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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13
, Girls Entertain
At Record Hop

Barbara Yancey and Betty
Ward entertained at a record hop
ecently at the Yancey home in
Cumberland
Guests present were Betty Tay-
lor. Lois Fulton, Tiny Pearl
Perkins, Jennie Leigh Perkins
June Oaks Nancy Buchanan,
Phyllis Hale. Mary Anne Schmidt.
Nancy Wood, Margaret William
on, Joan Jacobs, Mary Beasley
Margaret McClacy, Harold Eos
er Stuart George, Gene Combs
Harold Collins, Johnny Joyce
David Meinhard. Herbert Vaughan
Johnny Southall. Terry Blanken-
ship. Tommy Singer Bills
Thompson, G. 3. Thompson. RALPH
\. Wood and c. j. Allard
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13

Competition will be keen when
the loveliest girls IN Southsidc
Virginia compete for the title
Miss Five County Fair Septem-
Der 20
This event, hiehlight Of the
fair is expected 70 attract a large
crowd Of spectators.
Contestants to be eligible must
be between the ages Of Is and 80
and unmarried Each contestant
must be sponsored BY home
demonstration club within the
area A club may spon{or one OF
more contestants
The winner win receive a silver
sup and expenses paid to Rich
nond on September %. 70 COM
pete for MISS Virginia State
Fam which carries a silver cup
and merchandise for the winner.
Runner up n the local contest
|. viii receive all appropriate gift.
The winner Will be crowned by
Mss Penny Harrison last years
titlist.
Judges will be Mrs. Merle Lam
lrum, Of Longwood College. Rep
Watkins Abbitt Of Appomattox
md Mayor w G. Fitzpatrick, Of
7armville
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13
Club Calendar

Farmville Presbyterian church
women Monday, Sept IN, p
m. at church. General meeting
Speaker; Dr, Alvin Smith.
FarmvilIe Girls Scouts
Brownies Tuesday, Sept, II, at
parish house. Brownies. 5 q. m,
$3.50 D. m. Intermediates. 7.30 B.
MI. Intermediates Registration Of
new members.
Business and Professional WON
ans club Thursday, Sept, 10, 3
pm, AT Womans club EtouSe. Top
X. Health and Safety with Mrs
Emma Anthony to discuss taber-
culosis and the services Of the
Southside tuberculosis associa-
ton. and pr Francis Clement to
speak On health problems 1T the
Southside health distrIcg
American Leg ion' auxiliary
Jack Garland unit Tuesday
September H. B D. MI. with Mrs.
WI ID Chapman
Executive board, Farmville Eie-
mentary School P-TA - Thurs
day, Sept A. u. nr.. Kit the
school
Nora Lancaster Garden club 49,
Tuesday Sept III, 30 y. III.
with Mrs p M Pare5 Speaker.
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Mrs. Mary S. FenWick
Reaches Goth Year

Mrs. Mary s Fenwick. WHO has
attained tho acc Of four score
years and ton was honofed at AIT
open house dit hel# home MT Alto.
Sunday
PAYING no attention n hef 90
years. Mrs. FaanW5ck keeps house
has been cannineE and preserving
this summer. and reads untii
nearly midnight every night
She lives Ill NH Alto which i
short distance from where She
was born september 5. 1867. i'll
the southern part d Albenlarl
county near The Nelson ana Buck
ingham county lines ihat sra di-
vided from Alb4nsrle hy ths
Roekflsh ard James RlverS
lisT DAUGHTER. Miss Leslie Fem
wick 81 lyl1oiahAre erYed tile
punch ard her nhef daughters
Mrs & Y Gianillnl. Mrs. NJ. j
Mclean Mrs II Ward jones aac
Mrs. Ruhy r Harris assisted ii
the selvlng and entertaining al
did her two SONS. r GRADY F.
wick and Hunter Z. Fenwick
Seven Of her grandchildren wert
present and II 4reat sfandchil-
~rea
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13

We've got our heads ID the air
and our feet on the ground =
chanted the bevy Of beauties
along the sidelines.
One na TWO uil three :
uh : four clugged the boys eA-
ercising on the field
For a mighty mighty team is
coming % town, the girls con-
tinued, III praise Of the football
team laboring behind them
The girls 20 Fafmville High
School students. have been work
inc most OF the summer On such
chants and yells. AN destined to
spur tho Wolverines on TO bigger
and better victories
The Team. The Team
After all, who couldn't dash off
a few extra yards around right
end if all those girls were yelling
4Caaybough, Claybough. he's our
man Ii hid can't do ii, South
all can the team. the team,
they're our men 4
The Wolverines most active
hackers have put plenty 81 extra
work into their supporting efforts
this year They've learned about
IS yells. including 8 new ones.
and changed ABOUT To
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13
Judge Old to Speak
ut OAR Meeting

Judge William Old. 81 chest
erfield county win DC the speaker
at the first fail meeting Of Allen
chapter Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution. Saturday at 3 p
m II the home Of ms Joseph
McConnaughey at Amelia
Mrs. McConnaughey, Mrs. n
Q. Rucker and Mrs. J B Mason
ATE the hostesses.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13
Southern -TroWer
Vows Said Aug. "a

Mrs. Edith w Trower married
Harold Southern. son Of Mr. and
Mrs, Luther B. Southern, Of Tay-
Tors, S. G., August "a. in Elizabeth
City. N. q
The bride IS the sister of Miss
Flora Bell Williams, Of Pamplln
The bridegroom Is chief petty
officer il the y. 5. Navy, and viii
be stationed In Iceland.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13

wise dbits Of the Big Apple, Susy-
Q, and Trucking, which may ring
bells with an earlier generation
TO go with this, they have added
bits of the Hickey pokey. Boogie
and others. along with their pre-
cision numbers and regulation
rally squad jumping
There are other schoolgirl bits,
too. Where else would you find a
combination such as "Eiffel tower,
ferris wheel motor boat, automo-
bile, Jump the gap, loop the loo,
Farmyille High School. whoop-e-
de-Whoo."
It's effective. though, the way
the Farmville High School rally
SQUAD does it.
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suzanne Billings
1onored at Party

7.ooue Parker was hostess
Thursday, honorine Suzanne Bill
nas, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Billings Who lift Friday
for Buena Vista Il make thel
home.
Beth Robinson. Nancy Ann
Smith Kim Owen. Kathy Har-
grove. Faye Patteson. Ann Gray
Brooks. Karla Myers. Kathleen
BALDWIN and Betty Billings were
tss.e guests.
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Mrs. Harwood Speaks
1t WINS Installation

Mrs a r Harwood. superin-
sndent Of the Appomattox Bap-
eist association, was guest speaker
md installing officer at the Farm
ZIG Baptist church Woman's
Missionary Society installation
service Monday
Mrs. Harwood was accompanied
* Mrs. G. F Woodbridge and Mrs
Laura McFadden. Of Appomattox
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-09-13
W. B. MacDonalds
Announce Sons Birth

Nj. and MIS-. Wade Baldwin
Macdonald announce the birth Of
All eight pound son. Roy Ander-
son. September 10. at Duke hos
pital III Durham. ROY III, their
second son
Grandparents are Mr and Mrs,
Roy Anderson. II Minneapolis,
Mimi ana Nj ard Mis-. Wade =.
Macdonald, of Farmville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-07
Dovid Ovens, "a,
Store Official

CHARLOTTE. N. c., Sept. Z
(R.-David Ovens. S4-year-old
Charlotte philanthropist. pa.
tron Of the arts and merchant,
died here yesterday.
The veteran retailer, vice
chairman of the board Of Ivey's
department store here. COLI
lapsed minutes after addressing
buyers and managers at the
store.
Mr.. Ovens came to Charlotte
in 1908, from Kingston. On
tario. Canada, as manager Of
a 5-and-10 cent store. He
Joined ]. B. Ivey in 1904 and
the two during the next half
century built the firm into one
of the South's leading retail
establishments.
During his career he served
as president of the National
Retail Drygoods Association in
1934-35. and was elected Mr..
Retailer Of 1851" by that or
ganization. He was named
Man of The South" the same
year.
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Charles L. Hutchinson, rs,
former manager of the Hotel
24OO and a member Of an old
Washington family, died of a
heart attack Thursday at his
home, 2722 North Edison street.
Arlington. Va.
Mr.. Hutchinson retired about
six years ago as manager of
the hotel on Sixteenth street.
a post he assumed after serving
as manager Of the Capitol Park
Hotel. and earlier Of the Hotel
Continental. He began his
career with the Raleigh Hotel.
Born in Washington. Mr..
Hutchinson was a graduate Of
Eastern High School in 1898.
He was a member Of st. Johns
Masonic Lodge. which his
great-great grandfather, Abel
Davis. helped to found. for so
years.
With "a other young men.
Mr.. Hutchinson was a charter
member Of the Chain and
Sprocket Club, a bicycle club
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Charles Hutchinson, IS,
Manager of Hotels Here

still in existence. AS its mem.
bers grew older. 1t became pri.
;narily q social club. Mr..
Hutchinson attended a meet
ing the night before he died.
He was a vestryman for many
years Of st. Marks Episcopal
Church on Capitol Hill and Of
st. Margaret's Church on Con-
necticut avenue. For the last
six years. he had been a mem
Der Of st. Mary's Church in
Arlington.
He also was a member of the
Washington Board Of Trade and
the Hotelmen's Association.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Edith Simpson Hutchin.
son, Of the home address: a son,
Robert L., 404 North George
Mason drive, Arlington. and q
brother, James E., Of Washing
ton.
Services will be held in st.
Mary's Church. 1909 North
Glebe road, Arlington. at II
am. Monday. Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Mrs. Florence K. O'Meuro,
Bureau of Medicine Aide

Mrs. Florence X. O'Meara.
chief clerk Of the Food and
Drug Administrations Bureau
of Medicine. died yesterday at
Sibley Hospital after a brief
Illness. She was So.
A native Of Washington and
a lifelong area resident, Mrs.
O'Meara was the daughter OF
the late John L. and Mary H.
King. She lived most of her
life in the Brightwood area,
where she was an active mem
Der Of the Catholic Church OF
the Nativity, and its sodality.
For the past three years Mrs.
O'Meara lived at 1905 Madison
street, Riverdale, Md. She also
owned a summer home at
Breezy Point Beach, Md. Her
husband. Raymond M. O'Meara.
died in February. 1856.
Mrs. O'Meara was assistant
to the Controller Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee
from 1885 to l945 before en-
tering Government service.
She is survived by two
daughters and two sons. Mrs.
Patricia Figallo, &c Research
road, Greenbelt; Mrs. Jeanne
Billhimer of Groom Station.
Md; John r. O'Meara. 1927
Lombard street. Kentland. Md:
Walter D., is Danbury street
NE. and II grandchildren.
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F. c. Schneider,
II. of Rockville

Frank C. Schneider. II. a
resident of Rockville. Nd. for
longer than 20 years. died Of
"a heart attack Thursday night
at his home at 9l0 viers Mil
road.
A carpenter by trade he was
active UP to the time of his
death.
He was a native OF Loudoun
County, and received his early
education in the local schools
there before coming to Mont
gomery County.
He was a member Of the
Maryland Fox Hunters Associa-
ton.
He is survived by his widow,
Lillian: four brothers, John and
William Of Loudoun County:
Joseph OF Washington and
George of Kensington. Nd;
four sisters. Mrs. Annie Nc
Intosh and Miss Lena Schnei-
der, both Of the District. and
Mrs. Mae Haeenbuch and Mrs,
Pauline Ellison. both of whom
live in Virginia: nine children,
Il9 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at IL am. Monday at the
Robert Humphrey Funeral
Home in Rockville. Burial will
be in the Forest Oak Cemetery.
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Mrs. SpieIer, S.;
Federal Retire.

Mrs. Daniel Spieler. IS, q
resident Of Washington for
more than so years. died yes
terday in Garfield Memorial
Hospital Of a heart ailment.
The former Sophie zupnik,
Mrs. Spieler moved to WASH
ington with her family from
Carmel. N. j.
Mrs. Spieler was a retired
employe of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing. She was
treasurer Of the City Of Hope,
a charitable organization.
She also was a life member
Of the ladies auxiliary Of the
Hebrew Home for the Aged
and belonged to the Washing
ton Chapter Of the Brandeis
University Association.
Mrs. Spieler lived at 5925
Fourteenth street NV. Her
husband. a builder and con-
tractor in Newark. N. j., died
in the early 1940s.
Mrs. Spieler is survived by a
sister, Mrs. Sarah Crupain OF
1853 Brandywine street NV;
two brothers. Edward Zupnik
of $3.50 Twenty-ninth street
NV, and william zupnik OF
Hillside. N. j., and a number OF
nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 pm,
tomorrow in Gawler's funeral
home. 1856 Pennsylvania ave.
nue. NV. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. .
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c. M. Mcconnell,
Methodist Leader

DEERING. N. H., Sept. 7 w.
The Rev. Charles Melvin Nc
connell, II. died of a heart at
tack last night In his home.
A native Of indianapolis. Mr..
Mcconnell was ordained in the
Methodist Episcopal Church in
1907 and had degrees from
Ohio Wesleyan University. Bos-
ton University and Cornell Uni
versity.
He leaves his wife. Margaret.
and four daughters. Mrs. Louise
Bastine OF New Cumberland.
Pa: Mrs. Mildred White Of
Williamsburg. Ohio; Mrs. Mar
garet Hudson Of Lunenburg,
Mass, and Mrs. Jane Berkeley
of Westwood, Mass.
He also leaves a brother,
Fred Mcconnell Of Woxall, Pa,
and a sister, Mrs. Louis Ensley
OF Des Moines. Iowa.
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Miss Anito Schode, Taught
Languages in Private Schools

private English lessons to many
diplomats stationed In WASH
ington.
Miss Schade was q member
Of the Women's Committee Of
the National Symphony Or
chestra and the Friday Morn
ing Club.
She founded and for 80 years
served as president Of the Ger
man Literary Society. She was
also a member of the Shake
speare Society, the Stueben So
ciety and the United Daughters
of the Confederacy. She be-
longed to Concordia Lutheran
Church.
Miss Schade is survived by q
sister, Mrs. Clara A. Mueller.
and a niece. Miss Anita v.
Mueller, both Of the Nineteenth
street address.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Monday in the S. H.
Hines funeral home. with pri-
vate burial In Prospect Hill
Cemetery.
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w. H. Hoyt,
Attorney
GREENWICH.

GREENWICH, Conn.,, Sept.
y @.-William Henry Hoyt,
70. founder Of q New York law
firm bearing his name, and an
authority on Napoleonic his
tory, died yesterday at Green
wich Hospital.
Mr.. Hoyt was graduated from
the University of Vermont and
Harvard Law School and held
an. honorary degree Of doctor
of laws from the University OF
North Carolina, to which he
gave his extensive library OF
Napoleonic history. He also
wrote numerous articles on the
subject, and was the author
Of a book, THE Mecklenbure
Declaration Of Independence.
Survivors include three
daughters. Mrs. Lawrence Con-
nell Of Washington, D. c.:
Mrs. John M. Cochrane OF
Oklahoma City, Okla, and Mrs
E. Kenneth Wells. jr., Of Rock
ford. III. 9
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6. R. White, rs;
PEPCO EmpIoye
For rs Years

Guilford Randolph White, rs.
a supervisor who served 80
years with the Potomac Electric
Power Co. before his retire.
ment, died last night in Provi-
dence Hospital Of a cerebral
hemorrhage. following a stroke
seven weeks ago.
Born in Alexandria. Va, Mr..
White attended Washington
schools and was a lifelong area
resident. He was a graduate Of
old Business High School.
He retired IL years ago as
administrative clerk, a super
visory position in the customer
billing department Of the firm.
All of his service with PEPCO
was in the bookkeeping area.
A Mason. Mr.. White was a
member Of Washington Centen-
NAL Lodge. and the Light Club
of PEPCO, and belonged to
PEPCOs 25-Year Club.
Mr.. White is survived by his
widow. the former Gertrude
Frazier, of the home address,
sos Whittier street NV; a son,
Guilford r.. jr., 4502 Aspen Hill
road. Rockville. Nd: three
brothers. Frank w. White. OF
339 Randolph street NV. street
NV; Walter c.. Of 1880 Park
road NV. and Albert M. Of New
York, and four grandchildren
Services will be held in the
S. H. Hines funeral home. 290l
Fourteenth street NV. at
pm. Monday. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-07
John A. Ecker, IS, Dies;
Sovings Bank President

John A. Eckert, prominent
Washington businessman and
former president Of the Column
bia Paragraph Co.. died today
at Providence Hospital after a
long illness. He was SO.
Mr.. Eckert retired in 1850
after % years as president of
the company. He was succeeded
by a son, Arthur c. Eckert, who
still heads the firm at 50 l.
street NV.
Born in Buffalo, N. Y. Mr..
Eckert came to Washington 66
years ago. He attended paro-
chial schools in Buffalo.
He began his business career
here in 1891 with the Norris
Peters Lithographic Co. located
where the National Gallery of
Art now stands. He later joined
the A. B. Graham Co.
Mr.. Eckert entered business
for himself in 1908 and
operated his own plant on First
street Me-, where he remained
until 1918. when his company
amalgamated with the Column
bia Paragraph Co.
After his retirement in 1850.
Mr.. Eckert had served as
chairman Of the company's
board Of directors.
Mr.. Eckert also served as
president OF the North Capitol
Savings Bank in 1881. At that
time he also was a director Of
the Washington Chamber Of
Commerce and a member Of
the Merchants a. Manufac-
turers Association.
Mr.. Eckert's wife. the former
Catherine E. Heitzhaus. prom
inent in church activities here.
died in 1914.
He was q fourth degree
Knight Of Columbus and the
Oldest member of the Washing
ton Council Of that organiza-
ton. He also was a member
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N. |. Dreeben,
SforeOwner

Morris L. Dreeben. 70. retired
department store owner. died
yesterday at Emergency Hos
pital.
A native Of Lithuania. he
came to the United States when
he was 4 years old. and to
Washington at the turn Of the
century. The owner Of the Her
man Southwest Department
Store. Mr.. Dreeben retired in
1914.
Mr.. Dreeben was a past Dis
trict grand master Of the Inde-
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows.
He was a founder and past
president Of the D. c. Hebrew
Beneficial Association In which
he was active for more than
~ JCuAo.
A supporter Of the Hebrew
Home for the Aged. Mr.. Dree-
ben also aided the United jew
ish Appeal here. and was a
worker in war bond sales drives
during World War II.
He is survived by his widow.
Eta. OF the home address. 1895
Peabody street NV: a son.
Louis M. Dreeben. Of Union
tomn. Pa: a daughter. Mrs. A.
|B. Casson. Of Newton, Mass:
a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Karson.
of New York City, and four
grandsons.
Services will be held at
1880 pm. tomorrow in the Gold
berg funeral home. 42l7 Ninth
street NV. with burial in the
Elesavetgrad Cemetery.
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Of the Alhambra and a member
of the st. Thomas and Apostle
Catholic Church on Woodley
road.
Also surviving are three other
sons, Col. John p. Eckert, re-
tired, Of Sarasota, Fla, Col
Norman ]. Eckert. retired. Of
New Orleans, La. and Milton j
Eckert, of 3lO9 Thirty-eighth
street NV; two daughters
Miss Esther E. Eckert and Miss
Catherine Z. Eckert of the
home address, 3O42 Neward
street NV; a niece. Mrs
Arthur Bierma. Of Buffalo
N. "; six grandchildren and
five great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at the home address at $3.50
am, Tuesday followed by
requiem mass at 10 am. at st
Thomas the Apostle Church
Burial will be at st. Mary'i
. Cemetery.
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6. {. Smithson,
AT Sergeant

STAFF serst. Gilbert E. Smith
son, 81. bantamweight Golden
Gloves champion Of the Dis
trict in 1912. died Tuesday Of a
heart attack at the 4737th Air
Force Hospital in Newfound-
land.
Sergt. Smithson also was AAU
champion in the District in
1913, and reached the finals
in the Golden Gloves tourna-
ment Of champions in New
York for the Eastern Division.
A graduate Of Eastern High
School in the class of 1914. he
was a member of Phi Alpha
Epsilon fraternity. He had
served in the Air Force since
1884. Born in Wilmington.
Ohio. Sergt. Smithson came to
Washington in 1929.
He had been in Newfound-
land for more than a year.
Before that. he had served at
Walter Reed and also was sta
toned at Boiling Air Base here.
A Mason. Sergt. Smithson
was a member Of Anacostia
Lodge No. 81.
He is survived by his widow
Phyllis: two children. Ralph
Gilbert. Q. and Patricia Ruth.
6; his mother, Mrs. Vivian
Smithson. los Wayne place
Sc, and three brothers. Capt.
Daryl Smithson. USAF, sta
toned at Stewart Air Force
Base in New York: Jack Smith
son, 2344 Jameson street, Hill
crest Heights. Md. and Jim
Smithson. 1856 Calvert street
Sc.
Services and burial will be in
West Virginia next week.
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Miss Anita Schade, 81, for
so years a German and English
teacher in area private schools.
died yesterday at her home.
l722 Nineteenth street NV.
after a long illness.
In 1855, Miss Schade was
awarded the German Order OF
Merit for furthering the art.
literature and music Of Ger
many as q teacher Of the Ian
guage.
She was a Washington native
and was educated here and In
Germany. The schools at which
she taught included Madeira,
Gunston Hall. National Park
Seminary, Fairmont Seminary
and Mrs. Flint's School. She
retired from teaching about
10 years ago.
During World War l. Miss
Schade taught German To
American soldiers preparing to
go overseas.
Over the years she also gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-07
mrs. Catherine Martin, o5,
Minority Leaders Mother

years, an afiiiction that limited
her activity.
A native Of Ireland, she came
here in her teens and married
Joseph w. Martin. a black
smith.
Among her most recent visi-
tors were former Gov. Dewey Of
New York and Vice President
Nixon.
She is survived by three other
sons, Albert L., editor Of the
North Attleboro Chronicle: Ed
ward E.. Of Wellesley, president
Of Graybar Electric Co.. and
George L., Of Wrentham: a
daughter. Mrs. jeanette Kelley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-07

NORTH ATTLEBoRo, Mass,
Sept. 7 up. - Mrs. Catherine
Martin. 95-year-old mother Of
Joseph W. Martin. jr.. House
minority leader, died early to-
day.
Mrs. Martin, widowed for IS
years. had returned yesterday
from the family's summer
home at Sycamore on Cape
Cod. The Congressman accom-
panied his mother home and
was with her when she died.
Mrs. Martin had suffered
from q leg ailment for many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-07

Raleigh B. Buzzaird. curator
and historian Of the Corps Of
Engineers Museum at Fort
Belvoir for the past four years,
died here Tuesday. He was 70.
A retired civil service en-
ploye, Mr.. Buzzaird, was re-
employed in 1858 to serve as
director Of the museum. which
contains a collection Of APP
proximately $4,000 items sig
nificant in the history Of the
Engineer Corps.
Mr.. Buzzaird also purchased
new items for museum collec-
ton. He organized all research.
and wrote all biographies OF
former chiefs Of engineers.
A graduate Of Indiana Uni
versity in the class Of 1906. Mr..
Buzzaird held a B.A. degree in
history and political science.
After completing college he
held various positions in private
Industry before entering Gov
eminent service in 1888.
As special writer for the Pub
lie Works Administration, he
beaded an information bureau.
In 1910 he became ONCE man
aeer of an archival project at
the Library Of Congress. He
was appointed chief Of the his
torical section Of the once Of
the Chief of Engineers in De-
cember. 1912. and archivist a
year later. His work as ar
chivist included evaluating his
torical records for preservation
and retirement at the National
Archives.
Mr.. Buzzaird was the holder
Of numerous patents. acquired
during his years with industrial