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Asbury Park PressSun. Sept. 20, 1981 B25 Steelman Mathis, 82, Frank J. McNamara, came to Reagan's aid Ellery W. Stone, 87, Allied commissioner Obituaries top Ocean political jmr-mmmt, mmmmm M.mm 'ft 1 1 i 1 si v- -r- i '4 Former state Sen.

W. Steelman Mathis (right) in 1970 when he was sworn in as a state racing commissioner by his good friend, the late state Supreme Court Justice Vincent Haneman. state's most political machines. "This is not a machine," he told a reporter in 1959. "It is more a cooperative than a machine.

That's why it has held together over the years and turned out the vote. Everyone cooperates." He considered himself a conservative Republican, but said the party had to change with the times. "There must be no relying upon the past," he once told supporters. Mr. Mathis was first elected to the state Senate in 1940, and resigned two years later to become a chief boatswain's mate in the Coast Guard.

He served in the South Pacific during World War n. The elder Mr. Mathis returned to the Senate to fill his son's seat, resigning in 1947 when the younger Mr. Mathis returned from service. Mr.

Mathis' first election to the Senate was not certified for nearly a year, and was the result of a legislative investigation into voting eligibility in Ocean Gate. Democrats contended his 387-vote win resulted from a plurality gained in that borough, where opponents said the number of voters exceeded the borough's population. He was elected Senate Majority Leader in 1952, and was Senate President in 1954. In the latter capacity, he served briefly as acting governor. Mr.

Mathis didn't seek re-election in 1965, and was succeeded by Hiering. Hiering had planned to oppose Mr. Mathis in 1961, but dropped from the primary campaign when Mr. Mathis said he needed only 16 more months as a Senate employee to qualify for a pension. In accumulating pension credits, Mr.

Mathis included two years service as a right-of-way negotiator for the former state Highway Department. He also worked for 19 years as a state motor vehicle agent. Asked if he was glad to leave the Senate in 1965, Mr. Mathis replied "Are you kidding? Twenty-five years around this place is long enough." Mr. Mathis, who once told reporters, "I just like horse racing," was unsuccessful in 1955 in an attempt to push a bill authorizing night harness racing through the Legislature.

Critics, including then Gov. Robert B. Meyner, said the bill violated the State Constitution. He was later appointed to the state Racing Commission by Republican Gov. William T.

Cahill in 1970. In 1976, he was replaced by Charles C. Carella, who was at the time Gov. Byrne's executive secretary. Mr.

Mathis replaced his father as county Republican leader in 1968. Although he has spent most of his time in Florida in re- OF SEASON SALE-NOW TOMS RIVER W. Steelman Mathis, a former state senator who continued a family dynasty that controlled Ocean County politics for most of this century, died yesterday at Community Memorial Hospital. He was 82. Mr.

Mathis served for 20 years as a state senator, succeeding his father, the late Thomas A. Mathis, in that post. He also spent 16 years as chairman of the County Republican Organization, another post he inherited from his father. His legislative career was uneventful, but he became involved in a bitter controversy within party ranks by backing conservative GOP candidates. Before relinquishing control of the party in February 1974, he saw the well-oiled machine founded by his father split into rival factions which were unable to stop a near Demo cratic landslide in the 1973 election.

He was remembered by a longtime friend and political ally. "I'm shocked and said William T. Hiering, a Toms River lawyer, who succeeded Mr. Mathis in the Senate in 1965. "He was a strong leader, but he never acted like a boss," Hiering said.

"He always asked other leaders for their opinions, and was a kind, gentle man who had a good grasp of politics and law." Another official remembered him another way. Mathis and his father were old-time political leaders, "the last of their kind, like Hap Farley in Atlantic City and Frank Hague in Jersey City," said Freeholder H. George Buckwald. "Some criticized him as a political boss, but he was always fair and he was interested in all phases of government." The county GOP chairman said his service benefitted Ocean County. Mathis was "a catalyst who molded the various Republican factions into one victorious force," said Joseph E.

Buckelew, the chairman. "The term 'political boss' has a bad connotation in some areas, but in his case, it was a benevolent title. He brought many benefits to Ocean County in the days when it was considered just a rural county." "He followed in his father's footsteps and helped make the Republican party here the great organization it is today," said E. Kenneth Burdge, county clerk. And the man who is credited with toppling the Mathis regime, State Sen.

John F. Russo, D-Ocean, said he will offer a resolution in the Senate honoring Mr. Mathis and his service to the county. After leaving the Senate in 1965, Mr. Mathis lived quietly at his vacation retreat in Coral Gables, Fla.

He also had a home in Dover Township, but seldom spent much time there. He tried to avoid the limelight in his later years, although he once was a colorful figure in county politics. Mr. Mathis once told a reporter he was weaned on politics as the son of the county's GOP leader for half a century and a nephew of the late Maja Leon Berry, a former vice chancellor. "I guess it was natural for politics to rub off on me," Mr.

Mathis once said. He also served on the state Racing Commission, and briefly as Ocean County treasurer. Mr. Mathis was president of Thomas A. Mathis an insurance agency founded by his father, and a former publisher of the Ocean County Sun, a Toms River weekly.

While some critics called him a political boss, Mr. Mathis like to refer to himself as "just a leader." He also denied the GOP organization he once headed was one of the FINAL END WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU IN ON SOME CLASSIFIED We can tell you where to get a bargain on the refrigerator you need, the motorcycle you've always wanted how to or sell something you don't Classified. UJ II On All Pools, The Associated Press MONTCLAIR Ellery W. Stone, forme chief commissioner of the Allied military government in Italy during World War and International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. executive, died Friday at the age of 87.

Retired Rear Adm. Stone, a resident of Nutley, was named chief commissioner of the Allied Control Commission and chief civil affairs officer in Italy from 1944 to 1947. A graduate of the University of California and an international authority on communications engineering, he joined ITT after retiring from the Navy in 1949. He retired in 1969 from ITT, where he had served as vice president. Stone, who died at Mountainside Hospital here, is survived by his wife, Heide, and daughter, Marina.

He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. JOHN J. BERBRICK LONG BRANCH John J. Berbrick, 57, died Friday at Monmouth Medical Center. Mr.

Berbrick was a retired carpenter. He was born in New York, and lived in Matawan before moving here 25 years ago. He was a Navy veteran of World War n. He was a communicant of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church.

Surviving are his wife, the former Ruth West; two sons, Joshua and Timothy, home; four daughters, Mrs. Deborah Smith, Long Beach, Mrs. Pamela Falvo, Shrewsbury, Mrs. Wendy Wolf, Eatontown and Mrs. Sharon Caruso, Oceanport; a brother, Joseph, Matawan; two sisters, Mrs.

Irene Elbrecht, Matawan, and Mrs. Winifred Staeger, Keyport, and nine grandchidren. The Woolley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. CHARLES B. VAN HISE NEPTUNE Charles B.

Van Hise of Asbury Avenue died yesterday at the Bay-ville Convalescent Center, Berkeley Township. He was 79. Mr. Van Hise was a World War I veteran of the U.S. Army and a self-employed contractor in Asbury Park.

Surviving are two brothers, Chester, Coral Springs, and Arnold, Neptune City; two sisters, Elsie Harding, Keans-burg, and Joan Brown, North Fort Myers, and several nieces and nephews. The Francioni Taylor and Lopez Funeral Home, here, is in charge of arrang- ments. OSCAR H. PARKHURST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP Oscar H. Parkhurst, 94, of Cedar Glen City, a retired bank executive, died yesterday at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.

Mr. Parkhurst was born in East Orange and lived most of his life in Orange. He moved here in 1950. He was a retired assistant secretary for the Half Dime Savings Bank, Orange. He retired in 1950.

He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Toms River. Mr. Parkhurst's wife, Bertha, died in 1968. Surviving is a son, Howard, Palm Harbor, Kedz Funeral Home, Toms River, is in charge of arrangements. ARTHUR W.

GAINER SR. FREEHOLD Arthur W. Gainer 51, of First Street, died Friday at Freehold Area Hospital. Mr. Gainer was a machine operator for Brockway Glass here, for 10 years.

He was born in New Bern, N.C., and moved here 26 years ago. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Surviving are his wife, the former Bertha Fonville; two sons, Arthur W. and Eddie both here; a daughter, Miss Cynthia at home; his mother, Mrs. Cora Sanders Gainer, here; and a granddaughter.

The Higgins Memorial Home is in charge of arrangements. ANN WEHRSTEIN MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP Ann Wehrstein, 75, of Crestwood Village, died yesterday at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River. She was born in Yonkers, N.Y., and lived in Jersey City and New Milford before moving here six years ago. She was a librarian at the Jersey City Library for 10 years. Surviving are her husband, Joseph C.

Wehrstein, and her daughter, Joanne Pearl River, N.Y. The Anderson Campbell Funeral Home, here, is in charge of arrangements. "WE CARE" figure Asbury Park Press cent years, he continued to hold the top GOP post until February 1974, when he stepped down in favor of former Assembly- man Benjamin H. Mabie. He faced a minor revolt in the organization in 1965, when he backed Rep.

Charles W. Sandman Jr. in his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor. The organization followed his lead, but some observers say this was the start of a widening split in GOP ranks. The split widened in 1966, when Mr.

Hiering challenged Mr. Mathis' choice of then Ocean Gate Mayor Floyd W. Mease for one of the county's two seats at a constitutional convention. Mr. Mease won, but the scars remained.

One of Mr. Mathis' worst defeats in the party was his endorsement of ex-Freeholder George F. Makin for the state Senate nomination in 1971. While at one time a Mathis endorsement was tantamount to election, GOP voters rejected Makin's bid and nominated then Assemblyman John F. Brown, who was later elected to succeed Hiering.

Mr. Mathis began a three-year term as county treasurer in 1964, but resigned after serving slightly more than a year. Mabie also replaced him in this post. Mr. Mathis was named man of the year by the Ocean County Young Republicans in 1972.

He received the first Humanitarian Award to be presented a New Jersey resident by Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Pemberton Township, in 1964. The former senator was honored at a testimonial dinner in Point Pleasant Beach in 1966. The then state Sen. Frank "Hap" Farley of Atlantic County was master of ceremonies, and Sandman the main speaker. Mr.

Mathis was a member of the George P. Vanderveer Post 129, American Legion, and the Jay Weeks Post 6063, Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was an honorary member of the Fleet Reserve Association. An avid yachtsman, he was a member of the Toms River Yacht Club and the Atlantic Tuna Club. He boated the only tuna caught on the first day of the U.S.

Atlantic Tuna Tournament in 1957, a 597-pounder hooked off Galilee, R.I. Mr. Mathis was fishing abord the TAM, one of several boats he owned which bore his father's initials. He was born in Tuckerton and lived here 75 years. He is survived by his wife, the former Georgia C.

Devore. The Anderson Campbell Funeral Home, here, is in charge of arrangements. THRU SEPT. 21st Al Items In the following list Al Redwood Now Stock Wide Selection si Untbretai Al Samsonite Body Glove ta Stock AH Keller 2300 Cushion Group (N Am Caps; Selected Bright PVC Furniture Selected Above Ground Pools Selected Pool Fitters and Accessories CARRY ONLY! (FY The Associated Press PARMA, Ohio Frank J. McNamara, who helped subdue the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Reagan, has died at the age of 62.

McNamara died Friday, three days after surgery for a bleeding ulcer. He never regained consciousness after the operation. The business representative and president of Carpenters District Council was in Washingtin in March for a Building Trades Council meeting and was waiting to see Reagan leave the Washington Hilton Hotel when gunfire erupted. Alfred Antenucci, president of Carpenters Local 1750, knocked down John W. Hinckley the man accused of shooting Reagan, and McNamara hit Hinkley in the head.

Both were commended for their heroism by Gov. James A. Rhodes, labor leaders and presidential representatives. McNamara was president in the Ohio State Council of Carpenters, president of the Ohio State Building Trades Association and a member of the executive committee of the Ohio AFL-aO. Wilbur Weeks, 57, was press attache The Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile Wilbur Weeks, an American journalist and former press attache at the U.S.

Embassy in Santiago, is dead of cancer at age 57. Weeks died Friday at the Clinica Ale-man. He entered the hospital 15 days ago and had undergone a 10-hour operation but his condition continued to deteriorate. Weeks, a native of Manchester, was graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont with a degree in political science. He entered the U.S.

diplomatic service in 1950 and served two years as a visa offi cer in Salzburg, Austria, before being assigned to Japan as a commercial officer. Weeks is survived by his wife Silvia and a daughter, Caroline Lesley, 3. MILTON L. KONCICKI BRICK TOWNSHIP Milton L. Kon-cicki, 64, of Lake Shore Drive, died Friday at Point Pleasant Hospital.

He was a machinist at Conrail in Newark for about 30 years, retiring two years ago. He was born in Jersey City, where he lived until moving here when he retired. He was a communicant of Roman Catholic Church of the Visitation, American Association of Retired People, Senior Citizens, Old Guard of Point Pleasant, Golden Age and Golden Key, Ocean County Coordinating Council of Seniors, and Moose Club, Seaside Heights. Surviving are his wife, the former Rose Ricciardi; two sons, Richard, Elizabeth, and Kenneth, here; four sisters, Mrs. Clementine Pletrazewski, Jersey City, Mrs.

Florence Lynch, Elkridge, Mrs. Blanche Calia, New York, and Mrs. Dolly White, Trenton, and two grandchildren. The Colonial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. HELEN N.

CASEY KEANSBURG Helen N. Casey, 72, of Granville Towers, 1 Church died Friday at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel Township. Mrs. Casey was born in Ireland and had lived in Woodbury, Long Island, N. before moving year a year ago.

Her husband, Thomas, died in 1965. Surviving are three sons, William White, here; Robert White, Ozone Park Queens, N. and James, Union Beach; two daughters, Mrs. Dolores Murphy, Long Island, and Mrs. Patricia Young, Wisconsin; four brothers and three sisters living in Ireland; 15 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren The John J.

Ryan Funeral Home, here, is in charge of arrangements. THOMAS J. Mc CUE NEWARK Thomas J. McCue, age 79, died Friday at Salem County Memorial Hospital, Salem. He was born here and lived here all his life.

He was the husband of late Grace Campbell who died in 1952. Suriving is one son, Thomas, of Roe-bling; two daughters, Mrs. Grace Rad-wanski, Neptune, and Mrs. Margaret Fredericks, Pennsville; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Nichols, Point Pleasant, a brother, Edward Dwyer, Berkeley Township; 16 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Koschek and Porter Funeral Directors, Roebling, is in charge of arrangements. Correction Jersey Shore Medical Center Neptune Richard and Joy Rhodes, Wall Township, Tuesday, a girl. Her name was spelled incorrectly in The Press Friday. Cuba diplomat returns to U.S. The Associated Press WASHINGTON The United States has recalled its top diplomat in Havana, Wayne Smith, for consultations, the State Department said yesterday.

The recall comes during a slump in relations with Cuba, with whom the United States does not maintain official ties. "With all that's been going on, it's not unusual to recall your man for consultations," said department spokesman David Nail. "We intend to send him back. He'll probably be here a couple of days." Smith, who left Havana yesterday, is chief of the U.S. interests section of the Belgian embassy there.

Belgium officially represents the United States in Havana and Czechoslovakia represents Cuba in Washington. See SERVICES for additional details on some obituaries. James L. Boyle, 95, a founder of Legion The Associated Press WATERVILLE, Maine L. Boyle of Waterville, one of the founders of the American Legion, has died at the age of 95.

Boyle died Friday at the Mid-Maine Medical Center in Waterville, a hospital spokesman said. He was admitted Thursday for an apparent abdominal infection. Boyle, born in Canada, joined the National Guard in 1917 and served overseas during World War I. After the war, Boyle traveled to Paris, where he was one of the men who signed the Paris Caucus, the document outlining the American Legion, a national organization of war veterans. He served as president of the Society of American Legion Founders.

From 1919 to 1964, he was Maine's American Legion adjutant. During the 1920s, Boyle organized the American Legion in nearly every Maine community. He was the son of Irish immigrants, born in Aug. 25, 1886. His first job in the United States was for a paper company.

In 1913 Boyle received a law degree from the University of Maine Law School. After the war, he practiced law in Waterville until 1975, and worked for a small number of friends up until his death. Boyle organized the First National Bank in Waterville and served as its attorney and as a director. He also was a member of the Waterville Board of Finance for 10 years. Survivors include his wife, Ethel, and a daughter.

ROSE GIORDANO BRICK TOWNSHIP Rose Giordano, 64, died yesterday at Paul Kimball Hospital, Lakewood. Mrs. Giordano was born in East Newark. She lived in Harrison before moving here seven years ago. Surviving are her husband, Anthony; a son, Anthony Spagnuolo, New Jersey; two daughters, Ms.

Dorothy Bello, New Jersey and Miss Patricia, at home; two brothers, Frank Healey and Joseph Gilchrist, New Jersey; two sisters, Ms. Elizabeth Hughes and Ms. Eileen Reed, New Jersey, and three grandchildren. The Condon Funeral Home, Harrison, is in charge of arrangements. GEORGE C.

KAYSER SR. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS George Carl Kayser 83, of Ocean Boulevard, died Friday at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank. Mr. Kayser was a parts manager for Robert Kayser Ford Agency, Montclair, for 25 years. He retired 26 years ago.

He was born in West Orange and lived in Montclair before moving here 33 years ago. Surviving are a son, George Upper Montclair; a brother, Robert, Verona, and two grandchildren. The Caggiano Funeral Home, Montclair, is in charge of arrangements. WILLIAM E. MOORE LAKEWOOD William-E.

Moore, 95, a retired owner of a magazine subscription business, died Thursday at Point Pleasant Hospital. Mr. Moore had been blind since birth. He came to Lakewood 14 years ago from Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was born. He graduated in 1912 from Cornell University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Surviving is his wife, Margaret. The Colonial Funeral Home, Brick Township, is in charge of arrangements. Services GIORDANO Rose (nee Gilchrist), of Brk Town, formerly of Harrison. Beloved will of Anthony Giordano. Devoted mother of Dorothy Bello, Anthony Spagnuolo, and Patricia Giordano.

Beloved sister of Frank Healey, Joseph Gilchrist, Elizabeth Hughes, and Eileen Reed. Devoted grandmother, of three grandchildren. Funeral from the Condon Memorial Home, 210 Davis Harrison. A Funeroi Mass Tues at Holy Cross Church, Harrison, at 10 o.m. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.

Visitation Sun. and Mon 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. KAYSER George Carl Sr. of Atlantic Highlands, formerly of Montclair, on Sept. 18, 1981.

Father of George Carl Kayser Jr. Upper Montclair. Brother of Robert Kayser. Verona N.J. Grandfather of Edward ond Janet Kayser.

Relatives and friends ore Invited to attend the graveside service at the Westwood Cemetery, Westwooa N.J. on Mon at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be mode to the Atlantic Highlands Rescue Squod, In his name. AAATHIS W. Steelmon, age 8J of Toms River on September 19, 1981.

Beloved husband of Georgia Friends mov call J-4 ond 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Anderson ond Campbell Funeroi Home, 703 Moln St, Toms River. Services 11 am. Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment Riverside Cemetery, Toms River.

VAN HISE Charles Sept. 19, 1981, age 79. Beloved brother of Chester, Arnold, Elsie Harding ond Joan Brown. Funeral service Tues. Sept.

22 at 11 a.m. at the Franclonl, Taylor I Lopei Funeral Home, 1200 10th ond Atkins Aves. Neptune. Interment Monmouth Memorial Park, Tlnton Foils. Friends may coH at the funeral home Mon 7-9 p.ra WILSON EieHe 6.

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Beloved mother of Julio Moe ono Gloria Springer. Sister of Jessie W- Marvin and Alga Strickland, Mrs. Dolly DuMolt, Mrs. Lawyer SAIIarhKm Corlev and Mrs. WlllabeM Montoomerv.

Grandmother of Frank D. ond Rebecca J. Springer. Memorial Services 3 p.m. Sun.

Sept. 20 at the Flock Funeral Home, 243 Broadway, Long Bronchi N.J. Card of Thanks GRILLI The Family of Antoinette Grim wish to express their heartfelt gratitude 4. thanks to all who were so kind comforting at our time of bereavement. You all contributed In your own ways to make this most difficult time more bearable tor us.

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