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Evening star., 1950-04-02
.lorain ". Harris, 43,
Dies Of Auto Injuries

'Lorain w. Harris, 43. of 58l7
Colorado avenue NV, died yes
terday in the Quantico Marine
Base Hospital from injuries suf-
fered Wednesday night when he
was struck by an automobile near
Woodbridge. Va. The accident
occurred as he was returning to
his car from restaurant.
Virginia State police said an
other Washington man, James A,
Cook, 400 block of Tenth street
NE, had been charged with reck-
less driving as the driver of the
car which struck Mr.. Harris.
Pending a hearing April II in the
Manassas Trial Justice Court, Mr..
Cook is at liberty under $500
bond.
Because of an ailment incurred
during war service with the Coast
Guard, Mr.. Harris had not been
working recently. according to
his widow, Mrs. Marie Allen Har-
rls. His last position was man
ager OF a service station at Twen-
ty-fourth street and Virginia ave-
nue. NV.
Mr.. Harris also leaves a SON
Robert Joseph. 4, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters:
Clarence G., Washington
Charles F. and Wills, Charlottes-
vile; Mrs. Ruth Parr, Alexandria
and Mrs. Mary Bullman, and Mrs
Eunlce Smith, both of Charlottes-
vile.
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home, will be the Rev. William
Pierpoint, retired Methodist minis
ter of Falls Church, who was best
man at her wedding 49 years
ago. Also officiating will be the
Rev F. H. Strieby, pastor of the
Del Ray Methodist Church, Alex
andria.
Mrs. Hillery was the wife of a
Spanish-American War veteran
and retired Navy Yard employe
They lived at 633 North Columbus
street. Alexandria.
She was an organizer of the
auxiliary to the James E. King
Camp No. 16. Spanish American
War veterans in Alexandria and
belonged to Women's Army Corps
Mothers Club in Washington and
the American War Mothers and the
Mothers Memory Club. both in
Alexandria. She also was a men,
ber of the Alexandria Methodist
Protestant Church.
A lifelong resident of Alexan-
dria, she was the daughter of the
late Eleanor F. and George H.
Lyles.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Frank Scherer of the North Co.
lumbus street address, and Mrs
Frank Sammons, Baltimore. Also
surviving are two granddaughters,
Mrs. Patricia Mahoney and Mrs.
Marion Madison, both of Alex
andria.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
N. F. Nelson Dies;
Was Expert on Korea

DR.. M. Frederick Nelson, A.
until recently a specialist on
Korean affairs in the State De-
partment. died yesterday in Be-
thesda Naval Hospital after long
illness.
DR.. Nelson, who lived at the
Park Glen Apartments. 804 South
Arlington Mill drive, joined the
State Department. Division OF
Research for Far East in October
1916. He was in charge of the
divisions work on Korea until
illness forced his resignation in
January.
Born in Ottumwa, Iowa, DR..
Nelson studied at Mississippi State
College, University of Mississippi,
the University of Omaha, Duke
University and Columbia Univer-
sity. receiving graduate degrees
from the last three.
DR.. Nelson had taught at Mis-
sissippi State College and Texas
A. and M. In World War II he
served as an officer in the Navy.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Mary Wallace Kirk
of Starkville, Miss. and two chill
dren, Margaret Karen. 9. and
Frederick Kirk Nelson. S. He also
is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Charles S. Nelson of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held at
1870 pm. Tuesday at Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
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Garh uf Thanks

HATFIELD. MOLLIE WALTON. We wish
TO thank our physician, DR.. Hamilton S.
Martin, our pastor, the Rev. S. G. SPOTS
wood and our many friends and neighbors
sympathy during the illness and at the
death Of our mother, MoLLIE WALTON
MRS. LILLIAN L. CARTER, MRS. ANNIE
DAWSON AND FAMILY.
LEE. ROBERT E. We wish to express
our gratitude to the Rev. Hamilton T. Jas
kins, who officiated at the funeral of our
devoted husband and father, ROBERT z
LEE and to our pastor. the Rev. F. M.
Arthur Breeze, the Rev. T S. Tildon of the
Asbury Methodist Church. our faithful
members. neighbors and many friends for
their payers and kind expressions of SYM
psthy and the many floral tributes and
CARDS received at the passing of our
MRS. JESSIE E. LEE AND FAMILY
MADISON, JAMES A. We wish to CRATE
fully acknowledge and thank the min
listers. the Rev. L. T. Hughes and the Rev,
v. T. Taylor. the City Post ONCE, Naval
Gun Factory. the. Hecht Co. our many
friends, relatives and neighbors, for the
Kind expressions Of sympathy. the many
moral tributes and cards received at the
paMFg ppaasMSlFng OF our 6sloyed husband and father
THE FAMILY
NEWSOME, GEORGE w., Sr. Our deep
est appreciation and hearty thanks are
extended to the Rev. J. H Randolph,
Grand and Subordinate Order of Moses.
friends, ncighbors, co-workers and rela-
tives for teleerams cards, beautiful floral
tributes and other acts of kindness dur
Ing our recent bereavement Gratefully
acknowledged.
THE FAMILY
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Mrs. Matting|y Dies;
Wife Of Pharmacist

Mrs. William Fenwick Mating
ly, wife of retired druggist, died
yesterday at Garfield Hospital
after an illness of two months. She
lived at 1643 Newton street NV.
A lifelong resident of Washing
ton. Mrs. Mattingly was the for
mer Miss Irene Josephine Simms,
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Giles G.. c. Simms. Her father
had pharmacy at Fourteenth
street and New York avenue NV.
Mrs. Mattingly, who was in her
early 70s, had been married for
46 years Mr. Mattingly. a druggist
here for 40 years, had owned
at Ontario and Colum-
bia roads NV.
A member of the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street and
Park road NV, she was active in
work of the League of the Sacred
Heart there. She also belonged to
the Women's Organization of the
National Association of Retail
Druggists.
Besides her husband, she leaves
two sons, Giles S., of the Newton
street address, and w. F. Mat
tingly, jr. 1909 Fenwick lane, Sill
yer Spring, and two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Alice Ritchie, 1902
North Abingdon street. Arlington,
and Mrs. Josephine Burke, 314
Ashby street, Alexandria.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Miss Mary j. Simms and Mrs.
Anna S. Christman. both of the
Parker Apartments. Sixteenth
street and Park road NV, and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in the Shrine
of the Sacred Heart Church. Bur-
ial will be in Holy Rood Cemetery,
2126 Wisconsin avenue NV.
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instructor and athletic director
at Morgan College, Baltimore,
DR.. Drew enrolled at McGill Uni
versity, Montreal, Canada. 1t was
while he was medical student
there that he became acquainted
with a young instructor named
John Beattie. 1t was that same
John Beattie who, 10 years later,
sent DR.. Drew the urgent cable
gram asking him to procure all
the dried plasma possible for use
by the hard-pressed British Army.
After receiving his medical de-
gree from McGill, DR.. Drew served
his interShip at Montreal
hospital. After year as a resident
in medicine at Montreal General
Hospital, he received his appoint
ment to the staff of Howard Uni
verSity. s
Won Fellowship.
Dr.. Drew received a Rockefeller
Fellowship in 1888. and spent two
years at Columbia University and
the Presbyterian Hospital in New
York. 1t was his thesis. Banked
Blood written during this pc
riod of study. which eventually led
to his appointment in 1910 as
head of the blood plasma section
of the Blood TRANSMISSION Associa-
ton.
After serving several months
as director of the Red Cross blood
bank in New York and assistant
director of blood procurement for
the National Research Council, he
returned to Howard as profess
sor of surgery.
He also served as medical di-
rector of Freemen's Hospital
from 1916 to 1948.
DR.. Drew was a member of
group which last summer toured
hospitals overseas on an inspec-
tion trip for the Government.
Surgery Board Examiner.
DR.. Drew was a member of Alpha
Fraternity. general education
board fellow in surgery at Colum-
bia University. and held a Doctor
of Science in Medicine degree
from Columbia. He was an exam
iner of the American Board of
Surgery, and formerly served as
chief of the surgical section of the
National Medical Association.
In 1947 he was awarded an hon.
orary Doctor of Science degree by
Amherst.
He also held an honorary Doctor
of Science degree from Virginia
State College.
He was a member of the board
of trustees of the National Society
for Crippled Children. He also
was director of the District
Chapter of the American Cancer
Society and a member of the
Deans Committee of the Veterans
Administration Hospital at Tuske-
gee.
DR.. Drew who lived at 328 COL
lege street NV, is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Lenora Drew, and four
children, Bebe, 8, Charlene, Z.
Sylvia, 4. and Charles, jr., 3.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Mrs. Sol lansburgh
Dies Here al 30

Mrs. Sol Lansburgh. 80, wife Of
the president Of Lansburgh's de-
partment store, died yesterday at
her home, 1905 Blaeden avenue
NV. after a brief illness.
A member of an old Washing
ton family. Mrs, Lansburgh was
born and reared in GEORGETOWN.
She was the former Miss Sarah
Pearson. daughter Of Laura and
Joseph Pearson. Her father was
a we'll known GEORGETOWN builder
and contractor.
Mrs. Lansburgh has long been
active in numerous patriotic or
ganizations here. She was chair
man of the National headquarters
Of the Daughters of 1912 and
member of Livingston Manor
Chapter. Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. Daughters Of
American Colonists. Daughters Of
Cincinnati. Daughters of Colonial
Wars and the Daughters Of Found
ers and Patriots.
In addition TO her husband. who
has been associated with LanS-
burghs for 81 years. she Is sur
vived by daughter, Mrs, Henry
Chester Merwin of the Blagden
avenue address; grandson. John
c. Merwin, also of the Blagden
avenue address; a granddaughter,
Mrs. Jane Merwin Brawner OF
WASHINGTON, and two sisters, Mrs.
Grace MeekS and Mrs. Frances
Corbett, both Of Washington.
Private funeral services will be
held at 2.S0 pm. tomorrow Burial
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Mai. Arthur |. Huff Dies;
AZ Information Official

Mai. Arthur L. Huff. A. chief
of the information section of the
Air Forces Information and Edu-
cation Branch. died last night in
Walter Reed Hospital.
He had been admitted to the
hospital early yesterday after
falling on basement stairway in
his home. He suffered skull
fracture, friends said.
Maj. HUFF had been assigned
here nearly two years. Previously
he was stationed for three years
in Japan. A reserve officer. he went
on active duty in 1941.
He was a former college and
high school teacher. A native of
Canton. Ohio. he graduated from
Dennison College. His home was
at 523 Meadow lane, Falls
Church.
He is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Ruth Huff: daughter, Miss
Barbara Sue Huff. II. student
at Mary Washington College. and
his parents, who live in Canton.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Mrs. Charles F. Hahn

Funeral services for Mrs.
Charles F. Hahn. 72. a lifelong
resident of Washington. will be
held at 2 pm. tomorrow at the
Hines funeral home. 290l Four
teenth street NV. Burial will be
in Fort Lincoln Mausoleum
Mrs. Hahn died Thursday at
Providence Hospital, having suf-
fered a heart condition for two
weeks. She lived at SOB New
Hampshire avenue NV.
The former Miss Daisy Irene
Miller, she was married to Mr..
Hahn 46 years ago.
Mr.. Hahn, a Spanish american
War veteran, is retired employe
of the Navy Yard. where he
served for more than 80 years.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by son by a previous
marriage. Chester F. Lowe of Kan
sas City; a sister. Mrs. Maude
Munday of Enid. Okla: and two
great grandchildren.
Evening star., 1950-04-02

in the car. DR.. John R. Ford,
resident in surgery. received a
broken arm, and DR.. Samuel Bull
lock and DR.. Walter S. Johnson
were shaken up when the car left
the road and overturned.
DR.. Ford said DR.. Drew ap-
parently dozed at the wheel. Dr.
Drew died shortly after he was
admitted to a Greensboro hospital
Professor at Howard.
The physicians left Washington
early yesterday. They were on
their way to a medical meeting at
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
In addition to his hospital
duties, DR.. Drew was professor
of surgery at Howard University.
He received national recogni-
tion for his work during the early
days of World War II as medical
director of the Blood Plasma Divi-
sion of the Blood TRANSMISSION AS
sociation in New York. In re-
sponse to an emergency appeal
from British for dried plasma, he
set up an organization which
supplied almost 5000 quarts of
plasma to the British in less than
five months.
For this work he was awarded
the Spingarn Medal for 1943 for
the highest and noblest achieve
ment by an American Negro"
Praised for Dual Role.
DR.. Drew, who was noted for
his pioneering work in the use
of blood plasma in the treatment
of surgical shock, was appointed
to the Howard University staff
in 1885.
DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, presi-
dent of Howard University, said:
"Dr. Drew was one of those
rare individuals who not only had
great ability himself, but pos
sessed the necessary inspiration
to encourage others to reach
greater heights"
Judge Almond w. Scott of
Municipal Court said DR.. Drew
was lone of the most outstanding
members of the Negro race-and
one of the most brilliant men in
America. He made a great con-
tribution to the war effort; it will
be long time before his place
in the community is filled"
All-Eastern Halfback.
A native of Washington, DR..
Drew attended Dunbar High
School. He was named an all
Eastern halfback while a student
at Amherst College, and was cap
tain of the varsity track team
there. When he graduated, he was
awarded the Mossman Trophy
for having brought most honor to
the college during his four years.
After serving two years as an
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Entry Deod|ine Passed
For Stuunton Rom Sale
By the Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, April L.
The entry deadline passed today
for the 1850 Eastern stud ram sale
to be held at Staunton June 14-15.
Entries already had been re-
ceived at mid-week from North
Carolina, Georgia. Tennessee. Vir-
ginia, West Virginia. New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, George w. Lit
ton, sale secretary. reported.
Evening star., 1950-04-02

AAAdA AL VIC
held at 1870
pm. tomorrow
in the Wheatley
Funeral Home,
800 King street.
AL e x a n d r i a.
Burial will be
at 2::30 pm. in
Arlington Gem
etery.
Condu C t i n &
S ervic es for
Mrs. Hillery.
W ho die d
Thursday at.
her Alexandria
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Capt. Robottom, Officer
On USS Houston, Dies
BY the Associoied Pres,

Capt. Percy Kent Robottom,
U. S. N, retired. who was executive
officer of the cruiser Houston on
one of late President Franklin D.
Roosevell's voyages. died here to-
day. He was 81.
Capt. Robottom, a native Of
Tioga, Pa, was graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1910 and
was a veteran of both World Wars
He was commanding officer OF
the Bremerton tWashD. Receiy-
ing Station when he retired.
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fatally injured
yesterday when
the car he was
driving over
t urn d near
Gre e n S b o ro.
N. G. During
the war he was
honored for di-
recting a pro-
gram supplying
blood plasma to
the British.
Three other
doctors on the
hospital staff
were passengers
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Circus Reaches New York

NEW YORK. Apr. / (P).-The
42-car special train of the Barnum
and Bailey g. Ringing Brothers
Circus travelling in three sections.
arrived tonight from winter quar-
ters at Sarasota, Fla. Unloading
will begin tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Roxus AssuiIunt to Die
BY the Associoted Press

MANILA. April Julio Gull
len. the Filipino barber who tried
to assassinate the late President
Manuel A. Roxas. will die in the
electric chair April 26 under a
court decree signed today.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Mrs. J. 7. Hi|Iery Dies;
Former President Of
Veterans Auxiliary

Funeral services for Mrs. John
T. Hillery. IA. past department
president of the Virginia's Span
ish-American War Veterans Aux
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DR.. Charles R. Drew,
Freedman 5 Surgery
Chief, Killed in Crash

DR.. Charles r. Drew, As. chief
surgeon. at Freedmens Hospital
and one of the Nations most dis
tinguished colored physicians, was
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Dratha

HAHN, DAISY l. The oficers and
7: ! {: + =
lMAG0 to conduct Services for n11r late
Evening star., 1950-04-02

HtSNsS r. 1851 Il ~! 9a rrqsE
beloved R mother Mei of Mfs 6Vs Ds
Vries Of Grand RAPIDS, Mich; Mrs. Dor
othy Fitzeibbons Of Dayton. Ohio; Mr.. vii
Catherine priscoll Of Muskegon. Mich, Nj.
Ralph D. Teunis OF Washineton, D. c.:
nice + Mann, Mr. George Tennis, Miss
Ruth Isunis and Mr.. Alfred Teunis. all
by q, brother, Mr.; Jacob, .Bauwman Of
feanis q sDrinE Lake Mieh. ;ef twenty s; ine
Children. funeral M services viii Be held at
Hysong's Funeral Home, 1900 st. NV.
on Sunday, y,.,L April 2; at s:3o pm; Inter
quests no flowers. Contributions may be
made to the Cancer Fund.
THOMPSON, LAURA. On Friday. March
st. ns sIO LAURA e hss Gssssnfs ovas as P4
Of James 1l Thompson and Mrs Frances
o'asss asa sreatrrandeSfldfen aa aeSftH
Sotiee Not a, Of funeral later Arransements m aaS
by Henry F. Washington g. Son.
THUMMEL, EDITH FINCH: On Thurs.
Hospital s ff Eb1Ta Finch + THuMMEL fl wife wife
Of Col. Claude 3; Thummel, y: A.. re
non 5sd m0er vs ri II MTs keded H2n Of Of Fort Art
Riley, Kans. and Mrs. K. L. Parish of
Manhattan. Kans. Friends may call at
Gawler's Chapel, 1855 Pa. ave. NV.
Services will be held at Fort Myer Chapel
on Monday, April 3. at am. 1nterment
Arlington National Cemetery.
WINTER, ROSE A. On Friday, March
ST. sty asa aosDts at RosE A.
South Carolina ave. se.. beloved wife Of
the late Charles Bernhard Winter, mother
NJ Fra Wp11onS grandmother
OF Thomas, Roseanne and william Wellons.
Funeral from the James T. Ryan Funeral
Home, 317 Pa. ave. Sc. on Monday, April
| 3, at $40 am. Requiem mass at st.
Peters Church at am. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Cedar Hill
! Cemetery.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
Trapped In
Sawdust Cave-ln

ATLANTA CAMP Timothy
Toomer, So, a Negro fireman, suf-
located when he was trapped in
the cave-in of sawdust in a 20
cubic-foot bin at a cabinet manu-
featuring company here early last
week.
It was estimated that the vic
tim was buried in the sawdust for
more than 20 minutes before fell
low workers missed him and be-
gan a search.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
Woman Kills
Another in Phila.
State Hospital

PHILADELPHIA (ANP) Cor
oner Joseph Ominskey promised d
full Scale investigation into the
misunderstanding Of 35-year
old Fannie Mccoy at the Phila-
delphia State hospital at Byberry
last week.
He told reporters that this was
the second mysterious death a
mong the women recently and that
he inends to look intothe situation
there generally.
Miss Mccoy was said to have
been attacked by 30-year-old Do
ra Norwaad who bumped her head
against a door and beat her about
the face and head with her fists.
Information cleaned from other
patients who were present las
leant little tothe actual solution
ofthe murder or what exactly hap
pened.
When Homicide Detective John
Carey talked with Miss Norwood
atthe institution, she told him her
victim spat on the faucet. And
commented if Mrs. Mccoy was
brough back she would beat her
again for it.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
Piano Recital
May q

Mrs. Marie Wilkerson will pre-
sent her piano pupils in a recital
on May %, at 3 pm. at the
Corinthian Baptist Church. Rev
erend P. E. Henderson is pastor
of the church.
The student group will present
a unique program entitled Noah
and the Ark. The story will be
narrated by Master Robert Heath
tothe sympathetic accompaniment
Of the piano music. Those famili-
ar with classical music recognize
the story told in musical form
from Probofiev's Peter and the
Wolf.
The public is invited TO attend.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
Chemist Heads
Program
Committee

CHICAGO (ANP)- Lloyd A.
Hall, research chemist at the Grit
fifth Laboratories here, is serving
as chairman of the national pro-
gram committee of the decennial
conference of the Institute of
Food Technologists which opened
here May Fl.
The conference is being held at
the Edgewater Beach hotel on
Chicago's northside lake front.
In the conference program, an
abstract by Hall and a white CO.
worker, Louis Sair, of Griffith
Laboratories is-quoted. The alb
stract is from a dissertation titled
"The Use of Antioxidants in Deep
Fat Frying"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
Three Women
Enter Catholic
Sisterhood

NEW YORK CAMP Three
young Negro women pledged their
lives into the Catholic sisterhood
at ceremonies here last week.
The women who became Catholic
sisters in a society known as the
Franciscan landmarks of Mary,
are Sister Mary Concepta, Bronx;
Sister M. Theodore, Boston; and
Sister Mary Philomena, Philadel-
phia.
In pledging their lives, the
Sisters made solemn promises to
God that they would always re-
main poor, that they would never
marry, and that they would obey
their legitimate superiors. These
promises are commonly known as
the vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience. R~eceiveing the vows
was Rev. Bernard F. Russell.
Three other young women, re-
ceived as postulants or applicants
for the Sisterhood, received the
religious habit and name. They
are: Miss Joan Stridron, Manhat-
tan, who will be known in reli-
gion as Sister Siena Marie; Miss
Dorothy Miller, Bronx, Sister
Grace Miriam; and Miss Agnes
Wilt, Beaumont, Texas, Sister
Mary Maureen.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
Xenia Church
Seeks Loan

The trustees of the First Afri-
can Methodist hurch in Xenia
have petitioned the Common Pleas
Court for permission to mortgage
church property for $4,000 to
finance repairs to the church par
sonage.
The property will be mortgagea
to the Home Federal Savings and
Loan Association of Xenia.
Trustees ofthe church are Rev.
w. A. Johnson, John H. Hewson
and John Morgan.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
NAACP Seeks
10000 Members

DETROIT (ANP)- The local
NAACP branch opened it's annual
membership drive with a public
meeting in Ebenezer AME church
here last week and for the oc-
casion had Judge Hubert T. Dc
lany of the New York Domestic
Relations court as principal speak
er.
Quota for this years drive is
10000 members.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-24
District Six
N. A. Pc.
Convention

The 18th Annual Convention of
District Six National Alliance of
Postal Employees will be held in
Detroit, Michigan, June 3rd and
18th.
District Six includes Branches
in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and
Western Pennsylvania. James c..
Dickerson, President ofthe Dayton
Branch and a member ofthe Dis
strict Executive oBard, will attend
both sessions, Roberts J. Fields,
recording secretary of the Dayton
Branch, is a delegate. Curtis G..
Garvin, Cleveland, Ohio, is presi-
dent of the District; and Phillip
M. Watts, Columbus, Ohio, is
Publicity Director.