Rocky Springs Soldier Dies In Explosion
The Kemp family of Rocky Springs believed their son Pvt. Raymond Lewis Kemp Jr. was killed July 29 in a Korea ammunition dump explosion. Red Cross and Army officials sought to confirm identity as mail mixups with another Raymond Kemp emerged. Kemp, drafted November 25, 1952, served with Co B 23rd Infantry Regt, 2nd Division after training at Camp Breckinridge. His family awaits official word and a promised letter about the casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lewis Kemp, Jr
Rocky Springs
Defense Department
Korea
Red Cross
Judge Advocate’s
Infantry
Raymond Kemp
Answer Home Service
Frederick County
International Organization
Pvt
Kemp
Camp Breckinbridge
California
Japan
Potomac Edison Co
Pvt. Kemp
Frederick High School
Union Manufacturing Co
Chestnut Farms Dairy
Acheson Character Witness For Worker
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson testified as a character witness for Samuel B. Hill a Negro farm worker on trial in Police Court for assaulting a Montgomery County police officer in Silver Spring Maryland Hill was convicted with a suspended sentence due to his good community reputation Acheson who has known Hill for 28 years described his peace and order record Hill living near Acheson’s Sandy Spring farm was shot in the hip on June 20 by Officer Morefield who testified that Hill lunged at him during an attempted arrest of Hill’s brother Albert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spring
Dean Acheson
Montgomery County
Samuel B. Hill
J. Fendall Coughlan
Acheson
Hill
Sandy Spring
Coy Morefield
Albert
Sinclair Oil declares six month net income down
Sinclair Oil Corp reports net income of 30 279 126 for the six months ended June 30, down about 14 percent from the prior year despite higher sales. Factors cited include rising costs to find and develop crude oil reserves and increased depreciation depletion charges along with an accelerated program processing aged leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sinclair Oil Corp
Sinclair
Deaths of Walker Magin Watkins Howe Crothers Wolford
Obituary notices report Edward T. Walker 80, of Philadelphia, died at Bryn Mawr Hospital after a long career with J E Caldwell Co and prior work in publishing. Other deaths include Bessie Magin in Westminster, Evelyn Watkins of Damascus, Dr Julian Howe of Washington Miami, Daisy Crothers of Frederick, and Ida Wolford of Lovettsville. Funeral and burial details list multiple church affiliations and family survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. Walker
Edward Taber Walker
J. E. Caldwell & Co
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Philadelphia
Mr. Walker
Fairfax Apartments
Locust Streets
Westfield
N. Y
New York
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Pennsylvania
Engineering
Woodland Presbyterian Church
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania
Danforth
Cynwyd
Albert W. Hamilton
Washington D. C
Montonqua Farm
Yellow Springs
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Obituaries list several Virginia area deaths and services
Died at Loudoun County Hospital Jefferson 78 year old Edward C Cooper wife Hattie Newton Cooper children Dorothy Maddox Carroll Williams and James Baker. survived by siblings George and Howard and nine grandchildren two great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 4 pm Mt Pleasant Methodist Taylors Town and interment Mt Hope, Woodsboro. Amanda Rebecca Harbaugh died aged 83 at her Middleburg home. funeral Friday 2 pm with Rev Raymond Myers at her late residence and Mt Hope Cemetery. C C Fuss and Son in charge. Jean Nicol Harrison wife of the late Edward C Harrison died at Doctors Hospital Washington. survived by brothers Charles W Nicol James B Nicol Mary B Nicol and A B Metcalf and niece Mrs E G Buck. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth W. Watkins
Evelyn Bader Watkins
Damascus
Mt. Wilson Hospital
Robert E. Eader
Mt. Airy
Prudence Chapter O. E
Damascus Methodist Church
Wesleyan Service Guild
Mt. Airy High School
Diana Lynn
Barry Kenneth Watkins
Russell E
Brooklyn
Paul L
John R. Bader
Stockton
Calif
Rev
A. O'Dell Osteen
Damascus Cemetery
Olin L. Molesworth
Daisy A. Crothers
William J. Crothers
Dill Avenue
Three Pines
Crothers
Frederick
Henry C
Mary Barnes Burger
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Bible
Frederick Civic Club
WCTU
Laman A. Gray
Louisville
John W. Will
Baltimore
Charles R. Crothers
Robert B. Crothers
Hannah T. Crothers
Thomas Crothers
Woodbury
N. J
East Patrick Street
Mit
Olivet
C. E. Clineland Son
Hattie R. Orrison
Alice Peacock
Lovettsville
Rehobeth Methodist Church
Edward H. Kyle
Church Cemetery
R. E. Brown
Edward C. Cooper
Edward Charles Cooper
Loudoun County Hospital
Leesburg
Richard
Emma Stocks Cooper
Hattie Newton Cooper
Dorothy Maddox
Loveltsville
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Taylorstown
Amanda KR. Harbaugh
Amanda Rebecca Harbaugh
Frank Harbaugh
Middleburg
John and
Duanna Shelt Biehi
Haugh
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
C. C. Fuss and Son
Jean N. Harrison
Jean Nicol Harrison
Edward C. Harrison
Walker Avenue
Gaithersburg
Doctors Hospital
Washington
Charles W. Nicol
Miami
Fla
James B
Mary B. Nicol
A. B. Metcalf
Chevy Chase
E. G. Buck
Montgomery Council Reverses Position on Fire Tax Bill
The Montgomery County Council reversed its May approval and disapproved 61 a bill to let the council set fire tax rates countywide. Public hearings drew opposition from volunteer firemen and civic groups with no supporters. The panel set Aug 25 to consider buying the Silver Spring Armory lot for a county parking area and community center, with a proposed price of 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery
Kensington
Silver Spring Armory
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Plans
Army Colonel Ahalt Assigned to Far East Post in Yokohama
Army Colonel Henry C. Ahalt, wife and son living in Blacksburg, Va., has been assigned to Headquarters Army Forces Far East in Yokohama Japan as assistant chief for the Far East Intelligence Section. He previously served as training chief in Europe and as intelligence chief in WWII. He holds Bronze Star and Legion of Merit decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Lovettsville
Henry C. Ahalt
Blacksburg
Headquarters
Army Forces
Far East
Yokohama
District of Columbia Military District
Europe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
NATO
E. C. Ahait
Lovellsville
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Col
Adalt
Lovellsville High School
Funeral notices from area churches and cemeteries
A sequence of funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Mae Birely and others are recorded with details on locations Union Bridge Ladiesburg Walkersville and LeGore. Services led by Rev. Chastain Yaste Myers and Hartzler and Sons directors with interments at Mountain View Rocky Hill Mount Olivet and Central Cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Mae Birely
William H. Birely
Ladiesburg
Union, Bridge Lutheran Church
Louis Chastain
Dixon Yaste
Birely
Gordon Fogle
Howard Gray
Walter Baile
Robler
Miller
Herbert Myers
Elmer
Pittinger
Mountain View Cemetery
Union Bridge
D. D. Hartzler and
Flemming Said Set to Replace Taft in Senate
Middletown officials report Dr. Arthur Flemming as certain to succeed U S Taft. Flemming, on leave as Ohio Wesleyan president and new head of the Office of Defense Mobilization, denied current plans to run and said he discussed the matter with Governor Lausche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio
Middletown Journal
Arthur Flemming
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Journal
Frank. Lausche
Jank
Cincinnati
Seattle
Lausche
Taft
Washington
Senate
Funeral Services For W. R. Talbott Are Held
William Randolph Talbott 65 former director of technical service for the Veterans Administration died Friday at Mount Alto Hospital Washington services held at his Rockville home interment in Rockville Union Cemetery He served in World War I with the 313th Machine Gun Battalion Meuse Argonne St Mihiel and Montfaucon campaigns later shaping hospital planning for two major VA construction programs He also carved personalty pipes and helped form Rockville's first Boy Scout troop in 1935 He was active in professional and historical societies and belonged to local Masons church and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Talbott
Veterans’ Administation
Mount Alto Hospital
Washington
Talbott
van Buren Street
Rockville
Union
Montgomery County
Pablesville
William H
Bertha Talbott
Gaithersburg
Montafaucon
Mr. Talbott
Public Health Service
Veterans’ Administration
Vai
Blue Lodge
The
Masons
Weddings in Maryland and nearby towns highlight multiple ceremonies
A quiet wedding at Evangelical Church Myersville linked Barbara Miller and Paul Wyand Jr. The Biser Blickenstaff nuptials at Hagerstown and Greencastle featured elaborate lace gowns. Other ceremonies included Olson-Cline in Gettysburg and several engagements in the region.
Engagements and Staff Moves Highlight Urbana Notices
The Urbana school faculty includes Mr Brake, a Shepherd College graduate who taught in Frederick County before serving 18 months in occupied Germany. He and his bride will live with her parents at 45 East Third Street. Miss June Lauretta Stull announces her engagement to Russell Herbert Oden of New Market, son of Mr and Mrs Russell H Oden of East Ninth Street, with the date set for September 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Edwards
Military Road
Rhoda Lois Wasson
Warren David
Neal
Guy
Braddock Heights
Miss Wasson
Robert L. Wasson
Washington
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Christian Book Store
Fred, Jerick High School
Dreaer Institute of Technology
Philadelphia
Camp Detrick
Playground
Baker Park
Project Committiee
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Stars and Stripes Forever
Alaiket Street
Wooden Soldiers
Maryiand
Rosedale Park
Lincoln Parks
East Third Street
Landon Hills
Staley Park
McCurdy Field
Doris Simpson
Harmon Field
Catherine Martz
Utica
Ethel Troxell
Jo. Roy Shank
Walter K. Shank
Vera Gaul Sexton
Russell Seaton
Harpers Ferry
Paul Frederick Propps
P. F. Propps
Charles Town
Camp Hill
Propps
Hood College
Aldie
W. Va
Walkersville School
Brake
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
United States Army
Germany
Frederick County
Urbana School
June Lauretta Stull
Russell Herbert Oden
Clark E. Stull
New Market
Mr. Oden
Russell H. Oden
East Ninth Street
Poor Judgment Shown By Johnson
The State Roads Commission found Clinton H. Johnson showed poor judgment in assisting a New York PR firm with information on Maryland truck weight tests but dropped him as public relations director. He had been on leave after involvement in a truckers versus railroads lawsuit and may return as a part time employee at a reduced salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Clinton H. Johnson
Johnson
Carl Bucir & Associates, Inc
New York
Maryland
Maryland Roads Commission
Russell H. McCain
Buoir
McCain
Brothers Die By Own Hand In Maryland Farm Tragedy
Despondent since his brother James Marshall Hoffman killed himself on Saturday, John Joseph Hoffman, a 21 year old Woodsboro tenant farmer, fatally shot himself Wednesday night in the kitchen of their home. He died en route to Frederick Memorial Hospital from a .22 caliber wound. The medical examiner ruled death by own action. Witnesses include his wife and four children, with the oldest son present when the rifle was handed to him. James Marshall Hoffman, 50, previously died by suicide on the Ephraim Zimmerman farm near Walkersville. The family described the brothers as close. investigations note the despondency following the first death. Funeral arrangements place John Hoffman at Mount Zion Haugh’s church after a Woodsboro funeral home service. The obit lists survivors including his widow Marian Otto Hoffman and five children, with services led by Rev. Raymond C. Myers. Interment at Haugh’s cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Joseph Hoffman
Woodsboro
Hoffman
Frederick Memorial Hospital
James Marshall Hoffman
Ephraim Zimmerman
Walkersville
Harold Basore
Charles W. Magaha
Loffman Brothers
John Hoffman
Marshall W. Stitely
Roland H
Roland
Ralph O
Wes
State
Pollice
James Hardy
Seventh Street
Fairfield
Annie Bishop Hoffman
Charles Hoffman
Marian Otto Hoffman
Thelma Reifsnider
Taneytown
John F
Aberdeen
Evelyn L. Foreman
Bruce Katterman
Hallie Snyder
David Hoffman
Esther Singley
Clara Singley
Mary Glacken
Bruceville
Sadie Martin
Harry Hoffman
Keymar
Powell and Hartzler
Mount Zion Haugh’s
Raymond C. Myers
Haugh's Cemetery
Four year old killed by auto near Taneytown
A four year old boy died after being struck by a car on Harney road near Taneytown. Glenn Edward Knox died an hour after the collision at Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg. Driver Wilbur Fogle of Union Bridge was released pending investigation. The boy ran from a driveway onto the road as the car passed. Survived by parents, maternal grandparents, paternal grandmother, and seven siblings. Funeral Mass to be at St Josephs Taneytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown
Harney Road
Glenn Edward Knox
George F. Knox
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Hooper
Paul M. Hahn
Wilbur Fogle
Union Bridge
Nellie Knox
Preston Sanders
Westminster
Mary Frances
Ann
George
Jane
Florence
Donald
Kenneth
St Joseph's Church
Tanestown
Charles J Walker
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Bly
Raymond L. Kemp. Jr
H. Albert Magin
Bessie E. Magin
Albert Magin
John Street
Hanover General Hospital
Magin
Carroll County
John W
Susie Long Ecker
Cleo Walthall
Albert L. Magin
Warrensburg
Marvin M. Magin
John W. Magin
Puyallup
Wash
Victor A. Ecker
Wilbur M. Ecker
Westminster Church of the Brethren
Church of Brethren
Harold Bomberger
Joseph Ablett
Sam's Creek
New Windsor
Carroll County Cancer Fund
D. D. Hartler and Sons
Julian M. Howe
D. C
Worcester
Washington Missionary College
George Washington University Medical School
N. W
Olney
Minside
EK. Wolford
Ida E. Wolford
Ase
Martha Stone Wolford
Reheberh Methodiet Church
Sur
Montgomery Council
Paul W. Watkins
Jennnifer June
Arthur T. Shook
Arthur E. Shook
Buckeystown
Fell
Rocky Hill Church
Glora Mae Eyler
Clyde
P. Eyler
Audrey Booser
LeGore
Rocky Hill Cemetery
Clyde Bentz
Joseph Garber
Robert Fogle
Oscar Ambrose
William Speak
Joseph Tressler
Powell and
Hartzier
William
Irene van Fossen Myers
Methodist
Uniontown
Pamela
Norman Myers
Allen W. van Fossen
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Rock Hill ‘Church
Jesus
Thomas Cramer
Markell Crum
Ralph Flanagan
John Gilbert
Nelyan Fogle
Frank Lee
Rocky Hill
Otis C. Whitmore
Benjamin F. Hartley
Walkersville Methodist Church
D. Ford Hedges
Gilmore Garst
Joshua Staley
Walter Dudrow
Benjamin Wilson
Nelson Stauffer
Mount Olivet
C. E. Cline and Son
Elsie Naomi Bussard
John H. Bussard
Trail Avenue
First Baptist Church
Robert F. Woodward
Bowyer Fout
Ruth Trout
Simeon G. Eaves
Paul A. Nelson
Kenneth M. Guthouse
Austin G. Angleberger
John D. Haynes
Warren D. Neal
Monocacy
Beallyville
M. R. Etchison and Son
Cora H. Boyer
Henry H. Boyet
Monrovia
Richard Burns
Ivan P. Lawson
Harry Miller
Harry Betson
John S. Derr
Douglas Brockett
Daniel Smith
George Chaney
Giova Mae Eyler
Clyde P. Eyler
Booser
Rocky Hil
D. D
Hartzier and Sons
Sen. Taft
W. R. Talbott
Junior Fire Company
Independent Hose Company
Bnded Brethren Church
Myersville
Barbara Miller
Roscoe Miller
Paul Wyand
Cecelia Wyand
Keedysville
Stephen Raby
Lakue Schwearing
Gerald Hammond
Mrs. Wyand
Atlantic City
New England States
Biser
Blickenstaff
Church of the Brethren
Hagerstown
Joanne Elizabeth Blickenstaff
Nelson Eugene Biser
Greencastle
Miss Blickenstaff
Foster H. Blickenstaff
Mr. Biser
Ruth Siser
Chantilly Jace
Kathleen Rochelle Blickenstaff
James W. Powell
Nancy Meyers
Bonnie Myers
Martha
Sylvia Raun
Maynard Keckler
James Powell, Jr
Robert Pensinger
Robert Kendall
Virginia
Hagerstown High School
L'Aiglon Apparel, Inc
Greencastle High School
Fairchild Aircraft Division
James Powell
Cline
Olson
Ruby Helen Olson
Arthur M. Olson
Ronald Lawrence Cline
Los Angeles
Lawrence Cline
Akron. O
Harold L. Myers
Cnd
Martin L. Zirkle
Burkittsville
Lawrence Haines
R. D
Littlestown
Elzine
Sterling ¥. Clabaugh
Clyde Young
Caroline
A. Eugene Wisner
John Wisner
James
J. C. James
Durham
N. C
Charlotte Mdrie
Warren G. Brake
C. G. Brake
Petersburg
Elkton
Harold M. Davis
Erbana
Urbana
A.L. Derry
Christ
el- Men Hawkins
Richard Baumgardner
WSCS
Rosa Dudderar
Elsie Young
Ellen Hawkins
Ralph R. Rudy
Marilyn Lambert Rudy
Paul C. Leatherman
Charles L Leatherman
Senithsdura
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
the Manor
Grange Common
Adamstown
Hare Whine
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