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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-06
Artml0biIe In Amelia
For Fine Day Visit

AMELIA, Dec, 5 = Mrs. C. D
Welsiger. Jr.. today announced
the names of hostesses for the
forthcoming Artmobile visit to
Amelia on December SO.
The Artmobile. a complete air
conditioned exhibition gallery on
wheels. was a gift to the people
Of Virginia from Miller and
Rhoads. and is operated by the
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts:
its statewide tours are sponsored
by the Virginia Federation Of
Women's Clubs.
Tho hostesses will aid driver
curator Ralnh Handwerk III vel
coming visitors to the current
Republic in the 18th century.
Artmobile exhibition devoted to
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original Paintings Of the Italian
Renaissance. During the fifteen
minute tour of the Artmobile.
visitors hear a recorded common
tary as they view these rare
paintings which range in time
from the age of Dante to the last
glorious period of the Venetian
The Artmobile will be located
al Amelia HIGH School for its
five day visit to Amelia.
This exhibition of original
works Of art from the Italian
Renaissance was designed and
Installed by the Virginia Museum
Of Fine Arts and the fourteen
paintings on view are from its
permanent collection.
Mrs. Weislger. chairman Of the
Artinohlle visit to Amelia. is Fine
Arts chairman of Amelia County
Woman'S Club.
Hostesses for Artmoblle visit
are: Mrs. G. w. Jones, Mrs. j.
A. Sydnor, Mrs. R. P Jones.
Mrs. c. D. Weisiger. Jr.. Mrs.
Philip Boepple, Mrs j. T. Neal.
Mrs E H. Burke, Mrs S. V.
Wheeler. Mrs. James Burnette,
Mrs. R E. Arlington. Mrs.
James Courier, Mrs H S. Emer-
son, Mrs. John F. DICKENS, and
Mrs, H. w. Emerson.
Also, Mrs. James Ford, Mrs.
John Smith, Mrs. Guthrie Good
man. Miss Selma Hindle, Mrs.
James Royal, Mrs. Eugenia Lee.
Mrs c. B Goodman, Mrs. T. D.
Lewis. Mrs. Harry Marlowe and
Mrs. j F. Duke.
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Situation Wanted

SETTLED married woman wants
work, part or full time, nurse,
light housekeeping in town Farm
vile or near Farmvllle only. Mrs.
Louise Adams Chlldress, Char
lotte G. H. 12-6-1p
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NO HUNTING

NO HUNTING Oh my farm. Mike
Papas. Ri. 2 Farmville. ll-22-l0t
NO HUNTING or trespassing on
my property. Mrs. Ora G.. Hold
ges. Rice. Va. ll-1G-6t
POSTED - No hunting on my
property. c. T. Yeats, Rice, Va.
ll-15-19p
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LOST AND FOUND

CALF wv LOST white face
bull. weight about $50 lbs. Leon
r. Carter. RID. Rice. l2-6-2t
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APARTMENT - two rooms, bath
and kitchen, second floor. 3O4
Pine St. Call Elk 2-493O or 2-39l3.
11-11-tf
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DICKERSON Auction Company
We cry for you. Auction any
thing, anywhere. any time. w.
w. Dickerson. Farmville. phone
Elk 2-3556. 2-12-tf
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FOR SALE

WE HAVE special values in
sweaters, jackets, trousers and
car coats. Verser'S. 11-25-7p
GIVE MAGAZINE SUBSCRIP-
TIONS for Christmas. Free price
list on request. H. v. Lancaster,
Jr.. 408 High ST., Farmville, Va.
Elk 2-5488. 1852
MANURE Chicken Manure.
Roberts Poultry Farm Elk Q
4701 Farmville. 9-27-n
WOOD - oak suitable to cut for
fireplace or stove. Call or see H.
L. Ransom, on Rice road on Sat
urday or after five. 1852
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WANTED

COMPANION for middle aged
lady. Good home in country with
modern conveniences to person
that can furnish reference. Mrs.
George Schmidt, phone x 2
4093. Rice. 12-2-4p
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FOR SALE

RAW PEANUTS: Extra large
size. New crop, makes a nice
Christmas pre- S en- t. 40 cents
pound or S Id. sack ready for
mailing $3.50. j. H. Whitfield Co.,
N. Main Street, Farmville. 12-6-n
SHRUBBERY - evergreens and
azalias. Mrs. Fielder Hubbard,
Rice, Va. Phone Elk 2-4550.
10-11-n
APPROXIMATELY 500 It. culled
lumber packages l inch boards
and 2 by As. Excellent for use
around the farm: $3.50 pkg. r. C.
Goodwin and Sons Powhatan
Va. Phone LY 8-4422. 11-1-tf
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ADDING MACHINES and Type.
writer's. Southside Business Ma.
chimes. Corner Of Main and High
Streets. Farmyille. 8-8-tf
HYACINTH BULBS - Large size
bulbs. Five beautiful cOlors. Now
greatly reduced to 10 cents each.
A real buy for these nice bulbs.
J. H. Whitfield Co.. N. Main
Street. Farnville. l2-6-tf
FALL CLEANING SPECIAL
Savings of so cents per gallon on
Armstrong Linogloss wax. 50
cents off on Armstrong floor
cleaner per gallon. We rent floor
polishers for ST or $l.50 per day.
The Floor Shop. 119 North Main
Street. Farmville. 1O-28-f
OR RENT - Wheel chairs hospi
tai beds. crutches. canes, or sick
room needs. Gray's Drug Store.
Farmville. SCOT
PONIES - Three mare ponies,
well broken. gentle. fat and sleek.
good disposition. good Christmas
gift for your child. ]. B. Hanes,
YU 3-254l, Dillwyn, Va. l2-2-6p
SPECIAL-l2x18 all wool hooked
rugs. High quality. green back
ground. lovely floral design.
Regular $269.95. Sacrifice price
$4,000. Floor Shop. Main Street.
Farmville. 12-2-tf
CLOTHING - for girl, in Won
derful shape. Size IA to l6. Phone
Elk 2-3923. 12-2-2t
BLACK WALNUT kernels. Ar
thur Welchlin, Farmville. phone
2-5457. l1-29-4p
WALL PAPER - Is per cent off
on all 1860 stock wall paper.
Farmville Mfg. Co.. in the Shop
ping Center. Phone Elk 2-3l18.
11-25-H
BEFORE purchasing Christmas
luggage, see our line for ladies
and men We have Snecial values
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TO BUY - bred, commercial
Hereford cows to calve this win
ter or early spring. Write Box
CO., CO Herald. 12-2-2t
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SPENCER supports. bras. In
sures better health, greater COM
fort. Exclusive guarantee, Annie
P utne Y, registered corsetiere,
Phone Elk 2-4468. I1-8-l4p
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APARTMENT r. Three bed
rooms, heat. cold and hot water
furnished. immediate possession.
S. w. Putney. Jr.. Elk 2-4183 or
Elk 2-393O. Farmville. 11-18-tf
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CLASSIFIEDS
FOR SALE

FURNITURE three rooms;
living room. dining room, kit
chen. Call Elk 2-3428. 12-2-3p
LOT: $50 fit. front $50 it. deep
next door to Alfred Price on
WILDWOOD Road. See J. B. ia
cobs at Cedar Brook Restaurant.
l1-1-tf
CROCUS, Dutch Iris and Ane-
mones Bulbs. All now greatly re-
duccd to cents each. All are top
size, high quality bulbs. A real
bargain at this price. ]. H. Whit
field Co.. N. Main Street, Farm
Vile. l2-6-tt
A BEAUTIFUL showing in hats
and shoes at reasonable prices.
Verser's. 1l-25-7p
RESIDENCE situated in town
OF Pamplln. DrlcK, TWO story,
eight rooms. full bath and half
bath. full basement, oil furnace,
russo storm windows and doors.
For sale also dining room
suite, electric refrigerator, cleo
range and deep freezer. 1860
Ford Falcon-4 door sedan For
information call Pamplin 248-
267l, 5 pm. to 10 pm, during
week and IL pm. to 6 pm Sat-
urdays and Sundays. 1l-22-tf
TULIP BULBS = Top size bulbs.
We still have a nice selection of
colors.. Price now reduced to s
certs each. December planted
bulbs are most satisfactory. j. H.
Whitfield Co.. N. Main Street,
Farmville. l2-6-tf
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FURNISHED APARTMENT -
Water. lights and heat furnished.
Rent reasonable. Apply R. F..
Cralle, Phone Elk 2-3229. 1l-18-10p
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CERAMIC TILE BATH: We in
stall complete tile jobs. B e t
workmanship available. Call
Elk 2-5379 for free estimate. The
Floor Shop. Main Street, Farm
vile. 9-20-tf
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STORM WINDOWS from Sl3.95
up. Storm doors from S29.95 and
up. Call Elk 2-4347, Watkins AVN,
g & Sign Co. 12-2-2t
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THE CONTOUR SHOP - For re-
lief Of tension. holiday fatigue,
slenderizing. Phone Elk 2-5373.
11-18-tf
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WOOD Fireplace length or
heater wood, seasoned or green.
Delivered. Reasonable prices.
Phone Elk 2-3968 after 6 pm.
12-6-2p
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FIRE WOOD - dry or green
blocked slab wood. Picked up at
our mill. $500 cord. R. c. Good
vyn and Sons, Powhatan, Va.
phone Ly 84422. 11-l-tf
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SERVICE DEPARTMENT: If 1t
can be fixed. we can fix it. All
work guaranteed. The only thing
cheap about our service is our
price. Farmers Supply Co.,
phone Eek 2-3446, Farmville. Va
1-13-tt
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SERVICES

HORSE Shooting Patrick
Lair. Phone Pamplin 248-2153.
12-2-4t
THE VANITY Beauty ShopAFor
Guaranteed permanent waves,
Phone Elk 2-4460. 11-18-tf
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LOOK = us up in the yellow
pages. The S & S Contour shop,
next door to the Vanity Beauty
Shop, Farmville. 10-21-tf
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SERVICES

SEPTIC TANKS: cleaned. new
systems installed, old systems
repaired. Free estimate. W. W.
Dickerson. phone Elk 2-3556.
Far1nville. List
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FOR SALE

POTTED and Pansy plants and
lots of new and special gifts at
the right prices await you at Col
Inns Florist. l2-6-2p
BICYCLE Brand new girl
English. fully equipped. $1,000.
Can be seen at Mrs. w. w. Gates,
Cumberland. l2-6-4p
EARTHWORM CASTINGS, no
thing surpasses for growing all
vegetables, flowers. houseplants.
Peck. S100. Bushel So so Bring
container H L. Anderson. Rt.
2. Pamplin. l2-6-2p
STOVE WOOD ~ dried kindllng
blocks. hard wood slabs, cut
heater length. Buffalo S h o 0 k
Company. Farmville. ll-22-tf 7
STORM WINDOWS from Sl395
up. Storm doors from S2995 and
up Call Elk 2-4347. Watkins AVN
ing g. Sign Co. l2-2-2t
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BEFORE purchasing Christmas
luggage. see our line for ladies
and men. We have special values.
Use our layaway plan. Verser's.
1852
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-06

LOG KILLING SUPPLIES Salt,
black pepper. sage, sausage sea-
sonlng. lard protector. butcher
knives. meat saws, and cleavers
See us for your needs. j. H. Whit.
'ield Co., ~ Main Street. Farm
vile 12-6-tf
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FIRST FLOOR furnished apart
ment. Immediate possession.
Phone Elk 2-4731. 11-22-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-06

ADDING MACHINES and Type.
writer's. Southside Business Ma.
chimes. Corner Of Main and High
Streets. Farmville. 8-8-t
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SALESMAN Nv Rawleigh dealer
wanted at once. Good oppor
tunity. Write at once. Rawleigh's
Dept. VALLEJO lO5. Richmond, Va.
IL - 6-l3-23-3O Nm p
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NOTICE,

MALE OR FEMALE - Full or
part time. Age 21-T0. Car or light
truck needed to service customers
in Farmvllle on established Wat
kins Route. Bonus Plan. Better
than average income. Old estab-
lished firm. Write today. Watkins
Products. Inc, Box SOIL, Dept.
So, Richmond, Virginia
1l-l5-2tptT) l2-6-ltp
FIND US fast in the Yellow
Pages. The Vanity Beauty Shop
and The Contour Shop 1l-13-tf
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FOR rem

APARTMENT Nv three rooms
furnished. Heat and Water fur
nished 3l6 South Main Street.
l2-6-4p
SERVICE STATION my with liv-
ing quarters. located on Rt. 60,
l mile west of Buckingham.
Phone WO 9-2135. 12-2-10t
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HYACINTH BULBS N Large size
bulbs. Five beautiful colors. Now
greatly reduced to 10 cents each.
A real buy for these nice bulbs.
j. H. Whitfield Co.. N. Main
Street, Farnville. l2-6-n
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APPROXIMATELY 500 It. culled
lumber packages l inch boards
and 2 by As. Excellent for use
around the farm: 50 so pkg. r. c.
Goodwin and Sons Powhatan
Va. Phone LY 8-4422. lift
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APARTMENT unfinished.
Phone Elk 2-4369. 12-2-9p
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Mrs. Coro Spicer,
Of D. 6. Family

Mrs. Cora Hirsch Spicer, "a,
a third-generation Washingto-
nian, died Thursday in the
George Washington University
Hospital.
The daughter of a Civil War
veteran, she was a member OF
officer of many associations, in
Icluding the Hebrew Home for
the Aged, B'nai Birth, the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Wom-
en- and the Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
She married Benjamin Spicer
in 1897. He died in 1912.
Mrs. Spicer leaves a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Berenice Stark of
3210 Wisconsin avenue NV,
two granddaughters and q
great-grandson.
Friends may call at Gawler's
Funeral Home. Services will be
at IL am. tomorrow, with pri-
vate burial.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Alvin c. Myers,
Aide at JeIIeff's

Alvin Cole Myers, SO, the
manager of the Shirlington
shoe department for Jelleff's,
Inc, died Thursday in Provi-
.dence Hospital of cancer.
Mr.. Myers was born in 1907
in Muscatine, Iowa. and was
educated there in the public
schools. He moved to Washing
ton in 1949 and was first en-
ployed in the shoe department
of Franklin Simon. In 1853 Mr..
Myers became the manager of
the Shirlington shoe depart
ment of Jelleff's, Inc. Mr.. Myers
resided at 8105 Tahona drive,
Silver Spring.
Mr.. Myers leaves his wife, the
former Elizabeth Walton from
Wilmington, N. c., of the home
address.
Funeral services will be at
l pm. Monday in the Warner
E. Pumphrey Funeral Home.
8434 Georgia avenue, Silver
Spring, with burial in Park
lawn.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Two Men Killed
In Accidents on
Maryland Roads

WALDORF, Md. July Is
(SpeciaD Two men were
killed in separate accidents
last night in Southern Mary
land, State Police reported.
Elijah P. Smith, 10, of Hunt
ingtown, Md, was killed when
his car skidded and overturned
on Route 2, two miles north of
Prince Frederick. police said.
The second victim, Herbert
Pearl BanniSter, 81, of Grayton,
Md, was a passenger in a car
driven by Clarence Savoy, 81,
also of Grayton, police said.
The Savoy car went out of
control while attempting to pass
string of cars on Route 6, near
Riverside, police said. The car
overturned after hitting a five
foot bank at the side of the
road, police said.
Police said Savoy was charged
with manslaughter, driving
without a license, reckless driv-
ing and driving a car with
registration plates issued to an
other vehicle.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Mrs. Hawkins, 86,
Generals Widow

Mrs. Hamilton Hawkins, 86,
widow of Gen. Hamilton Haw-
kins, died yesterday at Walter
Reed Hospital. Mrs. Hawkins,
the former Miss Helen Smith,
was born in Staunton, Va. She
lived with her daughter at 3508
Lowell street NV.
Her husband, who retired in
1886 after a long Army career
which took him to France
during World War and to
the Philippines after the war
served several tours of duty in
the Washington area at the
Army War College and Fort
Myer. He was recalled to active
duty at the outbreak of World
War II. He died 10 years ago.
Mrs. Hawkins was a men,
Der of the Washington Cathe-
dral and the Army-Navy Club
She leaves a daughter,
Nancy, of the home address.
Services will be at 10 am.
M on d ay at the Bethlehem
Chapel of Washington CaLhe-
dral, Wisconsin and Massachu-
sets avenues NV. Burial will
be Tuesday in West Point, NY.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Edward F. Jones, Newsmon,
Former Magazine Writer

Edward F. Jones. 40, former
night city editor of the Wash
ington Times-Herald, died sud-
denly in Annapolis yesterday.
Friends said he was stricken
suddenly at his home and was
being taken to a hospital when
he died in an ambulance.
After serving as city editor of
the Times-Herald, Mr.. Jones
joined Life Magazine as it's
chief Washington correspond
ent.
In 1851 he began work for
the Convair Division of General
Dynamics Corp. as assistant to
the president in charge Of
public relations. advertising
and community relations.
This year, Mr.. Jones left
Convair to enter the field of
industrial relations.
MIR. Jones was born in Green
City, Mo-. a city near Kansas
City. and started newspaper
work on the old Kansas City
Journal Post. He came east to
work in Baltimore, and then
to Washington where he spent
20 years in editorial and re-
porting work.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy
Moreland Jones, and three
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Mrs. D. M. Harris
Former Actress
And Cover Girl

Mrs. Desiree Marks Harris
II, former actress and cover
girl, who was prominent ir
Washington society in hel
youth, died yesterday in Co
lumbia Presbyterian Medical
Center in New York.
Mrs. Harris numbered among
her friends here Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Countess Cassini
and they were known as "the
three inseparables" at that time
The widow of Harry Harris
IStockbroker, theater manager
and world bantamweight box
ing champion in 1912, she
acted under the name of Desiree
Lazard. She made her debut
in 1905 in George M. Cohan's
"Forty-flve Minutes From
Broadway"
She also appeared in Home
Folks" with William S. Hart;
The Noble Spaniard" and
"Strongheart" with Robert Ed
eSon; Polly of the Circus" with
Mabel Taliaferro and "The
Movers" before retiring half a
century ago, when she was
married.
Mrs. Harris is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Philip Steiner
OF Cincinnati and two grand
children.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Mrs. Murray, 70,
Here 18 Years

Mrs. Mary Reynolds Murray
78, of 1902 Varnum street NV.
a resident here for about Il
years, died yesterday at hel
home after a stroke.
Mrs. Murray, whose husband
died during World War I, was
a native and a longtime resi-
dent of Mahanoy Plane, Pa
She came to Washington tc
live with a sister in 1912 ano
was a member of the Sacred
Heart Church.
Besides her sister, Mrs. Rich.
ard ]. Donnelly of the home
adresS, she leaves four neph.
ews, John Donnelly of Viii.
mington, Del; DR.. Kenneth
Donnelly, of Mahanoy City, Pa.
Charles Donnelly, 1910 May.
wood avenue, Silver Spring
and Frank Donnelly, of the
home address.
In addition she leaves foul
nieceS. Misses Margaret, Flea.
nor, Anne and Mary Donnelly
all of the home address, and
"a fifth niece. Mrs. Dorothy
Rose, of Sandy Spring, Md.
Friends may call at the resi-
dence. A requiem mass will
be offered at 10 am. Monday
in the Sacred Heart Church
Sixteenth street and Park road
NV. Burial will be in Gate OF
Heaven Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Electricity Bolt
Hurts Workers

Two construction workers
were injured today, one seri-
ously, when they received a
bolt of electricity while work
ing on an Arlington project.
Ernest McCauley, 81, of
Route 4, Vienna, was admitted
to Arlington Hospital in serious
condition. The accident oc-
Cured about 1925 am. at an
apartment project at 2001 Co.
lumbia pike.
His colleague, George C.
Baker, 80, of Pine Lawn Trailer
Court, Fairfax County, was ad-
mitted to the hospital in salts
factory condition.
Fireman Jack Mariana said
the two men were guiding a steel
rail into place on the balcony
when one end of it accidentally
touched high tension wires.
Both suffered shock, burns,
and decorations.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Refugees to Pray Here
For Victims of Reds

latter the 1918 pm. mass to-
morrow in st. Dominic's Cath
olic Church, Sixth and E streets
lS.W.
Prayers in Lithuanian anG
English in a book Of prayers
composed by Lithuanian teen
ayers in a Soviet slave labor
camp and smuggled out, will be
recited by Miss Brute Babars-
kas.
A Washington Hungarian
group will sing an ancient
Marian hymn. During the week.
days at noon at st. Dominic's
refugees from Soviet persecu-
ton in Europe and the Far East
will conduct, the recitation of
the rosary asking Gods bless
ings on those still imprisoned
in the Soviet Union and satel-
lites. Ukrainian refugees will
reclte the rosary in their ma
tive languages on next Thurs
day, and Hungarian refugees
next Saturday.
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Lawrence .Tibbett, 63,
Noted Baritone, Dies

NEW YORK, July 16 (AP)
Lawrence Tibbett. the re-
nowned baritone of opera,
radio and movies. is dead at 63.
He died yesterday after lin
gering in a coma for three
weeks after an operation.
| 1t was at the Metropolitan
Opera in New York that MIR.
Tibbett first won fame-scor-
ing a sensational success and
attaining stardom overnight.
Worry gripped the manager
as curtain time arrived one
might years ago with the Met
preparing to give Q perform
ance of the Verdi opera, "Fal-
staff"
| He had a right to be nervous.
lone of his leading baritones,
Vincente Ballester, had been
stricken i'll and the manager
had to find a substitute.
S60-a-Week Baritone
In desperation, he had
reached into the ranks of Sec
fondary singers and plucked out
a $60-a-week baritone, then in
his second season with the Met.
True, the 28-year-old Ameri-
can had a commanding stage
appearance - tall. well-built.
But his voice? Was he ready?
He had never sung a major
operate role before. And now,
the demanding part Of Ford in
"Falstaff."
The manager needn't have
troubled himself. The young
singer was superb.
At the end of his second act
monologue he received one of
the greatest ovations ever ac-
corded a singer at the Met. For
Is minutes the audience went
wild and only quieted when the
baritone made a solo curtain
call.
A New Star Rises
A new star had risen in the
operatic heavens.
His name Lawrence Tibbett.
The year, 1925.
And for rs years he sang
leading operate roles and
helped popularize opera classics
with appearances in movies, on
the stage and radio. He was the
first American opera star to
make a Hollywood sound movie.
"The Rogue Song"
Mr.. Tibbett had always been
stage struck from. his early
childhood days in California.
He sang in churches in Los
Angeles and in the New York
area before being hired by the
Met.
His final Met performance
was in l949. And he ended his
singing career the next year in
two Broadway musicals.
Three weeks ago he had un-
Evening star., 1960-07-16
Col. Miller, Led Army Unit
Solving Hesse Jewel Theft

Col. Alton C. Miller, Sc, for
mer head of the Army investi-
cation unit that solved the
theft Of the HesSe family jewels,
died Thursday at the Washing
ton Hospital Center, after an
eight-month illness. He lived
at 1908 North Tenth street,
Arlington, Va.
From 1856. when he Joined
the Arlington County public
school system. until the deteri-
oration of his health forced
him to retire at the end of the
last school year, he taught
French and Spanish at Will
liamsburg Junior High School.
AS director Of the Army
provost marshal's security and
investigations division, Col.
Miller was instrumental in solv-
ing the celebrated theft, by
three Army occupation officers
Of treasurers from historic
Kronberg Castle, near Frank
furt, Germany. after World
War II.
Valued at about SIS million,
the jewels and family heirlooms
were dug up from their hiding
place-a zinc-lined box in one
OF the castles subterranean
chambers-and smuggled into
this country shortly after the
war.
Col. Miller's men tracked the
thieves down and helped re-
cover most of the stolen trea-
sure, part of which was found
in nearby Fairfax County.
Eventually. it was returned to
the Hesse family and the three
officers, convicted Of the theft
by the Army, were sentenced
to prison.
Born in Allentown
Col. Miller was born in Allen
town. Pa, in 1904.
He was graduated from Penn
Sylvania State College with a
masters degree in Romance
languages in 1926.
After graduation he remained
at the college as an instructor
in Italian and German until
called to active duty as an in
fanty officer in 1885.
He served in this branch and