Robbery at May's hardware store nets guns and cash
Police report a break in at May's Hardware Store in the Shopping Center. Thieves took multiple Smith and Wesson revolvers a ten foot leather bull whip and about $500 in goods and cash from a front office safe after a loud break in and ransacking. Detectives led by Sgt Ellis G. Carty pursue leads. A separate overnight theft at a nearby laundromat netted about $150 from a coin box before 3 a.m. investigations continue into additional incidents and youths held in county cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Smith and Wesson
Busine
H and Wesson
One and Wesson
Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
Ellis G. Carty
South Market Street
Inc
Null
Toda
Sficer Charles KK. Cashour
Cashour
N Eck
Hwars
Soesae
Inci
Little Fever, Please: One To Keep Mower Waiting
Fragmentary line shows a terse note about delaying a mower for a brief time. No clear person, place, or organization readable. The cry hints at impatience or instruction, but the context remains unreadable.
Resthaven Memorial Gardens Planned for Frederick Area
A new modern garden type cemetery is being developed for the Frederick area. Over 50 acres were purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Ellis O Ramsburg by Fisher and Fisher real estate agents. The cemetery will be known as Resthaven Memorial Gardens Incorporated and managed by Robert W Thompson with offices at 3 North Court Street Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Fisher and Fisher Real Estate
Ellis O. Ramsburg
North Court Street
Resthaven Memorial Gardens Incorporated
Robert W. Thompson
Charles MccC_ Mathias Jr
Memorial Gardens
D. K. Sutcliffe
Martin F. Sweeney
Keyser
W. Va
West Virginia
James K. Sweeney
Potomac Valley Memorial Garden Incorporated
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Damage Suit Dismissal Appealed in Circuit Court
Counsel for Mrs. Gloria Sirk Williams appeals a decision by Chief Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer dismissing her damage suit for 835,000 after a November 16 1957 auto crash near Woodsboro. Williams alleged permanent injuries from negligence in a chain reaction involving Larry Johnson Thomas Peddicord and Beverly Bussard. The appeal argues evidence was sufficient to go to a jury and cites objections to questions about Johnsons. Johnson and Peddicord faces traffic violations and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M. Sehnauffer
Donald Dalton
Chevy Chase
Gloria Sirk Williams
Gaithersburg
Dalton
Schnauffer
James McSherry
McSherry
Larry Johnson
Johnson
Beverly Bussard
Williams
Jewish Delegates At Aging Meet
Frescial delegates will represent the National Council of Jewish Women at the first White House Conference on Aging in Washington. Mrs. Hymes of Minneapolis chairs the conference committee. The focal Council pilots a seven age club here and National Council sponsors 900 community services including 26 for older adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hymes
Minneapois
Jack Weissman
White House
Focal Council
Weissman
Five Day Forecast From Associated Press
Temperature will average 3 to 8 degrees above normal as mild weather gives way to colder by Sunday. Rain around Saturday or Sunday totals about one half inch. Normal highs in mid January range in the upper 30s to lower 40s with lows from the mid 20s to near 30, higher in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rezone Land For Quarry Operation In South County
County Commissioners approve rezoning of about 30 acres from agricultural to M-2 industrial for a slate quarry on Slate Quarry road near Thurston. Hearing featured Caryle M. Soule questioning blasting. Maryland Quarries Corp emphasizes digging methods, water supply, and minimal noise with natural screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thurston
Caryle M. Soule
Urbana
Henry T
Maryland Quarriers Corporation
J. Alfred Catsail
Jong Kei
Wilson Sayi
Benne
Wilson
Charles A. Carlton
Sweden to Build Submarines and Missiles in 1961 62 Budget
Sweden will build six new long range submarines and spend 10.4 million dollars on guided missiles in 1961 to 62 as part of a 3.3 billion dollar budget tabled in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
$15,000 Gift Funds Renovation at Frederick Memorial Hospital
A Baltimore couple and Frederick residents donate about 15000 dollars to remodel five rooms on the second floor Baker Wing of Frederick Memorial Hospital. Work includes new tile, ceiling, lighting, lockers, and fireproof draperies. project separate from the new wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Williams
Baltimore
Joseph D. Baker
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Baker Wing
Baker
Virginia Markell Baker
Williams
Holmes D. Baker
Hammond Ciary
Nursing Council
School of Nursing
Clary
A. Austin Pearre
Pearre
Richard Reynolds
Pear
Man Held On Arson Charge In New Market Case
Leonard Graham, 33, was ordered held on a 35,000 bond after a preliminary hearing in Magistrate's Court on an arson charge for allegedly setting fire to Benjamin Thomas's tarpaper house in New Market. State's evidence was presented by William Wenner with Henry I. Stafford noting fire damage and burned tarpaper and logs. Thomas testified Graham had previously lived there and was ordered to stay away. Witnesses described the fire and Graham's alleged actions, while Graham asked to have witnesses present. A separate disorderly conduct case against Saint Wile Foreman was continued. Trading activity noted in New York markets followed.
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New Market
Edward D. Storm l
Leonard Graham
Graham
Benjamin Thomas
William Wenner
Henry I. Stafford
Thomas
Margaret Bell
Thomas Home
Lincoln ‘Apartments
State Dept High Command Completed With Ball Appointment
President-elect Kennedy filled the State Department top ranks naming George W. Ball as undersecretary for economic affairs and Adlai Stevenson associate Abair Stevenson as undersecretary for economic affairs. Ball, 31, is a Washington attorney and longtime adviser to Stevenson. Ball will be the third ranking official in the State Department and will earn about twenty thousand dollars a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Kennedy
United Nations
Ball
Bali
State Department
County Heads Set For Meet In Annapolis
County commissioners travel to the state capital for their annual meeting during the legislative session. Delbert S. Nuil announces the event with Gov. Tawes and Comptroller Goldstein slated to speak at lunch and Delegate Blair Lea to discuss Counties and the James Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Capitol
State Association of County Commissioners
Delbert S. Nuil
J. Millard Tawes
Louis L. Goldstein
Blair Lea
Montgomery
James Committee
James
Jank W. Wilde
Arundel County
A. Irvin Renn
Mehri H. Ramsburg
C. Burton Cannon
Goodloe E. Byron
Court Term Changes Announced By Chief Judge Schnaufer
The Sixth Circuit Court moves up the February term from the third Monday to the first Monday to ease jury duty for farmers. May term shifts to early May while September begins on the second Monday due to Labor Day. Jury drawn for February term opens February 6 with Grand Jury selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Sixth Circuit
Bar
Circuit Court
Schnauffer
Daniel H. Williams
Buckeystown
James E. Houff
Verner A. Redmond
Micdietown
Harold_ Fink
Francis H. Darner
Creagerstown
Leslie W. Fox
Clarence E. Long
Emmitsburg
Anna B. Stoner
Bianche
Dorsey Lawson
Liberty
Charles L. Angles- Bee
Theodore R. Marshall
New Market
Jack F. McGolerick
Jeannette L. Goetze
Hauvers
Grace Ripe
Woodsboro
Theodore R. Long
C. Carroll Wickless
Petersville
Ruth E. Ferrell
Pleasant
Lawrence A. Swann
Carl F. Thompson
Jefferson i
Gulielma B. Keiler
Jacqueline Baker
Thurmont
Rachel I. Zeniz
Wilbur R. Freeze
Jackson
Walter R. Falkenstein
Oscar L. Myers
Johnsville
Marie E. Albaugh
Woodside
Eugenia W. Culwell
Singapore
Daniel R. Grossnickie
Lewistown
Myrtle M. Bell
Tuscarora
John C. Twenty Jr
Guard at Navy building shoots four, then dies
Washington AP report: a government building guard, John Pledger, 46, kills his estranged wife Zelma 32 and two colleagues, then fatally shoots himself after an attack at the main Navy building. Victims include Dr. Monroe G. Gregory, 34. Two other coworkers wounded. police investigate motive and sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Pledger
Navy Building
Constitution Ave
18Th &J
Pledger
General Services Administration
Zelma
Monroe G. Gregory
Annapolis
Augustus’ Valentine
Navy Bureau of Ships
George Washington University Hospital
Theodore Wells
Navy
Blue Guard
Dr. Gregory
Four State Farmers Meet Date Is Set
The January 20, 1961 Four State Farmers meeting will be at Franklin Court Auditorium Hagerstown with no admission. County Agent Henry Shoemaker announced leading county agents University specialists Farm Bureau Federation and chemical company reps will attend. The program includes Grain vs Roush Dairy Feeding, Labor Unions in Agriculture, and Hay Drying with Artificial Heat. Herman Stockslager will preside. Four State Committee members from this area are Paul Cobleniz Middletown and Grayson Bowers Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shoemaker
Hagerstown
Franklin Court
Farm Bureau Federation
Chemical Companies
Herman Stockslager
Paul Cobleniz
Middletown
Grayson Bowers
Frederick
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T. Ede Russell General Contractor Inc
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School Lane
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Frederick Memorial
Walkersville Bank
Aing
Foloumg
Rent C. Nicodemus
Clayporne
Mo Zimmerman
William D. Powell
Micherd M. Rice
Freda G. Rantz
Li EL Zimmerman
Giora M Werking
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Glen Burnie
Africa
Baluba
Bakwanga
Congo
Kasai Province
Pearance
New York
State Dept. High Command
Tawes
Montevideo
Uruguay
Communist Party Today
Cuba
Burkittsville
G. Donald Shafer
Ballenger
Sarah Jane Biser
Braddock
William A. Alban
Brunswick
Grace M. Caffman
Ellen S. Litten
Walkersville
Frank R. Oram
D. C
Fedestrian
Waldorf
Here
Benjamin Carlton Pickeral
Physicians Memorial Hospital
la Plata
Pickeral
Samuel Edward Lanham
White Inn
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