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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17
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Mrs John Walton. Mrs. d. NJ.
Harris and Nh and Mrs. Dan
HammondS attended the wedding
Ct Miss Nita Atwater to Robert
Douglas At the First Baptist
Church. Richmond, last Saturday
evening Miss Atwater had her
whole family 10 witness the cere-
nony. Nine sisters. two brothers.
seven brother-in-la laws. one sister
in-laW and mother and father
were present
Mrs. y NJ. Harris, of Spout
SPRINGS spent the Easter holidays
with her brother, J. c. Walton.
Baltimore Guest
Miss Barbara Ann Davis, of
Baltimore, has been spending her
spring vacation with her aunts.
Mrs Dan Hammonds and Mrs
John Walton, and her father. w
{. Davis.
Willie Paul. Of Richmond. spent
few days IN The home OF NJ M
Davis.
Mrs John Walton returned tc
her school at Dillwyn, after being
out several days with the measles
Mrs H NJ. Chewing. Jr., and
daughter Pat, and Mrs f. J Bos-
tain and sons, BObbie and Jackie
of Richmond. were with then
mother, Monday and Tuesday Hel
mother has been sick for Severa
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Sandy River

Miss Blanche Bass and Mrs w.
"A Oldham attended the WMU
meeting of the AppCmattox Bap-
tist Association, which was held
.at Midway Church, Thursday.
MI. and Mrs G z. Murdock. Of
Richmond spent Thursday night
PA the home OF w b Bass.
MI and MIS- Bill Clawson. Of
Richmond were week END guests
Of Mr. and Mrs j T Bruce Mrs.
F. w Morgan Of Henderson. N.
c visited Mr. and Mrs Bruce, this
week
Mrs. j. j Gillian visited Mr..
and Mrs WINSTON Noel IN Farm
VILE. recently
Miss Eula Patterson Of Rich
mond. IS VISITING Mrs F. r Pat
terson and Mn and Mrs, Frank
Bruce
Mrs. T, c. Galnett and Mrs f.
G Garnett, u, and children visit
ed Mrs. Pattie W Blanton and
Mrs F. S. Walker j.. m Cumber-
land Thursday
Mr. and Mrs Wilson Garnet
of Charlottesville. spent Sunday
visiting Nh and Mrs F. c Car
nett
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Guinea NeuS

Recent guests at "Hors du
Monde" were Porter Davis and
Misses Annie Ronse and Vida
Beasley. Of Richmond; Mrs P G
Mathews and Mrs Emma Ronse,
OF Cumberland, the E w. Blanton
family of Guinea Mills. and 1t
Octavla Davis. who recently re-
turned from overseas
Spencer Allen. of Dallas. Texas
and Mr.. and Mrs w. b Walker
were luncheon guests of Mr. and
Mrs B. B. Walker on Easter Sun
day. Mr.. Allen is the son of the
late Rod Allen. who formerly lived
II the present w. B Walker place
Tennessee Visit
G. r. Barnett recently returned
from Johnson City Tenn. where
he spent a week with his mother,
who was Ill.
Mrs l.. f. Smith attended the
funeral OF her mother in Whining
ton N c.. on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Gl'issom died a, the Hos
pltal on April 10, after long i'll
ness. Sincere sympathy is extend
ed to the bereaVed
Miss Rose Davis returned home
Sunday, after spending some time
in Richmond. with her sister, who
recently underwent a major opera
ton.
Mrs Conduit Mathews gave an
Easter Egg Hunt for members Of
her Sunday School class and also
to other children III the Sunday
School at her home. on Monday
April s Eleven children attended,
and nine guests were present. Ice
cream and cookies were served
Birth Announced
Born to Nh and Mrs Raymond
Meadoy. of Norfolk a daughter
on March 81. MI Meador is the
eldest son OF j L Meador. and
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days.
MIS-. Hainmonds is unproym4
and We wish her a speedy re-
covery
Visits Sons
Robert Meredith, OF West Eir-
GINA has been visiting ms sons
Bob and Buddie. at Saratoga "
for few days
Mn. and Mrs. Harry Hammonds
and children. Of Mentor OHIO
spent the Easter holidays with nis
mother and father
l.. d HammondS spent "A lcW
days with his wife ana TIL, rc-
TUNED to Cleveland. Ohio
The Bake sale which vas hcld
at Pools Store in Dllwyu. lasJ
Saturday, was quite a success
Revival Services
Revival services VIII BEGIN at
Salem Methodist Church, Sunday
April 10, and continue thr0uah
April "a
Josh Wlkerson lead tho prayer
service last Friday night These
services have been welI-atteudcd,
and our neXt one Viii be Friday
April II. at 8 p. m
Misses Ann ana Myrtle All.
water We're luncheon guests Of
Mrs Dan IIanmonds, Sunday
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17
bleIler'liill

Ladies Aid Society Of Meherrin
Methodist Clutch met with Mrs.
Frank Conner, last Friday night.
Vernon Priddy Of Portsmouth,
and Nh. and Mrs Ira Capps. re-
turning from Miami Fla after
spending a few months there. to
his home in Trenton, N j., stop
ped over and spent the week end
with MI and Mrs r 0 Priddy
Mr and Mrs. Carroll Nunnally
and family and Other Nunnally
and daughter, Kitty Bell. all Of
Richmond visited Miss Bertha
Nunnally and Mrs. Daisy Flowers
last Sunday
Attend Party
MesdameS /. B. Hurt. Macon
Vaughan. Ola iFowlkes and Clyde
Witt attended the Stanley party
given by Mrs Gordon Hurt last
Wednesday night, at MI Pleasant
Mrs Ola f'oWlkeS. OF Meherrin
Mrs Matte barnes. Of keySvllle,
/ Mis-, Ella Winston, of Meherrin
ana Mrs Venable owen and MIS-
Tom Redd. Of Green Bay. attend
ed a church meeting in South Bos-
ton. last Thursday
Mrs Owen, of Halifax, sister Of
ice Jenkins. spent last Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe jenkins.
Visits Mother
Miss Dorothy Jones, of Rich
mond, spent the week end with
her mother, MIS- Mary Jones
Lloyd Fowler OF Abilene. spent
the week end with MI and MIS-
p l.. Fowler
MI and Mrs Claude Pollard
and sons, Of New Jersey. are
spending sometime with Nh and
Mrs Edwin Ruege
W f Berry, Of Richmond, visit
ed Nj and Mrs w. r. Berry SUM
day
Returns Home
Mrs May FerGueSon returned
home after spending 20 month";
. in Bearen Dam. N Y
The marriage of Arthur Pric.
and Miss Elsie West took place
April IL at the home of Mrs Amt
Marshall Victoria Those IRON
Meherrin attending were Mrs. Il
O. Priddy and son Everett, Mrs
Nancy Bowman Mr. and Mr.
Julian Price. Harris Gee, Mrs Ok
Foylkes, Ernest HerZig NORWOOD
Ewing and Lewis Morton
Mr.. and Mrs Curtis Waller. O.
Henderson n c.. spent the weeF
end with the latter's mother Mrs
M s. Price
Mrs. NJ S Price returned tx
Hopewen with the Rev. Frank
Koehler to spend a week with hel
daughter ana son-m-law. the Rev
Mr. and MrS k0chler,
keysville Quest
MI. ana Mrs. Thomas DIX. Of
keTsville. visited Mir and Mrs
J T. Newman Sunday.
Miss Ethel Dodson and MIS-
Hula Dodson both OF Danville
spent the Easter week end With
Mrs. Jamie Dance and Miss Eva
D0dson
Yes. its a baby girl born TO Nj
and Mrs. sam Trammen. SattH-
day night April H.
Edward Metcalt has been sick
with mumps the past week
Mrs } S. Carter and son
James Carter were dinner guests
of Mrs. Sadie Watson. Sunday.
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Knoxville

Mr. and Mr@ A. f. Rush and
eight members Of Mt. Rush sun
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17
Green, Bay

Irma Kathleen Schultz. infant
daughter of Otto Schultz. died at
her home, Saturday. April II. She
was buried At he Lutheran
Church Cemetery. Sunday after
noon
L,idwell Strader. Of Lynchburg.
and Mrs. l. A. Stladel', Of Hunt
ingtpn. w, Va, visited F. II. Jones.
Sunday Mrs Strader remained
for several days With her brother.
Mr., Jones.
Dinner guests Tuesday. Of Mr..
and Mrs, d II. Beck were MIR.
and Mrs Henry Weaver. Miss
June Price. Charles Weaver and
MI and Mrs. w. L. Moring.
Mr.. and Mrs L. A Love and
Mr. and Mrs John A. Love spent
Sunday al Blacksburg with Dr..
and Mrs. Harry Love
Those from here attending The
funeral, Sunday of Richard Hay
den at Chatham were Mir and
Mrs Martin Roach. Mr. and Mrs
Rale Childress. Mr.. and Mrs
Woodrow Smith, Mrs Fran k
Davis, Misses Irene and Mildred
Davis. Mrs. Frank Bowen and
Ernest Bowen
Wayne, Jean and Jerry Roach
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ernest
Bowen.
/ Mi and Mrs Warren Nigh, OF
Chevy Chase. Md, apd MIS- F.. l.
Dunn, Of Nottoway. were guests
Friday. OF Miss Lily Hardaway.
MIR and Mrs LinWood Holt, o.
Richmond, We're week end quest.
OF Mrs Addie Nunnally
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y. S. planstotest' rain-making'
IN 1858.
gins is scheduled to preach at
Centenary Church on Sunday
evening April 10 at 8 o'clock
Every one is invited to attend.
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FechteIers to Attend
Coronation in June
, MAJ Gen. and Mrs. Harry Armstrong
Will Also Be London-Bound for Event

mer home at Hancock Point.
Me.
Miss Margaret Parsons is q
freshman at Vassar College and
hopes to arrive in town the first
week Of June. She expects to
see her friends here before leav-
ing with the family for Nevada.
To Live Here
When Col. James T. Duke re-
tires at the end Of June. Wash
ington will not lose this very
charming and popular service
family. They are going to take
an apartment in town and will
divide their time between here
and their home, "Morganza." st.
Mary's County. Md.
Col. Duke is commanding Of
ficer at Fort Myer. When he re-
tires. Col. Donald Galloway has
been assigned to the post. At
the moment. Col. and Mrs. Gal
loway with their children Mary,
Edward and Ann, are staying
with Mrs. Galloway's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Mertens,
jr.. at their home on Porter
street. Later this month they
will move into temporary quar-
ters at Fort Myer.
Col. and Mrs. Galloway with
their children have returned to
town after four years In Japan,
where Col. Galloway was on
duty in Tokyo. En- route here
from San Francisco they stayed
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Holden
at White Plains, N. Y, and Wis
tied their son Cadet Frederick
Galloway who is a second-year
classman at West Point. Their
daughter Ann is a student at
immaculate this year.
Col. and Mrs. Duke are also
looking forward to having q
short visit here with their SON.
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank v. Ortiz, jr. She
was the former Mary Dolores
Duke whose wedding was such q
brilliant affair at Fort Myer on
May 2. Mr.. and Mrs. Ortiz have
an apartment at the Town House
for two months prior to their
departure for Mr.. Ortiz new
post in Damascus. Syria. Before
leaving for the Near East they
will have time to see their
friends and visit with their par
entS.
Mrs. Walter Grant Bryte wife
Of Col. Bryte will entertain at
luncheon on Tuesday in honor
Of Mrs. Heinz Krekeler, wife of
the Charge d'Affaires of Ger
many.
On Friday Col. and Mrs. Bryte
were hosts at a reception in
honor of Gen. and Mrs. Carl
Spaatz. The honor guests were
invited to meet the R.O.T.C.
cadet members and pledges OF
the Cadet Squad Arnold Air
Society of the George Washing.
ton University.
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ESSENTIALS

Cotton Knit Wash Cloths.
Reg. Csc ----------l6e
Terry Knit Wash Cloths. Reg.
Z9c ---------l9e
Cotton Knit Towels, l6x22.
Reg. SAC ----3 for 100
Cotton Knit Both Blankets,
40x40. Reg. l.96-----l.67
Terry Knit Both Blonkets,
40x40. Reg. l.96-----l.67
9-BottIe Aluminium Sterilizers.
Reg. 5.o8 --------3.99
PIostie Gripper Points. S., M,
l. Req. 79c-
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Miss Eleanor Gamble James.
daughter of Vice Admiral and
Mrs. Jules James of Washing
ton, became the bride yesterday
Of Mr.. John Marshall Cramp-
ton Perkins. He is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. s. Per-
kins of Hamden, Conn.
The ceremony took place at
st. Johns Episcopal Church with
DR.. c. Leslie Glenn officiating.
There was a reception at the
residence of Admiral and Mrs.
James.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore an ivory
satin wedding dress fashioned
with a full skirt and a cathedral
train. Her heirloom veil was OF
rose point lace and had been
worn by her great grandmother.
Mrs. Robert H. Gamble. The
former Miss James carried lilies
Of the valley and orchids.
Miss Anne Selden James was
her sisters maid Of honor. The
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Miss BIonkenship
To Be Married

The engagement of Miss Betty
Lee Blankenship Of Alexandria,
daughter of Mrs. James Blank
enship of Summerville. w. Va.
to Mr.. James E. Gilbert, has
been announced. He is the son
of Capt. Carl L. Gilbert, U. S. N,
and Mrs. Gilbert.
The bride-elect, daughter Of
the late Mr.. Blankenship, is .
graduate Of Fairmont State Col
lege where she was president Of
Alpha Delta Chi Sorority. vice
president of the student body
and was named in Who's Who
in American Colleges and Uni
versitieS in 1851. She is now
a teacher at George Washing
ton High School.
Mr.. Gilbert is a graduate Of
the University of New Mexico
where he was member Of Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity. He Is
doing post graduate work at
American University and is EN-.
ployed by the Virginia State EN-.
ployment Service.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
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Army Medical Center is leaving
the first week in June for Dallas,
Tex. She expects to spend about
a week or 10 days there and will
stay at the Baker Hotel where
she will also attend the confer
ence of the American Physical
Therapy Association. During
World War II, Maj. Kuelhthau
was a prisoner of war in Manila.
for about two years.
Col. and Mrs. Theodore E.
Levin are leaving at the end of
May for their home in Augusta,
Me-. where Mrs. Levin and their
daughters Sylvia and Cynthia
will spend the rest Of the sum-
mer.
Col. Levin expects to return
to their home here in Falls
Church, to be on hand when
the family returns home. Their
son Theodore who is at the Naval
Academy expects to leave on a
cruise June 6. Miss Sylvia Levin
has plans to enter Gorham Uni
versity, Me-. this fall. In the
meantime she will visit friends
and relatives in Canada during
the early summer.
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bridesmaids were another sis
ter. Miss Mabel White James
and Miss Ann G. Perkins, sister
Of the bridegroom. They all wore
aqua organdy dresses and pic
ture hats and carried yellow
roses.
Mr.. Herbert Deming was the
best man. The ushers were the
MessrS. Edward A. Armstrong,
Bruce L. Roberts. John Bosley
Yellott and John j. Powers.
Following q wedding trip to
Bermuda, Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins
will reside in New York.
Mrs. Perkins attended Stuart
Hall and Holton-Arms Junior
College. She made her debut
at the Bachelors Cotillion in
Baltimore.
The bridegroom attended the
United States Naval Academy
and did graduate work at George
Washington University and the
Sorbonne in Paris. He is now
associated with Benton y and
Bowles Advertising Agency in
New York.
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7 transfers
For Muny
Officers

Col. and Mrs. August w. Spit
tier will leave town about June
10, for Brooks Army Medical
Center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
where Col. Splitter will be as
signed the same post he has held
here at Walter Reed Medical
Center. that Of Chief Of Ortho-
pedics.
En- route Col. and Mrs. Splitter
will stay for a few days at Beau
mont, Tex. where they will be
the guests of Brig. Gen. and Mrs,
Raymond o. Dart, before travel
ling on to the Army Medical
Center.
1t. Col. Paul S. Fancher leaves
about May 20 for the West Coast
en- route to his new assignment
as Medical. Consultant to the
Army in Japan. Mrs. Fancher
will journey with her husband to
Michigan, where they will stay
at Ann Arbor, for the short leave
Col. Fancher can take before
going to the Far East. While
there they will visit their son
Paul, jr.. who Is a student at
the University of Michigan.
Col. and Mrs. Nicholas j. Rob-
inson are at Bradenton, Fla,
where they went on May S. for
two weeks to look for a house
Col. Robinson retired April 80,
and was given a retirement re-
view at Fort Lesley j. McNair
April q.
They will return to their home
in Falls Church in time to help
their son Nicholas. jr., prepare
for his entry into the Military
Academy. He will be the sixth
in the family to enter West
Point.
During the past several weeks
their son William Robinson has
had as his house guest Mr.. Wal
ter Fluegel, from the University
of Alaska, who has been travel
ling in the interests of Alaska
Maj. Brunetta A. Kuelhthau
chief physical therapist at the
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Jerubeks Leave

Mr.. and Mrs. Emil H. Jera-
bek. who have been spending
the winter and early spring
months with their son and his
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Milan
Jerabek Of Homewood, left this
week for Cokata. Mimi, where
they will visit with relatives be-
fore continuing to their sum-
mer cottage at Lake Hollen-
wood.
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| Judith Heath
|Bride-EIect

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard L. Heath
announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Judith Louise, tc
1t. William D. Sywetz, U. S
M. c. R., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Sywetz of Richfield
Springs, N. Y.
Miss Heath is attending st
Lawrence University in Canton
N. Y. 1t. Sywetz is a graduate
OF st. Lawrence and is now or
active duty at Quantico.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
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in Europe

Mr.. and Mrs. I. c. Gardner
OF Rock Greek Hills have left for
Europe where they will spend
three months. Mr.. Gardner is
on a Government mission and a
greater portion of the time will
be spent in Italy and Greece.
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Georqio Visit
-Woodward-Lothrop Photo.

Mrs. Morris Wolf, who has re-
Gently returned from a short trip
to New York. will leave soon for
Savannah, Ga. to visit with he1
daughter and their families. She
will be there for the confirma-
ton Of her grandson, Stanley E
Harris, jr.
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.Coreys Return
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Corey
have returned home after a Va.
cation spent in Bermuda.
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Dr.. BonardeIIi,
Retired Diplomat

DR.. Eugene Bonardelli, who
was counsellor for emigration at
the italian Embassy here from
1929 to 1941. died in Parana,
Brazil, December 6, friends here
learned today.
Dr.. Bonardelli was 81 and had
retired from active diplomatic
service. His last post was the
Italian Embassy in Rio de ia
metro where he held the rank of
minister until 1852.
A native of Piedmont, Italy,
DR.. Bonardelli was educated in
the universities of Turin, Bolg-
ma and Pisa. He served as first
italian consul-general to Canada
from 1921 to 1923 before coming
to the Washington embassy. He
was attached to the Italian for
eign Office in Rome before going
to Rio de Janeiro.
He was the author of several
books and was a Knight Com
mander in the Brazilian order of
the Southern Cross. He was also
a member of one of the oldest
organizations in Europe, the
Order of st. Mauritius and
Lazarus.
He is survived by his widow
and five sons, Peter and Andrew,
Of Montreal. Canada; John, of
Philadelphia, and Paul and Al
bert of Parana.
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Col. Roy 5. Atwood, 81.
IS Years in Army

Col. Roy S. Atwood, U. S. A.,
retired, a former Chevy Chase,
Md, resident, died Tuesday
while visiting at his daughters
home in Westfield. N. j. He
lived in Belmont, Mass. He was
81.
Col. Atwood was in the Army
35 years, retiring in 1916. He
was graduated from the Army
War College in 1882, served in
Hawaii and was stationed in the
Adjutant Generals Office here
in the 1930s.
Survivors are his widow, his
daughter, Mrs. Roger Sharp, the
former Mary Atwood; two sons,
Bradford, senior at Tufts Col
lege; the Rev. Roy M. Atwood,
an Episcopal rector in Thomp-
Sonville, Conn; three brothers,
Col. Frank Atwood, U. S. A., re-
tired, New York, vice president
of Remington Rand; Guy and
Lee Atwood and a sister, the
former Pearl Atwood, all of
Plainsboro, N. j.
Graveside service will be held
at 8 pm. tomorrow at Arlington
Cemetery,
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Mrs. Philip B. Campbell,
Potomac School Teacher

Mrs. Philip B. Campbell, So,
teacher at the Potomac School
in Langley, Va, died Monday at
Garfield Hospital. She lived at
1877 Biltmore street NV.
The former Catherine Clair
monte, Mrs. Campbell was born
in Novia Scotia and went to Bos-
ton to live as a young girl. She
got a medical degree from a
Boston school and practiced
medicine in that city. She came
to Washington in 1920 with her
husband. She had taught at
the Maret School and the CAL
vert School here.
Besides her husband, retired
lawyer, she is survived by two
daughters, Miss Frances Camp
bell, stationed in Naples, Italy,
with the United States Foreign
Service, and Miss Anne Camp
bell of the home address, and
two sisters, Mrs. Leland H. Ross,
Larchmont. N. Y, and Mrs
Howard Berger. Falls Church. Va,
Funeral services were to be
held today at Chambers funeral
home, 1400 Chaplin. street NV,
Burial will be tomorrow in the
Grace Episcopal Church yard,
Bremo, Va.
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Mrs. Carl Gubisch, so.
Widow of Auto Man

Mrs. Carl Gubisch, so, of 1898
Quesada street NV. died Mon
day at Providence Hospital after
a brief illness.
Her husband, who was a Buick
motor division executive for 35
years, died last year. She was
the former Mary Gertrude Far
rail- and was a District native.
She was graduate of st. Pat
rick's Academy, and attended
Blessed Sacrament Church
where she was a member of the
Sanctuary Sodality.
She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Rich
ardson of the home address, Mrs.
Thomas Carroll. 1850 Langley
Way, Hyattsville, and Mrs. Jo-
Seph Rattigan of Santa Rosa,
Calf.
Funeral services are set for 10
am. tomorrow in Blessed Sacra-
ment Church with burial in Ar
lington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-12-17
Raphael N. 0'Hara,
Tax Lawyer Formerly
Of Washington, Dies

Raphael McNulty O'Hara, 50,
prominent tax attorney, died
yesterday in Detroit after a
heart attack.
Mr.. O'Hara, known as 'Ray,"
was a former Washington resi-
dent and frequent visitor here.
He was a partner in the law firm
Of O'Hara and Surridge. with a
branch Office in the Shoreham
Building. Until he went to De-
troit in 1899. the firms central
Office was here.
Mr.. O'Hara was born in Ma
zomanie, Wis, and attended the
University of Wisconsin. He
worked for the Internal Revenue
Service until World War I when
he served overseas as a lieuten-
ant in the Field Artillery. He
began practicing law in Wash
ington after his graduation from
Georgetown University Law
School in 1921.
Mr.. O'Hara formerly lived at
1922 Woodley road NV. and was
a member of the Detroit Athletic
Club and the Bloomfield Hills
(Mich.) Country Club.
Survivors are his widow, Meta
L.; two sons and a daughter,
James G. and Michael O'Hara
and Mrs. James E. Tanner, all
of Birmingham, Mich; his moth
er. Mrs. James O'Hara, and two
sisters, Mrs. Milton w. Showers
and Mrs. Don E. Brouse, all of
Mazomanie, Wis; another sister,
Mrs. w. w. Greiling, Cleveland,
Ohio, and a brother, John E.
O'Hara, New York.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Saturday at Holy
Name Catholic Church in Bir-
mingham. Mich. Burial will be
there also.
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Mrs. Butterworth, 81,
Of Deere & Co. Family
BY the A.soelated Press

MOLINE, ILL.,, Dec. 17.-Mrs
Katharine Butterworth, 81,
granddaughter of John Deere,
pioneer farm implement manu-
facturer, died at her home last
night.
She was the widow of William
B. Butterworth, former presi-
dent of Deere & Co., and for
mer president of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce.
Mrs. Butterworth was the
daughter of Charles Deere. also
president of the manufacturing
concern at one time.
Her closest surviving relative
is Charles Deere Wiman, a
nephew. who is president of the
company.
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Perry Boswell, ST., Active
InPrince Georges Affairs
Helped Or9onize
Bunk, Was on
County Boord

Perry Boswell. ST., long promi-
nent in Prince Georges County
banking. real estate and civic
affairs. collapsed and died yes
terday at the city post Office. He
was 68.
Mr.. Boswell had been in ill
health for a year. He was pro-
nounced dead at the scene.
Mr.. Boswell. who lived at zoos
Forest Hill drive, College Heights,
was one of the organizers of the
Prince Georges Bank & Trust
Co., which later became the
Suburban Trust Co. He served
as a vice president and member
of the board of the bank since
it was founded in 1915.
He had served as president of
the Board Of County CommiS-
sioners and of the County Board
Of Education.
Mr.. Boswell also was a former
chairman of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission.
He was Mayor Of Mount Rainier
in 1868.
Mr.. Boswell donated the site
for the j. Enos Ray Kiwanis
Camp near Upper Marlboro in
1889, the same year that his
historic house. Thorpland,
burned.
Thorpland, one of the county's
historic showplaces. originally
was a part of an 8O0-acre estate
patented in 1911 by Richard
Perry.
Born in Pomfret, Md, he
moved to this area in 1906 and
began his real estate and in