County Highway Oiling Started in Frederick County
Frederick county roads forces began a surface treatment program covering about 30 miles of highway across several districts. An additional 9.5 miles will receive more-power surfacing, with work under way from Emmitsburg to Liberty and Union Bridge areas and planned completion in the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Roger H. Willard
Emmitsburg
Liberty
Union
Middletown-Jefferson Road
Emmitsburo
Toms Creek Church
Keysville Bridge
Hemler Road
St. Anthony's
Catoctin
Stottlemyers Road
Harp Hill
Wolfsville
Urbana
jamsville-Ebenezer
Artie Kemp
Glissen Mill
Hanvers
Garfield-Seachrist
Deerfield
Foxville
Woodsboro
Hoffman- Seachrist
Thurmont
Blue Mountain
Brewster
Butterfly Lane
Hagerstown Dentist Dr Edgar Sefton Dies at 81
Dr Edgar Brooke Sefton, a well known Hagerstown dentist formerly from Thurmont, died at his home Monday evening after a brief illness. He was 81, born in Gettysburg and educated at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Survived by wife Lelia, a daughter Mrs Russell Fullford of Allentown, a son Edgar Donald Sefton of Caledonia, and a grandson Brooke DeAnn Sefton. Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm at A K Coffman Funeral Home with Rev Edouard Taylor and Dr F Berry Pluromer, interment in Blue Ridge cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Brooke Sefton
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Gettysburg
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Sefton
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Powell Family Holds 13th Annual Reunion at Mountaindale
The Powell family held its 13th annual reunion on August 30 at Mountaindale picnic woods with a noon basket lunch. A full program followed chaired by Mrs. William Powell, featuring songs, scripture, readings, and musical numbers. Luther Powell was re-elected president with officers unchanged. numerous prizes were awarded and children entertained by Mrs. Marshal Leatherman’s group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Mountaindale Picnic Woods
William Powell
Raymond Powell
Pauline
Olive Duble
Grayson Hooper
Mary Warner
Alice Lease
Harry C. Smith
Jackie Gerber
Ronny Seiss
Mia
Harold Powell
Charles Powell
Luther Powell
Albert Powell
Edith Flanigan
Edna Powell
Florence Flanigan
Dennis Powell
Franklin Stambaugh
John Rice
Russell Theobald
Marshal Leatherman
Robert D. Leatherman
Shirley Leatherman
Jesse Speak
Harvey Stambaugh
Luther Stambaugh
L. L. Flanigan
Allen Lynn Flanigan
Daphne Flanigan
Ralph E. Burdette
Edith L. Burdette
Marilyn Y. Burdette
Henry Frey
John Hetterly
John L. Duble
Larry
Airs
Wesley Duble
Richard Duble
Gerald
Ernest Rice
Harold E. Powell
Janet
Mehrl Powell
Chester Stull
George
Hi. Fleagle
Lottie Keefer
George Fleagle
George Greene
Kenneth Leatherman
Harold Late
C. Bruce Late
H. Clifford Kelly
Patricia O’brien
G. E. Powell
Maxine Green
Basil Lewis
William C. Powell
William Leatherman
John Powell
Raymond Seiss
Billy Seiss
Eddie Seiss
Karen Seiss
Quentin Seiss
Wayne Seiss
Luther Murray
Bobby Murray
Clarence Smith
Lester Fisher
Marshall Leatherman
Barbara Jean Leatherman
Mary Jane Leatherman
Robert Leatherman
Garry Leatherman
Beverly Leatherman
Sterling Lenhart
Evalene. Sterling, Jr
H. Levi Lenhart
Ruth Wachter
Roberts
Roberta Devilbiss
Joe Gerwig
Little Devilbiss
Lawrence Powell
Marion Carmack
Faith Ann Carmack
Nancy Carmack
Doris Anna
Carmack
Theresa Pazdersky
Charles Carmack
Shirley Bussard
Austin Powell
Edna
Edward E.krise
Harry Powell
James McLaughlin
Clarence Warner
Mary Frances Warner
Alice Leaze
Beatrice Wisner
Helen Stup
Church Women Meet At St Matthew's Lutheran August gathering
The Women of St Matthew's Lutheran Church on the Manor met at Mrs Harry Whipp's home for August. The program included readings on Americans Indians and Indian life with participants Melvin Cook Gloria McDonald Maria Lambert and Roger Gobbel. The meeting opened with hymns scripture and prayer and closed with more singing and the Lord's Prayer. Refreshments followed and the next meeting was scheduled for September 10 at Mrs Helen Shock's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Harry Whipp
Helen Waltz
Addie Kemp
Melvin Cook
Gloria McDonald
Maria Lambert
Roger “Gobbdel
Lambert
Rocky Boyd
Gobbel
Helen Shock
Melvin Conk
Leeder
Traffic breaks record as city end of Labor Day weekend
Frederick police recount a citywide crash spree as Labor Day weekend ended with the heaviest traffic in memory. Five weekend accidents sent three people to Frederick Memorial Hospital for minor injuries as officers directed a chaotic flow through key intersections and one-way streets.
Hearing Set in Reed Support Case at Circuit Court
Maurice L Reed Thurmont seeks support under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. Madeleine Reed Chandler Ariz claims need for herself and her three week old child. The matter, aided by State's Attorney Charles A Price, aims to fix the support amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiamin
Maurice L. Reed
Thurmont
Madeleine
Reed
Chandler
Ariz
Maricopa County
Williams Field
Miss Ranck Tells Of French Strike Conditions She Saw
Dorothea Ranck, back from a Europe trip with three classmates, recounts how Paris and other cities coped during the summer general strike. They traveled by bus from Geneva to Paris, faced transport disruptions, food shortages, and museum closures, but found humor and resilience in the French response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ranck
Betty Sullivan
Paris
Frederick
Dorothea Ranck
Continent
British Isles
James B. Raneck
West College Terrace
Ranck
New York
Cunard
Georgie
Havre
Vienna
Europe
Italy
Geneva
Miss Ranch
France
Louvre
Frederick Gift
Ief Paris
Homecoming Service Planned Sunday Near Sabillasville
Plans for the Sabillasville charge of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church outline a Sunday homecoming at Jacob's Church Harbaugh's Valley with 9 30 Sunday School a joint song service and greetings for guests a movie Communion service and afternoon program featuring Rev Roy E Abbott with Mrs Abbott a concert by Mrs Esther Gladhill and ushers from all three churches. A festival in the Jacob's Church grove is slated for Saturday evening September 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabillasville
St. John’s
Harold Bittner
Esther
Gladhill
Rtoy E. P. Abbott
St. Mary’s Church
Sier Run
Claude H.cor
Aaron Geeserran
Elsie Weamert
Jacob's Church
the Grove
Dulles Backs Adenauer Bid in German Election
Secretary of State Dulles strongly endorsed West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for re election and denounced Germany's partition as a Moscow driven menace to peace. He warned against a German Socialist victory and outlined U S and allied plans for future talks on Korean and Indochina issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Adenauer
Socialist Party
United States
Christian Democratic Coalition
Duiles
U. S
Indochina
America
Pacific
Korea
Two Injured in Frederick Area Collisions
Two persons suffered minor injuries in separate late Sunday and Monday crashes on state highways near Frederick. Ronald Blaine Spoor of Camp Detrick sustained facial lacerations when his car left West Seventh Street, skidded, overturned, and damaged a fence. he was treated at Detrick hospital. Hilda Stern of Pittsburgh, a passenger in Rudolph C. Jones’s car from Cleveland, suffered multiple contusions when the vehicle struck a tree on Bartonsville road. Jones blamed loss of control after hitting a stone. Clarence B. Wood of Frederick’s Route 5 was treated after his pickup ran over his legs at Routes 40 and 40A. a service-station backing incident caused the wheels to roll over him. Minor damage occurred in a separate collision on East Patrick Street near Shaw Road involving Roy A. Diggs of Yamneville and Joyce Marie McDonnell of Morgantown, W Va, when Diggs swerved to avoid another car and rear-ended McDonnell’s Buick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Ronald Blaine Spoor
Camp Detrick
West Seventh Street
Spoor
Detrick Hospital
J. W. Hardy
Cleveland
Jones
Carlton Lewis
Pontiac
Clarence B. Wood
Route 5
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Wood
Richard A. Myers
East Patrick Street
Shaw Road
Roy A. Diggs
Yamneville
Lewis
Joyce Marie McDonnell
Morgantown
W. Va
Autos Damaged in Route 40 Rear-End Series Near Frederick
Heavy traffic and reed construction on Route 40 east of Frederick Friday night sparked a chain of accidents involving three initial rear-enders. Basil E. Osborne Jr. of Charles Town and Carl F. Cecil of Cresaptown collided, followed by Earl Skaggs of Baltimore. Skaggs’ sedan and a 1950 Ford were damaged about $200 each. Trooper James Rouzee charged Osborne with reckless driving. A second crash at the scene involved Lawrence Blaney of Baltimore who was charged with drunken driving after a collision with Meredith Gross of Taneytown. Blaney bonded for a Wednesday hearing. A third crash near Jug Bridge saw Ronald Kiley of Butler collide with a tractor-trailer driven by Albert Staples of Charlottesville. minor damage to Kiley’s Oldsmobile and no damage to the truck. Trooper Lewis found no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Frederick
Pearl
Mt. Carmel Wiuh
Basil Eugene Osborne, Jr
Charles Town
Cecil County
Carl Frederick Cecil
Cresaptown
Cecil
Earl Skaggs
Baltimore
James H. Rouzee
Skaggs
Osborne
Rouzee
Jug Bridge
Ronald Edmund Kiley
Butler
Albert Duvall Staples
Charlottesville
Kiley
Mason-Dixon Hauling ‘Company
Carlton Lewis
Air Force budget fight fails to derail Legion plan
The American Legion closed its four day convention in St Louis with support for a strong Air Force and air superiority. A minority report urging 143 wings was blocked by parliamentary maneuver. Arthur J. Connell won the national commander's post amid debate on national security. A universal military training proposal was approved to accompany selective service. In a separate case, Associate Judge Schnauffer denied Jona Peter Hickman’s habeas corpus petition seeking release from the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaires
Charles EK. Wilson
Committee On
Legion
National Security Committee
Turner
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Conn
The
Lewis. K. Gough
California
Connell
Lawrence Fenton
Chicazo
Walter Reuther
CIO
National Legion
Reuther
America
Regionnaires
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Jona Peter Hickman
House of Correction
Hickman
Baltimore
Cullen
Moser
Schnauffer
Hickman Apperenth
Te Jandge Sett
Frederick man sues over half-sized lot misrepresentation
A Frederick county man filed in Circuit Court for $2,000 alleging the lot he bought from Harold R. Lydard and others was about half the size described. He razed and began building a house but discovered a line cut the parcel in two, forcing redesigns and extra costs. Other suits include $10,000 by Miguel Felip Duna against Rose J Barnes for a Route 26 collision and $500 by Joseph T. Snyder of Gem Laundry over a truck collision near Braddock Heights. An auxiliary meeting of the Maryland State Firemen’s Association is set for September 17 in Baltimore with keynote address by Fire Training Director Robert C. Byrus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Harold R. Lydard
Charles. F. Lakes
Frederick Junction
Ball Road
Urbana
Marvin D. “Julissa
Maude R. Julian
Stewart H. Brown
Miguel Felip Duna
Rose J Barnes
Woodsboro
W. J. Offutt
Frederick
Barnes
Joseph T. Snyder
Gem Laundry
Maynard C Rice
Snyder
Mathias
Braddock Heights
Rice
Wilmaneckner
Maryland State Firemen's Association
Park Plaza
Baltimore
Robert C Byrus
University of Maryland
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Wii Airborne Division
Paul L. Wolfe
Keller A. Wolfe
Route 1
816 Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Tay
Powell Family
Charles V. Main
Patrick Street
Market Street
Square
Route 240
Patsy Rose
Shinnston
Patrick
Glenn D. Cobb
Plymouth
Mich
Vernon Heffner
West Virginia
Chubb
Frederick Mermorial Hospital
Violet Chubb
Mary DeMarco
Hedover
C. Cyril Klein
Harry Phillips
Norman Trump
East Street
North Market Street
Carroll Streets
Arnold Simmons
Robert EB. Wilson
Mt. Airy
Lauren N. Forsythr
Wilson
Glenn Y. Fritz
Mercersburg
Ifollowing Forsythe
Forsythe
Fritz
Anna M. ‘Brooks
Third Street
Harry L. Richardson
New Windsor
Ellis Carty
Richardson
All Saints
Carroll Street
Marshall R. DeGrange
Isaac Holmes , Jr
York
Intter
DeGrange
Holmes
Carl J.bender
Frank Keefer
Oficers
National Council
Frank E. Patterson
Peabody
Mass
J. O. Caste
Edgar M. Stover
Philadelphia
Willian T. Moore
Millsboro
Del
Charles L. S. Parker
Samuel L. Craig
Perryville
Brussels
Paris American Express
Low Countries
Qoberlin College
Newton
Massachusetts
Leach
Cheboygan, Mich
William H. Ramm
Struther, C
Duncan Bay
Finday
Ramm
SA Patrick L. Moore
Patrick L. Moore
Jeffersen Street
U. S. Naval Receiving Station
Norfolk
Atlanta
Detrick
Camp
Collie Cove — Fair Bope
Angus Sale
Terweeq Mae Ancenry
Wintonier
Bari Marshak
ROT Galena
Martland
Aikien
Maryleed
Quse West
Catsley Maryland Aberdeenangus Asen
Sele Spencer
Waehtagwa Ave
Towson
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