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Obituaries of the Delaware PRINCESS ANNE, Mason 53, of Princess Anne, died Monday a at his home after a long illness. Mr. Mason was born in Stockton but had lived in Princess Anne most of his life. He worked for Cohn Bock Co. in Princess Anne for 22 years, retiring several year's ago.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Salisbury, and Walter Polk Post, 132 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie A. Mason, three sons, Army S. Sgt. Ervin stationed in Germany, Army S.

Sgt. Louis stationed in Vietnam, and Rayfield J. Jr. of Washington D.C.; three daughters, Mrs. Leona Hall and Mrs.

Madeline Bullock, both of Salisbury, and Miss Peggy Mason of Urbana, Ill. 12 grandchildren; a step-father, the Rev. S. W. Dix of Pocomoke City, and a foster son, Mitchell Jones of Princess Anne.

Services will be tomorrow afternoon at 1 at the First Baptist Church in Salisbury. will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Wellbourne. Friends may call tonight at the James Funeral Home, Somerset Avenue, Princess Anne, and at the church two hours prior to the service. Miss Helen Florence Anderson Rayfield J. Mason Sr.

CHURCH HILL, Md. Miss Helen Florence Anderson, 60, of Church Hill, died Wednesday in Springfield Hospital, Sykesville, after a long illness. Miss Anderson was a lifelong resident of Maryland. Her only immediate survivor is a brother, Edward L. Anderson of Millington.

Services will be this afternoon at 2 at the Edward Fellows Son Funeral Home, Millington. Interment will be in Chester Cemetery, Chestertown. There will be no viewing. Mrs. Cornelius Carpenter CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md.

Mrs. Julia A. Carpenter, 75, of Chesapeake City, died Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, after a short illness. Mrs.

Carpenter was the widow of Cornelius Carpenter. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Rena C. Prinsen of Venus, and Mrs. William Epperly of Whitman, W.

six grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren; two brothers, Charles Rogers of Newark, and Arthur Rogers of West Virginia, and three sisters, Mrs. Flora Sharp of Winchester, Mrs. Fannie Snodgrass of Newark and Mrs. Maud Mollhan of West Virginia. Services will be tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the R.

T. Foard Funeral Home, Chesapeake City. Interment will be in Bethel Cemetery near Chesapeake City. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight. Mrs.

John S. Smith SEAFORD-Mrs. Alice Pearl Smith, 83, of 109 Willey Seaford, died yesterday at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital after long illness. Mrs. Smith was a native of Crisfield, who has lived in the Seaford area more than 40 years.

She was a member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, Seaford. Her husband, Capt. John Smith died in 1960. She is survived by two sons, John S.

Jr. of Blades, and Richard H. of St. Petersburg, four daughters, Mrs. Irma S.

Dryden, Mrs. Doris M. Marvel and Mrs. J. Frederick Miles, all of Seaford, and Mrs.

William K. MacMinn of Lebanon, grandchildren, and 24 greatgrandchildren. Services will be tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the Watson Funeral Home in Seaford. Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford. George W.

Phillips ELKTON, Md. -George Phillips, 56, of 18 Walter Boulden Elkton, died Wednesday at University Hospital, Baltimore, during open heart surgery. Mr. Phillips retired because ill health in December 1970, an electrician for the Penn tral railroad. He had been polyed by the railroad for years.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret S. Phillips; daughters, Miss Marie L. Phillips, at home, and Mrs. Sheila P. Van Den Heuvel of Earleville, his mother, Mrs.

Jennie Phillips of Elkton; and grandchildren. Services will be Sunday for activities The Morning News, Wilmington, Del. Friday, February 26, 1971 25 Praised Home, 127 Main North at 53. the Grant East, and burial will be in the North East Methodist Cemetery. Friends may call at the M.

funeral home tomorrow night. died Mrs. Walter W. Gray REHOBOTH BEACH- Mrs. Jennie B.

Gray, 76, of Rehoboth Beach, died yesterday at Hempstead General Hospital, Hempstead, N.Y., following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Delaware, she was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, Rehoboth Beach. Her husband, Walter W. Gray, died in 1955. She is survived by two sons, Oliver of Berlin, and Walter Rehoboth Beach; one Mrs.

N.Y.: Marie Martz, Hempstead, one brother, Harry Truitt of Willards, seven grandchildren, and 17 great -grandchildren. Services will be tomorrow ernoon at 3 at Watson, Gray Melson Funeral Home, Millsboro, where friends may call tonight. Interment will be in Millsboro Cemetery, Millsboro. William N. Thomas William N.

Thomas, 57, of Middletown, died Wednesday at Union Hospital, Elkton, after a long illness. Born in Eddystone, Mr. Thomas had lived in Middletown since his retirement in 1965. He had owned and operated the Thomas Flower Shop in Chester, for 35 years. He was a graduate of Penn State University, and a member.

of Eddystone United Methodist Church and the Eddystone Fire Company. He is survived by his parents, with whom he resided, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Thomas, and a brother, John of Middletown.

Services will be Monday afternoon at 2 at the ImschweilerBrower Funeral Home, 1600 Edgmont Chester, where friends may call Sunday night. Interment will be in Chester Rural Cemetery. Mrs. Roman Jonkiert Mrs. Mieczyslawa Lipinski Jonkiert, 75, of 135 MacArthur Drive, Pleasant Hills, was dead on arrival Wednesday at General Division, after being stricken at home.

A native of Poland, Mrs. Jonkiert had lived in the Wilmington area since 1908. She was the mother of Rep. Casimir S. Jonkiert, D-Wilmington.

Mrs. Jonkiert was a member of the Pulaski Legion Auxiliary and the St. Stainislaus Society. Her husband, Roman, died in 1957. Other survivors are another Henry with whom she son, lived; two daughters, Mrs.

Charlotte Krajewski of Arundel and Mrs. Sally Lattomus of Elsmere; a brother, William Lipinski of Woodcrest, and eight grandchildren. Mass of the Resurrection will be offered Monday morning at 9 lat St. Hedwig's Catholic Church, Linden and S. Harrison Sts.

Interment will be in Cathedral Friends may call Cemetery. Sunday night at the Broom Karpinski St. Funeral Home, 741 S. Moses Yarmis Services were conducted yesterday in New York City for Moses Yarmis, 76, of the ElecArms Apartments, 1800 1 N. tra Broom St.

He was found dead in his car Tuesday afternoon. The cause of death will be determined by the state medical, examiner. Mr. Yarmis was a member of the Golden Age Club of the Jewish Community Center and the Jewish War Veterans, being veteran of World War I. a His wife, Mrs.

May Yarmis, died in 1963. He is survived by a. son, Victor, of Baltimore; a daughter, Mrs. Miriam Fox of San Juan, Puerto Rico; and five grandI children. Shiva will be observed at the residence.

Eber T. LeGates WINCHESTER, Mass. Eber T. LeGates, 63, of 106 Church St. died Wednesday in a Lincoln, hospital after a long illness.

Mr. LeGates was a patent attorney with the Boston firm of Fish, Richards Nieve. He was born in Holly Oak, and lived in Delaware before moving to Massachusetts about 20 years ago. His wife, Mrs. Sybil Crews LeGates, died in 1966.

He is survived by three sons, John of Lincoln; Richard of Oakland, and Thomas, of San Francisco. Services are private. Mrs. Spurgeon M. Barber Sr.

ELKTON, Md. Mrs. M. Barber, 65, of near Elkton died Tuesday in the Union Hospital in Elkton after a short Barber was born in illness. Kentucky and had lived in Cecil County for almost 30 years.

Her husband, Spurgeon M. Barber died last July. She was a member of the Maranatha Baptist Church in Elkton. She is survived by three sons: Spurgeon of Wilmington, and Everett Barber, of Birmingham, and Earl 1 Burge, of Beckley, W. two daughters, Dorothy L.

Johnson, of Elkton, and Mrs. Delores Hellstern, of Newark; a sister, Mrs. Nannie Osborne, of Grundy, and a brother, Omer Hamilton, of Akron, Ohio; 21 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services will be tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the Pippin Funeral Home, 259 E. Main Elkton, where friends may call click click click clack clack clack tick tick tick tick tock -clonk buzz- Interment will be in the Elkton Cemetery.

John Hodges Jr. DOVER John Hodges 37, of Dover, was dead on arrival at Milford Memorial Hospital Tuesday after suffering an apparent heart attack. Mr. Hodges was born in Salisbury, and has lived in the Dover area for 20 years. He was employed by the former State Highway Department.

He was separated. He is survived by a son, John Russell Hodges of Sudlersville, three daughters, Mrs. Patricia Morris of Dover, Miss Joyce Hodges of Smyrna and Miss Mary Ann Hodges of Sud(lersville, his father, John Sr. of Greenwood; a brother, Woodrow Hodges, Salisbury; and two sisters, Mrs. Doris Malone of Salisbury, and Mrs.

Annabelle Jester of Greenwood. Services will be Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Fleischauer Funeral Home, Greenwood. Interment will be in St. Johnstown Cemetery near Greenwood. Mother of Sen.

Boggs dies Mrs. Edgar J. Boggs of wold, mother of U.S. Sen. J.

Caleb Boggs and Delaware's Mother of the Year in 1954, died yesterday in Kent General Hospital at Dover. She was 86. At the time of her selection as Delaware's Mother of the Year, Mrs. Boggs was praised for her exemplary community life, for the way she conducted her home and reared four sons and for her continued interest in community and national affairs. One of her sons, Capt.

Edgar C. Boggs, a West Point graduate, was killed in action in the Philippines during World War II. Another son, Austin, died at 1 16. In addition to Senator Boggs, her other living son is Calvin Boggs, a Dover businessman. THE Mother of the Year citation said: "The Boggs home is truly an American home, and in the community Mrs.

Boggs gives freely and in full measure of her time and resources Ches-levery civic, religious or worthy activity. She enjoys and possesses the love and highest admiration of her family, friends and acquaintances of the community and state." Mrs. Boggs was a lifelong resident of the Cheswold area. She was the former Letitia a Vaughn and attended Wesley Collegiate Institute in Dover. She was cited for her contributions of blood during World War II.

Her physician said that Mrs. Boggs often made blood donations against his advice and at one time had to be hospitalized after a contribution. AT one time she conducted the largest Sunday School class at Cheswold United Methodist Church, and was cited by the pastor for "teaching by example." Mr. and Mrs. Boggs celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec.

5, 1956. Before his death in 1958. Mr. Boggs conducted a wholesale tomato seed business from the family farm. In 1960, when Mrs.

Boggs was honored by the Delaware Federation of Republican Women, Mrs. Boggs saia her main job in life was "raising my two good Republican boys." "In the earls days," Mrs. Boggs said, "my friends would ask me, are you getting involved in dirty I would reply, 'Because I want to keep dirty politicians from being elected to office'." AMONG Mrs. Boggs' many community activities through the years were memberships in the Twentieth Century Club of Smyrna, the American Red Cross, the American Cancer Society, the official, board of the Cheswold Methodist Church, the auxiliary of the Cheswold Fire Company, the Federation of Republican Womens Clubs, and the Cheswold Board of Education. She attended the Republican National Convention in Chicago SATURDAY IS THE LAST SHOPPING DAY AT MULLIN'S MARKET STREET STORE! At one time we thought we could serve all of our three newest stores from the 109-year-old cramped mezzanine at Sixth and Market Streets.

But not day. Not with thousands and thousands of our customers making use of at least three different charge plans. (That's why we started computerizing things). And not with thousands and thousands of new customers thronging our 300 Delaware Avenue, Merchandise Mart and Concord Mall stores. (That's why we need more warehouse space).

othe computers are taking over Mullin's Market Street store reluctantly), after shopping we're turning our Sixth Street customer -center into Market Street computerand-service-center-loaded with tapes and everything else we our three new big stores. We'd particularly like to thank our loyal customers at this location-and to point out that Mullin's is still in Downtown Wilmington. We think you'll enjoy visiting our new location at 300 DelaMullin's ware Avenue. It's a large modern facili-. ty designed for easy shopping- -and is located on the Lower Level of the new Bank of Delaware Building.

So, you see, we're not really leaving Downtown Wilmington. We're just reorganizing in an effort to serve you better over the coming years. Co in the Bank of Delaware Building CONCORD MALL 300 DELAWARE AVENUE, Lower Level, Mullin's MERCHANDISE MART in 1952 as an alternate from Delaware. Other survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Outten of Dover, Mrs.

A. M. Harrow of Baltimore, and Mrs. Lewis Smith of Charlotte, N.C.; four grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. Services will be tomorrow afternoon at 1 in the Cheswold United Methodist Church Interment will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Dover.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Cheswold United Methodist Church. Rhinos rare MORGES, Switzerland (PL The headquarters of the World Wildlife Fund has appealed to zoos throughout the world not to purchase specimens of the Nepalese Great: Indian one-horned rhinoceros. It said there are only about 80 of the breed left. So (and hours Saturday, and Market our Sixth and and records need to serve.