Three Workers Buried Alive At Westminster Shopping Center
Three men died when a foundation ditch wall collapsed at Westminster Shopping Center at Md 140 and Engler Road. George M. Smyre 47 John A Brooks 57 and Charles Willard Bixler 47 were buried as earth slid from a ten foot wall. over 60 volunteers and a large crowd aided and hampered the rescue. The men were pronounced dead at the scene. A Leggett’s department store is planned for the site. Bixler leaves a wife and three daughters and was a Westminster Moose Lodge member. Brooks lived near New Windsor and left a widow. Smyre lived in Westminster with a family. Funeral services were set for Friday at the First Church of God and other memorials noted for Brooks and Bixler.
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Westminster
George M. Smyre
John Aton
Boots
Brooks
Charles Willard Bixler
Glenn Speicher
Carroll County
Leggett’s Department
MD. 140
Engler Road
Bixler
Howard R. Niner
Smallwood
Florence R. Bixler
Oscar C. Bixler
Westminster Moose Lodge
Elsie May Bixler
RFD
Delores N. Bankett
Carol B. Head
Janet Lee Bixler
Willard O
Baltimore
Harry E
Robert L
Betty Buller
Arthur D
Clearwater
Florida
Jean DeGroft
Norfolk
Myers Funeral Home
John C. Hilbert
Deer Park Methodist Church
Deer Park Church
Local Social Notes From Adamstown Area Visit Highlights
The column lists visitors and family gatherings across area towns including Frederick Union Bridge Feaga ville Hillsboro Mt. Airy and Baker Valley. Families such as Shores Fellows Green Walsh Mills Snurr Carter Fisher Beachley and Baugher are mentioned with relatives from RFD 2 Ladiesburg Rockville and other nearby communities. Activities include picnics boat riding water skiing and elementary school trips.
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Ates
Dwight
University of Maryland
Carl H. Shores
Henry Baugher
Leslie Fellows
RFD 2
Carl D. Shores
Frederick
John Green
Paul Green
Union Bridge
James Walsh
William Spring
Rockville
Adamstown
Enchanted Forest
Wayne
Diane and
Mike Mills
Braddock
Ross Mills Sr
Wayne Snurr
Hillsboro
M. N. Carter
Ellas Fisher
Mildred Dutrow
RFD
Fannie Dutrow
Ladiesburg
Kenny Harshman
Mt. Airy
Carl H. Seeds
Mountainale woman escapes injury in storm lightning strike
A Mountaindale woman escaped injury Monday afternoon when lightning struck a tree outside the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Hopkins. A tree fell across electric lines into the house causing light switches to explode near Mrs Hopkins but no fire or injuries occurred. Lane Howell, finished his first season with the New York Giants as a regular offensive tackle and was the team's No 15 draft choice for 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountaindale
Richard Hopkins
Lane Howell
New York Football Giants
Local youth team wins regional championship
Local Frederick youth baseball squad clinched the regional title with a decisive victory over rivals. Coaches praised the players for strong pitching and clutch hitting as fans celebrated at the county field.
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George Brooks
Pittsburgh
St. Mathew's Lodge
Knights of Phythias
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Bark Hill Methodist Church
Rev. Williams
Mt. Joy Cemetery
Uniontown
Styre
Meadowbrook Road
Hagerstown
George
Elizabeth Turpin Smyre
First Church of God
Ella Niner Smyre
Sara E. Madigan
Deer Park
Nancy C. Bloom
Mary Ellen Watring
Arlington
George M. Jr
Thomas W. Niner
Loretta Butts
Keedysville
Mary Schlotterbeck
Sara Rosenburg
Funkstown
Mabel Haddon
Smithsburg
Joshua
Jack
Washington, D.C
Paul W. Moore
Ernest H Baker
Meadow Branch
Lime Kiln
M.Y.F
Buckeystown
Washington Monument State Park
South Mountain
Oliver McKenzie
Feagaville
Elsie Tayman
The
Frederick High School
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Olivetti Underwood
Wade
East ST. Frederick
D. C
Harold E. Bruzee
Real Estate
Lovettsville
iBaugher
Eugene Beachley
Charles Smith
Herbert Thompson
Tina
Rena
Baker Valley Road
Bennett
the News
Maryland
Nolar’s
North Market Street
Carmack’s
Big Daddy
Health-tex
Ennett
the Department Store For Children
Routzahns
Applia
East Patrick St
Dad
Asia
Boston
Woolworth's
Woolworth’s
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