Fire Totals Heavy Damage at Westminster Store
A blaze at the George F. Zepp Furniture and Appliance Store on Main Street Westminster raged three hours causing an estimated 75 000 to 100 000 in damage. Fire units from Westminster Reese and Community New Windsor Pleasant Valley and Reistestown fought the fire starting in a rear warehouse area. The heat melted telephone lines disrupting service, an emergency cable was installed but full restoration was not expected until midweek. Smoke drifted into nearby businesses as customers fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Zepp
E. Main Street
Westminster
Westminster Volunteer Fire Company
Reese and Community
New Windsor
Pleasant Valley
Reistestown
Fwe
Boy Scout Troop 348 Rags and Paper Drive and Campouts
Troop 348 Taneytown sponsors a rags and paper collection in May with 23 scouts camping at Catoctin Mountain Park. The group prepares for a May 24 camporee at Soldier's Delight and reports leadership changes and merit badge progress among patrol leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop
Boy Scouts of
Troop 348
Taneytown
Hesson
Snider
American Legion
Catoctin Mountain Park
Cunningham Falls
Thurmont
Soldier's Delight
McDonough Road
Fox
James Frock
Philip Martin
Flaming Arrows
Thomas West
Robert Miller
Panthers
Rickey Clingan
Foxes
Raccoons
Ronald Martin
Leroy Smeak
Francis E. Lockingbill Tenta
Three Boys Rescued After Boater Exposure Incident
A report describes three boys including Philip Gannon involved in a rescue attempt near a breadbox and a vessel at St. Agnes Hospital. They were treated for exposure with forster measures and later allowed to recover after drying and washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Gannon
Durnin
Forster
St. Agnes Hospital
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Zepp
Delaine Hobbs
G. Samuel Bower
Larry E Six
Lockingbill
Green Bar
William B. Abrecht Sr
George
Clingan
Frock
West
Naha
Okinawa
U.S. Navy
Fred Korth
Washington
Navy Department
Patapsco
Baltimore
William Hanson
Hanson
Catonsville
Michael
Fire Department
William
Paul Heffner
Lewistown
Seiberling
Melvin M. Engle
N. Carroll St
City OF
Frederick
Will
City Hall
North Market Street
Public Works Division
Hamilton Avenue
Police Headquarters
E. Paul Magaha
Penney's
E Swim
Penney
M Bach
C. Coquette
Third Telephone Monument
Maryland
Ody
Little Lady
Barbizon Besnylon
Frederck
Peies
M. J. Grove Lime CO
Flinteote” Lime Kiln
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