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The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
 ALASKA
ALASKA

Public notice IS hereby given that, by virtue of a writ Of Fter1 Faclas tor executlon), dated Oct. ober 30, A. D. 1850 issued out Of the District Court, Of the United States for the First District of AL aska on a Judgement rendered in said Court, on the 18th day of October. A. D. 1850 in favor of Charles Early and Ray Hammer and against H. C.Wells I have, on this End day of November, A. D. 1850 levied upon the following des- crlDed real estate sltuatel in the County of WrangeII (Stik1ne, Shoe maker Bay) and Territory of Alas ka, to wit:
 SAWMILA KNOWN AS WELLS SAWMILL' located at the site known as Shoemaker Bay" about 6 (six) miles from the town of Wrangetl, Alaska, It's equipment, saws, engines, buildings, etc. etc. (PLEASE NOTE: Original sale date set for Dec. 9th postponed un- til January 18th, 1851 at 2:00 p. m. at the Site of the Sawmin. And that I will, accordingly or fer said real estate for sale, at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, for cash, on the 18th day of January, A. D. 1851 at Two o'clock p. m. at the site of the saw mA1, shoemaker Bay about tsix) miles from the town of Wrangeu, Alaska;
 Datel December Sth, 1850 at Wrangell, Alaska.
 WALTER G. HELLAN
 U. s. Marshal
 First District of Alaska.
 By JOHN B. KREPPs
 Deputy First publication Dec. 15, 1850 Last publication Jan. 12, 196'
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
JEH0VAH'S WITNESSES Continued from Page 4)

pecting to do so on their return. Because they returned by differ ent route, unknown to her, she is supposed to be still looking for them. In Italy children hang up stockings, and if they have been good for the past year Befana is supposed to fill them with gifts, if not, then she fills them with ashes
 What about merrymaking and feasting at Christmas? The Bible condemns overindulgence at any time, whether in food or in drink. Said Tertullian, an early church father' (A.D.230): By us. who are strangers to sabbaths, and new moons, and festivals, once accept able to God, the saturnalia Cand other pagan feasts) are now fre- quented; gifts are carried to and
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, WRANGELL PRECINCT. FIRST DIVISION
 IN THE. MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF WILLIAM JOHN WAL TIERS. deceased
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Joyce c. Hay has peutloned the above entitled Court that une above entitled estate be p4oDo.eu and that Letters of Admlnls.t4,lo.. issue to F. U. Hanford,
 AND that the 9th day O. oanu- ary, 1851, at the hour of 200 D, m. in. the courtroom of the above entitled Court, will be the time and place for hearing said peti- tion.
 Dated December IS. 1850. Wran- gell, Alaska.
 (Probate Seal) JOEL WING
 Probate Judge First publication Dec. 22, 1850 Last publication Dec. 29, 1850
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
COMING HOME FOR XMAS

MT. and Mrs. Rudolph Hagen are expecting their daughter Betty home for the Christmas holidays.
 Miss Hagen is head bookkeeper in San Francisco bank and is eX- pected to fly up Saturday.
 There will be family dinner at the Hagen home with Betty and MT. and Mrs. Bernard Iyersen Doris Hagen) and their two child ren Julie Beth and Peter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
HOME FROM CHICAGO

Mrs. Herbert Bjorge flew home Saturday after visiting her parents in Chicago since early November.
 Her father, J. F. Pummill suf- fered a broken hip this summer and, Mrs. Bjorge said. is now al- most completely recovered.
 Returning to Wrangell with her, was her nephew, Michael Me Mahon who will be with the Bjorges for an indefinite stay
 A highlight of her former hometown visit was seeing the show South Pacific when il ap- peared on the Chicago stage.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
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Masses too are of pagan origin.

Masses too are of pagan origin.
 And finally, not even the very idea of celebrating a birthday has any scriptural precedent. Says an- other "early church father" Ori- gen, 1S5-254): "In the Scriptures sinners alone, not saints, celebrate their birthdays" Clearly then, judged by the Scriptures and facts, Christmas is not Christian but pagan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22

FOR SALE Boat Dorothy, com. troller and seiner, Al feet, Chrysler Crown motor. John Kaer. Inquire Campbell Bros.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
DEVENNY DUE HOME

Ralph Devenny, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Devenny who has been attending Edison school in Seat tie for the past year and a half, is due to arrive home in about two weeks.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
W1LBERT ZION HOME

Wilbert Eyon, who has been at tending Edison school in SeattIe came home Monday on the Baranof to spend the Christmas holidays.
 Young Eyon, who graduated from WrangelI high In 1949, is taking a course in boat building at the Edison trade school
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22
CLASSIFIED

POPPED PLANTS - Poinsettas, Pepper Plants, Holly Wreaths, alse loose holly. mistletoe, cut flowers. Edna Sadler, Phone 6902 after 5 D. m. Flowers on display at Wran- gell Beauty Shop. 4-dh
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-12-22

FOR SALE - Professional pow. Ter tools one Walker-Turner Tilt. ing arbor ten-inch table saw, full horse motor. One Delta Milwaukee high speed Scroll saw, full 24-incl throat. Both machines almost new. See Bill Eastaugh 3-2t
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14
OCEAN VIEW

Those attending the Peninsula
summer camp, near Centerville,
Md, this week from Bethel Metho-
dist Church are Rev. DOnzel c.
Wildey, who will act as councillor
and teacher, also young people:
Eddie and Gene Murray, Jimmie
Evans and Lollie Evans, and Reba
McCabe.
The Methodist Mems Fellowship
had planned for an outing at Beth
anv Beach Monday evening of this
week, with their families and din
ner together.
Remember the bake to be spon-
sored by the Loyal Workers s..
S. Glass on Saturday morning, July
22nd, in the Pavilion at Bethany
Beach.
Sunday School picnic on Thurs
day, July 9th, at Bethany Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe H. Davidson
enjoyed a motor trip to Woodbury.,
N. J., on Sunday. They were guests
at dinner and overnight at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Red
field and Mr.. and Mrs, Leslie
Tweed. On Monday afternoon they
returned home, accompanied by
their cousin, Mr. Warren Redfield
and his wife, who spent this week
with the Davidsons.
Mrs. Elsie Evans accompanied
her son, Mr.. Russell Evans anC
family to Georgia, where she will
spend this week. They returned
via Washington, D. c., also SIX!
Line Drive and other southern
parts of interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel j. Lyncl
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Cannon on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Dolby oh
served their birthday this mont
and Sind wedding anniversary b
having % members of their famit
at their home for dinner on Sunda!
Capt and Mrs. Paul Kitchens an
son Jimmie, of New York, hay
been visiting their MOTHER Mr
Name Kitchens.
Mrs. Elsie Hickman accOmpal
led MIR. and Mrs. Amos McCabe
Trenton, N. j., on Friday, whel
she will nurse Mrs. Lee Boyle an
baby daughter, born Sunday, Ju
End. u!
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

and Mrs. Arthur Taylor at Mar
wells.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Billings celebrated
her birthday Sunday.
Miss Mary Margaret Masten of
Wilm., spent the weekend with her
aunt Mrs. A. G. Creadick, who re-
mains on the very i'll list.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vappaa and
son, spent last week in Phila. They
also visited the Boy Scout JAM
boree at Valley Forge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Wells spent
the weekend with friends in the
Chesapeake Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. SOlOman Sawtellet
of Chesapeake City and Mr.. and Mrs
Darwin Sawtelle, of Patterson, N
j., visited their sister, Mrs. r. X
Jones over the weekend. Sunday
Mrs. Jones returned with Mr.. anC
Mrs Darwin SaWtelle as far as Pat
terson and will go on to Douglas
ton, L. I. to visit her daughter, Mrs
Chester Hallenbuck.
Mrs. Dupont Walker, of Dover
spent Saturday with her lifelong
friend, Miss Caroline Sharp. 1t wa
Mrs. Sharp's birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Brown Smith EN-
tertained a group of friends Tues
day evening.
A picnic at Bowers Beach o
August 6 was planned at the Fri
Gay evening, July Z, meeting of tn
Canterbury Home Demonstrate
Club at the home of Mrs. GoTdO
Maris. HOstesses of the evenin
were Mrs. Jennie Maris, Miss Cas-
sic GSrbutt and Mrs. Nellie B. Ste
ward. The 19 members present ell
loved a social hour following I'll
business session presided over /
' Mrs E. H. Richter president. tt
l. next business meeting will be
September when the hOstesses wi
! be Mrs. Edgar Killen, Mrs. Kat
L Dill and Mrs. BERTHE Jones.
i A white elephant sale was he
;; at the Andrewville Home Demo
d stration Club meeting Thursday a
ternoOn, July 13, at the home
/ Mrs. Earl TompsOn. Mrs. Raymol
, Dean, president, presided.
I, A picnic will be held at RehObO
q on the next scheduled meeting da
l. August 8.
Il Nutrition Up To Date" will
presented by Mrs. Violet N. Goo
/ will, home demonstration agent
y Kent County. at the next businC
meeting on September Z.
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

at Camp Campbell, Ky. landed in
a tree.
The signature of the late H. J.
Ramsdel, famous correspondent
for whom H. J. Ramsdell, of Har-
rington. was named was noted re-
Gently on an old menu in an eX-
hibitiOn at Gimbel's Department
store in Phila.
Miss Marian Toohey, a teacher in
Phila., schools and niece of Mrs.
Ramsdell, wrote that Gimbel's had
an exhibition of old menu cards
gathered from famous hotels. They
dated from 1884 to 1900.
One menu was from the Sher-
man House, in Washington, and
was for a dinner given by a George
B. COTkhill for Maj. Gen. P. II.
/ Sheridan, the famous Civil War
calvarymau.
The menu was dated Feb. 8, 1883.
Gen. McArthur's grandfather had
attended the dinner, and his auto
graph was on the card. Directly
beneath it was the signature of H
J. Ramsdell.
Ramsdell was Washington cor,
respondent for the old "Philadel
phia Press" He was a Gloss frien(
of "The Plumed Knight" James G
Blaine, president Garfield's secre
tary of State, of whom he wrote ;
biography. Ramsdell was wOunde,
in the Battle of Antietam, during
4 the Civil War
! Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Bullock am
: son, Jay spent Monday in Federals
burg, Md
Mrs. William Shaw visited he
p husband at Eagleville, Pa, Sunda!
/ Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Walker, {
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

The Harrington Home Demon
stration Club met Monday after
noon July 3, at the First Natlonal
Bank Building. Mrs. Jehu camper
president, presided.
Miss Blanche Price gave a very
interesting report on the SNORT
course held at the University Oh
Delaware last month.
To obtain card tables for the
clubs use, members are canVasslhg
for advertising to defray expenses
/ 1t was announced that the rug
/ shampoOing and floor sanding de-
monstration planned for } uly
would be held at the home OF Mrs.
w. c. Davis, of Frederica. July H.
William Calvert, of the University
of Delaware, will hold an all day
meeting at the Oak Grove COM
munity House on home repairs.
The public is cordially invited and
bring a lamp cord to be repaired.
The annual picnic will be held ON
the White House lawn August at
+, 6 D. m. A covered dish supper VIII
: be served. Rolls and ice tea nave
5 been provided.
Mrs. Camper closed the program
: with the reading of a poem Some
= thing Good About You, taken from
the Harrington Journal.
4 The Harrington Grange met al
= the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry 7
e Rawding Monday evening, July 3
n Plans were discussed for the
n Pomano Grange picnic to be hex
3 July 20 at Wheeler's COmmunlt!
= Park.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Smack will enter
= tain the club July II. The meeting
e adjourned with refreshments ant
y music on tn lawn.
e Earl Freeman, Sc, who had beel
n shOeing harness horses at the Ken
II and Sussex fairgrounds for the pas
lie five years died Monday, June 26, G
uremic poisoning in Salamane
Id Hospital in New York City. He ha
4 been in i'll health for several year
f. Burial was at Golden, N. Y. SUI
Of viving is his widow, Mrs. Eth'
id Freeman.
John Myers Jr., son of chief
Tn police John Myers Sr. and Mr.
te Myers, was uniniUred recently in
plan crash that killed the crew.
be Myers. a member of the 18th A
d. Borne Division, and 25 other par
or troopers parachuted to safety wht
os a mOtCr of their C-47 caught fir
The Bowers Beach boy, statiOn'
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Minner, Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Rothermel, Mr..
and Mrs. Dickie Minner, and MIR.
and Mrs. Bailey Minner spent the
weekend in Niagara Falls.
Miss Eleanor A. Wagner has re-
turned after visit with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Will
liam, Wilm.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. StOkley and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sawyer, of Nor
folk, Va, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. CIoid Fry, Sr.
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

Tuxedo Park, were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Massey.
Mrs. w. S. McCabe spent Satur-
day in Wilm.
Mrs. Crettie Harrington has re-
turned after spending last week
with MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence Jones,
of Chester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wagner
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Williams, of Wilm., Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, of Phila., is
spending some time with Mrs. Will
liam Shaw.
MIR. and Mrs. Virgil Trabert, Of
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Peck, Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Peck, Jr., and Miss Emma Rich
ards spent Sunday evening with
] Mr.. and Mrs. John Pitlick.
! Miss Dorothy Rifenburg spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
i George Brittingham.
( Miss Grace Wanda Quillen, Miss
Elva Rae Rash and Bobby Quille1
spent Sunday in Ocean View.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Frencl
and son and Mrs Bertha Mime
spent the weekend with Mr.. an,
Mrs. Paul Stuart, of Phila.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Tee enter
: tanned at their cottage, ClearvieU
l. last week Mr.. and Mrs. James Irv
/ ing Tee, of Phila., Mr.. and Mrs. El
: mer Tee, of Wilm., and Mrs. Rut
Tee Thompson, of Ashville, Ky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wilso
= and two grandchildren, of Wilm
spent Sunday with Mrs. o. c. Pas:
r more.
:. Francis Quillen spent the weel
f end in RehObOth.
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14
HARRINGTON

Headquarters, Ninth Air Force,
Lenyley AFB, Virginia, has an
nOunced the promotion of Lyman
r. Price, of Harrington, from sec
ond lieutenant to first lieutenant In
the United States Air Force Re
serve effective the 22nd Of June,
1850.
Recommendation for promotion
was made by Col. Alexander I.
Crier. commanding officer of the
g51Oth Air Reserve Training Squa-
dren in Salisbury, Md, to winch LII
Price is assigned.
1t. Price enlisted in the Air
Force in 1912, and in 1914, while
serving in the grade of sergeant he
was selected for aviation cadet fly
ing training. Upon completion OF
this course in 1945, he was gradual
ed as a navigator and COMMISSION
ed a second lieutenant.
When separated from active duty
he accepted an appointment III the
reserve.
Mrs. Annie Morris and Miss Lena
Taylor of Milford, visited Mr.. ana
Mrs. E. w. Dean over the weekend.
John G. Parks, w. w. Sharp and
Lewis Welch mOtOred to Phlla.
Tuesday and enjoyed a double hea-
der baseball game between Phlla.
and Boston.
The w. B. A. Officers Club was
invited to Big Stone Beach for
vicente roast Friday evening b!
Mrs. Katherine Masten and Mrs
Elizabeth West. Fifteen member
and two visitors enjoyed the get
together. The next business meet
ing will be held at the home OF Mrs
Norman Oliver July 20, with Mrs
Katie Austin as cO-hOstess.
The Pathfinders Sunday SchoC
Class of Asbury Methodist Churc
!. will hold a strawberry festival o
the church lawn July IA at 7:3O
The Harrington High School Ban
!; will give a concert.
Mrs. Kendall Knox, Jr., and chi
e dren have returned from week
s. visit with Mrs. Vienet at RehObOtl
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Lore visite
/ friends in Wilm., over the weeken
MIS-. EulIl OluuUS 10 WIN A'
e husband at Hamberg, N. Y.
d Mrs. George TOppin, Mrs. Cha
y les Hopkins and Mrs. Cora Bailt
Z spent Saturday in RehObOth.
Miss Anna Lewis and broth
Dewitt, of Wilm., spent the wee
, end with their parents, Mr.. al
= Mrs. Fred Lewis.
William Smith, of Phila.. spC
> some time with his family.
e Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Dean recen
s Iy attended their reunion of t
}. Taylor family at the home of n
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Harrison and
daughter, Donna Faye, of Laurel,
we're dinner guests on Sunday Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Downing and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Galloway
and daughters of Wilm., spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Galloway.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Richards, JT.'
of Wilm., spent last week with their
parents.
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14
"Amber Roads,

The Amber roads, as the name
suggests, were first used for the
transportation Of amber, metals,
and later on for furs and tin. These
roads extended north and south as
we'll as east and west in Europe.
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

him by eager buyers Ito put you
behind a ROADMASTER wheel.
Why not see him nOw-to find out
what's finest in today's fine cars,
and how little it takes to buy one?
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14

Or course you recognize it.
Who doesn't know that those
four Ventiports, that graceful
sweep of fender-chrOme, mark
ROADMASTBR best of all the
Bucks, unquestiOned "big buy"
of the fne-car feldP
But have you tried it?
Have you matched this sweet
stepping bonny against the tall
hills, and the call of the straight
awayP
Ever tOOled it across town and
seen how DynafOw's quick surge
and smooth take-off slip you
through traffic with minimum of
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-14
Only BUICK las
&E9
and with iFgoess

HioHER-coHtPREssIoN ri,sbou v,r..-
m,neod . power in three engines. New
r-zoS engine in SUPER modeis.J NrWg,
I''.ENS STYLING with NaULTI-eUARn
forefront, foPer-shroUsb Tenders, ~doublo
nveble" iaihishts WIDE. ANGLE
vss'StAL.ItFs closeup road view botb
Iorword and boek TRAFFIc.HANDY
S!zEs less oveF-oH length for oosier
parking ond surosins, short gvrni1o
!oa'Us EATRA-WIDE SEATS ergdrsJ
between the uxles soFT Rm1cS
RIDE from oH-eoH sprineioe. sofs,v.
.'os 80. l''"s' low-PFessUre fires, ,rido-sfsody.
"S 'olqUe-fvbe WIDE ARRAY or
MODELS with Body BY Fisher.
'AS0RER and SPECEiL o.odsIs. -
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Air Race Contenders
Narrow 10 Ex-Teacher
And LockheedW Worker
BY the Assoeiofed Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. IA FORM
er Wisconsin school teacher and
California Lockheed Aircraft
employe became chief contenders
for top money in the $40 900 Con-
tinental Motors Trophy Race to-
day by winning semi final heats at
the 18th Annual All American Air
ManeuverS.
Battling rs to 80 mile an hour
headWinds. Steve Whitman of Osh-
kosh. Wis, easily won the first race
in the semi-final heat as he
whipped his midget racing plane
over the 10-lap, triangular. two
mile course at an average speed
of 183.828 miles a hour. He won
$3.50.
Keith Sorenson OF La Crescent,
Calf, nosed out a pair of flying
aces to capture $3.50 in prize money
and the second race of the semi
final heat with an average speed
of 177.327.,
The estimated $500 spectators
were momentarily stunned when
Pete Boyer, "a, former paratrooper,
was slammed into the ground by
a gust of wind during parachute
jump from 500 feet. Boyer. DEM
onstrating jungle rescue tech
nique, was reported to have suf-
fered a conclusion of the brain.
Whitman. defending champion
in the Continental Race for midget
planes of 190-cubic inch piston
displacement, nearly Tapped the
field of six contestants in today's
heat. ..
A meeting of pilots this morning
ruled Whitman out as the winner
of an initial heat yesterday. He
was first disqualified for cutting
a pylon, later reinstated as first
place winner, and today, he was
redisqualifled for prize money in
the first race but made eligible
for further competition. Phil
Quigley, Gainesville, Fla, winner
OF the first race in the, initial heat
yesterday. also was disqualified,
reinstated and redisqualified for
the same offenSe.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Purcell Named Chairman
OF Acc Review Board

Ganson Purcell, Washington at
torney and former chairman of
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission, yesterday was appointed
chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commissions Personnel Security
Review Board.
Mr.. Purcell, who lives at 3501
Macomb street NV, succeeds
Judge Charles Fahy, who resigned
on accepting appointment to the
United States Court OF Appeals for
the District. Judge Fahy has
headed the review board since
March, 1949.
Mr.. Purcell was graduated from
Williams College in 1927 and re-
ceived his law degree at Harvard
in 1880. For four years until 1884
he was on the staff of the legis-
lative counsel of the Senate, as
law assistant and assistant legis-
lative counsel.
Joining the legal staff of the
SEC. Mr.. Purcell served until 1887
when he. became director of the
trading and exchange division. In
1941, he was appointed member
of the commission and from 1912
to 1916 was chairman. During the
same period he was member of
the Presidents National Power
Policy Committee and was ap-
pointed to the Economic Stabiliza-
tion Board in 1943.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Editors Are Chosen
To,Judqe Photo Contest
v the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. Il. - Three
managing editors will judge pic
lures entered in the Associated
Press national contest for excel
lence in news photography.
They are Russell McGrath of
the Seattle Times, Frank C. Allen
of the New Orleans States and E.
j. Gerrity of the Scranton, Pa,
IAaoS. .
The appointments were an
nounced by Lee Hills, managing
editor of tre Miami Herald and
president of the Associated Press
Managing Editors Association,
which sponsors the annual con-
test.
The sandfly transmits the trop-
ical disease known as dunn I'm
fever.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

ported the committee completed q
two-day meeting yesterday in
which it discussed organization
and methods.
The committee was formed in
November as an advisory body on
food surplus and distribution
problems. *
Evening star., 1950-01-15
India Attoche Heads
u. N. Food ORGANIZATION

N. G. Abhyankar. food attache
of the Indian Embassy, has been
appointed chairman of the Food
and Agriculture Organization.
The United Nations agency re-
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Mrs. Lusk to Speak

Mrs. Georgia Lusk, vice chair
man of the War Claims Commits
sion, will speak at pm. Tuesday
at meeting OF the Women's Bar
Association of the District of Co.
lumbia at the Raleigh Hotel.
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Society News
President and Mrs. Truman Hosts
At Dinner Honorinq Mrs. Mestu

The President and Mrs. Truman
entertained at dinner last evening
in honor Of the United States Min
lister to Luxembourg, Mrs. Perle
Mesta. The party was given at
Blair House and dinner was served
in the dining room of Blair Lee
House, which is large enough to
seat a company Of eighteen.
Three low mounds of pink roses
white pompoms and blue delphi
mum with the inevitable Baker
fern. were in the center of the
table and the china used was
that chosen by the late President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The
white china has a simple band of
gold and a small coat of arms of
the United States in gold on the
border. Five members of the string
section Of the Marine Band Or
chestra played during the party
from an adjoining hall of Blair
House and Blair Lee House.
The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Fred M. Vinson were the ranking
guests and others in the company
were the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Dean Acheson, the Luxem-
bourg Minister and Nine. LEGAL
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Marriages Announced

Miss Alice Miles Baumgardner
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Baumgardner of Arlington, for
merly of Lynchburg, was married
to Ensign Frederick Andrews Ed
wards. jr., son of Capt. and Mrs
Edwards of Arlington, the we'd
ding taking place October 81. The
ceremony was performed in En-
manuel Episcopal Church, Alex
andria. the Rev. Jacquelin Amber
oficiated and Immediately follow
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Baumgardnel
were hosts in their home at a buf-
fet supper for members of the
wedding party and the two
families.
Ross Topping
Miss Mary Elizabeth Topping,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Bedford Topping, jr., of
Alexandria, was married October
5 to Mr.. Lloyd Kinkaid Ross, jr.,
son Of Mr.. Ross of this city and
the late Mrs. Ross. The Rev.
Clarence E. Wise off1ciated in the
Lewis Memorial Church and the
reception followed in the Willard
Hotel.
Anderson Browne
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Leon An
derson will return the middle of
next week from their wedding
trip to Florida. Bermuda and Mas
sau and will be at home at 822
Telegraph road, Alexandria. They