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Evening star., 1948-11-17
Sorority NeuVs

The Washington Alumnae Asso-
citation, of Phi Mu fraternity will
give a dance on Friday night in
honor of new pledges of the sorority
at the .Woman's Club of Chevy
Chase clubhouse. The presidents OF
the chapters at George Washing
ton and Maryland Universities will
introduce their pledges to Phi Mus
from the local area.
Jack Bell, Associated Press po-
litical writer and head OF the AP
Senate reporting staff, will speak on
1.-The Political Future" before the
National Capital Alumnae Chapter
of Theta Sigma Phi at dinner to
be held at $3.50 o'clock tonight in the
Press Club East Lounge.
Mrs. Jewell Gaffney. executive
secretary of the District Society for
Crippled Children, will address the
monthly meeting Of the Washington
Alumnae of Zeta Tau Alpha at $50
o'clock tonight at the home Of Mrs.
Paul F. Loehler, 1850 Somerset place
NV.
The present service program Of
the sorority is the publication OF q
brochure describing the various types
of equipment used in the treatment
of cerebral palsy cases, including
information on where 1t may be
obtained.
Assistant hostesses for the meet
Ing will be Mrs. w. Paul Briggs and
Mrs. Ralph 8. Weess.
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Ha1VtbOrne-Maulv

DR.. and Mrs Allen Tupper Haw-
thorne of Winchester, Va. announce
the engagement of their daughter
Dorothy Turner, to DR.. James Hol-
lowell Manly, jr.. U. S. N. r., M. C..
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Manly of Colds
boro, N. C.. The wedding will take
place on December %.
Miss Hawthorne is graduate OF
Stephens College, Columbia, Mo
and Of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill where he1
fance won his B. S. degree and GER
tif1cate in medicine. A graduate in
medicine of the University of Penn
sylvania, he Is now on active duty
in the medical department at the
United States Naval Academy In
Annapolis.
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'Bride-Elect Feted

Mrs. Harold T. Turnbull and Mrs
Albert G.. Franklin, jr., entertained
yesterday afternoon for bride-elect
Miss Sally Ann Tischbein, at the
Officers Club, Fort Lesley j. Nc
Nair.
Assisting at the tea table at this
bridal shower for Miss Tischbein
who will be married next month
were her grandmother, Mrs. Emmy
Wiseman, and Mrs. Albert G.
Franklin. senior, of Richmond
Among those present were Mrs.
Cortlandt Schuyler, Mrs. Lyman
Lemnitzer, Mrs. C. M. S. Skene,
Mrs. Holger Toftoy, Mrs. Charles
Dunn, Mrs. e. E. Oliver, Mrs. Alva
Fem, Mrs. Samuel Matthews, Mrs
Walter O'Riley, Mrs. j. Stanley
Holotoner. Capt. Helen Roy, Mrs
Harlan Parks, Mrs. Helen Bundy
Mrs. Helen Newman, Mrs. Wini-
fred Mdseley, Mrs. Robert Clark
and Mrs. w. I. Brady.
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Lady B0s1VaI Feted
By Mrs. Heiberg
During Cav Visit

Lady Houston Boswall of London
says she couldn't have imagined
how beautiful and wonderful Wash
ington is until she saw it. This
charming and gracious British Wis
itor OF Mrs. ALI Heiberg will end
here whirlwind Capital visit tonight,
having been entertained every min
ute of her stay
Yesterday Mrs. Heiberg gave q
luncheon in her honor, last evening
former Senator Henry F. Ashurst
feted her at dinner at the Wardman
Park Hotel, Monday evening Mr..
George L. Williams was host at an
other dinner at the Sulgrave Club
and today Mrs. Ernest Norris gave
a luncheon for her at the 1925 F
Street Club. Between parties Lady
Boswall has visited the Supreme
Court, the Capitol, the National Gal
lery of Art and Folger Library.
Guests at Mrs. Heiberg's luncheon
we're tennis champion Elizabeth
Ryan, who has been touring the
country with Lady Boswall; the
hostess daughter, Mrs. John Ten
nent who came over from baltimore
with Mrs. Raj Parr; Nine. Munthe
de Morgenstierne, Mrs. Charles O..
Bunker, Mrs. Deborah Leighton
Glassford, Mrs. Michael Schuyler,
Mrs. Jouett Shouse, Mrs. Harry
Grant Meem, Miss Eleanor Baum
gartner, Mrs. M. Robert Guggen-
helm, Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, Mrs
Arthur Macarthur, Mrs. Virgil
Peterson, Mrs. Beverly Robinson,
Mrs. Conger Pratt, Mrs. Mason Gu
lick, Miss Bertha Joseph, Mrs. John
Halliday, Mrs. Randall Hagner and
Mrs. Norris.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. Morgan
of Washington, formerly of Birm-
ingham, Ala, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Mar
jorie Elaine, to Mr.. Harry w. Ket-
ties, son of MIR. and Mrs. Warren
D. Kettles Of Dalton, Ga. The we'd
ding is being planned for the lat
ter part of May.
Miss Morgan went to George
Washington University, is president
of the Omega Chapter of Tau Beta
Phi sorority. She is now with the
Department of Commerce. Her
fiance, who was at one time Cap
itol page, is a prelaw student at
George Washington University
where he is a member of the golf
team. During the war he served
with the Army Air Force in India.
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Miss Peggy Anne Hale, daughter
of Mrs. Irene K Hale, and Mr..
Walter Frederick Storm, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles w. Storm of
Arlington, were married last eve
ming in the Faith Lutheran Church.
The Rev. Robert Long oficiated at
the 7:30 o'clock ceremony and q
reception followed at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Emmett Miller In
Falls Church.
Mr.. Leonard T. Willis gave the
bride in marriage and she was at
tended by Mrs. j. M. Mcdaniel as
matron of honor, Miss Rebecca
Strale as bridesmaid and Miss
Brenda Elaine st. Clair as Junior
bridesmaid. Mr.. Richard Allison
was best man and the ushers were
Messrs. George Foard, Pat Sanders,
Larry White and Horace Corbin.
The couple went to Mount Sum-
NIT, Pa, on their honeymoon.
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Parties for British Admniral;;
Farewell Fetes Honor J0meses
By Reffy Murphy

| And it won't be like starting all
over again in strange surroundings,
for they have loads Of friends and
acquaintances already in Orlando
And to make life more interesting
while there, the colonel has Joined
the University Club at nearby Win
ter Park and Mrs. Jones has been
accepted in the women's branch OF
the club.
Meanwhile those currently enter
tanning this popular couple before
they leave are Col. and Mrs. Rufus
Holt who were their hosts at din
ner last night and Mrs. Edward r.
Walton who gave q luncheon for
Mrs. Jones today.
Mrs. Walton's guests were Mrs
Jesse Donaldson, Mrs. Vincent
Burke, Nine. Jean Pierre Bernard,
Mrs. William K. Wlmsatt, Mrs. Will
liam Bride, Mrs. Charles S.. Abel,
Mrs. Jackson Davis, Mrs. Harding
Arledge, Mrs. Gibbon White, Mrs.
Frank Linenkeugel, Mrs. j. j. Mack,
Mrs. Virginia Killinger, Mrs. John
Meehan, Mrs. Charles Essex, Mrs.
James Phelan, Mrs. Albert w. Ken
ner, Mrs. Josephine Hydrick, Mrs.
John Swartzell, Mrs. Strickland Gill
lilan, Mrs. Ernest Johnston, Mrs.
Daniel Forbes, Mrs. Peyton March,
Mrs. Raymond Romig, Mrs. Maury
Dove and Mrs. Michael Sullivan.
Tomorrow the Joneses will attend
the 6 to o'clock party planned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Essex, and
looking ahead still further, there's
the luncheon Mrs. Michael Sulli-
van will give next Wednesday and
the Tom and Jerry party Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Stephens are planning
for the 28th.
Turning back the pages to last
weeks activities, there was din
ner given jointly by Col. and Mrs.
William Nichol and Col. and Mrs,
Charles Mudgett, a similar party
at which Col. and Mrs. John Nee
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ID. Brennan, wife of the Secretary OF
the Irish Legation, and Miss Doris
Fleeson.
Cuban ENJOY Delayed
The Cuban Ambassador and
Sonora de Belt and their children
expected to sail today for this coun-
try aboard the Queen Elizabeth but
the sailing of the vessel has been
Cancelled until the settlement OF
the strike of dock workers on the
Atlantic Coast. The Ambassador
and his family are expected to take
a plane back to this country so as
to be here for the visit of their
President, Senor Carlos Prios
Socarras.
The Cuban President, who will
arrive December 8 and be enter
tanned that evening at a small din
ner party by President Truman at
Blair House, will be honor guest
at dinner the following evening of
the Acting Secretary of State. Mr..
Robert A. Lovett. The latter party
will be given at the Carlton.
A dinner and large evening re-
ception is being planned at the
Cuban Embassy for December 10
when the Ambassador and Sonora
de Belt will be hosts for their Chief
Executive. These probably will be
the only parties at which ladies
will be included.
Mime. Bonnet, wife of the French
Ambassador, was hostess last eve
ming to the members of the Wom-
ems National Press Club. They were
invited at 6 O'Clock to meet Marlene
Dietrich, who is a guest at the En-
bassy for two days. The. famous
film star came to Washington to aid
in the Embassy bazaar today for the
benefit of the needy in France.
Philippine Party
The Philippine Charge d'Affaires
and Mrs. Emilio Abello gave a cock
tail party yesterday to celebrate the
58th birthday anniversary of Presi-
dent Elpidio Quirino, entertaining
in their new home at $50 Hamilton
street.
Senator Enrique Magalona and
Senator Geronimo T. Pecson, who
are visiting in Washington, were
among the guests who also included
the Philippine delegates to the Food
and Agriculture meetings, Repre-
sentative Domingo B. Paguirigan,
DR.. Manuel Sumulong, Mr.. Felix
Maramba and Mr. D. Villadolid and
members of the embassy staff and
their wives.
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Pre-FestivaL Fetes

Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton
Goodwin were hosts at buffet sup
per last evening in their apartment
in the Shoreham in honor of the
Mayor of Birmingham, Ala, and
Mrs. w. Cooper Green, who returned
this morning to their Southern home
after a two-day visit. The Mayor
and Mrs. Green were hosts earlier
at cocktail party for the heads OF
diplomatic missions from countries
in the Marshall Plan and the young
ladies who will form the court at
the Birmingham Christmas Festival
next week.
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Sbower for Home

The Board of Lady Managers of
the Presbyterian Home will hold q
shower of jellies, preserves and
canned fruit tomorrow afternoon
from 4 to 6 o'clock at the home
ut 1918 Newton street NV.
Mrs. Harry Foss is in charge of
the dining room and presiding at
the tea table will be Mrs. Harold
e. Doyle, Mrs. william Henry
White, Mrs. Roy Jorolemon and
Miss Ann Patterson.
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Alnn,znae to Hold
Benefit Dance

A dance for the benefit of its
scholarship fund will be given BY
the Immaculate Alumnae Associa.
ton on Friday night at the Ward
man Park Hotel. Music will bt
furnished by Jack Morton's Orches-
ira.
Mrs. John T. Flynn, association
president, has appointed Mrs. John
j. Nevin chairman Of the affair
Mrs. Norman F. Jarvis is accepting
table reservations.
Others assisting include Miss
Mariana Brady, Miss Anne Marie
Burke, Mrs. Raymond Curran anc
Miss Philomena Williams.
Evening star., 1948-11-17

The highest ranking officials ol
the United States Government nov
in Washington have been invited
TO drink a toast to the infant
son of Prince Philip and Princess
Elizabeth of England by His Britain.
mic Majesty's Ambassador and Lady
Franks. Guests will be received by
the hosts this afternoon at 6 O'Clock
in the stately Embassy on Massa.
chusetts avenue.
The Chief Justice and Mrs. Vim
son, members of the cabinet ano
their wives and the top officers oi
the three branches of the United
States Armed Services are among
those invited. Heads of diplomatic
missions in this Capital with the
counselors and attaches of the serv.
ices as well as the heads of the
British services mission and theil
deputies also are included.
The Bishop of Washington anc
Mrs. Angus Dun, the Apostolic Del
egate, the Most Rev. Amleto Gio-
wanna Cicognani, and the dean o1
the Washington Cathedral Of st
Peter and st. Paul and Mrs. John
Wallace Suter will be present and
others will be the Rt. Hon. Tom
Williams, British Minister of Agri-
culture and Fisheries, delegate from
the United Kingdom to the Food
and Agriculture Organization meet
ings, and Admiral Sir Rhoderick
McGrigor of the British Fleet.
The Economic Cooperation Ad-
ministrator and Mrs. Paul G. Hoff-
man, the Chairman of the Washing
ton branch of the English-speaking
Union and Mrs. Lyttleton Fox, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Hugh Gwaltney,
the latter president Of the Queen
Elizabeth branch of the Daughters
Of the British Empire, will be others
in the company.
Irish Legation Fefe
The Ambassador and Lady Franks
were guests last evening Of the Irish
Minister and Mrs. Sean Nunan who
entertained in their attractive apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel.
Other guests were the Ecuador AM
bassador and Sonora de Dillon, the
Indian Minister and Nine. Nehru,
the Minister of Agriculture of Ire
land, Mr.. James M. Dillon; and the
Rt. Hon. Tom Williams. Guests at
dinner also were Senator Joseph C.
O'Mahoney, Senator James E. Muir
ray, the director general of the Food
and Agriculture Organization, Mr..
Norris E. Dodd and his daughter,
Mrs. Mary Dodd Lewis; Mrs. Joseph
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Bnemo to Speak

Jose Silvado Bueno, foreign trade
adviser of the Pan American Union
and professor of Portuguese at
George washington University, will
be the guest speaker at meeting
of the Club de las Americas at 8
pm. tomorrow in Room 2631 of the
Commerce Department. Mr.. Bueno
will speak on THE Challenge OF the
Americas"
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Dance TDnigbt

The faculty of the Georgetown
University School of Nursing are
sponsoring a card party and dance
tonight in the Continental Room OF
the Wardman Park Hotel. Card
playing will begin at $3.50, dancing
to Jack Morton's orchestra at IL
o'clock. Tickets will be on sale at
the door. Guests desiring to play
cards are asked to bring their own.
A door prize will be given. I
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announcement

The engagement of Miss Jeanne
Marie BARLEY to Mr.. Thomas L
Bridget, jr. is announced by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian c.
BARLEY. The bridegroom -elect is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bridget.
The wedding will take place this
spring.
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Tea announced

A tea for all members OF the Dis
trict PEG Sisterhood will be given
by Chapter j from 2:30 to 4:30 pm
tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Jo-
sephine Stansfield, 5204 Hampder
lane, Bethesda.
Christmas articles will be on sale
and proceeds will be used for the
convention and welfare fund.
Evening star., 1948-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs. David Friedman
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Aileen Ellen, to Mr.. Melvin
Augenstein Norwood, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Norwood.
The bride-elect Is a graduate of
Roosevelt High School and is en-
+ployed at Doctors Hospital as q
dietetic secretary. Her fiance served
with the Army in the Pacific theater
during the war and now is attend
ing Benjamin Franklin University.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1948-11-17

The first entertainment to homo,
the Commander in Chief of the
British Home Fleet, Admiral Sir
ERhoderick McGrigor, on his arrival
in Washington yesterday aboard
H. M. S. st. James was the dinner
Admiral Sir Frederick and Lady
Dalrymple Hamilton gave at their
home in Georgetown.
The admiral of the British Joint
Services Mission CNavy Staff and
his wife thoughtfully planned .
small gathering of British friends,
so their honor guest might have a
quiet evening before the more
strenuous program arranged for his
|three-day stay here. Others who en-
joyed their hospitality were All
Chief Marshal Sir Charles and Lady
Medhurst, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. J. A.
Gascoigne and Capt. and Mrs. St.
j. r. j. Tyrwhitt.
Today the admiral of the British
Fleet has a very busy schedule. It
began at $3.50 this morning with the
first of twelve official calls and con-
cludes tonight with the stag din
ner the Chief of Naval Operations,
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, will give
at the Naval Observatory.
Joneses MOVING to Florida
Both service and civilian friends
are keeping the Harold Wellington
Joneses busy these days with fare
well parties before they leave at the
end Of the month for Florida. Col.
and Mrs. Jones have bought beau
tiful ranch-type house at Beverly
Shores in Orlando, which they
found during their stay at Ormond
Beach earlier this year. Now they
will dispose of their place on Twen-
ty-third street and move their be-
|longings on November 80. The
colonel plans to drive south and
Mrs. Jones will follow two days
later by train.
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Readers Pro cram

The Washington Readers Club
will hold program meeting at $50
tonight at 819 Sixteenth street NV
and will give a dinner at $50 pm
Saturday ut the Fairfax Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Church Snbber

The Mothers Club of Luther
Place Memorial Church will sponsor
q turkey supper and bazaar from
$50 to 7::30 pm. Friday in the
parish hall, Vermont avenue and N
street NV.
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han were hosts, a buffet supper
given by Mrs. Simmons Mcconnell,
a luncheon at which Mrs. Rufus
Holt was hostess, and another
luncheon at which Mrs. Charles
Essex was hostess.
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Franks to Be Hosts at Embassy;
Other DIPLOMATIC Corps Ne1Vs
Bv Katharine M. Brooks

highest ranking officials oD wife of the Secretary
United the Irish Legation and Miss Doris
Washington been invited Fleeson
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Mrs. J. H. Seege|ken,
LifeIonqRe dent, Dies

Funeral services for Mrs. Johanna
Hartig Seegelken. "a, q lifelong resi-
dent of the District and widow Of
G. Emil Seegelken, will be held at
2 pm. Tuesday at the w. w. Deal
funeral home, 4812 Georgia avenue
NV. Burial will be in the Soldiers
Home Cemetery. -.
Mrs. Seegelken died Friday at the
home OF a niece, Mrs. Anna Helm.
at 5O19 Illinois avenue NV. where
she had been living since the death
of her husband eight years ago. Mr..
Seegelken was q weather forecaster
at Cape Henry, Va. for many years
during the late 1800s.
Born in the neighborhood Of
Seventh and X streets NV, where
her father, G. Frederick Hartig,
owned a hardware firm, Mrs. Seegel-
ken had lived in the Northwest
Washington area continuously all
her life.
Some Of the property in the
Seventh and X area has been
owned by her family since 1885.
Mrs. Seegelken is survived by
brother, Gustav Hartig, $50 Broad
Branch road NV.
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Victim Of Stabbinq
In Serious Condition

One Of two half brothers In
volved in a stabbing at Washington
Circle was placed under $4,000
bond yesterday and the other was
reported in critical condition at
George Washington University Hos
pital.
In the Municipal Court appear
ance of David T. Barlow, n, 1000
block of Twenty-second street NV,
Judge Aubrey B. Fennell was told
the defendants half-brother, NAL
colin w. Kennedy, 81, may not sur
vive two stab wounds in the chest.
Barlow was charged with assault
with a deadly weapon. and q hear
ing postponed to October Is to
await outcome Of the victims con-
dition.
Motorcycle Patrolman Percy Du-
vail reported he saw Mr.. Kennedy,
who lives at 2419 X street NV,
bleeding profusely as he walked
near his home Friday. When he
stopped to assist the man, Pvt. Du-
vail said Mr.. Kennedy pointed out
Barlow, seated in parked car.
The defendant admitted he and
the victim had been arguing over
their mother, Mrs. Victoria Barlow,
1242 New Hampshire avenue NV.
just before the stabbing occurred,
police said.
A pocketknife was recovered in
side the heater of Barlow's car.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Ii. FoIger, Retired Marine, J,
To Be Buried in ARLINGTON

Funeral services for Marine Lieu
tenant Lester Mitchell Folger, re-
tired, n, will be held at pm.
Tuesday at the Hines funeral home
1901 Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will be in Arlington National Gene
terry.
1t. Folger. who lived ut 770s
Twelfth street NV, died Friday
at the Naval Medical Center. Be-
thesda, Md, after a years illness.
He retired from the Marine Corps
in 1923.
A. native of Nantucket, Mass, 1t.
Folger served four years as an Army
enlisted man before joining the Ma
rines. He was wounded during the
Spanish American War.
He enlisted in the Marines in 1901
and served at various bases in this
country. At the time of his re-
tirement as an ofiicer. he was sta
toned at Marine Corps headquar-
tiers here.
1t. Folger is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Sarah Stewart Folger
and two daughters, Miss Katherine
Howard Folger and Mrs. Eleanor
Bergmann. both Of the Twelfth
street address.
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Mrs. Clarence Bragg Dies;
Sister Of Thomas Settle

Mrs. Clarence r. Bragg, SO, sister
of Thomas S. Settle, secretary Of
the National Capitol Park and
Planning Commission, died at her
home in Culpeper, Va, yesterday.
She had been in failing health for
about year.
Born in Kentucky where her par
ents were residing temporarily, Mrs.
Bragg came from Virginia family
that antedated the American Revo-
luton. She was brought up near
Washington, Va, and in 1910 mar
ried the late Clarence r. Bragg Of
Culpeper. a prominent merchant,
and had made her home there
since. Her husband was a former
Worshipful Master of Fairfax Ma
sonic Lodge at Culpeper.
Surviving her are Mr.. Settle and
a niece, Mrs. Robert Gaines, an in
structor at the University Of Vir-
ginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Funeral services will be at the
Culpeper Methodist Church tomor-
row at pm, with burial in the
Masonic Cemetery there.
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continued as pastor of the new
congregation and served there more
than Is years. When it was known
as the Park Lane Nazarene Church
The church, the first Of its de-
nomination in Arlington County, is
at Twenty-first and North Taft
streets.
Filled Accotink Pulpit.
After leaving his post in Arlington
Mr.. Natter did evangelistic preach
ing throughout the Maryland, Vr-
ginia and District area. He entered
the Methodist ministry at the out
break of World War II and served
as pastor of the Accotink Vao
Methodist Church until October
1e45, when he retired because OF
Ill health.
A native of Colvin Run in Fairfax
County, Mr.. Natter was educated IN
public schools there. He studied
for the ministry at Gods Bible
School, an interdenominational theo-
logical seminary at Cincinnati.
Funeral at Colvin Run.
He was ordained in the Church
of the Nazarene ministry shortly
before coming to the Arlington
church.
MIR. Natter is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Daisy Wood Natter, to
whom he was married in 1909; two
sons, Charles j. and Warren w
Natter, and a daughter, Mrs. Vir-
einia D. Cockerill, all of Arlington
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 ON. Tuesday at Browns Chapel
Methodist Church, Colvin Run.
Burial will be in the church cenae-
tery