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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
Miss Spence To
Marry Mr.. Smith

Mrs. celia Spence. of Farmville,
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Marie, to George Robert
Smith. Jr.. son of Mr.. Smith, Of Rice
and the late Mrs. Smith.
Miss Spence was graduated from
Rex Hospital School Of Nursing in
Raleigh. n c.
A May wedding Il planned.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
Smiths Entertain At
Open House For Bank
Staff In Amelia

Mr.. ard Mrs. John [. Smith, Of
Amelia, entertained the officers,
directors, and employees Of t h c
Union Bank and Trust Company.
their wives and husbands. at an
open House" in their home on
December 80.
Decorations in red green and
white carried OFT the Christmas
theme throughout the downstairs
Punch. cookies. sandwiches, nuts,
and fruit cake were served in the
dining room.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
Mrs. IIaI11ersly
Entertained With
Bridge Luncheon

Miss Fannie Marie Weinberg and
Miss 10 bearing entertained with a
bridge luncheon Friday at the Dear
ing home on Third avenue honofing
Mrs. Barbee Hamersly. who before
her recent marriage was Miss Bon
ME Mann
prize
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
New Vestry At
Episcopal Church

The incoming vestry at Johns
Memorial Episcopal Church will be
Instituted at the II am. service
Sunday
A coffee hour Will be held at the
parish house after the service. with
group three Of the ladies auxiliary.
Mrs r. K. Baldwin, chairman. in
charge
The incoming vestry Will include
B BIanton Hanbury, Maurice r
Large. Al 3 Holmes, ~ A. Allen,
r P Brierley, E. Louis Dahl, F.
O. Landlord, Jr. J B. Wall, w B.
Wall and Robert E Taylor
Officer Of the church will be as
follows B B Hamburg and M r.
Large. wardens A. B Holmes.
register G. G. @ Moss, treasurer:
] Luckia Buga, warden emeritus,
and Alex T Gray, treasurer emeri-
tus.
Nm. and Mrs. r. J. Ollie and
daughters, Sandra and Linda. Of
Bnckroe P 4 & H. Mr. and Mrs.
James Bates Of Richmond were
holiday guests Of their grandpar-
ents Mr.. and Mrs. George Booth
Sandra and Linda Ollie remained for
4 two weeks visit While here they
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-07-01
HOWARD HARRISON
Owner

Howard Harrelon is co-owncr
of Town and Country Motors
and sole owner of Harrelson's
Pharmacy A graduate of the
University of South Carolina
School of Pharmacy. he has
served in many civic cndeavors
since 1853 when he returned to
his native Tabor City from COL
lege. OF particular Importance
is his service as a Gown official.
He served one term on the Town
Board as a commissioner and is
now serving his second term as
Mayor of Tabor City He is mar
ried TO the former Sarah Will
liams of Tabor City. They are
members of the Tabor City
Baptist Church.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-07-01

Kenneth Ray is well known
throughout this area. For many
years he has operated R..y's
I'd. brr Shop ana has served
" IN O.. ar.D" straw
berry and sweet potato markets.
The geneial Tabor City native
is now serving his second term
on the Tabor City Board of
Commissioners having won
four-year term in 1857. He is
married to the former Mamie
Porter Of Tabor City. They have
nve children. Kenneth is a des-
con at the Tabor City Baptist
Church.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-07-01
EXPERT SERVICE

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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02

Delegates from IL Francis
can Poor Glare clustered
nuns monasteries in the us.
and Canada voted in favor of
forming their own federation
at a meeting in Evansville,
Ind. The Pope named Pitts
burgh's Bishop John F. Dear
den as Archbishop of Detroit
and Bishop William E. Cou-
sins of Peoria. H., as Arch
bishop of Milwaukee.
The nations third worst
school fire in a century took a
toll of 90 lives - SO children
and three nuns - at Our La
dy of Angels school in Chi
cago. Cardinal Spellman, af-
ter attending the consistories,
embarked on his annual
Christmas trip overseas, visit
ing US. military personnel in
Germany, Iceland, Greenland,
Newfoundland and Goose Bay,
Labrador. Cardinal Spellman
also announced a $3.50, 900
spipe organ for the National
Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington as
a gift of Catholic chaplains
and personnel in the us. mill
tary in memory of Catholic
war dead. Albert ]. Maggioli,
senior at Niagara N.Y.) Uni
versity, was voted the Years
Outstanding Catholic Youth
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02

by the National Council of
Catholic Men executive board
adopted a resolution opposing
us. recognition of Red China
and its admission to the Unit
ed Nations.
Other December headlines:
Pope John Assumes Title of
Protector of Holy Childhood
Association q Teachers
In Catholic Schools Given Sci
ence Foundation F~ellowships
Rebuilt Manila Cathedral
Dedicated BY Cardinal; Bish-
ops Meeting Opens Pope
John Gives First Medal Com
memorating Coro n to
Trans Shah Three Catho-
lie Chaplain Chiefs Get Xavier
u. Medals Cardinal Cush-
ing Gives Poland's Primate
$4,000 to Train Polish
Priests.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02

Hoey Awards for Interracial
Justice, and Paul v. Murray,
co-founder and pre- S / d e n t ),
Mexico City College, 25th
Catholic Action Medal of st.
Bonaventure N.Y.) Universe
ty. The Holy See issued a d.
receive aimed at greater par
ticipation by the laity in the
Latin Rite Mass.
Fr. John Z. Twomey, Mil
waukee, was named assistant
director of NcWc Education
Department. The March con-
viction Of Bishop Pietro FL
ordelIi Of Prato, Italy. on .
charge Of OBTAINING a COM
-munist in 9 marriage case.
was reversed by the Florence
Court Of Appeals.
Other ct ODER headlines:
4,802 Foreign Students Re-
ported Enrolled at pa Cath
Ollie us. Colleges Mass In
Shadow of Washington Monu.
ment Highlights Capt. a $
Lourdes Centenary Rite
Pres. Eisenhower Rece Nv
Honorary Degree at George
town u. Catholic Popula'
ton of World Up 13 Million In
Year, Report Shows Mi
chael Kelleher, Noes Execu
tive Board Head, Dies.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02

z. Smith Memorial Dinner In
New York City he has mo
doubt q Catholic can run for
President Of the United States
today and be elected"
In California voters defeat
ed Proposition 16, which
would have reimposed taxes
on private non-profit elemen-
tary and high schools.
Er. Dominic Pre-, 48, q Bel
gian Dominican, was awarded
the 1853 Nobel Peace Prize.
Cardinal Spellmsn presented
his annual theology award to
Mssr. Joseph c. Fenton,
American Review editor. in
Washington. Thomas Z. MUIR
ray, former Atomic Energy
Commission member, receiv-
ed The Cardinal Gibbons med
al OF the Catholic University
of America Alumni Assoeia.
fion in Washington.
Other November headlines;
Nuns Teaching In Public
Schools May Wear Religious
Garb, Ohio Attorney General
Rules Over $723 Million
In Relief Goods Sent To
Needy Overseas In Past Is
Years. S-NCWC -.
Britain Has More Than Five
Million Catholics, Survey
Shows French Voters
Hand Communists Stunning
Defeat In Parliament Elec.
tions.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02
December

Twenty three new car
dinals were created and
proclaimed by Pope John
XIII at consistories at
the Vatican. They in
cluded Cardinal Gus hing,
Archbishop of Boston; Cardi-
nal O'Hara, Archbishop of
Philadelphia, and Cardinal
Cicognani, former Apostolic
Delegate to the us. At the
rites, the Pope lamented the
sad plight of the Church in
communist China.
The Sacred Colleges oldest
member Cardinal Jose Maria
Caro- Rodriguez. ~, died at
Santiago. Chile, where he was
Archbishop and Primate.
Death also claimed Elizabeth
Cushing, 81, in Boston, while
her brother, Cardinal cush.
ing, was being elevated to the
Sacred College in Rome.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02
October

After a dramatic three
day illness, Pope Plus
XII died 1852 a. M, Oct.
81 at Castelgandolfo, end
ing a 19-year reign. Six
teen days later 81 cardinals
elected Cardinal Angelo Ron
CALI. rs, Patriarch OF Venice,
as Pope. He chose the name
of John XIII.
President Eisenhower at
tended a Mass in Washing
tons st. Matthew'S Cathedral
for Pope Plus and sent three
personal representa- yes
State Secretary John Foster
Dulles, Mrs. Clare Boothe
Luce, former us. Ambassa-
dor to Italy, and Atomic En-
ergy Commission Chairman
John F. McCone - to the Flu
neral Mass at st. Peters Ba-
silica (Oct. 19) for the late
Pontiff. Cardinal Celso Cos
tantini, 81, Chancellor Of the
Holy Roman Church, died
fOct. ~ Of a heart attack in
Rome and Cardinal Edward
Mooney, rs, Archbishop of
Detroit, died of a heart attack
tOct. 25), an hour before en-
terlng the conclave TO vote for
the new pope.
Cardinal MONEYS body was
returned to Detroit and after
Mass in Blessed Sacrament
Cathedral he was buried (Oct.
80 at st. Johns Seminary in
nearby Plymouth, Mich.
Bishop Coleman r. Carroll,
first Bishop Of Miami, Fla,
and Bishop John L. Morkov.
sky of Amarillo, Tex, were
s%nthroned. consecrsted were
Bishop Paul J. Mailman Of
Charleston, Sc, in cleve.
land, and Bishop Francis J.
McSorley, o.M.I., a., Vicar
Apostolic Of Joio, the Philip
pines, in Philadelphia.
Millions of young people
took part in the eighth annual
National Catholic Youth
week. Honored were: Bishop
Peter W. Bartholome of st.
Cloud, Mimi, with 1858 Dis
tinguished Service Medal of
National Catholic Rural Life
Conference: Deputy Under
Secretary of State Robert ID.
Murphy, 1853 Peace Award of
Catholic Association for In
ternational Peace; Robert S.
Shriver, Jr., Chicago, and
James 7. Harris, New York
Negro leader, 1858 James J.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02
November

With ceremonial splen-
dor the coronation of His
Holiness Pope John XIII
took place November a
at st. Peters basilica, Il
days before the pontiff mark
ed his 77th birthday.
Two weeks later the Holy
Father announced % prelates
would be made Cardinals. rails
ing the number in the Sacred
College from 10 to rs for the
first time in 400 years. Among
the prelates named were
Archbishops Richard ]. Cush-
ing Of Boston and John F.
O'Hara, csc, of Philadel-
phia, and Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate
to the United Sttaes. The Ho-
ly Father appointed Msgr.
Domenico Tardini as Vatican
Secretary of State and an
nounced he. too, would be
made a Cardinal.
During their annual meet
ing in the nations capital, the
US. Bishops issued q state
ment asserting the chureh's
right TO teach extends TO
moral questions as we'll as
dogmatic truths, and another
statement condemning enfore-
ed racial segregation as un-
Christian. Archbishop Karl J.
Alter Of Cincinnati was elect
ed chairman Of the NcWc
administrative board.
Death claimed: Auxiliary
Bishop Edmond j. Reilly, 81,
of Brooklyn. Joseph Lipski,
"a. former Polish Ambassa-
dor to Germany. in Washing.
ton: Msgr. Joseph B. Toomey,
81, Syracuse, NY, president,
elect of the Catholic Hospital
Association, and Frances M,
Maher of Kane. Pa. Supreme
Regent OF the Catholic Daugh
tiers of America. =
Archbishop Albert 9. Mey
or was enfhroned as the fifth
Archbishop Of Chicago, ane
Bishop Paul j. HaiIsnan as fh'
eighth Bishop Of Charleston
sc. Ten thousand ATTENDED
the embarrassment Of Arch
bishop Constantine Bohachev
sky as the first Ukrainiar
Greek Rite Metropolitan II
the U.s., in Philadelphia. New
York's Governor Avereli Hsr
riman told the annual Alsres
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02

lie Doctrine Great Success On
Formosa Foundress of
Medical Mission Sisters Says
More Doctors Needed In Mis-
sions Eight New Bishops
Reported Consecrated. In Red
China Despite Earlier Excom-
munications Pope Ex-
presses Sorrow Over Fighting
In Lebanon,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02

scene when 10 drowned as
commuter train plunged off
open d~rawbridge into New
ark Bay near Bayonne, Nj,
FIR. Robert H Duffy, AZ, editor
of the True Voice, Omaha
archdiocese paper, was killed
in South Dakota auto crash.
Bishop Ralph H. Hayes of
Davenport, Ia, marked silver
Jubilee as bishop, opening OF
so years as priest, while Bish-
op Joseph G. Willging Of Pu-
eblo, Colo. marked 50th or
dination jubilee. Catholic Uni
versity of Lublin. Poland. on
ly Catholic university func-
tioning in communist world,
marked 40th anniversary.
Three cardinals, 81 archbisb-
ops and bishops, thousands OF
others were at international
Marian Neurological Congress
at Lourdes, France.
Other S m b er high
lights. New Premier's Elec-
ton Forecasts Difficulties For
Catholics In South Africa :.
Church Recognizes Mir a c u :
lous Nature of 55th Cure In
Lourdes Shrine History !.
Vatican Radio Halls Geneva
Atom Meeting AS Prelude To
Wide International Coopera-
ton AZ Nations Maintain
Diplomatic Ties With Holy
See Pope Urges Chinese
Catholics Resist Red Attempts
To Form Schismatic Church
Some 5000 Americans
Serving In Church's Foreign
Missions -. Pope Warns
Against Misuse of New Drugs
In Psychiatric Treatment
: Cardinal Spellman Leads SOC
us. Pilgrims To Lourdes
Rome State Department
Officials Explain US. Posi-
ton In Quemoy Crisis.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02
September

The Pope named Mil
Yankees Archbishop Al
bert G.. Meyer as Arch
bishop of Chicago. Bishop
John J. Russell, formerly
of Charleston, SC, was en-
throned as Bishop of Rich
mond, Va, and Msgr. Paul j.
Hallinan of Cleveland was
named Bishop of Charleston.
Consecrated were Coadjutor
Bishop Michael Hyle of Will
m%ington, Del, in Baltimore,
and Bishop James V. Pardy,
IS, NM, Vicar Apostolic of
Chong Ju., Korea, at Mary
knoll. NY.
Mrs. Mark A. Theiser Of
covinston. KY, was elected
president at the 18th National
Council Of Catholic Women's
convention in ST.. Louis. 9th
or conventions: 44sh Joint
meeting Of the National covn-
Gil Of Catholic Charities and
St. Vincent de Paul Society, at
Columbus, Ohio; New
Club Federation. also At Co.
lumbvs; 10 Of the Christian
Family Life Movement, at No.
ire Dame, Ind. 18th Of the
National Federation Of Cath.
ollie College Students. At San
Francisco: 10Th Of Seminari-
ans Catholic Social Action, ~
Little Rock, Ark, and first Of
the US. SodaIity Of the Lay
Apostols ate in New York.
Christopher Dawson, SO. Brit.
ish convert, scholar. previous
iy denied US. entry on tv.
bereulosis suspicion, was
cleared by US. public health
officials 10 become first Cath
ollie Studies professor at Hsr.
ward. Edmund S. Mvskie. A..
in 1854 first Catholic elected
Governor Of Maine, became
that states first Catholic
elected 10 US. Senate.
Half dozen priests were AT
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02

Pope Plus established
two new ecclesiastical
areas in the u. S.-the
first II. S Ukrainian
Greek Rite Province at
Philadelphia with Archbishop
Constantine Bohachevsky as
metropolitan. and the Diocese
of Miami. Fla, with Auxiliary
Bishop Coleman F. Carroll of
Pittsburgh as its first Bishop.
The Holy Father named Aux
iliary Bishop John /. Morkoy-
sky of Amarillo, Tex, to be
Bishop of that See.
Cardinal Spellman official
ed at the 10th anniversary of
the Catholic University of
Santa Maria in Ponce, PR,
then returned to New York to
preside at the centenary ritu-
ais of the city's famous st.
Patrick's cathedral.
First national Catholic Con-
ference on Interracial Justice,
in Chicago.
The Pope designated ST.
Benedict as patron Of en-
gineers and architects and St.
John Bosco as patron Of young
apprentice workers. Death
claimed Katherine Mekiever.
IS, retired editor Of the
N.c.W.C. Feature ice,
who served with the organi-
ration 30 years. Some 10000
from East and West Berlin at
tended National Catholic Days
convention in that city.
A series of management
labor summit conferences to
combat the us. recession was
suggested in the annual La.
Dor Day statement of the
NCWC Social Action Depart.
ment.
Other August headlines:
Church-State Crisis in POLAND
Has Been Coming To Head
For Past Year . South Afri
can Bishops Warn Agains'
Goddess Education Com
munity Indifference Is Label
ed Chief Problem In Stamping
Out Obscenity go. Report
Show 81 Per Cent of AL
Americans Church Member
In 1857 Author Helen {
White Is Named For Cardina
Newman Award -. Bill Elk
empting Private Schools From
Excise Tax Payments Signes
By President Pig
Throng Bclgium's Beaurainl
Shrine To Honor Blessed VII
gin on 25th Anniversary o
Her Apparitions.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02
July

Record circulation OF
23.716,418 among 581
Catholic publications in
the u. S. was reported in
the 1858 Catholic Press
Directory. Pope Plus named
Bishop John ]. Russell Of
Charleston, S. C.. to be Bish-
hop of Richmond, Va, and APP
pointed Msgr. Michael Kyle
OF Baltimore as Co%adiutor Bis
hop OF Wilmington, Del, with
the right OF succession.
Death claimed Bishop Lau-
renee J. FitzSimon. So, of
Amarillo, Tex. after a lengthy
illness. and David Goldstein,
81, convert from Judaism,
Catholic newspaper columnlst
and lecturer, in Boston.
Parishes throughout the
US. scheduled novena SER
vices after Pope Plus issued
his "Meminisse iuvat" encyc-
lical asking prayers for the
prosecuted Church.
cRs-NcWc. US. Bishops
relief agency. sent tons Of
eIothins, $4,000 in medicines
70 Santiago. Chile, flood vie.
films. chieaso's Auxiliary Arch.
bishop William o. o'Brien
marked his 5sth ordination
anniversary.
For the second time in -
many years connaeticvf's So.
prsms Court upheld states
laws rsavlstins Sunday sales.
National Catholic groups back.
- Or. Morris A. Jacobs. Com
missioner Of New York City
hospital, for his refusal TO
allow . doctor 10 Fit . patient
with . eonfraeepsive device.
Jerdsn, scene OF Chrisf's birth.
srveifixien and resurrection.
be<sms center OF Middle East
revolutionary crisis.
Father Adolf Martin Bor.
man, 10, son Of ehvreh-hatins
Top Hitler henehmsn, YVES or
dained In Innsbruck, Austria
Forced entry by eomnunis,
psiies Into office Of Our Lad,
~ Cxessoshows shrine in Pc
land aroused Catholic indi
snsfisn. Pope Plus left m,
vssieSr for his annual sum
NOR seieUrn d csstelsandolfo
Other July headlines
Church Leaders Hail State
hood for Alaska Cor
respondence Course In Catho
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02
1858 -.

Continued from Page p
nae Is Seriously III In Yugo-
slavia.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-02
June

AlIflOSt HAL Vi bOlA,
1873, $40 in relief goods
distributed by So US.
voluntary agencies to the
needy overseas in 1857
was dispensed by Catholic Re
lief Services - National Cath
Ollie Welfare Conference, 1T
was reported. A storm of pro
test arose in the free world
over execution by Hungarian
Reds of former Premier lmre
Macy, Gen. Pal Maleter, other
leaders of the, 1856 uprising.
President Eisenhower adj
dressed graduates at the l5Oth
commencement of Mount st.
Mary's College, Emmitsburg,
Nd. At the Catholic Universe
ty of America in Washington,
DC, Father Joseph B. Meal
lister. philosophy professor,
was named vice rector and Fa-
Their Francis J. Connell.
C.SS.R.. retired from the the
ology faculty. Fathers Cyril
Wagner. O.F.M., Pittsburgh,
and Joseph Mccormack, MN,
Ossining. NY, last two Us.
priests in Red China jails,
were freed. Death claimed:
Mrs. Mary Dolan Mullen, 81,
former National Council OF
Catholic Women president, In
Omaha. and Alfred Noyes, III
poet, novelist and convert, at
Ventonor on Isle of Wight.
Auxiliary Bishop Paul r.
Ieibeld OF Cincinnati was con-
seerated. Archbishop Edward
=. Hoban, Bishop Of clevs-
land, marked his S0fh birth
day.
Christopher n, 68,
named first Catholic studies
professor at Harvard, was de-
MED q visa to enter the us.
on grounds he was believed to
have active tubercul osis,
Msgr. Augustine c. Dalton.
Dorchester, Mass, was lnduct'
ed as president at the 43rd
annual Catholic Hospital AS
sociation convention in Allan
tic City, M.
Msgr. Joseph c. Fenton
Catholic University theology
professor, was named for thu
1858 Cardinal Spellman Media
for achievement in theology.
Other June headlines: Flow
Of Refugees From Red OPP
preston ues; Mor'
Than 250,000 Crossed Iroi
Curtain To West Germany II
1857 Cardinal Wyszynski
Accuses Polish Authorities o
Hindering Erection Of New
Church In Warsaw Nor
Than $4,000 Attend Vietns
Ynese Marian Congress
Sound Civic Life Must De
pend On Marriage As Found
A Nv Cod Pope Saws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-22
7 Marines Killed
In Auto Accident

KINSTON. N. c.. July %
CAPl.-Two Camp Lejeune
Marines died and a third was
injured early Yesterday when
their car ran of U. S. Highway
25S into Beaver Dam Greek u
miles south of here.
The dead were Serg. Joseph
H. Wamsley. %. and Pfc. Ber-
nard J. Sheridan. 10. both as
signed to the Marine Corps
Supply School at Lejeune.
Sergt. Alexander H. AtileS.
%. a trainee at the school from
Camp Pendleton. Calf. suf-
fered leg injuries and severe
facial decorations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-22
India Floods Trup
1000 CuttIe

BOMBAY, July % APP
Fifty-thousand head OF cattle
were reported swimming help
lessly today in flooded areas Of
the Hutch peninsula of north
west India.
Several hundred herdsmen
we're said to have taken refuge
in treetops.
An official statement said
the government is arranging
to parachute in supplies and is
also sending relief by special
attachments Of mounted po-
lice.
Twenty-Five inches of rain
fell in two days in the area,
compared with an average an
nual rainfall of Is inches. The
floods cover 500 square miles
Of the peninsula.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-22
Mrs. Smirnoff,
Attaches Widow

Mrs. Alexander I. Smirnof
SIS. a Potomac Electric Power
Co. employe for 80 years and
the widow of the military at
tache to the former Imperial
Russian Embassy here. died
Sunday in Hampstead, N. Y.
Mrs. Smirnoff, who lived at
PATS Virginia avenue NV, was
stricken while visiting her sister
in Hampstead.
The former Miss Marguerite
de Claret, she was born in
France and was a naturalized
American citizen.
Her husband, twice decorated
for his Russian Army service in
World War l, was military at
tache at the Imperial Embas-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-22

sy from 1917 TO 1921. After the
embassy was closed in 1921 he
became an American citizen
and began 80 years service as
an electrical engineer with the
Potomac Electric Power Co. He
died in May, 1854.
Mrs. Smirnof joined PEPCO
in 1922 and served as a plat
checker in the property records
division until her retirement
in May, 1854.
For many years she was
active in international charity
projects.
She leaves a son, Robert
Smirnoff of Houston. Tex: her
sister, Mrs. Helen Schmitt Of
Hampstead, N. Y, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 1880 pm. tomorrow at Hy-
songs Funeral Home, with
burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.