Evening star., 1949-01-31

a call from the home with DR.. B.
w. Leonard, Mr.. Newbold's ply
sician. Death was officially recorded
at 12:45 am.
Mr.. Newbold was widely known
in advertising and publishing circles
for his blunt, straightforward ap-
proach, his business acumen and
his grasp of newspaper affairs.
From the age of II. when he
joined The Star, Mr.. Newbold served
in all branches of the business and
mechanical departments on his up
ward climb to the presidency of
the company. He became president
February 10, 1913, succeeding his
brother-in-law, the late Frank B.
Noyes. Mr.. Noyes had resigned to
become chairman Of the board of
directors.
Funeral Services Tomorrow.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at 3 pm. tomorrow at St. Johns
Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square,
by the Rev. DR.. G. Leslie Glenn.
Burial will be private in the family
plot in Rock Creek Cemetery.
In 1906 Mr.. Newbold married Miss
Ethel Seckendorff, daughter of the
late Count and Countess M. G..
Seckendorf The count was a PROM
inent writer and newspaper corre-
spondent here in the early 1900s.
Mrs. Newbold died in September,
1946.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Legendre and Mrs. James S. Bush
of ST. Louis; four grandchildren,
Nancy Ryan, Allan A. Ryan, III, and
Serena Stewart, all three the chill
dren of Mrs. Bush, and Janet
Legendre Three nephews, John
L. Newbold of 2435 Tracy place NV,
William T. Newbold of Philadelphia
and Charles Newbold of Colorado
Springs, Col, also survive.
Mr.. Newbold was born in Day.
ton, Ohio, on April II, 1873. His
father was Col. Charles Newbold,
U. S. A., of Philadelphia, who served
throughout the Civil War as
captain in the Regular Army and
later in various Indian wars. Re-
signing from the Army in 1868, Col.
Newbold was reappointed as major
and paymaster in the Army at the
outbreak of the Spanish American
War, and retired from service as
lieutenant colonel.
Came to Washington in 1880.
Col. Newbold and his wife, the
former Miss Frances Lowe of Day.
ton, moved to Washington with their
son Fleming in 1880 and here the
son received his education at Force
School and the old Central High
School
After coming to The Star in 1890,
Mr.. Newbold was made superintend-
ent of circulation in 1894. Six years
later, he was appointed assistant
business manager and in 1910 be-
came business manager. He held
that position until 1914 when he was
made manager.
For many years, he had been a
member of the board of directors
of The Evening Star Newspaper
Co. and member of its Executive
Committee. He was elected vice
president of the company in 1885
and became its president in Feb
ruary. 1948.
Mr.. NeWbold in 1888 was elected a
director of the M. A. Leese Radio
Corp, which later became The
Evening Star Broadcasting Co.,
owner of Station WMAL.
He was governor and vice presi-
dent of the Metropolitan Club. and
a member of the Chevy Chase Club,
Alfalfa Club, and the Washington
Board of Trade and director of the
Riggs National Bank, Merchants
Transfer and Storage Co. and the
Columbia Paragraph Co.
Worked in Many Jobs.
The late Frank B. Noyes, who
married Mr.. Newbold's sister, once
said that he began training Mr..
NeWbold for executive duties as soon
as the young man came to The Star.
He worked in every department.
except the editorial department.
Of the paper. Thus he came to
know intimately every job done in
the business Office. In later years
1t was his boast that he balanced
the account books every evening by
sitting on a high stool be-
fore desk and working well into
the night.
He was charged with the detailed
responsibility for starting The Sum-
day Star in 1905 and one OF his
favorite stories was the advice he
got from a red headed" newsstand
operator at the Government Print
ing Office who returned most of the
papers delivered to her. unsold, with
the message that she did not want
any more.
Characteristically, he called her
up to find out why. She tolG him
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