Boy Dies Of Head Wound In Apparent Russian Roulette
Washington March 26 a thirteen year old Robert Lee Ferguson died after shooting himself in the head last night His brother Harvey Ferguson Jr owned a .22 seven chamber revolver the weapon found in the home Parents heard a pop found him slumped by a bed doctors at Providence Hospital unsuccessful in removing the bullet Police say the boy may not have known the gun was loaded The family resided in Upper Marlboro Maryland and the teenager was a first year student at his high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Lee Ferguson
Richard M. Rosenberg
Harvey F. Ferguson
Upper Marlboro
Robert
Harvey, Jr
Wilson Purdy
Prince Georges
Purdy
Harvey
Providence Hospital
Ferguson
Sylvia
Deaths of Annie Cochran and others in area
Miss Annie Margaret Cochran of Jefferson dies at 88 after a three week illness at Crutchley Nursing Home. She served as junior department superintendent in the Jefferson Evangelical and Reformed church. Also noted: Albert Curtis Eckard of Taneytown dies at 85 in Waltersdorf Convalescent Home, with extensive family survivors and services planned in Taneytown. Nora Jane Fisher, widow of Philip C. Fisher, dies at 77 near Harmony. numerous children and grandchildren survive, with services at Harmony Church of the Brethren. Joseph F. Bigger, formerly of New York City, dies at 73 at a relative’s residence in College Avenue after a twelve year illness. he was a longtime construction engineer in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Annie M. Cochran
Annie Margaret Cochran
Jefferson
Crutchley Nursing Home
Miss Cochran
Cornelius and
Margaret Heck Cochran
Miss Cothram
Jefferson Evangelical and Reformed Church
East
Patrick Street
Reformed
C. E. Cline and Son
Albert C. Eckard
Albert Curtis Eckard
Taneytown
Waltersdorf E
Hanover
Henry
Ellen Eckard
Anna Mary Rineman
Carroll County
Arthur Schwartz
Mechanicsburg
Henry C. Eckard
Littlestown
R. D
Walter St. Eckard
Middleburg
Blanche Eckard
York, Pa
Grace Foreman
Frederick
Paul Eckard
Harvey Eckard
Frizzleburg
Joseph F. Bigger
New York City
Harry M. Spahr
College Avenue
Mr. Bigger
San Francisco
William and Mary Fallon Bigger
New York
Frederick area obituaries list local residents' deaths
The notices report deaths of several local residents including Mrs. Laura E Long and Mrs. Emma Lee Albaugh with details of survivors from Frederick County. Services are planned in Frederick area funeral homes and churches with interments at Middletown Lutheran and Utica cemeteries, reflecting community ties and church affiliations. Funeral directors include C. E. Cline and Son and M. R. Etchison and Son.
PE Announces District Manager Change at PE Front Royal
Announcement of Roland Bean leaving Front Royal Virginia to become sales representative in Madison Virginia. John W. Kemp promoted from Frederick District Service Department to succeed him. Kemp began as a Frederick Stores Department clerk in 1937, served in U S Field Artillery 1942 to 1946, receiving Asiatic Pacific Philippine Liberation American Theatre and World War II Victory ribbons. He rejoined PE in Frederick after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Bean
Potomac Edison Company
Front Royal
Madison
John W. Kemp
Frederick District Service Department
Kemp
T the Company
Frederick Stores Department
U. S. Field Artillery
Frederick
Funeral notices and services for several residents
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary LaVene Nusbaum at Central Church New London with Rev Vauthier officiating. Pallbearers were her nephews. Survived by seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Also noted are services for Mrs Bertha May Eyler at the Stoner home Woodstoro with pallbearers named. Interment at Thurmont U B Cemetery. Charles A Reed, John W Simmers and James Robert Keeney funerals listed with officiants and pallbearers. Margaret Francis Jenkins funeral at 24 West All Saints Street with Legion ritual. Interments at Centreville and Mt Oliver cemeteries. Charles E Hicks IL funeral director listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary LaVene Nusbaum
Sarah Spaulding
Poplar Springs
Central Church
New London
Leon P. F. Vauthier
Grace Episcopal
Bertha May Eyler
Thomas F. Eyler
James E. Stoner
Woodstoro
Charlies H. Corbett
Raymond C. Myers
Gordon
Raymond
Arthur
C. S. Eyler
Roger Harbaugh
Ross Firer
Charles A. Reed
South Market Street
East Church Street
W. V. Garrett
Edward D. Storm
Sperry Storm
Frank Storm
Daniel Jenkins
Donald Fout
Jesse Ramsburg
Mt. Oliver
M. R. Etchison and Son
John W. Simmers
West South Street
C. ©. Sullivan
Pallbeaters
Walter Dunbar
John Fogle
Harry King
Calvin Boone
Grafton Cost
John Bradley
Lewistown Methodist Cemetery
M. R. Bie
James Robert Keeney
Taney
Frederick Memorial Park
M. R. Etchigen and Son
Margaret Francis Jenkins
South Court Street
West All Saints Street
E. B. Williams
Asbury M. E. Church
William F. Larkin
American Legion
Elmer Dixon
Thomas Williams
Melvin Lee
Thomas Smith
Warry Craig
John Lucas
Centreville Cemetery
Charles E. Hicks
Local residents treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital
Among The Sick Mrs Elizabeth Lewis Peters of North Court Street is treated for a fractured shoulder at Frederick Memorial Hospital with satisfactory condition. Hooper shows improvement at the same hospital where a week as a patient. Mrs J W Eyler moved from Woodsboro to Frederick Memorial Hospital Sunday morning by G C Barton ambulance. Mr North Strine of 417 North Market Street was taken to Emergency hospital Sunday afternoon by G C Barton ambulance. Mr L H Hail, from east of Frederick on Route 40, was moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon by M R Etchison and Son ambulance. Mrs Vincent Rogers was removed from her home near Frederick to Frederick Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon by M R Etchison and Son ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura E. Long
Laura Eilen Long
West Fifth Street
John D. Long
Long
Thomas and
Catherine Summers Cline
East Church St
Middletown Lutheran Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Elizabeth Lewis Peters
North Court Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
A. Grant
Hooper
J. W. Eyler
Woodsboro
G. C. Barton
North Strine
417
North Market Street
L. H. Hail
Frederick
M. R. Etchison
Strength For Today By Earl L Douglass
Earl L Douglass writes on perseverance and experience as keys to success. He cites Joseph Addison and Charles Dickens on learning from defeat, asserting that trials train resolve and turn losses into profit. A note mentions a residence in Front Royal after moving from Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Addison
Lfe
Addison
Charles Dicksens
Babson Newspaper
Frederick News Personal Notes and Births Across Town
Mr and Mrs W A Riddell return to Frederick from Ft Lauderdale Fla. Newell Devilbiss near Keymar announce birth of Dennis Lantar at Gettysburg Hospital. Richard C Michael of Pittsburgh visited his parents Grover L Michael Wilson Place with guest Paul Conrad of Pittsburgh and Altoona. Margaret Weller to become executive secretary for Danville Red Cross after Europe duty. Clyde L Harshman and family move to new brick dwelling on South Church Street. farm occupied by Roy Bittle and family. Joseph E Chew of Brunswick marks 69th birthday March 28 while working as a guard at the Capitol in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Riddell
North Court Street
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Frederick
Newell Devilbiss
Keymar
Dennis Lantar
Gettysburg
Richard C. Michael
Pittsburgh
Grover L. Michael
Wilson Place
Middletown
South Church Street
Harshman
Roy Bittle
Lewis Mendel
Local Mentions Card of Appreciation and Notices
Community notices express gratitude to medical staff and loved ones for kindness during hospital stay at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Obituaries and memorial lines honor Walter DeLauter and Osborne Wachter Sr. with thanks, sale notices, kosher dairy ads, bake sale details, and a memorial tribute to Leslie Rippeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Walter H. Delauter
Osborne F. Wachter
Osborne Wachter and Sons
Wirt For Sale and County Sealed Bids Notice
A freighted collection of notices and ads from Frederick area: a Wirt sale including a 9 ton toad and deliveries, a sealed bid call by the County Commissioners for Montevue and Jail supply contracts ending March 28 1950, a Fablic Farm auction near Woodsboro March 28 1950 with cattle horses hogs and equipment, plus junk salvage offers from Solar's Junk Frederick Homes Insulating Co and several local service ads. Also listed are weathered classifieds for real estate rentals wanted to rent or buy, beauty salon ads, and a range of old vehicles and trucks for sale by The Frederick Motor Co. and auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevue
Orphans' Court
Frederick County
Maryland
Emma C
Elgise K. Groff
Amos A. Holter
Harry D. Radcliff
Register of Wills
Orephans
Fredericl
Charles H. Stort
Fredenfels
Marsland
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank OF Frederick
Willi M. Storin
Tran
Rancliff
dMar
Board of Education
East Church Street
Frederick City
Ford
Frederick Motor Company
Tate
oMees
Singer
Board OF Education OF
Eugene W. Pruitt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nora Jane Fisher
Philip C. Fisher
Harmony
Isaac
Catherine Wiles Fisher
Near
Mary Miller
Braddock
Charles E
Albert R
Oscar W. Fishler
John H. Fisher
John H. Fisher, ‘Frederick; Lloyd F. Fisher, Near ‘Braddock; Keefer
Maynard Fisher
Harmony Church of the Brethren
Basil Grossnickle
Myersville United
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Amelia Heidinger Bigger
Joseph T. Bigger
N. Y
Alexander W. Bigger
Torreytown
Edward J. Monahan
Pleasant
East Patrick Street
Emma Lee Albaugh
Charles T. Albaugh
New Paris
Liberty
Joan Stirley
Franklin and
Marie Jackson Stottlemyer
Utica Reformed Church
Clarence Stottlemyer
Utica
Mary Harper
Hansonville
Walkersville
Barton
Richard W. Owings
Watersville
J. Edwin Murray
Long Corner
Mr. Owings
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Augustus
Martha Owings
Angeline Owings
Louis A. Owings
Lucy Welsh
Randallstown
Rose Stuck
Baltimore
Augustus Owings
Winfield
Howard Chapel Cemetery
Malcolm Wright
John M. Brashears
John Morgan Brashears
Airy
Church Home
Zacharia
Sarah Brashears
Eva Norfolk
Mt. Airy
Grover Moxley
Andrew Brashears
Arthur C. Day
Prospect Cemetery
C. M. Waltz
Oma M. Toms
Foxville
Fairney Memorial Home
Boonsboro
David
Amanda H. Buhrman Toms
Hagerstown
Earl L. Douglass
James R
Viola K
Dunn S. P. Bowers
G, Trout
E. R. Bowlus
R. L. Kelly
Rabinical Care
Washington, D. C
Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase Dairy
Bale Sale
Baker's Rowing Alleys
General Electric
New Fisher
Patrick St
Mountain View Church Hall
Purdum
Fisher
E. Patrick St
Memoriam
Leslie H. Rippeon
Gene Rippeon
Howard
Bertha
Father Dear
Daughter
Madeline Engle
Frederick Memorial Hospital Foundation
Tess
R. F. Kline
U. Grant Hooper
Helen A. Rewisburg
Reimonstracion
Venetian Blind
Frederick Lous
H. J. Dixon
Glenn Trout
Emmett St. Bowlus
Frederick Junk CO
Frank Gastley & Sons
Frederick, Mad
Frederick Solar
5Th St
East St
Frederick Homes Insulating Co
H. J. Kester
East Third Street
Harry EF
Jim
Etzler
Emmett R. Bowlus
Nestle
Ecker's
N. Market St
Fhone
Old Clothes Square Danes
Western Ranger's
State Armory
North End Girls
Mars Opticians
Hillcrest Orchards
Bacheler
Post and News
William W. Martin
John W. Nutt
Edgar Warfield
Calvin M Murray
Dodge
Studebaker
G. M.C
Frederick Motor Coq
W. Patrick St
Atre
Emmert R. Bowlus
Church St
H. M. Alexander
Ood
Cramer's Palace Music
Dick Harp
Myersville
Frederick News-Post
Frederick News- Post
Landis Jewelry
South Market St
Rees
Orphans’ Court
Lena L. George
TSM
Harry ¥. George
H. Kieffer Delauler
Board OF Zoning Appeals
Herobry
The
Board of Aldemen
Fitet By
Clyde FE
Thormass
West Second Street
Reigns Co
the News
Frederick, Md
East Seventh Street
John L. Ponton
Master
Charles H. Baker
Noday
Pega Manhog
Bercy
Waynesboro Nurseries
Waynesboro
New Hampshires
STULL
P. L. Hargett and Co
Sears Farm
S. Market St
Knoxville
E Bittle
Ferdi
Grove
Filetown Flrstaice
A. Grayson
Toms
Middletaves
Trent
Third Street
Bath
FirssellYoung Ice Cream Company
Wisconsin Ave
N. W
Daehgeisaiee
Wilson
James Trout
Walkers
Ville
Henry T. Fhemsberg
Ast Church St
John Deere
Knoll and Gelsbert
Marylane
Cushman Motor Senator
Dick Lesse
Walkersvue
Gaithersburg
Park & Brooks Ave
Cape Cod
New Pas
Jae Zeu
Westinghouse
Nice
Garden
A. M. Lawson
H. C. Cos- Grave
Adamstown
Maurice Pryor
Watseilla
Bruce Koogle
Burnham
Fisher's
East Patrick St
Barjey
Hard Pike
Frank Gruber
Joahnaville
Gmnelet
Old Reich Farm
Reich
Ford Road
A.M. Lawson
Mt Airy
Baker's
West Patrick St
Harley-Davidson
McGee
Leadtt
Walter Smith
Brunswick
Brunswick St
Bruns
Wick
USA
Charles E. Fogle
Maple Avenue
Pearl
East Second Street
Middle Alley
Joansville
Phila. Chewing Gum Corp
Havertown
Employment Information Center
Dept
Brookline
Del'y
Catechin Country Club
Inc
Spat Siew Tee
Wells
Chicago
Chas
Chester Shoe Co
Chester Bidg
Brockton
Frederick News
Small General Hospital
National Homeopathic Hospital
Wash
D.C
Thayersen Hosiery Co
Wilmette
Fredyerick
Rockville
Met Hut
Edna Price
At. J. Jefferson
Frederici News-Post
Frederic
Lair
Ruth R. King
Idea Farm
John Keltor
Charles W Pane
Suite
Southern Bidg
Washington, D.C
W. C. Merrick
Edgewood
New England
Enron
Edgewood Hotel
Franklin Liquor Store
Fred
News-Post
Buckeystown
Merr
Adams
Carl M. Thomas
Libertytown
John Mi Beane
Olney
Mutual Company
Delirer
Willi
Frederick Errant Es
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Market St
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