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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Better Movies

Film Producer Sam Spiegel
finds that the biggest change
television is causing in mo-
ton pictures Is inducing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

1t is fairly obvious that Fred Clark took seri-
ouSly the title of the film in which he suffers
thuSly-"Dont Go Near the Water" The
movie version of William Brinkley's novel
about the antics of Navy public relations
outfit is scheduled as the Christmas attrac-
ton at Loew's Capitol Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE
ARENA-"Brother Rat" starting December II.
NAT1ONAL,-"Middle OF the Night" with Edward q. Robin
son. starting December 80.
SCREEN
AAiBASSADOR-"Rod
APEX-"Raising Riot" with Kenneth More
CAPITOL-"Dont Go Near the Water" with Glenn Ford
COLUMBIA-"Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum
DUPONT-"Wild Oat" with Fernandez.
KEITHS-"Siim Carter" and Land Unknown"
MacARTHUR-"The Ship Was Loaded" with Peggy Cum
minis.
METROPOLITAN "Ifodan."
ONTARIO-"The Pursuit OF the Graf Spec"
PALACE-"Peyton Place." with Lana Turner and Lloyd
Nolan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
BACON
CONTINUED Prom PAGE Bal.

Continued From Page B-l,
Is an important thing. even
TO movie stars"
Also in Milwaukee. while
talking with friends. a man
broke into the conversation
without even an apology and
told JEFF:
Hey. JEFF. I served in the
Army with Forrest fuckers
brother.
Chandler says he replied:
Il don't care If you served
In the Army with Forrest
Tucker. That doesn't give you
the right to bust into some
one else's conversation"
Chandler says teen-agers
who ask for autographs in
variably are polite.
They are direct. honest.
tell you what they want. ana
never come up with any kin
ship TO Forrest fuckers
brother"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Hopes Changes
Cost Money

HOLLYWOOD lP.-Here's
something about the high
cost Of televiSion as revealed
by Bob Hope. II cost the
comic $4,000 to change spon-
sors and a few little jokes
about Queen Elizabeth.
His show. Cancelled by his
original watch sponsor after
he guested on Frank Sinatra's
show. had been kinescoped
for November I. In his OPEN
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Continued From Page B-i,

Continued From Page B-iI
ance" she feels Is for the
teen-age generation.
Sometimes they feel that
their problems are completely
separate from all Of the rest
OF u.s." says Mrs. Frings. who
is fortyish herself but
Angel shows this isn't so at
all. The biggest thrill I
have had is seeing youngsters
at this play"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

ing monologue. he kidded
about Queen Elizabeth's visit
TO the United States but by
the time another sponsor
picked UP the show. that trip
no longer was timely. So he
substituted some Jokes about
President Eisenhower hiring
Adlai Stevenson. That meant
the monologue had to be re-
shot. That and the new COM
mercials. from a car sponsor.
cost $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

the week Of February 3, and
will continue operations In
New York with a replacement
cast.
Katharine II epburn and
Alfred Drake are going on
the road for eight weeks with
the 6tratford. Conn. Shake
speare Festival production Of
much Ado About Nothing"
beginning December 80. /.
Tony Randall has won the
title role in the upcoming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Hit Was q Labor of Love;
Other Broadway Notes

higher quality In shows that
the public goes out TO see.
THE bottom has only
fallen out of the b picture
market" says Spieeel. who Is
optimistic about the indus
try's future.
To-day the producer can
not afford to make anything
but important movies"
Speigel. who is shortly re-
leasing THE Bridge on the
River Kwai" as a candidate
for Academy honors to fol-
low the previous successes OF
his THE African Queen" and
ION the Waterfront" also
finds brainwork more inn
portent than money as the
essential ingredient now.
To-Day q lot more time
must be invested in plan
ming" he declares. 1T is q
different kind Of capital in
vestment."
A. great believer In ranging
the world for authenticity"
in film stories. Spiegel has
discerned something else.
There can be no more
writing down TO audiences"
he AYERS. Now the movies
have to write UP to audiences
all over the world"
RialtO Notes
Switching the usual sys-
tenn. Broadway Producer
Michael Myerberg is going to
send the original cast OF his
hit "Compulsion" TO Chicago
for the run there starting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

musical version OF THE
Captains Paradise" that Jose
Ferrer viii stage. -.
Two dramas arrive on
Broadway this week: THE
Genius and the Goddess"
based on an Aldous Huxley
novel. due December 10 at the
Henry Miller. and the follow
ing evening "A Shadow OF
My Enemy" based on the
Hiss Chambers case. reaches
the ANITA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Drama in Ireland

Theater productions. in
GLIDING possibly an acting
company from the United
States, are to play a major
role in Ireland's 1858 spring
festival.
Timonty J. ODriscoll, d.
rector general Of Ireland's
tourist board. has been visit
ing Broadway to examine
prospects and whip up inter-
est in the enterprise.
Chief attractions Of the
May 1925 festival in Dublin.
says ODriscoll. will be the
premiere Of Sean O'Casey's
latest work. The Dreams Of
Father Ned" a new drama
tization Of James Joyce's
Ulysses and something from
the cryptic pen Of Samuel
Beckett.
O'Driscoll. taking a stunned
look at present Broadway
ticket scales. feels one OF the
biggest lures for itinerant
theater fans are the Dublin
prices.
THE best seat in the house
there Is $40" says ODris-
coll. Il don't know what the
Irish would do with New York
prices"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Mrs. Thomas F. Fitch, Wife
Of Former Stute Official

Mrs. Thomas Freeman Fitch
"a. wife of the former chief OF
security and Investigations for
the State Department, died
Wednesday in a st. Petersburg
Fla hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitch moved TO
Florida following his retirement
in 1850 after 43 years of Gov
eminent service. The couple
lived at the Westminster Apart
ments here. They celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary
last September
In his State Department post.
Mr.. Fitch was responsible for
security measures to protect
visiting foreign dignitaries, in
GLIDING King George vi and
Queen Elizabeth. Earlier. he
was associated with the Post
Office Department and acted.
for a time. as First Assistant
Postmaster General.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

liShed a book titled Marriages
of Albemarle County, At the
time of his death he was work.
ing on a book of the Norford
family history.
He is survived by two daugh-
tiers. Mrs. Robert E. Lee Moore
and Mrs. Ross P. Pope. both OF
Alexandria: three sisters. Mrs
Tandy Barr. Mrs. Walter An
derson and Mrs. j. Carter
Heflin of Charlottesville. a
brother, David Lawson Nor
ford, of Alexandria. and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services are incom-
plete. The body is resting at
Freddy's funeral home. Char
lottesville. and burial will be
at Preddy's Greek Church
Cemetery. in Albemarle County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Senator Comes Clean
In Maud Muller SIur

of what he had said. he plunged
those who had to memori1e
Whittier's poems in the fifth
grade into further bafflement.
Scanning the coupletS, they
could find no grammatical
lapses in the rhyming account
of the maid who put down her
rake to give the passing judge
a drink of water, a simple
transaction which set them
both to wool-gathering, and.
later, after they had each
married another. to signing.
When taxed with his, hard
usage of Miss Muller, the Sen
ator said his source was not
Whittier's sentimental ditty but
instead a cruel reworking Of
the thing by Bret Harte.
In Mrs. Judge Jenkins. Be-
ing the only Genuine Sequel to
Maud Muller" Harte took the
position that what might have
been ought not to be. Maud
was hopelessly miscast in the
role of the judges wife. ac-
cording to the Harte version.
constantly splitting infinitives
and generally making a hash
of conversation in the drawing
room.
Senator Erwin drew his text
from these lines Of the0arody:
For there be tUomen as fair
as she
Whose UerbS and nouns do
more agree"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
WI. Norford, Long Resident
Of Alexandra, Inn Founder

William Lindsay Norford.
founder of the Norford Inn in
Alexandria. died Wednesday at
the age of "a at Martha Jeffer-
son Hospital in Charlottesville,
Va.
Mr.. Norford has been a resi-
dent of Alexandria for nearly
so years but had been living in
Charlottesville for the past
three years.
A native Of Albemarle Coun-
ty. Va. Mr.. Norford came to
Alexandria as a young man.
He purchased and restored the
building at 81 Cameron street,
across from the Alexandria
City Hall. which is known as
the Norford Inn. He was active
in civic affairs in Alexandria
and a 32d degree Mason with
member ship in the Alexandria
Washington Lodge.
He became a charter men,
Der Of the Alexandria Associa-
ton and was a strong supporter
Of restoration of buildings in
the old town area. He was also
a member of the District Of
Columbia chapter of the Sons
Of the Revolution.
Last year Mr.. Norford pub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
MRS. John |. Sprecke|myer;
Active in Church, Charities

two daughters, Miss Mary Ann
Spreckelmyer of 5425 Connect
icut avenue NV. and Mrs. Ed
ward L. Middleton of La Plata
Md, and four grandchildren.
Also surviving are three
brothers and six sisters-Leo A
Walshe, 3400 Rolling court,
Chevy Chase, Md; Patrick j
Walshe. 1918 Central avenue
Takoma Park, Md; Bart j
Walshe, sos Stirling road, Sill
yer Spring; Mrs. Milton F.
Rupert, 5721 Western avenue
NV: Mrs. James H. Heelen
500 Stirling road, Silver Spring:
Mrs. William r. Bullough, 1904
drive, Silver Spring
Sister M. Eleanor Francis of
st. Patrick's Academy; Sister
M. Agnes Eileen of st. Mary's
Academy. Alexandria. and Sis
ter M. Lillian Therese. Abing-
ton, Pa. all of the Order of the
Sisters of the Holy Cross.
A requiem mass will be Of
fered at $3.50 am. tomorrow at
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church in Bethesda, with bur-
ial at Gate of Heaven Gene
terry in Ashton, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Mrs. Mary c. Waters, SO,
Music Teacher 20 Years

Mrs. Mary Catherine Waters,
88. a singer, choir director and
music teacher here for many
years. died Monday of arteriol
Sclerosis at her home. 500l Riv-
erdale road. Riverdale.
Mrs. Waters was the widow
of Joseph Borrows Waters. for
mer Mayor of Riverdale. who
died October 81, 1913, on the
day they were to have cele-
brated their golden wedding
anniversary.
Born in Washington. she be-
gan her career as a singer and
choir director in st. Stephens
Catholic Curch at Twenty-f1fth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, and later sang in Holy
Trinity Church in Georgetown.
In Same House SIS Years
For the last SIS years Mrs.
Waters had lived in the same
house in Riverdale. She served
as choir director at st. Ber-
nard's Church there until 1852
and gave her last music lesson
last Friday.
A soprano, Mrs. Waters gave
concert recitals in her youth,
She taught voice, violin and
piano for 70 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
AGA Khan Funeral Services
To Be Held in Aswun Toduy

called the LAND of the setting
SUM-"
The body was flown yester-
day from Switzerland. where
the Aga died eight days ago at
the age of 70. The French
Begun and the new Aga Khan
Nv led the members of the
family to Aswan.
Throughout the night. the
three MoSlem chieftains knelt
by the coffin, reciting the
Koran in relays.
In another room of the villa
where she and the Aga had
spent so many happy winters.
the Begun waited with three
ladies in waiting.
In his suite. the new Aga
received Ismaili delegations
from many parts of Asia and
Africa in private audience.
Each kissed his hand in
homage.
The bows which accompanied
his passage through the hotel
lobby seemed TO embarrass the
Aga, who would have been a
senior ut Harvard University
this winter had his grandfather
not picked him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Miss Van Rensselaer,,
OF Colonial Danes

NEW YORK. July 10 tP.-
Miss Florence Van Rensselaer,
81, genealogist and archivist
Of the Colonial Danes Of Amer
lea, died yesterday at her Man
haitian home.
She was an authority on the
history Of many leading fam
lilies in this country and
Europe.
Miss Van Rensselaer, was
born in Baltimore. a daughter
Of DR.. John j. Van Rensselaer,
and the former Florence r
Taylor. The family moved here
when she was a young girl and
she lived most Of her life in
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Steven Reifenruth,
Officers Son, 10

Steven H. Reifenrath, To-
year-old son of Maj. and Mrs
H. G. Reifenrath of 1920 North
Lincoln street, Arlington, died
yesterday at Walter Reed
Army Hospital.
Mai. Reifenrath was trans
ferred to the Pentagon last
October from Memphis. Tenn,
SO his son could be treated at
Walter Reed. Steven was d
victim of dermatomyositis. a
rare muscle and skin disease
He had been confined to a
wheel chair since last Sep
TENDER. and received his
schooling at home from a
tutor. He was born in the
Panama Canal Zone.
Besides his parents, Steven
is survived by three aunts
here. Mrs. James B. Ahalt, 5512
Charlecotte road, Bethesda
Mrs. Guyer Kilduff, 1926
Clydesdale place NV, and En-
sign Helen Reifenrath, at the
Naval Medical Center.
Services and burial will be
in Memphis Monday morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Michael H. Berry Dies,
Virginia Realty Dealer

Michael H. Barry, SO, real
estate man in Alexandria for
almost 80 years and head of
one of its Oldest real estate
firms, died yesterday of a heart
attack at his home. 2206 Mount
Vernon avenue, Alexandria
In i'll health for some time.
Mr.. Barry had been a patient
at Circle Terrace Hospital re-
Gently.
A native of Syracuse. N. Y.
Mr.. Barry entered the real
estate business in New York in
1912.
He went to New York to
study law. Looking for a job
to pay for his course, he met
Chauncey Depew. who sug-
gested that Mr.. Barry's real
forte was salesmanship. MI.
Depew introduced him to an
official of the New York Gen.
tral Railroad, who also had real
estate interests. Mr.. Barry was
sent to a suburban property of
the official to sell lots. The first
hour he was on the job he sold
SIX lots and his real estate
career was launched.
Arrives in Alexandria
After the formation of the
M. H. Barry Organization in
New York in 1912, Mr.. Barry
came to Alexandria where
he served with a large develop
ment corporation, Wood Har-
mon of New York. in cleaning
up" an unsold portion of a de-
velopment which is now Del
Ray.
He was attracted to the city
Immediately. In 1929 he re-
turned to Alexandria and two
years later bought the present
site of his firm at 2206 Mount
Vernon avenue.
Mr.. Barry was an Elk. a
member of the Alexandria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

ASWAN, Egypt, July 10 (P.
Three sheikhs chanted the
Koran beside the white oak
coffin containing the body of
Aga Khan III as the hour
neared for the funeral today of
the Ismaili sect's leader for II
years.
Nearly 500 members of the
Aga's flock of 20 million. wear
ing the costumes of many lands.
were on hand to pay final re-
spects.
Burial was to be in a tenn
porary red brick tomb in the
courtyard of the villa which the
Aga built after his honeymoon
here in 1914 with his fourth
wife, the surviving Begun. The
Aga grew to love this lush
green valley 500 miles upriver
from Cairo. and specified in his
will his desire to be buried here.
A mausoleum will be built
later atop a hill 200 yards from
the villa. which the Aga named
Nour Ell S allan -Lig hi of
Peace. 1t is on the west bank
of the Nile. across from Aswan,
which the ancient Egyptians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
GU Law Student
Elected by Group

Francis j. Larkin. "a. a stu
dent at the Georgetown Uni
versity Law Center here. has
been elected president of the
American Law Students Asso-
citation. a national organiza-
ton of 10000 law students
with chapters in lis United
States law schools.
Mr.. Larkin. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis E. Larkin of Mil
ford. Mass, received his bache-
lor of laws degree from
Georgetown in June and last
year served as president of the
Student Bar Association there
He will resume his studies at
the center as a graduate law
student in the fall.
A graduate of st. Mary's
High School in Milford and
Holy Cross College. Mr.. Larkin
will have an extensive speak
ing itinerary. embracing many
of the Nations law schools and
bar associations. The organi-
cation is the student affiliate
Of the American Bar Associa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Mrs. Edith Ludt,
Ex-Owner of Shop

Mrs. Edith Martin Ludt, SO,
former proprietor of the Chevy
Chase Antique Shop in Be-
thesda, died yesterday in st.
Mary'S Hospital, Clarksburg: w,
Va.
Mrs. Ludt was the widow OF
Paul M. Ludt, a former real
estate man in Bethesda and
Youngstown, Ohio. She was a
graduate of Martha Washing
ton Seminary here.
A member of the First Baptist
Church in Bethesda, Mrs. Ludt
also had been a board member
of the Baptist Home for Chill
dren in Bethesda.
Surviving are two daughters
Mrs. Gerald Smith of Elmira,
N Y. and Mrs. Gerald Wehrle,
of Orlando, Fla. and -four
grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. William T. Owens and Mrs
Lyle B. Horner, both of Clarks-
burg.
Burial will be in Bridgeport,
w. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Two Plead Guilty
On JobIess Paw

A restaurant operator and .
laborer pleaded guilty in NUM-
cipal Court yesterday to UNI
m ploymen compensation
violations.
Geraldine Middleton, oper-
ator of a restaurant in the 1000
block of Fourteenth street NV,
was charged with failure to pay
1887 in unemployment COM
pensation taxes for 1855 and
1856.
Clarence J. Jones of the 1900
block of Congress place Sc.
admitted applying for unem-
ployment compensation while
he was working early in 1856.
Municipal Court Judge
Austin l.. Tickling continued
both cases to August 81 for sem
fencing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

While bedridden for two
months two years ago. she lis
tened to her pupils play from
her bedroom. She soon learned
to use a wheel chair and re-
sumed her regular teaching pro.
gram.
Four Children Survive
Surviving are four children,
Sister M. Ann Elizabeth, of the
Congregation of the Sisters of
the Holy Cross, who is head
of the chemistry department Of
Dunbarton College; John Power
Waters. COOL Taylor road. Riv-
erdale. the clerk of the Town
Council: Joseph Borrows Wa
tiers. jr.. of Calvert County. Md.
and Mrs. Anne Marie Granados,
5504 Fifty-fourth avenue. Riv-
erdale. Ten grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren also
survive.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Robert D. Kenyon Of the
home address and Mrs. Daniel
NJ. Stanton. 1888 Thirtieth
street NV.
Requiem mass was said yes
terday at st. Demands Church.
with burial in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Dr.. S. A. Visonsku, SO;
Pioneer Pediutriciun

ATLANTA. July 10 R.-Dr.
Samuel A. Visanska. 80. At
lanta's first recognized pedia-
.trician and the man credited
with changing the shape OF the
baby diaper from a triangle to
an oblong. died yesterday at his
home.
His theory Of changing the
standard method OF folding
diapers was proposed in a talk
to the South Carolina Medical
Society in 1915 and was de-
scribed as "a great benefit TO
the baby and a boon for the
mother F."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Hazel B. Nelson,
Long in District

Miss Hazel B. Nelson, a
Washington resident for many
years, died July 10 in Valley
City. N. Oak. after a long i'll
ness.
Miss Nelson was a charter
member of the Women's Over
seas League and a former Sec
rotary of the National Defense
Committee of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution.
She also worked here on the
George Washington Bicenten-
NAL and the Constitution Ses-
quicentennial Commission. She
was a past president of the
American Legion Auxiliary. De-
partment of North Dakota.
A sister. Miss Minnie j. Neil
son of Valley City. survives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
BY MARY McGRORY

A minor literary mystery in
volving the construction Of
Maud Muller, heroine of a
poem of the same name by
Yankee poet John Greenleaf
Whittier. was cleared up yes
terday when a Southern de-
tractor conceded he had based
his slurs on the Senate floor
on a parody rather than the
original about the what
might-have been" girl.
Senator Erwin, Democrat of
North Carolina, cast aspersions
on Maud's syntax in a Senate
speech when he said. When
ever the nouns and verbs of the
Senator from North Carolina.
like those of Maud Muller. do
not agree. the Senator from
North Carolina will have the
privilege of making appropriate
grammatical corrections.
Actually. the Senator had
some little trouble getting
Maud into the Congressional
Record as a symbol of frac-
tured English rather than as a
heroine of a broken romance.
The Official Reporter thought
the Senator, who has been at
odds with Yankee supporters
of the Civil Rights bill. had
said most Northers" instead
of Maud Muller" when ar
raigning sloppy speakers.
But clearing up the question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

Chamber of Commerce, the Ma
tional Realty Club of Alexan-
dria. and the Washington
Board of Trade.
Wife In Business
He is survived by his widow,
jeanne Metzger Barry, who
has been his assistant in the
business. Also surviving is his
daughter, Mrs. Frank j. Hem
mer, 2705 Central avenue, Alex
andria; two sisters, Mrs. Eliza
beth H. Bailey of Syracuse ana
Mrs. Margaret LOOMS of
Brooklyn, N. Y; two grand
children, and a nephew, Rich
ard H. Bailey. who is general
of the M. H. Barry
Organization.
Services will be held at 1920
a m. tomorrow at the Domaine
funeral home, $40 Sout h
Washington street, Alexandria
Burial will be in Ivy Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

Mrs. John I. Spreckelmyer
active in church and charitable
work here. died Thursday at
Suburban Hospital, after being
stricken with cerebral hemor-
rhage on Wednesday. She
was 81.
Mrs. Spreckelmyer was a
volunteer worker at the OPP
portunity House of the Christ
Child Society in Georgetown,
and a member of the Sodality
of Our Lady of Lourdes Church
in Bethesda.
Born in Washington, she was
the former Mary Walshe.
daughter of Patrick j. and Lii
liam johnson Walshe. Her
father was the founder of the
p. j. Walshe real estate firm.
Mrs. Spreckelmyer was a grad
uate of st. Patrick's Academy
here.
She and her husband made
their home at 37l5 Chevy Chase
Lake drive, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mr.. Spreckelmyer is a planning
officer in the Office of Defense
Mobilization.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Spreckelmyer is survived by