Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1935, Page 7

EXPERT ON TIDES DIES AT STOCKTON Leland P. Shidy Computed First International Table in 1896. Leland Perry Shidy, 84, former | chief of the tidal division of the | Coast and Geodetic Survey and a resident of Washington for more than half a century, died October 2 at| Stockton, Calif,, it was learned by friends here yesterday. He was buried October 4 in Stockton. One of the foremost tidal experts of the world, Mr. Shidy was asso- | ciated with the Coast and Geodetic | Survey for 57 years, of which 33 years | were spent as head of the tidal di- vision. | In 1896 he gained world-wide prominence when he computed the | first international tide table. Since | that time. tide tables for all the great | ports of the world have been compiled | by the tidal division. Mr. Shidy also introduced many amd labor-saving devices and con-‘ tributed to the teohnical knovledge of his field as the author of numer- | ous reports and books. He was born in St. Louis and a tended ~Missouri State University, | withdrawing in his senior year, 1873, to enter the Government service as | a tidal computer. In 1897 he became\ chief of the tidal division, serving in| that position until 1915, when the| division became a section of the di- vision of hydrography. He was asso- ciated with the new organization until his retirement in 1930. After the death of his wife, the simplned cnaris |\ EMERGENCY HOSPITAL t- 1 in Emergency Hospital, where he has Dies in West LELAND P. SHIDY. HARRY B. KOHLER DIES Harry B. Kohler, 49, a lifelong| | resident of the District, died yesterday i been confined for the last five weeks. | He was chauffeur for Mrs. Evalyn | Walsh McLean for 23 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Veda | Kohler; two sons, Harry, 19, and | John, 12; two brothers, John J. and | Benjamin H., an da sister, Mrs. Bar- | bara Opdyke, all of Washington. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm. tomorrow at the W. W. ! Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin | street. followed by burial in Prospect | former Margaret Warren of Wash-| gy Cemetery. ) { ington. in 1932, Mr. Shidy made his home in California. Surviving are a brother, Milton W. Shidy, and a sister, Mrs. Irene Clum, both of Btockton. RETIRED NAVY WORKER, MISS PITTENGER, DIES Funeral Services to Be Held at Washington, N. J., for D. C. Resident of 45 Years. Miss Mary D. Pittenger, retired em- ploye of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the Navy Department, died yesterday at her home, 1215 Seven- teenth street. after an illness of about two weeks. She was 87. The body will be sent tomorrow to her birthplace at Washington, N. J., for funeral services and burial. Miss Pittenger had lived here for 45 years, She retired from her posi- tion in the Navy Department 15 years #go after 30 years of service. Surviving are a nephew, Paul John- #on of Westfield. N. J.. and a great- grand niece, Elizabeth Green of ‘Washington. THE EVENING MRS. ANNA W. HOMER SUCCUMBS IN BOSTON Washington Resident 15 Years Became Il Week Ago in Bay State Home. Mrs. Anna Whitman Homer, 57, wife of Arthur P. Homer, vice president of Gould Pumps, Inc., died yesterday in Boston, Mass.,, after a brief illness. She became ill a week ago at her Summer home in Quincy, Mass,, and was taken to Boston for treatment. Mrs. Homer, who lived at the Hay- Adams House, had been a resident of ‘Washington for the last 15 years. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Donald MacKay and Mrs. Horace S. Graham: a brother, John Whitman, and three grandchil- dren. Funeral services will be held Satur- day at Quincy. - Brewery Workers' Ball Revived. MILWAUKEE, October 10 (#).— The brewery workers' ball, social event of the Winter season in Milwaukee before prohibition, is going to make a comeback. The Brewery Workers’ Union announced yesterday that the ball and carnival, a costume affair, will be hels “DON°T G. W l'l‘ll THE premier | ain February 8.' STAR, WASHINGTON, BENJAMIN F. ROBERSON DIES AT DICKERSON, MD. Retired Wheelwright Was Sun- day School Superintendent 45 Years. Special Dispatch to The Star. DICKERSON, Md, October 10.— Benjamin Franklin Roberson, 77, re- tired blacksmith and wheelwright and one of the best-known residents of this section of Montgomery County, died Sunday following a long illness. He is survived by seven sons, Charles, Frank, Gilbert, Howard, Wil- liam, Leo and Paul Roberson, and four daughters, Mrs. Willlam Baker, Mrs. Charles Dixon, Mrs. Carey Nicholson and Mrs. George Tobery. He also leaves a brother, George Rob- erson. The funeral took place Tuesday from the Dickerson M. E. Church South, burial being in Monocacy Cem= etery, Beallsville. Mr. Roberson was | superintendent of the Sunday school |of M. E. Church South here for 45 years. He was a native of Frederick County but had lived in the Barnesville and Dickerson neighborhoods for 45 years. MBLE WEATHER"" Snow, sleet, rain storms, freezes!' 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