Controversial Confederate Memorial Ceremony At Mount Olivet
At Mount Olivet Cemetery a ceremony unveiled a monument honoring 408 unknown Confederate dead. The Rev Father Alister Anderson argued Northern abolitionists started the war over slavery, while a Longstreet play challenged secession. Organizers urged reconciliation and dialogue to ease lingering regional tensions.
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Mount Olivet
Alister Anderson
New Confederate Memorial Unveiled at Mount Olivet Cemetery
A Civil War Memorial Service in Mount Olivet marked the unveiling of a granite monument to 408 unknown Confederate dead from the Battle of Monocacy. About 85 people attended with Confederate uniforms, flags, and mournful dress. wreaths honored Confederate dead and 19 Union soldiers. Sponsors were Sons of Confederate Veterans and Military Order of the Stars and Bars, with funds raised by the General Staff of the Confederacy and Army of the Potomac, a group of 72 living historians and re enactors. The project seeks to replace headstones for 303 Confederate soldiers and a 1983 marker honoring Frederick County Confederates, plus a future Union memorial. current costs total about $102,000, with $3,000 spent so far. Local AMVETS contributed, and attendees offered diverse views on the war’s legacy and causes beyond slavery.
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Mount Olivet
Battle of Monocacy
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Military Order of the Stars and Bars
General Staff of the Confederacy
Army of the Potomac
General Staff
Frederick County
Joseph Shelton
Maryland Amvets
Herb Sprecher
Amvets Post
Racial Solidarity Shapes Baltimore Voting Patterns
A study by the Institute for Policy Analysis and Research at UMBC finds race guides candidate support in Baltimore. In a 60 percent Black city, Black voters favored Black candidates and White voters favored White candidates, giving Black contenders an edge in racially split races. The study led by Donald F Norris analyzes 1995 races, noting Black mayor Kurt Schmoke won 89 percent of Black votes, and White council president Mary Pat Clarke drew 89 percent of White votes in examined precincts.
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Institute For Policy Analysis and Research
The
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
Baltimore
Institute
Donald F. Norris
Kurt Schmoke
Mary Pat Clarke
Carroll Creek Toastmasters honors three winners at meeting
At the Carroll Creek Toastmasters Club gathering, Ken McKellar won best speaker, Jay Geiser earned best table topics, and John Beker took best evaluator. The club meets on the first and third Tuesdays monthly. For details contact Jim Cholet 662-0002 or Ethel Schricker 865-5515.
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Carroll Creek Toastmasters Club
Ken McKellar
Jay Geiser
John Beker
Toastmasters International
Jim Cholet
Ethel Schricker
Obituaries of Kenneth Watkins and several local figures
Obituary notices list Kenneth Ray Watkins 55 of Walkersville died November 22 at Frederick Memorial Hospital, husband of Brenda Hash Watkins, with service details and memorials to Walkersville Fire Dept. and American Diabetes Association. Also listed are Dorothy F. Frye 90 of Leesburg, Glenn E. King 68 of Walkersville, Roy V. Wiles 95 of Palatka, Frances Pauline Matthews 76 of Thurmont, Roy E. Grossnickle 79 of Myersville, Janet M. White 81 of Waynesboro, Eleanor V. Hitz Graninger Clark 81 of Frederick, Karl Daniel Kemmerling 77 of Frederick, Marguerite C. Harman 90 of Gaithersburg, Virgie Wars Gray 70 of Frederick, Novella Edith Dinterman 80 of Rocky Ridge, with family ties, church affiliations, military and civic memberships, and funeral arrangements noted for several.
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Kenneth Watkins
Kenneth Ray “Shorty” Watkins
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Brenda Hash Watkins
Cedar Grove
Herbert W. and
Mary May Watkins
Deltona
Fla
Watkins
Diagnon Corp
Rockville
Upper Seneca Baptist Church
National Guard
Michelle Cregger
Anthony
Woodsboro
Michael Watkins
Richard Watkins
Darlene
Potomac
Olin L. Molesworth
Ridge Road
Damascus
Wayne Spear
Myersville Baptist Church
Upper Seneca Baptist Cemetery
Glenn E. King
Baker
W.va
Joan ¥. Hahn King
Frederick
Walter W. King
Warrenton
Agnes B. Chipley King
NASA
Florida
Germany
Okinawa
American Legion of
Amvets Post 2
Moose Lodge
Eagles Aerie
Brunswick
Glenda Brown
Charles King
Judy Miller
Angel Wilkes
Pamela Baranowski
Todd Brown
Betsy Brown
Charlsie King
Shannon King
Erin King
Tommy Miller
Shawna Wilkes
Chad Wilkes
Kyle Baranowski
Kayla Baranowski
Parker Baranowski
Ashley Palmer
Robert Simms
Tabatha Simms
Sheila Simms
Eldon Rhoades Jr
Heidi Simms
Tessa Fleck
Doug Hahn
Emma Chipley
Grace King
King
Glenn E. King Jr
Harry King
Wayne King
Kenneth King
James King
Stephen Simms Jr
William King
Stauffer Funeral Home
Fulton Ave
Albert K. Lane III
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Walkersville United Methodist Church
Main St
Middlepoint
Elmer G
Annie V. Wiles Grossnickle
Grossnickle
Capitol Dairy
Wolfsville
Main’s Ice Cream
Middletown
Dick Grossnickle
Cheryl
Doris Cooper
Lynn
Myersvile
Catherine Shank
Myersville
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
David Howell
Grossmekle Church of the Brethren
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
P.O. Box 13
Jack W. White
White
Waynesboro
Garfield and
Maude Daisey Holtzman Roger
Greencastle High School
Greencastle
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Wayne Heights
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Jack R. White
Mildred Spangler
Paul F. Royer
Green Hill Cemetery
Richard A. Leaks
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Luther Drive
Chambersburg
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Thomas Ave
Clark Cecil Graninger
Washington, D.C
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Phyllis Land Hitz
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Samaritan Rebekah Lodge
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Churchton
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Chicago
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Salisbury
N.C
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Matthew Wayne Graninger
Alan Ross
Craig Ross
Karen Graninger
Michael
Patrick St
Harold B. Wright II
Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Oncology Center
Breast Cancer Research
N. Broadway
Baltimore
Karl Kemmerling
Karl Daniel ‘‘Kem’’ Kemmerling
Trailview Court
Doris Marion Bloch Kemmerling
Reading
Daniel E
Edna Baisch Kemmerling
Kemmerling
Savannah Kemmerling
Jared Kemmerling
Charlotte
Jane Stubblebine
Warren
Norwalk
Ohio
Paul Kemmerling
Linda
American Diabetes Association
Central Ave
Reisterstown
Frederick Funeral Home
Robert E. Dailey & Son
Virgie Gray
Virgie Wars Gray
Greater Southeast Hospital
Hubert Gray
Waldorf
Robert and
Maria Wars
Wesley Bowens
Carolyn
Forestville
George Bowens
Karen
Margaretta Hall
Charles Wars
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Kent Booth
Resurrection Cemetery
Clinton
Lydia
Novella Dinterman
Novella Edith Dinterman
Motters Station Road
Rocky Ridge
LeRoy Richard Dinterman
Thurmont
Question poll on Mark Hoke blame for county turnover
Sound source poll invites Frederick County residents to vote on whether Commissioner president Mark Hoke is responsible for a 10 percent turnover in county government. Call 6952633 and enter 1005 to suggest questions or 6010 for YES or 6011 for NO by 10 p.m. Results to be published next edition.
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Frederick County
Mark Hoke
Cas Taylor
Maryland
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Willard Hawkins prominent educator and civic leader dies
Willard Hawkins longtime Garrett County school administrator and community volunteer dies. He led the Secondary Principals Association of Maryland and the State Organization of County School Superintendents, earned a John Hay Fellowship, and joined the Meet Modern Sweden Program. A past mayor of New Windsor and church member, he supported Carroll Community College and was honored with a board room named for him. Memorial services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Westminster United Methodist Church.
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Secondary Principals Association
Garrett County
John Hay
Colorado College
Meet Modern Sweden
Westminister Kiwanis Club
Sykesville
Oakland
Trial Table Law Club
Plymouth Lodge 146
Af.& A Masons
Union Bridge
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Carroll County Oldtimers Baseball Club
Progressive Farmers of
Willard Hawkins
Westminster United Methodist Church
Charles H. Acker Jr
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
New Windsor
David Highfield
Hawkins
Springfield Cemetery
Carroll Community College Library Fund
Washington Road
Westminster
Hartzler
Yugoslav Students Protest Milosevic Rule in Belgrade
In Belgrade at least 20,000 university students chanted Red Bandits and protested against court rulings that erased an apparent opposition electoral victory. Spectators on balconies cheered as the largest student action against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic since 1992 drew attention to a judiciary seen as Milosevic‑controlled.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Milosevic
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