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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29
Writes About Civil
War Activities of
Gen. George Crook

A Virginia grandson of an Ohio
civil war soldier who served in
this area under General Crook has
/ written to j. William Hunt, editor
Of the Cumberland Sunday Times
telling of incidents passed down in
family records.
The man was Carl F. Murdoch
of Springfield, Va. His grandfather
Lewis Murdoch, a native of Ohio
fought under Gen. George Crook
throughout the Civil War, includ-
ing the periods when Gen Crook
was stationed in Cumberland. and
of the time of his capture with
/ Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley while
sleeping in a Cumberland hotel on
the night of February 21-22, 1865.
Mr.. Hunts writes:
Many people know of the capture
by McNcill's Rangers of Union
Generals Crook and Kelley while
they slept in Cumberland hotels
two months before the end of the
Civil War. But few know that Gen.
L. S Grant thought so much of
George Crook that he arranged to
release captured Confederate
General in exchange for Crook, and
that the latter won added fame in
the final month of the war and
was the principal cause of Lees
surrender at Appomattox Court
house in April, 1865.
According to the correspondent
from Virginia, Lewis Murdoch (al-
so spelled Murdick) enlisted with
his brother Church E. Murdoch in
Salem. Ohio, on August II. 1861.
The two brothers we're assigned to
the 36th Ohio Infantry, then being
organized under the direction of
Brig Gen. Jacob Cox, later elected
Governor of Ohio, and then in
charge of all Ohio federal troops.
Gen. Cox wanted Z commanding
officer Of the Seth Infantry who
had real military training and some
field experience. He knew George
Crook, born in 1928 near Dayton.
Ohio, and a graduate of West Point
1882, then serving in California
as a regular army captain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29


CROOK, whose war career was
so closely related to Cumberland.
fastened east by way of Panama
C,ong before the canal was built
and joined the Seth Ohio was
colOnel-in-command at Somer-
vile, Va. now w. Va All winter
he drilled the regiment and under
his direction, a drill hall 700 feet
long was built out of timber his
men sawed from trees that were
chopped down in the nearby for
est During the winter of 1862
more than SO men Of the regiment
died Of typhus and pneumonia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29
Make Yu,e Decorations

Members of the North Glade
girls All club, at a regular meet
ing at the school last Friday night
November %, made Christmas
centcrpieces AT a previous meeting
they had elected officers for the
year. They were Dolores Mattingly
president; Linda Dodge, vice-presi-
dent; Renee Harvey, secretary; Di-
anna Fitzwater, treasurer; Nancy
Bowman, reporter; Susy Bowman
recreation leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29

Marriages took a drop in Canada,
but hike in United States. Total
was 1,549OOO couples in U. S, 128,-
AIS in Canada
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29

GEN. CROOK was buried in Oak
land and among those who attend
ed his funeral was a future presi-
dent of the United States, William
Mckinley, who was a major in the
Union Army stationed in Cum
berland the night that Generals
Crook and Kelley we're captured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29

commanded by Con. Burnside. SO
well did Crook carry out his as
signments that he was promoted to
Brigadier General of Volunteers.
There is not space to detail the
battles in which Lewis Murdoch
participated under General Crooks
command. But it is significant that
in 1864 Gen. Phil Sheridan was so
impressed by George Crooks con-
tinuing successes in the field that
he asked for Crooks aid in the
final campaign that led to Gen.
Robert f. Lees surrender.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29

IN THE BLOODY battle of An
tictam. just century ago, Col
Crook and his two regiments were
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29

PROMOTED to Major General,
Crock was ordered in December,
1864, to take command of the Dept
of w Va and headquarters in Cum
berland. Lewis Murdoch was made
corporal in charge of all Orderlics
at department headquarters. He
was in Cumberland the night of
Feb. 21-22 when McNeill's Rangers
stole into Cumberland and kidnap-
ped Generals Crook and Benjamin
F. Kelley and carried them off to
Richmond
So anxious was Gen. Grant to
get Gen. Crook back for the final
move against Lee that he author
lied the exchange of a captured
Confederate general for Gen.
Crook
On April 9, 1865, it was Crook
force which Lee found across his
line of retreat and convinced him
that the cause of the Confederacy
was hopeless
Crooks greatest successes came
in the Indian warfare in the West
which followed the Civil War. He
died in Chicago in 1890.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29

Minor engagements kept the
Seth Infantry under Crook active
through the spring of 1862 until
the regiment was ordered to join
General Pope in Washington, d.
c. i'm June.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-29

ONE OF THE rest points on
the way east was Cumberland.
The men marched to boats on the
Ohio River, boarded BRO troop
trains at Parkersburg and moved
by railroad through Grafton and
Cumberland to the National Cap
itol. From Washington the 36th
under Col Crook was marched to
Manassas where they were given
special recognition by being Sc
lected as Gen. Pope's headquarters
regiment,
During the second Battle of Bull
Run, August $3.50, 1862, the Seth
was given credit for preventing a
rout of Union troops such as oc-
CURED in the first battle of Bull
Run.
The Adak sun., 1962-02-19
ADAK SUN

 ,Fu2 SALE: lo57 Plymouth, door ,Radio & Heater, Motor has less than 5, GOO on it. Push Button drive, good tires, excellent lshape, just arrived on Adak. Call X439J lwILLMR, sHl. NOTICE: The February meeting of the Civ- i1ian Wives will be held Monday, 19 Feb lruary at 8 PM at Quarters C-2l, with Mrs. jRay Davidson as hostess. Many important things will be discus sed. All members Iplease attend this meeting. HOUND: Toy roadgrader. May be seen at lQuarters C-l6. |FoR SALE: 1852 Chev Carryal1, in good Icondi tion. band Hallicrafter Portable Radio in conditi May be seen at Quarters C-l7 or call 6l9W evenings or 1895 days. |NOTICE: There wi II be a social of the IAdak Square Dance Club on "Wednesday, 2l IFebrr any at 1900 at the '|,dak School.All members are invi ted. Call Louise Krapes X3o3 for details,
 LATIN ALL s?ORTSMsNS CLUB MEMBERS: Deadlre date for renewal of membership cards will be 2S Febr@7ry 1952 at l93Os All NRA men- bers in good standing are requested to contact Club Secretary for submi ttal of information to N2A headquarters. LOST: Ladies red leather bi1lfold Reward. Call 229Wo ... .:' FOR SALE: Br owning e22 semi-automa tic, ~ grade l, excellent con1ition; plus leath- CT gun case. Will sell for $6O. co or best offer. Call Mabile, FIN, at 283 after 1880. & FOUND: In Williawa Lounge 2 mcn's wa tches Owners may claim by calling C1Vo PERRY at Tx 4ol and idanti flying same. FR SALE: Philo Seventeener " Portable Clcar Beam reception. Sl45.OO BBt4ut IS. Telephone O2oJ.
 FcR SALE: Freezer. Call. RIVERS at 2le-J. ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS O LOCAL lo77 OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-13
Rogers Wins
Over Partner
Ted Rogers won his quarter.

Ted Rogers won his quarter
final match in the mems
singles division Of the Middle
Atlantic tennis championships
at Edgemoor, but the victory
may have cost him a doubles
partner.
Tim CosS, who plays with
Rogers in the doubles, was
forced to default in the second
when hit by a severe case of
leg cramps. CoSS and Rogers
are scheduled to play in the
doubles today.
Rogers now meets Steve Potts
while Fred McNair takes on
Hugh Lynch in tomorrow'S
Semifinals. Rogers and Potts
played in the finals of the D. C.
Commissioners tourney with
Potts winning a three-setter
60, I6, 81.
Olga Mahaney yesterday de-
feated Doris Harrison, 90,
6-1, and advanced to the semi
finals against Carol Southmayd,
the top-seeded player. In a third
round doubles match yesterday,
Ron Goldman and Paul Schuert
defeated BitSy Harrison and
o. H. Parrish. ST.. Us. 6-3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-13

of Theodore Tolbert, father of
driver Chuck Tolbert. Mr.. Toll
bert was walking across the
track on the way to the pits
when struck by a car warm
ing up.
The weekend racing sched-
ule:
TONIGHT
Aquasco speedway-Drag racing, q
o'clock.
ga Dominion Speedway - Dras
Dorsey Speedway - Modified and
sportsman stock cars, $3.50.
,.o MltiiS sIso Grove Pa.-cVRA open
xsheviiie, N. c-NAscAR Grand
National, $50 laps 600 miles,.
SATURDAY
Old Dominion = NASCAR modified
and sportsman stocks, Bull Run
sweepstakes" 100 laps (37.5 miles,
Westport Stadium - Modified and
sportsman stocks, $3.50 pm.
. Fredericksburg - Unrestricted modi-
GresnSiile.Ss. c.-NAscAR Grand
National, 200 laps 600 miles,.
Marlboro-Modified stock cars, 2:9O
pm.
Aquasco-Drag racing, 10 am.
Williams 0rove-ARDC-U SAC mid
get cars, 100 laps $50 miles,, 2 pm,
miles, noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-13

a 50-lapper two weeks from
tomorrow night. Williams
Grove claims its Friday night
stock car crowds have aver
aged "far in excess of 5000"
A record purse of $94. 765
has been announced by OAR
lington Raceway for its Labor
Day Southern 500."
Marlboro Motor RaceWay will
be host to the modified stock
cars Sunday for the first time
this year. Three 10-lap heats
and a 50-lap feature are Sched-
uled on the third-of-a-mile
oval, starting at 2:30 pm.
The drag racing strip at Old
Dominion Speedway will con-
centrate on competition for
stock cars from here on, start
ing tonight with a stock cham
pionShip event carrying $3.50 ir
total prize money. The nights
top eliminator will get 500 OF
! it and $25 will go to each Of
the match race winners-re-
sulting from Chevy against
Chevy, etc.
Proceeds from the 8-mm
film, Scenes From the Life Of
Tony BettenhauSen," will go to
the Bettenhausen Memorial
Fund to help build a clinic and
hospital. Cost Of the 200-foot
reel is $3.50 and it is available
Through Racefilm Productions
1854 Calora street, Covina
Calf.
A friend who saw the fatal
accident at Old Dominion
Speedway last Saturday night
has written NASCAR complain
ing Of lack of crowd control
which he said led to the death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-13

Of at least two unusual cars.
First is the rear-engine,
Buick V-8 grand prix car which
Jim Kimberly bought from
Mickey Thompson and which
failed to qualify at Indianap-
oils. CALIFORNIA; Keith Rach-
WITT will drive 1t at Trenton
and the car might perform bet
ter on the one-mile oval.
Then there's the 1857 and
SO Indianapolis winner, for
merly called the Belond AP
Special, which still ranks as
the most distinctive 800"
chariot in many years. Anthony
Granatelli had the low-Slung
roadster up for sale last fall
and apparently got q bite, or
at least a sponsor. JiggS Peters
will drive it at Trenton.
Forty-two entries, including
% 800" roadSters, will COM
pete for "a starting positions in
the time trials Saturday, July
81.
= 4 =
SHORT CIRCUITS - The
Bull Run Sweepstakes. one of
Old Dominion Speedway's more
popular events the last three
years, should find the Yankee
team heavily favored tomor-
row night. Ed Flemke, unbeaten
in three starts at Manassas,
viii be joined In the North line
up by such drivers as brother
George, Dennis Zimmerman,
Jimmy MARS, Bert Robbins
and Johnny Roberts. Rich
mond's Mel Bradley captains
the Rebels.
WeStpoint Stadium in Balti-
more has scheduled its first
double-point race Of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-13
Trenton Attracts
Brilliant Field
PIT Stops
By DICK SLAY

The 150-mile for championship week from
Sunday Trenton is taking shape probably the United
States Auto Clubs premier event in the East this
In addition to the expected entry list Of Indianapolis
drivers by Rodgr Ward and the Leader
Card vehce-he the planned
Evening star., 1962-10-07
N. DiGennuro,
Museum Guard

Nicola Di Gennaro, SO, a
guard at the Smithsonian In
stitution for 20 years, died of
cancer Friday in Mount Alto
Veterans Hospital. He lived at
11126 Norlee drive, Wheaton.
Born in Italy, Mr.. Di Gen
naro came to this country when
he was .18, and settled in the
Washington area. He was a
disabled veteran of World War I.
He leaves his wife, lone, and
a daughter, Mrs. Arnold De
Leonibus, of the home address;
two brothers, Luigi, who lives in
Italy; and Pasquale of 1901
Nicholson, Chillum, Md; and
three grandchildren.
A Requiem Mass will be sung
at 10 am. Tuesday at Holy
Rosary Catholic Church, Third
and F streets NV. Burial will
be in Arlington National Gene
terry.
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Ronald P.Wyott.
C&P Telephone
Firm Supervisor

Ronald P. Wyatt, %. of
Springfield, Va, died yesterday
of a cerebral hemorrhage suf-
fered Thursday night while
talking with a police officer
after he had been involved in
a minor automobile accident On
Route 7.
A foreman supervisor Of the
C&P Telephone Co., Mr.. Wyatt
was rushed to Fairfax Hospital,
where he died yesterday morn
ing.
He was a native of Richmond,
Va, and a 1857 graduate of the
University of Richmond. He
then Joined the telephone COM
pany here as a staff assistant
in the plant department and
rose through the ranks to fore
man supervisor.
An officer in the Virginia
National Guard, Mr.. Wyatt was
also member Of the SPRING
field Junior Chamber of Com
merce, the Silver Spring (Md0
Board of Trade, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, a social fraternity, and
St. Michaels Roman Catholic
Church, Annandale, Va.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy,
of the home address, 1926 Land
grave lane. Springfield; three
children, Ronald, jr.. 8, Karen
Lee, 2, and Kevin, /; his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j.
Wyatt of Richmond, and two
brothers, Frank j., jr. and
Gerald w. Wyatt, also of Rich
mond.
The rosary will be said at
I8 pm. today at the Robert j.
Murphy Funeral Home, 1924
Columbia pike, Arlington, Va.
Funeral services will be Tues
day in Richmond.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
Mildred French,
u. S. Labor Aide

Miss Mildred I. French, social
science adviser in the Depart
ment of Labor, died Friday in
the Washington Hospital Gen.
ter after a brief illness.
Miss French came to Wash
ington in 1859 as assistant d.
rector Of the National Com
mittee on Children and Youth
She was director of the Indi-
ana State Committee on Chill
dren and Youth for 10 years
She leaves two auntS and ar
uncle.
Visitors may call at the Cav
Ter funeral home after noon
today. DR.. Edward L. R. Mel
son, pastor of the National
Presbyterian Church, will hold
services in the funeral home at
4 pm. tomorrow. Burial will
be in Bluffton, Ind.
Evening star., 1962-10-07

Chase, Md; two sons, James
o. D. Mcmahon of the home
address; John j. Mcmahon, III
of 5445 18th avenue, Hyatts-
vile, Md; a daughter, Mrs
Donald j. Egan, of 6405 Lyn-
brook drive, Silver Spring, Md.
and nine grandchildren. He
also leaves two sisters, Mrs
Joseph A. Hallisey and Mrs
Edward F. Dwyer, and a
brother, Paul R. Mcmahon, all
of Hartford, COINS
Funeral services will be held
at Gawler Funeral Home, Wis
consin avenue and Harrison
street NV, at 9 am. tomorrow
Requiem mass will be sung in
st. Matthew's Cathedral at 10
am. and burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
Oscdr F. Hutton,
Baptist Minister,
Ex-B&O EmpIoye

Oscar Franklin Hutton, 81,
a former minister and Balti-
more & Ohio railroad engineer,
died Tuesday at Mt. Alto
Hospital here.
Born in Mt. Tell, w. Va, Mr.
Hutton began his career with
BIO after his discharge from
the Army in 1915. Some
seventeen years later, he was
ordained a Baptist minister
He held posts at several
churches in Kentucky and
West Virginia, driving from
church to church to hold
services.
In 1945 he left the ministry
to become a guard at the
Veterans Administration Hos
pital in Huntington, w. Va.
Later, he came to Washing
ton, taking a job oS engineer
in charge of air conditioning
and boiler systems in an apart
ment building.
He retired in 1861.
He leaves his wife, Melba
r., of 1887 Mintwood place
NV; a daughter, Mrs. Betty
Lee Raines, of Charlottesville
Va: a son, David E., with the
United States Air Force in
England; a brother, Wilford,
of Huston, Tex.
Also surviving are three
sisters, Mrs. Alice Burke. of
Charlestown, w. Va; Mrs.
Paulina E. Kelly, of Redhouse,
w. Va; Mrs. Dova Marschner
of Chula Vista, Calf, and one
grandchild.
Services will be at / pm.
tomorrow at Chambers Funeral
Home, 3072 M street NV,
with burial in National Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
=, V
John Mcmahon Dies;
Architect of Embassies

John ]. Mcmahon. jr., ST.
architect and retired State De-
partment official. died Friday
in Georgetown University Hos
pital following a brief illness.
Mr.. Mcmahon was an archi-
tectural engineer in the Office
of Foreign Buildings in the
State Department. and became
chief of architecture and en-
gineering of the State Depart
ment in 1856. He retired in
1860.
He was born in Hartford,
Conn, and was graduated from
Catholic University here in
1926 with a degree in archi-
lecture.
Prior to joining the State
Department, he was an archi-
tect with the War Department
and the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Mcmahon was RESPONSE
Bile for much of the design and
construction of United States
Embassies and consular build
ings overseas. Among the earlier
projects in which he partici-
pated were the National Ar
chives Building and the Inter-
faith Chapel at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center.
D.. While architecture was his
vocation, music, too held his
interest. He was a member OF
the choir of st. Matthew's
Cathedral for 20 years, and was
a soloist at st. Aloysius Church
as we'll as director Of the choir
at st. Stephens Church. He
was an avid bowler also, and
was active in barbershop quar-
tet circles.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Mary M. O'Donnell
of 3105 Winnett road, Chevy
Evening star., 1962-10-07
Lynn Nisbet, II,
Carolina Newsmun

RALEIGH, N. c., Oct. 6 (AP) .
Lynn Nisbet, II, bureau man
ager and Raleigh correspondent
for the North Carolina Associa-
ton of Afternoon Dailies for %
years, died today in Rex Hos
pital of cancer.
Evening star., 1962-10-07

Eagles, the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution. the Waynes-
burg Masonic Lodge and the
Capitol Hill Presbyterian
Church.
He leaves his wife, Orlie. of
the home address at 227 Con-
stitution avenue NV; a son,
James P. Huss, 304 Whitestone
road, Silver Spring; a sister
Mrs. Winnetta Cooley, Selah
Wash, and a granddaughter.
Services and burial will be ir
| Waynesburg, Pa.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
J. B. Huss, 90,
Retired Printer

James Barnes HusS, 80, who
retired as assistant foreman in
the Government Printing office
in 1886, died Friday.
Born in WayneSburg, Pa, in
1871, Mr.. Huss came to WASH
ington in 1912. He was a men,
Der Of the Columbia Typo
graphical Union, the Elks, the
Evening star., 1962-10-07
Moist Fir Preferred

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Douglas-
fir timber from the moist west
side of the Cascade Mountains
in the Pacific Northwest brings
almost twice the price of Doug
las fir grown on the drier east
slopes.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
DfathH

LITTLE, GoLDA J. Formerly of 1881
w st. Sc, on October 5, 1852. be-
loved wife Of Richard H. Little and
mother of Viola A. Norwood. Rich
5d ces aGS cbsm.fs hsstss PuhsTs hfs HUme
517 11th. st. Sc. on Monday, Octo-
iinston National Cemetery.
LOyELEss, EPPA H., On Friday.
Less Of sQS 4th ST.. Laurel Md,
less, cousin of Edward Hatch of
Millersville, Md; Friends may call at
Laurel Funeral Home; Inc $50
services viii be held on Monday,
october s. 1862, at 10 I'm. Inter-
ment Emanuel Methodist Church
Cemetery. Scaggsyille, Nd.
MADDOX, REGINA MORAN. on Fri
Gg Say ocsGeeT SSnn6x l992 3Sd,. REGINA GdHd
Maddox and mother of Elaine and
Warren Maddox. She is also survived
by her mother and father, Roger
and May Moran, two sisters, Mrs.
Cora May Mcpherson and Mrs. Alice
Roger, Joseph. Patrick and William
Moran, Funeral from the HUNT
Funeral Home, Waldorf, Md, on
Monday, october 8, at 9:15 am.
Mass at St. Mary's Star of the Sea
am. Interment st. Charles Gene
terry. Glymont, Md. Rosary Sunday
evening at pm.
MAHONEY, WALTER S. On Thurs
day, October 4, 1862, at the Wash
ington HOSPITAL Center. WALTER
beloved husband Of Helen F. Ma
honey and brother Of Mrs. Frances
Taylor. Friends may call after 4
pm. Saturday, October 6, at the
Rinaldi Funeral Home, 7400
Georgia ave. NV, where services
will be held on Monday. October 8,
at 1880 am. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
DEVOTED SISTER; NARY WHEE-

BREsNAHAN, THOMAS ]. In loving
memory Of my dear husband and
father, THOMAS j. BREsNAHAN,
who departed this life seven years
ago today, october Z, 1855.
we loved, but could not save.
As stars are shining brightly
Upon silent grave,
In it lies a loved one
NAV his soul rest in peace.
IIIs WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
STEPHEN NV v. JONES, Fin. secy,

tomas, RICHARD P. On Saturday
October 8. 1862, at Mt. Alto
Veterans Hospital. RICHARD p
TOMPAs of 40S Forest ave, Fairfax
Va, husband of Theresa M. Tompas
father Of Patricia L. Tompas
brother Of Mrs. Gertrude Moysey
Robert, John and Raymond Tompas
Friends may call at the Everly
Funeral Home. PA West. Main st.
Fairfax, Va, after IL am, Monday
october s, where there will be a
recitation Of the rosary at $3.50 pm
Mass for the repose Of his sou
will be celebrated on Tuesday
october 9, at 9:30 am. from St
Leo's Catholic Church, Fairfax. Va
Interment Arlington National Gem
etery, at IL am. Family requests
that in lieu of flowers, contributions
may be made to the American
Cancer Society