Deaths mark end of era in Gettysburg area families
Multiple obituaries list Blanche Gertrude Spertzel 70 of Gardners Pa died at Warner Hospital Gettysburg. Hazel Lucille Hardman 61 of Greenstone Pa died at Waynesboro Hospital. Elmer C Hood died at Mount Wilson State Hospital. Major Henry Ford Sigafoose 49 of Brunswick died at Fort Detrick. Wilmer C Rippeon Sr died Frederick Memorial Hospital. Arnold L French died Washington County Hospital. Elmer M Gibbons died Frederick Memorial Hospital. Survivors include spouses children and grandchildren with funeral details noted.
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G. A. Spertzel
Blanche Gertrude Spertzel
Gardners
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
George A. Spertzel
Ira
Sarah (Paxton) Davis
Huntington
Dickinson Fwp
Cumberland County
Henry Ford Sigafoose
Brunswick
U.S. Air Force
Fort Detrick
Retired IF farmer Succumbs
Edward Morgan McClain Sr 85 husband of Agnes Fink McClain died after a heart attack while shopping with his wife in Monrovia He was born Sept 15 1885 in Hyattstown son of Joseph and Catherine McClain He leaves three sons Edward Jr Donald and Bernard a daughter Lee Kemp one brother John A McClain 13 grandchildren five great grandchildren and other relatives A son Robert died in Sept 1970 He belonged to Bush Creek Church of the Brethren Funeral Thursday 2 pm at the funeral home Rev David Young to officiate Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery Contributions may go to Frederick County Heart Association.
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Elmer C. Hood
Janetta Selby Hood
Catoctin View
Motter Avenue
Mount Wilson State Hospital
New Windsor
Hood
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Loyal Order of the Moose
Frederick
Charles C. Hood
Hampton Roads
William E. Hood
Robert James Syr
M.R. Etchison and Son
Church St
Funeral
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Arnold L. French
Arnold Lee
Dick) French
Mayfair Ave
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Abram and
Maude Mongan French
Hess Body Works
Phyllis Pryor French
Doris Taylor
Williamsport
Edna Lapole
Robert French
Conococheague
Coffman Funeral Home
Laverne Rohrbaugh
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Myersville
Elmer M. Gibbons
Marie Beachley Gibbons
RFD
Knoxville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Jacob H
Estella Hartiman Gibbons
Gibbons
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church of
Millard P. Gibbons
Glen E. Gibbons
Wheaton
Harold J. Gibbons
Freddie L. Gibbons
Hopkins
Richard L. Gibbons
Louise V. Wilt
Victor H. Gibbons
Austin Gibbons
Grace Bowlus
Burkitsville
Audrey Walker
M.R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home
East Church St
Campbell McKinnon
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Edward Morgan McClain Sr
Agnes Fink McClain
McClain
Monrovia
Bush Creek
Church of the Brethren Friends
E. Church St
Funeral Home
David Young
Frederick County Heart Association
Funeral notices for Mrs Mary Jane Reightler and Mrs Helen Hemp
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Reightler were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Barton Funeral Home Walkersville with Rev Francis Reinberger officiating. Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery Frederick. Mrs. Helen Beall Hemp widow of R Douglas Hemp of Jefferson died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was born September 23 1900 in Frederick and survived by two sons a daughter ten grandchildren and a niece. Interment will be in Reformed Cemetery Jefferson. The family requests contributions to Frederick Memorial Hospital in lieu of flowers.
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E. F. Hardman
Hazel Lucille Hardman
Ellis F. Hardman
Greenstone
Waynesboro Hospital
Franklin County
Simon H
Sarah
Kint) Cline
Apostolic Church
Naomi V. Benedict
State College
Jean E. McCrea
Waynesboro
Harry Cline
Mabel Harbaugh
Cascade
Dora Carbaugh
Nellie Gilland
Bertha Warren
Fairfield
Wilson Funeral Home
Eugene Cline
Fountaindale Union Cemetery
David Walborn
Arlington National Cemetery
Christian Missionary Alliance Building Fund
Brunswick
Mary Jane Reightler
John Ww. Reightler
Blanford Avenue
Rockville
Barton
Walkersville
Francis FE. Reinberger
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Helen B. Hemp
Helen Beall Hemp
R. Douglas Hemp
Jefferson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick
William E
Jane Smith Beall
Hemp
United Church of Christ In
Jefferson Homemakers Club
M.r.etchison and Son Funeral Home
East Church St
Funeral
Guy A. Wenck
Carroll L. Boyer
Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church
School president criticizes inaction at meeting
The school president who attended last night's meeting calls the situation a question of frustration. He accuses the Board of Education of inaction and says the system in the county is very well set up for passing the buck.
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Page One
Board of Education
Local Teacher Resigns Over Grim Area School System
A 27 year old junior high English teacher Mary Christine Johnson resigns from West Frederick Junior High effective Nov 9. In a Baltimore Sun letter she blasts Frederick County Schools as grim and crowded, saying discipline overrides teaching and that teachers face hostility as they police students. Her resignation ends a fifth teaching post since 1966.
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Frederick County
Baltimore ‘Sun
Mary Christine Johnson
West Frederick Junior High
John L. Carnachan
West Frederick
Carnachan
Carnochan
Mary Johnson
Frederick Man Killed In Traffic Tragedy
A 27 year old Frederick man, John F. Spelzini of RFD 6 Frederick, died from head and chest injuries after his tractor trailer left Md 135 near Backbone Mountain and struck rocks at 8 15 a m Sunday. State police cited driver error and excessive speed for the crash. Boal Funeral Home Westernport to receive the body. Salamone Funeral Home 608 East Patrick St to handle local arrangements.
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Frederick
Savage River Road
Bloomington
Garrett County
John F. Spelzini
RFD
James H. Feaster Jr
Boal Funeral Home
Westernport
Auto Union Locals Approve New GM Pact
AP dispatch notes tentative UAW GM settlement gains approval from 21 locals with ratifications. If majority of skilled and unskilled workers approve separately, pact becomes effective Monday. GM plans to begin recalling workers next week as wages rise by about 1 per hour over three years.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
UAW
United States
Frederick Memorial Hospital admissions and memorial notices
Among The Sick Bernard Showe and Mrs Elwood Cramer are admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for surgery or medical care. Mr William Ramsburg and Mrs Terry Eyler are hospital patients. In Memoriam honors Calvin P Shafter and Pfc Charles R Pittinger who died in 1969 Vietnam service. Also notes family memorial lines and local business ads for Cappello's Food Market and Esskay's Sausage Specials.
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Bernard Showe
East South Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Elwood Cramer
Baslenger Creek Road
Dena M. Getzendanner
William L.ramsburg
Braddock Avenue
Terry Eyler
North Market Street
Pittinger
Pfc
Charles R. Pittinger
Vietnam
Local notices span land sale and farm details in Frederick area
Listings include a 122 acre farm for sale with river frontage and meadow pasture priced at 62 500 with 25 down and remainder at 6 percent to NEDS Zeiler contact in Frederick Maryland plus Kennebec potatoes 60 lb hand graded 2 50 near Liberty Road Rt 550 and open hours. Also a tribute card and notice of Domestic Building Association annual meeting for directors in Frederick plus Thanksgiving Day dinner at Walkersville Fire Co with turkey and oysters and street lights benefit by Raritan Club.
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NEDS
Zeiler
Frederick
Libertytown
R. R. Garst
Domestic Building Association
Frederick County
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
N. Market St
H. Albert Dean
Walkersville
Walkersville Volunteer Fire Co
Frederick, Md
No debts beyond my own by Robert Beall notice
Notice states I will not be responsible for debts contracted by anyone other than myself. Includes business listings for Frederick McLain Home Improvement additions, kitchen cabinets, roofing, sheds, and services with free estimates. Also references local events and ads for bazaar, dinners, rent, orchard sales, and various services in Frederick area.
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Robert Beall
Frederick
McLain Home Improvement
Annual Turkey and Oyster Supper and local ads
Community notices list an annual turkey and oyster supper at Flint Hill Parish Hall on Saturday at 3 PM with prices for adults, children, and carryouts, plus a Sugarloaf Cookery listing from St Peter's Church Poolesville and availability at local shops. Additional items include various local ads for apple sales, ready-made slipcovers, construction services, poultry orders, and other community commerce details from Frederick area merchants.
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Flint Hill Parish Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clair A. Spertzel
Lloyd E. Spertzel
Robert B. Spertzel
Richard O. Spertzel
Luther R. Spertzel
Catherine Cole
Romaine Trimmer
New Oxford
Jean Weigle
Idaville
Pillenturf
York Springs
Jacob F
Stover
Idaville Cemetery
Beatrice R. Sigafoose
Horace Sigafoose
John Sigafoose
Alexandria
Evelend VanHoven
San Francisco
Calif
Jeannett Cataldi
Virginia Comer
Harrisburg
Horace G
Blanche Harison Sigafoose
Feete Funeral Home
Wilmer C
Rippeon
East Fourth St
Silas and
Ida Stitely Rippeon
Marion L. Tregoning Rippeon
Sagner
Myrtle Furry Sowers Rippeon
Wilmer C. Rippeon Jr
Kenneth L. Rippeon
Westminster
Carl W. Rippeon
Winifred Trussell
Woodsboro
Betty Jane Hoffman
Joppa
Patsy Ann Olsen
Clayton
Del
Christine Kline
Taneytown
Leslie Rippeon
Bartonsville
Ruth Smith
Pauline Getzendamer
Baltimore
Barton Funeral Home
Bruce A. Ramsburg
New Market
Ellwood Wenzel
Sterling Lenhart Jr
Denton K. Garst
Herbert 8. Cannon
Robert James Jr
John B. Schlotter Jr
Stanley High School
Stanley, Wise
Auto Union
OK New GM
Frederick Housing Authority
Sagner Road
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. Rolfe Castleman
Fuyrpape
Parehive
Calvin P. Shafer
Phillip H. Zimmerman
Blue Light Cab Co
R. Elwood
Cappello’s Food Market
Esskay
Mt. Pleasant
Raritan Club
All Saints
N. Court St. Wed
Libertytown Fire Hall
Benefit of
Libertytown Vol. Fire Co
Court House
FSK Hotel
TROUT
N Court St
Frederick Md
Stayman & York
Moser’s
Thurmont
Callus
Squire
Frederick County Roads Board
Winchester Hall
Space-Pak
Hamberger
York Imperials
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Northwest Greenings
Kale
U.S
Stayman
American Breeders Service
William C. Kepler
Middletown
Maryland
Carmack's
Hillside Farms
Wagners
Sappington
FFV
Virginia
Carmack’s
O’lakes
Swift
Ladies of Parkway Church OF God
Carroll Manor Spire Co
Adamstown
Old School
Frederick Co
P.O. Box
B.P.W
West Frederick Jr. High School
Connie
Women’s Fellowship & Service Guild
Knapp
Rudy Hamilton
Key Exterminating Co
S. Jefferson St. Frederick
Stayman & York Grimes
Golden & Cortland Pryor’s
Cortland Stayman & York
McCutcheon
Apple Products
S. Wisner St
Henry
Ecker
Frederick News-Post
East
Patrick Street
St. Peter’s Church
Poolesville
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Berger’s
Studio
Davenos
Parsons
North Market St
Carl's Construction CO
W & W Poultry Met., Inc
E. Patrick St
Paul R. Kolb
Reel’s Mill Road
Hitachi Frederick
M’m Merchandise Mart
N Market St
York
Mis. N. of
Rodger’s
Mkt
Ext
Keyser
Gas House Pike
Rus
Shepley
S. Market St
CBS Electric Co
Brown Insulation
Fiberglas
CBS Insulating Co
Frederick Glass Shop
E. 4Th Street
Woodrow
Bill) Anderson
East Patrick St
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