The Nome Nugget

Mrs. FDR Leaves Warm Mementoes To Many Friends

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - A little gold ring, a piece of silver, what's left of a pink china set—these are among the warm mementoes left to many by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in her will.

Her will was filed for probate with no immediate estimate of the full value of her estate.

Shining through the legal language of the six-page will were the small, personal bequests betokening warm associations with her children, her friends, and those who were, or had been, in her employ. Even nine godchildren were not forgotten.

Here are a few items:

"To my son James Roosevelt all my flat silver marked 'ER', and the old silver lady bell."

"To my son Elliott Roosevelt what remains of grandmother Roosevelt's pink china and two silver serving trays."

"To my son Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. the Japanese screen on the wall of my living room in my New York apartment, and the silver tankard."

To her physician, Dr. David Gurewitsch, $10,000 "in gratitude for his devoted care for which he would not accept compensation during my lifetime." It was the largest single cash bequest.

Dr. Gurewitsch also was left an etching of President Roosevelt by Oscar Stossel.

To her son John, Mrs. Roosevelt left the furnishings and other property in her Hyde Park cottage, except for specified items designated for others.

She directed personal property in her New York apartment be distributed equally among her other sons and her daughter, Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Halstad—again with specific exceptions.

To everyone in her employ at the time of her death, Mrs. Roosevelt bequeathed $100 for each year of service with a maximum of $1,000 "unless such person shall have been a secretary to me, in which event the limitation is $2,000."

After distribution of all specified bequests Mrs. Roosevelt instructed her trustees—her sons and her attorney, Henry Hooker—to invest the remainder of her estate and to pay the income quarterly to her daughter, Mrs. Halstad. After Mrs. Halstad's death the principal will be divided among the surviving brothers.