Christmas Benevolence Across America 1985 Hearts Opened Wide
Americans nationwide extend holiday aid before Christmas 1985 through toys trees meals and cash. Former Kissimmee driver Buster Lesesne says he coordinates 25 to 30 food boxes with milk bread eggs turkey via the American Legion Post. He notes neighbors’ generosity after his family losses and recalls Rowlesburg floods last month as he plans deliveries.
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Buster
Lesesne
Kissimmee
Flo
American Legion Post
Santa Claus
Sarah Riggs
San Diego
San Diego Police Officers Association
Funeral notices span several Maryland area deaths
Funeral services were held for Ronald Eugene Smith of Libertytown formerly Gaithersburg died Dec 18 at 1:30 pm at Francis H Barber Laytonsville with burial in Rockville. Other notices include Allen Douglas Frye of Columbia, Alice Virginia Chick of Frederick and Albert Waldon Bowens of Walkersville.
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Ronald Eugene Smith
Libertytown
Gaithersburg
Francis H. Barber
Laytonsville
Milton Benny
Parklawn Cemetery
Rockville
Allen Douglas Frye
Columbia
Olney
St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church
Claude Bonbrest
Bill Mundie
James Mehall
Pete Harold
Eric Crouchly
Marty Malarkey
Frank Blum
Roland Colmus
Francis Hena Stes Barber
Albert Waldon Bowens
Water Street Road
Walkersville
Stauffer
Opossumtown
Frederick
Deborah L. Scott
Alphonso A. Thompson
Luther C. Brown
Joseph Ogle
Killer spared death penalty in Maryland slaying case
The jury sentenced Jackson to death for first degree murder after a six hour deliberation over the Labor Day 1984 killing of Miss Grossnickle, who disappeared from her parents and was later found murdered in Prince George's County. Prosecutors may retry him on remaining robbery charges to add prison time.
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Jackson
Miss Grossnickle
Frederick County
Silver Spring
Church of the Brethren
District of Columbia
Prince George’s County
Montgomery County
Fatal crash and mall fire leave three dead near Concord
At a suburban San Francisco Bay Area mall a plane crash sparked a massive fire as smoke and power outages spread through the complex. Eyewitnesses described flames, collapsing roof sections, and bystanders rescuing others while FAA investigators arrived to examine the scene near Buchanan Field.
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Dave Belli
Contra Costa Times
San Francisco
Harry Sundstrom
Concord
Bret Jacobus
Wight
Federal Aviation Administration
Suly
Ded
Cape Coy
Boprop
Buchanan Field
Fire damages Shalimar Indian Restaurant building
Paul Pennington family left homeless by the blaze tied to a special oven. six restaurant workers who lived in the burned building are staying with the Chakolas in Middletown while Pennington family stays with relatives in Frederick. Donations to Shalimar Indian Restaurant Relief Fund accepted at John Henson Savings & Loan in Frederick.
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Paul Pennington
Shalimar Indian Restaurant Relief Fund
John Henson Savings & Loan
N. Market St
Frederick
Pennington
Middletown
Mathew
Sally Chakola
Ms. Chakola
Chakolas
Porter’s Grill
Obituary for Helen C. Statler of Greencastle Pennsylvania
Helen C. Statler 79 a former Greencastle resident died Monday December 23 at Waynesboro hospital. She outlived two husbands Daniel Hager 1944 and Percy Statler 1978 and was born in Franklin County daughter of Norman and Flora Higgins. Survived by four daughters, six sons, many relatives. church member at St Luke's Lutheran. Visitation Friday evening at Harald M Zimmerman Funeral Home Greencastle and at the church Saturday prior to 2 pm service at St Luke's Williamson. Burial in Spring Grove Cemetery Lemasters.
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Alice Y. Chick
Alice Virginia Chick
William A. Kennedy
Logan St
Etchison Memorial Chapel
Smith, Keeney & Basford Funeral Home
E. Church St
Frederick
Larry Eby
Forest Grove United
Helen C. Statler
Greencastle
Waynesboro
Daniel Hager
Percy Statler
Franklin County
Statler
Norman
Flora Bell Hoover Higgins
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Viola Carr
Marion, Pa
Iva Black
Jean McLaughlin
Judy Williams
Harald M. Zimmerman
Gaithersburg Woman Killed in Md 124 Crash
A 28 year old Gaithersburg woman Evelyn Hargis of Dunnavant Drive died when her 1976 Chevrolet was struck by a Toyota truck driven by Charles Edward Wilks Jr. on Md 124 near Glendalough Road Laytonsville Monday after 5 p.m. Wilks, from Damascus, was in satisfactory condition at Montgomery County General Hospital Tuesday morning.
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Rockville
Gaithersburg
Glendalough Road
Laytonsville
Montgomery County
Evelyn Hargis
Dunnavant Drive
Charles Edward Wilks Jr
Bushill Drive
Damascus
Ms. Hargisweet
de Bae Aed
Wilks
Montgomery County General Hospital
Otto Demus wins 1985 Mitchell Prize in Art History
Otto Demus wins the 1985 Mitchell Prize for the History of Art for his four volume study The Mosaics of San Marco in Venice. The University of Chicago Press published the work for Dumbarton Oaks. The prize, established in 1977, carries a $10,000 award.
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Chicago
Otto Demus
Mitchell Prize
San Marco
Venice
University of Chicago Press
Dumbarton Oaks
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Associated Press
Rowlesburg
W.va
Cheat River
Chantelle Townsend
Arianne Edwards
Lyn Townsend
John M. Bowens
Eugene R. Bowens
Paul D. Bowens Sr
Marshall Hackey Jr
Barry B. Emmons
Willie J. Mitchell
John H. Smith TI
Thomas Smith
Robert Smith
David Tyrone Bowens
Donald R. Bowens
Russell Snowden
Silver Hill United Methodist Church
Mount Pleasant
Mr. Bowens
Annabelle J. Smith Bowens
Ty Reid
St. Louis
Eileen Immken
Kingdom House
U.S
Benjamin Cheang
Happy China
Commerce City
Colo
Hong Kong
Prince George's County
Rhue
State Penitentiary
Kim Acosta
Christian Light
Shalimar
Cecil
Francis Scott Key Mall
Kodak
Pape
Les
Montgomery County Bureau
Patrick St
College Estates
Prederice
Maryland
Merry Christmas
Hanna
Y. m Ames
Thurmont Cooperative Inc
Ralston Purina
Thurmont
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