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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
HAMPSHIRE GARDENS

"35 Emerson Street NV.
FOR JANUARY SALE the
owners Of a verv attractive
l-bedroom and a Thoroughly
charming 3-hedroom docking
out over the gardensl apart
ment home have authorized
this office to take a reduction
OF $500 and ~, 900. respec-
lively from today's current
market value These apart
ment homes. in one Of WASH
lngton's oyeliest garden
apart EN- I developments.
MUST BE SEEN TO be APP
preciated. Believe II or not"
this is indeed q rare OPP
portunity for anyone who Is
Interested in a country
home" within the city. See
MR.. OWENS in Ant, 105.
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MOVING. PACKING. STORAGE

MOVING AND HAULING. day or
night; expert handling: reasonable
HILL. Seil-known mover: ms: exper
men; closed vans; low rates; apis
low as $40; any hr. AP. 7-g65B.
CHESTER MOYERS--Large or small,
We do them all. ST. $3.50. IA.
9-nll5 evenings.
LIGHT HAULING, local moving;
beaches a specially. 8. L. MORRIS.
TT 2-l16O or Ii. b-2SSp
across the country; safe storage in
separate rooms; expert packing.
Phone NO. 1000. UNION STOR-
HENDERsoN's MOVING SERVICE.
ArllnEton's oldest movers; low
winter prices IN effect; free .esti-
mates IA. 7.0215. -25
low as $50. Call any time from
q TO 9 pm: NO. I:ns4A 60.
EDELMAN MOVING AND STORAGE
viii accept surplus furniture as
part payment on your moving. stoI-
age. Reasonable rates. ia. e-2937.
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APIS. UNFURNIsHED-VA.

2 BEDRMS., .nv. rm,. dinette. kitch-
en- and bath In garden-type de-
Rams. inside parking. mr.. transp.
and schools. $50 90 per mo. ia. B.
I43s. or TIE. $4,000. --l5
51I5 n. 10th RD., ARL.-one bed
rm,, liv. rm., dinette, kit, bath
Sos. Acall res; mgr. ia. 6-Ss63
bet 9 am. and s pm. -15
3sI7.Is BRUCE ST., ALEX. VA
Ope-bedrm. apis; good condition;
refgr. with deep-freeze unit: So 80
s snd $3.50. Call res mgr" oyyl D.
ARL,, 1900 North piercs7zclean l.
s sss Rn. apt a. 80 7 49, u'il' mana
RossL H ~ASSHfA-sO sbedrms., iiv.
rm.,, dinette, kit. bath. COW. bus,
stores: $50. IA, 2-436S. --19
SPACIOUS 2-bedrm. apt, ige. liv.
rm.; win dec. to suit tenant: $50
per mo; "a. S.SI26. lis
CLAREND0N-Entire End dr; In
ss f idss,l oath pyt s s9II sSRsss
TEsToV siii2 apt: heat
and water fufn.; mr.. buses and
stores: 2nd-n. front; S65 per mo. !:
possession Jan. 10: married couple
only; Eyes Eyes, KE. s-4s4s: daytime
ARf.EN Ne ., 5-room de lux. duplex:
. bIks. Court House. Wilson blvd.
and Fit. Myer. Ample closet and
storage space 1915 N. Veitch st,
Apply next door Phone ia. s-S907
or %,; "a s :Ssc;s Rent $llo per mo,
A Ihli Z SDsSiai isio N. Courthouse MHS
nc. and I-bedrm. apis from $50
UP. Free parking lot. NO. 1882,
J. GIBBONS KoLB. OIL. 2-O296
so. -bedrm. apt, 10 Minis
TO Pentagon, on Columbia pike.
cal sEb 81 s.2G ~. -m., kit, i Ss,h
Ut; e Myer. IA. 2-s335 or ia
m 0 AT. BLDG.-rhr...w.y q. .ISo,.
Close TO shop. and trRnsp.: nice l.
9edrm. o spt:' storage locker; adults,
ARENGToN:wEsrovER-1 5edrm.,
dinette: "a blk. from husline: heat
and slee. furn'; SOS. JE. 2-27s3.
ARL;, near town. zoos n. 18Th s ST.
Nice l-bedrm. apt; liv. rm., d.
nette. kit: no steps: auto laundry:
yard; all utils; well-managed prof.
r ST. So, "a. 7;ssos. "a $4,000.
dolph; SS7 so. ov, $4,000.
ARL.--Two bedrmsY very desirable;
excel. loo: 3 exposures; 3rd Fl. I:
adults; 5000, incl. utiis. IA. s.
aooi N. CLEVELAND ST. ls..
I'm; kit. bath. back porch. LIST a.:
arm. APT, on end n. of new du-
plex. mr.; Kanns; inmsd. poss. :
304 W. FAIRFAX ST, No. II. Falls
Church. Va; S7l-one bedrm.. nv.
rm.. dinette, kit, With stove and
BERENS SALES, INC. I722 L
NEAR FORT MYER, in apt bldE-
tiled bath: $3.50, utils. extra.
DU, 5-q075. I'll
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THE WESTMINSTER
APARTMENTS WANTED

YOUNG LADY needs apt. with very
large window for painting work;
nice residential area near D. c.
CaH CO. 5-73Sl, GOLENkO. or
DiPLoMHTf' Wants two-bedroom fur.
pished apartment for two months.
beginning February /. AID. 4;9215
WANTED-After Feb.
l.; one bedroom: west Of Conn. ave /.
TOP SO. Box 346-D. Star
SEPARATE furnished apartment,
clean; $50; Capitol Hill. for work
ing lady, Tel. HO. $4,000, ext. $50;
evenings and Sunday. DE. 2-975s.
EMPLOYED LADY wants to share
apt Of other employed lady: Clar-
endon area preferred. Box 35i d
NEED good twhite) tenants? In
d. c. the best tenant finder at reas.
fee Is MANDEL. AID. i-340O. -lg
TWO young men desire q furnished
apartment with kitchen facilities,
starting February; vicinity Naval
Ordnance Laboratory. References.
Write o p. MANLEY. Nit. Bur
ton House, Cambridge. Mass.
FURNISHED or :, bedrooms. by
end OF month. BY retired Navy
chaplain and wife Beth. or Oh. Ch
MORNINGS OIL. 2-57IB
MAN--Collese grad, 25-35. to share
!-hedrm apt. with same; parking
Jackson o-3y95 IL
APT. wanted in Virginia. Unfurn, l.
bedrm. with space for outside dos
pen. Box 1896 Star.
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Splendid Close-1n NV. Loc

splendid CIose-In NV. Loo.
A 5th- aoot-front ant. OF large liy,
nm, lge, den, full din. rm., kit
9 bedrms and , mod baths: un-
der $50 600. with substantial cash
Overlooking beautiful estates; Sc
board service. For further tnfor-
nation and sppt. TO inspect any
OF above apis. call
j. Buxton Aiken, EN-. 1884
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THE WESrCHEsTER

BY OWNER
Must move by Feb. I; will sell LARGE
UNPUBLISHED luxurious. Uell-iocated.
l-bedroom apartment for Sl3.5OO
EN- 3-T7nR liz
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1901 Wvon1jno Ave- NJ w

1901 Wyoming Ave. NV.
1 BLOCK FAST OF CONN. AVE,
OPEN SUN, 2 10 S
A beautiful apt, Of liY. rm., bedrm
dinetts or den. mod, kit. and bath,
OF will consider reas. offer: oS-hr,
elevator service; beautiful roof gar.
Den, parking area in rear, Also,
70 same bldg. q slightly larger apt
lor 81 00u. and large efficiency
apt, for $3.50; vacant, redec
ready to move right in. See Mr.
Parkinson in reception rm.
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NAYLoR GARDENS

MAYOR Gardens
$500: l bedrm.. living rm, dining
kitchen and bath apt.
: bedrms.. living rm, dining
rm kitchen and bath.
$4,000: 3 bedrooms. iiV. rm., din
rH, kit. and bath.
Have others some aiF-eond some
nrst and second doors. storage and
laundry fae.'s avail Conv. terms
srranRed' g interest on unpaic
ofi OF original loan. To inspect
eaI JOHN !. SHELTON. Realfor
-QailY 81 I'll q: 10 . .onAn LIZ
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Conn, Ave. at Porter St NV.
This past week we sold two
2-bcdroom apartment homes
IN Washington's acknowledged
outstanding cooperative and,
therefore. have no 2-bedroom
apartment homes to offer to-
day.
HOWEVER, we do offer you 4
charming and DELIGHTFULLY."- To-
Gated 1-bedroom apartment
homes ranging from the LIST
to the 18th apartment floors
and in price from SIT 900 to
$4,000. Terms. Secretarial
service, garage. dining room,
beauty salon. valet shop and
hourly maid service are
among the many ADVANTAGES
owners. See Mr.. FIELDING
Mt pR0AnMOOR daRk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

Edmund J. Flynn Co.
COOP. Apt. Authority since -1p20l
Washington Bldg. MA. 6-g565
Residence NO. 7-6677
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Upper Conn. Ave NV,

Front apt, OF liY. rm,. 2 bedrms
porch. mod. KIT. and bath: splendid
downtown and crosstoWn public
transp excel MANAGEMENT and
clientele: strong electric current in
Bldg. for occupants who want 10
put In a!r-cOnd. units
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THE WESTCHESTER

For sale by owner--Attrartiys I.
bedroom apt; foyer. tyfn-size,
bedrm., dining alcove. outside kttch.
en- and bathroom, 3 large closets
recently rsdecorated Priced u
sell Call EN-. 3-S373
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OTHER LISTINGS

Some 60 apartment homes
are listed with this officc ex-
clusivelv in about 20 differ
ent. desirably located build
ings. These range in size
from efflciencies to B bed
rooms and in TOTAL PRICE
from $500 to $4,000.
For details on any OF these
apartment homes andio ap.
pointment to inspect. call
MAJOR CARNEY with
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CHEVY CHASE, MD, IS Hesketh
ST rms, 2 baths: block of
EDW. H. JONES d CO., INC.
o"-a Conn., Ave OIL. 7-G775
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18th and Columbia I'd. NV

Z mart .ooklns town house overlook
lnG Rock Greek PARK. with 26-it.
nv; rfn.- din. I'M. combination. :.
bedrl3s.. kit. and batn. private rear
patio With Lear parking: e.cel
furniture, Ideal for couple or :;
professional persons RIA, 1891
OIL. 4-2439 eyes, and Sun. Ii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

FALLS CHURCH, yA.--Brick Cape
5 bedrms., den, finished in pine. full
bsr1t fenced yard; refs. required.
for Apt. call JE. 3-7i70 or JE. =
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BETHESDA. Old Chester rd.-Beau-
ttful country home now avail: q
rms. 21s baths, garage and porch.
Large yard. Wooded area. 1928.
EDW. H. JONES 4 CO. INC.
$500 Conn. Ave. OIL. 7-2775
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

HOME BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED
5 bedrms. and bath upstairs; large
hv. .Tm. with fireplace. din. rm..
spacious kit; garage; picturesque
grounds; all utils. furn.; 500 per
mo. M. Andrews and Boiling Air
Bases. minimum l-year lease. Call
Mrs. O'Day. CO. 5-O432 until 5
pm: UN I-2alR III
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HOUSES UNFURN. tcent.I

NR. Observation-Disclosures; 2
hedrms., scr, porch. rec. rm., gas;
settled couple; no pets; nr. every eSo
thing; $50 N syaesnp: 70; ss6S sss
RIM. brick Colonial: excel. location:
Sl4n mo. Call OIL. 4-1S0e. III
ASHTON. MONTGOMERY co.--Modern
b rms. with bath, oil heat. fireplace;
large lot, vegetable garden: good
neighbors. Walking distance to
Sherwood High: sos mo. 6P; A.
EXECUTIVE OR DIPLOMAT; new
4-bedrm., 2E2-bath rambler, den; 3
car gar; Chevy Chase. OIL. 6-50SO
N. CLEVELAND PARK, of Wis. ave
-. tedrms.. iurn. den, lse. din.
rln., hrepl.. porches' S125. OIL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07
Your doq-Iike Rim Tin Tin-can
have healthy teeth and gums
with MILK-BONE Dog Biscuits

A dogs teeth are made for gnawing and chew
ing. So are MLK-BoNE Dog Biscuits. That's
why Lee Duncan, owner and trainer of Rim
Tin Tin, feeds Rinny several MLK-BoNE bis
cults every day. Duncan says, 'MILK-HoNE
gives dogs the important daily workout they
need for bright, tartar-free teeth and healthy
gums" Whatever else your dog eats, feed him
MLK-BoNE Dog Biscuits every day for
breakfast, snacks and obedience rewards.
Comes in just the right biscuit size for your
dog: small, medium or large. At your favorite
food store.
And for main meal feeding-the
Concentrated Nourishment of PAL TINY BITS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07

good chap. Let me get that wet jacket
off you. -
He heard her laugh, and then the
laugh was cut short and her voice, half
Smothered, said, Bart. -" He went up
to the lantern and stayed there until it
was time TO light up.
1t was an old petroleum vapor
light. One fixed beam shining towards
the mainland delta mouth. There was
another light over there = the Bori light,
fixed, too, and just as old-faShioned.
The delta mouth was sitting up fast and
there was talk of doing away with the
two lights, for few ships ever went up
to Bori now.
Thornton watched the Bori light come
on and imagined Fred Latter sitting over
there, just as he sat here Both in their
fiftieS. Well, with luck the lights
would stay long enough to last them out.
He and Fred, couple of cosby old
bachelors. Far below he heard Miss
Tema laugh, and then spill Of wind
buffeted against the lantern house like
the smack of heavy hand. You always
longed for company, he thought, but
when it came you longed also to be rid
of it,.
When he went down, the man had lit
the stove and their clothes were spread
on chairs in front of it. Miss Tema had
taken two tableclothS and draped them
around her. Bart Drawbell sat happily
with towel about his middle. A healthy,
handsome couple. The girl was frying
eggs. She turned and smiled at Thorn
ton and said, I'VE made ourselves at
home. Tonight you have cook"
Thornton brought out his whiS-
key and they drank while she worked.
Drawbell told him that they had come
down from Bori to the delta mouth and
had been on their way across the bay to
visit Miss Tema'S parents, who owned
a plantation lower down the coast. 1t
could be, thought thornton. But ne
fancied Miss Tema wouldn't know where
her relations we're. And as for planta-
ton - uncovered shack up in Lagos
or Calabar was more likely. Drawbell
said that he, himself, was an irrigation
engineer working for Government
project in the Nigerian interior and was
now on vacation. Could be true, thought
Old Man Thornton. Gould be.
But a few seconds later he knew it
wasn't. Miss Tema called that supper
was ready, and the old man rose to help
pull out the table to the center of the
room. The suitcase belonging to the
couple stood near the table. He bent
down and picked it up to move it out
of the - Continued on next page
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Don't Try
Anything, Pop"

sat five miles off the African coast and
curiosity was an itch, the need for gossip
a disease.
The woman said, Bart, I'm cold"
The man smiled again, moved to her
and put his arm around her shoulders.
'Of course. :. However, Pop Thorn
ton will look after us. We can dry off -
''You know me?' the old man asked.
"Of course. Everyone knows Pop
Thornton of the Opobo light. I'm Draw
bell, Bart Drawbel. This is Miss Tema."
He took the suitcase from the girl and
they began to walk up towards the light.
Miss Tema. Old Thornton knew her
kind. A mixture of Nigerian, French,
and the Lord-knew-What-elSe. 1t was
mixture that hit man right between the
eyes. Dark-haired, skin like twilight
and a figure right out of the Arabian
Nights. When you're an oldiSh man and
you sit on an island alone for years, you
dream of fair - and dark - women,
and your thoughts become poetic.
OHOCliICdti liCI JA$ACt I'LL WCts ilOWOiC0
cotton dress chung to her like another
skin.
Old Man Thornton looked away
at the wind-toSSed palms, at the low,
wooden light structure and his quarters
built alongside it. . He was God
fearing, decent man. His mother had
begun that with many beating, and he
had grown into the habit for his own
comfort He told himself philosophi-
cally that the storm would blow out in
couple of days. They would go and he
would be left with his books, his chess,
and the small patch of garden where he
grew English flowers in defiance of an
African sun.
He opened the door of his cabin for
them to enter. The girl went first and
her wet shoulder brushed against him.
She looked at him and smiled. Pome-
granate lips and pearls for teeth. and the
wantonneSS of three races in her blood.
To counterfeit the thought, Old Man
Thornton told himself severely that in
the morning he must remember to pinch
out the tops of his young petunias and,
for additional penance, begin the caulk-
ing of his own Skiff, put off out of lazi-
ness too long.
Inside, he said, MAKE yourself at
home. If you can't find what you want
in these two rooms Il haven't got it.
All yours. must get the light ready"
He went through the door that led
into the light structure. But he stood
behind the door and heard their voices.
He doesn't seem very friendly" This
was the girl
He's all right. Living out here they
lose their company manners. But he's
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01
Dairpnzan Proves He Can Feed
$50 CotOs ON only s. Acres Of
Portable Pasture
BY RAY ONION, Roving Reporter
BY RAY ONION, Roping Reporter

he was able to feed As head for Is days,
and, in addition, put up 80 tons of ST.
lage. Had the as head been pastured,
the nine-acre field would have carried
them for only about three days, accord
ing to Loiselle.
Convinced that feeding chopped al
falfa was practical, Loiselle plowed up
his 80 acres of pasture. Besides the 35
acres required for summer feed, he
has 22O acres of alfalfa to carry the
herd through the winter The first crop
is put into the silo and the second
cutting is baled.
While pasturing is admittedly an
effortleSs way to feed dairy cows,
Loiselle thinks it's pretty poor economy.
He's found that about two-thirds of the
feed in pastures is wasted by trampling
and made unpalatable by droppings
and urine.
Maintain Production
In addition to greatly increasing the
carrying capacity of his grasslands,
Loiselle finds that he is able to main
tain uniform high milk production
throughout the year. Late in the sum-
mer when pasture grasses become
tough and other dairymen have a drop
in production, Loiselle is able to feed
ration with spring pasture nutrition.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01

DAIRYMEN WHO COULD use the
income from few extra cows but do
not have the necessary pasture might
give some thought to clipping alfalfa
and hauling it to their stock.
How will that increase the carrying
capacity of your present pastures?
Here's the results Victor Loiselle of
Missoula county has had with hauling
pasture to cattle: He used to pasture
SIS head on 80 acres. Today he feeds
about $50 head throughout the summer
on IS acres of irrigated alfalfa.
What about added time required to
feed and extra machinery? LoiSelle says
it takes about an hour morning and
afternoon to clip a load and haul it to
the feed hunks If the cattle were doing
their own harvesting it would require
much more time and labor to change
fences and rotate pasture, he says.
Loiselle had field chopper and for
age box in his silage operation, so he
is able to haul pasture to his cows
without buying extra machinery.
Proved by Test
Before making the change three years
ago Loiselle ran an experiment to find
out if it would be practical to confine
the cattle in a feedlot and bring their
feed to them. From a nine-acre field
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01

Inhbits bacteria with weshtobbns vitality
secondary Infections Maintains feed
efficiency, produces uniform foeks.
Double octon kFZ is sofe for birds of oil toxic
livestock and PETS NFZ gives you eoeedosis
plus effective defense against mony homfu
dairy invaders. Don't take chances with your profits
throughout the first weeks feed your baby chicks Ceetono
Storter and Developer Crumbes!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
Christopher La Forge, So,
Author of Best-SeIIers

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Jan. s
up. - Novelist Christopher La
Fargo. So. who also was an archi-
tect. painter and poet, died after
a cerebral hemorrhage at Jane
Brown Hospital last night.
Among his best selling books
were 1.-The Sudden Guest. /" Each
to the Other" THE Wilson's"
East by Southwest" Mesa
Verde" "All Sorts and Kinds"
and Beauty for Ashes"
1.-THE Sudden Guest" was a
novel dealing with the 1893 hur-
ricane in his home section Of
Rhode Island. South County. It
had a sale of more than half a
million copies.
The book Each to the Other"
which took him five years to
write. was awarded the A. c.
Benson Silver Medal of the Royal
Society Of Literature in England.
His late father, Christopher
Grant La Fargo, was architect of
the Cathedral Of st. John the
Divine in New York. His brother.
Oliver La Fargo. is a novelist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
Gen. Gilmore, IS,
OF National Guard

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Jan.
6 P).-Maj. Quincy A. Gilmore,
a former commanding general
of the New Jersey National
Guard. died in his hotel room
here yesterday. He was rs.
Gen. Gilmore had been Ill for
some time. He lived at $40 Park
Ave. New York. and maintained
a part-time residence at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel here.
Gen. Gilmore. West Pointer,
headed the New Jersey National
Guard from 1924 to 1882.
He was born at West Point,
N. Y. January IL. 1881, and
graduated from the Military
Academy there in 1904. The year
OF his graduation he married the
former Frances West Hemsley
of Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
Reds Won't Agree
To Free Americans

LONDON, Jan. 6 (P. - Red
China refused today to fix a
time limit for the release Of
the Communists are
holding in prison as criminals.
Peiping radio. commenting on
Chinese-American talks in &C.
neva, said:
While they are serving their
sentences, they have no right to
request permission to return to
the United States"
The United States has &C
cused Red China of violating an
agreement it made September
10 to permit all American citi-
zens within its control to return
home "expeditiously" The Chi
nese Communists said 81 of 40
Americans had been released so
far.
Americans who offended
against the law in China must
be dealt with in accordance with
Chinese legal procedures and no
time limit can be set for their
release" the Peiping broadcast
said.
Furthermore. while they are
serving their sentences. they
have no right to request per-
mission to return to the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
Mercer,
District Native

Mrs. Mabel Vaughn Mercer,
70. a native of Washington. died
yesterday at Washington SAM
tarium after a long illness.
Mrs. Mercer was an active
member Of Calvary Baptist
Church and Sunday school for
SO years. Her father. Francis w.
Vaughn, was founder of the
Vaughn Bible Glass at the church
at Eighth and H streets NV.
A graduate of old Central High
School and the old Normal
School, now Wilson Teachers
College. Mrs. Mercer taught
grammar for four years at Brent
School here. She later served as
corresponding secretary of the
Women's Missionary Association
of the District of Columbia for
10 years.
Mrs. MERGERS first husband,
William P. Kyle. died in 1909.
She then married Army Maj.
Morton B. Mercer, widower
with three children. Maj. Mercer
died in 1919.
Surviving are her daughter.
Mrs. A. Hunter Prichard. with
whom she lived at 4814 Sedg-
wick street NV; her stepson,
James Mercer of Framingha -,
Mass. and two grandsons.
Services will be held at the
Prichard home at 2 pm. to-
morrow. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
Ben Wood, 79,
Ex-Star Printer

George Benjamin Wood. 70, q
printer at The Star for 40 years
died today at Mount Alto Hos
pital Of pneumonia. He had been
hospitalized since December 26
Mr.. Wood retired from The Star
10 years ago.
A lifelong baseball enthusiast
he was one Of the organizers Of
the local team in the Printers
International Baseball League
and played in the first tourna-
ment in New York in 1908. HI
also played with the Fifth Bap-
tist Church in the Interdenomi-
national League here.
Mr.. Wood was a native Of
Charles County. Md. and came
to washington as a boy in nj;
teens. He served in Cuba in the
Spanish American War with the
Sd Engineer Regiment.
Last June. Mr.. Wood cele-
brated his golden wedding an
niversary. He and Mrs. Wood
the former Ada Bates Of Wash
ington, were married in the par
sonage of the Calvary Baptist
Church on June 5. 1905.
Mr.. Wood was a member OF
the United Spanish War Vet
Grams and Of Columbia Typo
graphical Union No. 101.
Surviving are his widow, his
daughter. Mrs. Helen Wood Mar
tin, of the home address, 7216
Prescott avenue, Takoma Park
Md, and two brothers. Charles
Wood of Bethesda and Samuel
H. Wood Of Washington.
Funeral arrangements. which
are being handled by the Col
Inns funeral home, 1921 Four
tenth street NV. are incom-
plete.