Settlement Of Estate Petitioned In Barigis Case
Petitions filed in the Orphans Court seek to settle the Howard W. Bartgis estate and remove executrix Lula May Dougherty. The actions raise questions of undue influence, alterations to the will, residence of the deceased, and prompt settlement of insurance claims tied to a fatal auto accident in Brunswick New Jersey. The Bargis brothers Kenneth D. Barigis and Albert Bartgis are heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Barigis
Woodsboro
Orphans’ Court
Mathias and
Mathias
Kenneth D. Barigis
Mr. Bartgis
Lula May Dougherty
Kenneth D. Bartgis
Howard W. Barty
Howard W. Bartgis
Frederick County
City of
Washington
Isurance Company
Lulu May Dougherty
Abbie Exler
Albert Eyler
Dougherty
Albert Bartgis
Howard Bartgis
Government Printing Office
Brunswick
New Jersey
County C. E. Union Meeting Is Held
The Frederick County Christian Endeavor Union met at the YMCA with Miss Ruth Krieg presiding. Plans for Christmas activities include a candle light service December 1 at Saint Pauls Lutheran Myersville with Rev. Raymond L. Markley and Rev. Gerald Carbaugh. choir participation and community involvement were noted. Committees were named for arrangements and for Christian Endeavor Week events January 31 to February 7, with a banquet February 5 at Trinity Evangelical and Reformed church Adamsown. A four-county rally is tentatively set for July 18 at Paris Sprog to involve Howard Frederick Montgomery and Carrod counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Christian Endeavor Union
YMCA
Ruth Krieg
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
Myersville
Raymond L. Markley
Gerald Carbaugh
Locust Valley
Edwin Reed
Charlotte Remsbez
Margaret Fogle
Clarence W. McGaha
Paris Sprog
Howard
Frederick
Montgomery
Catrod
Turkeys Blamed For Elevator Stoppage
Nov 25 report says turkeys caused a six story building elevator to stall. Firemen rescued two men and two girls from the car between floors while residents blamed overloading from roasting. A main fuse overload was cited as the cause. Detro it street note mentions a thief carrying off a turkey after a home burglary.
Mother And Five Children Die In Johnstown Apartment Fire
A fire tore through a four family apartment in Johnstown Pennsylvania killing a mother Evelyn Sullivan 32 and her five children Mattie Ruth 9 Wayne Howard 5 Eugene 3 Beverly Ann 18 months and Barbara 4 weeks Three other children escaped with minor burns While two other families fled unharmed Det Sgt Stephen Harris said flames began between 630 and 700 am All available fire units responded Andrew Sullivan the father learned of the blaze when he arrived for work at a nearby coke yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Stephen Harris
Harris
Evelyn Sullivan
Mattie Ruth
Wayne Howard
Eugene
Beverly Ann
Barbara
James
Mary Evelyn
Robert
Andrew Sullivan
Time Now To Shout Faith at Rotary Luncheon
Rev Dr William Barnhart of Hood College urged Christians to counter fear and communism with Christian love at the Francis Key hotel luncheon. He said the age of despair demands unity, religious growth, and service to mankind, noting churches are stronger and more colleges align with religion. Rotarians, guests, and visiting officials attended the talk emphasizing two classes of men and the need to push humanity forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barnhart
Department of Religion and Philosophy
Hood College
Francis Key Hotel
Barnhart
Jesus Christ
Karl Marx
Asia
Paul W. McAuliffe
Charlies S. V. Sanner
C. Arthur Sabine
Daytona Beach
Fla
William Wilkens
Hammond
Ind
Graves Lewis
Goldsborough
N.C
Frederick Eddr
C. C. Mikes
Albert Altenbern
Robert Alttenbern
Charles W. Ross IV
Advises Against Purchase Of New Water Sterilizer
County health officer Dr Forbes Burgess warns residents not to buy the Sepco Ultra-Violet water sterilizer until its effectiveness is verified. The unit lacks health department approval, and Burgess will seek information from the state department. He urges caution and notes no agency has confirmed it can reliably sterilize home water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes HW Bursess
Burgess
Health Department
State Department
Stevenson Attacks Ike Policy In Georgia Speech
Former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, Democratic leader, condemns McCarthyism and the Republican program in a Georgia Legislature speech. He urges dignity and justice, calls for exposing past mistakes, and praises minority gains while warning of national damage from partisan clashes. He defends Truman and criticizes GOP leaders for mixed loyalties.
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Atlanta
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
McCarthy
Georgia
United States
Truman
South
North
Brooklyn Bridge
Republican Congress
Ike
Mrs Ellis Speaks on Thanksgiving to Zonta Club
The Zonta club at the Francis Scott Key Hotel heard Salvation Army guest speaker Mrs. Houston W. Ellis discuss gratitude for God forefathers and America. She urged counting blessings as Thanksgiving nears and noted charity plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zonta Club
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Mary Hodgson
Catherine Johnson
Houston W. Ellis
Salvation Army
Ellis
America
Zonta
Mayetta Hershberger
Samuel W. Barrick
Thanksgiving Treat For Over 100 Children By Local Legion
The Francis Scott Key Post American Legion plans a Thanksgiving program for more than 100 underprivileged children. Activities include rides on the 40 and 8 locomotive, a morning entertainment by the Grand and Glorious Minstrel troupe, a full turkey dinner, an afternoon at Tivoli Theater for a Western film, and candy treats. Local volunteers, including Joe Cook and Roy Clift, oversee arrangements with assistance from Mrs. C. Thomas Summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Legion
Suesis
Tivoli Theater
Louis Kusner
The
Thunder Over the Plains
Randolph Scott
Jack Lipps
Joe Cook
Potomac Edison seeks to end Frederick Thurmont trolley line
Potomac Edison Company asks the Maryland Public Service Commission to replace the Frederick Thurmont passenger trolley with modern buses while keeping freight rail service, arguing old cars bought before 1922 are hard to repair and provide less convenient service. If approved, buses would run Route 73 from Frederick to Lewistown and Route 15 to Thurmont, with stops along Yellow Springs Charlottesville Bethel Locust Grove Mountaindale Lewistown Catoctin Furnace and Thurmont, adding schedules and pickup points. The current trolleys run four daily round trips plus a Saturday extra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Potomac Edison Company
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Frederick‘Thurmont
Potomac Edison
Frederick-Thurmont
Frederick
Lewis-town
Lewistown
Frederick Thurmont
Yellow Springs
Charlesville
Bethel
Locust Grove
Mountaindale
Catoctin Furnace
Commission
Frederick- Thurmont
Queen Elizabeth II Begins World Tour On Six Month Journey
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh depart Buckingham Palace on a six month voyage to visit Australia New Zealand Ceylon and 10 British possessions. The Canopus plane heads via Newfoundland to Bermuda amid improving weather and a delay at takeoff. Churchill among leaders farewell as crowds cheer and the royal party departs with the Duke in training for possible co pilot duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Gander, Nild
Australia
New Zealand
Ceylon
Prince Charles
Anne
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Churchill
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Charity Fair December 5 At Saint Joseph College Emmitsburg
The Children of Mary of Saint Joseph College Emmitsburg sponsor their annual Charity Fair December 5 from 2 to 9 PM in the college gymnasium. Proceeds go to home and foreign missions. President Nancy Black chairs the event with the theme Your Wagon To A Star. Features include a Christmas gift booth doll booth cake sale and games with refreshments all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of Mary of Saint Joseph College
Emmitsburg
Children of Mary
Nancy ‘Black
B Average Pupil Honor Roll List at Frederick High School
Frederick High School announces honor roll recipients for the first term. The list names students achieving a B average or higher across grades 9 through 12, including numerous students from 12A through 12G and 9A through 9K, with multiple entries per class and several names per line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
Basil Day
Michael Orth
Lucille Barger
Barbara Bowlus
Margaret Crowthers
Ann Daugherty
Mary Frances Fuqua
Sharon Hooper
Jean Poole
Anne Ramsburg
Ann Runkles
Barbara Sibert
Suzanne Willis
Wayne Holter
Delores Ausher
Nadine Hubble
Alma Martz
Judy Ports
Janet Sharrow
Janet Day
Carolyn Dodson
Pat Hahn
Nancy Kline
Dianne Schaeffer
Nelda Shuff
Barbara Cline
Julia Harding
Paul Boone
Shirley Lawson
Charlotte Freese
Robert Groff
Frederick Burkier
Clifford
England
Charles Grabill
Paul ‘Summers
Doris Warrenfeltz
Elizabeth Kemp
Nancy VanFossen
Beverly Cramer
Barbara Day
Mary Ann Doody
Brenda Boyer
Maxine Sexton
Regina Carnes
Barbara Crampton
Shirley Creeger
Barbara Wirts
John Stup
Shirley Corun
Janette Wachter
Ann Duvall
Mary E. Grunnelis
Rosalie Horne
Robert Hammond
Robert Mullican
Charles Zehnder
Cindy Zufall
Thomas Littleton
Kenneth Ramsburg
Robert Ramsburg
Martha Stup
Norma Wright
Herbert Ramsburg
Elaine Bridges
Shirley Mills
Nancy Phelps
Dixie Smith
Beverly Snyder
Martha Stull
Ruth Boller
Suzanne Keefer
Carole Knowles
Doris Masser
Evelyn Zigler
Fay Grimes
Irene Hoffman
Joann Kerrigan
Albert Harding
Bernardi Riorehart
Loretta Cook
Mary Carter
Libby Elworthy
Shirley Martin
Elaine Rice
Mary Rice
Patricia Wachter
Joan Burdette
Livilla Cole
Virginia Dennis
Barbara Elkins
Emily Hewitt
Nancy Hicks
Nancy Miller
Gen Bullene to witness retirement parade today
Major General F. Bullene, chief chemical officer, will attend the retirement parade for Lt. Col. John W. Fitzpatrick today at 4 p m on the post parade grounds. Fitzpatrick retires Monday and will be reviewing officer with full military honors. Generals, Cols, and local dignitaries will be present, with the 327th Army band from Army Chemical Center led by CWO Alfred Dufresne, and Army and Navy units in the parade and color guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Bullene
John W. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Col. Fitzpatrick
Gen. Buliene
John 3. Hayes
Cecil D. Miller
327Th Army Iuind
Army Chemical Center
CWO
Alfred Dufresne
Thiere
Navy
Army
Air Force
Y M C A District Meeting Held in Baltimore Central
Dr Edwin H Sponseller and Alvin G Quinn of the Frederick Y M C A attended a world service district 1 and 2 session Thursday night at Baltimore Central Harold Horn secretary for India spoke to attendees Santa letters received by two Frederick youths were unsigned and lost to signing oversight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Sponseller
Alvin G. Quinn
Frederick VY. M.C. A
World Service
Central Atlantic
Baltimore Central
Harold Horn
India
Santa
Santa Claus
Eek
Frederick
Reds Claim New A Types
United Nations dispatch reports Andrei Vishinsky claiming the Soviet Union possesses atomic hydrogen and other weapons not held by the West. Western delegates dismissed the assertion as bluster after a shot at the peace package, while the committee defeated the Russian proposal to ban mass destruction weapons and urged broader disarmament talks including additional states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Vishinsky
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Soiet Union
Bermuda
China
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
West
South
Lodge
U. N
Moscow
Tractor accident injures Hagers Town man on Bryant Place
Ernest Dodd a 50 year old resident of Hagers Town formerly of Frederick was injured Thursday night when the tractor he drove ran over his left leg. He swerved to miss a parked car on the wrong side of the street and fell as one wheel rolled over him. The tractor toppled a sidewalk embankment knocked down a gate and pushed into a fence before coming to rest. Dodd was taken to Washington County Hospital for a severe left leg fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dodd
Hagerstown
Frederick
Bryant Place
Dodd
Washington County Hospital
Red China Dope Floods U S Says Anslinger
Senate hearing hears Harry Anslinger claim illicit heroin from Communist China floods the United States with Hong Kong as transit. He cites heavy taxes forcing Jehol farmers to grow opium and notes West Coast impact along with rising teen addiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry J. Anslinger
Federal Narcotics Bureau
China
United States
Anslinger
Senate
Japan
Hong Kong
Jehol
Capital Hill
Red i jChina
Los Angeles
San Diego
Chicago
New York
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Red
Elm Street School PTA to hear Dr Lerner on health film
Dr Joseph Lerner director of Riggs Cottage Sanitarium will speak at Elm Street School PTA on Monday at 7 30 p m He will be introduced by Dr Forbes Burgess City and County Health Officer He plans to show a film Emorial Health and discuss the topic Parents will meet teachers from 7 to 7 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerner
Joseph Lerner
Riggs Cottage Sanitarium
Liamsville
Elm Street
PTA
Forbes Burgess
Hockley Resigns to Join Mathieson Chem Co
Hockley R L of Davison Chemical Corp Baltimore resigns to become vice president at Mathieson Chemical Corp announced Wednesday Thomas S Nichols president of Mathieson notes Hockley will take executive responsibilities of major importances within the organization
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathieson
R. L. Hockley
Davison Chemical Corporation
Baltimors
Mathieson Chemil
Cal Corporation
Thomas S. Nichols
Hockley
Mad dog killer hunted in three states
Maryland Virginia and Delaware police continued the hunt for Harvey Lee Northrup a 26 year old ex convict wanted on a warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder Northrup linked to the shooting death of Howard Lee Coleman Jr a 30 year old Cambridge truck driver Coleman reportedly told officers Northrup fired the fatal shots before dying Northrup is described as extremely dangerous and armed with a .38 pistol FBI agents joined the manhunt as a nationwide teletype alert circulated across 14 states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuller
Easton
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Cambridge
Accomac
Harvey Lee Northrup
Federalsturg
Howard Lee Coleman, Jr
Northrup
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Northrop
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County C. E
Detroit
Hosie Tillman
E. Co
Queen
Bullene
Herbert Stiner
State Department of Education
Frederick County School Health Council
Winchester Hall
Pta‘s
Health Department and
Medical Society
Warren Evans
Seesiva
Rosenberg
Tractor
Stem
David Green Glass
Julius Rosenberg
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Greenglass
Atom
Army Signal Corps
Russia
Lewisburg
Ting
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Signal Corps
Grenglass
Subcommittee
Harry Gold
Gold
U.S
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