Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1931, Page 9

WHEN any emer- gency descends upon you, look to your telephone. Nothing else will get help as quickly, as surely—and the cost is but a few cents a The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (Bell System) 725 Thirteenth Street N. W, MEtropoli THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WED MERTON E. CHURCH DIES AT AGE OF 73 |Prominent Fairfax Resident Established First Phone in County. dpecial Dispateh to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., September 16. —Merton E. Church, one of Virginia's most prominent citizens, died this morn- ing at 8 o'clock at the home of his son Guy, in Falls Church, at the age of 73 years, Characterized by his friends as the an who has dene more for Northern Virginia than any other, Church has | been for 50 years a leader in every civic, featernal and religious movement that would advance the welfare of addpted State. . First Telephone Line. Endowed with an unusual business ability, Church had the vision to fore- see early the importance of telephonic communication. Long before the first Bell telephone company was orsnmzed Church, together with Dr. T. M. Tal- bott of Falls Church, who was n per- sonal friend of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, established the first telephone line in Virginia, connecting Dr. Church’s drug store in Falls Church with ‘Wash- Open All Day on Saturdays Now Look to “Furniture of Merit” to express the new styles in Fur- niture—in the new better values —and at the new lower prices HERE is a decided change in the trend for the new season—and “Furniture of Merit” gives pointed evi- dence of the increased quality your dollars will buy: For example, these three splendid suites—living room, dining room, bed room—are typical of the ad\ antage you have here. Living Room Ensemble Truly a very exceptional value in design, construction and finish. The covering is of fine !apestr)—fcatured ina choice of patterns, Dining Room Suite Its simplicity of design is its claim and the quality of materials and makemanship are unusual 5259 Bed Room Suite Mahogany and gumwood construction, with rich carv- ings and fine color and finish. 5295 And with it all — better quality, more attractive desxgns, and lower prices—you still are welcome to the buying convenience of our COSTLESS CREDIT. House & Herrmann “Furniture of Merit” % Seventh at Eye m’mh Church Bank, ington, and using the Echers telephone, isfer prchased "oy thenellulgp:; ‘withdrew after the line to thhgton established, but Church from this hum- ble bennnlnl developed a network of tele gmlu and exchanges in l’ll ienna, Herndon, Fairfax, Ices\mu Loudoun, Fauguier and Prince Willlam Counties, as far as the Blue Ridge Mountains, lerv\nl as chief stock- holder, president and general manager. The company was absorbed by the chzl.;npuke & Potomac Telephone Co. Dr. Church s a young man was treined as a pharmacist and conducted a drug store here for 12 years, He serv- ed as president of the Virginia Pher- maceutical Association and was recently elected its honorary president. Goes Into Real Estate. He went into the real estate and insur- ance business in connection with his telephone company and has been a lead- ing realtor for years. Much of the pres- ent development of Northern Virginia is due to his business foresight and skill. gle wfi onedo’la the charter members of e lexandr! Arlington & Rz’:lwm'“fi*chnon = i e assisted in organizing five or six Virginia banks, serving as vice presi- dent, trust officer and dlrecwr of the resident ai director of the Arlt.ngtorpm ’I‘rustc C‘;fl director of the Fairfax National Bank and of the Peoples Bank of Leesburg When rallway service frcm Northern Virginia to Washington was threatened with extinction, Church took the lead in saving ths service by organizing the Arlington, Fairfax Railway Co., financed pha sl)::nc s:ozl)‘mcldeu He has been nt of the com since its or- ganization. st He has also been one of the most enthusiastic road builders of the State Highway Assoclation. First C. of C. President. of the Fairfax County Chamber of He was a member of the Falls Church Citizens® Association, Arlington County Citizens’ Association, Arlington and Alexandria Chambers of Commerce, charter member of the Arlington Coun- ty Rotary Club, past mayor and mem- ber of the Town Council of Herndon, past mayor and member of the Falls Church Town Council, and member of Lhed hmhurfcwm School Board, and a e of wood Cemetes B sociation. i Always s stanch churchman, Dr. Church throughout his life was closely identified with the work of religious organizations of both local and na- tional importance. A member of Crossman M. E. Church of Falls Church, he served until his death as chairman of the board of trustees and recording | steward and as superintendent emer- itus of the Sunday school. In national church affairs, Dr.! Church was a member Of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal | Church, serving as treasurer and mem- ber of the Executive and Finance Com- | mittees. He has been a trustee of American University since its organiza- tion, serving as vice president, chair- man of the Real Estate Committee and member of the Financial, Execu- tive and Building Committees. He has been for years a member of the Execu- tive Committee of the Virginia State Sunday School Associatie ers who established the week-day reug ious education movement in the public schools of ‘Arlington and Fairfax Coun- ties. He was an alternate member of the Virginia and International Confer- ences of Religious Education. He was a life member of both the Virginia State Y. M cC,AA and St. Petersburg, Fla., On Parks Committee. He was appointed by former Gov. Hatry Byrd as a member of the Virginia State Committee on Parks and Plans, designated as the ional Committee. At one time he served as an active di- | rector of 22 different corporations. In spite of his many responsibilities, Church found time for fraternal affjlia- | tions in both Virginia and Florida, where he made his Winter home cf lat: years. He was a member and master of Kemper Lodge, No.64, A. F. & A. M., of Falls Church and a past district deputy grand master, Virginia District No. 1; member of Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, No. 41, Alexandria; mem- ber of Old Dominion Commandery, No, 11, Knights Templar, Alexandria; Thlrf.y-seccnd Degree Scottish Rite, Acacia Chapter, O. E. 8., No. 51, Falls Church; past patron and past grand Bigger and Better Funerals At Half the Usual Cost Are Done by CHAMBERS le Funeral for 575 o NOTE: Last year the lowest - priced silk-lined Knox Hat was $10. The lowest- priced u nlined Knoxr Hat was $8. men. and was a member of the original Lee| Church served as the first president| Commerce, which he helped to organize. | Leader Dead PROMINENT VIRGINIAN PASSES AWAY AT FALLS CHURCH. MERTON E. CHURCH. patron of the Eastern Star of Virginia, honorary member of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star of Florida. He was also a member of Falls Church Lodge, No, 11, 1. O. O. F. In Ficrida he served as president of the Southland Tourists' Association at St. Petersburg, and a member of the Presidents’ Union of St. Petersburg. In Washington, D. C., he maintained membership in the Vermont State As- sociation. He has been one of the lead- ing Republicans of Fairfax County and Virginia. Born In Vermont. Mr. Church was born in Derby, Vi, February 14, 1858. He moved to Fair- fax County, Va., in 1879, living first'in Herndon and moving seven years later to Falls Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie B. Church; one son, and daughter, Mrs. Maybelle ghurch Mills, both of Falls Church, and by four grandchildren. Services will be held Priday afternoon ‘at 3 o'clock in Falls Church at the home of his son, Guy Church, and in- | terment_wil} follow in Oakwood Ceme- tery. Dr. G. ENis Willlams of Fred- erick, Md., former pastor at Falls | Church, wiil be in Chll’le of the serv- | ices, assisted by Rev. E. B. Wileox of Falls Church. Active pallbearers will be Ashten C. | Jones of Olarendon, Dr. Lucius Clarke, | chancellor of American University, and Horace E. Brown, George Crossman, Dr. J. B. Gould and Dr. George B. Sadeley, all of Falls Church. Honorary pallbearérs will be R. Walton Moore of Fairfax, Franklin Willlams of Vienna, Wilson M. Parr of Fairfax, Dr. W. Robey of Herndon, Frederick D. Rich- ardson of Fairfax and George W. Hawx- hurst of Falls Church. MRS. CAROLINE FISCHER After Residence in Capital Lasting Since 1870. Mrs. Caroline Pischer, Charles H. Fischer, charter member of | Company B, 1st Maryland Cavalry 1861, died yesterday at her residence, ness. She was 93 years old. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence, followed by services at the Evangelical Lutheran, Church, Wiscon- sin avenue and Volta place, at 2 o'clock. Cemetery. Mrs. Fischer was born in Germany and came to the United States when a young girl. She lived in Baltimore for several years and came to Washington in 1870." She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Augusta Moore, and two son, Otto H. and Wiliam C, Fischer, all of Washington. Sew:r Contract Awarded. terday by the District Commissioners to construct a storm-water sewer in ‘Tuckerman street and Luzon avenue, for $13,247 © WASHINGTON'S FINEST MEN'S WEAR STORE ® “5th AVENUE" A NEW FALL KNOX HAT Luxuriously Silk Lined An ultra-smart, handsome Fall Hat, with a dashing youthful personality ohco appeals to well - dressed $ ©® CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED ® RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1310 F Street 14:30 p.m. yesterda DIES HERE IN 93D YEAR & Widow of Cavalryman Passes On g Los widow of | Lo ‘Dlv‘l.llun. organized in Baltimore in: QAN Burial will be in Arlington National | Spol ‘W. A. Pate was _given a contract yes- - NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931 THE WEATHER District of Columbla—Partl g wnum and mnnrm'. probably loofi quite so warm undershowers; wn%h gentle normem and east south wing M llnd—Plrfly clvud: tonight lnd tomorrow, probably thundershow ers; not quite lo wm fonight m east portion; moderate northeast and east lhlllln%:a south winds. Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably scattered thunder- showers in north and east portions; not quite so warm in northeast portion; moderate shifting winds becoming east and southeast. ‘West Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; probably local thunder- showers tomorrow afterncon in north portion; continued warm. Records for 24 Hou ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 86; 12 midnight, 79; 4 a.m., T noon, 82. Barometer—4 pm. 30.00; 30.02; 12 midnight, 30.03; 4 am,, !0 01 8 a.m, 30.09; noon, 30. 05. Highest temperature, 87, occurred at Lowest tempera- ture, 73, occurred at 6:30 a.m. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 97; lowest, 71. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 5:33 a.m. and 5:45 Dm high tide, 11:12 am. and 11:36 'rumnrmw—l.ow tide, 6:27 am. and 6:39 p.m.; high tide, 1:00 a.m. and 120; pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:5Q a.m.; sun sets 6:17 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:50 am.; sun sets 6:15 p.m. Moon rises 11:16 a.m.; sets 8:40 p.m. Autcmobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comgarnuv: figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first nine months a the average are shown in the following table: Record rainfall for the first nine months was: uary, 1882, 7.09 1884, 6.34 mches. inches; April, 1889, 10.69 inche inches; July, 1886, 10.63 gust, 1928, 14.41 inches; 1876, 10.81 inches. Weather in Various Citles. Statlons. Sinclair Bowen of Washington, Dr. E. L. | Atlant: 30.10 Cincinnati, Ohic 30.10 Zleveland, "Ohlo. 30.06 Columbis r .cloudy cloudy Clear | 1503 Thirtieth street, after a long ill- | Port 8t. Paul,’Minn Seattle, ‘Wash.. pok Wi (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) ‘Temperature, Weather. r mbnnn, u-ln Cles ¢ Greei "‘time. todhy Horta (hy-m Arores . T s Port cloudy bservations.) Part cloudy ‘Cuba, Colon, Canal Zone. BAG, black leathe; ‘mornin between 9 containing clothing, ete: ‘Baltimore pike, _vicinity all National I-\e'l d. 1l; Sunday )‘l)ew ‘Hampehire et Rl'ud. EO oe T8 netween mm and . Tand .na Yithand ¥ sts. now. 1 Lin. 5232-J. et cM“—«Bzuud !e in Brookland. hite and eray Port. cat. weard 1a, pme, Hlyno x. Ramsey, “Findy e sees: Rewee. i et 2438 o c'mm. T158. 78 blue flannel c«m Mon¢ o Hoor T—Reward for S taxen at 9th gclock. , Return FOR ND : also two letters iy Pniiip W. Aust Distriet DOG, vnm ‘poodle, i Monday ‘morning, | Geors Glenmont. e merican pu stub ¢ AT Shevy Cnase voulévard: POLICE male, Clll i rerans i, Nevnd se marked “Almer Fuif o Totl o Septr T3tn c-n Branch_665. ‘man's_shell Tim, in case: 104t on out 51 _Que n.e.; reward. Bame AN “Prits.” 1!' S%Gre Sat. §ioa GLABSES. sidewalk GLASSES, case, Etz’ Sylvia Cox, North 3133. OF Keys in ¢ Tuegday night Bun Telephone Na- KEYB—Los Tentner Keytainer. tional 4703. ; KETBOOK. Drows o Teatho Bureau: cont 328, mmm driver's permit and meal Heket, reward it returned. Focene £, Gole, 3133 Eve 807. ther. on g first floor ATON, No. 39, on Septel ber 11, }’P%fi EAToR o B ae eeieg T, feaa .Yeflenon Anntmenu lnd Clnllll Club; containing mo: auto operator's pe. Toits and keys, nmm mme call Potomac S, A Apartment No. Rews e e d ymile‘?:’m cou ap; Sunday, ""‘,?-3’- Senool, " Gah Lincoln 1161 E’u'm, FUNERAL DESIGNS. Gude Bros. Co., 1212 F St. prompt Auto Delivery Service. ___Artistio—expressive—inexpensive. ArriuniesoXbressiveIexpen GEO. C. SHAFFER Oyt ,‘,Y_‘.."‘,‘,‘ 14th & Eye Beautiful Funeral Piece, $3 Opposit mders Funer For Funerals By Wire Anywhere Bnflu. : Agzfi“&‘:fix nomcnpn c ‘::“ 1 ’ xm éhnn:' P n-"" "' o ‘fu- 'fi 39!0!!1- oice of fu- nm‘{ 1 ine; Tuneral fater, llnsmz. ROBERT WARK. on Wedne!; arde loved Lou m ‘Plaeher and mher ot %ouise Bui side Siian ineral b' “I lh!,lml Relatives and "mn'm‘ ’:’nvfted. }nurmen at holmt Hill mete:y. 143 'Wr“#flm"“ Jagkson; brother Sunda; and f- A‘ 1 chureh, l“.Y o be :ur a to Bucln". Sep. LL, WILLIAM JOHN. On_Wednes- September 18, 19: LLIAM LL, “beloved » the' Assumption. Bh M Notics "ot Tunerai here- DAVIS, NATHANIEL, On Monday. Septem- Elizabeth's Hospital, O “father o urs ¢ one _brother d other relatives a d mum- Remains "'""f at the John Rhines i ch rd w. ber ere: 804 3nd st. Reral' Tnussday. Sentomagr 11 ot | from the .von’m wart Mem DONALDSON. ANNIE M. On Tuesday, tember Sibley Hospital, tem - J03), He slnelm Donnldm °Pu dence of her son Cnatics A. Lemok 3008 on Prids tembe Yieed Interment Congressional cem- DONNELLY, VINCENT P. On w-dnnn A CENT P. d te Joh; Tellsy of "307 11N st neral later. Please om nnnu DWYER. EDWARD J. _On Tues: tember_ 15, 1831, at Em EDWARD loved hug of fi“ friends 'nvned. Mintetment Sount ofivet Ceme- ery. ife of th mflu‘%lr‘lnl mother of Mrs from the -bov- Tesidence on Thursday. ptember 11, 150" S thence 16 ea] Lutheran Church, 2 2 p.m. e nbon address gn Thu ber t 8P Tterment — Slate Ridee ardiff, Md., Priday, Septem| .m. HERR, GEORGE §. Suddenl, tember 14, 1931, at, his 3rd st. s.e.. GEORG] of Winifred A. Rev. Crescenti; err, sidence on Thursdey: tember am. thence fo Peter's cnur:h where ‘misy wil atives and S New Cathedral Cemeter umure. lld. HUNT, DR. ARTHUR on M Beprember 14, 1o Bt U B Naval How Dr. AR 0¥, Seloved ishand. Beisie Hunt, in the: 34th year of bls i 16 Remaing rosting at ihe Tapfer fun al M imber 17 vmn nrvlc ll&r St 'k fol- wed by murnnnfi with Dlllu! 10nors in Arlington National Cemetery. Relatives Sadhlmds Jaies Ao attend. GRAHAM. OSCAR. On Monday,. Septem- ur 14,1631, 524 ¥ sl Foscohine Beptember Alle Rels tiv {oattend. Interment iy Joluaou. JANES ¥, Yoted i Newman .‘.d um urday, Septe Srars’ redaence. vea JONES. fleptem tarium. at 1 p.m. at ,g'fllm Y r ufl'n" H 'n'r st Ao rinne By Getting, Nellle Fitzhugn Bri ac mnu o 'flemn:r':l Fahcral Chureh, Tead Yuu 2at h LAWSON, EMILY CLISH Tuesd: Bept ber Yo Tostat Dér_repidence, b 3 . n.w. UB‘ LA Joseph Gawler s So G "Thursday, Septem: . “Interment’ Arlinston te, fnd Brines Re- Ernest “Javis :ui FPasave, Nettonal "Gemetais: EUTZE, EUGENE H. O Op Tuesdsy, Sep- ember 15. 1931. at )le' ark City,” Rear Ramiral EUGENE H. O, LEUTZE, U, S, N. yooseph Gawler's n retire rvices Sons’ ¢hapel, 1754 Pa. day, September 17. w .m. men‘ private, Al’llnlmn National Ce 3’ EUGENE HENRY COZZENS. istrict of Columbia Commandery of Milifary Order of the Loval Leg 8.| GRANT, . Sommmanders ” Recorder. . On Sunday, September idence of ha; daugh mass wi said and - friends _invit Olivet Cemetery. 17 thence to L Church, ilens mmass wilL said_at 9 for ot his sgul. Interment Mount Relatives and " friends My On Monday, u‘“r T3 "ot ln uuuum. wu iness. BUTLER M m“' uo’l')nnsnt‘ lflrgl"bo,l‘ln France: 2 Myers Love- oy y'® Remains Tes W Chambers Intérment Rock OLDFIELD, FRED A. Passed away Sep- tember 16, 1931. at Emergency Hospit FRED A. OLDFIELD, in the 5lst year of his age, beloved son of Mrs. L. P. Old- e} Puneral from thc Home, of his mother. 122 Wisconsin “ave., Md. Frid 11 em. Xml Gemeters. " old Poadr” Heiatives ‘and Jriends 1nvite PETITT, GEORGE T. On Monday, Septem- ber 4 19317 at© Georgetown ' Hospital, EORGE beloved son of John and (nee Sweeney). formerly of e Funeral from home of Sora Sopet * Alexandria, his n'"m' BICRARDSON, FAITH. Departed September 12, 1531, atter’s fude, “PATTH RICHARDSO 8 Siourn th mo! eir gg:ln ey son; R 'g = Edvard, Benjamin, SR ardson, and a host of other rellflm and friends. Remaine resting l W Wi n model funer; at her late hnme‘ 428 I'l‘l‘ clln Chul i‘ep:: beer l'l 2 Rev. Eflll '“ Lneoln umorn llcl. B A Kitcl ANN SHEA, MARY T 1981 Mrs. BUTLER, Gatiing mon th Relatives and m-nu' WEST, PR it 412 B ST. Ambulance service. Jo:eph F. Bitch's Sau wi l'r. 100 On _Tues esidor Shea: born in Treland. relan late Prrick and Ju B i P nAml.. on 31, DANIEL !lllg.n'l%‘ . ELLA. tember 16, 1 328 N st. "’r hygband | of tne iate g fr Warren 1une¥1 home, "Mt at 2 September 37, ves and Teftaent Oak. Bt Cemetery® ™ - SPRINGER, ADOLPH r. mes R .ad l’fln!:":‘}m. Notice of fune: o FLOJ R J:‘,..zf’;;;@ E"‘ - P W of th rna Hiek E.And Miss tr Rel- invil rment Au- burn cemlem c-nmdn Recent Av mmnn 1“:154.':;h Creek ‘Cometery. " in ‘mnflm BOOKHULTZ. NORMAN JEAGER. of our fl'nlf "l‘.ll = x§xum TRAGER' - Cleft us three vears avo today, Tread softly w! .flf," s leepine, "t Ang Wi n-in ie"dear Sout T nt; (g d us one year ago today, There is some one who And finds the day long sines you some cne who lones Tor'you dally, But tries to be brave the ste 520 5, e T d e Too far sway for sight &r m But not Yoo lr for g m':fir.".fi l'lll Beptember 16, 1918. mmlum name. ne like | amile, lh heart of nm' Toia" yent, o the %0 tod ng! llgzlunlll. an ner R, u:d rrandtather us fifteen Like lvy S0 the withered ok sl other things decs Our uv- ler E Tatber PARKER, nr " g sad u was on & Monday morning, Just at the res Eieh| teen m:‘-."-n. paps, aince you loved ¢ And $has, 15 why' He ‘calied you to that land of peaceful rest. g , Although we are orphans mew, We do not fear to Bor we know that we mxfl ‘meet you both m‘fi:fi*fi ARl womes, In sad but denr "m o teday “5" mber -fi' THOMAS, LORENZO. remembrance of my TH ho, HENRY. T4 S acar brothers Parted this life four years ago tember 16, “Hs"“ Vfi‘%o"i%:‘#ul.‘"‘ Frank Gder'l Sons Co. T N one National 2473 Wm. H Sardo & Co. Funeral Gupd N.E. {\V. L. SPEARE Co. Nel th S HsE W, 940 F St. N.W. LM.GAWLER CO = Fux_:eral Dnrectors W. W, DEAL & 06'. 816 H ST. N! JOHN R. wm('”.h'r co. 1337 10th St. .___Phone North 0047 CHAS. S. ZURHOR‘S] __Phone 3} WILLIAM LEE'S SONS, CREMATORIOM BONS Established S 1850 Lady Attendant 1750-2-4 Pennsylvania Avenue N. Phones: NAtional 5512.5513 Lo mes |