Gettysburg Marker Unveiled by Town Honorees
Neal Powell led the ceremony with Charles Fisher giving the historical background and presenting the marker. Mayor Raymond Perry accepted it as the town marked the Gettysburg decision instead of Pipe Creek. Robert and Richard Reindollar unveiled, using a Civil War era cloth loaned by Lois Brown. Taneytown High School band played Civil War tunes.
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Neal Powell
Charles Fisher
Westminster
Manakee
Raymond Perry
Fisher
Gettysburg
Pipe Creek
Meade
Robert
Richard Reindollar
Levi T. Williams
Lutheran Church
Keysville
Lois Brown
Taneytown
Miller
United Appeal reaches $65,000 in drive progress
The third United Appeal report shows $65,000 collected in donations and pledges, about 45 percent of the $146,000 goal needed by month end. The drive is 17 percent ahead of last year’s pace, aided by payroll deductions adopted by firms. Sagner Corporation and Frederick High School have joined, with the latter forming a separate United Appeal unit.
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United Appeal
Frederick
Harry A. Harper
The
John W. Morgan
Potomac Edison Company
Sagner Corporation
Harper
Frederick High School
Meade encampment plaque unveiled at Taneytown
An October Sunday event near Taneytown marked the unveiling of a plaque commemorating General George G. Meade’s encampment on the former Benjamin Shank farm. The program, arranged by the Federation of Republican Women, included Rev. Howard Miller’s invocation and featured Harold Manakee of the Maryland Historical Society and Carroll County Historical Society president James Shriver.
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Taneytown
George G. Meade
Benjamin Shank
Federation of Republican Women
Virginia Sanders
Howard Miller
Harold Manakee
Maryland Historical Society
Carroll County Historical Society
James Shriver
Rabbit Farm Approved By Zoners In Frederick County
The Frederick County Board of Zoning Appeals approved Rowmar Inc to locate a 300 rabbit raising establishment on Yeagertown Road Linganore Road in Damascus with rabbits for display at shows and surplus animals to be sold to local laboratories. Opponents included Joseph Etter Joseph Winegardner Lee Lockard and five others.
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Frederick County
Joseph Etter
Joseph Winegardner
Lee Lockard
Rabbits on Yeagertown Road Sparks Zoning Clash
Adjoining property owners argued rabbits kept in wire and plywood hutches would cause odors and contaminate a stream. Despite opposition, the Appeals Board granted permission for Mr Uebel to locate hutches at Yeagerstown and Linganore. Eight alarm fire hits lumber yard in southeast Baltimore with extensive damage and a large response.
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Appeals Board
Uebel
Yeagerstown Road
Linganore Road
Baltimore
Little Italy
Judges Rule In Favor Of B&O On Train Cuts
Three federal judges ruled that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad acted within its managerial discretion in eliminating two passenger trains between Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The railroad discontinued the daylight speedliners on January 22 after reporting a $141,000 annual loss, a move approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Railroad Brotherhood of Pennsylvania had appealed.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Brotherhood of Pennsylvania
Insurance Man Slagle Dies at 66 in Baltimore
Charles W. Slagle Jr. of Baltimore, a longtime figure in insurance and former builder, died after a long illness at Union Memorial Hospital. He once ran a brick business with his family, then started a construction firm and later a home owners service organization.
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Baltimore
Charles W. Slagle Jr
Union Memorial Hospital
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Lutheran Brotherhood
James C. Wearing
Walkersville, Md
Dobbs Truss
CNT Tadeda
Ee Ed Brug
Prescription Service
S. Market St
c/o
Frederick News-Post
Frost
Freezer
General Electric
Modern Lighting Co
Market ST
MOYER
FIAT
Low Miles
FORD
Real Olce Economical Transportation
North Market Street
Arcade
Moyers
Kwsbrape
Philco
Zenith
Motorola
Dees
Melvin M. Engle
N. Carroll St
Whitesell Pharmacy
N. Market St
R.gick
Victor
Storm and Shipley
2Nd & Market Sts
Wayside Radio Service
E. Patrick St
Rexall
Pharmacy
Mercer's Drug Store
West 3Rd & N. Market Sts
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