Town To Fence In Dump In Burkittsville Raritan Club Plans Year
Burkittsville Raritan Club will fence in the town dump and host numerous events this year including two butcherings, a fish supper, a Sunday picnic, a card party and a field of corn. New officers James Pasike Jr as president and Richard Zimmerman as vice president were installed at the annual banquet. The club also plans a Ladies Auxiliary, a Miss Burkittsville contest, trips to a ball game and horse race, a dinner dance, skating party and charity drives. The club will operate the Town Fair and a booth at the Great Frederick Fair and sponsor Farm City Week activities. In Kansas City Harold Fennema received a Christmas gift of hickory logs carved with his initials H F by friend Leon Lallier.
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Burkittsville
Raritan Club
James Pasike Jr
Charles Brandenburg
Walter Stone
Richard Geisler
Early steam locomotives and early U S railroading milestones
In 1812 John Blenkinsop supervised construction of the first practical steam locomotive in England. John Stevens built the first U S rail locomotive in 1825 for a half mile track near Hoboken New Jersey. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad became the first chartered railroad two years later.
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John Blenkinsop
England
United States
John Stevens
Hoboken
New Jersey
Police Sergeant Shot While Investigating Liquor Store Holdup
Baltimore police say Sergeant Jack Cooper, 43, 17 years on the force, was shot in the back and died while investigating a liquor store holdup in which Lieutenant Joseph Maskell, 40, was wounded. Maskell remained in critical condition after surgery. A suspect was being questioned and cards matching one gunman were found in Cooper's car.
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Baltimore
Jack L. Cooper
Joseph T. Maskell
Maskell
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Cooper
Union Memorial Hospital
Knife Wielding Bandit Shot in Md. Camera Store Robbery
A knife wielding gunman was shot by the Marlow Camera Center manager during an attempted holdup on Christmas Eve in Marlow Heights Maryland. The intruder William W Patchin 31 of North Beach was wounded in the chest and hospitalized in fair condition. The manager Benjamin L Hanna 23 received minor cuts during the struggle. This marked the third shooting at area stores in four nights amid similar holdup attempts.
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Washington (Ap
Marlow Heights
Marlow Camera Center
Benjamin L. Hanna
William W Patchin
North Beach
Patchin
Prince Georges General Hospital
Washington Area
Shotgun Death In Cambridge Christmas Day
A 14 year-old Cambridge boy, John Gambriel, was killed by a shotgun blast at a friend's home on Christmas Day. Police questioned a 13-year-old boy as the investigation continued.
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Cambridge
John Gambriel
Handicapped American of the Year Roger Irving
St Petersburg AP report profiles Roger W. Irving named Handicapped American of the Year by the Presidents Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. He overcome the loss of his right arm at 17 and later vocal cord cancer to teach others to speak using an artificial voice box after vocal cord removal.
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ST. Petersburg
Hie
Roger W. Irving
Irving
President's Committee On Employment of the Handicapped
US Veterans Administration Center
University of Miami Medical School
Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Southern College
Fire Kills Children in East Northport
AP reports a tragedy in East Northport New York where two children, while their parents slept, died in a fire that swept through their home. Investigators work to determine a cause and assess safety failures as neighbors mourn the loss.
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Northport
N.Y
Father Gives A Snake For Present In Salisbury
SALISBURY AP William Fritz Jr. aged 12 awoke to find his father had given him a living snake as a gift yesterday morning. The unusual present surprised the boy and drew local attention.
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Fritz
Wicomico County
Milford
Del
Fire kills 4 year old in Christmas morning blaze
Police report a Christmas morning fire started when John Davies Jr. stacked wrapping paper on a gas stove and lit it. The flames spread through the hallway, but rescue efforts prevented more casualties.
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John Davies Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frederick’s
Alton J. Lipps
Frank J. Keefer
James A. Grove
Frederick
Kansas City, Kan
Leon Lallier
Harold Fennema
H.F
Lallier
Irvin
Christos
HaaRos
F.8. K. Hotel Bldg
Cruise Headquarters
Boyer Travel Agency
S. Market Street
Bennett
Bennett’s
Fort Ritchie
Cascade-Highfield Branch
Thurmont Bank
Roger and
Military Roads
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
West Main Street
Thurmont
Maryland
Highfield Branch
New York
North Market Street
Elizabeth C. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Ralph M. Ingersoll
Madeline Brennan
Dallas
Tex
THE
Frederic
Maryland Und PR
Hillside Coal & Oil Co
Melvin M. Engle
N. Carroll St
RCA Victor
Storm & Shipley
West Second Street
Frederick, MD
Insley’s Shoes
Patrick Street
Roblee
Pedwin Jrs
Buster Brown
Pha
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