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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-09-07
Cumberland

CUMBERLAND - Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Halland and two
sons have returned home from a
visit with relatives in West Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gregg Gorby
and children, of McConnelsville,
spent Sunday with his parents,
the Wheeler Gorbys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chalmer Boston,
of Cleveland, spent the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. Will Yer
ian and husband. They were also
callers in the John Maxwell and
Harry Ellis homes. They were
enroute home after a two weeks
visit with relatives in Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Wick
ham and three children spent
the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Bay at Nashport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Brown
and children, of Dillonvale,
spent the weekend in the Calvin
Mellinger home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hickle
and family, who have been liv-
ing in Cambridge, have moved
to Dunkirk, N. Y, where he is
employed by a pipeline COM
pany. Carl Hickle is employed
at New Castle, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Alex
ander and children, of near
Gaysport, spent Sunday after
noon in the home of their uncle,
Harry Ellis and wife.
DR.. and Mrs. Earl Denny and
daughter, Karen, spent Sunday
afternoon with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Denny.
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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-09-07
Fredericzsdale

FREDERICKSDALE-Mr. and
Mrs. Billie Clark and children,
Susie, Cinda, Marjorie and Ka-
rem, of Green Valley, and Char
lotte Ray Clark of Sarahsville
route visited Mr.. and Mrs. Orion
Shackle and daughter, Lucy
Jane.
Visitors at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Norval Carter and
family were Mr.. and Mrs. La
verne Carter and son, Lee, of
Canton, and Junior and Delbert
Butler of Sarahsville route.
Callers on Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Davis and family and Mr..
and Mrs. C. H. Arnold, the past
week were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Young and daughter, Karen, of
Circleville, Nellie Snode, Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Cater, of Pleas
ant Hill, Dolores Blade of Steu-
benville, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
Franklin and Gene Franklin of
Whigville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller of
Caldwell route spent one day
last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Miller.
Those from here who attended
the fair were Mr.. and Mrs. Wi
ley Vandyne and daughter, Win
fired, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Leas-
ure and children, Barbara and
Larry, Tom Rossiter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Wentworth and sons,
Melvin and Merlin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Davidson and daughters,
Mary Lou and Helen, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Shaw and children
Betty and Billy, Mrs. Albert
Craig, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Shaw and James, Jr., Earl Shaw
Mr.. and Mrs. Norval Carter, Ell
mer Clapper, Hayes Carter, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Henry, daugh-
ter, Countess, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Davis and daughters,
Betty and Wanda.
Miss Sadie Leasure spent the
past week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Leasure and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norval Carter
and Tom Rossiter attended the
Marietta fair Sunday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-09-07
Pleasant Valley

PLEASANT VALLEY - Mr..
and Mrs. Marcus Cant are an
nouncing the birth of a son,
born Aug. 90, named Stephen
Michael. Grandparents are Ho-
mer Cant and wife, Ray Dettra
and wife. Samuel Murphy, of
Senecaville is great grandfather.
Mary Green and son spent
part of last week with friends
in GAINESVILLE.
Marsh Snyder and wife of Co.
lumbus spent the weekend at
the home of G. r. Snyder and
wife.
Claude Hartman and wife,
visited recently with George
Smith and wife.
George Smith and wife visited
Don Smith and family last We'd
nesday.
Helen Ullman and sons, re-
turned to her home Sunday
after a two weeks visit with
her parents, Homer Cant and
wife.
Edgar Smith spent the week
end with his parents, George
Smith and wife.
George Smith and wife called
at the home of Lydia Cant last
Friday.
George Smith and wife were
business callers in Caldwell one
day last week.
Vernon Leasure moved his
family from the Wilmer Watson
farm to a home near Caldwell
last Monday.
c. r. Snyder and wife, Marsh
Snyder and wife, visited Wiley
Thompson and family Sunday.
Marjorie Cant spent the past
weekend at the home of her
parents, Homer Cant and wife.
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South Olive

SOUTH OLIVE = Mrs. Foster
Davis and son have returned
home after visiting few days
with friends in Canton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry MILESTONE
and family, of Roseville, Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd MILESTONE and
son, of Akron, called on rela-
tives and friends here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Brown
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Devoll, Jr. and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Heberty en-
tertained with a birthday party
Sunday honoring Mr.. Huberty's
mother, Mrs. Paul Huberty, of
Canton.
Rev. and Mrs. Jacobs returned
to their home at Big Prairie af-
ter holding revival services at
the Free Methodist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleo Dutton and
daughter visited Mrs. Ella Har-
per last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Harper
visited Mr.. and Mrs. James Har-
per and family over the week
end.
Lawrence Harper, son of Mrs.
Ella Harper, is convalescing in
an Akron hospital, after under
going a major operation.
Billie Pryor, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Pryor, is convalesc-
ing after being kicked by a pony
Saturday. He received a bruised
lung and broken rib.
Rev. and Mrs. Lenley Adds
and family visited Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Adds.
Charley Williams, of West Vir-
ginia, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Williams over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Keith, of
Cambridge, visited Mrs. Rebecca
Keith and family one day last
week.
Harley Bill Tilton visited rel
atives and friends here last week.
Wiley Harper and Opal Whet-
stone, Mr.. and Mrs. James Whet-
stone and daughter, Vicky, spent
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Kennonshurq

KENNONS SBURG - Mrs.
James Thompson, of Olivet,
spent Labor Day with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Lashley and
family.
Quite number from here at
tended the county fair at Cald-
we'll last week.
H. w. King, of Walla Walla,
Wash, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Ke-
fauver, of Cuyahoga Falls, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
u. J. Massie. Sunday visitors
were /. d. Harding, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Reagan and children,
Miss Charlene Beck and broth
er, Paul, of Akron, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. ]. Lawrence and son, Billy,
of Middlebourne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bates and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Flood, of Canton, were Wis
iting relatives here over the
weekend.
Miss Wilma Wilson and Don
McMillen, of Coshocton, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. B. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Brill and
son, of Columbus, and Mrs. /.
M. Danford, of Buffalo, were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Lashley and Mrs. Byron Lash
ley, Labor Day.
Booster night will be observed
at the grange meeting Thursday
evening, Sept. IA. The main fea-
ture of the program will be on
health in charge of r. w. Parks.
Demonstrations in first aid will
also be given. Bobbie Rice will
be in charge of the All group
program in connection with their
work and a short program will
be presented by the grangers. A
covered dish lunch will be
served. The public is invited to
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-09-07
Whiqville

WHIGVILLE = Mr.. and Mrs.
Pearley Snyder, of Newark, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Barr, Lester
Martin, of Ashland, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
M. Martin.
Several from here attended
the Caldwell fair this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gulick
and family, Mrs. John Gulick
and Mrs. H. D. Carter attended
the funeral of S. R. Conner at
Byesville Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Berry
and son, Donald, spent Tuesday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Vanfossen, of East Union.
Mrs. Martha Archer was call
ing on Mrs. Rose Gulick Monday
evening.
Aroma Cutler was calling on
Mrs. Minnie Danford Monday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Vanfos-
sen and daughters, of East I'm
ion, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Berry.
Mrs. Lizzie Martin is spending
few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Pearl Robinson and other
relatives at GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Bates
and daughters, of West Lafay-
cite, Mrs. NJ. B. Johnson, Cald-
well, spent Monday with Mr..
and Mrs. H. o. Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hamil-
ton, of Rhode Island, Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Bremen, of New
Lexington, were calling on Mr.,
and Mrs. H. D. Carter Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moore, of
Canton, Mrs. Dave Evans and
Adam Moore, of Byesville, were
calling on friends here the past
week.
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Sunlfllerfield

SUMMERFTELD - Mrs. Ruth
McGinnis, with Grace Taylor
and Dana Reed as cohostesses,
entertained a group of friends
in honor of Mrs. Beulah Day,
who is leaving town for her
new home in Mt. Vernon.
A delicious lunch was served
to the following other than the
above mentioned: Floren e
Wharton, Thelma Wharton, Ber-
nice Batten, Gladys Philpot, Le-
ona Garrett, Catherine Dysert,
Helen Meek, Florence Smith,
Marie Bircher, Mrs. Harley
Bates, Roma Jean Wharton and
daughter, Barbara Anne, Rev.
Tschappat, Iada Burris, Mary
Muchelnaus, Mrs. George Reed,
Contests and games were played
and a gift was presented to the
honored guest.
Name Omitted
In naming the high school fac
ulty in last weeks Journal, the
name of Mrs. Grace Taylor,
home economics and English
eacher was unintentionally
omitted.
Auxiliary Meeting
The Auxiliary meeting which
was to have been held Monday
night, has been postponed until
Wednesday night due to Labor
Day activities.
Weekend Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Havener
had the following weekend
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Shultz
and children, Beverly and Larry,
Mrs. Harriet Leiska and daugh-
ter, Mary Jane, of Port Clinton.
Dinner Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wharton
entertained the following with
a course dinner Sunday evening:
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Batten, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Gene Wharton
and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carol Batten, of Somerset, and
the host and hostess.
Attend Fair
A number of Summerfield
people attended the county fair
at Caldwell last week.
House Guests
The following guests were en-
tertained at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hayes Sutherland re-
Gently: Mr.. and Mrs. James Nei-
barger and children, of Mt. Ver-
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non, Bessie Celnor, of Zanes-
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester New
man and family, of Newark, Mr..
and Mrs. Elvin Sutherland and
family, of Massillen, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Snyder, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pearlie Snyder, of Newark, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Barr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Iris, and Lester Martin, all
of Ashland, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Martin, of Columbus, Mr.. and
Mrs. Billie McElfresh, of Zanes-
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. Madison
Martin.
In Hospital
Friends here have received
word that Mrs. Clifford Wick
ham is a patient in the Memoir
ial hospital, Marietta.
Sunday Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. Hidge King had
the following dinner guests Sun
day: the latter's mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Berry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Berry and son, of
Kimbolton.
Fair Prizes
The following won prizes for
their calves at the county fair,
Caldwell, last week: John Gull
er won lst and 4th prizes; Loren
Christman, End, and Bob Oliver,
3rd.
Birth of Daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Weaver,
of Barberton, are announcing
the birth of a daughter, Aug. 80.
The infant has been named Lin
da Jane. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Weaver, of Summerfield, and A.
]. Hershey, of Barberton, are the
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wea-
yer left Sunday for Barberton
to help care for the mother and
baby. Mrs. Robert Ball and son,
Robert, are staying at the Wea-
yer home and caring for her
grandfather, F. M. Calland.
Expresses Appreciation
Terry Wharton, son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. G. Wharton, wishes
to thank those who remembered
him so kindly with cards and
letters during his short time in
the hospital.
Enjoying Vacation
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Dowell, of
Akron, are spending their va
cation with the latter's sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Craig, south
of town. The Dowells, with Mr.
and Mrs. Craig, have been Wis
iting the following friends and
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children. Linda and Timmy, Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Barlow and
daughter, Diane, were at Cald-
well fair Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Fogle Wis
tied their daughters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry Evans and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Frashure, of Park
ersburg the weekend.
Mrs. Florence Rodecker and
daughter, Ruth Merendo, of Co
lumbus, visited the weekend
with Mrs. Elizabeth Frye and
other friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Archer,
of Crum Ridge, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Markee and chill
dren, of Pennsylvania, were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Rossiter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pryor, of
Akron, visited Mr.. and Mrs. c.
K. Pryor, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ina Bates visited
Caldwell friends one night last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Nc
Gurk and son, of Cambridge,
Grace Egger, of Byesville, Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Richards, of Ash
land, visited Monday with Mrs.
Emma McGurk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Williams, OF
Canton, and son, visited the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Horton.
Mrs. H. P. Gibson visited her
sister, Verda Draper, of Lewis
willie Thursday night.
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HarrieitsviIIe To
Hold Fall Festival

The annual fall festival and
chicken dinner at st. Henry's
church in Harriettsville, will be
held Sunday, Sept. 10, following
the 1890 a. m. service.
Dinners will be served from
HOO a. m. to 200 p. m, follow
ed by amusements in the after
noon.
In the evening, a mixed dance
will be held at Palace Hall with
the MELODY Masters" furnishing
the music. Prizes for the combin-
alton ticket drawing will also be
displayed.
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relatives: Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Cur
tis and Leota Curtis, of Sum
merfield, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Cutler and daughter, near Cald-
well, and friends in Byesville.
Church Notes
Next Sunday morning, Sept.
10, there will be a special SER
mon by the pastor, Rev. Marie
Tschappat and special music by
the choir. In the evening, there
will be services at 7:30.
Grange Notes
There will be grange Saturday
evening, Sept. 8, in the grange
hall with a program and regular
business. ALI members are re-
quested to be present.
In Hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Clairmont Fri
day and son, of Bethesda, Md,
and Mrs. August Friday visited
the st. Francis hospital, Colum-
bus, Sunday, where Mr. Friday
is a patient for surgical treat
ment.
New Position
A. G. Wharton has been hired
to the faculty of Charlottesville
high school.
Surprise Party
Mrs. Leatha Dodds gave a sur
prise party Monday night in hon.
or of her husband, Jimmie
Dodd's birthday. A delicious
lunch was served to the follow
ing guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Norris,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wymar, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elwood Gray and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henibaugh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Truck and children, and
Glen Archer. Games were en-
joyed and a good time had by
all.
Birth of Son
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Hanes, of Akron, a son recently.
Mr.. Hanes' mother, Mrs. Hattie
Oliver, is spending two weeks at
their home in Akron.
NAt State Fair
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Batten,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Batten at
tended the state fair at Colum-
bus, Thursday.
House Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Wally Easily, of
Trinway, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Den
bow, of Akron, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jasper Tarleton, of New Lex
ington, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Gene Wharton and children were
Sunday guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Wharton.
Dinner Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dotson
and Linda were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Dysert.
Enjoy Weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Gibson
spent the weekend with their
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Glib
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Glib
son and son, Eddie, of Coshoc-
ton.
Personals
Visitors at the home of Mary
Brown recently were Stella Ar
cher, Mrs. Elva Geary and her
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Dodds, all of GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Van
dyne, of Cambridge, visited Mrs.
Offa Bishop Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Dearth
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Dearth, of Niles, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Dearth, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ervil Anderson,
of Akron, visited the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Zeter Hanes.
Gertrude Cutler, of Columbus,
visited her mother, Lucy Gull
er the weekend.
Ida Farley has returned home
from a two weeks visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Kent, of Cam
bridge.
Marlene and Elaine PhilpCt
visited last week with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Smith and attended the Cald-
we'll fair.
] Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Reed and
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the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Milestone and family, of
Roseville.
ROLAND Williams, who is en-
ployed in Canton, spent the
weekend with his family.
Mrs. Winnie Warren and Mr..
and Mrs. Eddie Weston visited
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Hesson, of
Caldwell Sunday evening.
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this open meeting.
Mrs. Wes Carpenter, Barnes
Vile, and Mrs. Jimmie Carpen-
ter, of Quaker City, were visit
ing Mrs. Ellis Long, Labor Day.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
AIumnus at Central Predicts
Air-Conditioned Suits by 1880

"I always brought up the rear
of about 80 boys who each morn
ing walked to the old Central
Building at Seventh and o streets
NV" Mr.. Thorn recalled. Mr..
Thorn is chairman of the board
of the American Security and
Trust Co. He was introduced as
president Of the Corcoran Gallery
of Art and one of the founders of
the National Symphony Orches-
ira. He is one of the oldest living
members of the Washington
Board of Trade.
The youngest alumnus to be
honored was Edgar r. Baker of
the class of '37. Mr.. Baker is
head of the foreign publishing
division. Time-Life International.
Inc. He was deputy director of
lend-lease in 1943.
Wender Recalls Acting.
Harry Wender, class of '25,
chairman of the District Recrea-
ton Board, stated that in his
first career of show business
(vaudeville), he pretended that
every stage on which he appeared
was the one in Central's audi
torium.
Alumni of a half century or
more who received a gilt-edged
diploma include Mrs. Roscoe l..
Oatley, '86; Miss Ida Curry, '87;
R. Howard Higgins, '89; Mrs.
Eulalie Martins Bayliss. Miss
Sarah E. Beamer, Miss Elizabeth
M. Dawes, Frank H. Eastman,
Mrs. Margaret w. Fletcher Fisher,
Harry w. Keefe. Mrs. Gertrude
Metcalf Mackenzie, Mrs. Mabel
L. Vaughn Mercer. Mrs. Sallie Ma
son Selke, Miss Hulda Luckel
Doerr, Miss Margaret M. Stock
bridge, Ralph S. Warfield, Mrs.
Juliet L. Winfield, Mrs. Anna Kel-
ton Wiley, Mrs. Edith Goodwin
Bagg Smith, all of '94: George D.
G.. Nicolson, '96, and Col. Thomas
M. Spaulding, Frank w. Sunny
and Royden K. Whitford, '99.
Edward T. Dunlap, class of '21,
was reelected president of the
alumni association. Other officers
reelected are Eldred Dickinson,
"a; Robert E. Newby, 20; Mrs.
Elizabeth Sharp Riley, "a; Miss
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Former Aircraft Plant
Inspector Makes Bond
lin Extortion Case

Joseph r. Roth, 40, a station
cry firm employe, yesterday was
freed under $4,000 bond. posted
at District Court, pending a grand
jury investigation of charges that
he threatened the lives of an
aircraft concern executive and a
former Air Force major in ex-
tortion letters demanding $685.
900.
Roth, who lives in the 1900
block of F street NV, had been
in custody since his arrest in No
vember. Shortly after his arrest.
United States Commissioner Cyril
S. Lawrence ordered him held un-
der $4,000 bond for grand jury
action. Subsequently, District
Court Judge Alexander Holtzoff
Evening star., 1950-01-06
ordered Roth committed for .
s,aa,afal avn i.an fiA.a

ordered Roth committed for q
mental examination.
On Wednesday. Judge Holtzoff,
following a hearing. ruled that
Roth was of sound mind and able
to stand trial. At the same time,
however, the judge raised the
amount of the bond to $4,000. A
surety bond for the amount was
posted late yesterday in Roth's
behalf by his sister law, Mrs.
Ella M. Holloran, 205 c street
NE, an apartment building desk
clerk.
The accusations against Roth,
scheduled to be heard by the
grand jury. include one that he
directed a letter to Sherman Fair
child, New York airplane builder,
demanding 100000. and another
Evening star., 1950-01-06

Clothes containing their own
air conditioning units, a common
world language and a 3O-hour
week will be commonplace by
1880. in the opinion of Eugene S.
Thomas of the Central High
School Class of 1920.
One of six alumni receiving GER
tificates of distinction yesterday,
Mr.. Thomas also predicted that,
by 1880, there will be:
Fewer textbooks in use in
schools, television sets as common
as blackboards in classrooms, air
and water mining" a longer and
healthier life and the first air.
plane trip to the moon.
Mr.. Thomas, who is general
manager of Television Station
WOIC, was honored for his work,
during the alumni association s
41st annual reunion.
Walter M. Bastian, Washing
ton lawyer, was another who re-
ceived a certificate and he used
the occasion for sentimental COM
ment.
Married Classmate.
IT met my wife and my best
friend in the class of 'O9," he said,
adding that his best friend was
Bruce Baird, president of the Ma
tional Savings and Trust Co.
Mr.. Bastian is past presi-
dent of the District Bar Associ-
alton and faculty member of
the National University Law
School.
Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, presi-
dent Of the YWCA, who still has
a picture of herself in blue serge
boomers and a white MILDLY
blouse as a member of the basket
ball team of 1912, was another
graduate honored. Mrs. Nichols is
q past president of the American
Association of University Women,
the Twentieth Century Club and
a board member of Friendship
House, Goodwill Industries and
the Travellers Aid Society. Mrs.
Nichols husband also went to
Central. she said, and her father,
Frank e. Mack, was a member of
the class of '86.
Corcoran Thorn. class of '89,
also reminisced.
Evening star., 1950-01-06

10 days and talked" to it, a jury
has been told.
The film cowboys son, William
S. Hart, jr., and the actors former
wife. Winifred Westover, are. try
ing to break the will which dis
inherited them. The elder Hart
died in 1916 at the age of 83.
The son and his mother, Miss
Westover, former actress who was
divorced from Hart in 1923, con-
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w. N. Lothrop, 76, Dies;
DC. Native Ex-PubIisher
BY the Associoted Press


WATERBURY, Conn, Jan. g.
William Monroe Lathrop. rs. one
of the owners of the Waterbury
Republican from 1901 to 1910, died
yesterday in Los Angeles, Calf :,
relatives here have been notified.
A native of Washington, D. c.,
and a graduate of the Columbia
University School of Journalism.
Lathrop at one time was editor of
the Carbondale (Pa.) Leader and
news editor Of the Williamsport
Pa.) Grit.
He had made his home in Cali
fornia for more than 80 years,
and until several years ago was
employed in the motion picture
industry.
Evening star., 1950-01-06

tend the elder Hart was mentally
incompetent when he made his
will in 1914. They are seeking
shares of the $1,170,000 estate, q
major portion of which was left
to Los Angeles County for creation
of a memorial park.
Although not named in the will.
the son had been made the bene-
f1ciary of 100000 trust fund by
his father.
Evening star., 1950-01-06

Katherine Sunny, '05, and Miss
Bessie Whitford, '02, vice presi-
dents, and Mrs. Martha T. Baker
of the faculty, secretary. Ernest
F. Williams was elected treasurer.
Honorary vice presidents are
Lawrence G. Hoover, principal;
Miss Ruth H. McRae, '23, assistant
principal; Col. Lynn F. Wood
worth, assistant principal; DR..
Robert A. Maurer. former prin-
eipal, and Charles H. Bates, ,'86.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Hart Talked 10 Sisters
Coffin, Relatives Testify
6y the Assoeiofed Press

by rhe NSy66Id160 FTexf
LOS ANGELES, Jan. CIVIL
liam S. Hart, lanky stalwart of
the old Western films, was so in
f1uenced by his sister that when
she died he kept her coffin for