Turning point D Day memory by Dr Barber in Normandy
Local Frederick chiropractor Dr Alex W Barber now a Democratic alderman candidate recalls his D Day medic service with the Fifth Ranger Battalion on June 6 1944 at Normandy. He describes landing under fire aiding wounded Rangers and using a bicycle and horse drawn wagon to evacuate men, earning the Distinguished Service Cross for valor.
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Barber
Frederick
311Th Infantry
78Th Division
Camp Butner
Rangers
Fifth Ranger Infantry
HMS
France
Tran
Vudith Holland
MontCo high schools graduate over 9000 seniors
Montgomery County seniors will graduate from Sunday through June 15 with more than 9,000 receiving diplomas. About one third head to college, including some to Ivy League schools, while roughly 18 percent enter the workforce. An estimated 200 to 200 seniors will not graduate this year. Multiple schools hold ceremonies Sunday and June 10–14 at venues like Constitution Hall and Cole Field House with speakers from public figures to college professors.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Upper County
Sunah
Ppolesville High School
Constance A. Morella
Damascus High
John Nidecker
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
Sherwood High
Sandy Spring
Constitution Hall
Thomas Aylward
American University
Gaithersburg High
Washington Post
Richard Cohen
Seneca Valley High
University of Maryland
Cole Field House
Renee Poussant
Michael D. Barnes
Bruce Laingen
Alan B. Golacinski
Laingen
Walter Johnson
Kennedy Center
Golacinski
Northwood High
John F. Kennedy
Richard Montgomery
Springbrook
Bethesda- Chevy Chase
Zadek Magruder
Walt Whitman
Thomas S. Wootton
Albert Einstein
Rock Terrace
Wheaton
Montgomery Blair
Robert E. Peary
Paint Branch
Charles W. Woodward
Kennedy Goxttr
Rockville High
Winston Churchill
Local Newspaper Rates Listed for Marketing Area Subscriptions
Daily publication except Sundays and holidays with mail rate $3.25 per month within the marketing area and motor route or carrier delivery at $2.55 per month. Published by Great Southern AG BMI at P O Box 78, 200 East Patrick Street Morland, Maryland.
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Great Southern Ag
P.O. Boa
East Patrick
Morland Ao
Poidal Fredenck
Maryland
Gospel Concert Gala at Asbury this Sunday
The Souls on Fire Gospel Choir of Asbury United Methodist Church presents its fourth annual Spring Concert Gala at 3 p.m. Sunday with a free admission and a post concert dinner and offerings. Edith Addison Alford directs two dynamic messages through music. The public is invited. Also announced is the Warrenfeltz reunion on June 28 at Wolfsville Community Park starting 1 p.m. Bring food for a smorgasbord, items for a white elephant auction, and enjoy games. A walk to the original burial plot near the park is planned.
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Souls On Fire Gospel Choir
Asbury United Methodist Church
Edith Addison Alford
Warrenfeltz
Wolfsville
U.S. 48
Batterton Named Assistant State Superintendent in Maryland
Richard A Batterton was named assistant state superintendent in vocational rehabilitation by the Maryland State Board of Education effective July. He succeeds Dr John Coburn who has announced his retirement. Batterton brings extensive management and human services experience from his prior roles including director of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services and a human services consultant work for state and federal governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Batterton
Maryland Ste Board of Education
Maryland Department of Human Resources
John Cobun
Batterton
David Hornbeck
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services
Woodford to Host Informal Campaign Gathering
Frederick Republican alderman candidate Timothy L. Woodford will hold an informal gathering from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday June 7 at the Independent Hose Company on Baughmans Lane to introduce himself to voters. Woodford, a planning commission member and former Mountaingete r HOA president, calls this the official campaign opening. Citizens may meet him and refreshments will be served.
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Timothy L. Woodford
Frederick City
Independent Hose Company
Baughmans Lane
Woodford
Judith Holland
C Pdonates seven thousand to Western Maryland College
Westminster C P Telephone Company donated 7000 to Western Maryland College. Adele M Corp presented the check to James F Ridenour for development. Funds support Operation Renovation, backing Alumni Hall, Winslow Center, Hoover Library alterations, and the Scott S Bair Stadium project slated for completion by 1981.
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Westminster
C&p Telephone Company
Western Maryland College
Adele M. Corp
C&p
James F. Ridenour
Western Maryland
Th College
Alumni Hall
Winslow Center
Hoover Library
Scott S. Bair
Carroll County graduates lean toward full time work
About 1,343 seniors graduated from Carroll County high schools with Paul E. Bowersox Jr noting nearly half will enter full time employment. Distinct totals include Westminster 45 South Carroll 437 North Carroll 242 and Francis Scott Key 225.
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Westminster
Carroll County
Paul E. Bowersox Jr
County Board of Education
Westminster High School
South Carroll High
North Carroll
Francis Scott Key High School
Bowersox
Frederick man convicted of assault of stepfather
James Thomas Boyer Jr. 19 of Tancy Avenue was sentenced to five years in prison by Circuit Court Judge William W. Wenner with two years suspended and five years probation. The term retroactive to Nov. 30, 1980, after a jury convicted him of assaulting his stepfather during an Oct. 18, 1990 incident.
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Frederick
James Thomas Boyer Jr
Tancy Avenue
William W. Wenner
Boyer
Carl E. Clingan
Clingan
Libertytown
William Leckemby
Laumann
Susan 8. O'Toole
Wayat
Linda Eyler
Eyler
VFW
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Alex W. Barber
Norwaody
MontCo
Montgomery
Vlasic Foods
George Hettich
Hell
Comet
North Main Street
Mount Airy
Asbury
the News
Frederick, Md
Richard Batterton
WMC
Mexico
DCAP
Pan Am
Boyer Travel Agency
Ene. DE
Church St
Carroll
Norme Lovett
Westminster Bureau
Frederick Man
Douglas Wayne Laymann
West South Street
Wenner
Laumans
Pepi II
Egypt
Jay Forney
Wonocacy Village
Shieh
State Farm
Rick's Fish & Pet Supply
Shab Row
Eyerly
Eyerly's
Deodine Jupw
Children’s Department
Sotvils Contacthe Credit
Eyerly’s
Everly
Shop Everly’s
Frederick Towne Mall
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