Damascus carnival closes with prizes totaling large sum
The 16th annual Damascus Volunteer Fire Department carnival ended July 4 raising about 19000. Top prize Chevrolet Biscayne went to Mrs. Virginia Dietz of Damascus. Other winners included a chaise lounge, a gokart to James Davis, a patio swing to Les Barber, a stereo to Mrs NX Erwin, a transistor radio to F Coppola, and a $25 savings bond to Gary Snapp. Numerous local residents earned cash and merchandise prizes, with 37 contestants in the bicycle derby and many community notices following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burke
Damascus
Virginia Dietz
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Ladies Auxiliary
Mosley
Mt. Airy
Helene
Curtis
Ethel Mullinix
Bank of Damascus
Gary’ Snapp
Gladhill
Jerry Cook
Bellison’s
Edith Woodfield
Woodfield
Boyer and Cramer
Linda Sell
Gue’ Road
Jeffrey Burdette
Bruce Gladhil
David Earl Walter
Carolyn Lonas
Gilein Meadors
Barry Gladhil
Robert Smith
Nora Braxton
Raymond B. Moriarty
St. Paul's Catholic Church
St. Ignatius
Oxen Hill
Joseph Gedra
St. Mary’s
Laurel
St. Pauls
Albert Senseney
Clarence Lindsey
Ray Purdum
James Stephens
Montgomery County
Deemocratic Women’s Club
E. Brooke Lee
Los Angeles
Army revolt ends in Leopoldville Congo clash
Mutinous soldiers ended a two day revolt in Leopoldville as charges arose of white women being raped by disciplined Congolese troops. Women were moved on a special train from Kisamu between the capital and Taysville after reports of assaults on civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Congo
Ced
Kisamu
Taysville
Two Servicemen Seriously Injured In Maryland Crash
Two military men hospitalized after a 1958 Oldsmobile convertible driven by Captain Otis Junior Martin veered off U.S. Route 40 near Ellicott City and struck a traffic light, overturning and burning. Martin and Ivan E. Taylor, both with serious internal injuries, were moved to St. Agnes Hospital and then a military hospital. Authorities cited excessive speed. charges pending.
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Maryland
Ellicott City
Randallstown
Otis Junior Martin
Fort Myer
Ivan E. Tayior
Fort Dix
X.3
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
Elliott City
A. Hart
Martin
U.S
Maryland 29
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Africa
Mildred Otenasek
Damascus Methodist Church
Wesleyan Service Guild
Herbert S. Hyatt
Edwina Mullinix
John Kelly
Janice Grime
Chester Pearce
Mr Alto Hospital
William Nehouse
Suburban Hospital
Ernest Lipford
Virgil Johnson
Hampton, Va
Woodfield Road
Klaus Schwarz
Harvard University
Klaus
British Columbia
Philip Staton
Bobby Lou
Larry Tuckman
Jack Saylor
Hughes Methodist Church
Silver Spring
Washington
Philment
Cimarron
New Mexico
Columbus
Ohio
Scat Air Force Base
Murray Zimmerman
Nelson Feaga
Mass
Betty Feaga
Clark Phebus
Edward McCann
Edward Burke
Carson Ryman
J. Arthur Throne
Carl Darner
Charles Rumpf
Thomas Parry
Ly Ob Kuck
Robert Carpenter
William Soper
Sandra Zimmerman
Mary Alice Markey
Donald Davis
John Droneburg
J Smith
Wiliam Brown
John Crampton
Mirs Willam Wachter
Sharon Spring
Gloria We
Darrene Kreitz
Charles Main
Soe
Colorado
Fort Riley
Kansas
Roland Green
Scott Air Force Base
Colum
Paul Weber
Bus
Charles Parrish
James Me
Union Bridge
Kenzie
Tion
New Jersey
New
Wilfred Koontz
Elwood Mullimix
Ted Celvin
David Duvall
Norma Lou
Simon Oland
Ethel Duvall
Herman Mullinix
William Moore
Mamie Watkins
Ed Watkins
Elva
Marian Watkins
Beverly Beach
Robert Mullinix
Mary Lou
Charles Senseney
Greg
Bob
Lenny
Martin Darby
Barbara
Nancy
Miel Linthicum
Earl Haines
Joseph Warfield
Jo Ann
Terry
Margaret Burdette
Leonard Ki Michael Burdette
Leonard Ki Michael Burdette and Mrr
Lindsey McKelfresh
Spt
Robert i Snapp
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Claude Burdette
Raymond Snapp
Snapp Home
Jack Poole
Cheryh
Leroy Watcher
Elmer Hines
Earl Johnson
Carl Smith
Airs
George Pope and Jr
Harry Bohrer
Sidney Gustavson
Linda
Vendla
Mr. Gustavson
Long Island
Thomas McCarvill
James McCanill
Minnesota
Vincent Day
Robert E. Lloyd
Steven Bennett Stuart
Fred E. Stuart
Canada
Belle Baker
David Baker
Carol
Bobby
Billy
College Park
Haney Newcomb
Cambridge
Robert Gladhill
Everett Jones
Ray Wachter
Franklin Waters
Ralph Stine
Charles Pritche
Thomas Mohler
Ernest Taverner
H. Karl Harper
Senor High Department
Bernard Zimmerman
Richard Oland
Blanche Wachter
Senin
Carrol Sater
Gechard Wehmeier
Wesley Tommy
Ir. Jon Clark
Patty
Adelphia
Earl King
Cathy
Clarksburg
James Boyette
Terri
Pensacola
Florida
Dorothy King
Henry King
Opal
James King
Gene Brown
Rich Square
Donald Hunter
San Angelo
Texas
Boyettes
Kings
Alex Osbourne
Robert Poole
Cathy Musser
Virginia
Conference School of Missions
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Wesley Groe
Braddock Heights
VFW
Andrew Segal
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Segal
France
Elizabeth
National Cemetery
Mercer's
Rexall Drug Store
Exause
Erostiine
Histall
Porwet
G. & R. Merchandise Mart, Inc
Home of Home Improvements
Frederick
Ap. P
ESSO
Monocacy Oil Company
Frederick. MD
G-E
General Electric
NEMA
Modern Lighting CO
North Market Street
Comal Optical Sauce
New York
Lawrence Tibbett
Roosevelt Hospital
Tibbett
Metropolitan Opera
Tibbetts
Williams Typewriter & Supply CO
E. Patrick St
Zenith
Motorola
Philco
Melvin M. Engle
North Carroll Street
Universal Insulating Co
Edward S. Mobley
Wilson Place
Taye
Routzahn
Sealy
Conor
Cinecs
Crouse Yan
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