Ex Game Warden Benjamin Phebus Sr Dies at 78
Benjamin F. Phebus Sr. longtime Maryland game warden and regional chief for Region I died at Frederick Memorial Hospital at 9 10 am. He served nearly 26 years with the commission and retired in 1955 living at 25 West Fifth Street. He left a wife Daisy Young Phebus and two children Benjamin Jr. and Helen Grove. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. funeral at 2 pm Monday.
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Benjamin F. Phebus Sr
West Fifth Street
Maryland Game Wardens
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ben
Phobus
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
Game Department
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Thurmont
Potomac River
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Bailtimore and Ohio Railroad
J. Paul Delpher
Delphey’s
Harvey- Davidson Motorcycle Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Frederick County
Daisy Young Phebus
Benjamin F. Phebus Jr
Helen M. Grove
Washington
Mehri
Peter Phebus
Baltimore
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Tydings Named U. S. Attorney for Maryland
Reports circulated that President Kennedy appointed Del. Jose L. D. Tydings to be U.S. attorney for Maryland. The Morning Sun confirmed the rumor as of Wednesday night.
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Baltimore
Washington
Kennedy
del. Jose DD Tydings
D-Harford
U.S
Maryland
Toe Morning Sun
Dazzy Vance Dies at 69 Hall of Fame Pitcher Passes Away
Clarence Arthur Dazzy Vance, 69, the Hall of Fame right hander, died today in Homosassa Springs Florida. The 18 year major league veteran played mainly for the Brooklyn Dodgers with stints for the Pirates Yankees Cardinals and Redlegs. He compiled 197 wins and 140 losses. His standout season came in 1923 when he went 2 6 for Brooklyn.
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Homosassa Springs
Fla
Clarence Arthur
Dazzy) Vance
Baseball
Hall of Fame
Tampa
Vance
Brooklyn Dodger
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Redlegs
Brooklyn
Deposits Rise Across City County Banks By Seven Million
A two year study of local bank statements shows total deposits in city and county banks rising by over seven million dollars while savings deposits lead growth with more than five million. Individual banks including Walkersville, Woodsboro, Brunswick, Middletown, Myersville, Thurmont and Emmitsburg report deposits, assets, loans and profits with notable shifts due to consolidation and county-wide totals.
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First National Bank of Mi. Auy
Farmers and Mechanics-Citizens National Bank
Walkersville Bank
Woodsboro Savings Bank
Bank of Brunswick
Peoples National Bank of Brunswick
Middletown Savings Bank
Myersville Savings Bank
Thurmont Bank
Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg
Pepples National Bank of Brunswick
Farmers State Bank At
Emmitsburg
Two House Fires In County Cause Major Damages
Two fires occurred within hours in the county, damaging about 15000 dollars and leaving occupants temporarily homeless. The worst blaze at Harry Boyd’s Reels Mill road home gutted most of the new house while Snowdon’s Mt Carmel area residence suffered about 3000 dollars in damage.
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Harry Boyd
Reels Mill Road
Independent Hose Company
Edgar L. Snowden
Mt Carmel
New Market Fire Company
Boyds
Independents
Boyd
New Market Company
Second County
Snowden
Plon
U. S. 40 East
Two Cases Heard By Magistrate
An unemployed resident of South Market Street was found guilty of being intoxicated in Magistrate's Court. George Quincy Lowery pleaded guilty after police arrested him for chasing his wife with a knife and received a 30 day suspended sentence. A Thurmont butcher, James R Shuif, faced assault charges but the magistrate suspended any conviction due to their long marriage difficulties.
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South Market Street
George Quincy Lowery
Ellis G. Carty
Norman Dietz
Lowery
Point of Rocks
Byron Thompson
Thurmont
James R. Shuif
Man Admits Strangling Woman in FinEsburg Case
State Police questioned 58 year old Richard Charles Mc Laughlin in the death of Marjorie Steeran about 60 of Finksburg. He turned himself in and admitted strangling her after a quarrel. Authorities found the body in his living room.
Arthur Potts Named to Maryland School for the Deaf Board of Visitors
Governor Tawes appoints Arthur Potts to the Maryland School for the Deaf Board of Visitors, replacing the late William Storm. Potts, a Braddock Heights resident and State Roads Commission senior right of way agent, was sworn in at the Court House. His father Richard Potts previously served on the board and as secretary, and the Potts family has long been involved in state school affairs.
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Arthur Potts
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland School For the Deaf
William M. Storm
Potts
Richard Potts
Court House
Robert Edwards
Right of Ways
State Roads Commission
Braddock Heights
Audrey Clair
All Saints, Episcopal Church
Europeans Seized and Beaten in Congo Turmoil
In Kivu Province a group of twelve Europeans including a woman and a child were seized and beaten by Lumumba loyalists. One man suffered a broken arm after release. The UN relayed the incident amid Congo violence following Patrice Lumumba's death.
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Kivu
Leopoldville
The
Congo
API
Lumumba
United Nations
U.N
Patrice Lumumba
Stanteyville
Joseph Stulens
Speed Trap Warning Flashes Flawed Sign in Detroit
Ronald Cadotta, 25, showed a cardboard sign reading speed trap near a police speedwatch in Detroit. He strode from his car to flash the warning as motorists approached, was charged with displaying advertising devices to impede traffic, and received a suspended sentence.
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Detroit
Ronald Cadotta
Cadotta
Two County Residents Named Outstanding Rural Citizens
Two Maryland county residents James O. Montgomery near Urbana and Mrs John Garst near Walkersville are named outstanding rural citizens in the Maryland 4 H Alumni recognition program. Other honorees include Walter R Mason of Nottingham Pa and Mrs Curtis Devilbiss of Westernport.
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Maryland
James O. Montgomery
Urbana
John Garst
Walbersville
Big Centennial Event Ends In Frederick Civil War Commemoration
Legislators and wives left the Francis Scott Key Hotel after a peaceful breakfast ending day one of the major Civil War Centennial events. The session approved 2500 for Civil War Centennial expenses and set a February 15 meeting, while Governor Tawes arrived after a flat tire. The event drew 700 attendees, with catering by Francis Scott Key Hotel and Berger's Book Mart selling a special issue.
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Francis Levit Key
Armory
House
Senate
Frederick
Annapolis
J. Millard Tawes
Ridgeville
Francis Scott Key Hotel
C. Lease Bussard
Frederick County Civil War Committee
Sigamic
Berger's Book Mart
Chamber of Commerce
News-Post
Baby Flung From Auto To Moving Train in Decatur
An infant girl named Terry Lynn Wood eight months old was found alive but uninjured after being catapulted from a car onto the engine of a freight train that collided with the vehicle. The mother, 35-year-old Mrs Charles Moody, driving the auto, was injured and in fair condition at a Decatur hospital. Police say the train was traveling about 50 mph when it struck the car. In Gettysburg Galen Pryor two was treated for burns after falling into a bucket of hot wax.
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Decatur. i
Fap
Terry Lynn Wood
Tenner
Charles Moody
Decatur
Gettysburg
Galen Pryor
Kenneth Pryor
Thurmont
Rt. 1
Warner Hospital
Elect Young To Board Of Directors At Fredericktown Savings
W Meredith S Young elected to Fredericktown Savings Institution board to fill the vacancy created by the death of Alfred G Zimmerman. Young, youngest bank president in the city, has served the bank since 1930 except for wartime service as a Master Sergeant in the Army. Born May 16 1913 he is married to Helen S Brown and resides at 609 Schley avenue. He leads the West Frederick Branch expansion and remains active in church and Masonic circles.
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Fredericktown Savings Institution
W. Meredith S. Young
Young
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Mr. Young
Frederick High School
Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Frederick
Jessie Elizabeth Bell Young
John H. Young
Helen S. Brown
Schley Avenue
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bank
The
Savings Institution
West Frederick
Accident Toll In U S Is Staggering
National Safety Council reports 93000 US deaths from accidents in 1960, with two thirds in traffic and home incidents. Economic loss estimated at 13.4 billion. over 9 million injured. Motor vehicle deaths top 38200. home and public accidents follow. Work mishaps total 13800 with 280 million lost man days. A separate note: New York stocks rally into third straight session after noon.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Compar
Scout rocket mission aims for orbit from Wallops Island
The United States launched a 72 foot four stage Scout rocket carrying a 12 foot inflatable balloon from Wallops Island Virginia with NASA reporting the booster looked good. Officials said orbit confirmation might take longer as tracking confirmed from a Johannesburg station. The test sought two firsts: orbit with solid propellant rocket and satellite deployment from a non Cape Canaveral site.
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Washington
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Island
NASA
Russia
Cave Canaveral
Fia
Pacific Missile Range
California
Johannesburg
South Africa
Seventh Day Adventist Ministry Change in Frederick
Rev. Tor Dahlberg named new minister for the Frederick Seventh Day Church replacing Rev. H J Harris who moves to Syracuse New York as conference representative. Dahlberg arrives from Baltimore Brooklyn and will preach his first sermon this Saturday on North Market Street. Harris and his wife leave Frederick after two years of service following prior mission work in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
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Tor Dahlberg
Seventh Day Church
H J. Harris
New York State
Fla
Harris
Frederick
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
PTA Meeting Postponed at Frederick High School
The Frederick High School Parent-Teacher Association meeting scheduled for tonight will not be held. The notice states the meeting has been postponed until February 57, awaiting further details.
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PTA
Frederick High School Parent-Teacher Association
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Ben Phebus
U. S
Dazzy Vance
School Board of Visitors
Walter R. Mason
Nottingham
Cowentown
Curtis Devilbiss
Westernport
Frederick County Farm Bureau
University of Maryland
Associated Women of the Farm Bureau
New Urbana
National Young People’s Committee
Farm Bureau
Fredery
Gorsi
Margaret Himes
Walkersville
Garst
4-H
Cooperative Extension Service
John Warsi
James C. Montgomery
Ist
Board of
W. Meredith
New York
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