Funeral homes in residential areas approved by city board
The Board of Aldermen adopted an amendment to the zoning ordinance allowing funeral homes in residential districts under conditions. A four-fifths aldermanic vote is required for permits, with strict rules on parking of at least 25 vehicles, building setbacks, signage limits, application to the City Engineer, nontransferability without four-fifths approval, and a minimum 15 day waiting period before action.
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Board of Aldermen
Donald B. Rice
Board of Alderment
Membership Doubled By Women Voters
The League of Women Voters of Maryland reports near doubling in four years at its May 21 convention in Baltimore. Membership rose by 206 last year to 2,352 from 1,289 four years earlier, with St Mary’s County chapter dissolution cited as leadership apathy. Delegates discussed budgets and reform, while Dr Charlton Chute spoke on political effectiveness for nonpartisan groups. About 90 delegates from 10 chapters attended.
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Baltimore
League of Women Voters of
Maryland
Joseph Mircchmann
Hirschmann
St. Mary’s County
St. Mary's League
Charlton Chute
Pennsylvania Economy League
George Lerner
Deaths and notices from local obituaries
Florence B. Craver 73 of Poplar Springs died at Longview Nursing Home Manchester on Saturday afternoon. Survived by husband Howard Craver and three sisters. Funeral Tuesday 1 p.m. at Olin L. Molesworth Damascus. interment Mt Olivet Baltimore. Infant Doris Virginia Burkett died at 9 a.m. Sunday aged 6 months. parents Harry V. and Anna Drury Burkett. Funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. Mt Olivet. at 106 East Church Street funeral home. Edward N. Snouffer former Buckeystown postmaster died in Washington D.C. aged 80. Survived by two sons Roger V. L. Snouffer and E. Nelson Snouffer and daughter Mrs. John Philip Brooks. Service Tuesday 11 a.m. Mt Olivet. Mrs. Nevin W. Crouse Tyrone died Friday night at Maryland General Hospital aged 30. coronary occlusion. Survived by husband and four siblings. Funeral 2 p.m. Baust Evangelical and Reformed Church. Martin S. Eichelberger of Thurmont died Friday aged 61. World War I veteran. Survived by wife Lala Domer and daughter, siblings, and four grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Thurmont funeral home. interment Creagerstown cemetery. Mrs. Ernest Harner of Baltimore died Wednesday after long illness. Survived by husband Ernest L. Harner and daughter. Funeral arrangements in Taneytown. Mile to remain total Santiago Chile report and Ocean City parking meters planned after June 1 with 163 meters for 314 spaces. rates 2 1/2 cents per hour to 12 hours. Police enforcement planned.
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Howard
Damascus
C. A. Michael
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Baltimore
Doris Virginia Burkett
Harry V
Anna Drury Burkett
Taney Apartments
Vernon F. Burkett
Mary Louise Burkett
Barbara Lee Burkett
Glenn E. Burkett
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Harry Burkett
Howard Deary
Edward N. Snouffer
Edward Nelson Snouffer
Buckeystown
National Lutheran Home
Douglas Streets
Washington, D. C
William Trail
Catherine Schaeffer Snouffer
Snouffer
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Roger V. L. Snouffer
E. Nelson Snouffer
College Park
John Philip Brooks
Westminster
Nevin W. Crouse
Josephine Shields Crouse
Tyrone
Maryland General Hospital
John and
Frances Wheeler Shields
Batist Church J
John Shields
Miami
Fia
Arthur Shields
Catonsville
Mary Gibson
Frances C. Cover
Baust
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Miles S. Reifsnyder
C. O. Fuss and Son
Martin
Eichelberger
Thurmont
George M
Emma Stambaugh Eichelberger
154Th Depot Brigade
Lala Domer Eichelberger
Walter Reeney
Woodsboro
Charles Heim
Ruby Fisher
This City
Harry Isanogle
Creagerstown
Calvin Martin
John
Raymond
Waynesboro
Ivan G. Naugie
Edwin C. Creeger, Jr
American Legion Post of
M. L. Creager and Son
Ernest Harner
Viola D. Harner
Crosswood Avenue
Taneytown
Ernest L. Harner
Allen
Bertha Dorsey
Fuss
Mt. Tabor
Irene Pacino Marrone
Carmelo Marrone
South Market Street
St. John's Catholic Church
Herbert R. Jordan
Donald B. Rice
Charles V. Main
Carl H. Hanes
Arthur Hoffman
Ernest Shanks
George Smith
St. John’s Cemetery
Funeral Notices for Eichelberger Harner Marrone Zimmerman Bell
Funeral services for several residents were held across Thurmont Taneytown and Liberty. Eichelberger's service featured full military honors at Creagerstown cemetery with a firing squad and color guard. interment followed at Creagerstown. Harner Marrone and Zimmerman services took place at local funeral homes with interments at Mt Olivet and St Johns cemeteries respectively. Bell services occurred at the Liberty area home with burial in Union Chapel Cemetery.
Signals Drill At Braddock Heights In Frederick County
Frederick residents will see flashing signals from the Braddock observatory at 8 30 this evening as part of a Navy signalling drill. Lt Charles McC Mathias Jr USNR commands Naval Reserve Composite Company 5 27 stationed in Frederick. One team operates the light at Braddock Heights while others at High Knob receive messages in a drill tied to Rear Admiral N Prime retired and Lt A A Kemper of Baltimore plus other officers.
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Frederick County
Braddock Observatory
Charlies McC. Mathias, Jr
USNR
Naval Reserve Composite Company 5-27
Frederick
Navy
U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Braddock Heights
High Knob
N. §. Prime
USN
A. A. Kemper
Frederick County Hail Storm Brightens Crop Prospects
Reporters quiz shows Frederick County farmers largely optimistic about stewing crops after a severe hail storm in parts of the county. Six residents from varied locales report good to very good outlooks, with only damaged areas near Walkersville and Sunday’s Lane noted. An unrelated note mentions 30,000,000 tons of steel on Manhattan Island, nine percent as skyscrapers or buildings.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Henry Culler
R. W. Riggs
Biggs Ford
Walkersville
Manhattan Island
New York
Mrs Barton Married in Thurmont Parish Parsonage
Mary Birely became Mrs Barton on May 12 1928 in St John s Lutheran parsonage Thurmont with Rev Corbett officiating. Guests included Mrs Corbett and Mary E Leckrone Lewis Ringgold pianist. Mr Barton employed by George A Fuller Co Raven Rock project near Fort Ritchie Pa. The couple longtime Hawley Memorial church members. Silver gifts and decorations noted.
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Barton
Mary Birely
Marvin L. Birely
St. John’s Lutheran Parsonage
Thurmont
Mr. Corbett
Roy Sanders
Punch
Paul C. Niemyer
Edwin G. Engle
Howard
E. Tressler
George Boswell
George A. Fuller Co
Raven Rock
Fort Ritchie
Hawley
Memorial Presbyterian
the Record-Herald
Waynesboro
Arden K. Barton
Blue Ridge Summit
Charles H. Corbett
Tipsy driver convicted after court terms for three
Walter J. McGuigan of Wilkes Barre pled guilty to operating under the influence and reckless driving. He paid fines totaling 175 dollars plus costs. another driver faced similar charges. In Monrovia, three youths received suspended sentences of three years each after pleading guilty to breaking and entering at a tavern.
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Walter J. McGuigan
Wilkes Barre
Peoples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
W. L. Guilmino
Frederick
McGuigan
Charles D. Kline
Smithsburg
Route 1
Guilmino
Margaret L. Boyce
Middie Airey
East Fourth Street
William Boone
Vincent Jkaretsky
Camp Detrick
William Boost
Walter H. Borck
Detroit
Francis R. Findley, Jr
Upper Darby
Kelvin H. Korton
Falls Church
Albert A. Boyer
Keedeysville
Gilman L. Withar
Union Bridge
Frank M. Forrest
Baltimore
Charles E. Specht
Jefferson
Elliott R. Hopf
Linden Hills
Frederick City
Monrovia
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Delmar Leroy Beall
Melvin Lee Wachter
Hillside Apartments
Vivalis Andrew Wolfe
West Fifth Street
Beall
Wachter
House of Correction
Wolfe
Reformatory
Schnauffer
Charles A. Price
Charles Wilcom
Wilcom
Edwin F. Nikirk
James H. Rouzee, Jr
Philip W. Kretsinger
Wilcoms
Robert W. Ingram
West All Saints Street
Expired Tags Charged by State and City Police
Troopers Guil mino and James Stonesifer with Lieut W K May of the State Police and Lieut Frank Dorsey of the city police preferred the charges.
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Guil Mino
James Stonesifer
W. K. May
Frank Dorsey
Valedictorian and Salutatorian at Mount St Marys 1953
Leo E. Gribbin Jr of Shamokin Pa the top student will give the valedictory at Mount St Marys College Emmitsburg on June 3. He earned A B in English and held posts in Forensic Council and the senior class. James McPartland of Brooklyn will deliver the salutatory. The baccalaureate goes to Very Rev Francis X Desmond C M atagara N Y on June 2 at 4 30 PM. Senator Herbert R OConor of Maryland will give the commencement address on June 2 at 10 30 AM.
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Towson
Ainets
State Teachers College At
Earle T. Hawkins
Wendell D. Allen
State Board of Educaion
Frederick County
George William Baker, Jr
Wes Fifth Street
Frederick
George W. Baker
Sylvia Joy Gedgey
West Second Street
B. A. Godsey
Leo E. Gribbin
Webster Street
Shamokin
Haseen
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Gribbin
Forensic Council
Monsignor Tierney
Delia Epsilon Sigma
National Catholic Honor Society
Pridwin and Echo
St. Edward's High School
Harry F. McPartland, Jr
East Sith Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyn Prep
McPartland
Monogram Club
Shamrock Club
Metropolian Club
Monsignor Tiernes
Urner Named PE Transmission and Distribution Engineer
Promoted by PE Martin J. Urner of Hagerstown former Frederick resident named the Potomac Edison Company's transmission and distribution engineer after the retirement of C. C. Moler. He joined PE in 1925 and has served as transmission engineer since 1948. He will be assisted by Charles C. Wolf and is a Johns Hopkins electrical engineering graduate.
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Martin J. Urner
Hagerstown
Frederick
Potomac Edison Company
Charles C. Wolf
Urner
C. C. Moler
Johns Hopkins University
Pennsylvania Electric Association
Southeastern Electric Exchange
Hammond Urner
Judge Urner
Tregoning and Andrews Wed in Lutheran Parsonage
Miss Mary L. Andrews and James E. Tregoning were married May 4 in the Evangelical Lutheran church parsonage by Rev. Dr. W. W. Garrett. The double ring ceremony featured a baby blue nylon dress for the bride and a pink nylon dress for her attendant. Best man was Vernon T. Bear. The couple now reside in Yellow Spring.
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Tregoning
Andrews
Mary L. Andrews
Loretta W. Andrews
Walters. Andrews
James E. Tregoning
Russell Tregoning
Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. W. Garrett
Patricia A. Slaley
Vernon T. Bear
U. S. Navy
Yellow Spring
Women's Auxiliary Holds Final Dinner Meeting
The Women's Auxiliary of All Saints Episcopal church held its final supper meeting of the season in the parish house. Officers were elected for next year and committees reported. Unclear names and many positions listed.
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All Saints Episcopal Church
Ralph Fellows
Donlaid Ward
Joseph Griffin
Robert Trimble
United
William Talley
St. Ann's
Maurice Ashbury
St. Frances
St. Mary's
Charles Beatty
Clyde Roney
William Roderick
Donald Ward
Howard Kelly
John A. G. Smith
Mary Grace He
Annual WCTU Meeting Honors Temperance Work
The sixty eighth annual Frederick County Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention met at Church of God Edgewood. Mrs Leslie Masser led the White Ribbon recruits service featuring ten to thirteen children, while Rev M T Tabier spoke on liquor's lure and teen drinking. The gathering approved resolutions on liquor advertising and alcohol education and named officers led by President Mrs Calvin Schuldknecht.
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Frederick County
Leon Pennington
Jeanie Masser
Leslie Masser
Ronald Witmar
Roy Witmar
Philip Heerd
Edward ,Heerd
Sharon Lowell
Charles Lowell
Bobby Easterday
Robert Easterday
Philip Keyser
Johnny Keyser
James Keyser
Nancy Korrell
Lee Korrell
Frank Korrell
Calvin Scheidknecht
R. L. Easterday
Easterday
DeLong
O'Neill
Buckeystown
Edgewood
Rocks Camp
M.C.A
All Unions Light Line
Albert Palmer
Edward Pearl
Raymond I. Ford
Wm. Filler
Frederick Union
Mary Shawbaker
New Market
Mollie Lerch
Calvin Coblentz
Middletown
Harry Anders
Woodsboro
Fred Kimmel
Rocky Springs
Margaret Young
M. T. Tabier
Frederick
Tabier
Howard Cover
India
Gandhi
Cover
Africa
Korea
Lemon
Seventh Day Adventist
Charlies Wagner
Nehemiah
Jersualem
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
W.C.T.U
Calvin Schuldknecht
Thomas Anderson
Austin Rena
Lawrence Fry
Jacob Shawbaker
Albert Cobentz
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Lotal
Santiago
Chile
Carlos Toaner
Canavers
Chite
Russia
Ocean City
Petice
Wielawes
Martin E. Eichelberger
Ivan G. Naugle
Edwin C. Creeger
American Legion
Sgtening Pittinger
L. G. Marne
Paul Wireman
Leon K. Reed
Aubrey Snoots
Elwood Riffle
Charles Kiser
Charles RK. Downs, Sr
Kenneth Greenwald
John J. Gall
Melvin Trout
Raymond Knott
Paul Spalding
Francis X. Falvey
W. M. Snyder
Mehbrle T. Ecker
Albert Ecker
Edward G. Hobbs, Jr
Viola Harner
Dixon E. Yaste
Rocky Ridge
O. Fuss and Son
Helen Barker Zimmerman
Charles H. Zimmerman
Edward A. Godsey
Calvary Methodist Church
Funeral Home
Mount Olivet
Harry T. Bell
New London
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George W. Bell
Liberty
Raymond C. Myers
Marshall Carpenter
Jake Benn
James Leather
Oscar Beard
Albert Esworthy
Everett Cashour
Union Chapel Cemetery
W. E. Falconer
James Feaga
Feagavilke
George Miller
Pavia Maye Zoerb
Fish ‘Hatchery Road
O. K
George W. Tabier
Urbana
Grange News
Pleasant Grange
Charles Barkier
J Jr
Diana Harris
Pomona
Bruce Crum
Susan Eader
JeannetteRhoderick
Dianna Harris
Rudy Namillon
Robert Eader
Harold Bowers
Jim Ramsburg
New Market Grange
Crickenberger
Crum
Howard VA. Quinn
the Rocks
University of Delaware
Grange
Pleasant
Lewistown
Utica Reformed Church
Louise Stull
William Warren
Ernest Warner
America
Fulton Nicodemus
Randolph Bales
Hite
Charles Green
Ross Stull
John D. Leatherman
Charles Putnam
W. A R. Bell
George Firer
Ballenger Grange
Parkway School
Home Economics Committee
Read
Edward F. Holter
Leon Howard
Roland Culler
Henry Lakin
Catherine Biser
Forest Grove W. S. C
Forest Grove W. 5
C. S
William Kolb
Ernest Page
Eddie Lee Page
Richard McKimmey
Marljorie Happ
Elizabeth Burdette
Lorraine MccKimmey
Edward Davis
William McKimmey
Louise Wilt
Marjorie Happ
Robert Hope
Lorraine McKimmey
George Horman
Washington
Senate
Anacostia
Bladensburg
Riverdale
Sen
Congress
Women’s Auxiliary
San Francisco
Yellow River
Suisjuan
China
Peiping
Palatow
Azizia
Libya
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
United Nations
WCTU
Nisi
Evpry
Greait Court
Aul May Fasone
Sisade
Holtz
Carl Holtz
Guardian
Acdivor
Uniess
Peete
Ellis C. WA
Frede
Witour
Lore Err TS
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