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20 St. Petersburg Times Tuesday, Mar. 31, 1953 Seekers For Kin Of Fire Victims Get Expert's Aid u) i A 1 C3 Local volunteer Red Cross NURSING HOME OBITUARIES Arthur Fields, Composer, Singer, Dies In Fire Among the 33 persons who perished in the Littlefield Nursing Home fire Sunday was a well-known song composer and singer of a According to Mrs. Dyke, all bodies have been claimed by sur workers, who have worked day and night contacting relatives of the 33 elderly persons who tier- viving relatives and emergency Continuing our wonderful annual sale we offer you mere of the special values you rushed in. ished in the Littlefield Nursing for yesterday! Store Hours 9:30 5:30.

toilet articles and clothing are be. ing provided survivors. Home disaster, received expert assistance yesterday from Miss long ago era Arthur Fields. 64. Several interested local citizens Ella Hobbs of Atlanta.

Ga. have contacted he Red Cross of- Miss Hobbs, who flew here late Children's Better Dresses Ladies9 Shor tic Pajamas TOTi rt cimnliAO r4 evntk famllu Vine) bunday night, is a case worker for the Southeastern area disaster staff of the American Red offered free lodging and meals to 1 survivors. All, however, with the Mrs. Arthur Fields said her husband had suffered a stroke Mar. 11 and was in Morton Plant Hospital before going to the rest home.

Information furnished by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), said Mr. Fields was born in Phil and Mrs. Ed Short, Rapid River, one grandchild; two great-grandchildren. Moss Funeral Home of Clearwater is in charge. Mrs.

Isabelle Stoeltzing Mrs. Isabelle Jeanette Stoeltz- inff. 81. fnrmprlv nf Rolfhor 1.001 fi REG. 1.98 REG.

5.98 TO 14.98 Cross. She worked on the Atlanta exception of Mrs. Frank Cooley OFF who has been taken home by her Winecoff Hotel disaster when fire ravaged the hotel in 1946 and family, and several who are still claimed the lives of 121 persons. Broadcloth, organdy, taffeta or gingham. Slightly soiled.

Seersucker midriff-style shortie pajamas sizes 32-36. I I 1 OUR VOLUNTEER Red Cross adelphia Aug. 6, 1888. He became il Sizes 3-1 4,. but not every style in every size.

Also sub- I Cool for summer wear. a professional singer at 11 years uearwaier. ane naa moved to Florida from Cleveland four and a half years ago, and was a mem workers came through wonderfully, in this disaster," Mrs. Julia Dyke, executive secretary of the teens. A MAIN FLOOR SECOND FLOOR hospitalized, are being cared for in the County Home at Largo.

'The greatest help we can get right now from citizens of the St. Petersburg area," Mrs. Dyke stated, "would be cash contributions which would give as the approximate $5,000 we need to go over the top in the' current Red Cross Fund Campaign." South Pinellas County chapter of ber of the Presbyterian Church. She is survived by a son, William W. Stoeltzing, Clearwater; two grandsons, William L.

Stoeltzing, Clearwater, and Robert F. the Red Cross, told The Times yesterday. "They have shopped Girls9 Cotton Slips for personal needs of survivors and have bundled and marked li 1.33 1 Stoeltzing, U. S. Army in Ger NVIoii Hosiery REG.

1.95 PR. their clothing." 99' 1 many, two great-grandsons. $2 REG. 1.29 Moss Funeral Home of Clearwa ter is in charge. broken sizes -r' Jk L.

If Built-up shoulders embroidery trim Miss Neva Griffin "Mr. J. wouldn't let us use his name, but look for it on the boxes! First qualityf 60 5 denier nylons, in new spring shades (Wildbloom and Revelry) 4 sizes 812 II MAIN FLOOR il li Miss Neva urimn, 48, Had resided at the Littlefield Nursing $2-14, in white and pastels. Cool for summer, ll MAIN FLOOR Home for the past four and a half years. She was bom in Mesopo Genuine Leather Handbags Swaiisdown Wool Suits 8 ft 8 9i RUTLAND'S ANNUAL "CLEAR-THE-DECKS" SAME' ENTIRE STOCK' IMdkeR'sbim Archlock and Arch Relief 1 ARTHUR FIELDS of age.

doing illustrated songs in the old silent movie houses. At 17 he joined Guy Bros. Min 1 REG. 49.98 li TO 69.98 $33 'AND M4 REG. 5.98 TO 32.50 OFF strels, later played leading vaudeville circuits, with Weston.

Fields ft Ladies' all-wool suits, from our leading manufacturer. only 18 at this reduction gabardine or flannel. Carrol. As a member of the Fields Hall team he became a One-of-a-styTe, from famous makers. Fine-quality -calf handbags.

plus lax MAIN FLOOR radio and recording artist, sing 11 ing his own songs. Among these songs were "On the Mississippi," SECOND FLOOR "Abba Dabba Honeymoon," "11 More Months and 10 More Days," "The Angels Sing." He published Infants9 Sun Suits Famous Name Girdles SHO A tamia, O. Surviving are two brothers, Frank Griffin of Middlefield, and Jesse W. Griffin of St Petersburg. There will be no services.

Burial will be held at the convenience of the family with Mathews Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Joanna Frierson Mrs. Joanna Frierson, 84, was a former Tarpon Springs resident and had lived at the rest home for the past two years. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs.

Ella Blackford, Tarpon Springs; Mrs. Rosa Brady, Hudson, and Mrs. Mary Reed, Ocala two brothers, Frank Bellamy, Dade City, and Harry Bellamy, Jacksonville; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Crook, Homestead, Mrs. Rosa Yates, Tampa, Mrs.

Lula Douglas, Da.de City, and Mrs. Lillian McRae, Gainesville. Services will be this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Vinson Funeral Home, Tarpon Springs. Burial will be in Cycadia Cemetery, Tarpon Springs, with Rev. Don Sietman, pastor of the First Baptist Church in charge.

Mrs. Mamie Morhman Mrs. Mamie Morhman, 72, had been a resident of the home for six years. She is survived by four brothers, SPECIAL SPECIAL 1.98 4.95 GROUP ll i fi II 90 90 16 14 and group White and Pink Avery good buy! Philippine hand-made, hand-embroidered batiste nylon and satin sizes 26 to 34. i white with pastel trim, or Pink, Blue or Maize pi mos.

18 mos MESHES 17.90 a book, "48 Hymns of Happiness," and wrote two sacred songs, "Who Else but God?" and "There Shall be no More Tears." Mrs. Jeanette L. Edgcr Mrs. Janette Lincoln Edgar, 87, whose former residence was 723 Louden Avenue, Dunedin, died Sunday in the Littlefield Nursing Home fire. She had come to Dunedin 30 years ago and is survived by one daughter, Mrs.

George R. Brooks of Dunedin; two sons, Lt. Comdr. John M. Edgar of Pensacola and Lt.

Col. Pendleton Edgar of Key West; six grandchildren: two great-granchildren. Moss Funeral Home of Clearwater is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Bessie Wood Mrs.

Bessie Wood, 77, a resident of Safety Harbor the last 50 SECOND FLOOR i MAIN FLOOR WHITE Girls9 Dark Denim Shorts Ladies9 Sample Lingerie BLACK 99creg- 398 1 llTO 35.00 NAVY REG. 1.29 OFF GREY, J1 Monroe R. Driver, Bill Driver, Eau Gallie; Joe Driver, iCharcool, Dork Blue or Green sizes 3-1 2. Per- Is feet for land, hard wear this summer, at cqitid or at the Famous makes mostly one-of-a-style. Nylon, crepe, New Orleans, and Henry COMBINATIONS Driver, Orlando.

beach. i cotton or pure silk gowns and slips. Broken sizes, SECOND FLOOR 8 Services were held yesteTday at o'clock from Vinson Funeral MAIN FLOOR Home, Tarpon Springs, in charge 1 SHOE SALON, MAIN FLOOR of Rev. J. M.

Sikes, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Tarpon Springs. Burial was in Cycadia Ladies9 Winter Robes 1 Ladies' Slipover Sweaters years. She had come from Lutz, and was a member of the Presbyterian Chvrch. She is survived by one brother P. W.

Sessions of Safety Harbor; two sisters, Mrs. Claire McKnight of Tampa and Mrs. George Car-mel, Daytona Beach. Moss Funeral Home of Clearwater is in charge of arrangements. Charles P.

Ackerman Charles Phillip Ackerman, 75, former resident of 223 North Osceola Avenue, Clearwater. He had come to Clearwater in 1925 from Bowling Green, and was a member of the Catholic Church. Cemetery. Miss Ellen M. Mood i 1 ILaalies' EDiresses REG.

3.29 ft i Miss Ellen M. Mood, 92, who REG. 7.98 TO 29.95 i'i had formerly lived at Crystal TO 5.98 OFF OFF Beach for 36 had been a resident of the home the last two 0 years. Quilts and wools jackets, dusters, and long styles he is survived by a niece. i Short-sleeved nylon or wool slipovers, in assorted colors broken S'zes.

Some imported wools included. REG. 14.98 TO 25.00 11.00 Miss Rachel M. Wain of New broken sizes. York City.

0 fi Rhodes Funeral Home of Clear second floor MAIN FLOOR 4 water is in charge of local ar rangements. Other Stories On Nursing Home Fire, Pages 21, 22 Mrs. Bertha A. Geiqer Famous Name Foundations 1 Double-woven Cotton Gloves II Mrs. Bertha Amelia Geiger, 80, Survivors are his wife, Mrs.

home the lived at the nursing A group of dresses to delight misses and matrons alike mostly one-of-a-style, including meshes, sheers, crepes, taffetas, and even some Tressie Simmons Ackerman, last 19 months. She had come 1.001 9.95 Clearwater: one son, Charles from Peoria, 111. REG. 2.00 TO 3.50 REG. TO 18.50 Horace Ackerman of Clearwa Survivors are two sons.

Howard I L. Geiger of Clearwater and ter, a grandson, Charles Horace Ackerman Clearwater; a sister, Mrs. E. C. Kannapell, Holly short or medium lengths sizes Cotton, rayon and nylon styles broken sizes in this cottons.

Dark colors only 6-8. Famous labels. wood. several nieces and Charles W. Geiger, Sheffield, 111., two sisters, Mrs.

Martha Wiser, Peoria, and Mrs. Laura Brown, Chicago. Services and hurial will be held at Peoria. Rhodes Funeral Home of Clearwater is in charge. nenhews.

Moss Funeral Home of Clear group. S3 I i SECOND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR MAIN FLOOR i il water is in charge. Mrs. Magdelene Reed Constons A. Thomas Mrs.

Magdelene Reed, 69, who Mrs. Mary Edith Thomas Ladies' Assorted Sportswear Hots' Vatcr-Rcpcllcnt Jackets Constons Alfred Thomas, 98, and Mrs. Mary Edith Thomas, 74, 1.00 to 8.99 REG. 1.98 TO 14.98 CLOSE-OUT husband and wife, had been residents of Ozona for a number of years before moving to the rest home two years ago. Mr.

Thomas 3.88 REG. 5.93 came to Florida in 1951 from Indianapolis, Ind. She was a member of Methodist Church. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Edward M.

Roberts of St. Petersburg. Moss Funeral Home of Clearwater is in charge. Mrs. Carrie Hatcher Mrs.

Carrie Hatcher, a resident of Clearwater the last 30 years. She was a member of Clearwa crepe, Corduroy separates unlined wool toppers was a retired truck farmer. 3 They are survived by a son, si Zipper-style water-shedding jackets in Green or Royal if a li Reese M. Thomas, Tarpon Blue size 16 only. Springs: a daughter, Mrs.

Essie cotton or wool blouses gabardine skirts I. halters tee shirts beach sets playsuits, etc. SECOND FLOOR MAIN FLOOR Dampier, Jacksonville; 10 grandchildren. Survivors of Mr. Thomas are two sisters, Mrs, Annie Gal REG.

8.93 49.98 i ter Church of God. Mrs. Hatcher has no known survivors. Moss Funeral home of Clearwater is in loway of Tampa and Mrs. Lelia Adkins, Turkey Creek, Fla.

Ladies9 Tropical Suits Assorted Piece Goods Rhodes Funeral Home of Clear I charge. Mrs. Mattie H. Smith water will announce arrange i 70c REG. 17.98 14.88 REG.

TO 1.39 YD. ments. Mrs. Florence R. Rice Mrs.

Florence Roberta Rice, Mrs. Mattie M. Smith, 80, formerly of 5425 Third Avenue South, TO OS OFF St Petersburg. A long time res 2 ident of Miami, Mrs. Smith had 77, who had lived at Belleair Trail 1 Woven ginghams, pique, chambray, seersucker, or print Cotton checks and cords nylon cords rayon slubs nmnnHw wiHp solid colors, checks or olaids.

i. from such famous makers as Glenhaven. Dutchess er Park the last nine years, had lived in St. Petersburg the last 6even years. Her husband, John been at the nursing home only Also washable rayons.

42" wide, for suits or light-weight I Royal, Nat Gaynes and Jane Andrea. Not every style in 4, two weeks. all sizes and colors. Manning Smith, died at St. Pe tersburg Mar.

3. casual dresses. SECOND FLOOR She is survived by a niece, Mrs. W. Poppy of Clearwater.

Moss Funeral Home of water is in charge. Mrs. Philipene Kelley Mrs. Philipene Kelley, 84, for 53 I fi I 'A ii fi. Washable Junior Butcher Linen 1 A variety of colors and fabrics, in styles for every age and size group.

Many of our better French Room Fashions included in this group! Come early for the best selection of values! SECOND FLOOR merly of Tampa. She had been at th rest home two and a half She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Juanita R. Schendell of New Port Richey; two sisters, Mrs. Virginia McEwen and Mrs.

Grace Russell, both of New York City; one grandchild. Rhodes Funeral Home of Clearwater is in charge. i Mrs. Leola 8. Soger Mrs.

Leola Byer Sager, 81, St. Petersburg resident for 30 years, leaves a niece, Mrs. Robert Whaley of Greenville, Pa. The funeral party will leave Clearwater today for final services and burial at Plymouth, O. Rhodes Funeral Home of Clearwater is in charge.

REG. 98c years and was a member of Bap 49c YD. fast colors 39" tist Church. J'- Ass't. wide.

Survivors are two daughters. Miss Marie Kelley, Tampa, and Mrs J. R. Connolley, "St. Peters I MAIN FLOOR burg; one brother, Peter Du ouaine.

Green Bay, two sis I ters. Mrs. Eli Jossart of Benson, it .4.