Memorial Day Observance Honors War Dead at Key Cemetery
A Memorial Day service led by the Legion highlighted tribute to US war dead. The Francis Scott Key Legion Auxiliary wreath lay at the Eternal Flame while Lt. Ernest Snyder’s Company A fired a salute. At the Key Grave the crowd of about 100 heard prayers and a flag ceremony honoring fallen service members including PFC Wilbur W. Baker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Reid
Francis Scott Key Legion Auxiliary
Ernest Snyder
Francis Scott Key
Legion
Miller
Wilbur W. Baker
Dorsey Griffith
John L. Shaw
William H. Myers
H. Q. Miller
Legion Color Guard
George Phebus
Memorial Day Services Led by Legion Parade to Mount Olivet
The Francis Scott Key Post and local veterans groups held Memorial Day events starting 1:30 p.m. at the Legion Home and marching down Carrol Street to Mount Olivet cemetery. Featured speaker John P. Miller of the Legion spoke beside the World War II Monument, honoring fallen soldiers.
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Francis Scott Key
The
American Legion
Legion Home
East Church Street
Legion Color Guard
Sons of the Legion
Cub Scouts of
Frederick
Company A
National Guard
Carroll Street
Clarke Place
South Market Street
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Legionnaires
Harold E. McCue
John R. Webb
VFW
Blanche Mossburg
VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary
Columbus Bryant
William P. Larkin
Legion
Ralph C. Thomas Sr
Amvets
P. O. Powell
Wesley Furr
Hazel Nikirk
Howard Murphy
Mount Olivet Memorial
Mount Olivet
Legion Post
John P. Miller
Clergy Gather to Honor Fallen at Johns Hopkins Institute
About 200 clergymen from various faiths will converge at Johns Hopkins Hospital for the 15th annual Institute on the Ministry to the Sick. The gathering, led by Francis Scott Key Post Chaplain Iain Merril Murphy, aims to deepen reverence for the dead and strengthen service to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Francis Scott Key
Iain Merril Murphy
Minor Fires Reported In Area Over Memorial Day Weekend
Several minor fires were reported across the area over Memorial Day weekend. An auto fire at Fourth and East streets involved a 1958 Edsel driven by Earl Wiles and caused about $100 in damage. Fire crews cleared the scene by 4:53 p.m. A total of two field fires near Buckeystown and grass fires at Point of Rocks and along the Monocacy River prompted responses from Carroll Manor and Guardian Hose Company with damage contained and causes undetermined. Sparks from passing locomotives also scorched about a half acre of grass between Bartholows and Monrovia.
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Fourth Street
East Street
Junior Fire Company
United Fire Company
Earl Wiles
East Eighth Street
Carroll Manor Fire Company
Anna Rogers
New Design Road
Buckeystown
James Gibbons
Point of Rocks
Carroll Manor
Bartholows
Monrovia
B&o
New Market
Moncacy River
Sportsmans Club
Creagerstown
Guardian Hose Company of
Thurmont
North County Youth Killed in Bicycle Car Crash
A 14 year old Emmitsburg youth, Stewart David Brines, died after his bicycle collided with a car on Old US 15 near the Maryland Pennsylvania line. Police report the driver, David Anthony Lingg, did not see the rider until cresting a hill and swerving, but the boy panicked.
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RFD 2
Emmitsburg
U.S. 15
Maryland - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Stewart David Brines
Thomas and
Mary Brines
David Anthony Lingg
RFD 1
Lingg
Admiral Hepburn Dies After Long Illness at 86
Washington reports the death of retired Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn former commander in chief of the U S Fleet from 1936 to 1938. He passed away Sunday after a lengthy illness at age eighty six.
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Washington
Arthur J. Hepburn
U.S. Fleet
Car Crash Claims One. Teens Injured Near Ca Toc Tin Furnace
Three Smithsburg teens were injured when their car ran off Brice Road near Catocin Furnace and hit two trees. Ralph G Wolfinger 19 of Smithsburg the driver was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital along with his brother Russell L Wolfinger who was released. Wilmer H Winfield 19 remained hospitalized. Coroner said no inquest yet and Tpr Stanley Jezewski investigated. The body of a decedent was shipped to Boulder Colorado for services and interment with Wilson Funeral Home handling local arrangements.
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Chester R. Crist
Tpr
Stanley Jezewski
Colorado
Boulder
Wilson Funeral Home
Emmitsburg
Smithsburg
Brice Road
Catoctin Furnace
TFC
Neil F. Bechtel
Ralph G. Wolfinger
RFD 1
Wolfinger
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Russell L. Wolfinger
Wilmer H. Winfield
Threat to Kill Khrushchev Tied to Ustachi in Sweden
Expressen reports an underground Fascist group based in Stockholm, the Ustachi, threatens to kill Soviet Premier Khrushchev during his planned June visit. Security police monitor the group, claimed to have up to 1,220 members, following earlier bomb threats linked to cosmonauts. Khrushchev is due in Sweden on June 22.
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Nikita
Stockholm
Sweden
Expressen
Khrushchev
Scandinavia
Ustachi
Yuri A. Gagarin
Pavel A. Popovich
Malmo
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House OF Fabrics
South Court St
H.O. Tool Shoe
Dickerson
Upper
Montgomery
North County
Market Street
Prospect Shopping Center
Efoples Drug Stores Service
Stearns & Foster
Hollywood
Cline
E. Patrick
Ben
the Conn
Conn
Connorgan
East Patrick ST
Dottie
Zephaire
Batiste
Wallace
Berbizon
Dacron
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