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DR. WALTER R. PROUTY DIES; OPTOMETRIST, LAY PREACHER Dr. Walter R. Prouty, 64, Brooklyn optometrist, with offices in the Albee building, died Saturday afternoon at his home, 107-34 Richmond Hill, after a brief illness.

Dr. Prouty, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis Prouty, was born and educated in the old Eastern District, now Williamsburg. June 25, 1877.

A member of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School, he became interested in church work. In 1915 he became a member of Goodsell Memorial Methodis Church, city line, which he served during the years As Sunday school teacher and superintendent, trustee, steward and lay leader. For over 20 years he was a local preacher of the Methodist Church, preaching in many Brooklyn and Long Island churches and serving his own church as acting pastor during the Summer months each year. He was a vice president of the Local Preachers Association of W.

C. Mepham, 65, Nassau Educator Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Merrick, Feb. 16-Funeral servIces are being arranged here for Wellington C. Mepham, former superintendent of the Second Supervisory School District of the Town of Hempstead, who died yesterday at his home, 200 N. Merrick Road, following a protracted illness.

Mr. Mepham, who was 65, had been head of the Second Bedingfield, Elizabeth A. E. Behan, William J. Berg, Simon Bjorness, Ove Burgess, Adelaide Carlin, J.

Francis Carll, Hattie E. Coleman, Cecilia Cooper, Margaret Fettes, David S. Sr. Green, James C. Hall, Margaret Harrington, Mary Hawkins, James Heenan, Nora R.

Herbst, Christian Higgins, Anne M. Joyce, Catharine Keenan, Joseph Kopf, John F. Kriel. Katherine Kunz, Alfred R. Lane, Sylvester A.

Lanigan, Michael Lester, Catherine Liddy, Catherine Lorentzen, Jennie McBride, James McCall, Joseph P. McCullough, Cornelius J. McDonald.Mary B. McGauley, Julia Miller, Edward M. Moan, Mary E.

Morris, Anna E. Mortimer, Anna O'Shaughnessy, Edward D. Pflaum, Philippina K. Pleines, Louise Prouty, Dr. Walter R.

Puff, Samuel Redmond. Annie Rice. Thomas S. Ryan, Esther Schiller, William Schroeder, Caroline Schutt, Ewald Seaman, Emily Serviss, Clara R. Smith, Charles O.

Stafford, John P. Tichenor, Charles Vallone, Vito Wall, Lillian M. Wilson, Jeannette BEDINGFIELD February 16, 1942, ELIZABETH A. devoted daughter of Elizabeth and the late Victor L. Bedingfield.

Services at the Harry T. Pyle Mortuary, 1925 Church Avenue, Wednesday, at 8 p.m. BEHAN-On Sunday, February 15, 1942, WILLIAM beloved husband of Mary C. (nee White): brother of Anna F. and Evelyn M.

Behan. Funeral from William DunIgan Son Chapel, Rogers Ave11P and Montgomery Street, on Wednesday, February 18, at 8:30 a.m. thence to Our Lady of Refuge R. C. Church Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

BERG-SIMON, husband of the late Rose, devoted father of Oscar and Harry Berg and Josephine Kane, brother of Eva Rubenstein and Joseph Berg. Services Flatbush Memorial Chapel, 1283 Coney Island Avenue (Avenue J), Tuesday, 11 a.m, BJORNESS OVE, on February 15, 1942, beloved husband of Alice; devoted father of Maud, Richard, Albert, William, Alice, John, Robert, George and Wallace. Funeral services Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 1218 Flatbush Avenue, Wednesday, 2 p.m. Interment Evergreens Cemetery.

BURGESS ADELAIDE on February 15. Survived by her husband, Charles and daughters, Mrs. Walter D. Ludden, Mrs. Henry Thies and Matilda A.

Burgess. Services Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., at Benjamin Grindrod's Funeral Home, 27 Hull Street, Brooklyn. Interment Elmont Cemetery. CARLIN-J. FRANCIS, on February 14, at his residence, Woodland Drive, Brightwaters, L.

beloved husband of Frances Dockery Carlin; father of Catherine and Frank; son of the late Patrick J. Carlin; brother of Joseph P. Carlin and Genevieve M. Oliver. Requiem mass St.

Patrick's Church, Bay Shore, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Holy' Cross Cemetery. CARLL-HATTIE on February 15, after a brief illness, sisterin-law of William E. Beattie. Funeral services at her residence, S.

Wanamassa Drive, Wanamassa, N. Tuesday evening, 8 o'clock; church services, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Classon and Willoughby Avenues, Brooklyn, N. Y. Interment 1 p.m., Rural Cemetery, Huntington, L.

I. (Huntington papers please copy.) BUY U. S. DEFENSE BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS John P. Stafford, Boro Teacher, 64 Husband of Principal Was Ex-Newspaperman John P.

Stafford. a member of the staff of P. S. 104 for the last 30 years, and husband of Nora O'D. Stafford, principal of P.

S. 192, died today at his home, 6919 Ridge Boulevard, following a long illness. He was 64. Mr. Stafford taught in the Brooklyn public schools for 43 years and prior to that had been engaged in newspaper work, writing Catholic news for the Brooklyn Eagle and the old Standard Union, Active in Civic Affairs He took an active interest in legislative a and civic affairs affecting teachers and was the founder of the 9th A.

D. Teachers Club. He was president of the club since it was founded ten years ago and also was a member of the Bay Ridge Chamber of Commerce and a charter member and first treasurer of Loretto Council, K. of C. He formerly was a member of the old Bay Ridge Civic Council.

Mr. Stafford born in Manhathat and was educated at St. Peter's College, Jersey City, and St. Francis College here. Surviving are his widow, two daughters, Joan and Regina; a son, Leo, and a brother, William F.

Stafford. The funeral will be held Wednesday with a solemn requiem mass at 10 a.m. in the R. C. Church of Our Lady of Angels, 4th Ave.

and 73d St. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Vital notices accepted 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for publication the same day; as late as 10 p.m.

Saturday night for publication Sunday. Dr. David S. Fettes War Vet; Practiced in Boro 35 Years Dr. David S.

Fettes well known Bay Ridge physician and surgeon who was secretary of the medical board of the Madison Park Hospital, died yesterday after a bref illness. He lived at 1595 E. 13th St. and had practiced in Brooklyn for the last 35 years. Dr.

Fettes was born in Montrose, Scotland, and received his medical training at the Long Island College Hospital from which he was graduated in 1907. He was assistant surgeon at Cumberland Hospital and during the first World War served as a major in the United States Army. Services Tonight For Thos. S. Rice Funeral services for Thomas S.

Rice, 63, criminologist and formerly a member of the sports staff of the Brooklyn Eagle, will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the New York and Brooklyn Funeral Home, 187 S. Oxford St. Burial will be private. Mr. Rice died Saturday at his home, 138 Montague St.

He was a member of the Eagle staff from 1911 until 1929, writing of crime and legal topics, as well as about baseball. Borough Retailers' Group Marks Diamond Jubilee The diamond jubilee dinner and dance of the United Retail Grocers and Delicatessen Dealers Association of Brooklyn was attended last night by more than 650 persons in the Hotel St. George. John H. Mahler, association president, welcomed the guests DEATHS HS DEATHS HS KEENAN-JOSEPH on February 14, 1942, beloved husband of Isabelle, and devoted father of Joseph Edward, Donald and Jude; son of Peter and Mary Keenan; brother o.

Mrs. William P. Moyles Jr. and Mrs. Alfred J.

Eckhart. Funeral from Werst Funeral Home, 71-41 Cooper Avenue, Glendale, L. on Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.; solemn requiem mass St. Margaret's R. C.

Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Masses appreciated.

Charles M. Larmann, director. KOPF-February 14, 1942. JOHN FREDERICK, devoted husband of Lillian A. Kopf, of 42 Eldert Street; brother of William George H.

Kopf, Mrs. George M. Lhurs. Services by Clinton Lodge, No. 453, F.

A A. at Fred Herbst Sons Funeral Home. 83 Hanson Place, Monday, 8 p.m. Religious services Tuesday, 2 p.m. Interment Evergreens Cemetery.

KRIEL-On February 16. KATHERINE. wife of the late William J. Kriel, and mother of Brilliant Fitz Patrick, Emerald McMahon, Star Oliven Keenan and Spessartite Kelly. Reposing at the Parlors of Harrison J.

Edwards, 86 6th Avenue, Brooklyn. Notice of funeral later. KUNZ ALFRED on February 14, at Tenafly, N. beloved husband of Lena, and father of Mrs. E.

Victor Collins of Cleveland, Ohio, and Alfred A. Kunz of Tenafly. Reposing at Greenleaf Funeral Home, 108 W. Palisade Avenue, Englewood, N. J.

Services Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Grace Chapel, Tenafly Road and W. Clinton Avenue, Tenafly. N. J.

Interment Evergreens Cemetery, New York, at 3 p.m. LANE- SYLVESTER A. of 150-24 23d Avenue, Whitestone, N. formerly of Greenpoint, Brooklyn; beloved husband of Rose devoted father of Rose Kramer, Alice Lane, Mary Wenz, James Sylvester A. Thomas and Catherine Lane.

Solemn requiem mass St. Luke's R. C. Church on Wednesday, February 18, 1942, at 10 a.m, Interment Calvary Cemetery. LANIGAN-Sunday, February 15, 1942, at 400 E.

16th Street, MICHAEL J. LANIGAN, beloved father of Mrs. Arthur Woodward and Edward T. Lanigan; brother of Mrs. Jane Shanahan and Frances Lanigan.

LIDDY CATHERINE (nee Rochford), on February 15, beloved wife of John retired lieutenant N. Y. F. dear mother of Anna Henry, John J. and James J.

Liddy; sister of John Rochford. Funeral from her home. 2061 E. 19th Street, Wednesday, February 18; requiem mass at St. Edmund's Church, 10 a.m.

Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. LESTER-CATHERINE R. (nee Byrne), February 14, 1942, beloved wife of George; daughter of Hugh Byrne; sister of Edward, Alice and Ann. Funeral from Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 50 7th Avenue; solemn requiem mass Holy Name R.

C. Church, Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. Interment St. John's Cemetery. LORENTZEN-JENNIE M.

of 762 41st Street, in her 54th year, February 15, beloved wife of Lorentz devoted mother of Lorentz De Witt and Margaret Jean; dear sister of Frank C. Gussoni. Reposing at the Halvorsen Chapel, 5310 8th Avenue. Services Tuesday, February 17, 8 p.m. Final obsequies Wednesday, 2 p.m.

Interment Green- -Wood Cemetery. (Kingston, N. Y. papers please copy.) Christian E. Herbst, BROOKLYN EAGLE, MONDAY, FEB.

16, 1942 9 Funeral Director Headed Old Concern Founded by Father Funeral services for Christian E. Herbst of 9 Prospect Park West. Brooklyn funeral director, who died Saturday in the Jersey City Medical Center, will be held at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 7th St. near 6th Ave.

Burial will be private. The body of Mr. Herbst will repose until 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th the main office of the firm of which he was president. The concern was founded in 1868 by his father, the late Frederick Herbst.

Mr. Herbst was born in Brooklyn 59 years ago and had been a funeral director here for many years. He was active in a number of fraternal organizations, including Bay Ridge Lodge. 856, F. A.

Kismet Temple, A. A. O. N. M.

Brooklyn Lodge, 22, B. P. O. the Municipal Club, Richmond County Club. Kiwanis Club.

12:15 Club, National Selected Morticians, Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association. Mr. Herbst also was a member of the board of directors of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank. Surviving are his widow, Leonora Fuessel Herbst: a son. Earl C.

Herbst, who was associated with him in business: three sisters. Mrs. Charles Bischoff, Mrs. Frank B. Hoefle and Mrs.

Alexander C. Wright, and a brother, George C. Herbst. and three daughters, Reginia, Eileen and Rosemary. The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m.

tomorrow with a solemn requiem mass at St. Saviour's R. C. Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.

SERVISS- On February 16, 1942, CLARA beloved wife of Arthur E. Serviss; mother of Carol and Lewis Serviss. Services at her home, 464 Morris Avenue, Rockville Centre, Wednesday, 8:15 p.m. Inter-. ment Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Thursday, 11 a.m.

SMITH--Of Cold Spring Harbor, L. on February 15. 1942, CHARLES husband of the late Annie Doughty Smith, in his 84th year. Funeral services at the Clarence R. Huff Funeral Home, 71 New Street, Huntington, L.

Tuesday, February 17, at 2:30. Masonic services Monday evening at 8. STAFFORD -February 16, JOHN beloved husband of Nora O'D. Stafford; father of Joan, Regina and Leo; brother of William F. Stafford.

Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., from his residence, 6919 Ridge Boulevard Requiem mass Our Lady of Angels Church. TICHENOR-On Friday, February 13, 1942, CHARLES son of the late Jacob and Celia Tichenor. Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, on Tuesday, 8 p.m. VALLONE-VITO of 434 48th Street, oil February 16, 1942, beloved father of Mrs. Mary Naiorana, Mrs.

Mazie De Luccia, Mrs. Bridget Recchia, Ignazio, Peter and Frank. Funeral from his residence Thursday, February 19, at 10 a.m. Requiem mass St. Rocco R.

C. Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Under direction of Anthony M. Scarpaci.

WALL-LILLIAN on February 15, wife of the late Alfred W. and mother of Helen Campbell, Isabella Rogers, Grace Williamson and Lillian Van Deinse. Services Tuesday, 8 p.m., at Stutzmann Funeral Parlor, 224-39 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village. WILSON-On Monday, February 16, 1942, JEANNETTE CROW, wife of the late George Wilson and mother of Florence M. Wilson.

Service at her residence, 770 St. Mark's Avenue, Wednesday, at 3:30 p.m. Interment Bronxville Cemetery. In Memoriam COLE-In sad and loving memory of a dearly beloved father, NICHOLAS COLE, who died suddenly February 16, 1934. CATHERINE, VINCENT.

-In cherished memory of EDWARD P. Fourth anniversary mass offered. WIFE. MULVEY-EDWARD February 16, 1938. Masses offered this morning.

A loving brother, true and kind. No friend on earth like him we'll find. MOTHER, BROTHERS and SISTERS. SCHNEIDT-In loving memory of my beloved father, GODFRIED SCHNEIDT. Departed this life February 16, 1917.

Mass offered this morning at St. Thomas Apostle Church, Woodhaven, N. February 16, 8 o'clock. Your loving daughter, HORTENSIA M. STREIB.

Masses Masses -A loving tribute to the memory of our dear father, JAMES who departed this life February 17, 1934. Anniversary mass at St. Saviour's, Tuesday, 8 a.m. SONS and DAUGHTERS. JAMES C.

NUGENT COMPLETE FUNERALS $1501 Chapels in all sections without charge Avenue Cor. E. 28th St. 1Ngersoll 2-2569 Eliza G. Suydam, Kin of Leader Of Attack on Jap Pacific Bases the New York East Annual Conference of the Methodist Church.

Dr. Prouty organized many young people's orchestras in Brooklyn churches, and played himself in the Shriner's band. He was a past master of Tyrian Lodge, 618, F. A. a past patron of Tyrian de Chapter, O.

E. and a member of Orient Chapter, R. A. M. A former secretary of the New York State Optometrist Society, he gave much time to the interests of that group.

In 1923 Dr. Prouty married Mrs. Nellie May Wahlen, who survives him. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. James Lewis Prouty, now in her 97th year, and sister, Mrs.

Carrie Prouty Sweet, both of Larchmont, and a brother, Almond Prouty of Hempstead. Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Goodsell Memoral Methodist Church, McKinley and Sheridan by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Ralph Welles Keeler.

The body will repose until 3 p.m. at the Cornell Funeral Chapel, 1210 Liberty Ave. ory School District from the time of its formation in 1912 until his retirement last August. He served for 40 years in the Nassau County -system, and the new high school Bellmore, Mepham High School, was named in his honor. A native of Ontario, N.

Mr. Mepham was educated at the Geneseo State Normal School. Before he was elected to superintendent, he had been principal of the Smithville School. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Harriet M.

Mepham; a daughter, Mrs. F. Wilbert Edgar, also of this place; a brother, Walter J. Mepham, and a sister, Mrs. William Moyle.

COLEMAN CECILIA V. (nee Rowiand) of 8506 89th Avenue, Woodhaver, on February 15, widow of the late Dominick F. Coleman, mother of Mrs. Loretta Fennell and Joseph L. Coleman, sister of Katherine Rowland, Mary Kane, Frank and John Rowland.

Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Solemn requiem mass St. Thomas the Apostle R. C. Church.

Interment Caivary. COOPER February 15, 1942, MARGARET devoted mother of Robert Henry, mother-in-law of Marian, grandmother of Alfred. Service at Frank H. Pouch Parlors, 95 6th Avenue. Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Interment Wednesday, 2 p.m., Green- Wood Cemetery. Direction of William A. Ringe. -DAVID S. M.D..

Sunday, February 15, 1942. father of David and Jeanne, brother of Christine MacKechnie. Reposing at Kennedy's Chapel, Church and Rogers Avenues. Notice of funeral later. GREEN- Saturday, February 14, 1942, JAMES C.

GREEN, of 239 New York Avenue. Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Tuesday, 11 a.m. HALL MARGARET, on February 15, 1942, beloved wife of the late Milton William, mother of Cecile and West. Reposing at the Fieseler Funeral Home, 3358 Fulton Street, Cypress Hills. Funeral Tuesday, at 2 p.m.

Cremation at Fresh Pond. HARRINGTON-MARY, on February 15, at her home, 229 Kingston Avenue. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Fulfaro, Mrs. Nora Burke and Mae Harrington; 2 sons, James and Jeremiah.

Funeral from her home Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Requiem mass. 10 a.m., R. C. Church of St.

Gregory. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. HAWKINS-JAMES Sunday, dear father of Marie. Funeral Wednesday from his home, 62 Elton Street; solemn requiem mass, 10 a.m., St. Michael's R.

C. Church. Interment Trinity Cemetery, Amityville, L. I. HEENAN-On Monday, February 16, 1942, at 165 6th Avenue, NORA RILEY HEENAN, wife of the late Francis Coe Heenan, and beloved mother of James Francis M.

and Loretta E. Heenan. Funeral notice later. HERBST-On February 14, 1942. CHRISTIAN beloved husband of Leonora Fuessel; devoted father of Earl C.

Herbst, and loving brother of Mrs. Charles Bischoff, Mrs. Frank B. Hoefle, Mrs. Alexander C.

Wright and George C. Herbst. Reposing at Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th Avenue, until Tuesday, 5 p.m. Services at Emanuel Lutheran Church, 7th Street, near 6th Avenue, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. Interment private.

HIGGINS-ANNE M. (nee Cassidy), February 14, 1942, beloved wife of Patrick, and devoted mother of John Mrs. Mary Brady and Mrs. Katherine Dugan, native of Dargoon Coolegrain, County Leitrim, Ireland. Funeral from her residence, 595 E.

167th Street, Bronx, Tuesday; solemn mass at St. Augustine's Church, 10 a.m.. Interment Calvary Cemetery. JOYCE-CATHARINE, February 16. 1942; beloved sister of Bridget Timony.

Reposing at Walter B. Cooke, Inc. Funeral Home, 151 Linden Boulevard, until Wednesday, 2 p.m. Vital Notices accepted 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

for publication the same day; as late as 10 p.m. Saturday night for publication Sunday. He was a member of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, the American Medical Association, the Caduceus and the Sgt. Joyce Kilmer posts of the American Legion, the Old Guard, the Tough Club and the Downtown Athletic Club. Surviving are a son.

Dr. David S. Fettes a daughter, Jeanne, and a sister, Mrs. Christine MacKechnie. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning with a solemn requiem mass at St.

Brendan's R. C. Church. Fraternal rites will be held tomorrow night in Kennedy's Chapel, 2603 Church Ave. Lacquer to Replace The Tin in 'Tin' Can War needs soon will deprive the American kitchen of that great standby, the tin can, but science is already prepared to cushion the shock.

With the War Production Board restricting the use of tin as the protective coating on the inner side of metal food containers, research was set going to produce a substitute. As a result, it was learned, equipment is being installed in many can manufacturing plants to process the thin steel plates of which "tin cans" are made so that a film of lacquer applied to "frozen serfaces" will replace the coating of tin. Another wartime substitution will be used rubber in rubber heels for civilian use. Mrs. Mary Ellen Shannon Mrs.

Mary Ellen Shannon of 496 13th widow of Fire Capt. James P. Shannon, died suddenly at her home Friday. She was born in Brooklyn and is survived by three sons, James, Matthew and William, O'SHAUGHNESSY Suddenly, February 16, 1942, EDWARD beloved husband of Florence: father of Donald O'Shaughnessy and brother of Sarah O'Shaughnessy. Services at the Harry T.

Pyle Mortuary, 1925 Church Avenue, Tuesday at 8 p.m. PFLAUM--February 14. PHILIPPINA 52d Street. wife of the late Philip; devoted mother of Mrs. Dorothea Lewis, Mrs.

Anna McPartland, Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, Mrs. Margaret Kraut, Philip, George and William Pflaum. Funeral services at the Funeral Home of George C. Herbst Son, 6741 5th Avenue, near 68th Street, Tuesday, February 17.

8 p.m. Funeral Wednesday, 2 p.m. Interment Green- -Wood Cemetery. PLEINES -On Monday, February 16, 1942, LOUISE. beloved mother of Lillian Luckenbach and Charles Mandel, in her 94th year.

Services at the William C. Fisher Funeral Home, Bainbridge Street, corner Saratoga Avenue, Tuesday, February 17, at 8 p.m, PROUTY--Dr. WALTER on February 14, in his 64th year. Survived by his beloved wife, Nellie; his mother, one sister and one brother. He was a member of Tyrian Lodge, F.

A. No. 618; also a member of Tyrian Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Reposing at Cornell's Chapel, 1210 Liberty Avenue, until Tuesday, 3 p.m. Funeral services at the Goodsell Memorial Church, on Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Interment Green Wood Cemetery Wednesday, 10 a.m. PUFF-SAMUEL, on February 15, at residence, 17 Orient Avenue, Brooklyn; father of John and Mertie. Services Wednesday, Sussex, New Jersey. REDMOND --On February 15, ANNIE of 543 39th Street; beloved mother of Mrs. Engel Aadland, Mrs.

Edward Froberg; also survived by three grandchildren. Services at Schaefer's Funeral Parlors, 4th Avenue at 42d Street, on Tuesday, February 17, at 8 p.m. Interment Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Green -Wood Cemetery, RICE-THOMAS suddenly on February 14. Services at the Chapel, 187 S. Oxford Street, Monday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m.

Interment private, under direction of James C. Nugent's Vanderveer Funeral Home. RYAN-ESTHER (nee Hamilton), on February 15, 1942, beloved wife of Edward loving mother of Edward, Thomas, William and Eileen; sister of Mrs. Rae Croston, Mrs. Lillian Hasse and William.

Funeral Thursday, 9:30 a.m., from her residence, 1527 Ryder St. Requiem mass St. Thomas Aquinas R. C. Church, Interment St.

John's Cemetery, SCHILLER-WILLIAM suddenly on February 14; beloved husband of Eleanor Schiller. Services at his residence. 267 Midwood Street, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. Interment private. SCHROEDER- 14, 1942, CAROLINE, of 397A Prospect Avenue, beloved mother of Charles Schroeder.

Services at Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th Avenue, Tuesday, 8 p.m. Interment GreenWood Cemetery. SCHUTT-On February 14, 1942, EWALD, beloved husband of Margaret Edna (nee Faglon). Funeral from 225 93d Street, Tuesday, 11 a.m. Interment U.

S. National Cemetery, Pinelawn, L. I. SEAMAN- -Sunday, February 15, 1942, EMILY PATON, formerly of Ozone Park, beloved wife of Wilbur S. and mother of Mrs.

Edythe Johnston. Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m, Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Elizabeth, N. Feb. 16-Funeral services for Miss Eliza Gracie dam, descendant of the Rufus King family of Jamaica, Queens, and first cousin of Vice Admiral Frederick Woodruff Halsey will be held here tomorrow morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph H.

Bigley at 445 Westminster Ave. Burial will be in the King family plot in Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Jamaica. Miss Suydam, who would have been 81 on Wednesday, died yesterday at the Elizabeth Convalescent Home, 528 Morris of a heart She had spent much of the time during the past week telling other patients of the exploits of Admiral Halsey, who was in command of the United States naval Alice Berry, Of Colonial Family Private funeral services will be held for Alice Berry, a member of an old Brooklyn family, who died yesterday at her home, 125 Hicks after a brief illness. Miss Berry was a daughter of the late John Berry, attorney, and granddaughter late prominent, Dr. Abraham J.

Berry, former mayor of the old City of Williamsburg. She also was a direct descendant of Capt. John Berry, Deputy Governor of New Jersey in 1672. Surviving are a brother, George Berry; a sister, Mrs. Eugene E.

Varet, and two nieces. Mrs. John Ross Martin and Mrs. Charles H. Appleby.

Merwin D. Maier, Ace Bridge Player Merwin D. Maier. a member of the famous bridge team, the Four Aces, and regarded as one of the most brilliant tournament contract bridge players in the country, died yesterday after an illness of two months at his home, 61 W. 9th Manhattan.

He was 33. Mr. Maier was a member of the team which won the Vanderbilt Cup tournament last year in which the Four Aces compiled the largest score of the season. He also was successful as an individual player. In 1940 he was placed as third in Shepard Barclay's ranking of the ten best bridge players of the year.

He was a native of Manhattan and leaves his widow and his parents Services will be held tomorrow. G. J. Sowter Leaves Estate to Widow, Son George J. Sowter of 253 Garfield Place, former president of the Better Beddir.g Association of New York, who died Feb.

9, left an estate of more than $9,000 personal property, according to the probate petition on file with his will in Surrogate's Court today. After various minor bequests to grandchildren, the residuary estate is set up as a trust fund. Out of the income, $20 a week will go to the widow, Mrs. Hattie A. Sowter of the Garfield Place address, and the remainder to a son, George E.

Sowter of Hagerstown. Md. At the widow's death the principal of the trust fund will go to the son. WEATHER Increasing winds, becoming strong this afternoon and continuing strong tonight, without much change in temperature; light rain this afternoon, moderate rain tonight, Highest temperature New York City same date last year-33. Lowest temperature New York City same date last year-25.

Country- -wide weather temperature, according to the United States Weather Bureau. High and low for the preceding 24 hours from 7:30 a.m. yesterday. H. H.

N. Y. City 34 38 Duluth 23 29 Albany 14 37 Kansas City 33 49 Atlanta 48 51 Miami 71 73 Bismarck -5 35 New Orleans 59 69 Boston 26 40 Brownsville 68 79 Buffalo 27 39 Okla, City 38 55 Chicago 36 38 Philadelphia 29 40 Cincinnati 45 53 Pittsburgh 40 48 Denver 0 23 St. Louis 44 46 Detroit 34 38 Washington 34 59 OUR SERVICE IS EFFICIENT AND DIGNIFIED GEO. W.

SON IN C. Funeral Directors 433 Nostrand Ave. STerling 3-7700 STORAGE NOTICES STORAGE NOTICE. CHAS. W.

HABACKER, INC. To be held at WILLIAM POLLAK'S Auction Rooms, Boerum Place, Brooklyn, New York, on February 18th, 1942. Names of owners of goods to be sold. as follows: Mrs. Gladys Hauser, Mrs.

F. W. Roach, Florence Kohlman, Frank Noffko, Mr. Berneche, Ludwig Baumann Furniture E. Parkins, Mrs.

Jennie Genevie, Household Finance Joseph Volk. Miss Schan, Mra. H. Rudolph, V. Romero, Mrs.

J. Morrisey, Wm. Topf. Household Finance Mrs. Sarah Fagan, Rose Shank, Gerard McNally: You and each of you are hereby notified that the time for the payment of our lien upon the property hereinafter described having expired, after due notice thereof has been given you, we will cause such property, to wit All manner of household goods.

including contents of drawers, china, trunks, glassware. pictures, pianos, radios, sewing machines, rugs, tools, pockages and contents, books, silverware and all furniture and articles commonly used or kept in A household. If the goods are not disposed of on the day of this sale they will be sold on Wednesday of the following week. CHAS. W.

HABACKER, 805-7 GLENMORE AVENUE. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. 19-2t forces that raided the Japanese on Marshall and Gilbert Islands. A native of Elizabeth, Miss Suydam as a young woman was active in society. Moving to she served as librarian of the public library there for 30 years.

She returned to this city eight months ago. She was the daughter of the late Col. Charles C. Suydam, who served with the Union forces in the Civil War, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Surviving, in addition to Admiral Halsey and Mrs.

Bigley, whose husband is executive director of the Brooklyn Chapter, American Red Cross, are three other sisters. Mrs: Edward A. Weeks and Miss Emily Suydam. both of Elizabeth, and Mrs. Raymond Stone, wife of Commander Stone, U.

S. of Annapolis. William R. Rust, 60, Jamaica Attorney William R. Rust of 148-27 87th Jamaica, an attorney and real estate law specialist, died suddenly on Saturday.

He was 60. A native of Brooklyn, he was the son of Charles and Joseph Rust and was graduated from New York Law School in 1906. He was a member of the firm of Earle. Rust Reilly of 15 William Manhattan. Mr.

Rust was long active in phil-. anthropic and religious work in Brooklyn and Queens. He was an elder and treasurer of Christ Evangelical Reformed Church on St. and president of the Ottilie. Orphan Asylum Society.

He formerly was president of the Evan-. gelical Home for the Aged. He vas a founder and a member of the board of directors of the Citizens Bank of Brooklyn and be: longed to the Brooklyn Bar Association. Surviving are his widow, Alice, F. Rust, and five daughters, Alice, Madeline Normile, Edna, Margaret and Helen.

Services will be held at 8:30 o'clock tonight in Christ Evangelical Church. McBRID5-On February 14, 1942, in his 63d year, JAMES, beloved father of Frank, Florence Lehecka, James Edward, Elizabeth Salay and Irving. Funeral from the Stutzmann Chapels, 2001 Madison Street, Ridgewood, on Tuesday, 9 a.m. Requiem mass St. Martin of Tours R.

C. Church. 9:30 a.m. Interment St. John's Cemetery.

McCALL- Sunday, February 15. 1942, at 519 E. 40th Street, JOSEPH P. McCALL, beloved brother of Mrs. John H.

Johnson and Sister Mary Martha of the Nursing Sisters. Funeral Wednesday, 10 a.m.; solemn mass of requiem at the of St. Therese of Lisieux. McCULLOUGH Suddenly, on Saturday, February 14, 1942, CORNELIUS beloved husband of Jeanette (nee Bleier); father of Mrs. Robert Foley, Mrs.

Margaret Merrick, Cornelius Harold John Arthur Alfred and Ronald; brother of Mary C. and Phillip F. McCullough. Funeral from William Dunigan Son Chapel, Rogers Avenue and Montgomery Street, on Tuesday, February 17, at 9:30 a.m.; thence to Mary Queens of Heaven R. C.

Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. (Chicago, papers please copy.) McDONALD On February 15, 1942, MARY B. of 357 46th Street, beloved wife of Frank E. and devoted mother of Mary Ann McDonald; daughter of Patrick and the late Catherine Gill; sister of Mrs.

Anne Flannagan. Funeral from Schaefer's Funeral Parlors, 4th Avenue and 42d Street, on Wednesday, February 18, at 9:30 a.m. Requiem mass Our Lady of Perpetual Help R. C. Church.

Interment St. John's Cemetery. McGAULEY -February 15, 1942, at her residence, 226 Wyckoff Street, JULIA (nee Higgins), beloved wife of Thomas F. McGauley, retired police sergeant of N. Y.

P. beloved mother of Thomas Mrs. Jere Dee, Mrs. Edward Burke, Mrs. Frank Banger, Mrs.

Lucy Hoyt; sister of Daniel Higgins. Funeral from her home, Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.; thence to St. Agnes R. C. Church where a solemn requiem mass will be offered.

MILLER-At Essex Fells, N. formerly of Brooklyn, N. on Saturday, February 14, 1942, EDWARD husband of Sara Jewell and father of Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Hinchman and Willi: H.

Miller. Services will be held at the HOME FOR SERVICES. (Arthur K. Brown, 56 Park Street, at Claremont Avenue, Montclair, N. Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

MOAN Sunday, February 15, 1942, MARY ELLEN (nee Rhome), beloved wife of James dear mother of Eugene; sister of Mrs. John Blumer, Mrs. Matthew New, Mrs. Robert Craig, James and Daniel Rhome. Reposing at Walter B.

Cooke, Funeral Home, 1218 Flatbush Avenue, until Wednesday, 2 p.m. MORRIS--On February 15, 1942, ANNA E. (nee Koehler), beloved wife of Edward L. Morris; dear mother of Edward C. and Anne sister of William P.

Koehler, Mrs. Jeannette Miller, Mrs. Bertha Johnson and Mrs. Grace Schmelke. Funeral from her residence, 91-43 85th Street, Woodhaven, Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. J. J. Gallagher Sons, directors. MORTIMER-ANNA at 134 Himrod Street, on February 15, 1942, in her 85th year, beloved mother of Charles T.

Mortimer; grandmother of Ruth and Ethel; sister of Theodore and Harry Loeffler and Amelia Cashmore. Funeral service at Peth Chapel, 15 Palmetto Street, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Walter B. Cooke INCORPORATED DIGNIFIED As Low FUNERALS As $150 OUR FUNERAL HOMES BROOKLYN 151 Linden Boulevard- -BUckminster 4-1200 Seventh Avenun- MAin 2-8585 1218 Flatbush 2-0266-7 GUEENS 15(-10 Hillelda Avenue -JAmaica 6-6670 63-32 Forest Avenue -HEgeman 3-0900 158-14 North. Bivd.

FLushing 3-6600 STATEN ISLAND 98 Beach Stapleton- Gibraltar 7-6100 MANHATTAN 117 West 72nd Street- TRafalgar 7-9700 1451 First Avenue RHinelander 4-5800 BRONX 1 West 190th Street- RAymond 9-1900 165 E. Tremont Ave. 7-2700 347 Willis Avenue- Haven 9-0272 WESTCHESTER 214 Mamaroneck Avenue- White Plains 39 Phone for Representative- -No Obligation John T. Kenny, Inc. 197 Bridge St.

Funeral Directors With Services of Dignity Complete Funeral $145 Tel. CUmberland 6-0125 Chapels in All Boroughs AUCTION AUCTION? SALE SALES C. H. ADELMAN. AUCTIONEER.

sells February 24, 1942. at 10:30 a.m.. 1102 Myrtle Brooklyn. Ford Coach. Motor No.

54-144480. account of Joseph O' Niell. 19-2t C. H. ADELMAN.

AUCTIONEER. sells February 24, 1942. at 4:00 p.m.. at 125 Flatbush Ave. Extension.

Brooklyn; Buick Sedan, Motor No. 83280123.. account of James Pearson. 19-2t C. H.

ADELMAN, AUCTIONEER. sells February 24, 1942. at 12:00 noon, at 318 Wyckoff Brooklyn, Coach, Motor No. DP-34413B, account of Charles N. Stanley.

19-2t Me C. H. ADELMAN, AUCTIONEER. sells February 24, 1942. at 11:30 a.m..

at 1342 Halsey Brooklyn, Dodge Sedan, Buick Sedan. Chevrolet Sedan, Motor Nos. DP-54167. 83070996. 4229514 accounts of Dorothy Helen McGuire, Elizabeth Maidt, John J.

Gildea. 19-2t o. C. H. ADELMAN, AUCTIONEER, sells February 24, 1942.

at 10:00 a.m.. at 4023 2nd Brooklyn, Pontiac Sedan. Motor No. 8112912, account of Herman Bailey and Empire Personal Loan Inc. f9-2t C.

H. ADELMAN, AUCTIONEER. sells February 24. 1942. at 9:00 a.m., at 901 Quentin Road.

Brooklyn, Lincoln Zephyr Sedan, Motor No. HS3208. account of Harold P. McCormack and Confidential Personal Loan Inc. 19-2t C.

H. ADELMAN. AUCTIONEER. sells February 24, 1942, at 11:00 a.m., at 1249 East New York Brooklyn, Dodge Coupe. Motor No.

DU77192, account of Max and Annie Luben Baden. 19-2t PAWNBROKERS SALES JACOB SHONGUT, INC. Geo. Richard Shongut, Auctioneers, SELL AT 82 BOWERY. N.

9 A.M. Feb. 17-Clothing for J. J. Saver, 662 Manhattan from 72162 of June 24.

1939. to 84399 of Jan. 1. 1940: also 1000 of Feb. 1, 1940, to 20956 of Dec.

15, 1940. Similar goods for J. J. Saver, 922 Manhattan from 1000 of Jan. 3.

1939. to 41873 of Dec. 30. 1939 also 45000 of Jan. 2, 1940.

to 84949 of Dec. 31, 1940. 110-6t oSu Feb. 19-Clothing for M. Stavenhagen 29 Woodhull from 38522 of July 1, 1940.

to 47700 of Dee. 1. 1940. and all holdovers. Similar goods for M.

Stavenhagen 581 5th A from 20550 of July 1, 1940. to 32200 of Dec. 1, 1940, and all holdovers. (12-4t oSu Feb. 20-For Brooklyn Pawnbrokers, 5704 5th diamonds, jewelry, second-hand watches, odds and ends, from 60209 of Jan.

12, 1940, to 3649 of Jan. 2, 1941, and all holdovers. oSu CANAL AUCTION ROOM, John J. Gibbs, J. F.

Sullivan Auctioneers, sell at 152 Canal Manhattan, N. Y. City, at 11 a.m. Feb. 24.

1942-For Jas. J. Rvan. 134 Myrtle unredeemed pledges of diamonds, second-hand watches. welsilverware, odds and ends, No.

18022. Dec. 17. 1938, to 15203. Oct.

28. 1939: also 2172. Feb. 10. 1940.

to 16568. Nov. 22. 1940. both inclusive, and all pledges held over from previous sales.

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