Halloween Parade in Frederick Sees Multiple Floats Planned
Eleven individuals and organizations will feature floats in Frederick Halloween parade next Saturday night. Float prizes totaling 180 dollars were approved. many groups including Optimist club Girl Scouts Frederick and Walkersville, Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups will participate. Three floats also appear in the Hagerstown parade with parade events on East Eighth Street near Market Street, bands serenading at set corners along North Market Street. The parade begins at 7 45 p m with rain cancelation possible.
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Hallowe'en
Frederick
Gerald Smith
Hagerstown
Smith
Hallowe'en Observance Committee
Staley Park Field House
Frederick City
Optimist
Girl Scouts of
Walkersville
North Market Street
Rev A W Ewell Dies in Gaithersburg Pastor Served 10 Years
Reverend Arthur W. Ewell 65, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church in Gaithersburg for a decade, died Saturday at Montgomery County General Hospital of Hodgkin's disease. Survived by widow Mary L, daughter L Gilbert Thompson of Gaithersburg, two sons Edward L Towson and Donald T San Francisco, two sisters, a Baltimore brother, and three grandchildren. Funeral at 10:30 a m Tuesday at the Gaithersburg church, burial Westminster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Ewell
Epworth Methodist Church
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County General Hospital
Brooks Avenue
Ewell
Crisfield
Western Maryland Theological Seminary
Maryland Institute of Art
Baltimore
Hallwood
Towson
Laurel
Del
Barpers Ferry
W. Vai
Pocomoke City
Westminster
Mary L
L. Gilbert Thompson
Edward L
Donald T
San Francisco
Frank C. Stroud
W. Frederick Boerschel
Grover Ewell
Former Grounds Superintendent at Hood College Dies
John Keller Gerrich, aged 77, longtime Hood College grounds superintendent, died Sunday afternoon at his home 289 Dill Avenue after three years of ill health. Survived by wife Carrie I. Carmack Gerrich and daughter Lena E. Gerrich, he was last of his immediate family. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church with interment at Glade Cemetery Walkersville. Funeral directors M. R. Etchigen and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keller Gerrich
Dill Avenue
Washington County
Andrew and
Eliza Bowman Gerrich
Hood Coliege
IME
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
the Maccabees
Ancient Order of Knights of Mystic Chain
Isaac M. Smelser
New Windsor
Bethesda
William O. Yates
John Strine
Charles Bachman
Howard Roop
Walter Bankerd
Wiliam Lovell
George Goodermuth
Pipe Creek
D. D. Hartzler and Son
Bowlus Fiftieth Anniversary Observed at Bolivar Home
Mr and Mrs John Bowlus celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary near Bolivar. Some family members and friends attended on October 4 with gifts and buffet refreshments. Guests included Grayson Toms and family, Albert ONeil and grandson, Grayson Bowlus, Ralph and Estie Moser, Routzahn, Fink, Meintzer, Young, Fink, and other relatives sharing in the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bowlus
Bolivar
Grayson Toms
Middletown
Grayson Bowlus
Myersville
Albert O'Neil
William Bowlus
June
Daniel
George
Cal
D. A. Morris
Emory Remsberg
Gary Lee
Estie Moser
Ralph Moser
Roy Routzahn
Mar Jene
R. Shank
Della
Samuel Bowlus
Fred and
Austin
Rosa Minnick
Roger Minnick
Beverly
Carroll Harshman
Josephine Keller
Frank Keller
John Meintzer
Stanley Young
Lorraine
Joseph Fink
Josephine
George Poole, Jr
Pat
Sharon
Milo Delauter
Lorenzo Reeder
Theodore Routzahn
Samuel Fink
Harry Haupt
Guy Abalt
Willis Routzahn
Richard Schroyer
Waldo Shank
Curtis
Obituaries from Frederick area include Simms, Hoffmeier, and Scott
The notice highlights several deaths and services. Henry von Asen Hoffmeier, 67, of Arlington died at Georgetown Hospital and is survived by a wife, children, a sister, and a grandchild with funeral services at Trinity Episcopal Arlington. Charles Saniel Scott, 77, of Lovettsville, found dead. natural causes ruled. funeral at Mt. Olivet with interment. Bradley R. Penn, 66, of Glenelg, died at home. survived by wife, grandchildren, half siblings. services at Morgan Chapel Church. Other notices include DeCourcy Harrold and Mrs. Alice Rigler with funeral arrangements pending or announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hoffmeier
Henry von Asen Hoffmeier
Georgetown Hospital
Washington
Arlington Village
Arlington
Middletown
Hoffmeier
Thomas Franklin
Sallie (Ankeney) Hoffmeier
Hagerstown
Old Hagerstown Bank
Maine and Company
Harrisburg
Federal Home Loan Bank Board of Washington
Mercersburg Academy
Trinity Episcopal Church
Masonic Fraternity
Mary Elizabeth Richardson Hoffmeier
Morton Burden, Jr
Sewickley
Henry von ‘Asen Hoffmeier
Chardon, C
Stanley Hughes Hoffmeier
Helen Hoffmeier
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Clear Spring
Gary Prince
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Charles D. Scott
Charles Saniel Scott
Grant Place
Ralph Potts
Norman Trump
Charles
Rachel Hooper Scott
Loudoun County
International Harvester Company
Acorn Paint Company
Frances Scott
Katherine Scott
Lovettsville
J. V Landower
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Bradley R. Penn
Carroll County
Glenelg
Howard County
Mr. Penn
Howard
Rachel Penn
Alice Gertrude Brown Penn
Edwin Jenkins
Winfield
Frank Jenkins
Baltimore
Harold Jenkins
Pennsylvania
Grace Pilackas
Walter Penn
Edison Amos
Morgan Chapel
Woodbine
C. M. Waltz
Jarrell DeCourcy Harrod DeCourcy
Waterford
Mt Aice Hospital
Margaret Brown DeCourcy
Robert Annis Harrold Roberts
John Spencer
Patricia Tompkins DeCourcy
John DeCourcy
North Hampton
N. H
Deaths in Frederick and York Communities Reflect Losses
Joseph G. Andrews died suddenly at his Frederick home at 60, a Navy veteran and Elks member with a large family remaining. Mrs. Sarah A. H. Myers, 97, of York, Pa., dies after brief illness. survivors include children and many grandchildren. George C. Reynolds, 67, a Johnsville farmer, dies after 18 months illness. services pending. Mrs. Gertie Simms, 132, dies in Loudoun County home. burial plans not yet detailed.
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Sarah A. H. Myers
Sarah Ann Hahn Myers
Joseph Myers
Princess Street
York
Frederick County
North York Bible Church
Dessie Richard
Ida Inners
Henrietta Taggert
Frances Little
Nimord H. Werking
Lulu Werking
Pittsburgh
Stewart Fisher
Dover
William H. Werking
Toms River
N. J
Baumeister Mortuary
Queen and
Jackson Streets
Greenmount Cemetery
John Simms
Gertie Simms
Loudoun County
Hoe
Longerbeam Death After Construction Accident At Silver Grove
Lester W Longerbeam 30 of Silver Grove Jefferson County died October 17 in an Alexandria Virginia hospital from injuries after a broken cable struck him on a construction job two days earlier He was born in Murrill Hill Jefferson County survived by his widow Francis Lorraine Coyle Longerbeam two sons Marshall LeRoy Edith four and three brothers Melvin Harry Wilmer and three sisters Peggy Anne Renner Ada Cogle Cecelia White Services were held at the Silver Grove Methodist Church at 2 30 PM Tuesday conducted by Rev C W Lloyd Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester W. Longerbeam
Lester Woodrow « Longerbeam
Silver Grove
Harpers Ferry
Alexandria
Murrill Hill
Jefferson County
John Longerbeam
Francis Lorraine Coyle Longerbeam
Marshall
LeRoy
Edith
Melvin
Harry
Wilmer
Peggy Anne Renner
Hagerstown
Ada Cogle
Cecelia White
C. W. Lloyd
Funeral Notices for Five Local Residents
Five funeral services are reported for Ella M. Bare Isaac M. Smelser Jonas Zepp Clara D. Sharrer and Walter C. Zimmerman. Details include dates times officiants pallbearers and burial sites Mt Olivet Pipe Creek St Matthew s church Mt Hope and burial near Baltimore.
Services Held For Master Sgt Bollinger
Burial services were held Friday for Master Sergeant Charles Richard Bollinger who died serving with the Army in Korea. A 15 year Regular Army veteran and Baltimore reserve unit instructor, he arrived in Korea in April 1953 and died of a heart ailment at age 41. Born in Emmitsburg and a Baltimore resident since 1942, he is survived by his wife Mariel at 5631 Reisterstown Road, his father Theodore Bollinger, a brother Thomas Bollinger, and a sister Mrs Jane Gingell of Emmitsburg. He earned the Bronze Star in World War II China Burma Theater. Full military honors were given at Baltimore National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Richard Bollinger
Army
Korea
Bollinger
Regular Army
Baltimore
Army Quartermaster Corps
Sith Quartermaster Base
Emmitsburg
M. N. Menicon
Army Reserve Corps
Baltimore Nations] Cemetery
Purcellville Funeral Director Dies by Own Action in Barn
Aubrey C. Hall, 45, Purcellville undertaker for 15 years, was found dead in a barn near his home on Saturday. Coroner Dr. William P. Frazer ruled death by own action, noting long illness. He leaves a widow, three children, his mother, and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purcellville
Aubrey C. Hall
William P. Frazer
Loudoun County
Hall
Loudoun
Hester Corn
Well Hall
Charles Yates Hall
Neely Urges Vote for Democrats to End GOP Rule
Utica New York Oct 2 Senator Neely Democrat West Virginia urged Americans to vote Democratic to end the Eisenhower administration. He ridiculed federal tax promises and criticized administration statements on Russia in a dinner speech honoring New York Democratic Chairman Richard Balch.
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Utica
N. Y
Neely
D-W. Va
Eisenhower
New York
Richard Balch
Barnard McDaniel wedding blooms with chrysanthemum vows
Nancy Lee McDaniel wed Glenn Richard Barnard at Damascus Methodist Church in an October ceremony. Rev. Alfred Odell Osteen officiated. Details describe the gown Chantilly lace train and pearl jewelry, bridesmaids in shrimp gowns, flowers of chrysanthemums, and a reception in the church hall. The couple plans a Deep Creek Lake honeymoon. Barnard serves in the Navy at Little Creek. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr Reno K Smith announces Mary Stella Smith engaged to Richard Lee Roy Stottlemyer of Thurmont. no wedding date set.
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Barnard—McDaniel
Nancy Lee McDaniel
Henry O. McDaniel
Damascus
Glenn Richard Barnard
Westernport
William S. Barnard
Mr. Barnard
Alfred Odell Osteen
Damascus Methodist Church
Patricia Ann McDaniel
Orva Ann Barnard
Barbara Jean McDaniel
Janet Marie Thompson
Eugenia Stern
Ann Lamberson
Edwin Robert Barnard
Bloomington
William Anderson Barnard
Truman Arthur Thompson, Jr
Julian P. King, Jr
Maxwell Day
Charles Monroe Main, Jr
Deep Creek Lake
Barnard
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
United States Navy
Little Creek
Reno K. Smith
Highfield
Mary Stella Smith
Richard Lee Roy Stottlemyer
Thomas Stottlemyer
Thurmont
Edgar Smith
Miss Smith
Smithsburg High School
Victor L. Pryor
Cascade
Willing Workers Class of Brook Hill Church Meets at Yellow Springs
The Willing Workers Class gathering at Brook Hill Church held a Community Halls Yellow Springs meeting on Wednesday October 21 featured a covered dish supper. November plans include a turkey dinner and election of new officers for 194. Secret Sisters will be revealed and an hymn sing concluded the event with numerous members listed in attendance.
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Brook Hill
Yellow Springs
Grace Green
Ruth Linton
Esta Staley
Margaret Staley
Joanna Doggett
Esta Specht
Gloria Worst
Lenora Keyser
Goldie Moss
Catherine Nusz
Hazel Korrell
Grace Harley
Ruth Brickhouse
Irene Schultz
Eva Twentey
Virginia Crabbs
Gloria Rice
Catherine Rothenhoefer
Feeser Wins Bid for Deaf School Heating Plant
The State Board of Public Works awarded a $224,290 contract to Allen F Feeser of Taneytown to install a new oil burning heating plant and laundry at the Maryland State School for the Deaf. The project must be finished within 365 days, with alternates reducing the base bid to fit the appropriation of $225,000 after bids from five firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Works
Allen F. Feeser
Taneytown
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Nathan L. Smith
Department of Public Improvements
Feeser
General Assembly
L. J. Keller and Sons
Frederick
Lloyd C. Caller
Charles T. King
Baltimore
Riggs Duteler Company
Maryland School
MSSD
Ignatius Bjorlee
Fire Burns Shrubbery At 625 Wilson Place
Neighbors organized a quick fire brigade to save the H. Albert Dean family home at 625 Wilson Place after a shrubbery fire damaged trim and paint. Mrs. Dean reported flames gnawing at three window frames before help arrived, with no major structural loss beyond scorched paint and shrubbery.
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Wilson Place
H. Albert Dean
United Rescue
Dean
Woman breaks left leg entering church vestibule
Mrs Irene Main, 57, slipped on the Mt Airy Calvary Methodist vestibule floor Tuesday night and broke her left leg. She was carried by the Mt Airy Fire Department ambulance to University Hospital, Baltimore, around 8 15 p m. She said the bone snapped as her built up shoe heel skidded on the floor while entering the Sunday School rooms for a special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Church
Mt. Airy
Irene Main
University Hospital
Baltimore
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Frederick Hallowe’en
A. W. Ewell
Hood College
Pital
Philmore
Cora Williams Newman
Lucketts
Cora
Hattie
Hilda
Leroy Simms
Harry Davis
James Simms
Rockville
Richard Simms
Robert Moten
Ira Jones
Edison Newman
Willie Newman
Willam Newman
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
R. E. Brown
Alice Rigler
Jacob Rigler
Jeremiah
Mary West Izer
Sam's Creek Church of the Brethren
Joseph G. Andrews
Joseph Guy Andrews
East Third ‘Street
Charles and
Emma F. Kline Andrews
St John’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Frederick Lodge
B. P. C. Elks
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
U. S. Navy
Frederick Elks
Camp Detrick
Joseph C. Andrews
City
Richard Angleberger
Joseph F. Yeager
Dora Louise Andrews
Oscar P. Johnson
Mt. Pleasant
Charles F
Cleveland
William Lipps
William Barthlow
Mary S. Andrews
St. John’s Church
George C. Reynolds
Johnsville
Mr. Reynolds
Woodstock
John
Amanda Cook Reynolds
Methodist Church At
Central
Gertrude A. Reynolds
Paul Fritz
H. Richard Reynolds
Wilbur T. Hood
James C. Reynolds
Charles A. Reynolds
J. Clinton Reynolds
Union Bridge
BD. D. Harizier and Sons
Central Church
R. C. Burns
Central Cemetery
Ella M. Bare
Maurice D. Ashbury
Frank J. Keefer
Edward P. Oden
Russell H. Oden
Robert Hiltner
George K. Winebrenner
James Cramer
Jonas Zepp
Pleasant Valley
St. Matthew’s Church
Seibel
Church Cemetery
Paul Leister
Paul Myers
Arthur Frock
David Petry
Herbert Petry
David Yingling
O. Fuss and Son
Clara D. Sharrer
George W. Sharrer
Mt. Tabor
Dixon A. Yaste
Richard M
James F
Donald
Kenneth Sharrer
Cramer Burras
M. L. Creager and Son
Walter C. Zimmerman
Forest Hill Road
Hugo Schroeder
Lutheran Church
Allen Ramsburg
Elmer Houck
Nelson Stauffer
Thomas
Silas
Frank Cramer
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
G. C. Barton
Sgt
Joyce Wiles
Joyce Virginia Mae Wiles
Charles I. Wiles
John B. Cramer
Edison Cramer
Stealing
Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. W. Garrett
Janet Moyer
Schuylkill Haven
Portia Whitaker
Hansburg
Charlotte L. Wiles
Barbara Bliss
Rochester
David Cramer
Sterling
Robert Bacham
Stephen Maltese
Wiles
West Third Street
Cramer
Frederick High School
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg
University of Maryland
Boulder, Colo. High School
University of Colorado
University of Chicago
American University
Morris G. Zumbrun
William Mutchner
Wagner
James Trout
Clyde E. Thomas
Elia Cutler
Ormond Dutrow
Howard T. Smith
Buckeystown
Culler
Fredenck High School
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Feagaville
Leesburg High School
Sterling, Va
Davis Studio
Frank Keefer
Grace Elizabeth Younkins
J. Austin Younkins
Lawrence M. Armel
Lawrence S. Armel
Sunny Manor Farm
Russell W. Moore
Helen I. Moore
Silver Run
Joe Marsh
Recorder
Scheel
Skip Roberts
Officiel Net
Gilbert
Capeek
Seach
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