Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12

wife of an American and mother
of four more, Joined the family
in citizenship yesterday.
1--WE been too busy having
babies to be at the ceremonies
before" she told an interviewer.
Mrs. Trueblood, whose hus-
band, Leslie, is a Corps of Engi-
neers geographer, has lived in
the States IA years. She Shucked
off her Englishwoman status
yesterday in Alexandria (VaD
Federal Court, joining lit other
new Yanks.
In her case. with all those
kids and years of residence,
Judge Robert N. Wilkins neigh
borly welcome might have been
superhuous. He said, Come in
and be one of U.S."
damned Courtroom
The courtroom was damned.
Judge Wilkin, a retired Ohio
judge of Uncle Sans. raised his
eyebrows at the pack. He was
there on assignment and it was
first glimpse Of a swearing in
around here.
Bright in her blue frock, Mrs.
Trueblood of Leesburg, Va, re-
moved her right glove as directed
and swore allegiance. She swore
to bear arms for her Nation. She
swore, moreover. to heed its di-
rection under law"
Judge Wilkin, a longtime
District resident since he left a
permanent bench in Cleveland,
bore down strongly on the "un-
der law"
1T is significant" he said,
"that you have received your
citizenship in a court of law. The
place of your induction was not
an executive building or a legis-
lative building, but court of
law . since your citizenship is
a grant from the sovereignty of
! this country, it is proper that it
should be solemnized in court
of law"
Burma Native
! Mrs. Trueblood comes of pretty
sturdy stock. Although her par
ents were English, and she was a
subject of the Queen until yes
terday, she was Burmese born, in
Mandalay.
| Her father is the Rev. Clement
H. Chapman. He was boss in
Burma of the English Methodist
Church mission. And when the
Japanese came in, he went out,
taking with him some 200 India
citizens. (By then his daughter
was a Mrs. and was gomez
Her bishop father is retired.
He and Mrs. Trueblood's mother
are in New York. But he still
breaches.
Wed in RangOon
Mrs. Trueblood's husband is
Hoosier. They met and mar
ried in Rangoon, where they were
felloW-teachers.
The new American was in
something of a fret yesterday
after the oath-taking. She had a
dimminutive Old Glory in one
hand. and the other hand was
coping with a king-size copy
of the Constitution. a card bear
ing the Oath of Allegiance, and
a purse. But she could manage
all that.
What was bothering her was
the time. Someone asked why.
Well" she said, I've just got
to get home. I'm chairman of
our PTA potluck supper, and I've
got to go see about the potluck. :"
List of Naturalized
Following is a list, of those
naturalized and the countries
from which they came:
From Alexandria:
(Great Britain: Helen McVee 44I4
Richmond highway; Denis F. Quincy,
Hannah Norman, IA s. Payne street;
road; Margaret J. C. Lang 2p55 Syca-
more street., Glenys Mary Mitchem
go Kenyon drive.
Germany: Gertrude shaefer Pane
937 Cornell street: Adelheid Stagg. 1926
Florence drive; Petronilla Halves. 1927
france; cugette Jeanne Edwards. 34e
Edsehi drive; Marie Therese Kline
felter. 240S N. Dearing street Anne
Louise Deans, 30 s. Reynolds street
philippians Forenda Reyes john
son, - woodlawn trail; Bienvenida
Armschnelos vcritzeri li33 King street
45l4 Tsney avenue; Anna Maria Alien.
431 Dayton street; Rosario Bellio Ma
rino. az N Howard street
lJapanl: Asaye Ichihashi Yoneyama
3ogA Clifford avenue Sskae Yone-
yama. same address.
Also from Alexandria are: John George
Kanelis, EOS z. Luray avenue. Greece:
Louise Jane Hoss, 30l Belle Haven road,
Canada; Lucy Marie Rohman. 400S
Richmond highway. Poland Ruth Esther
karlstrom. 2f9 Z. Mason avenue. swe-