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I947 Engagements Dr. and Mrs. S. DeWitt Turner of West Oxford, Mass., announce the en¬ gagement of their daughter, Blance Lesley, to Ensign Fred Oakley, U. S. N., of Savannah, the wedding to take place in the early spring. Miss Turner graduated from Jefferson High School, Andover, Mass., and the Latin School in Boston. She is attending Boston University’s School of Music at pres¬ ent. Ensign Oakley, who is the son of Mrs. D. D. Hankins, Jr., of Savannah, is a graduate of Savannah High School and is attending Duke University, He is a member of the Bethesda Alumni. Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence Larsen of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Savan¬ nah, announce the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Louise, to Harry Kendall Tinker of Atlanta and Macon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Edward Tinker, Sr., of Macon. Miss Larsen is a 1946 graduate of Wesleyan Conservatory, Macon, and Mr. Tinker, who served in India dur¬ ing the war, is now a student of Geor¬ gia Tech. Mr. John Larsen is a mem her of the Bethesda Alumni. Marriages Miss Lois Coombs to Dowman Wat ers. They were married October 21 at Jackson, Miss, Dowman is a member of the Bethesda Alumni and is em¬ ployed with the Southern Bell Tele¬ phone and Telegraph Co. Mrs. Albert Eugene Hardy, former¬ ly Miss Mary Elizabeth Elkins of Sa¬ vannah and Oakland, California, who was married Dec. 7 at Chapel in the Woods at the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Va., where the groom is sta tioned. Mrs. Hardy is the daughter of Mrs. Eula Elkins of Savannah and Alex Elkins of Pittsburg, Penn. Alex is a member of the Bethesda Alumni. Miss Lois Baker to Mr. E. H. Prid gen. They were married at Fitzger aid, Ga. Lois is the daughter of Wil liam H. Baker, of Fitzgerald, Bill is a member of the Bethesda Alumni. Births Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bozeman an¬ nounce the birth of a son, on January 29, at the Oglethorpe Sanitarium, The child has been named Julian Frederick, Jr. Mrs. Bozeman will be remembered as Miss Dottie Clark. Julian is a mem¬ ber of the Bethesda Alumni, lives in Jacksonville, Fla., and works with the Seaboard Airline Ry. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hobbs of Arlington, Va., announce the birth of a son on January 19, 1946. He was named Jay Alan Hobbs, We heard from Jim at Christmas when he re¬ ported this birth. Mr. and Mrs. Harry George, Jr., announce the birth of a son, William Frederick, on January 13, at St. Jo¬ seph’s Hospital. Mrs. George was for¬ merly Miss Marian Fry. Harry is the son of our president, Harry George. BETHESDA NEWS Deaths Oliver Girard Inhulsen: Mr. Inhul sen died January 23 in a local hospital after a short illness. He was the gen¬ eral superintendent of the painting and decorating department of the Dan J. Sheehan Co. Mr. Inhulsen is survived by his wife, Ethel Langdale Inhulsen; daughter. Miss Hilda M. Inhulsen; three sons, O. G. Inhulsen, Gerald Inhulsen and Bernard E. Inhulsen; two brothers, Adolph S. Inhulsen and Herman M. Inhulsen all of Savannah; a sister, M rs. Thomas Diano, New York City, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Jan¬ uary 26 at 3 p. m. from the Morning side Baptist Church by the Rev. Cecil T. Underwood, pastor. Burial took place in Greenwich section of Bonaven ture Cemetery, with Sipple’s Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Two persons died of burns on De¬ cember 21, despite the heroic efforts of a mother at Richmond Hill who, after getting three of her children out of her blazing home, returned to the inferno to drag out her four-year-old son and a friend of the family. The son, Jerry Pechmann, died from the effects of the burns when the Pechmann home was destroyed by flames just before Christmas. The boy’s dad, Richard Pechmann, is a former Bethesda boy. He works with the Seaboard Railway and was in Florida at the time of the fatal fire. Happening just before Christmas it brought sadness into the home of the Pechmanns. Savannahians responded in a big way in helping to provide in trying to make this family and the other three children’s Christmas as happy one as possible. Preston S. Arkwright, Atlanta, Ga.: Mr. Arkwright, 75, chairman of the board of the Georgia Power Company, died December 2 at Emory Hospital. He was a member of the Union So¬ ciety. We are sorry to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Warner of Baltimore lost their mother. When You Make Your Will REMEMBER BETHESDA THE HOUSE OF MERCY HOME FOR ORPHAN BOYS Eugene Torrance Insurance Agency “CONSTANT SERVICE” Dial 3-4523 3rd Floor Citizens Trust Bldg. Savannah, Ga. A Bethesda Boy Page Three Bethesda In 1947 Since this issue is the first that has appeared since the beginning of the new calendar year, it seems appropriate to talk about our hopes and plans for Bethesda in 1947. Bethesda has gone through many wars, and some of them have been very hard indeed on this historic institution. During the Revolutionary War the mem¬ bers of the Union Society were forced to meet in a British Prison Camp, and during the War Between the States the institution had to be moved to Jef¬ ferson County. Bethesda suffered less but severity in the first World War, those were not easy years. After the war efforts to improve the physical plant and the program began to be crowned with success. Whitefield Chapel, the Superintendent’s new dining room and gymnasium, the house, and the dairy barn were built. World War II caught Bethesda just coming out of the difficulties that arose during the Depression. Great physical improvements had been made in the re¬ modelling that took place in 1937-38 but during the War years many further improvements had to wait because of lack of materials and labor, it was im¬ possible to buy barbed wire for the fences, new farm equipment, trucks, tractors, and plows to replace worn-out machinery, or to carry on the painting and much of the repair work that is always needed in a large establishment. During the past five years Bethesda lost most of its older boys to industry and the armed services. Our athletic teams and our farm program were thus greatly weakened and now we find that the boys in the home average much younger in age than was formerly the case. To bring Bethesda up to the standards we would all like to see maintained will require much new equipment for the farm, a great amount of painting in al¬ most every building on the place, at least one new vehicle to carry the boys, and considerable repairs to various buildings on the grounds. As materials become available, this work will be possible, started and pushed as energetically as so that Bethesda will be in shape to weather the next crisis of war or depression that may be lurking in the future. It will take time to get back to the point where we have a good number of older boys, but in a year or two we should again be able to put forth rugged teams to compete in basketball, base¬ ball, and football, and to help with the heavy work of the farm. We now have seventy boys and appli¬ cations keep coming in regularly. The Board of Managers hopes to get the Cohen Cottage built this year and the new heating system installed, to be followed by a great deal of painting. The Alumni hopes soon to be able to an¬ nounce that beds have been provided to replace the thirty-one year old beds we are now using. You will be pleased to hear that the Davey Tree Co. is now training forty five men in Tree Surgery and they are using the Bethesda Campus as their training ground. Each of the ancient trees is to be carefully trimmed, all dead wood removed and cavities filled, so that the beauty of the campus will be preserved and a longer life assured for all of our lovely old trees. MAX E. LIVINGSTON, Supt.