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i tin 1000 7192 -105 01 Ho toss 2 THE SUN, BALTIMORE, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1966 PAGE A 13 STAR'S HUSBAND DIES Floyd E. Chalkley Married Susan Hayward In 1957 Fort Lauderdale, Jan. 9 (P). Floyd Eaton Chalkley, husband of actress Susan Hayward, died at his home here today. He was 56.

Mr. Chalkley had been at Holy Cross Hospital for three weeks but was discharged last week. Mr. Chalkley was an attorney and the owner of an automobile agency in Carrollton, where he lived. He was born in Washing.

ton and at one time was an FBI agent. Miss Hayward and Mr. Chalkley were married Februry 8, 1957, by a justice of the peace in Phoenix, Ariz. She was 37 then; he was 47. He met the actress in 1956 in Hollywood, where they were introduced by a mutual friend.

Afterward they were seen together in California and New York. Mr. Chalkley, a 6-foot sportsman, then spent much of his time traveling. The marriage followed by three years Miss Hayward's divorce from actor Jess Barker in at tumultous court battle. Mr.

Chalkley had been married and was divorced from his first wife in 1950. After taking his bride home to Carrollton, Mr. Chalkley and Miss Hayward joined in 1958 in forming a Georgia corporation for moviemaking, building and operating motels and restaurants, and conducting a loan and insurance business. Fred E. Levering Services for Fred Levering, for the past fifteen years a partner in the Woodlawn Luncheonette next door to Police Headquarters, will be held at 10 A.M.

tomorrow at the Stansbury funeral establishment. Mr. Levering, who was 51, died Saturday at his home, 3121 Cresson avenue, after a heart attack. A former bakery truck driver who learned to cook while serving on a Navy ship in World War II, Mr. Levering was known as Mike to the many policemen who frequented his restaurant.

"It was about the best cup of coffee you could get downtown," 8 police sergeant said yesterday. Survivors include his wife, the former Frances L. Meekins; a son, Robert G. Levering, and a daughter, Miss Shirley J. Levering.

Leon J. Linhard Leon J. Linhard, 71, who retired in 1959 after 40 years as a typewriter mechanic with the SmithCorona Marchand company, died Saturday at his home, 513 Chateau avenue, after a long illness. Mr. Linhard was a member of St.

Mary's Catholic Church in Govans. He was a Navy veteran, serving with a naval railway battery in France in World War and as a chief gunner's mate in World War II. Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Leipold, two daughters, Mrs. Sally M. Clark, and Mrs.

Margaret M. Olert, and three sons, William, John and Harry Linhard. Julius Taylor Capt. Julius Taylor, 73, owner of the Starboard Light Bar and Restaurant and a former master in the United States merchant marine, died yesterday after a long illness. Captain Taylor saw active duty with the merchant marine for 45 years, and in World War I commanded merchant ships running convoy duty to Europe.

He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret M. Haber, at the home address, 607 St. Ann's avenue, and two sons, George and William Taylor. Services will be at 2 P.M. Wednesday at the Wiedefeld funeral establishment.

Rev. Bernardin Linesch Cincinnati, Jan. 9 (P) The Rev. Bernardin Linesch, O.F.M., until recently the Catholic resident chaplain at Longview State Hospital and a former missionary in China, died today in a local hospital, Father Linesch, 59, was ordained as a priest in 1932 and spent 15 of the next 17 years in various Franciscan missions in China. He was interned by the Japanese at Shanghai for the last two years of World War II, Father Linesch, a native of suburban St.

Bernard, served as chaplain at Longview from 1960 until last month. A requiem high mass will be sung at 10.30 A.M. Wednesday in St. Clement Church. Friedrich J.

Geisler Friedrich Josef Geisler, 86, a retired baker, died yesterday at his home, 2901 Evergreen avenue, after an illness of two months. Mr. Geisler, who came to this country in 1929 from his native Oldenburg, Germany, owned the Harbor View Bakery at Forty-fifth street and Eastern avenue for many years. He was a World War I veteran of the German Army. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Frieda Schmale Geisler, and two sons, Kurt and Werner. Services will be at 11 A.M. Wednesday at the Ruck funeral establishment, co HELLO and not too sure what is happening is Cecily Christian, 13-month-old daughter of Major Cecil G. Christian, who is in an Air Force hospital at the other end of the telephone connection, in Japan. U.S.O.

Call Here Links Up Family, Soldier In Vietnam A hospitalized army major in Japan and his Baltimore family were reunited for a few moments last night in the Baltimore U.S.0. as the family of another military man, not stood by. Brought together, by telephone, were the family of Maj. Cecil G. Christian, an army pilot with the Ist Infantry Division in Vietnam, who is recovering from back injuries at an Air Force hospital just outside Tokyo.

The call was made by the U.S.0. here as part of a holiday gesture to men serving in Vietnam from Local 2109 of the Communications Workers of America in Cumberland. The U.S.0. is coordinating a number of such calls to servicemen from their families in the Baltimore area, financed by the Cumberland union local. Mrs.

Sarah C. Dobson Easton, Jan. 9 for Mrs. Sarah Dobson, widow of S. Clarence Dobson, will be held at 2 P.M.

on Tuesday at the Newman funeral establishment. Mrs. Dobson, who was 85, died Friday at Easton Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She i is survived by two sons, Sgt.

Walter H. Johnson, and Cpl. Arthur H. Johnson, both with the State Barracks at, Easton; daughters, Mrs. Mabel D.

Ryan, Mrs. Mary, Austin, Mrs. Verna Betts, Mrs. Dorothy Haley and Mrs. Esther Taylor, and a sister, Mrs.

Elizabeth Bryan, Erson R. Leaverton Easton, Jan. 8 Services for Erson R. Leaverton, a retired Queen Annes county farmer, will be held at 2 P.M. tomorrow at the Clark funeral establishment here.

Mr. Leaverton, who was 80 years old, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Claude Jester, in Centreville. Another daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hammaker, a son, Thomas R.

Leaverton, and three sisters, Mrs. Herman Roe, Mrs. Rufus Callahan and Mrs. Howard Smith, also survive. While the Christian family, somewhat nervous in the presence of television cameras, exchanged news, the family of Philip H.

Sinsz, another 1st Division infantryman, stood by waiting for a connection to the U.S.O, in Saigon, which never materialized. Circuits Busy The circuits had been busy in that part of world. For an hour or more, California operator the tried to get through. But at last came word that all circuits were down, and that it would not be possible to make a connection at all last night. Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Sinsz took some consolation from the fact that their son's tour will soon be over, bringing him back to Baltimore. Edgar A. Faber A requiem mass for Edgar A. Faber, a retired draughtsman with Crown Cork and Seal Company, will be offered at 10 A.M.

tomorrow at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Mr. Faber, who died Saturday at the Union Memorial Hospital after a heart attack, was 85. He retired in 1949 after seventeen years with the cork company.

He lived in Upper Crossroads in Harford County, and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Long Green. He is survived by his wife, the former Katherine Lorenz, and a son, John C. Faber. Noah Greenburg New York, Jan.

9 (A) Noah Greenberg, 46, general editor of the Pro Musica choral series here, died early today at a hospital of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Greenberg, a native of New York, helped found Pro Musica in 1952. He was its musical director until 1956, when he became general editor. He conducted medieval and Renaissance music on tours of the United States and Europe and had been a lecturer and guest conductor of choral programs at leges and universities.

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to large 12 to 14. MEN'S WEAR 7-9 E. Baltimore St. Edmondson Village N.Y. AUTHOR DIES AT 77 Lyon Mearson Was Editor, Novelist, Playwright New York, Jan.

9 (-Lyon Mearson, 77, former magazine editor writer, died Saturday. Mr. Mearson succeeded former President Theodore Roosevelt as editor of Metropolitan magazine in 1 1923. Under his editorship, Metropolitan serialized Theodore Dreiser's then controversial book, "The Genius," which had been banned in Boston and New York. Mr.

Mearson left Metropolitan to become editor of True Story magazine in 1930 and then was editor of True Experiences maga-, zine in the mid-1930's. Author of several short stories, Mr. Mearson also wrote eight novels and two broadway plays. His play, "Our was later made into a movie. Before his retirement, Mr.

Mearson worked in public relations for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Survivors include his wife, two sons, four grandchildren and a sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Maines Miami, Jan. 9 (P) Mrs.

Elizabeth Maines, wife of a writer and publicist, George Maines, died at a hospital today. She was 72. Mrs. Maines was tutor for Ginny Tiu and once traveled with the Jimmy Durante act and the Ginny Tiu show. The Maines moved to Miami from Flint, in July.

Survivors include her. husband; four sisters, Mrs. Harry Cohen of Miami Beach, Mrs. Sam Levinson of Detroit, Mrs. Morris Levinson and Mrs.

William Perau, both of Washington; and a brother, Jerome Breakstone of Richwood, W.Va. William H. Elkins Services for William H. Elkins, a retired chief steward with the old Baltimore Mail Line steamship company, will be held at 11 A.M. tomorrow at the Jenkins funeral establishment.

Mr. Elkins, who was 85, died Saturday at the House in the Pines Belvedere Nursing Home, after a month's illness. He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs.

Helen Hall, Mrs. Katherine Bideker and Mrs. Clara Forster. J. Sanford Lewis Chattanooga, Jan, 9.

UPJ. Sanford Lewis, 25, acting tristate editor of the Chattanooga Times, died this afternoon of juries suffered in an automobile accident last Wednesday morning. The young newsman, a native of Dayton, suffered the fatal injuries when his car went out of control during a rainstorm and struck a utility pole. He never regained consciousness. Mr.

Lewis attended Mount Pisgah Academy in Chandler, N.C., and Southern Missionary College in Collegedale, before beginning his newspaper career on a semi weekly publication in Forest Park, Ga. He was named news editor of the Cedartown, Standard in September, 1961, and joined the Times a year later as a general assignment reporter. He became acting tri-state editor last fall. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrlene Lewis; one daughter, Julie; his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. P. Lewis of Decatur, 3a sister, Kathy Lewis; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Laura Moyers of Graysville, Tenn.

William M. Brown St. Petersburg, Jan, 8 (P)- William Mosley Brown, former president of the Virginia Academy of Sciences, died in a hospital today. He was 71. Mr.

Brown was also a president of the Association of Virginia Colleges. He was a professor of history and psychology at Elon College in Burlington, N.C. He ran for governor of Virginia in 1929 as a Republican. Mrs. Esther Schwabsky Mrs.

Esther Schwabsky, 92, widow of Louis Schwabsky, a tailor, died yesterday at the Mount Sinai Nursing Home after a long illness. Mr. Schwabsky died five years ago, She is survived by three sons, Israel, Jack and Nathan Schwartz, and three daughters, Mrs. Bella Mendelson, Mrs. Rose Tretick and Mrs.

Anna Schwartz. Services will be at 2 P.M. today at the Levinson funeral establishment, with buriel in the Tiferesh Israel Anshe Fard Congregation Cemetery. Nathan A. Fowler Nathan A Fowler, 79, a retired mechanical engineer with the United States Navy Ordnance Laboratory in York, died yesterday at Mercy Hospital, Mr.

Fowler, who lived at 1300 Dartmouth avenue, was a Mason. He is survived by his wife, the former Gertrude Kelly, a brother, John K. Fowler. Services will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday at the Williams funeral establishment, Clifton Heights, Pa.

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