Cumberland Fair Manager and Wife Killed in Train Collision
Edgar Buck Reynolds general manager of the Cumberland Fair Assn and his wife Helen Wonn were killed when their car was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train near the Fairgo Race Track. Reynolds, a former city street commissioner, died at the scene. his wife died later at Sacred Heart Hospital. Witnesses reported no train horn and no crossing guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Edgar
Buck) Reynolds
Cumberland Fair Assn
Baltimore and Ohio
Reynolds
City Street
Helen Wonn
Elkins
W. Va
Sacred Heart Hospital
Fairgo Race Track
Iar
Fairgo
Local social notes from Taneytown and area events
Mrs Hitchcock and Mrs Copenhaver of Taneytown are listed as residents with extended family including 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. News of visits, illnesses, and birthdays fills a community snapshot from Taneytown, York, El Dorado, Litl tlestown, and Baltimore, with a Tibetan flood report rounding out the item.
Taneytown honors Baker in church stewardship contest
William J Baker won second place in a Potomac Synod stewardship contest at Grace Church where Rev Morgan Andreas presented a certificate for his hymn Jesus Saviour, by My Shield on My Life's Great Battlefield. Baker also earned first place in the congregation. A surprise stork shower honored Mrs Samuel Hostetter in Baltimore with many attendees from Taneytown and nearby towns. Angell observes 90th birthday at daughter Fern Hitchock's home, a native of Silver Run who has lived in Carroll County. she has two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hostetter
Baltimore
William A. Wilhide
Alice Hengst
Thurmont
Kenneth Clem
Phyllis Smith
Clarence LeGore
Allen Stull
George Lookingbill
Taneytown
Kenneth Myers
Linton Sterner
Robert Sterner
Guy Lookingbill
Hanover
Glenn Matthias
Westminster
Margaret LeGore
Herbert Plunkett
Littlestown
Angell
Fern Hitchcock
Near Silver Run
Samuel
Sarah Baumgardner
Car
Christ Roll County
Loses Suit Over Will
In Hagerstown a Baltimore nurse and companion loses a court bid to claim a share of a 3 story East Washington Street building and a large diamond from the estate of Flora Hannaker. Judge Mish ruled no enforceable oral contract to change the will existed despite Hanson having cared for Hannaker and later alleging abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Katherine Heggan Hanson
Washington County
Flora Hannaker
Hanson
Hannaker
Ruth Bryan Rohde Dies in Copenhagen at 68
Mrs Ruth Bryan Rohde the first woman envoy of the United States to a foreign power died in Copenhagen Denmark at age 68. She was the first American woman diplomat to hold such a post and her career marked a milestone in U S foreign service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bryan Rohde
Copenhagen
Denmark
Mrrs
United States
Hiltner-Roelke Photo Engaged Darrene Mae Hall to Robert Renn
The engagement of Darrene Mae Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Lilburn Hall of near New Market to Robert W Renn son of Mr and Mrs Meredith Renn of Adamstown is announced. The wedding is planned soon. Meanwhile a separate obituary notes Mrs Rohde ex US minister to Denmark who died from coronary thrombosis after a long career as lecturer Congress member writer nurse and teacher. Coffee exports Guatemala reach eighty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiltner-Roelke
Copenhagen
Frederik
Rohde
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boorge Rohde
Christian X
America
Union Bridge Family News and Community Notes
Union Bridge reports 30th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs James Beherns with over 100 relatives attending. Local movements include residents moving houses and trips by Mrs Ruth Shifler and Mr George Otto. A Willing Workers class gathered at Yellow Springs for a meeting and picnic planning. The Phoenicians established Carthage before 800 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge
Raymond Selby, Jr
James Beherns
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Frederick
Marvin Nelson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Taneytown
Charles Lippy
Baltimore
George Otto
Sky Line Drive
Virginia
Ruth Shifler
Lloyd Fritz
Taney- Tom Oo
C. R Reynolds
Linwood
Johnson City
Tenn
Vernon Gladhill
William Teeter
Gettysburg
Charles Diehl
Benjamin Fleagle
W. W
Brook Hill
Yellow Springs
Lenora Keyser
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Hitchcock
Laura Copenhaver
Markwood Angell
York
Minnie Ferley
Passaic
N. J
Theodore Feeser
George Street
Elwood Crabbs
Gail
Atlantic City
Maurice Hawk
Deer Head Sanatorium
Salisbury
Tibet
New Delhi
India
Gyangtse
Kalimpong
Bengal
Louis Markett
Burkittsville
Mary Louise
Ralph Clayton Smith
Hattie Wise
Gapland
Miss Marrett
Middletown High School
Mr. Smith
Germany
Guatemala
Sykes
A. G. Crabbe
Francis Scott Key
Oldsmobile
Renal Ot
Middleburg
Leslie Lovell
West Broadway
Main Street
Earl Hevner
Nlt
May Butler
Harold A. Sprague
Agnes Angell
Far East
San Francisco
George Otto Sr
Methodist Church
Hershey Park
Herbert Fox
Howard Fox
Armed Services
Herbert
Yingling Brothers , Meat Packing Co
Joanna Doggett
Eileen Tuentey
Ruth Linton
Grace Green
Esta Specht
Eva Twentey
Grace Harley
Hazel Kor
Carthage
B. C
Eoples Service
N. Market St
W. Patrick ST
Kaempf & Harris
Rocky Springs
Virginia Beach
Nags Head
Colonial Williamsburg
Norfolk - Old Point
Washington
Norfolk
D.8.t
Ungton
D.S.T
Nerfelk Wherf
Virgini Eh Hotela
Prert Street
H.W. Washington
B.C
Sterling
LGW
Tagan
OLD Bay Line
Wood Conversion Company
Paul 1
Minnesota
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