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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14
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home soon. From Tryon they
went to New Jersey and visit
ed their son in law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Wen
dell Parr.
Gerald PanoSium, Wilson's
Mills Rd., is on a business
trip to California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hearn
and son Dennis spent a part
of last week with Mrs. Will
lard Granger in Post Clint
on.
On Thursday evening, Ap-
ril 7, Mrs. Kenneth Sperry,
Mrs. L. j. Haberer, Mrs S
Roy Eddy and Mrs. Herbert
Brill of the Chester Garden
Club were guests of the Tho
mpson Garden Club. TIL
program there included a
floral arranging demonstra :
ton by Irene Jones of Noble
Florists.
Mrs. Glenn Russell h a S
been confined to her bed by
illness for the past tW o
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Rose
um are both much improved
in health. Mr.. RoSeum i S
now able to drive his car for
short distances in favorable
weather.
Many of the college stu =
dents are at home for spring
vacations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bat
ties spent Saturday and Sun
day with their daughter and
family the Richard Lees i n
Delaware, Ohio.
James Patterson was in
Columbus on April 7 to at
tend a State Farm Bureau
Youth meeting. On Saturday
James and Thomas Patter =
son, Linda and Mary Lou
Barnes and Sarah Kneale
were in Granger, Ohio, for a
Farm Bureau Youth Rally.
Robert Morse, Mulberry
Rd., Chester is spending some
time in Mexico City. From
there he is taking trips to 9th
er places in Mexico.
Mrs. Mary ESselstyne, who
has been with her cousin
Mrs. Joshua Morrow, for
some time returned to her
home in Paducah, KY, late
last month. She is expected
back in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mac
Kernon ar in Lancaster, this
week visiting Mrs. MacKer-
mons sister.
The Gail McClearyS also
Mrs. Herbert Brill and da-
lighter, Susan were in Can
ton on Saturday to attend a
wedding.
Mrs. Sam Patterson, Mrs.
Kenneth Sperry and Mrs.
Lawrence Battles attended
the dinner at the M a no r
House for the County Farm
Bureau Women'S Committee.
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Friendly Class Meets

The meeting OF the Friend
ly Glass of the Baptist Sun
day School held on Tuesday
evening, April 5, was preced-
ed by a dinner at 6 o'clock.
Alvin Sharp was in charge
of the meeting. Mrs. Joh n
Arp presented the devotional
part of the program. Mr.. and
Mrs. Forrest Bond showed
color slides taken on their
trip to Italy last summer and
told of their experiences in
that country.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14
Chester Sugar Camp
To Be PubliCiZed

A photographer from t h e
American Telephone and
Telegraph Company came
from New York City on Mar.
20 to photograph maple Syr-
up making operations in the
Patterson Sugar Bush. H e
took pictures of the entire
process Of syrup making from
the tapping Of the trees to the
boiling down of the sap. He
took particular interest in
making pictures with snow in
the background. These pic
lures will be used in a story
on Sugar Making that will be
printed in a monthly maya
zine published by that Com
pany. The illustrated story
will be printed and circulat-
ed in the spring of 1861.
On April 2 the Cleveland
Press carried many pictures
taken in the Patterson sugar
camp.
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Plans for a New Church
Former Chester Minister
To Live in Rome

DR.. Harriet Louise H. Pat
terson, former minister at the
Chester Community Church,
has left her Cleveland home
temporarily to reside in Ro-
me, Italy. She will be travel
conSultant and director of
tours of the Middle East and
the Holy Land. Dr.. Patter-
son was minister here f o +
many years and has many
friends who wish for her in
teresting experiences in her
new home.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14

The Meyfd family keeps their home evenly heated all long
with electric Dashboard heating installed when the home built
Last their total heating $300O0 The Merryed took
advantage of CETs Budget Billing Plan for electric heat and
paid monthly namens ofon month period
Mrs Merryfed mentions cleanliness biggest benefsn
electrically heated home Walls furniture drapes
because there fumes smudgng Electric heating
costs less to install older house because needs ducts
ues Temperatures different parts the house nddu
ally controlled No overheang place reach another
Want to know about cean convenient electric heating?
For free illustrated booklet write phone The Illuminating Co.,
1887 Mentor Avenue Panesvlle Ohio ELmwood 23345
4737 Main Avenue, Ashtabula, Ohio CNYman 7-61O1)
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14
Thanks to CORRESPONDENT

Thanks and appreciation
to Mrs. Carol Battles for the
interesting news letters that
she contributed during the
vacation Of your regular cor
respondent. Also thanks to
those who assisted her by cal
ling in news items. From
now on please call or send
news to Mrs. Lennah Bond,
CheSterland or phone Park
9-7016.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14

Members are asked to bring
plates of appetizerS or sweet
delicacieS.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14
Chester Study Club

The next meeting of the
Chester Study club is We'd
nesday evening, April 20. The
meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Wray Manning,
Caves Rd. The subject for
program discussion is Adult
Literature with Mrs. M a n :
ming, Mrs. Frank Downer and
Mrs. Ralph SchWarz as lead
erS.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14
Happy Birthday

Adam KaSick's birthday
was April IL. The event was
celebrated with a party at
the KaSick home, Ranch DR..
on Saturday evening, April
8. Mrs. Kasick invited a group
of friends for the evening.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14
Golden Wedding

Mrs. Ralph SchWarz. Ches-
ter chairman for the Maple
Festival Golden Wedding ce-
LIBERATION wishes it known
that all golden wedding COUP
les in Chester and elsewhere
are invited to the golden wed
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Chester Welcome Wagon Club


A Gourmet Party is plan
ned for the Chester We |
come Wagon Club meeting to
be etSelrE-e EIDE
be held at the Chester Ele
m-entary school gym on April
18 at 7:30 pm.
The sponsors of Welcome
Wagon and husbands of the
members are to be guests.
The entertainment will be
by the nationally known Art
Lecture and Demonstration
Team Of DR.. James L. Ko-
cour and Alex Derry of Cleve-
land. While Dr.. KocouS is gi-
wing a talk on the definition
and understanding of art, Mr..
Derry will begin and finish a
colored painting in thirty mi
nutes.
The subject of which will
be selected by the viewing au-
dience. A question and ans
wer period will follow. Two
pastel pictures will also be
done. The three pictures will
be given as door prizes.
The team of DR.. Kocour
and Mr.. Derry devote their
time, without remuneration
to promote artists art, be.
lieving that the public should
support local artists by orig
inal art instead of copies. An
attractive and unusual buff
fet table is being planned
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14
BY LENNAH B. BOND
Chester's Oldest Woman

Chester's Oldest Woman
Now Ninety one
Mrs. Milan Jacobs, Chest
er's oldest woman and the
second oldest person in the
township, reached her 81 bir-
thday on April IA. The event
will be celebrated with a IA
mily party. Last year on her
Goth birthday an elaborate
party was given in her honor.
Mrs. Jacobs, who lives in
an apartment in the S m e
home with her son and dau-
ghter in law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gail Jacobs, takes care of
her home and is able to go a.
bout as she wishes. She is in
very good health and has Suf-
fered no illness all winter not
even a cold. Mrs. Jacobs,
who was born in Kirkland has
lived the remainder of h e r
life in Chester. She has many
friends here who extend con-
gratulationS.
Return From Mexico
Mr.. andd Mrs. Forrest Bond
have returned from a trip to
Mexico. Their maor S t op
were at Mexico City, Acapu-
leo, TaXco andd Guadlajara
They made overnight stops
at many other places and vi
sited some outstanding arch
geological points. They re :
port beautiful summer wealth
er while in Mexico. The Bonds
also spent some time in the
Rio Grande Valley in Texas
and also visited Hot Springs,
Arkansas enroute north.
While in Texas they called
on some former Chester peo-
pie who now make their hon.
eS in that state. At Corpus
Christi they visited the John
fraud family and Mrs. Mar
tina Wickliffe who have pur-
chased a new home there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Wyatt
and the Fred BerStoWS have
many interesting activities in
Brownsville. The S h ir e y
Mansfield family and Ms. V.
S. Mansfield were all well
and state that McAllen now
seems to them like home
Plans for a New Church
Plans are underway, &C =
cording to Robert Spring, for
the erection of new Luther
an Church in Chester. Mem
ber of the st. Marks Luther
an church have taken an op-
ton on seven acres of land
on Chillicothe Road just nor.
tn of Wilson Mills Rd., with
plans for building there ir
the future. The site is h e
Wnn.}t farm
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14

plateS OF appetlAefS OF sweet
delicacieS.
Base Ball Registration
Notice to ball players in all
West Geauga leagues. April
IA from 7:30 to 900 pm. reg
istration will take place at
the Chester school.
Training Course
An outdoor training course
for adult camp fire members
will be held at EaStside Ca
bin, River Rd., Gates Mills,
on Monday, April 25, starting
at 1000 am. Anyone inter-
ested in attending the session
is asked to call Mrs. George
Kundtz, PA 9-7038.
Unusual Road Conditions
For the first time in the his
tory of Chester Township the
schools have been closed be-
cuase of impossible road con-
ditionS. That is, with the eX-
ception of snow. March 81
and April l, schools were
closed because of impossible
roads. The spring vacation
scheduled for the week of
April 10 was changed to the
preceding week. This w ee k
schools are in session but the
busses will travel only on pa
we'd roads.
From March 81 to April 9
approximately, 1000 tons of
No. 2 limestone has been de-
/ livered to Chester. This is
loaded into the Township tru-
ckS and taken out to the var
iOus roads. Thus far, this a.
mount of stone has not made
the expected improvements
in the roads.
According to reports many
Chester residents are with
out mail delivery. The oft re-
peated slogan, THE mail
must get through" is no W
only a memory in Chester
The memory of former years
when the mail man deliver
ed the mail on foot in places
which could not be covered
with the usual transportation
Golden Age Club
The April meeting of t h e
Golden Age Club which was
held at the Community Chur-
ch on Monday, April 4, was
well attended. Due to the alb
sence of the president, Mrs.
Floyd Mansfield, the vice e
president, Mrs. Frank Barn
eS was in charge Of the meet
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest
Bond, who recently returned
from a trip to Mexico, show.
ed pictures taken in h a t
country and told interesting
facts about the country that
is south Of the border.
A picnic dinner was served
preceding the meeting. Fea-
turing the meal were birth
day cakes honoring the bir-
thdayS of william MacKer-
non, Mrs. Walter Williamson
Mrs. Theodore Eich, and
John Carlson also the birth,
days Of absent members Mrs
Elizabeth Montooth and Geor
ge Painter.
A decision was made b Y
vote of the members to have
a picnic dinner at the next
meeting which will be held or
May 2. Each is asked to brine
a contribution to the dinner
and own table service. Din
ner will be served at 12:O(
o'clock noon. The program
will be presented by t h e
Sweet AdalineS."
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-14

ment for the month at the
Chester library is by M Z.
Lee John. On April 5 a group
of Perennial Gardener mem
berS met at the home of Mrs.
Euguee Gehri, WoodSide Dr.,
and made miniature Easter
baskets for the Durkee title
Acre Nursing Home in New
bury.
Civic Association
Annual Dance
The Civic Association an =
nual dance will be held this
year at Pebblebrook Country
Club. The date is May Fl and
there will be festivities from
$50 am. to 1:30 am. Patti
Lynn's orchestra will play. A
buffet supper will be served
at midnight. Tickets are $3.50
per couple including supper.
These may be obtained from
Mrs. Wallace Inghram PA g.
1851 or Mrs. Anthony Kozak
PA 9-7831.
Nurses Association
Thursday, April 81, a 8:15
pm. is the date Of the meet
| ing of the West Geauga NurS-
eS Association at the home
of Mrs. John Mcneil, 335 E.
Hill DR.. The program will in
cIude a previeW of cancer
films from the Geauga Coun-
ty Cancer Society.
Chester News Briefs
Mrs. Wesley Petersen and
Mrs. Mable Collins returned
from Pasadena. Calf, on
Saturday. Mrs. Collins, who
lives on Hovey Dr., drove to
California in October an d
spent the winter with her sis
ter there. Mrs. Petersen went
by plane on March 19 to visit
her mother and other rela-
tiveS. They returned together
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Peter
sen have returned from ero
Beach, Fla, where they spent
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Sperry
went to Florida by plane on
Friday. They are expected
home on Sunday, April II.
They will spend their Florida
vacation at Ormond Beach ,
where they were joined by
friends from MunSon.
Harry Whittingham of Pha-
lanX Station was calling on
Chester friends on Sunday.
Lawrence Robinett recent
ly received word of the death
of his niece in Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Schal-
ler and daughter, Lauren
were in Naperville, H., last
week to visit Mr.. Schaller's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
w. Schaller.
George Painter and Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Shearer return
ed from Florida on Friday
They spent the winter in Mt
Dora where they went in mic
October.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Boep
pie are expected home this
week. They spent the winter
in ero Beach, Fla. Enroutt
home they visited their son
Philip Boepple and family il
Amelia, a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bar
stow left on April 8 for WeS
Palm Beach, Fla, where the!
will visit the Robert NiXoni
formerly of Chester.
Milan Pelton has returned
to his home here. For the pas
several months he has beer
assisting his brother and sis
ter in law, Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence PeltOn at the Hal
Museum in Summit County
Clarence has recovered from
his illness and is now able t
resume his work there.
; Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wen
ger and Barbara and Rus
sell Jr. have been visiting re
lativeS in Indiana and south
+, ern Michigan.
DR.. and Mrs. A. Dewey
Bond and daughters, Philir
da and Laurel Dee of Nc
Lean, Va, visited his parent
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Bon
: last week. They were a l S
: here one day the previous
week enroute to D e troi
, where they attended the wee
ding of Mrs. Bonds brothe
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ing partner. I'm out there
trying to take his title away
from him and he's being so
nice to me it was almost as
though he was helping me, ="
Kelley said later.
It was a big day for Manor,
which already has the Mary
land State team title. Kelley
won the Open and Amateur
Bill Brownrigg kept the Harry
G. Pitt Trophy at the club.
The Pitt Trophy was pre-
sented to the Association by
Harry'S friends at Manor.
The race for the amateur
title was shot-for shot all day.
Brownrigg finally beat Sergt.
Harold Ridgley, the Maryland
Amateur champion, and Carl
Lohren by a stroke each after
Lohren changed his mind and
was permitted to re-enter after
withdrawing from the tourna-
ment. Ridgley bogied the last
hole to miss a tie with Brown
rigg.
Most people were astounded
that there were only two SUBJ
par rounds, the morning So by
Emery and Kelley's finishing
68. In fact, nobody even
matched par in the afternoon
after Ralph Bogart, Buddy
Sharkey, Jimmy Clark and
Ridgeley hit the figure in the
morning. Bogart and Sharkey
slipped in the afternoon.
Charley BaSsler, the 6-time
champion, barely made the
a.
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Of stopping the Cuban and
then demanding q title match,
He came in at 1874 to 1924
for Paret.
He was behind on the cards
of both judges and the referee
when the end came, but he
made it close in every round OF
a smuggling match which saw
the two stand toe to toe in
vicious exchanges. Paret kept
in close, and usually kept Hart
from Numbering his big guns.
The end came abruptly: Pa
ret stepped back from a quick
exchange and shot over an
overland right which caught
the Philadelphia on the but
ton. He went down and didn't
quite make it by the time Ref
cree Mark Conn finished the
count.
GARDEN of1ctalS were en-
couraged by their experimental
summer show without televi-
sion. A crowd of 4,425 paid
$l0.244 on a hot night, and q
Tuesday night at that. Gar
den fights, televised. had be-
come a Friday night fixture
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CurtisCupper
Muy Capture
Truns-Miss

CINCINNATI, July 13 (AP) -
Picking a favorite for the 1860
women's Trans-Mississippi Golf
championship already has be-
come just about as difficult as
fore-telling the score of today's
second All-Star baseball game.
The kids-teenagers and girls
In their early 20s-ran into a
peck Of trouble in yesterdays
first-round matches. but by
sheer numbers they had to be
rated high.
On the basis of past play,
Curtis Cupper jeanne Gum
derson of Kirkland, Wash;
Judy Eller, Old Hickory. Tenn.
and Mrs. Ann Casey tombstone,
Mason City, Iowa, rate as ma
jor factors.
jeanne and Judy are in the
younger group. Mrs. tombstone
is a veteran-and the defend
ing champion.
Mrs. tombstone today met
Barbara Slobe Of Waukegan,
ILL.,, the 1858 champion in her
home State.
Miss Eller, 20, faced Mrs. r.
E. Mueller of Cincinnati, one
of the younger players despite
that Mrs. in front Of her name.
Miss Gunderson, national in
tercollegiate champion, OPP
posed Mrs. James Pickerel,
Dayton, Ohio.
Still in the running were
such tournament veterans as
Mrs. Paul Dye. jr.. and Mrs.
Jason Weiss, both of Indian
apolis, and Mary Ann Downey,
Baltimore, the 1851 Trans
Miss winner. Yesterday Mrs.
Downey defeated Mrs. Allen
GeorgenSon of Mansfield. Ohio,
3 and 2. Today Mrs. Downey
meets Diane Hoke Of Pitts
burgh.
Mrs. Weiss, former Indiana
champion, plays Mary Pat
Jansen Of Charlottesville, Va,
who yesterday eliminated
Margarine Gable Of Arcadia,
Calf, 2 and /.
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Alexandra Boy
Wins Golf Honors

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. July
Is (AP).-A 17-year-old War
wirk High School senior today
held the Payton Memorial golf
tournament crowns title he
achieved with a record score,
Ronnie Gerringer of Newport
News. one of the younger stars
on Virginia golfdom's horizon,
turned in rounds of 68-6s-70-
for his pace-setting 207. His
score clipped one stroke of the
record set in 1855 by Jordan
Ball with rounds of 72-69-67-
20s.
Charles Holden, III, of Alex
andria won the senior division
with a score Of 6s-70-72-210.
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Puret Koyos Hart, Sets
Sights on MiddIeweiqhts
NEW YORK g,llv IL (AP)

NEW YORK, July Is (AP).
Benny (Kid) Paret is looking
for new worlds to conquer, but
not necessarily at the risk of
his still glittering welterweight
title. II
The Cuban buzzsaw knocked
out Garnet (SugaD Hart of
Philadelphia last night In the
sixth round Of their scheduled
10-round overweight bout, and
Immediately his manager, Man.
uel Alfaro, began mentioning
names Of champion or ex-
champion middle-weights as an
opponent for his tiger.
We're interested in Ray
Robinson. Gene Fullmer, Paul
Pender or Carmen Basilio as
an opponent" he said, adding {:
I'm an overweight match, Of
course"
Alfaro said Paret would go
to Puerto Rico for a two
months rest, and mentioned
Paret would defend his title
against FREDERICK Thompson in
the Garden October Is.
1t was a heartbreaking de-
feat for Hart, who had dreams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-13
Joyce Ziske Sets
Course Record
In Hoosier Golf

FORT WAYNE, Ind, July IL
(AP)-Joyce Ziske of Water
ford, Wis, birdied the last
three holes and won the Ladies
Professional Golf Association
division Of the third annual
HooSier Celebrities tournament
by four strokes yesterday.
Her $3.50 was a new
ladies' record for the For;
Wayne Country Club, It was
worth a 5000 slice Of the $4,000
prize money.
Tied for second at 70 were
Ruth Jessen of Seattle, Cathy
Cornelius Of Lakeland, Fla,
and Gloria Armstrong Of Al
ameda. Calf. They picked UP
1896 each.
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FIGHT RESULTS
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK madison Square Gar.
GEM .-benny kid Paret, 1924
Hart, 1881. Philadelphia. 9 mon.
FORT ERIE. ontario.-Joey Clam.
bra, l57, Buffalo, N. Y. Knocked out
Bobby Hughes, 1877. Erie. Pa, 2.
MeKEEsPoRT. Pa. - Johnny Nor
RS, 100 Pittsburgh. outpointed Tony
Dumas, 153, New Orleans, 10.
MIAMI BEACH. Fla.-Chico veiar
rol, stamiord. Conn, and Frankie
NEW BEDFORD. Mass. - Miekey
Dwyer, 1876, Boston, stopped Willie
Creme 100. Providence, r. l., 8.
Los ANGELES. - Hank Aeeves
mon sarmiento, 1913, Mexieal. Mex.
ieo' 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-13
Leaders Defeated

The Cubs beat the first-place
Yankees, 1873. yesterday in the
Falls Church Double-A Little
League.
Evening star., 1960-03-26
Howard Horris Named
Virginia Roads Chief

RICHMOND. Mar. rs (AP) /.
Gov. Almond yesterday ap-
pointed Howard Hugh Harris
as State highway commissioner
for the 'unexpired term Of the
late Samuel d. May. The term
will run through June 80. 1862.
Mr.. Harris, 56. an employe
of the State Highway Depart
ment since April /, 1923, had
served as administrative as
sistant to the commissioner for
the last year.
A native. of South Boston,
Va, Mr.. Harris came to the
departments central Offices in
Richmond in 1s45 as assistant
maintenance engineer. He was
appointed maintenance engi-
neer october /, 1851, and on
July /, 1854 was appointed
assistant chief engineer.
In the latter capacity he was
in charge Of the construction,
maintenance, secondary roads
and landscape divisions. He
held this position until he was
named administrative assistant.
Before coming to Richmond,
he served the department in
the field as survey party chief
and as resident engineer at
Evening star., 1960-03-26
Old Hotel Burns
In Seat Pleasant:
Arson Suspected

The old Seat Pleasant Hotel,
a vacant l8-room structure in
the 6700, block of Roosevelt
avenue, Seat Pleasant, was Sc
verely damaged last night in a
two-alarm blaze fought by six
Prince Georges County fire
companies.
One estimate placed damage
at close to $4,000. The fire
spread through partitions into
both floors of the frame build
ing but was brought under con-
troll in an hour.
Three Seat Pleasant fire.
men, William Dove, Allen Ellis
and Milton Jones, suffered
minor injuries and were treat
ed at the scene. Cause of the
blaze was undetermined, but
fire officials said arson is sus-
pected.
The hotel is in the rear of
the F. L. Watkins Lumber Co.,
which owns the building.
Evening star., 1960-03-26
Cadet Renamed
Middies' Chief

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Mar. q
-Midshipman Alton K
Thompson Of Dallas. Tex, will
continue as commander Of the
Naval Academy's 3,600-mar
brigade of midshipmen through
the spring quarter. the acad-
emy announced yesterday.
The brigade commander for
the winter period will start his
new term March 81. It will
continue through graduation
exercises in June.
The academy announced APP
pointment of 248 officers fol-
the spring period. Most oi
them we're picked from brigade
officers who were appointed fol
the fall or winter period. The
officers include the following
from the Washington area:
Battalion commanders: Roy
L. Rogers, son Of Mrs. Virginia
Rogers of Glen road, Rockville
Md, and Walter I. Smits, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Smits
1906 Underwood street, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Company commanders: David
H. Hofmann, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Hofmann. 570C
Wyngate drive, Bethesda; Pey-
ton r. Latimer. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Latimer. sos
Chalfonte drive. Alexandria
and Robert Sutliff, jr., son o1
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Sutliff, Abs
Twenty-fourth road. Arlington