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Miss Dorninq,
Former Resident

Miss Marie F. Dorning, a
former 20-year area resident,
died Tuesday at Mahanoy
City. Pa, after a long illness
Formerly employed with the
Army Adjudant Generals Of,
flee, she resided at, 1901 Six
teenth street NV. and was a,
member Of st. Matthews
Cathedral. Due to illness she
returned last year to her
monther's home in Mahanoy
City. ~
/, She leaves her mother, a
brother, Edward Dorning ana
q sister, Rosemary Dorning,
all OF Mahanoy City. She leaves
another sister, Mrs. Helen Fam
elli Of Shenandoah, Pa. and
another brother, William F.,
Dorning, 2918 South Buchanan
street, Arlington, Va. ~ -,
Services were to be today
in Mahanoy City, Pa. -.
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HIT Mrittnrtattt

BARNES. ATTORNEY IRWIN. In low
ing memory of my father, my be-
loved son and our brother, IRWIN
BARNEs' naIz gs, 1893. S6S passed away jan
MAE BARNES, MOTHER; DORIS
E. BARNES, DAUGHTER; DORIS
DUPRE. SISTER! NELLIE THEO-
DOSE. SISTER.
CLANCY, ALICE NJ. In, sad and low
AHcE ng eIAScY OF who our depaTte sisT
uA PAUi, BESSIE AND MABEL.
DANNELLY, MRS. RACHEL W. In
aunt, MRS. RACHEL w. DAM
NE[.Y ro TsS toS.y pa;ssS sws a5s ta5ss
Loving memories never die 49,.
Deer. in my heart Q memory. Is kept
OF the one loved and will never
YOUR NIECE. MYRTLE WILKES,
DAVIS. WILLIAM H. A tribute Of
love and devotion to the memory
WILLIAM H. DAVIS. who departed
uary 80, 1858.
Eternal rest give unto him, o
Lord, and let the perpetual light
shine upon him. May his soul rest
In peace. Amen.
DEVOTED WIFE, MARGARET;
SONS. ELLSWORTH AND PAUL.
PEARSON. EMMA L. In loving mem
ory of our mother, MRS. EMMA L..
PEARSON. who passed away thirty
three years ago today. January 26,
1929.
They say time heals all sorrow
And helps US to forget,
But time so far has only proved
How much we miss her vet.
May perpetual light shine upon her.
HER DEV0TED CHILDREN.
HOLMES, FRANCES E. In loving
memory of our. dear mother and
grandmother, FRANCES z. HOLMES,
who departed this life six years
ago today, January 20, 1856.
The years may wipe out many
But this they wipe out never.
The memory of those happy days
When We were all together.
DAUGHTER. ERLENA v. CHISOLf,
AND GRANDCHILDREN, ELL
WOOD H. CHISOLM AND Err
LENA c. BLAND.
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Col. George Longhorne, 81,
Veteran Of Spanish War

as captain and major in the
Spanish-American War. He
previously had been military
-attache to the United States
Legation in Brussels.
Col. Langhorne was in the
Philippines from 1902 to 1908
and served as secretary and act
ing governor Of Moro Province.
He also served as military at
tache to the American Embassy
in Berlin from 1918 to 1915,
Among his decorations was the
Legion of Honor from France.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Mary
Waller Langhorne of Chicago,
he leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Powell Clayton Of 1929 @ street
NV, and Mrs. Stanley Wash
burn of 2122 Massachusetts
avenue NV.
Private funeral services will
be held tomorrow in Chicago.
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Lt.CoI. William H. Clifford
Boxer Rebellion ReIiefAide

Clifford was appointed a major
in the Army Cavalry Reserve.
In 1928, he was promoted to a
lieutenant colonel in the cav,
airy reserve at Fort Myer. ,;4
He was placed on the in
active list in 1888 and in 1913,
he retired. -
A member of the American
Legion, Col. Clifford was an
active civil defense worked dur
ing World War II. He was also
a member Of the Leesburg (Va0
Hospital board. I"
Col. Clifford was one of the
Oldest members of the Army
and Navy Club, Farragut
Square and I street NV. -,
He leaves his. wife, Mrs. Ma
bel Moore Clifford and his son,
William, jr, both of the home
address, and another son, Capt.
George M. Clifford, USN, Of the
Continental Defense Command,
Colorado Spring, Colo, and one
grandson.
Services were scheduled to-
day at Arlington Cemetery.
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of the anarchist movement te
the relative conservatism of the
American Federation of Labor
Eventually she became a close
associate of Mr.. Gompers, the
AFL's first president, and Mr.
Green, his successor.
In j., her early teens she be-
came attracted to the argu.
ments of radicals who gathered
about a Chicago monument te
anarchists involved in the Hay
market Square bombings o1
1886. Before long she, too, was
arguing the merits Of anarch-
ism syndicalism and various
brands of socialism.
At IS she married Bob Rob.
ins, a 25-year-old worker fol
many radical causes. They were
divorced after nearly 20 years
She married her second hus.
band about 80 years ago.
While she was wed to Mr.
Robins, the couple Travelled
about the country working al
odd jobs and publishing left.
wing propaganda with a print.
ing press carried in a decrepit
trailer. A horse was used tc
pull the trailer at first. Their
a jalopy was substituted.
Later Mrs. Lang joined force.
with those involved in the be.
ginnings of the labor federation
movement.
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Col. George T. Langhorne
former acting governor of Moro
Province in the Philippine
Islands and q Spanish -Ameri-
can War veteran, died yester-
day in, Chicago. He was "a.
Col. Langhorne, who retired
from the Army in 1881. had
lived In Chicago from the time
he left the service. A native OF
Henry County, KY, he was
graduated from the United
States Military Academy ir
1885.
Col. Langhorne served var
ious tours Of duty in Washing
ton and held memberships with
the University Club, Metropoli-
tan Club, Army and Navy Club
Chevy Chase Club and the
Riding and Hunt Club.
A we'll known cavalryman In
his day, Col. Langhorne served
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1t. Col. william H. Clifford
USA (ret.), a member of the
relief force that went to China
during the 1900 Boxer Rebel
lion, died yesterday at Kensing-
ton Gardens Sanitarium, Ken
sington, Md, after a long il
lness. He was 86.
Col. Clifford, who served in
the Navy, Marines and Army
during his 43-year active and
reserve military career, was a
Marine Corps lieutenant when
he saw action in China.
Born in Portland, Maine, he
attended the Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology before
entering the Navy during the
Spanish American War as a
Lieutenant, jig. He gained a
commission in 1899 as Marine
second lieutenant.
During his II years of Marine
service, Col. Clifford partici-
pated in the Philippine Insur-
rection campaign of 1899 and
the Boxer REBELLION relief ex-
pedition. He left the Marine
Corps in 1911 with the rank
Of Captain.
In 1912, Col. Clifford pur-
chased Chudleigh Farms, Aldie,
Loudoun County, Va, whic h
was his until his death.
He was commissioned an
Army major in 1917 and served
in France with the 317th In
fantry of the 80th Division.
Upon his separation from ac-
tive military service in 1928, Col
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Albert }. SpIetter Dies,
Leading Matchmaker

Albert j. Spletter, a leading
matchmaker In Washington for
over 80 years. died In Prince
Georges General Hospital We'd
nesday. He was II.
He had maintained ali office
and shop on the 12th floor of
TIE National Press Building for
at least 80 years. Records in
the office Of the Press Building
corporation indicate that he
was a tenant as early as 1929,
two years after the building
opened. t-.
Mr.. Spletter was widely re-
garded as a perfectionist in an
exacting trade and for years
was considered as the city's
most skillful craftsman in the
repair of timepieces of all
types, including chronographs,
chronometers, circuit-switching
clocks and watches.
Discontinued Walk
In recent months, Mr.. Splet-
ter had discontinued a habit
Of long standing-walking up
and down the IL flights of
stairs to his shop in Room
1885 at the Press Building. He
told friends the daily stair
walking was good exercise.
Since September. Mr.. Splet-
ter had remained at home, i'll
with a lung disease. He suf-
fered a stroke at his home. $40
Sixty-eighth street, Seat Pleas
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ant, Friday and was hospital
ized. a.. =
He was born In q dirt-floorec
log cabin near the Minnesota.
Nebraska border in 1890. Later
he worked as a dishwashel
while attending q neurological
school in st. Paul, MINI. He
served as an infantry sergeant
in World War I. .e
For some Is years, a PEPCC
spokesman said, Mr.. Splettel
was responsible for repairs ano
annual checkups on the utility's
street-light timeclocks. He alse
was employed to repair the
company's meter department
chronographs.
Gave Lobby Clock
A. F. Adams, a Press Building
official, recalled that nearly
two decades ago, Mr.. Splettel
donated the clock still in oper.
alton above the elevator door,
in the lobby Of the building.
For years, area matchmaker,
used a watch-crystal cement
the formula for which Mr.
Spletter developed. He was also
credited with inventing a spe.
cial oil for watch movements
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Alice
Spletter, a son, James, and &
daughter, Jean, all of the home
address. Funeral services will
be at 2 pm, Monday in the
Hines funeral home, 2901 Four.
teenth street NV. Burial viii
be in Arlington National Gem.
etery.
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Mrs. Hochberger,
Sons Live Here

Mrs. Isador Hochberger, SO,
wife Of a York Pa.) tailor.
died in a hospital there yes
terday after a short illness.
A native Of Hungary, Mrs.
Hochberger came to this coun-
try more than so years ago
She and Mr.. Hochberger were
married more than IS years.
Besides her husband, she
leaves four sons. Cy and
Adolph. both of $3.50 Thirteenth
street NV; Louis and Bernard
both of York. She also leaves
three daughters, Miss Sadie
Hochberger, Miss Regina Hoch-
berger and Mrs. Ellen Solsky,
all of York. Also surviving are
eight grandchildren and two
great-grandc dchildren.
Burial was in York today.
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Mrs. Schupiro, 48
Of Baltimore

Mrs. Esther Schapiro, 48, OF
Baltimore, died Wednesday in
that city after a long illness.
Mrs. Schapiro leaves her hus-
band. Ezra S. Schapiro of the
home address, 24l9 Everton
road; a daughter, Mrs. Carol
Fine, and her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Simon Applebaum, all OF
Baltimore.
She also leaves three sisters
Mrs. Nathaniel Herson of 7737
Rocton court, Chevy Chase,
and Mrs. Dorothy Middleman
and Mrs. Routh Cohen, both of
Baltimore. In addition she
leaves one grandchild.
Services were yesterday in
Baltimore. Mourning week is
being held in the Schapiro
home.
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Lynn S. Miller, 70,
Michigan Editor

ROYAL OAK, Mich, Jan. 26
(AP).-Lynn S. Miller, 10, editor
of the Royal Oak Daily Tribune
and a prominent Royal Oak
civic leader, suffered a fatal
heart attack at his office today
He and his brother, the late
Floyd j. Miller, purchased the
Tribune, then a weekly, in 1919
The Tribune became a daily in
1925 and today is one of the
States larger dailies.
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Mrs. Lucy Robins Long,
EurIy Champion of Labor

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf.
Jan. 26 (AP). Mrs. Lucy
Robins Lang. an early leader
in the American labor move
ments and a close associate OF
such figures as Samuel Com
pers and William Green. died
at Mt. Sinai Hospital yesterday,
She was in her 70s.
Mrs. Lang, who lived in Bev-
erly Hills, was the wife of Harry
Lang, retired staff writer of the
Jewish daily Forward, New
York City. r.. -.
She spent 40 years in the
labor movement, and told the
story of her career in a book.
Tomorrow Is Beautiful" pub
lished in 1948.
Russian Refugee
Mrs. Lang was born in the
Ukraine of Jewish parents who
fled to this country to escape
the Czarist anti-Semitic perse-
cutions of the late l880s.
AS a girl Of 10 at the time,
she got a job in a Chicago cigar
factory. It was three miles from
the tenement in which she
lived, and she walked to and
from work to save the nickel
carfare.
At the same time, she went
to night school to learn English
and in the process became in
terested in social reform.
This led to a career which
carried her from the extremes
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George Loimbeer

BATTLE CREEK, Mich,
Jan. 26 (AP). George M.
Laimbeer. Sc. vice president
and general manager of Post
division of General Foods for
six years, died yesterday.
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William H. Willis, ST.;
Ex-Auto Dealer Here

William H. Willis, ST., IA, a
former Washington automobile
dealer and long time area resi-
dent. died Wednesday at Mount
KiSco, N. Y.
A resident of Greenwich.
Conn, Mr.. Willis leaves his
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Willis
of the home address, a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nash Reid of Armonk
Village, N. Y; two sons, VIII
liam, jr. and Clayton, both of
New York and a brother, Louis
c. Willis of Easton, Md. Serv-
ices were scheduled today at
Bedford. N. Y. with burial to-
morrow at Easton, Md. ''''
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Luigi Cimoro,
Italian Actor

ROME, Jan. 26 (AP.-LuigI
Cimara. 10. for two generations
one Of Italy's most brilliant
stage and screen actors, died
today in a Rome clinic.
Between the two world wars
he was known both as come
dian and as romantic idol who
enraptured ladies at the the.
ater. E
Mr.. Cimara broke into movies
in the 1930s and was also vel
known on Italian radio and TV
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Richard W. Rogers

TRIPOLI. Libya, Jan. IS
(AP).-Richard w. Rogers. 81,
chief of the public safety divi-
sion for United States aid in
Libya, died Wednesday OF a
heart attack. He had been in
Tripoli since last May and had
served previously with Amer
lean aid organizations in Lii
IBERIA and Iran.
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1n Mrtttnriattt


pr. GEORGE A; JOHNSON. who
ago today. January S6. 1919.
Loving and. kind in all his ways.
uprisht and Just to the end Of his
Sincere and kind in heart and mind,
DEVOTED WIFE, CHRISTINE D.
KUTTNER. JOSEPH L. IN lovIng
ssPR sPGrS OF KUTrNsR Tz SssE hViSsnd WsS o
sS ssSEay y,oaS siS years asO today January
bGvorED WI WirE ismsosfffe kosE RuTrSER Sfasn
LLOYD. GEORGE: In loving mem:
ory Of my husband. GEORGE
LLOYD, who. passed away two years
ago today, January 26. 1860.
Loving and happy remembrance will
always last.
Your life was unselfish.
And for others you lived;
Not for what you received.
But for what you could give.
YquE 5vR DEVOTED WIFE NoVELLA
MARSHALL, HARRY l. In sad but
loving memory of our devoted hus-
sfnd and ba father HARRY L. mar
one. year ago today, January rs.
They say time heals all sorrow
And helps US to forget,
But Hoa ms musS & Ts fer ms. hss m Gny yyeP proved
HIS s,l2I lP2IEyS5TED TS WIFE, MARIE. AND
PERRY, OLIVER n. (DOC). A trib-
ute Of love and devotion to the
memory Of my beloved husband,
Ssy''e today. January sai t 50, 1851. ''
Upright and Just to the end OF
Sincere and true in heart and mind,
sVoEp bfsH5tHl s3Eifs %%R Bella e itt q rsRk RsRes
PIERCE, PRESTON g; In In ,I,ya ,lC,yyina
PRESTON c. PIERCE, who passed
uary 26, 1859.
I think Of him today.
Resting, sleeping, Just ava:
f. pe4ec Tnefs eeace no h. a%ess US all
JAMIE, MARIE AND MARY 5. 10.
PIERCE, JAMES EMMETT. In loving
SnSsY SRssY Ht HPSErT SYE son pEscE fns Dr0tRfT Shc
today. January 26. 1888.
He is not dead, but Just away,
Beyond all grief and pain;
He walks the bright celestial way,
Earth's' loss is Hsayen's gain,
M3NTHaIE NaRIE AEb mp MART MsAlRsTTESo. g. JAMIE
F0TEE n dear Ellis b+1sn.P p Ellis Il f1OfK g PoR
TER, who passed into the Great
Beyond January 20. 1852.
Just to know that up in Heaven
There is place prepared for me;
That a glorious day is coming
DEVOTED SISTER. GENEVA "A 4.
JOHNSON.
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DEATHS

AnE 0uncements OF
Services by Chambers
Amato, Salvatore ". w. Chambers Co.
Welles, James r. W. w. Chambers Co.
StaveT, Iva w. W. Chambers Co
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FRED A. This is to notify
1; : 8: '. ] =: 8 !; =
uary %. 1862, Brothers
and friends may cali at the s. H.
Hines Co. Funeral Home, 290l 14th
st. NV. Services will be held at
9:30 am. Saturday. January 81, at
st. Paul's Catholic Church, 18th
and e SITS. NV. Interment Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, 1906 Geor-
gia ave. Silver Spring, Md. This
Is assessment No. 81.
JAMES ]. MCCARTHY. Secretary.
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Dratha
IrnrRER CHARLEs IT. sudden,y =

LEDERER. CHARLES II. Suddenly, or
Wednesday, January "a. 1862
CHARLES II. LEDERER OF 44la
sss's Seioysd husband rn 'Ve5S' 81 virginia & MN VI
Lederer and brother Of the Rev
Melvin e. Lederer OF Baltimore, Md
Services at the 8. H. Hines Co
Funeral Home, 2901 18th st. NV.
on Saturday January ~, at 2 pm
tparking facilities). Interment Glen
wood Cemetery.
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JACKSON r. coRBIN, Master.
WILLIAM q. Classy, Secy.
LEWIS. ALMA DENNIE, on weanss

1AM dsy, % January "a. 1sSs, ALMA ALMA
DENNIE \ LEWIS LEWIS q ,.SieS sios g Garfield
L. Lewis, brother Of John L. Lewis,
Raymond o. Lewis of Charleston,
Ill: Miss Hattie Lewis Of Spring
field, Ill. and Mrs. Sarah Edith
are invited to call at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Funeral Home OF
Robert. A. Pumphrey. Bethesda. Md,
after 10 am. Friday, January 26.
Services Saturday. January ~, at
St, Peters Episcopsl Church. Pooles-
vile, Md. at 1l:30 am Interment
Monocacy Cemetery. Beallsville, Md
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George M. R0DefJS. He also Is sur
y1,sda, Xiyed by sixteen tee srandchildre,aa franc q
9a.m. Saturday. January "a. where
services will be held at II am
Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
RODGERS. FREDERICK A. On Tues.
day. January 23, 1862, at the
Msshinston sanitarium. FRED
Rone HSn st. Rosssrs S sel0ysd ssabs1 husband 6i M
Calf; Mrs. Constan Cavallo OF New
Of New WY York TfSi city, yi1i2fsn Mfs Arnold tda
W. James Browne Of blurnont, va
Mrs; Gerald j.. Godbout. of Silver
spTlhhEI, phIi. dsISL,. Mdi; MIS-. Charles Martir
Mrs, Robert Fagsl si!sff of SPFs PWasininE Eton M1 h
p. c.; twenty-six other grandchil
dren and eleven great-grandchildre
brother of Mrs. Thomas Kenned!
q Johnston. r. l., and Miss Heller
Rodgers of Providence, R.
Friends may call at the s. H
fHnss fafS GO. Funeral Home. 2991
January .a5, and Fridsy. i 1slsuas Janaar,
70 tparking facilities). Prayers a
the above funeral home on 7Satur.
gay, January 81. at $3.50 am.
thence thence to st. Paul's Catholic
where the holy. sacrifice Of thu
for the repose Of his soul. In. In
terment Gate Of Heaven Cemetery
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OUTLAW, JOHN T. A special COM
a munication Of Corinthian
IN Lodge. No. 1S, r. and A.
IN M, is hereby called for
M WA $3.50 am. Saturday. Jan.
WAIW uary ~, 1862. at the Ma
N.Y. sonic Temple, 10th and
I. " You sts. NV, for the pur-
pose Of attending the funeral OF
our late brother and Past Master,
JOHN T. OUTLAW.
ROBERT L. BILES; ST.. ". N.
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7. II. Members Of Local
hereby notified Of the
death Of Brother w. H.
WALKER on Wednesday,
j a n airy "a, 1869.
Friends may call at the
Gartner Funeral Home,
Diamond ave-. Gathers
Funeral services on
January 81, at l pm,
,ove funeral home; In
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FoLLMER, ANN JEREMIAH. On
JEREMIAH FOLLMER OF 4103 Con-
necticut ave. NV, beloved wife of
the late Edward s. Follmer. She
is survived by a niece, Miss Pearl
Annette Annette Jones: and and a nephsw, James
Hines Co. Funeral Home, 2901 14th
st. NV, on Saturday, January 27,
at IL am. (parking facilities. In
terment Druid Ridge Cemetery, Bal
timore, Nd. %
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CHASE, CAROLINE. On Thursday,
January 25. 1852, at the Washing
HAsE tSa E0sPta1 81 iss cseta1 AVE. S
beloved wife Of Louis Chase. mother
Of Mrs. Louise Elaine Hamilton,
Mrs. lone Thompson. Col, Hyman
Y, Louis T.. James w., Jesse B.,
She also is survived by fourteen
grandchildren. two great-grandchil-
dren and other relatives and friends;
The late Mrs. Chase may. be viewed
at the Stewart Funeral Home, 80
January 3S. to 8 an. Monday, Jan
,uary 20; thereafter viii lie IN state
at the Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church, 1880 Vermont ave. NV,
where services will be held at l:3o
pm. Interment Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery. -l-s--.. ,s<.yyr,-. 20
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LHBBEY, ALICE C. On Sunday, Janu.

ary Ii, 1862. at the residence Of her
son, Joseph Dodge Libbey.. in Cali
L1BBEY, beloved wife Of the late
J. Edward Libbey, jr.: mother OF
Joseph Dodge Libbey and James
Orme Lbbey and sister of Catherine
c. and Mary e. Garrett and Mrs.
offered at Holy Trinity Church. 36th
and o SITS. NV, on Saturday. Janu-
ary ~. at $3.50 am. Friends and
relatives invited. Interment Oak Hill
Cemetery Local arrangements BY
De Vol Funeral Home.
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"a gent communication Of
IN Myron M. Parker Lodge
IN NO. e, r. 4. 4; NJ, vii
NANW Saturday, January "a
wv. 1862. at the s. H. Hine,
f. " Co. Funeral Home, 290l
14th st. NV, for the purpose OIL
late brother. CHARLES H. LED
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day. January "a, 1863, At at Arlinston aS
Hospital, HENRY FREDDIE LANE
Of 5005 North .25th I'd, Arlington,
Va; husband Of the late Ella Pearl
Lane; father Of Fred L. and How
inson. brother Of Mrs. velva Tenny,
Mrs. o. D. Outright and Mrs. Frank
Keseceker. He. also Is survived by
seven grandchildren. Friends may
call at the Ives Funeral Home,
2Ss7. 2sSa7 Wilson Wilson, blvd, Arlington: Va
on Saturday. January 27, at IL
am; Entombment National Me-
mortal Park: -.. 20
Evening star., 1962-12-16

Cherry shelf clock with
wooden works made in
Bristol, Conn.,, about
1910. At the EorIy
American Shop.
sional tables from England
and France or made by Early
American craftsmen.
Lovely FiIl-Ins
Many homeowners furnish
their rooms with the fine
furniture produced in today's
contemporary factories, fill
ing in here and their with
authentic antiques for a
small table, an old tray, an
tique picture frames or a
centuries-old foot stool. The
trend in this age is to mix
antiques with fine reproduc-
tions, often in q contempo-
rary rambler home setting.
A visit to around IL shops
in Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia will
turn up a vast variety of
antiques. A Bethesda shop,
Aleta's Accents, with many
items of the Victorian pc
riod has converted old fire
place brass holders into
smart towel holders for the
modern hostess. There are
antique Chinese dolls and
fine china plates along with
Evening star., 1962-12-16
By MARY L. VAUGHAN
Home Furnishings Editor

= Antiques for Christmas
: presents?
= Definitely, yes.
: Furnishings with the pa
tina Of age have become more
popular not only for their
9 lasting value but for their
investment qualities.
. Great-great grandmothers'
furnishings have become the
treasures of today, valued at
far more than their initial
purchase price.
= Antique shops and auction
houses offer hundreds of
Aideas for presents ranging
from little ashtrays, inlay
boxes and other small ap-
pointments to the larger
pieces such as sofas, break
fonts and large chests.
Prices run the gamut from
as low as $40 for a little
object Of Early American
glass into the thousand dol
lar class in rare sideboards
or unique vases.
There are paintings and
picture frames, little occa-
Evening star., 1962-12-16
NIX WITH MODERN
Antiques Blend In Well

numerous chandeliers Of ev-
cry vintage, picture frames,
size, glassware, sofas and old
chairs in "as is" condition.
In the antique shops, fur
nishings are presented in
finest condition, cared for
with devotion by the owners
who by and large are con-
noiSseurs in rare antiques.
Fine Offerings
Mendelsohn Galleries on
Connecticut avenue and
Krupshaw's old Antique
House on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. are examples Of
shops offering the very fin
est in antiques.
Among the antiques at
MendelSohn's is a rare Penn
broke Hepplewhite table,
Circa 1890, OF Old English
origin. Inlaid with kingwood
around the edge, and an oval
Evening star., 1962-12-16

tique boxes with fine inlay
and other work, inserting
modern music box works
within.
There are little boxes play
ing one or three tunes. some
Of fine rosewood, 'zebrawood,
rosewood and tulip wood in
many sizes and styles. One
interesting box, playing with
or without bells, offers rare
old Chinese tunes. Many Of
the works are made in Swift
zerland.
At the 1882 Columbia road
shop. Early American repro
duction furniture is mixed
with genuine antique lamp
bases. One base is an old
English ships riding light,
another a tailor's sad iron
and still another a converted
wagon wheels hub spokes.
Evening star., 1962-12-16

1910. A cherry table clock
made about the same time
by Adkins in Bristol, Conn,
is another fine piece along
with a fancy mahogany
clock Of the same vintage.
Also in Georgetown. at a
new shop, The Pagoda, on M
street rare japanese antique
screens are seen among more
contemporary items, as well
as brass box appointments
and antique small figures.