work for three days and
nights evacuating the 1856 injured
and 98 dead.
He was promoted to sergeant July,
1885; to lieutenant October. 1880,
and to captain December. 1888.
He was member of the Mount
Pleasant Lodge of the Masonic
Order.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Minnie Hanback,; a son, Floyd Nell
son Hanback,: five brothers, Roy B.
battalion chief of the Fire Depart
ment; William D., Eppa H., Herbert
all of Washington, and Burl w. OF
Peach Creek, West Va, and sis
ter, Mrs. Theresa Kane of Wash
'ington.
Funeral services will be held at
II pm. tomorrow at Hysong'S fu-
neral home, 1900 N street NV.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Active pallbearers. all members Of
the Fire Department, will be Sergts,
M. J. Curtin and N. G. Teats, and
Pvts. S. c. Morey, N. F. Marti, j. E.
Shaffer and F. L. Wise.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Army 70 Return War Dead
In August for ReburiaIs

The Army Quartermaster Corps
has set next August as the tentative
month for the return of overseas
war dead for whom next of kin have
requested reburial in this country
Men who died in the Pearl Har-
Dor attack and numerous others now
resting in seven cemeteries in Ha-
vail will reach San Francisco about
August 18. First from Europe, buried
in the Henri Chapel Cemetery in
Belgium, should arrived in New
York about August Is.
Maj. Gen. T. B. Larkin, Quarter
master General, estimated about &c
per cent of recovered bodies will be
brought back for final burial at the
request of next of kin. The femain-
ing 20 per cent will be left perma-
nently in cemeteries of battlef1elds
where they died.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
fn Mrnturiaitt

BUSH. LILLIAN r. In loving memory o.
BUSH, who departed this life eighteer
years ago today, January 2S. 1879.
She stole away and left us
To linger here below;
We think of her so fondly
Because we loved her so.
HER DEVOTED HUSBAND AND chill
DREN.
FITZGERALD. JOHN r.. sR. In loving
memory of our dear husband and father
JOHN r. FITZGERALD, Sr., who passed
away one year ago today, January 2S,
1915.
Our family circle is now broken,
voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in cur midst
Which never can be filled.
Gone is the face we loved so dear.
Silent the voice we loved to hear;
IT'S sad but true, We wonder why.
The best are always the first to die.
We, who loved you, miss you sadly,
As there 6awns another year;
In our lonely hours of misery
Thoughts Of you are ever near.
IT'S sweet to know We shall meet again,
Where parting Is no more.
And that the one We loved so dearly
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
FITZGERALD, JOHN FRANCIS. A trib-
ute of love to the memory OF our dearly
beloved brother. JOHN FRANCIS FITZ-
GERALD. who departed this HE one yeal
mass at ST. Peter's Catholic Church. Enc
and sts. Sc.
+ One year has passed, dear brother,
Since you were laid to rest;
We loved you, but God knew best.
Loved in Life. rfmemssys,sseds sis1%ss IL a%sssssh-.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
on-Wa|ker, Member
Of Parliament, 10 Speak

Patrick Gordon Walker, mem
Der of the British Parliament, will
speak on Specialization and Free
dom Under the British Labor Gov
ernment" at 8 pm. Friday in the
National Press Club auditorium.
The Americans for Democratic
Action, sponsor of the lecture, also
announced Mr.. Gordon Walker will
be introduced to press and radio
representatives at pm. Thursday
in the Press Club lounge.
Mr.. Gordon Walker, who is par
liamentary secretary to Deputy
Prime Minister Herbert Morrison, is
in the United States. for a lecture
tour. Tickets for the lecture are on
sale at ADA headquarters, 819
Thirteenth street NV. ~.
Evening star., 1947-01-28

Star and retired
postal employe,
who died Sunday
In Doctors Hos
pital, were to be
held at 2 pm.
today at the
w. w. Deal fu-
neral home, 1872
Georgia avenue
NV. Burial was
to be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
. Mr.. s t e a gall
was born in Pope
County. ILL.,, and
attended schools
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Ii. George B. MCGOWAN, Jr.
Rites Planned Tomorrow

Funeral services for I'd 1t.
George Bradford MCGOWAN, jr., 81,
of 210 Buffalo avenue, Takoma Park,
Nd, who died December Is, on Oki-
nawa, will be held at 10 am. tomor-
row at Fort Myer Chapel. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
1t. MCGOWAN was killed in a
plane crash while on training
flight.
He Is survived by his father, an
auditor for the American Broadcast
ing System, Inc, operator of a sta
tion in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; his
mother, Mrs. Doris MCGOWAN, and
a brother, Ted, both OF the Takoma
Park address!
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Sidney B.. Wood, Father
Of Tennis Star, Dies
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Sidney B.
Wood, 68, father of Sidney B. Wood,
jr., former Wimbledon singles tennis
champion and Davis Cup player,
died yesterday after a long illness.
His career included California
gold mining, engineering, law and
service as special Government
agent investigating Indian agencies
in the Southwest. He was native
of Bridgeport, Conn.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Edward {. SieagalI
Funeral Services
To Be,HeId Today

Funeral services for Edward G.
Steagall, 81, Of 3205 Twenty-eighth
street Sc, past worthy grand patron
of the District Order of the Eastern
Evening star., 1947-01-28

Annie McKnew, art teacher for
many years in District schools, died
several years ago.
Funeral services and burial were
to be held this afternoon in Brad
enton.
Evening star., 1947-01-28
Leadership School PIunned

ELKTON, Va. Jan. % (SpeciaD.-
A leadership training school, spon-
sored by the Elkton United Breth-
rem, Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches, will be held next week at
the PRESBYTERIAN Church,
Evening star., 1947-01-28

bers.
lyons MATHEW NAT MsrGRw 4r NonasS naoNs 'ao Of
Is tn st. Sc, brother Of Frank j Lyons
Services at the S. H, Hines CO adaIdaa Funsaai
Home s99 l4th II s. sn nw sn on tsenes 70
ST. Peters Catholic Church, End and &C c
SITS. Sc, where the holy sacrifice OF the M
npss Pepose v,5 his 0nsSo soa A Moant
MAGARITY. LoRIN OTIS. On Sunday.
IoRN IeagnEy OTIS Ii NAG MaAsrP e PuoP
husband of the late Esther Magarity Inee
Powell) and father OF Mrs. Erma M Cnase s.
Pearson's p marAi Funeral s Home Az washins ton
S:e ices viii viii be held on Wednesday. January
20, at pm. 1nteTment LeWlnsViiie' va
MAGARITY, LoRIN o. A special com
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sbcb sS L. Seanem Reiatves nasi St and nss
invited. 1nserment Mount oiivst csge- css
terry. 20
McCALLUM, MARY. Members Of s.rdh, 1i,
notified Of the death q, sister MARY r. Nc Nc
Of her s9n Sis Gsnuars s is4
reei'e prayers Ellen En- KNrdHT, as President
EDITH WELLER Secretary
MCGEE, MARY. On SUNDAY .nH ,yls JanIary anns |;
ave. NV, Mrs. MARY MCGEE, mother oi
Mrs. E. j, Lukeman Of Carrollton, III: and ;.nd
GordOn Wsi She and
! terment Carrollton. llE
| MCMILLAN. VIRGINIA C. On Tuesday
January IS, 1874 At her MfhsN TesidHncsN i9a Be-:
loved wife of the late John N. MCMILLAN
mother of Mrs. Sarah Dove, Mrs Mary
Powell, Claude, Lewis and John MeMuilan .ehn Ian
Maan Mi 0Fese Notice. a"es of funera fna a'i aer
| MILLS. REV. FATHER PHHO L. On
PaILo l.. MILLS. Remains resting at oul ou91l
Eshsn Eaas a Allen aVe Takoma Park. Nd from
| pm. Tuesday until time of services
! Services at the above church on Ihursoay
/ January 30. at 1870 am. 1ntermeni
Mount Olivet Cemetery. ~
MITCHELL, FRANK 7: Suddenly, on
sandiHhi fhAsK sa4uaTIs MIfchE Sussssa ;
Lillian Mitchell Of Washington. D; G.
and Mrs. Eva T. Ryon of Detroit. Men
Requiem mass at st. Peters Church, Read
| ing Pa. Interment Glenwood Cemetery
washington. b. c.. Wednesday. January
ii MOORE, o ELIZABETH HEATH On Sun;
,assTg Mongr q e. ssa 19t St 5T RaoH
Of Thomas Moore. sister of Mrs. Jennie
Lang and Samuel Heath. Remains restins
at the Chevy Chase Funeral Home. 51O.
Wisconsin ave: nv Services and inter
/ MooRHEAD, LEILA M. On Tuesday
January 20, 1947, at her residence. $50.
] 1st st NV. LEILA NJ. MOQRHEAD: be-
loved mother of John E. Moorhead and sis
ter of Margaret Weir. Estelle Mnnier. Addit
Weir. f Services at the Takoma Funera
Home, 254 Carroll st. NV. Takoma Park
D. c., on Wednesday. January %. at !
pm. Relatives and friends invited. In
| terment Fort Plain. N. Y 90
MURPHY. FRANCIS XAVIER. On Sat
urday. January 25. 1917, at, the United
sses Saysl H9spita Mi,R gsfSesdas &. No To-
!, Mrs. Catherine Hatton, Mrs. Annie Dreifu.
resting at Chambers Ge6rsetown Funera
Home. 31st and M SITS. nv, until Tues
day. January Is, at $50 am. Mas
m.ns so Arnston mss5 chspsa sstonsl "a ns:E
Evening star., 1947-01-28
CEMETERY LOTS

IN FORT LINCOLN. near flower clock. VII
sell below cemetery value LOT CASH ,o. al
FORT LINCOLN, 5 sites. far below Gem
etery value. for cash. Call Fails Cnu5cn
l61l-R.
Evening star., 1947-01-28

W." day' January Fl, I947. at Walter
- Reed General Hospital. Corpl.
- WILLIAM S. LOWE, U. S. A., the
S beloved son of Mittie Lowe. Fu-
uneral and interment Roanoke
Rapids, N. C. Services by Cham
Smyrna times., 1947-02-06
FOR SALE

One oil space heater with 8 gall
Ion tank feed.
One four-burner Quality" gas
range.
Call Smyrna 2337
Smyrna times., 1947-02-06

opera in Philadelphia yesterday.
Allen S. Mofitt returned to
Smyrna Tuesday from Florida
where he has been spending the
winter.
DR.. and Mrs. Ralph B. Jones left
on February 1 for Florida where
they will remain for three weeks.
Bill Kenworthey, Walter c. Dea-
kyne, James Edmondson, James
Turner, Kay Boehmler, Ella Mae
Gardner, Jack Wilson, and Jane
O'Neill are now home from college
during mid-term.
Mrs. Charles M. Gee, who was
burned while lighting a gas oven,
is recovering although still confn-
ed to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Bush of
Butler, N. j., made a short visit
with Mrs. Bush's father, Mr.. George
R. Stevenson on Saturday. They
are planning to go on to Florida
where they will remain for a
month.
Smyrna times., 1947-02-06
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME and CLUB PARTIES

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest j. Myers
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of a baby girl in the Kent
General Hospital on Monday, jan
uary 27.
Norman Everett, son of Mrs.
Mary Everett of Smyrna is pa
tient at the Delaware Hospital in
Wilmington.
Francis ]. O'Neill, Jr., graduated
from the villanova College, School
of Mechanical Engineering on Sun
day, February 2. He was one OF
seventeen students chosen to ap-
pear in the "Who's Who Among
Students of American Colleges and
Universities"
Mrs. Mary Anne Robinson of
Dover and Mrs. Helen G. Dunn OF
Monterey, California have been
recent visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.Wal-
ter Turner and Miss Margaret
Turner.
Mrs. Catherine Hurd and Mrs
Alice F. Sinex attended the State
Convention of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union held in the
Peoples Church in Dover.
Mrs. Theodore Hynson and chill
dren are leaving this week to join
DR.. Hynson in Norfolk. They have
been staying with Mr.. Walter Hyn-
son in town since early fall.
Francis Bramble of Chester, Pa.
spent the weekend in Smyrna with
friends and relatives.
Jimmy LeCompte is spending
some time here this week.
Mrs. Sarah Sterley and Mrs. j
E. Turner attended the Hair Dress
ers Convention at the Benjamin
Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia, Sun
day and Monday.
Mrs. Henry Webb attended the