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Evening star., 1954-12-30
B. N. | LandesIraIl, 81, !,
Former Assistant 10
u. s. Attorney, Dies

b. Michael Landesman, 81
Washington lawyer and former
Assistant United States Attorney,
died last night at his home. 1871
Peabody street NV, apparently
of a heart attack.
Mr. .Landesman was a native
Of New York. He was graduated
from New York University School
of Law In 1910. He was an as
sistant to the general counsel Of
the United States Railroad Re-
tirement Board and later an
assistant to the general counsel
Of the National Labor Relations
Board before his appointment in
1851 as Assistant United States
Attorney.
He was first assigned. to the
Municipal Court branch where
he specialized In negligent homo
eide cases. Later he served in the
United States Attorneys Office
He handled variety Of cases
especially habeas corpus actions
and much criminal work.
At one time he stabbed at him
self with q chisel in open court
in order to prove a point before
q jury.
Mr.. Landesman successfully
prosecuted two sisters charged
with forging and cashing Civil
War pension checks made out
to their grandmother. who had
been dead for 90 years.
His most recent case which
attracted attention was his rep
resentation of Isaac L. White, 18,
who was accused of violating
his parole from the National
Training School and was COM
mitted to an adult penal insti-
tuition. Mr.. Landesman argued
and won his case that boys COM
mitted by the Juvenile Court
here may not be transferred by
the Attorney General to penal
institutions where they mingle
with convicted felons.
Mr.. Landesman served under
Charles M. Irelan and the lat
ter's successor. United States At
torney Leo A. Rover. He resigned
last year to engage In private
law practice. His Office was in
the Washington Building.
During World War II he was
on active duty with the Coast
Guard Reserve.
He was a member Of the Ma
sons, Alnas Temple Of the Shrine
and the District Bar Associa-
ton.
Survivors are his widow. Rose
Vivian; two children, Louis. 2.
and Lisa, seven weeks: his
mother. Mrs. Pauline Landes-
man. and two brothers. Irving
and Frank, all of New York. and
three sisters. Mrs. Kate Schneid-
er. Bethesda; Mrs. Jean Soko-
loff. Brooklyn. N. Y, and Mrs.
Rose Nagelberg, Los Angeles.
Services will be held at II am.
tomorrow at >Goldberg's funeral
home, 4217 Ninth street NV.
Burial will be in King David
Memorial Gardens, Falls Church.
The family requests that tokens
Of sympathy be contributed to
the Jewish Social Service Agency.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Mrs. Katrina EchoIs,
Vienna Civic Leader
Special pi.poteh TO The s,or

VIENNA, Va, Dec. 30.-Fu-
neral services will be held at
10:30 am. Saturday at the Holy
Comforter Episcopal Church
here for Mrs. Katrina Hine
Echols. IS, who died yesterday at
her home. Burial will be in
Fairfax Cemetery.
A native of Vienna, she was
the daughter of the late Mai.
o. E. Hine and Alma Delano,
leaders in the development of
Vienna.
Mrs. Echols led the movement
for establishment of the town
library and for many years was
a library director. She also was
a leader in Fairfax County Red
Cross work.
She has no immediate surviv-
ors. Her husband, John w.
Echols, died in 1880.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Benson Security Chief Defends
Labelling If Lodejiinsky as Risk

torg only as an interpreter and
that it was mot true" he had
belonged to Red fronts.
Several members Of Congress.
both Democratic and Republi-
can have protested Mr.. Ladejin-
sky's custer. So has the National
Farmers Union.
Last Friday. Mr.. Benson noted
in q statement that Mr.. Lade-
iinsky formerly was head Of the
Far Eastern Division of the Agri-
culture Departments Office of
Foreign Agricultural Relations.
Mr.. Benson said Mr.. Ladejin-
sky under the law has the
privilege OF returning to that
position. but that he first would
have to submit to a formal hear
ing before q security board.
The Registers story today said
Mr.. CaSsity believes that be-
cause q man has relatives in an
iron curtain country. that alone
is enough to cause fear that the
man may be coerced into giving
up United States secrets
Points Out Reds Tactics.
The 35-year-old security chief,
1941 graduate of the Univer-
sity of Utah. was further quoted
by the newspaper:
II keep thinking of the way
the Russians were getting the
German plans right out of the
general staff of the German
Army by blackmail Gin World
War ID.
"If you had my background in
Army intelligence. and studied
the history of what has hap
pened, I'm sure that you would
agree that we can't take any
chances with our security"
MIR. CaSsity had been with the
Agriculture Department about
three months when the Lade-
jinsky case and a number Of
others came to his Security De-
partment for clearance.
Mr.. Ladejinsky held one of
about 40 agricultural attache
posts which were under the
State Department and were
shifted to agriculture.
Cites Written Articles.
The Register quoted Mr.. Cas-
sity:
Would you write articles that
were critical of the Communist
government If close members of
your family were living in Rus
sia and you knew the tactics the
Communists use?
"It is doubtful If any one would
do it who did not have some rea-
son to believe that his family
would not be harmed.
"Those anti Communist ar
ticles alone would have been
enough to bother me when you
Evening star., 1954-12-30
By Is Associated / l.s.

DEs MONIES. Dec. lso.- The
Des Moines Register sid today
q former Army intelligence ON
Ger. who believes a lonf record
of anti Communist writings
might be a front for ID Red
agent, made the official recon-
mendation to label Wolf Lade-
jinsky q security risk
John d. Cassity, Agriculture
| Department security chief. made
the recoinmendatio to Secretary
Of Agriculture Benson. the news
paper said. in a story from its
Washington correspondent, Clark
Mollenhod.
Mr.. Benson recently refused to
let Mr.. Ladejinsky, a Russian
born land reform specialist. con-
tinue as an agricultural attache
in Japan.
The Register said Mr.. Classify
stated there was no evidence
that Mr.. Ladejinsky is diSloyal
or that he has violated security
Decision Defended
We've just taken the position
that with his background he
might be a security risk" Mr.
Cassity was quoted as saying,
"I feel that we've made a right
decision" he added.
Mr.. Benson on December 1t
fired Mr.. Ladejinsky from the
agricultural attache job he hac
held for four years. Last spring
the State Department cleared
Mr.. Ladejinsky in security
check of its own.
The Agriculture Department
last week issued a statement
listing various grounds for its
action in the Ladejinsky case
It mentioned, among other
things, that Mr.. Ladejinsky
visited Russia in 1899 although
he had previously written strong
anti Communist articles. The
statement also referred ito Mr.
Ladejinsky's three sisters it said
still are in Russia and 1t spoke
of his having worked in 1880
81 for Amtorg, a Soviet trading
company. Furthermore. 1t al
legged that Mr.. LadejinSky had
belonged to two Communist
front groups.
Outside the security realm. the
department said Mr.. 1adejinsky
does not meet its technical
standards for agricultural at
tache.
Says He Had Approval.
Replying to the security al
legations, Mr.. Ladejinsky said
he visited Russia with the Agri-
culture Departments approval,
that he had not corresponded
with relatives in Russia for seven
years. that he had served AM
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Archduke Eugene, 81,
Former Field Marshal
By the Assoeiotsd Press

MERANO, Italy, Dec. 3d.
Archduke Eugene of Hapsburg,
! 81, who led the armies Of the
Hungarian empire as a
field marshal during World War
I, died in a sanitarium here to-
day. He arrived in Merano De-
cember 81 from his home at
Innsbruck to recuperate from q
pneumonia attack.
Archduke Eugene was a great
grandson of Emperor Leopold II.
who ruled IN the 18th century.
and a distant cousin of Emperor
Franz Joseph I. who died during
World War I.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Arthur W. Brunei,
RiverdaIe Official

Arthur w. Brunei. So. former
town councilman in Riverdale,
Md. died early today in Johns
Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore.
Mr.. Brunei. a linotype opera
tor for the Daily News for Is
years. lived at 5404 Fifty-fourth
avenue, Riverdale. He leaves his
widow: a daughter. Mrs. John E.
Downey Of Eastpines. Md, and
a grandson.
MIR. Brunei served four terms
on the Riverdale Council. He
tried for county commissioner
last spring, but was defeated in
the Democratic primary. He was
a founder and former vice chair
man of Labor's League for Poll
tical Education in Prince Georges
County.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Prof. Calvin P. Stone

PALO ALTO, Calf, Dec. 80
lR.-Prof. Calvin Perry Stone.
81. internationally known psy-
chologist and Stanford Univer-
sity faculty member since 1922,
died Tuesday night. He was q
leading fellow at University of
Minnesota before and after
World War I.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Edwin /. Croker,
Retired Pcper Official
~ fhe Associufed Press

SARASOTA. Fla. Dec. 3d.
Edwin L. Croker, 20, retired
president of the International
Paper Sales Co., worlds largest
manufacturer Of newsprint, died
ct Memorial Hospital last night.
Mr.. Crooker was injured IN an
automobile accident December
10. He had been q resident Of
Sarasota the last few years, COM
ing here from Montreal.
Survivors include his widow,
Mae: a son. Robert III. Crooker
Of Chicago, and q daughter, Mrs,
Isabelle r. Craig Of Montreal
Evening star., 1954-12-30
J. r. Rison, Publisher

PARIS. Tenn. Dec. so R).-
John r. Rison, II. publisher Of
the Partisan. d weekly news
paper. for about IS years until
his retirement. died last night at
his home. Mr.. Rison served sew
erals terms rs Mayor Of Paris
while publishing his newspaper.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Harry B. Wright, ST., 68,
Retired Gamer and Mason
~ me A,,oeic,ed Pres,

PRESTON, Nd. Dec. 30.--
Harry Bushey Wright. ST., re-
tired Eastern Shore canner and
past grand master of the Ma
sonic lodge in Maryland, died
yesterday Of a heart attack at
the home of mis- son. He was So
Mr.. Wright was nationally
prominent in Masonic work.
Survivors include his son. Har-
ry B. Wright, jr., Preston poul-
tryman, and four sisters: Mrs,
Ralph Agnew Of Ithaca, N. Y;
Mrs. Mary Silvey of Salisbury
Mrs. Dorothy Brown of Denton
and Mrs. Dixie Dean of Easton,
Evening star., 1954-12-30

consider that this man had re-
latives in Russia"
Mr.. Cassity. the newspaper
said. stated he did not regard
it a mistake to label Mr. Lade-
jinsky a security risk without
giving him an opportunity to be
heard because the department
took the position that he was q
new employe looking for a job.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
WiIIium J. Murphy, 7o

GREENSBORO, Md. Dec. 80
tP.-William j. Murphy. 10,
president Of the Caroline County
Bank Of Greensboro who was in
jured in an auto accident a week
ago at Milford, DEL, died in q
hospital there yesterday.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
0arn nf Uhanks

HAYWOOD, MRS. MATTE. Miss
Shelly b. Coyington wishes to express
the Rev. Jerry A, Moore. the organist,
Mrs. A, Brown: Mrs Elizabeth Dicker-
son. Mr.. NJ Douglas Ftckling. the
the flowers, tributes, cards. donation
Of cars and many other courtesies dur
ing the illness and passing Of the late
Mrs, MATTE HAYWOOD.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
ROBERT Il. HAMMOND,
PERSONAL

CAPITOL HILL or B retired
oldsters: lovely quarters, pvt. bath;
nursing care and meals. Ii. 4-5716.
CANDY COURSE twhite)--Register
now for Jan. classes. Day and eve.
OF. 4-6924, JAY BEE CANDY SCH.
CHEVY SCHOOL NURSERY. through
9th grade. Transp. and resident
BOOKS wanted to buy. Book barssins
Sat. and sun, 10.8, 3206 X. foot
FORMS 81, U. s, Job spplicAtions
prepared and typed. Personnel corn-
NV, Room AZ, ST. 3-61S6. &C.
MIMEOGRAPHING, 500 copies, S3.2B,
incl. typ. OF stem, ExCH, SERV. Co,
174O x st. NV. RIM. 4S. ST, 3-6lS SO.
VACANCY IN NURSING HOME for
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MOUNT VERNON Hospital Nursing
Service; professional care and tasty
food Cal supervisor. o TO q: 1901
Calvert st. NV CO. 6-2225.
PORTRAITS IN on
Or colorful pastels. BY European ar.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
With Regard to q
Card Of Thanks

vsr often cord Of Thanks IN
Ths Sfos meets o need which con
hordly be solved in eny othe, voy
Not only is il Q sroeious expression
OF efotifude to those Who hove seat
floroI tributes but also eourfeousIy
acknowledges the services and kind
aesses OF the meny 10 whom per
sonoI note Of thonks eosnos veil be
mailed OF whose somes and -
dresses ore not known Insertion OF
Q card OF fhonks moy be crsoneed
BY telephone to The Stor. 81. 5000
The Evening and Sunday Stor
Evening star., 1954-12-30
ADAM a. WESCHTEH q S0f
Auctioneers-ApDraisefs

TRUSTEES SALE or pRINTrNu
MACHINERY AND H0UIPMENT
BY virtue Of . Chaftei Deed 81 Trust
recorded October 2, 1853, as In
strument No. 1901. Recorder Of
Deeds once, d. c., and at the
request Of the party secured thereby.
the undersigned trustees win sell by
public suction At 1857 wisconsin
Avenue. NV, Friday, january q,
1855, ct 10 O'Clock AM. Duplex
16-page tubular press. No. T.74.
irslsaiS; hSGSIis sssi S.sssiotyDs nes vi, W $3.50.
heating elements and Burdett 6as
burner and bl0wers Duplex No. $40
and plate router No. SSi. also Tori,-
O-ecorcher Model SE with motor
and heating elements, etc. more
FERNS: cash. EpWHRp Ei, 81 LYnca
! II HARRY ,. MAGINNle Trustees,
i4O0 q 81. NV. de13, so 3a0
y lContinned % next paGs5
Evening star., 1954-12-30
AUCTION SALES
fHOs. ). OWEN 4 SON, AuesIen.erl

fHOs. ,. OWEN a SON, Auetisnsers.
LII 2 s.. NV.
Tsyssses ssle ,,, Of ,lg yalgs6Is EED q, oE
KNOWN As PREMIsEs NUMBER
By virtue o. certain. deed Of trust
ords Of the District 81 Columbia,
and at the request Of the party Sc
cured thereby. the undersigned trus-
tees will sell at public auction IN
front Of the premises, on THURSDAY
THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY.
AID. 1888. AT TWO O'CLOCK PM,
the following described land and
premises, situate In the District Of
Columbia, and de2ianated as and
being Lot rs in Callan's subdivision
Of Square 666. as per plat recorded
In the Once Of the. Surveyor for
the District. Of Columbia in Liber
G. III b. ut folio rs.
Terms: Sold subject to Q prior deed
Of trust Tor approximately &3,D6S,S7
further particulars OF which will be
announced ~ time Of sale: the pur-
chase price. above said trust 70 be
paid In cash. A deposit Of S500.00
REQUIRED. conyeyancing, recording,
etc.. at purehaser's cost. Adjuet-
nlents made IS Of date Of sale,
Terms TO be complied with within
thirty days. otherwise deposit for
fefted and the property may be i'd
yertised and resold at the discre-
JEROME hfnLfNs' iINs hiN
74i Nn11 ~ M "a g X QNn~fnnS
Evening star., 1954-12-30
SPECIAL NOTICES

WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for
any debts contracted for BY any one
CLAYTON. S@sS n. Fsirfss Fifd1w d., Ari.. t.
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for
any debts contracted by any one
other than myself CARSON Z.
DYE Dodge Hotel. WASHINGTON: p c.
OFFICE OF THE FTREMEN's M
sNqeTNS sSNHqkeANSE .SS GOMPAMY s.RAny !. 26 WASH;
B G. The stocEholdersss ss"of'S ~ ths
Eiremen's Insurance Company Of
Washinston and Georgetown will
Monday. January 8, 1865, for the
purpose Of electing thirteen diree-
tors for the. ensuing year Pons
%xRNIaa %xsRR hiS9 IdrsaAs'0 sa e sec, IL noon v
holders Of the Real Estate Title In
surance Company OF the District OF
Columbia. for the purpose OF elect
Ing iourteen Trustees Of the Com.-
PAN, pany for S,,ta the ENSUING year. and such
before said meeting. win be held az
street NV. on Tuesday, January
Books for the transfer OF stock viii
be closed from January &. 1865
to January 1s. 1855. both dates
ROBERT u. HAMMOND.
Secretary
THE ANNUAL MEETING Of the
sUiEIDgfNoo AssociihA1T1oAMA oAAThhoAs Vii 6s
held at the. once OF the association,
300 Pennsylvania Avenue sc, on
Thursday. January 13. 1855. at y
O'Clock. pm. for the consideration
come before 1t. The time oil voting
for the election Of oficers and d.
rectors to manage the affairs Of the
Association for the ensuing year
shall be between the hours OF 2
O'Clock and 2 O'Clock D m on this
date. w. H. BLANz. Secretary
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Says He Had Approval.

Replying to the security al
legations, Mr.. Ladejinsky said
he visited Russia with the Agri-
culture Departments approval,
that he had not corresponded
with relatives in Russia for seven
years, that he had served Am
Evening star., 1954-12-30

JUMPER. WILLIAM MARVIN. Sacred
to the memory Of my beloved husband.
WILLIAM MARVIN JUMPER, who
passed to the great beyond three years
ago today, December 80, 1851.
In the book Of life there are pages
Filled with memories fond and true:
But OF those most dear through the
ages,
HIS DEVOTED WIFE. MARIE NOR
GAN JUMPER.
Evening star., 1954-12-30

POHTKA1IE IN OIL
% ,t coiqrful f,n p9stsls ssnI,;. by r European 9
Evening star., 1954-12-30

nesday. December 90. 1854, at his
residence. 639 A st. s.e... JOHN E;
BORDUGOWSKY, beloved husband OF
Bordugovsky and stepfather Of Michael
Callahan. Friends may call at the
Robert A. Mattingly Funeral Home;
13I 11th st, Sc, where services will
be held on Friday. December 81. At 2
pm. Relatives and friends invited.
fnfArnent Cedar HilI Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-01-02
Man and Wife Arrested
In $4,000 Bank Robbery
BY the A..oeiosed Pres.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2-FBI
agents today announced the cap
ture of a young couple. wanted
in Houston, Tex, in the $57. 900
robbery of the National Bank of
Houston.
Special Agent Ray L. Faisst
identified the two as James David
Mitchell. %. and his wife Lola,
18. a native of New Orleans.
MIR. sFaisst said they will be
arraigned today before the United
S t a t eS commissioner here.
Mitchell. one of four men hunted
in the bank robbery last Thurs
day. will be charged with vio-
lating the Federal bank robbery
law. His wife has been named
as a material witness.
Mitchelps arrest leaves only
one Of the four suspects at large.
The two others in custody are
Donny Norris Allen, 19-year-old
employe Of the bank. and Johnny
Gonzales Navarro, "a.
Police are still looking for Nick
Mitchell. 43-year-old uncle of
the younger Mitchell.
Allen admitted being an ac-
complice in the robbery after 10
hours Of quizzing and he impli-
Gated the three others, Houston
police said.
Evening star., 1954-01-02

slider that no general ever
thinks he has enough men.
they must have, something to
base their proposal on"
do you think the threat Of
atomic warfare is enough to
stop the North Koreans and
Chinese and. for that matter,
the Russians?"
"Could be. for the time
being. at least. After all,
they've never had it put up to
them so cold turkey before.
Matter Of fact. in my opinion.
it is more than a threat. /
don't believe we can possibly
refrain from using our atomic
power If the fighting starts up
again. The people will demand
it. It's Just a question of how
effectively it can be used, con-
Sidering conditions over there.
That's what IKE and his gen.
erals will have to explain to
the members of Congress, I
suppose"
We'll. If this works out
satisfactorily. perhaps 1854
won't be as bad as you fear"
You are forgetting that
we've got an election cam
paign on our hands. And 1t Is
not going to be a cold
war. judging from the stink
bombs that already have been
thrown.
Evening star., 1954-01-02
The Verners


Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Werner
entertained with an open house
yesterday at their Washington
home. Making it a repeat per-
formance of her last New Year
party, Mrs. Werner herself pre-
pared and served sucking pig,
which she believes is a good luck
symbol for all who partake of it.
Among the guests were Am
baSSador of Paraguay and Sonora
de -Boettner. Ambassador of Ell
Salvador and Sonora de Castro.
Ambassador Of Ecuador DR.. Jose
Chiriboga, and former Korean
Ambassador to the United States
and Mrs. John Muccio.
Others were Maj. Gen. Wilton
B. Persons. Maj. Gen. Robert
Bare. U. S. M. c.. Maj. Gen. C. C.
Fem, U. S. A., Senator and Mrs.
Glenn Beall of Maryland. Judge
and Mrs. Clarence Norton Good
win. and DR.. and Mrs. Jorge
Rameriz Duke of Panama.
Also invited were DR.. and Mrs.
Ricardo MunoZ, Mr.. and Mrs.
Waverly Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carey Winston, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jean Chatel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Liverman. Mr.. Albert
DePinna, Mrs. Mathew Carson,
Mrs. Margaret Werner. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Corbett. Miss Ann
Morrison of the British Embassy
and Mrs. Jean Dupont Miller.
Evening star., 1954-01-02
Mr.. Smith
Gives Party

Mr.. French Crawford Smith
entertained New Years Day with
an egg-nog party at his Uni
verSity Park home for more than
60 guests.
Among those on the guest list
were Music Director of the Ma
tional Gallery of Art and Mrs.
Richard Bales. Mrs. Virginia
Rollwage Collier, and the Messrs.
George Gaul, Nathan Lerner.
Harold Ronk, John Henry Mar
vile and Theodore Schaefer.
Other guests included the
novelist and Mrs. James NJ.
Cain, Mr.. Scott Kirkpatrick. the
Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Wells
Beckett, DR.. and Mrs. David
Clayman. Prof. and Mrs. Adolphe
Fucker. Dr. Martin Steele Day.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Wingfield
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Warner.
Evening star., 1954-01-02
Id-Tin1er Has q Nice Dream
Wakes Up With New Year Hangover, Contemplating
1854; Agrees, However, Things Moy Not Be So Bod
Lowell MeHett-

"Any profound thoughts to
communicate this bright
morning, Old -Timer?"
what do you mean. bright
morning? How did you cele-
brate New Years eve?"
IT behaved. Hope you did"
mot exactly. I went to sleep
listening to the radio and when
woke up it was already 1854.
Had been for a couple of hours
or so. Shut off the radio and
went back to sleep. That is
tried to, because I wanted to
pick up a dream I'd been hav-
ing. 1t was a nice dream"
What about?"
II dreamed everybody was at
peace with everybody else. No
body was calling anynody else
bad names. The North Koreans
and South Koreans had be-
come brothers again. The
Chinese had gone back to
China and we'd brought our
boys home. We'd brought 'em
home from Europe too be-
cause the Russians had got out
OF Germany and Austria ard
Hungary and everywhere they
didn't belong. It was,a mighty
nice dream. Wish / hadn't
woke up. Talk about a New
Years hangover! I had it
Evening star., 1954-01-02
Italy Gives $4,000 Acres
OF Farm Land 10 Peasants
sx .he A..oeioted Prei,

ROME, Jan. 2.-Italy has dis
tributed $4,000 acres Of farm
land to- $4,000 peasant families
in the three years Of its land
reform program. the govern
ment reported today.
1t also has spent SO billion
lire $3.50 million) for construct
ton of farm homes, land i'm
provement, irrigation and farm
equipment.
The figures were published in
a year-end report by the prime
minister's Office.
The program, the most am
bilious and politically-d -difficult
launched by Italy's postwar gov
ernment, still is only about q
third complete. 1t calls for a
total of 1,729,000 acres to be
divided among 10000 peasant
families by 1862 at q cost of
/ 5000 million.
Evening star., 1954-01-02
Miss sHendrickson
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Hendrick-
son of Brightwaters, Long Is
land, N. Y, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Nancy to Mr.. Richard Bruce
Latham. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Latham of Chevy Chase,
Md.
Miss Hendrickson is a gradu-
ate of Colby Junior College, New
London. N. H.. and of Syracuse
University, where she was a
member of Zeta Tau Alpha
Sorority. She is now employed
by the Suffolk County IN. "
Department of Public Welfare.
Mr. Latham is a graduate Of
Maryland University and the
Maryland University Law School.
He is member of the Gamma
Eta Gamma legal fraternity and
was admitted to the Maryland
bar in June, 1852. Mr. Latham
is now practicing law in Be-
theSda.