Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1935, Page 13

CONMUNTY ASE POSTALSTATIN Congress Heights Growth Held to Justify Permanent Branch. Because of the resignation of the postmistress of the Congress Heights contract post office, efforts to secure & permanent substation were started last night by the Congress Heights Citizens’ Association meeting in the Congress Heights School. In a resolution submitted by C. Ben- ner the association was asked to authorize the Committee on Law and Legislation to petition Postmaster William Mooney in an effort to secure & substation for Congress Heights. President E. J. Read pointed out that the steady growth of the contract sta- tion warranted at least a substatiod in their community. He referred to Tenleytown and other small District communities as having such branch stations. The resolution was adopted. Following nearly two months’ dis- sgreement among some members of the association about the proposed donation of $500 to four local churches, J. L. Gelbman last night ennounced he has withdrawn his ob- jection to the association’s funds be- ing spent in this manner. ‘The Congress Heights Methodist Church, Congress Heights Baptist Church, Esther Memorial Episcopal Church and the Catholic Church of the Assumption each received a check for $125 from the association and Gelb- man afterwards threatened to secure an injunction to restrain this dona- tion since he held it was not voted with the unanimous consent of mem- | bers. The four churches that have re- ceived the money will be asked to re- fund $25 each to the Congress Heights Parent-Teacher Association, since it is felt the women of the community deserve a portion of the $500 appro- priated. Two of the churches have already agreed to this, it was an- nounced. New Bus Schedule. As a result of previous action taken by the association and the Congress Heights Parent - Teacher Association, | Gelbman, who is chairman Public Utilities Committee, announced a new | bus schedule for the territory to be in- | augurated December 15. The new route will be as follows: | From Nichols avenue and U street southeast out Minnesota avenue to Pennsylvania avenue southeast, thence to Seventeenth and East Capitol streets and then out Bladensburg road to the District line. Committees Named. Announcement of the standing com- mittees and their personnel was made last night by Read. The chairman of the committees are: Highways, streets and sidewalks, Frazier C. White; police and fire protection, A. J. Lenbeck; public utilities, Gelbman; laws and legislation, Benner; electric lights, Ed- ward Beagle; community center, L. J. Benner; education, Mrs. William G. Chandler; parks and playgrounds, Dr. E. E. Richardson; membership, Mrs. Alma Allen; publicity, Read; re- lief, Read; sewer and water, Benson Taylor. #Delegates to the Federation of Citi- ®ens’ Associations, Taylor and John Storer; delegates to the Southeast Council of Citizens’ Associations, Dr. Richardson, E. J. Newcomb and T. E. Bowles. MRS. M. M. TUCKER DIES Lifelong Resident of Washington. Funeral Rites Tomorrow. Mrs., Miriam Mankin Tucker, 80, widow of Alexander Dallas Tucker and lifelong resident of this city, died yesterday at her home, 1346 Park road, after a long illness. Mrs. Tucker was the daughter of the late James and Deborah Dent Mankin, widely known early residents of Washington. She is survived by a daughter, Miss M. Ethel Tucker, and & son, Edwin D. Tucker, both of this city. Funeral services will be held to- morrow at 2 pm. in Hines’ funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. Aulomalic MIXMASTER for HER Christmas Does all the tir- ing arm-work of cooking, baking, getting meals. 609, more power ® 10 Speeds ® JFull-MixBeaters ® Portable. Only $22.50 complete with juice ex- Ruolph & West Co. 1332 New York Ave. N.W. Famed Navy Line InU.S. S. Po Marine Officer’s Daugh- ter to Launch Ship Thursday. First of Family Came to Bay Colony in 1628, Helped Tame Wilds. BY DON BLOCK. When the U. S. S. Porter is christ- ened in the shipyards at Camden, N. J., on Thursday the bottle which will be crashed on its prow will be held by one through whose arm flows the blood of eight generations of an illus- trious naval family. That christener will be Miss Carlile Patterson Porter, daughter of Brig. Gen. David Dixon Porter, assistant adjutant and inspector of the United States Marine Corps, of 1819 Nine- teenth street northwest. Brig. Gen. Porter, now stationed in Washington, is himself the seventh in this line of seamen in the family, which dates from the earliest days of the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony. Thence it runs back to the days of William the Con- queror of England, when one William de la Porte, a Norman knight whose name now stands on the rolls of Bat- tle Abbey, was distinguishing himself for his naval prowess. John First in Line. John Porter, who came to the bay colony in 1628, was first in the Amer- jcan line. With friends he formed the company which created a trio of Connecticut towns out of the wilder- | ness, Windsor, Hartford and Wythers- field. Alexander, his son, was present at the Boston tea party. With his wl(e‘ | he molded bullets from the arm of & leaden statue of King George III, | which angry citizens hauled down and | | dragged through the streets of New | York. Later some of these bullets flew south in the Battle of Bunker Hill Their son David, born in 1754, was made a captain in the Continental Privateer Service by Gen. Washington. He commanded the Delight of Mary- land, the Aurora of Massachusetts | and other armed vessels. His son David became the commo- dore of 1812 War fame. When 16 he made a name for himself on the Con- stellation. Afterward he is heard of against the Barbary pirates; later as commander of the Essex in 1812. He was commander in chief of the Mex- ican Navy, cleared the Pacific of pi- | rates, died while Minister to Turkey in 1851. Six Sons Patriots. His six sons were all soldiers and seamen. The second, David Dixon, received congressional acclaim three times for Civil War braveries. An- | other, the adopted Farragut, was the | first admiral of the Navy; another | David Dixon, was the second; Dewey, | the third. It is interesting to note that America has had but three ad- mirals of the Navy. The rank is now temporary. Admiral David Dixon's son’ was Col. Carlile Patterson Porter, sixth in this L] {J. W. HUNNEWELL DIES; G STAR. WASHINGTON, Represented rter Christening MISS CARLILE PATTERSON PORTER, COMMODORE DAVID PORTER. COMMANDER’S FATHER | Funeral to Be in Massachusetts | for Relative of Coast Guard Officer. J. W. Hunnewell, 86, father of| Comdr, Frederick A. Hunnewell of the United States Coast Guard, died Saturday at his home in North Cambridge, Mass, after a short ill- ness, according to word received here. | Mr. Hunnewell was a retired mer- | chant and frequently had visited this city. Funeral services will be held at North Cambridge. Comdr. Hunnewell is in charge of | construction and repair in the Coast Guard and lives here in the Ontario Apartments. He is now in North Cambridge. Besides his son, Mr. Hunnswell‘ leaves a daughter, Miss Bertha Hunnewell. | distinguished line, an officer in the Marine Corps from December, 1866, until his retirement 33 years la His middle neéme was his mother’s, herself the daughter of Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson, himself a vet- eran of the country's naval forces. ‘Their son was the living Brig. Gen. David Dixon Porter, father of Miss Porter, who is to christen the vessel named after her great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, specific- ally. And Miss Porter, eighth in her line, is a member of the Colonial Dames of America and the National Society of Magna Charta Dames. Mrs. N. T. Johnson Is Mother. PEIPING, China, December 10 (#). —Mrs. Nelson T. Johnson, wife of the American Ambassador to China, gave birth to a daughter today. Both mother and child were reported well. NEW! SILENT AUTOMATIC TOASTER | It's here! A marvelous new 2-slice SILENT AUTOMATIC TOASTER. No guesswork, noise or bother. Cen’t burm or undertoast. 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She is survived by three sons, Abraham, Bern- hard and Max Goldberg, and three daughters, Mrs. Charles Sherman, Mrs. Victor Effenbach and Mrs. Morris Sherman, all of this city. EDWARD KNIGHT DIES Burtonsville Resident, 80, Sur- vived by Six Children. BURTONSVILLE, Md., December 10 (Special).—An illness of several weeks resulted in the death yesterday of Edward Knight, 80, a long-time resident of this vicinity. He is survived by four sons, Wil- D. C, TUESDAY, -DECEMBER 10, 1935, liam, Edward, Herbert and 'George Knight, and two daughters, Mrs, Harry Poole and Mrs. Mary Edwards. The funeral will take place tomor- row from the funeral home of W. Reuben Pumphrey, Rockville, with burial at Lay Hill, Md. L DRIYER OF HORSE CARS OF OLD DAYS DIES Andrew A. Goldsmith, 82, Many Years in Georgetown Haul- ing Business. Andrew A. 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