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Show HONORS DEAD WIFE WITH MERCY WORK W.S: C. Man, Left Widower Enlists for, Perilous Re lief 'Service. ? Consecrating to the 'memory of his deceased bride of less than a year, a-perilous a-perilous service to humanity In-the In-the cholera-Infected famine xoho of Armenia, Alfred D. Mcrrltt, a young' Washington State College man, formerly former-ly of Montana, but lately ot.Tacoma, has entered the overseas service of the Near East Relief. Nearly all 1919-20 students of, the W, S. C. In Pullman remember the, pretty campus romance of Mcrrltt and Miss Miriam Edey, also, ot Tacoma, which culminated in their marriage at Moscow, Mos-cow, Idaho, In November, 1920. Merrltt Is the son ot O. M. Merrltt, a veteran railroad roan of tho West,' who 20 years back was with tho Butte, Anaconda ft Pacific, who a few years ago was chief clerk to Former Superintendent Super-intendent Itanelje ot the Northern gPA-iVv 4B4ajBJB It 'J vWWSn"VSw fck vriS" vVt t Alfred D. Merrltt Who Will Help , Carry Mercy to Near East Needy. Pacific at Qleuillve, nnd who today la chief clerk wth tho snmo railroad nt 1 Tacoma. Mlsa lMey was a graduate of the Lincoln High S.'Mca of Tacoma, and tho groom :i radmUo of Stadium "High," pot far nwny, nut tlicy met for the first time nt tho W. 8.' C. Tho young bride dlod In September tit Spokane, wheie. Mvrrllt was connected con-nected with Hi SpOkesman-Uovlow. Mcrrltt took the body back to Tacoma for burial, then, Immediately arranged througl) DC. SJxarniqn L, Dlvjnp ot Spokane, Spo-kane, Northwest cljnlrmnn of tho Near Bast Relief, for rnllatmcut in 'the v overseas iervko 0! that society, ilo 1 sajlcd. from NiV-York foriCoustuntl- noplo Decombgr. 10. '"'. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaai.',4 . -' . |