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home from Key West for a visit
with Mrs. Wynn and the children
They arrived from Hawaii about
week ago and will spend the
winter months here. Mrs. Wynn
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
C. F. Boyette. The children, Jean
John, and Jim, have entered Ocra-
coke School.
Mrs. Selby Gaskins Of Rodan-
the visited Mr.. and Mrs. William
Midget and family this past
week end.
Calvin O'Neal, Sr. and Zorababel
Gaskins are back from trip tC
Wilmington, Delaware.
Mr., and Mrs. Edward Simpson
of Ocean City, Delaware, spent
several days this week with hi:
mother, Mrs. Elsie Tolson, and Wis.
tied other relatives here.
Miss Florence Gaskins has beer
hospitalized at Sea Level. San
Reach Williams has returned from
Sea Level Hospital. Friends Of
George Simpson will be glad t.
learn that he has left the hospita
and is now residing with his son
John Marvin Simpson, in Norfolk
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Wahab lef
recently for trip which will takt
them to Belhaven for a visit will
her father, j. N. Edwards, and t
Virginia Beach for a visit with hi
son, R. S. Wahab, Jr., and thence
on business trip to Troy, New
York.
John N. Midget, Jr. and hi:
friend, Richard Dayton of Phila
delphia, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Midget, Sr. this past week end.
Sgt. Sigma v. Willis, 1851 grad
uate of Ocracoke High School, il
visiting his mother, Mrs. Noise!
Willis. He has graduated from tn,
Army Language School in Mon
terey, California, making specia
study of the Polish language, ant
is en- route to Europe via Fort Dix
Sgt. Willis enlisted in 1852, wa
trained at Fort Knox and Cam
Gordon, then sent to Germany. H
re-enlisted in 1866 and has serve
j at Fort Meade and Fort Bragg.
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ocRAcoKE PER.oNALs

Ocracoke, Nov. IL. - Ocracoke
School P.T.A. will meet next Mon
day night in the school library.
Hostesses are Mrs. Doris Garrish,
Mrs. Lucille Garrish, Mrs. Ruth
Brooks, Mrs. Virginia Esham, Mrs.
Lillian Fulcher, and Mrs. Iva Gar
rish.
Miss Jean Woodley, Hyde Coun-
ty home agtnt, will be at Ocracoke
School several days next week to
give sewing instruction. This is
her second visit of four to be made
during the winter months. The
sewing course is a follow-up of
lectures and demonstrations prev
iously presented by Mrs. Mary E.
Lee, clothing specialist from the
N. C. Extension Division of State
College, Raleigh. Those planning
to take the course should contact
Mrs. Virginia Esham to find out
what materials they will have to
furnish.
DR.. Benjamin Harding is again
bospitalized at Morehead City.
Rev. William Clark visited him
early this week.
Rudy Austin, tenth grader at
Ocracoke School, suffered a frac-
tured shoulder last Thursday aft
ernoon when he fell out of tree,
He was taken to Buxton to doc
tor and from there to the U. S
Public Health Hospital in Norfolk
Mrs. 'Junius Austin, his mother
is staying with relatives in Nor
folk during his disqualification, and
his father drove to Norfolk early
this week to visit him. According
to latest report, he will be hospital
lied about ten days.
Mrs. Eta Scarborough spent
several days in Beaufort recently.
Mrs. Lola Williams has gone to
Wilmington, N. c., to visit her son
Troy Williams, and Mrs. Williams
having learned of illness in the
family.
Circle 2, of the Woman's So
ciety of the Methodist Church, Mrs
Neva O'Neal, leader, met at the
home of Mrs. Alice Belle William!
last Friday night. The group voted
to assist Circle l in sponsoring {
Christmas food sale and bazaar
on November 23rd. This event viii
be held in the Recreation Hail be
ginning at pm. through the sup
per hour. Coffee, sandwiches, anC
cake will also be sold.
Ansley O'Neal is back from ;
visit to Red Springs, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas William!
have gone to Washington, N. c
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Garrish hav'
had to make several trips to Wash
ington, N. C. in the past two weeks
since serious eye condition make
it necessary for Mr.. Garrish TO ge
medical aid.
J w. ]. Wynn, U. S. Navy, j
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Greenville, after week end at
their respective homes.
Mrs. Hugh Shipman and chill
dren, Susan and Milton, of South
Carolina are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Gibbs.
NJ. E. Marshall has returned
from the hospital in Edenton
where he was a patient for sew
eral days.
Mrs. Cora Hodges has returned
to Norfolk after a visit here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kennith Jennings
and children of Kinston have re-
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KITTY HAWK PTA NOV. 81

The Kitty Hawk P.T.A. will hold
its next regular meeting on Thurs
day night, November Fl in the
school auditorium. r. X. Gum will
be guest speaker and will gave a
talk on Civil Defense.
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LIT. BURRUS TAKES FLIGHT
TRAINING, CAMP GARY, TEX.

Camp Gary, Tex. (AHTNC).-
First Lieutenant William s. Bur-
rus, 26, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam p. Burrus, Engelhard, was
graduated Nov. 2 from the Army
primary flight training course at
Camp Gary, Tex.
He received 120 hours of flight
training and 27S hours of class
room instruction during the -four
month course. He will now go to
Fort Rucker, Ala, to receive adj
vanced and tactical flight training
He is a 1866 graduate of the U. s.
Military Academy at West Point.
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turned home after visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Midyette were
Washington visitors on Tuesday,
accompanied by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Preston Lewis.
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A committee is group of the
unfit, appointed by the unwilling,
to do the unnecessary.
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The first spool of rayon yarn
made in the U. S. was spun at
Marcus Hook, Pa, in 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Pearl Thomson Dies;
DC. Educator AZ Years

Miss Pearl Edna Thomson, 70,
who was associated with Western
High School for AZ years, the
last "a as assistant principal,
died Tuesday of a stroke at her
home, 4848 Van Ness street N. w.
Miss Thomson, who began her
Service at the high school as a
teacher of mathematics and
chemistry in 1906, retired in Sep
TENDER, 1913.
The daughter of Texas COL
lege president, Miss Thomson
was born in Fredericksburg
Tex. She moved to Washing
ton with her family when she
was child and was educated in
the public schools here, gradu-
ating from old Central High
School in 1897.
She won a scholarship to
George Washington University
and. in four years. received both
"a bachelor of science and master
of arts degrees there.
Miss Thomson began he.
teaching career at Limestone
College in Gaffney, S. c., and re-
turned to Washington to become
the first candidate for the ex-
animation in mathematics held
by the District board of exami-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Mrs. 6. J. Minetti
Rites in New York:
Wife of CAB Aide

Mrs. G. Joseph Minetti. whose
husband is member of the Civil
Aeronautics Board. died Monday
OF a heart ailment in Mount Au-
burn Hospital. Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Minetti had been a WASH
ington resident for the past three
years since her husbands ap-
pointment in 1854 to the Federal
Maritime Board. He moved to
the CAB in 1856. The Minettis
lived at 1900 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
Born in Brooklyn. N. Y, Mrs.
Minetti was the former Miss
Angela Regina Ahern, daughter
of the late Fred M. Ahern. a New
York attorney and former Repub-
lican leader of the 10th Assembly
District in Brooklyn, and Mrs
Mary Witty Ahern. She was a
graduate Of Adelphi College, Gar
den City, N. Y. and had been &C.
tive in civic and church work in
New York. where her husband
was a former commissioner on
the Board Of Transportation.
In 1855. Mrs. Minetti had a
private audience with Pope Plus
XII. In 1856. she sponsored the
launching of the cargo ship
Japan Bear.
A requiem mass will be offered
at 10 am, tomorrow in St
Charles Borromeo Catholic
Church in Brooklyn. Burial will
be in st. Johns Cemetery there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Miss Stamford,
Internal Revenue
Service Auditor

Miss Myrtle Stamford, an
auditor of the Reorganization
and Dividends Unit of the In
ternal Revenue Service. died
Tuesday in Doctors Hospital af-
ter a short illness.
A resident of Washington
since 1918. Miss Stamford lived
at 2801 Quebec street NV. She
had worked for Internal Revenue
nearly 80 years.
The daughter Of Mrs. Ella B.
Stamford of Maryland Line,
Md. and the late j. Calvin
Stamford. Miss Stamford was
born in New Freedom. Pa. She
attended high school there and
Atfordby School in Baltimore.
A member of the Woman's
City Club, she attended the Ken
slngton Methodist Church. She
was a member of the Methodist
Church in Maryland Line.
Besides her mother. Miss
is survived by two
sisters. Miss Grace Standiford of
the home address. and Mrs.
Clara Hendrix of 1905 Locust
road NV.
Services will be held at the
Hortenstein funeral home. New
at 2 pm. tomorrow.
Burial will be in New Freedom
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Dwight D. Doty, 81, Specialist
In Radio, TeIevision Law

Dwight David Doty, 81, a
specialist in the practice of radio
and television law, died yester-
day of a heart attack at his
home, 1904 Gloster road, Wood
Acres. Md.
Mr.. Doty had been a partner
in the firm of Haley. Doty, VOL
lenberg and Kenehan since 1851.
Before that time he had been
on the staff of the Federal Com
munications Commission since
l947. first as chief of the broad
cast facilities branch. Bureau of
Law. and later as chief of the
Renewal and Transfer Division
of the Broadcast Bureau.
Native WashingtOnian
A native Washingtonian. Mr..
Doty received a bachelor of SCI
ence degree in foreign service
from Georgetown University and
was a graduate OF the George
town University Law School.
He served as a law clerk to
Judge Joseph Jackson of the
United States Court of Customs
and Patent Appeals after his ad :
mission to the District Bar in
1882. He was also a member Of
the United States Supreme Court
Bar.
Mr.. 'Doty later worked as an
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Iners. She was then assigned to
Western High School.
Appointed assistant principal
in 1924, Miss Thomson was in
charge of the school cafeteria
and sponsored the Western High
School entertainment fund and
sale of tickets in addition to her
other duties.
She also was a member for
five years of the Headquarters
Committee Of the National AS
ISOLATION Of Deans Of Women, a
past vice president of the Re-
gional Association of Deans Of
Women. a member Of the Ma
tional Education Association of
Secondary School Principals, the
Vocational Guidance Association
and frequently served as a dele
gate at the annual convention
OF the Association of the Middle
States and Maryland. In the
past she was active in YWCA
work.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
William Gordon Dulin Of $500
Utah avenue NV, and Miss
George Thomson of the home
address.
Funeral services will be at 4
pm. tomorrow in the Lee funeral
home, Massachusetts, avenue and
Fourth street NE. Burial will
be in Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06

attorney with the Justice De-
partment until Joining the FEC
staff in l947, except for service
during World War II with the
Navy.
Active As Lutheran
Active in Lutheran affairs, Mr..
Doty was a member Of the Re-
formation Lutheran Church, 2l2
East Capitol street, and served
as vice president of the church
council. chairman Of the pulpit
committee. teacher of adult re-
ligious classes and as a member
of the choir.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Dorothy Kaufman Doty,
and two children, Ralph Tim
othy and Barbara Jean, of the
home address. and another
son. Keith Thomas, of New York
City. His mother, Mrs. Rose A.
Doty of 1906 Wisconsin avenue
NV. also survives.
Friends are invited to call at
the S. H. Hines funeral home
after 5 pm. today. Funeral
services will be at 2 pm. Satur-
day in the Reformation Lu-
theran Church. Burial will be
in Glenwood Cemetery.
The family has asked that any
tokens Of sympathy be sent to
the Heart Fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06

in business circles as a wizard
of international finance.
OF Danish-French ancestry,
he bore a given name of Greek
derivation, Sosthenes, meaning
life strength"
Mr.. Behn was born January
30, 1882. on the island Of st.
Thomas in the Virgin Islands. He
was educated there, in Ajaccio.
Corsica, and Saint Barbe. Paris.
He founded the banking and
brokerage firm of Behn Brothers
with his brother. Hernand. in
Puerto Rico in 1904. They ac-
quired interests in telephone
properties in Puerto Rico and
Cuba few years later and de-
veloped them into modern
systems serving all parts of both
Islands.
Mr.. Behn served in the Army
Signal Corps in World War /
and saw action in the Chateau
Thierry, Saint Mihiel and Ar
Ronne offensives. A colonel. he
received the Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal from the United States
and the Legion of Honor from
France.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed, but burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery
Washington.
Mr.. Behn. who lived at the
Plaza Hotel. is survived by his
widow, the former Margaret
Dunlap of Philadelphia: two
sons, Edward and William; a
daughter, Mrs. Eric Ertman. and
five grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Smith,
Kin of D. c. Jurist

Woodford Harlan Smith. Sc.
a retired administrative assistant
at the District Veterans Service
Center and native of Washing
ton. died yesterday in Providence
Hospital after a long illness.
Mr.. Smith was the son of the
late DR.. and Mrs. Rudgyard I.
Smith and grandson OF the late
District Court Judge Woodford
d. Harlan.
He is survived by a widow.
Ruth L. Smith. of 8ll0 New
Hampshire avenue, Langley Park,
Md; three children. Suzanne,
Nancy and Woodford Harlan,
jr.; a sister. Mrs. Dorothy S.
Knight of Leonardtown, Md,
and a brother, Rudgyard H.
Smith. Of Takoma Park, Md.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow in the Ia
koma funeral home. Takoma
Park, Md. with burial in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Clarence H. Jewell,
Dining Room Head

Clarence H. (Charles) Jewell
manager of the dining room at
the Army Navy Country Club,
died yesterday in Suburban Hos
pital of a heart attack.
A resident of Washington
since 1912, Mr.. Jewell was associ-
ated with the Hot Shoppes chain
as a manager for three years
before joining the country club
in 1945.
Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
Mr.. Jewell worked in New York
for the ChildS Restaurant in the
New York Times Building before
coming to Washington.
He is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Irene Sherwood Jewell of
the home address, 3460 Thirty
ninth street NV: a daughter,
Mrs. 10 Ann Dinsmore of 345O
Thirty-ninth street NV; a
sister, Mrs. Jennie Jaycox of
Poughkeepsie, and one grand
daughter.
Funeral services will be at Q
pm. Saturday in the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church.
Burial will be in National Memo
rial Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Yves W. Dunlop, 81,
Public Relations Man

NASHVILLE. Tenn, June 8
P.-Wes w. Dunlap, oil, public
relations executive and former
newSpaperman. died at his home
here Tuesday of a heart ailment.
A native of independence, KY.
he worked for a number of years
on the editorial staff of the Min
neapolis Tribune and later served
as publicity director for Penn
sylvania State University for IL
years.
For the last IL years Mr.. Dun
lap has been engaged in public
relations activities here. includ-
ing the position of publicity di-
rector OF the Tennessee State
Fair in 1853 and 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Mrs. R. c. SutIiff,
Captains Wife

Mrs. r. c, Sutlif. 40. an
active member of the Army Navy
Country Club, died yesterday in
Bethesda Naval Hospital after
a short illness.
She was the wife Of Capt. r. C,
Sutliff. USN. retired. who was
head OF the Navy Board of Dec
orations and Medals here before
he retired in 1854.
Born in Norfolk. Va, she was
the former Virginia Hodgson,
the daughter Of Mrs. Kathryn
A. Hodgson Of Norfolk and the
late Frank Bridges Hodgson.
Mrs. Sutliff was graduated from
Sweet Briar College in 1929 and
lived in Norfolk until her mar
rage IN 1882 to Capt. Sutliff.
She was a member of st.
Mary's Episcopal Church in Ar
lington and chairman of the
Women Auxiliary Committee of
the Army Navy Country Club.
A resident of Arlington for 10
years except for year in Japan
when her husband was sta
toned there with the Navy, Mrs.
Sutliff was formerly chairman
.of the country clubs golf
committee.
She lived at ABB Twenty
fourth road North. Arlington.
Besides her husband and her
mother, Mrs. Sutliff is survived
by daughter. Miss Shirley
Hodgson Sutliff of the home adj
dress; a son. Midshipman r. C..
Sutliff, Jr.. of the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis. and a sister.
Miss Katherine Hodgson of Nor
folk.
Funeral services will be at 1
pm tomorrow in the Fort Myel
Chapel. Burial will be in Airing
ton Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Bloden DuIony CIoggett, Jr.,
Son of Navy Coptuin

Bladen Dulany Claggett. jr.,
II. son Of Capt. B. Dulany Clag-
gett. USN. and Mrs. Claggett, of
1926 Volta place NV, died yes
terday in Bethesda Naval Hos
pital Of a brain tumor.
Known as Barry. the boy had
attended st. Georges School,
Newport. r. l.. but was unable
to return for his senior year last
September because of his ILL
ness. Instead, he had enrolled
in English and mathematics
courses at st. Adams.
Canon Charles Martin. head
Of st. Adams. said Barry's eff
forts to keep up with his class
work and to participate in the
life of the school we're lin
spring"
Born in Cocoa Sofa in the
Panama Canal Zone. Barry lived
in Washington and New London,
Conn, while his father was sta
toned there in the Navy.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by his grandmothers, Mrs.
Samuel Claggett. of Baltimore,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Sosthenes Behn, q Founder
And Chairman of IT&T

NEW YORK, June 6 tP).-
SostheneS Behn. rs, a founder
and former board chairman OF
the International Telephone &
Telegraph Corp. died in st.
Luke's Hospital today OF a heart
ailment.
Mr.. Behn. who retired as
chairman a year ago, had been
i'll several months.
He founded the IT&T in 1921
with his late brother Hernand.
1t was an outgrowth of Cuban
and Puerto Rican telephone COM
panies which had expanded in
World War
Mr.. Behn avoided the public
limelight. but had a reputation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06

and Mrs. Irving Robinson, Of
Harrisburg, Pa.
Funeral services will be at
II am. Monday in st. Patrick's
Episcopal Church, Reservoir and
Foxhall roads NV. Burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
The family requests that any
expressions of sympathy be sent
to the National Neurological
Research Foundation, 1855 N
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06

master of arts degree from
Oberlin in 1924. She received
an honorary degree of doctor of
letters from Manchester College.
st. Paul. Mimi, in 1850, and in
1854 was given a citation for
distinguished service in the field
of Minnesota history from the
Minnesota Historical Society,
the first such citation the So
ciety had given.
DR.. Densmore. who continued
her studies of Indian music UNI
til her death. had just COM
pleted a new bulletin on the
music of four Southwest Indian
tribes when she celebrated her
goth birthday in MAY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
DR.. Frances Densmore, 80,
Authority on Indian Music

DR.. Frances Densmore, a noted
authority on music of the Amer
lean Indians who was associated
for so years with the Bureau of
American Ethnology of the
Smithsonian Institution, died
yesterday in Red Wing, MINI.
She was 80.
The author Of nearly Is books
and many monographs dealing
with Indian civilization, DR..
Densmore had been affiliated
with the Smithsonian since 1907,
and was responsible for some
2.400 photograph records of In
dian songs with accompanying
descriptive notes. The records
are now on deposit at the Lii
brary of Congress and are called
the Observation-Disclosures Col
lection of Indian song record
IingS.
Recorded Songs
Her interest in Indian folk
music led her to record tribal
songs on wax cylinders in the
early days Of monograph re-
cording. Many of these were
later transferred to more per-
manent recordings.
While recording the songs,
she also collected hundreds of
specimens of Indian musical in
struments. many of which are
in the Smithsonian's National
Museum.
A native Of Red Wing, she
worked and lived with many In
dian tribes during her investi-
cations.
Cited BY Society
DR.. Densmore studied music
at Oberlin College and Harvard
and was awarded an honorary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Correction

Creighton Churchill. Wash
ington resident for many years
who died May IS at his home
in Millersville. Md, is survived
by his wife and brother. Col.
James NJ. Churchill. USA, re-
tired, of San Antonio. Tex. The
Star enormously reported yes
terday that Col. Churchill was
Mr.. Churchill's son. The Star
the error.
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With Regard to q
Card of Thanks

Very often o cord Of Thanks In
The Stor meets o need which con
hordly be solved in ony other woy.
Not only is il O gracious expression
Of erotitude to those who hove sent
florol tributes but also courteously
acknowledges the services and kind.
nesses Of the mony to whom per-
sonol note OF thonks eonnot well be
mailed OF whose nomes and 3D.
dresses ore not known. Insertion Of
o cord OF thonks moy be oronsed
BY telephone to The Stor ST $4,000.
The Evening and Sunday Stor
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Nnurilittp

FUNGER, WILLIAM NJ memorial.
IN memory OF WILLIAM (MOE) FUN
GER beloved husband and father, will
be unveiled on Sunday June 9. 1857,
at 3 pm, at the King David Memorial
Garden, Falls Church Va. Friends
and relatives are invited
KUSHNER, ISAAC. There will be an
unveiling of a monument in the men,
husband OF Anna Kushner and beloved
father Of DR.. and Mrs. David KuShner
and Mrs. II. A. King, on Sunday. June
10, 1887, at 1910 pm, in the new
Workmens Circle Cemetery, Riggs road
extended Friends and members OF
the family are invited.