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Ill., January 15, 1880. Re was or- phaned early but. graduated f r om. Mt. Vernon high, sehool and then spent threê years ut the University o 'f Illinois. Shortly after leaving the university he: en-- tered the news- p'aper field, li which he main- tainied aný active interest until his death. Mr. Crews' first ..Crw newspaper c x Mfet ht perlence was gained ini Alva, Okla- homa. Three years later he was city editor of the Springfield (Ilii- nois) News. When that paper was conol*dated, wltt1 the Retord Uby J. David Stern. Mr. Crews was m-ade managing editor and served in that capacity until the paper was sold to the Illinois State Journal. During the war period Mr. Crews did publicity work for the Red Cros and the Y.M.CA.. and in 1918 lie was Director of Publicity for the Illinois Centennial commission. In 1922 lie %%as secretary of the committee on ne uiea. . ThOUgh utwas flot generally known, ýMr. Crews edited thé Blue Book of the State o!fIllinois between the -years 1916 and 1928. Me Was a. 32nd degree M ason and, a mêmber of the Shrinie. Me be- longed to the Union League club. the1 North Shore Country club and the now defunct Chicago, Press club and was a former, president of the Chicago Egyptian club. Mr. Crews is survived by his widow, the> former Florence Pierce of. Springfield, Ill.. t*o sons and ai brother. One son, Htalbert O. Crews, Jr-.. 1206 West Jarvis avenue, Chi- cago, wgas born of! Mr. Crews' first m-arriage. The second, son, Barton Pierce Crews, 8 months old, is of the second union. The brother, Ray Crews, resides in 'Ottawa, Kansas. Wednesday at the Wilmette Parishl Methodist chureh with interment ati Memorial' Park cernetery. MAX GLASER Maxc Glaser, landscape gardener, 1who retired two yea,?s ago because, C harles Henry Brethold, 1102 Central.avenue, Wilmette, a resi- dent of the North Shore for more than half a centunlg, died at the St. Francis hospital in Evanston, Sunday, after a short ilîness. He' celebrated hia Yth birthda4j an- niversary last Juli,. A native of Hanover, Germany, he was brought to this country'as a child by, his parents who made their home in Cincisnai. After he moved to Chii- cago as a young mxan lie was engaged in the retail meat business. He settledf niversary of his service, with. the Illinois Bell Telephone company. was in Florida on a vacation.,.1 A mnemorial service will be hlId in Christ ehurch chapel, Maple and> Oak streets, Wixinetka, Saturday aft- ernoon at 4 o'clock. His widow, Florence; a daughter. Mrs. Janie de Peyàter van Beurexi; and two sons, Frederie Augustus, survive. NOT. RABIES lI last week's issue of 'W &F.it was tatd hata MME weeiç,h e. of the N~Mr. t'rews was, reports for thei ance. When Mr. bid for- the Repu nomination, Mr.( publicity director, Always a stron Crews successfull en made his presidential acted as his Jr V dLIt oU vices were held Fr1- at the Schaefer mor- VINCENT KLOEPFEK R~rii Funeral v ice s tz of Chlicago. or JretnoUaUAbenv Joseph's churdl iwith Avenuesi N. 44 612 Church Street . between Orriagton UNI. 3474-,