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Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-03

H. s. Ream an auditor from the Seattle office of the Alaska Steamship Company, arrived in Kodiak Wednesday, for a routine check of the con- pany's local office.
 He plans to visit every office in the territory with the ex- ception of Fairbanks. Ream plans to leave Kodiak today for Anchorage.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-03

MT. and Mrs. George Naughton, who have been outside for special medical at tention for Mrs. Naughton, returned Sunday.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-03

since his graduation.
 Until a new parsonage is ready for the Chandlers, they are staying with Rev. Chand- ler's mother in Everett.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
HILL

PLEASANT HILL - Mr.. and
Mrs. Lemuel Moore called on
Sam Clark and family, Friday
night.
Edward Clark was released
from the Army after serving
three years. He and his wife and
daughter are living in the Sam
Clark house. Sam is building a
new home on the farm.
The Larrick reunion was held
in the basement of the Mt. Zion
church Sunday with a good at
tendance.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Clark, of
Allen county, are visiting rela-
tiVes at Mt Zion and Cambridge.
Mrs. Clark is the former Goldie
Mcfarland, of Mt. Zion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Snode
attended the veterans reunion in
Cleveland Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Snode visited her
sister, Mrs. Owen Larrick Mon
day.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Pleasant Hill church met with
Mrs. Roy Vandyne Tuesday eve.
ming.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
MIDDLEBURG

MIDDLEBURG Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Eichhorn and Mr..
and Mrs. John Clark spent Fri
day at Marietta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jeffers,
of Macksburg, spent Friday eve
ming with Mr. and Mrs. John
Clark, of Middleburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Yeagle
and children, of Ava, spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Nor
Irison and other relatives here.
Miss Irene Morrison is spend
ing a few weeks with Mr. and
Mrs. George Krouskoupf, of Bar
berton.
Nancy Whealdon spent the
weekend with her grandparents,
in Caldwell.
Jimmy Whealdon spent Fri
day and Saturday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Orville Dye, of Caldwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Turner and
1dIIIIly, vi DyCSNlllS, ellIO " lI1lollI
Blodsoe, of Canton, visited Mr.
! and Mrs. James Whealdon last
| week.
Nancy Stapberry, granddaugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Clark, of Middleburg, is a pa
tient at, Bethesda hospital, Zanes,
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Estadt
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Loren Carnes and Mr.. and Mrs
Bernard Carnes, Belle Valley.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Mitchell were Mrs. Thel,
ma Clark and daughters, Walter
Vale Mitchell and Homer Barne!
of GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee McCool, Of
Caldwell, were Sunday guest!
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Bettinger
| of Middleburg.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
ELBA

ELBA-Miss Dorothy Williams
of Marietta spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Williams.
Mrs. Sarah Travis and children
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stack of Dexter City route.
Merle Hickle of Cumberland
spent the weekend at the A. E.
Swain home.
J. w. Hughey and daughter,
Lillian, spent Sunday with his
son, j. w. Hughey, Jr., at Zanes-
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Bradley and
children of Marietta route spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs
Mary Goodwill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Merz OF
Cambridge spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Heddleston.
Clyde Schramm Of Barberton
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. E
Schramm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Blakeslee
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22

Pa, to study for the ministry.
Dicky Powell and Dean Hast
ings of the army. at Fort Knox.
KY, are spending furlough with
their parents.
The Fellowship choir held a
musical festival and social at the
church Friday evening, Sept. Is.
Doris Reed was taken suddenly
i'll Friday morning with intesti-
nal flu. She is slowly improving.
Robert Deal and friend of Co.
lumbus are spending several days
with his parents, Mr.. and MRS.
H. F. Deal. .....
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Montgom-
cry have moved to their new
home, the residence of the late
Orion Roach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Long and
family attended the Long reun-
ion Sunday.
Thomas Flood of Lorain spent
the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Flood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Eschbaugh
and Frank Neuhart of Quaker
City were Sunday visitors of Mrs.
Shirley McPeek.
Miss Lenna Stotts returned to
her home here after an extended
visit with relatives at Newark.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22

Judy and James, of Macksburg
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Schoeppnel
and son, Dale, and Mr.. and Mrs
John Schoeppner.
John Wilson and children, Will
liam. Guy and Norma Jean, OF
Mantua. and Guy Blair, of Stat
ford, visited Sunday with the
formers brother, Glen Wilson
and family, and mother, Mrs,
Jane Wilson.
William Ullman, of Canton,
formerly of Harriettsville, who
recently underwent major surg
cry at Mercy hospital, Canton,
is recovering slowly. Mrs. John
Haffner and B. w. Ullman are
sister and brother of Mr.. Ull-
man.
Among those from this COM
munity attending Pamona grange
at Summerfield Saturday eve
ming were Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Unger, Mr.. and Mrs. ErVal
Springer, Mr.. and Mrs. Charley
Van Fossen, Miss Freda Can't
well, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Crum, Mrs. Belle Bonar, Mrs.
Hazel Friehauf, Miss Clara Pat
terson and Charles Bonar.
Dr.. and Mrs. |. M. Black, who
have been spending a vacation
in New York City and other
places of interest, stopped off on
Sunday enroute to their home
in Columbus, and will visit this
week with her father, c. D. Mil
Ter and other relatives on route
one.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Stevens
were dinner guests Sunday of
their daughter, Mrs. Fred Linda
mood and family, of Sycamore
Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Evans, Mr..
and Mrs. Wib Roberts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Wetzler, of Byes-
vile, Mrs. H. M. Ayers, Mrs,
John Haffner and Mrs. c. E.
Johanning called on Bessie Mil
Ter and sisters Sunday evening
A. w. Lee visited from We'd
nesday until Sunday with his
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
MT. EPHRAIM

MT. EPHRAIM - The w. S.
c. S. met with Mary Miller on
Thursday. A good program was
rendered and twenty members
and guests were present.
Herman Bartel and wife, of
Toledo, are spending some time
with F. R. Miley and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Bates, of
Caldwell, were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Miller.
Joseph Gatten and family and
Cecil Gatten, of GAINESVILLE, Wis
tied Virgil Poulton and family,
last week.
Clyde Finley and family, of
Canton, spent the weekend with
relatives here.
Donald Franklin and family,
of Whigville, spent Sunday with
William Bates and wife.
Ernest Dutton, of Caldwell, is
doing some repair work on the
Masonic hall.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
RIDGE

ARCHERS RIDGE - Caldwell
shoppers Wednesday were Dock,
Matte, Pauline and Larry Wick
ham, Nadine Gordon and son,
Gary Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Allen, of
GAINESVILLE, Edna Hupp, of Der
went, called on Matte Wickham
and family, Wednesday evening.
Visitors at the home of Mar
Gus Wickham and family, We'd
nesday were Raymond and Jun
ior Polling, Junior Wickham, and
Nadine Gordon and son.
Nadine Gordon spent Thursday
at the home of Marcus Wckham
and family.
Those attending the homecom-
ing at Barrys Ridge Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Zedrick
Clark and children, Matte, Dock,
and Pauline Wickham, Nadine
Gordon and son.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
AV A

AVA - Mr.. and Mrs. M. L..
Rayner, Mr. and Mrs. David AL
ton, of Canton, are spending a
vacation in Florida.
Miss Alice Shattuck and Mar
lene Sills, of Byesville, were Wis
iting Glen Shattuck and family
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Larrick,
of Newark, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Minerva Larrick.
Pat Humphrey, of Akron,
spent a few days this week with
William Buckley and family.
Chet Woods, of Cleveland, was
visiting Mansel Woods and fami-
ly over the weekend.
Junior Perkins, of Massillon,
Dwight Perkins and son, Dickie,
of Cambridge, were visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Ellsworth Perkins Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Ritter
beck and children were visiting
friends at Summerfield Satur-
day.
Mrs. Loren Walters, of Pleas
ant City, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Walters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Danford, OF
Cuyahoga Falls, was visiting
Mrs. Lena Burlingame.
Enoch Phelps of Canton, is
spending a few days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Phelps.
Robert Ellison, of Canton, was
visiting John R. Buckley and
family over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Bates and
daughter, Linda, of Salem, were
visiting Robert Bates and family
Sunday.
Rodney Buckley and family,
of Coal Ridge, John ShondricB
and family, of Maple Heights,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
HARRIETTSVILLE
HARRIETTSVILLE

HARRIETTSVILLE - A fam.
iIy dinner was enjoyed Sunday
at the home of c. D. Miller
Those present were DR.. and Mrs
/. M. Black, of Columbus, Mr.
and Mrs. Gaylord Miller and
family, of Baileys Mills, Mrs
Dorothy Book and daughter, Ell
len, Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Van
Fossen, Miss Fleda Cantwell, Mr.
and Mrs. Carlos Miller and fam
lily and c. D. Miller.
There will be a dance at Pal
ace hall Sunday evening, Sept
Is with good orchestra assured
and refreshments served.
Miss Jean Mcconnell, Violet
Pabst and Joe Ullman are at
tending Mountain State business
college at ParkerSburg, w. Va.
Charles Eichhorn is attending
Marietta college and David Ay-
ers is at Muskingum college at
New Concord.
Miss Ruth McVay, R. N, of
Columbus, is spending her Vaca-
ton with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E, McVay.
Mrs. Rilla Crock entertained
with family dinner Sunday,
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Lee and Mr.. and Mrs
Vernon Lee, of NeWcOmerstoWn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Lee, Mr.
and Mrs. M. E. Lee, w. l. Lee, of
Marietta, Mr.. and Mrs S. c. Lee,
of New Martinsville, w. Va, and
Mrs. Flora Lee and son, Chester
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Ullman
entertained with a dinner Wed
nesday evening for DR.. Milhone
and DR.. Briggs, of Columbus, DR.
H. L. Duncan, of New Matamor-
as, Mrs. c. E. Kirchner, of Cald,
we'll. and Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ull,
man.
Dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Ed Schoeppner, were Mr.. anc
Mrs. Edward Schoeppner, Jr., O
Marietta, Mr.. and Mrs. San
Schoeppner and children, Jean
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
SARAHSVILLE

SARAHSVILLE - Reed Mel
Ion is spending a few days in
Columbus.
Mrs. Maggie Cooper visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cooper on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Stotts-
berry were visiting relatives in
GAINESVILLE Saturday evening.
J. P. Vorhies was a business
caller in GAINESVILLE Saturday.
Carlos Young, of Zanesville
and Ralph Smith, of Akron
spent the weekend with George
Young and family.
Sara Highman returned home
Sunday from a visit with rela-
tives in GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Lura Bates and Glenn
Bates were shopping in Zanes-
vile Saturday.
]. P. Vorhies visited at the
home of Mrs. Sadie Weaver and
Mrs. Dora Johns in Summerfield
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Miller, OF
Fredericksdale, called on Mrs
Maggie Beymer Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Archer spent the
weekend with her son, Racy Ar
cher and family.
Mary Ann Young returned tC
her home Saturday from a two
weeks visit with her sister, Mrs
Ray Greathouse, of Fort Knox
KY. Mrs. Greathouse and daugh-
ter, Barbara Elaine, accompanied
her home for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Stottsberry
of Detroit, Mich, spent Monday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Stotts-
berry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob McVicker
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Bates.
Kenneth Stottsberry, of Zanes-
vile, is visiting with his parents
here and enjoying a few days OF
hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sealock, oi
| Akron, visited her mother, Mrs
Lettie Young last week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
PLEASANT VALLEY

PLEASANT VALLEY - Suls
Snyder and Edith Craig and son
Eddie, visited Lucille Bates ano
Mary Green last Thursday.
Martha Archer and son, ker-
NIT, Glenn Archer and daughter
Elaine. and sons, Brady and
John, were guests for supper al
the home of Shelby Green Tues
day evening.
w. T. Hague visited Ernest
Davis Sunday afternoon.
Nancy Archer spent the week
end at the home of Shelby Green
and family.
Nellie Archer has returned to
her home after a two weeks Wis
it with relatives following the
death of her father, Charley Mil
Ter.
w. T. Hague visited c. A. At
kinson and wife last Friday.
Gordon Miller and wife visit
ed over the weekend at the
home of Delbert Miller.
Bishop Archer, wife, daughter
and family called on Shelby
Green and family Sunday eve
ming.
w. T. Hague was a business
caller in GAINESVILLE Wednesday.
George Smith and wife were
calling in Caldwell last Wednes-
day.
c. r. Snyder, wife and son,
Junior and family, visited Paul
Mallett and family Sunday.
c. R. Snyder, wife and son,
Junior and family called on Reed
Thompson and family, Sunday
evening.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22
BATESVILLE

BATESvILLE - Mrs. Stella
Parrish, Mrs. Sallie Goodhart,
Miss Kate Atkinson, Mrs. Hazel
Robertson of Brewster and Mrs.
Kathryn Burkholter of Akron
spent Saturday afternoon with
Homer Israel and Carrie Roe.
Mrs. Truila Lingo, of Coral
Gables, Fla, Mrs. Laura Lingo,
Mrs. Beatrice Bates, Miss Ger
trude Hartley and Mrs. Ruth
Morgan of Quaker City were Sat-
urday afternoon callers of Mrs.
Margaret Atkinson.
Mrs. Ray Neuhart and children
and Mrs. Ralph House were Cam
bridge visitors Saturday.
Cecil Belts, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezra Belts, has gone to Philadel-
phia Bible Institute, Philadelphia,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22

/ daughter, Miss Donna Jane Lee
Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Schramm
and son, Daniel, were dinner
guests Sunday of Harold
Schramm of Newport Pike.
Mrs. Lizzie Gardner and JAG
OBJ Yoho, of Wyoming, visited
Thursday and Friday with Mrs.
c. E. Johanning and other rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Huffman, of
Dexter City route, were dinner
guests Sunday of their son, Paul
Huffman and family.
w. l. Lee, of Marietta, visited
last week with his sister, Mrs.
Rilla Crock.
Miss Jewell Ullman is employ
ed at the B. w. Ullman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Noll and
granddaughter, Mary Lou Hes
son visited Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hesson, of Belle
Valley.
Franklin Fryfogle, of Beloit,
spent the weekend at the home
of his wife's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. w. Ullman, and visited
his wife, a patient in Memorial
hospital, Marietta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Schafer
and daughters, June and Ruth,
and Miss Rena Ullman of Bloom
field, visited Sunday with Mrs
B. w. Ullman.
Mrs. c. E. Johanning visited
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. j.
P. Hartshorn and family, New
port Pike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Stevens,
Marietta, and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Neuhart, of Columbus, spent
! the weekend with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Erval Stevens.
Several relatives on route one
attended the Springer reunion at
Alliance Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard thinner
man and family, of Lower Sa-
lem route, visited Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Baker, of
route one.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Miller and
daughter, Glenna, of Lowell
route, and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Marion, of ColdWater, visited on
Friday evening with Bessie Mil
Ter and sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Friehauf, of
route one, is visiting the former S
mother in Cleveland.
DR.. Milhone and DR.. Briggs, of
Columbus, and DR.. Duncan, of
New Matamoras, were guests on
Wednesday and Thursday of
Postmaster and Mrs. B. w. Ull-
man and hunted squirrels.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ullman and
Miss Donna Jane Lee attended
the open air theatre on Newport
Pike, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Springer
and Jim Cochran, of Canton,
spent the weekend with relatives
on route one and hunted squir-
rels.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schoeppner
returned home Thursday eve
ming from a honeymoon tour at
Niagara Falls, Canada and other
points of interest.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22

and son, Jackie, of Pleasant City
/ spent Sunday with her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert He'd
dleston.
Saturday callers at Caldwell in
| cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Hesson, Wilda and Wilma jack
son, Mrs. Gladys Hesson, Homer
Hesson, Bernard Jackson, Harry
Bise, John Neeley, "A. E. Swain,
! Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Haas and fa-
mily, Miss Lillian Hughey.
c. A. Reed, who has been re-
ceiving surgical treatment at the
Parkersburg, w. Va, hospital, re-
turned home on Sunday and is
greatly improved.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-22

were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Buckley Sunday.
Miss Nellie Bond, of Belle Val
ley, spent a few days this week
with Evelyn Bryan.
Mrs. Bessie Daw, Mrs. George
Clippenger and Mrs. Faye Ray
ner were shopping in Caldwell,
Wednesday.
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Rites 10 Be Held Tomorrow
For Mrs. bessie Ann Joyce

Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie
Ann Joyce. IS, widow of Elisha
E. Joyce. former pastor of the
Valley View Church, near Nokes-
vile, Va, will be held at 1890
a m. tomorrow at the Church of
the Brethren, Fourth street and
North Carolina avenue Sc. Burial
will be in Valley View Cemetery.
Mrs. Joyce died Wednesday en-
route to Casualty Hospital after
suffering heart attack at her
home. 1882 Twenty-f1fth street
Sc.
Born in Dorrance, Kans., she
came to Virginia in 1928. Her
husband died in 1898.
Mrs. Joyce, who moved to
Washington in 1912, was a mem
Der of the Church of the Breth-
rem.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Rita Chlebowicz, Preston,
Md; Mrs. Doris Funkhouser and
Miss Ona Joyce, both Of Washing
ton. and five sons, Orville A.
and Dean L. Joyce, both of Wash
ington; Ivan c. and Francis L
Joyce. both in the Army, and
Melvin L. joyce. Stamps. Ark.
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Committee Witness
Sells Pharmacy

Mrs. Rose Anderson. who was
proprietor of the Investment
Pharmacy. Fifteenth and X streets
nav, when she was summoned
before the House Un-American
Activities Committee on June 20
has sold the drugstore because
her attorney said, business dropped
of following the hearing.
Mrs. Anderson declined to
answer questions about member
ship in any organization when
queried by the committee during
Its investigation of the Com
munist Party in Washington. She
based her refusal to answer or
grounds it might incriminate her
The drugstore was bought by
Frank B. Stoutenburgh, who hao
been manager of the establishment
for Mrs. Anderson for IA years
Both he and Clifford j. Durr, Mrs
Anderson's attorney, explained
that. after business began to drop
Mrs. Anderson decided to look
around for a buyer.
Mr.. Stoutenburgh took the store
over on July 30 and placed signs
in the windows, telling Of the new
ownership with the result. he said
that business has steadily climbed
He declared that. although he
didn't see much of Mrs. Anderson
in the store, their dealings always
had been pleasant.
Mrs. Anderson had owned the
store for % years, Mr.. DUR pointed
out in closing the deal. She now
Is on a vacation.
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Col. Harry Gantz, 81, Dies;
No. 14in Original Air Corps
BY ff,s Associated Press

RAPID CITY, S. OAK, Aug. IL.
Col. Harry Gantz. 81. who was
No. IA on the list of Army flyers
when the first Air Corps was Or
gained, died Wednesday in Aus
tralia while on a world tour.
Col. Gantz was a close friend
of the then 1t. H. H. (Hap) Ar
mold. After combat flying in
France during World War I, Col.
Gantz returned as a major but
resigned his commission to take
care of private interests in CAL
ifornia.
During World War II, Col.
Gantz was called back to duty by
Gen. Arnold and served on the
Air Force staff in Washington.
He was to have gone to India on
a special mission during the war,
but he became seriously Ill after
"a serum incubation and was
forced to resign his commission.
Col. Gantz was born in Rapid
City in 1887, the son Of DR.. F. M.
Gantz, a frontier dentist. He was
into the regular
Army in 1906. He was married
three times and his third wife
survives him. He also has a son,
Peter.
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Autopsy 10 Be Held in Death
OF SibIey Hospital Patient

The Prince Georges County and
District coroners today were to
perform an autopsy on a Sibley
Hospital patient who died last
night, four weeks after nearly
amputating his finger on an cleo
trio saw.
The patient, who is said. to have
developed lock,aw II days after
the accident, was William Shit.
flette, 81. a Brentwood milk
truck driver. The injury occurred
in the workshop of his basement
at 1903 Varnum street, Brent
wood. He also is said to- have
contracted pneumonia last Sum
day.
District health officials reported
that, prior to Mr.. Shifdette's ILL
ness. there have been four cases
Of 1ockjaw here this year, None
was fatal. Prince Georges Coro-
ner James I. Boyd and District
Deputy Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy were to perform the
autopsy jointly at the District
Morgue
Mr.. Shifflette, a Brentwood resi-
dent for 80 years, was employed
by the Harvey Dairy. He is sur
vived by his widow. Mrs. Ina Shift
f1ette. and a daughter, Mrs, Mary
GeSSford.
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Waller R. Metz, k., Dies;
Wounded by Bomb in 1912

Walter Richard Metz. Jr., a.
of IA Crescent place, Takoma
Park, Md, a Navy veteran. died
in Mount Alto Hospital yesterday
after an extended illness.
His family said he had been
i'll since suffering bomb wounds
in December. 1912, when a naval
vessel on which he was serving
was bombed by the Germans in
the Mediterranean Sea. Mr.. Metz
was hospitalized in Tunis and
England, the family explained.
A native Washingtonian, Mr..
Metz went to Central High School,
to Briarley Hall School in Pooles-
vile. Md. and also attended
George Washington University for
year.
He was a salesman before en-
tering service in September, 1912.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs.
John Currin, of Arlington, Va; his
parents, Maj. and Mrs. Walter r.
Metz. of Takoma Park; a brother,
Capt. John Metz, of Seattle.
Wash, and a sister. Mrs. James
A. Kennedy, of the District.
Funeral services will be held at
1 pm, Monday in the s. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
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Leo A. Bonstee| Dies;
Housing Developer

Leo A. Bonsteel. Sc, q former
supervisory engineer with the Re.
construction Finance Corp. and
developer of the Parkhurst hous-
ing development in Arlington,
died yesterday at Arlington Hos
pital Of heart attack.
Mr.. Bonsteel. who lived at 1904
North Lexington street. Arlington.
came here in 1899. During World
War II he joined the RFC as su-
pervisory engineer Of aluminium
steel plants. In 1948 he joined M.
Pomponio & Sons. building con-
Germ in Arlington. where he was
working at the time of his death.
The engineer was born in Will
son, N. Y, and received his civil
engineering degree from Bradley
University in Peoria, III. He was
sanitary engineer Of Akron for
about Is years before coming to
Washington.
Mr.. Bonsteel is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Prisca Bonsteel;
two daughters, Miss Mary Prisca
Bonsteel of the North Lexington
street address, and Mrs. Russell
Schoenbeck, Bedford, Ohio; three
brothers, Lloyd o. Bonsteel. Ar
lington. and Ralph H. and Merle
E. Bonsteel, both of Cleveland.
and two sisters, Miss Ruth M. Bon.
steel and Mrs. Harold F. Lyke,
both of Pittsburgh.
Funeral services will be held at
1880 am. tomorrow in the Ives
funeral home, 2847 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington. Burial will be In
Cleveland.