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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-22
Rosalyn Smith
Weds Claude Dunfee

Miss Rosalyn Sarah Smith, dau-
ghter of Mrs. Velma Smith and
the late Knud Smith of SIT Fulton
st, became the bride of Claude
Vernon Dunfee, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray C. Dunfee of rural Clyde
Saturday at 4:30 o'clock in St.
John Lutheran Little Chapel. The
Rev. John Braun officiated at the
double ring ceremony.
Attendants were Mrs. Gilberta
Smith, Route 2, sister of the
groom, and Eugene N. Smith, bro
ther of the bride. A reception was
held at LaCarne school, with Phyl-
lis Brown and Marion Fleck as hos
teSSeS.
The bride wore a gown of white
lace over taffeta with scalloped
bottom and dropped neckline. She
wore rounded fingertip veil and
had a corsage of pink carnations.
The brides mother was in grey
summer cotton with white print,
and accessories of navy blue. The
groom's mother was unable to at
tend due to illness.
The newlyweds will reside with
the brides mother for the present
The bride is a 1856 graduate of
PCHS. The groom is employed
at the Port Clinton Mfg. Co.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-22
VISIT GoSS GARDENS

The Home and Garden Club
toured the rose garden of Alma
Goss' during their June meeting
The meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. Kelly Dunn where she
showed slides of the Kingswood
Gardens in Mansfield. The club had
travelled there to see these gardens
for their May meeting. The next
meeting will be with guests at the
home of Mrs. Richard Rice.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-22
AID DITIoNAL
SOCIETY
Hotel Luncheon
And Shower Fetes
Janet Sanford

Miss Janet Sanford, daughter of
1t. Col. and Mrs. John G. Sanford
OF 921 Birchard-ave, Fremont, will
become the bride of John Walter
Petit, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
E. Petit of Columbus, at four
o'clock ceremony Saturday in st.
Thomas Episcopal church.
Attendants will be Mrs. JoAnn
Porter, Columbus, sister of the
groom, matron of honor; Miss
Marcylene Vetter, Detroit, college
roommate of the bride, brides
maid; William D. Petit, twin bro
ther of the groom, best man; Leslie
McClelland of Cleveland and Rich
ard Porter of Columbus, nephew
of the grooom, ushers. A recep-
ton will be held at the Sanford
home.
Complimenting Miss Sanford,
Mrs. Porter and Miss Vetter pre-
sided Saturday at luncheon and
miscellaneous shower at the Island
House. Baskets of white flowers
and miniature white prayerbooks
were place favors, and a wee roll
ing pin was at the honor guests
place. Guests included Lillian
Leonard, Betty Ayres, Shirley
Scott, Shirley Smith, Ann Rounds,
Kay McClory and Pat LaValle.
Gifts also were received from Janet
Snyder of Kent, Betty Miller, Betty
Link of Columbus, and Elizabeth
Petit of Columbus.
-
nPW PLANS
Meeting at the apartment of out
going president Florence Specht
last Friday night, board of Busi-
ness and Professional Women'S
Club rounded up the years activ-
ity and turned the board duties
over to newly elected president
Lesta Forster and her committee
chairmen. A July meeting will be
held, place and date to be an
nounced later by the news service
committee headed by Anna Hur-
rell, which is in charge of the
event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Gen. Dukes Son Killed
I'm Texas PIone Crash

Mai. James T. Duke. jr.. SO.
son Of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Duke,
of 2022 Columbia road NV. was
one Of fiye officers killed in q
military plane crash near Silver
ton. Tex. the Associated Press
reported.
The burned and scattered
wreckage of the plane that had
been missing since Wednesday
was found yesterday. 1t appar-
entity crashed into q bluff in
foggy weather.
Mai. Duke, whose father was
"a former commander Of Fort
Myer. now retired, was an Army
liaison officer with the group.
He was stationed at Clovis Air
Force Base, N. Mex.
Born at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.,
Maj. Duke was graduated from
Wilson High School here and
was commissioned a lieutenant
in 1910 after attending ROTC
and CMTC at Fort Belvoir.
He served in North Africa,
Sicily, Italy and Austria during
World War II. He was awarded
the Purple Heart and Bronze
Star. He served in Austria after
the war and in Berlin during the
blockade.
He was in Korea for about
10 months, returning last fall.
Beside his parents he is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Mar
guerite Duke; a stepdaughter, a
brother, Capt. r. L. Duke of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Mike PeIekiri, Is,
Ex-Restuuruteur

Mike Pelekiri, rs, retired res
tarauteur, died Wednesday in
Garfield Hospital.
Born in Albania, Mr.. Pelekiri
came to America at an early
age and later became an Ameri-
can citizen. He worked for %
years with the old Childs Res
taurant chain in Philadelphia,
Atlantic City. and Washington.
Later he operated a restaurant
in Cleveland.
Surviving is his sister, Maria
Burdumy, of Philadelphia.
Services will be held at II
am. Monday in the st. Sophia
Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Thir-
ty-sixth street and Massachu-
sets avenue NV, with burial
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Mrs. Crompton, 81,
Member of Old
Washington Family

Mrs. James William CHAMPION
"a. a native of Washington and
member of an old Washington
family, died Thursday after q
long illness at the home of her
son, Roy w. Champion, at 5415
Connecticut avenue NV.
Mrs. Champion was the for
mer Mary Elizabeth West, Her
grandfather John Parker West,
founded the West Bros. Brick
Co.. now at 7000 Sheriff road
Fairmont Heights. Md, in 1874
She was the daughter of the late
John Thomas and Mary Eliza
beth CaSsell West.
She was a member of the Ole
IRyland Chapel Methodist Church
at Tenth and D streets S.W.
where she was married. Mr.
Champion died in 1945.
Surviving are three sons and
ia daughter, Roy w., with whom
she lived; Guy E., William r
and Mrs. George w. Holland
Also surviving are a brother, L.
Perry West; a sister. Mrs. Alvin
q. Belt; eight grandchildren and
Is Observation-Disclosures. All of
the survivors are from WASH
ington.
Services were to be held at the
IS. H. Hines funeral home, 290l
Fourteenth street NV, at 3 pm.
today. Burial will be in Glen
wood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Ensign Fuller Dies
In AirpIone Crash;
Son of A. P. Chief

RICHMOND, Mar. II P).-
Ensign James Seaborn Fuller.
son of Frank H. Fuller. Rich
mond Associated Press Bureau
chief, and Mrs. Fuller. has been
killed in a plane crash near Cuba.
Word of his death came from
Comdr. Robert F. Regan, COM
handing officer of Fighter Squad
ron 102, aboard the USS Ran
idolph, an aircraft carrier.
Comdr. Regain wired Mr.. Fuller
that his son had died in plane
accident March 16. He said the
plane crashed after having been
catapulted from the USS Ran
dolph. The body was not re-
covered. ...
Ensign Fuller had just recently
completed flying training and
had been stationed at Jackson
vile. Fla, before coming to Nor
folk and departing aboard the
Randolph for carrier landing
trials.
The accident took place 81
miles south of Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
MRS. KeIIon,, SO,
EXT reosury Clerk
And Church Worker

Mrs. Margaret Moncure KEEL
lam. SO, a native of Stafford
County, Va, and a Washington
resident since 1918. died in Gar
field Hospital Wednesday after
Ia long illness.
A trained nurse, Mrs. Kellam
was employed by the Army Field
Service here from 1919 until
1921. She then went with the
Treasury Department as a statis-
|tical clerk. retiring from that de-
|partment in 1850.
Mrs. Kellam taught English to
Chinese children in the Sunday
school of the old Episcopal
Church of the Ascension at
Twelfth street and Massachusetts
avenue NV. for many years. At
the time of her death, she had
been a member of the Greenbelt
Community Church for about IS
years.
Mrs. Kellam was first cousin
of Frank P. Moncure, Virginia
State Senator. She was the
daughter of the late Mary Knox
and William Eustace >Moncure of
Fredericksburg.
Surviving are her daughter,
Mrs. Shirley Beckham, with
whom she lived at 1902 Auth
lane, Silver Spring; a sister, Mrs.
Houston K. Sweetser of Fred
ericksburg. and four grandsons
Services were to be held in
the S. H. Hines funeral home,
2901 Fourteenth street NV, at
noon today, with burial in George
Washington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17

John Bradford Allyn, jr., 9. a
favorite of his schoolmates and
leader in his class. despite being
physically handicapped from
birth, died Unexpectedly at his
home Thursday night of heart
failure.
Brad had been home from
school that day with a cold, but
he had watched the Lone Ranger
on television and seemed in good
health when he went to bed.
He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bradford Allyn of 1902
Cedar lane, Bethesda. Mr.. Allyn
is Washington representative of
the Chance Vought Aircraft Co.
Brad was definitely consid-
cred a leader in his class" Mrs.
Nancy Kirlik, his fourth grade
teacher at Parkwood Elementary
School in Kensington, siad. Ellis
sense of humor and sportsman
ship made him a favorite. He
was an excellent student, with a
wonderful reasoning power, and
could make differences from
everything he read and heard.
The children feel the loss
terribly"
He never expected favors be-
cause he was handicapped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Gov. MurIund Files
For KiIqore's Scot

CHARLESTON. W., Va, Mar
II (P.-Gov. William c. Mar
land yesterday filed for the
Democratic nomination to the
|unexpired United States Senate
term of the late Senator Harley
M. Kilgore.
Senator Kilgore, a Democrat,
died February % at Bethesda,
Md. Gov. Marland, who will be SO
March 26. is rounding out a
four-year term as West Vir-
ginia's Governor.
Last week. he appointed for
mer Tax Commissioner William
r. Laird III to serve in the SEN
ate until Senator Kilgore's sue
cessor can be elected in Novem-
Der. Mr.. Laird has said he does
not now plan to seek election.
Attorney General John G. Fox
also has filed for the Democratic
nomination. Former Sena tor
Chapman Revercomb, who also
filed yesterday, and Phil Hill,
Charleston attorney, are seeking
the Republican nomination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17

A 78-year-old man yesterday
sought a court order to allow
him to be buried beside his wife,
despite religious obstacles.
The complainant. Warren w,
Ward, a retired craftsman now
living in New York, is a Protes-
tant.
In 1896, according to the COM
plant filed in the U. S. District
Court for the District of Column
bia, he married Pauline Pear
Rather, who was Jewish and 26
years younger than he.
The former Miss Rather died
last year. Mr.. Ward agreed to
have her buried in the Orthodox
Hebrew Elesavetgrad Cemetery
here where other members OF
her family are inferred, despite
the fact that she had been con-
verted to Christianity.
Mr.. Ward contended he had
been led to believe he also would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
John Bradford Allyn, 9,
Handicapped Class Leader

1--WE do a lot Of square dane
ing, and never once did he ask
to be eliminated" Mrs. Kirlik
declared.
He played baseball and took
part in other games. He had
been selling packets of seeds to
neighbors and was so success
full that the seed company
awarded him water canteen.
The canteen arrived the day he
died.
Born in Boston. Brad moved
here from Dallas with his family
in September. 1852.
Besides his parents, Brad is
survived by a brother, Graham,
S, and a sister Diane, 4. Also
surviving are his paternal grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Brad
ford Allyn of Holliston, Mass,
and his maternal grandmother
Mrs Franklin Phillips of Long
Island, N Y
A memorial service was held
today in st. Paul's Methodist
Church in Kensington. Burial
will be in Holliston. Mass.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be sent
to the Montgomery County
Society for Crippled Children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
MRS. Townsend WheIen, Wife
OF Retired Army Colonel

Mrs. Whelen and her husband
had lived in Panama and the
Philippines and Col. Whelen was
on duty in Washington on sew
eral occasions. An ordnance Of
f1cer, he retired in 1885. The
Whelens would have celebrated
their 51st wedding anniversary
tomorrow.
Mrs. Whelen was a member OF
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, the Daughters of the
United States Army and the Re-
publican Women's Club of Wash
ington.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by a daughter, Mrs
William G. Bowling, st. Louis,
and a grandson, Townsend
Whelen Bowling.
Services will be held at 10 am
Tuesday at Fort Myer Chapel
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Jesse Newton,
Machinist, IS

Jesse Newton, IS, a machinist
who retired last year as super
visor in shop II after 48 years
service at the Naval Gun Fac
tory, died last night after a heart
attack at Washington Sanitar-
ium. He lived at is Belmont
court. Silver Spring, Md.
Mr.. Newton was born and edu-
Gated in Washington. Active in
the Masons, he was a member
Iof Washington Centennial Ma
sonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite
and the Masonic Veterans Asso-
citation. He was aide to the
Potentate of Almas Temple.
Survivors are his widow, Selma
R.; a son. Warren I. of the home
address: a sister, Mrs. Blanche
Helm, 610 Silver Spring avenue
Silver Spring, and three broth
Iers. Milton, 1862 Raleigh street
Sc; WILDER. Newark, N. j., and
Herbert Newton, Brooklyn.
Services will be held at 2 pm
Monday at the Hines funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street
INV. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Man Asks Court Aid
For Burial Beside Wife

be eligible for burial in the same
cemetery. After Mrs. Wards
|interment, he says he learned he
could not obtain a plot for him.
self unless he adopted the He
brew religion.
He said cemetery officials
have refused to exhume the body
of his wife for reburial in Wood
lawn Cemetery in New York as
requested by Mr.. Ward. In his
suit, filed by Attorney Richard
IL. Merrick, Mr.. Ward asked the
court to order the officials to
take the action demanded.
Julius Rock, secretary-treas-
urer of the cemetery corporation,
said it was against tenets Of
Judaism to disturb the dead by
exhumation for such purposes
as requested,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Miss Mcintosh, 80.
Retired District
Health Nurse

Miss Emma J. Mcintosh, SO,
retired District Health Depart
|ment nurse, died Thursday at her
home in Taylorsville, N. C. after
Ia long illness, according to word
received here by friends.
Miss Mcintosh, who was orig
inally from North Carolina, was
an alumnus of Columbian (now
George Washington University,
Children's Hospital and Column
bia Hospital. When the Health
Department established its first
tuberculosis clinic at 400 Fiji
tenth street NV. in 1918, Miss
Mcintosh was appointed in
chagre of the nursing service.
Later, in 1885, when the gen.
eralized nursing service was es-
tablished, she was transferred to
that service as a nurse in the
contagious disease service. She
retired in 1943 and went to North
Carolina to live.
Services were to be held today
in TaylorSville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Norman Cam,
Former Federal
Tax Official

Norman Douglas Cam, SO, tai
lawyer and former Internal Rev.
enue official. died today at Doc.
tors Hospital. He lived at II
Vernon terrace, Alexandria, Va
Mr.. Cam was senior member
of the law firm of Cam, Lamb
Long & Kittelle. with Offices ir
the Pennsylvania Building, AZ:
Thirteenth street NV, and New
York City.
MIR. Cam spent more than q
years with the Internal Revenue
Service. occupying various posi-.
tions in Atlanta. San Francisco
and New York. From 1871 tt
1853 he was assistant commits.
sioner. He was deputy commits.
sioner of the income tax unit ir
Washington when he resigned ir
1945 to enter private law prac-
tice here.
Born in Cohasset, Mass, Mr.
Cam got his legal education al
Atlanta (GaD Law School. He
was a director of the Fulton Bag
& Cotton Mills in Atlanta and q
of the Old Presbyterian
Meeting House, Alexandria, Del.
ia Theta Phi legal fraternity. the
Georgia Society of Certified Pub.
lie Accountants and the Ameri.
can Bar Association.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Jane McCurdy Cam: two daugh-
tiers. Mrs. William Adrian Gro
Alexandria, Va; Mrs
John H. Rains, Taipeh, Taiwan;
and six grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1890
am. Tuesday at Demaine's fu-
neral home in Alexandria. Burial
will be private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Mime. JoIiot-Curie Dies
AT So; Won Nobel Prize

PARIS, Mar. II R.-Mme.
Irene Joliot- Curie. So. Nobel
prize winning physicist and
daughter of the discoveries Of
radium. died today in a Paris
hospital. The announcement did
not disclose the cause of death.
Mime. Joliot-Curie was the
daughter Of Pierre and Marie
Curie, who gained world renown
with their discovery Of radium.
She and her husband. Frederic
Joliot of Paris, were awarded the
Nobel prize In chemistry in 1885
for the discovery Of artificial
radioactivity.
After World War II both Nine
Joliot- Curie and her husband
were widely criticized for al
legged pro-C Communist activities.
The French government ousted
her from its atomic energy COM
mission in 1851. Her husband
had been removed as head Of
the body a year earlier because
of his Communist associations.
In 1854 the American Chemi-I
cal Society rejected Mime. Joliot-
Curie's application for member
ship on belief she was a Com
munist.
When she was detained briefly
at Ellis Island in l948 upon her
arrival in the United States for
q lecture tour she said she was
sympathetic to communism "inI
many things" but she denied
she was a Communist.
During World War !, Mime.
Joliot-Curie worked with her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
NEWS OF MUSIC
De Menosce-Fuchs
Concert Rewordinq

The is a, taut and high-strung
composer, and his high style at
the keyboard in the bitter-sweet
Brahms F minor sonata was
Joy to experience.
It is hardly fair to Lillian
Fuchs to leave her important
part in the recital to the end to
discuss, even though it was real
lily Mr.. de Menasce's evening.
This violist, who was heard in a
memorable concert with her
brother. the violinist, Joseph
Fuchs, in the same auditorium
almost exactly two years ago,
Iunquestionably is a virtuoso of
the first rank.
Miss Fuchs wonderful. warm
tone was displayed in its fullest
glory in the four movements Of
the Bach D minor suite (origi-
Inally written for cello solo)
which she offered. Her superb
accuracy of information and SUI
Iperb phrasing, in evidence
throughout the concert, were
particularly breathtaking in the
Bach work, which sounded for
all the world as if it had been
tailor-made for the viola.
It was a measure of the felic-
lily of the program to remark
that the Milhaud sonata based
on unpublished and anonymous
18th century themes, a pleasant
work which ordinarily would be
classed as an interesting novelty,
was, in fact. the least absorb
ing music performed.
The Fuchs-de, Menasce con-
cert was the last of this seasons
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Foundation events. Next week.
music at the Library of Congress
swings into the homestretch
with the return of the Budapest
String Quartet. back in town for
six pairs of concerts under the
auspices of the Whittall Foun-
dalton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17


famed mother in doing x-ray
work for the army. After the
war she assisted her mother in
giving courses in radiology to
nurses and American officers in
the Institute of Radium.
Later, with her husband. she
concentrated on research into
radioactivity of various materials
Nine. Joliot- Curie was the
author Of 81 scientific books
One Of her principal works was
the Chemistry of Natural Ra-
do Elements" She was a men,
Der of the Legion Of Honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Easter Workshop Set

The First Evangelical and Re-
formed Church will hold a fam
lily Easter workshop to make
gifts for distribution by United
Church Women in local hos
pitfalls. The workshop will be at
4:30 pm. tomorrow in the
church. 1900 New Hampshire
avenue, Takoma Park. \
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17

Huntsville. Ala, and a sister,
Mrs. Frank B. Ortiz of Mexico
City. Mr.. Ortiz is a foreign serv-
ice officer at the Embassy there.
Others listed as killed in the
crash were Air Force Maj. Har-
old w. Lehman of Jewell, Ohio:
Capt. Steve Obranovich of Stew
artsville, Ohio; LIST 1t. John j.
Smell of Morgantown, w. Va.
and I'd 1t. Paul r. Buckley.
ComY1ton Calf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17

Mrs. Townsend Whelen. rs,
wife of a retired Army colonel
who had lived in Washington
43 years, died today at her home,
1921 Garfield street NV.
Mrs. Whelen was the former
Mary Pratt and a member of
an old Army family. Her father
was the late Brig. Gen. Edward
B. Pratt, Of the infantry and
her mother was the late Mrs.
Kate Copeland Pratt, formerly
of Omaha, Nebr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
CIV Alumni Luncheon

The annual alumni luncheon
of George Washington University
will be held at 1890 pm. next
Saturday in the National Press
Club. Yesterday The Star err
roneously reported it would be
held today.