Graham Given Route 40 Job In Maryland
The Maryland State Roads Commission awarded a $637,473 contract to W. E. Graham Construction Company of Cleveland North Carolina for three miles of dual highway from New Market east to Samsville road between Ridgeville and Jug Bridge east of Frederick. Bids are invited for the Ijamsville road to Jug Bridge section as well. The project links with a new interchange over Route 27 and a bridge over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks west of Ridgeville. The commission aims to replace the narrow Route 40 with a four section dual highway to handle heavy traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Roads Commission
W. E. Graham Construction Company
Cleveland
N. C
Ridgeville
Jug Bridge
Frederick
New Market
Samsville Road
Ijamsville Road
Baltimore
Wll
Baltimore and
Oho
State Roads Commission
Multiple Frederick and nearby death notices from wartime era
Claude William Saylor near Layd sburg dies at 57 from heart condition. Survived by wife Anna and son Charles, siblings, five grandchildren. funeral at Adamstown Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Virginia Young Stoner of Baltimore dies at 74. memorial service Tuesday at Mount Olivet cemetery chapel Frederick. Caroline K Bast of Boonsboro dies at 52. services Tuesday in Boonsboro with burial at Boonsboro Mausoleum. F Della Molesworth, Mt Airy resident 47 years, dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital aged 73. funeral at Prospect Methodist Church. Carrie B Kesner, 78, dies near Harpers Ferry. funeral at Samples Manor Church of God with burial nearby. William F Welsh, 63, dies in Martinsburg. funeral at Backlex Chapel and burial at St Peter’s Cemetery. Obituaries list survivors and funeral details across Frederick area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude William Saylor
Ladiesburg
Anna Mary Saylor
Emory and
Addie Brandenburg Saylor
Charles Saylor
Adamstown
Willard
Paul Saylor
Raymond C. Myers
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
Raymond K. Wright
Guy Stoner
Virginia Young Stoner
Baltimore
Sinai Hospital
Edward
Susan Knouff Young
Frederick
Mount Olivet Cemetery
John Miller
F. Della Molesworth
Archley R. Molesworth
Mt. Airy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Molesworth
Epbham Hood
Herbert Glaze
Airy
Clarence
Pickett
Poplar Springs
J. Raymond
Frances Molesworth
Prospect Methodist Church
Clyde Lindy
W. de Witt Dickey
C. M. Waitt
Carrie B. Kesner
Carrie Belle Kesner
Harpers Ferry
Flats
Hardy County
WiVa
Jale Hyder
Margaret B. Smith
Delsha Speaks
Edna Smith
Sharpsburg
Charles A. Kesner
Loudoun Counnty
Samples Manor Church of God
Backies Funeral Chapel
Wotil M
Federal Employees Here To Join Chest Campaign
Federal employees in Frederick County will be targeted this month as the Red Feather drive, chaired by James H. Falk, aims to raise 37000 for humanitarian agencies. Camp Detrick personnel and about 500 local workers are urged to contribute, with meetings at the Francis Scott Key Hotel next Monday at 7 30 p m to receive materials and plan outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Feather
James H. Falk
Camp Detrick
Frederick County
Falk
Francis Scott Key
Damages Sought For Inferior Work On Residence Contract
A suit filed in Circuit Court by Mr and Mrs Russell H Thomas against Catte n Construction Company seeks $3 000 in damages claiming inferior workmanship on a residence begun for 10 875 with $500 unpaid They allege faulty furnace poor waterproofing cracking walls and ceilings substandard exterior finish uneven lawn and cracked sidewalks The contractor allegedly failed to complete the home as agreed and specified CHARGES ENTERED A number of police docket charges were listed including failures to grant right of way muffler violations intoxication and speeding with several individuals cited or held and officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell H. Thomas
Catectin Construction Company
Thomas S. Glass
Hargett’s Addition
Marshall W. Smith
Rockville
George’ KE. Hill
Buckeystown
Nelson
Richard H. Harris
Frederik
N. Dorsey
Staley
Tregoning
King
Mosswarg
Heffner
Mackey and Mackey family obituary notice from Monrovia area
Mrs Merehall M Mackey Mas Callura Elizabeth Mackey wife of Marshall H Hockey near Monrovia died at Emergency Hospital after months of illness aged 30 Surviving husband and eight children plus siblings and grandchildren Funeral arrangements set with St Josephs Catholic church and Laytonsville service details note multiple local names and locales Funeral Directors M R Etchison and Son and other obituaries follow including Laytonsville and Harpers Ferry notices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merehall M. Mackey
Callura
Elizabeth Mackey
Oak
Marshall H. Hockey
Monrovia
Joseph and
Daisy Woods Weedon
St. Josephs Catholic Church
Carrollton Manor
Evelyn Pletcher
Stanford Brown
City
M. R. Etchison and Son
Funeral Notices from Thurmont and Nearby Cemeteries
Funeral services were held for Harry Franklin Rhodes at the Thurmont funeral home with large attendances and floral tributes. Interment followed at Creagerstown Cemetery. Also noted were services for Mrs. Virgie Virginia Gray at Buckeystown Methodist Church and for Samuel H. Reed at Thurmont, with interments in Blue Ridge Cemetery. Other notices include Walter Monroe Forney near Mount Pleasant and Linganore Cemetery interments, all conducted by M. R itchison and Son and related funeral directors.
Obituary Notices for John Simmons Coll and Leona Blickenstaff Cline
Wednesday for John Simmons Coll aged 85 died Sunday at the Lutheran Home in Washington where he had lived 30 months. He belonged to St John’s Lutheran church for 69 years and the Junior Order for over 50 years. Born in Frederick Md he was the son of George W and Julia Lydia Doll. Nearest survivors are nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mrs Leona Blickenstaff Cline wife of Arthur Cline 300 Grant Place were conducted Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Middletown funeral home Rev Howard McCarney officiated. Services were well attended and many floral tributes. Pallbearers were Rudolph Brandenburg Meredith Eugene Ropp Ralph Schroyer William Blumenauer Albert Summers interment Nidditown Lutheran Cemetery Gladhill Co funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Milton Staub
Frederick
Thomas
Ann Sophia Engie Staub
Creagerstown
John H. Bast
Caroline K. Bast
John Mr. Bast
Boonsboro
Washington County Hospital
Charles M
Nora Rapp Sparrow
Pennsylvania
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Josef Bible
John H. Bast, Jr
Donald R. Stonesifer
Carvin L Thompson
Boopsboro
W. F. Bast and Sons
Wiliam F. Welsh
William
Franklin Welsh
R. W. Ingram
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mr. Welsh
Jefferson County
Bakerton
Thomas Benjamin
Annie Gertrude Murphy
Standard Lime and Stone Company
Dorothy Welsh
Backlex Funeral
John Ryne
M. Peter's Cemetery
Harpers Ferry
Joseph R. Lechlider
Mamie
Virginia Lechlider
Warren Firth
John W. Rosenberger
Laytonsville Cemetery
Roy W. Barber
William Franklin Welsh
William Augustus Abb
Dill Avenue
Guilford Nursing Home
East Church
Walter Monroe Forney
Mount Pleasant
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East Church Street
Kenneth A. Tyson
Linganore Methodist Church
Unionville
Charlex Fickr
William T Dejauter
Martin L. Linton
Carl F. Thompson
Anthony Main
Frask Main
Linganore Cemetery
M. RK. Etchison and Son
John Simmons
Washington
St. John's Lutheran Church
United American Mechanics
George W
Julia Lydia Doll
Bakersville
Leona Blickenstaff Cline
Arthur Cline
Grant Place
Middletown
Howard McCarney
Rudolph Brandenburg
Meredith
Eugene Ropp
Ralph Schroyer
William Blumenauer
Albert Summers
Niddietown Lutheran Cemetery
Gladhill Co
Willing Workers Meet at Tabor Lutheran Church
The Willing Workers of Mr. Tabor Lutheran Church met September 2 with ten members present. The vice president presided, hymn singing opened the meeting, and Mrs. Bruce Late led scripture. Plans were set for a October 31 chicken and oyster supper and the next meeting on October 2 to elect 1954 officers and finalize supper plans. A thank you note from Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shriner was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tabor Lutheran Church
Bruce
Howard Shriner
D. L. Sharver
Cornerstone Of New School In Position
Frederick County leaders defend a major school building program as essential and overdue. They note additions to Emmitsburg Liberty and Lincoln schools, a Walkersville expansion, Pleasant View for colored students, and Elm Street Junior High, totaling well over 4.5 million dollars with remaining debt about 1.2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Frederick
Emmitsburg
Liberty Town
Lincoln School
Thurmont
Schoo
Frederick
Walkersville
Pleasant View
Elm Street
Northern
Fredenck
Lincoln
North Fredencki
Brunswick High School
New Market
Ebenezer
Hope Hill
Brunswick
Horseys
Thurmont ‘School
Frederick County
Board of ‘County Commissioners
Market Trends Are Discussed by Roger W Babson
Roger W Babson argues patience governs stock trends, not simple buys or sells. He outlines four factors measuring investor patience: cash availability, business conditions, confidence in the future, and political or labor influence. He emphasizes research, data, and avoiding mixed bullish and bearish forecasts in guiding investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Patent Office
FRB
SEC
IBM
Pub
Fin Bu. Inc
Omaha Truck Bomb Blasts Kill Three in Collision
An ammo truck hit a passenger car on a busy highway west of Omaha causing a series of explosions. Three sisters died and another woman was seriously injured while a nearby inn co-owner died of a heart attack. Sixty six year old Laura McClaskey and 72 year old Theo McClaskey of Geneva Illinois, and 66 year old Harrie Paige of Omaha were killed. An additional survivor, Mrs W H McClaskey of Edmonds Washington, escaped after opening a door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Here
Boys Town
Lawrence Davis
Laura McClaskey
Theo McClaskey
Geneva
Harrie Paige
W. H. McClaskey
Edmonds, Wash
Surprise Party for Mrs Nora Miller in Knoxville
A birthday surprise was held for Mrs. Nora Miller at her Knoxville home on September 30. Guests included her son Jack Miller, daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. James Marrone, a grandson Bobbie Marrone, two sisters, and many local friends such as Mrs. Edna Webber, Mrs. Dorothy Hauver, and Mrs. Grace Shaffer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Miller
Knoxville
Jack Miller
James Marrone
Bobbie Marrone
Grace Frye
Frederick
Evelyn Brokaw
Pittsburgh
Edna Webber
Dorothy Hauver
C. EK. Webber
Lorraine Kaetzel
Joe
Grace Lewis
Frac Sisk
Frank and
Shirren Sisk
Helen Weaver
Alice Oakes
Mabel Cooper
Virginia Barger and
Branton
Phyllis Moore
Grace Shaffer
Emma Carter
Levi Porter
Doris Carter
Trash Truck Crash Kills Seven in Los Angeles
A 45 foot truck and trailer carrying 20 tons of steel crashed into a car killing a woman and six children on October 3 in Los Angeles. The woman tentatively identified as Mrs Helen Lee, about 37, perished with the five other occupants who were wearing sunsuits and beachwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Helen Lee
Hite Gicke
J Fowng Wag
Weddings in Mt Airy and area events
Multiple society notes outline weddings and engagements: Miss Catherine Jane Burns and Robert Eugene Lowman wed at Calvary Methodist Church Mt Airy in a family ceremony with double ring vows, Miss Lorraine Weaver and Harry Bohrer married at Wesley Grove Woodfield, Wendell Naugle and Jane Flickinger wed in Mount Airy area, plus two engagement notices for Peggy Ann Reon to William Dorsey Dwyer and Nancy Joan Bricker to Airey J. Smith with details on careers and residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowman—Burns
Catherine Jane Burns
Emily Burns
Mt. Airy
Robert Eugene Lowman
Arthur Lowman
Calvary Methodist Church
Ww. DeWitt Dickey
Robert Gosnell
Richard Baker
O Woodbine
South
Florida
Mrs. Bohrer
Deers Warfield Development
Mt Airy
Naugle—Flickinger
Wendell W. Naugle
E. J. Naugle
Orrtanna
Jane E. Flickinger
Earl Flickinger
Arendtaville
Theremont
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Ivan G. Naugle
Shirley Flickinger
Donald Miller
Bigherville
Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
George A. Reon
Norfolk
Peggy Ann Reon
William Dorsey Dwyer
Dorsey Dwyer
Miss Reon
Norfolk Catholic High
Furness, Withy & Co
Dwyer
Sikesvile High
U. S. Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graham
Pia Ald
Ask
Harry Franklin Rhodes
Newton D. Baker
Charles H. Corbett
Virgil
Philip
Carroll Zentz
Walter Brown
Norris Martin
Joseph Miller
Creagerstown Cemetery
M. L. Creager and Son
Virgie Virginia Gray
Percy L. Gray
Methodist Church
Ivory P. Blackman
O. E B. Jackson
Sherman J. Mason
Edith Jackson
I. P. Blackman
Richard A. Furgson
Alfred C. Weedon
Linsay P. Ambush
Allon D. Bowie
Marion Johnson
Charles E. Ambush
Fairview Cemetery
M. Ritchison and Son
Samuel H. Reed
Charles R. Downs
John Gall
Edward Prendergast
Leonard Fogle
Morris Albaugh
Herbert Sweeney
Bearcore Poole
Charles Kiser
Edwin C. Creeger Jr
American Legion
Blue Ridge Cemetery
OL. Creager and Son
Frank Keever
Theodore R. McKeldin
Ralph Potts
Frederick Fair
Irvin Benn
Frank Keefer
Frederick Faston
Keey Cae
Taskers Chance Garden Club
Cornerstone of New School
John M. Bricker
North Broad Street
Waynesboro
Nancy Joan
Airey
Smith
Mehrle Smith
Miss Bricker
Waynes ‘Pore
J. J. Newberry Co
Smyth
Thurmont High School
Washington, D. C
Immer and Company, Inc
Ie Wee Jana
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