Civil War Centennial Planned in Poolesville Tour
The Montgomery County Historical Society schedules a Civil War Centennial event for Saturday October 7 in Poolesville to honor the Battle of Ball's Bluff, fought October 21, 1861 near Leesburg Virginia. Activities include a 11 am society meeting at St Peter's Church, a 1230 luncheon at Parish Hall, and a 130 pm talk by guest speaker Roger Cohen Jr.
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Montgomery County Historical Society
Poolesville
Ball's Bluff
White's Ferry
Potomac River
Leesburg
White’s Ferry
General Baker
Oregon
Society
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Fellowship Committee
St Peter’s
Roger Cohen Jr
Civil War Centennial events in Poolesville area planned
A 2 30 pm dedication of a Civil War marker at Wulard and White's Ferry roads opens a day of events. A 3 pm walking tour of Poolesville sites pre 1861 includes St Peter's and Town Hall. Displays and exhibits, with community volunteers, recount Ball's Bluff and local Civil War memory.
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Montgomery County
Wulard
White's Ferry
Poolesville
St Peter’s
Presbyterian Church
Northern Methodist Church
White’s Ferry
Dickerson
Walter K Matthews Sr
Willson J Poole
Charles Jameson
Red Cross Lists Hurricane Donors in Maryland
Maryland faces alert for Hurricane Esther while Frederick County red cross sees $139 in voluntary donations for Carla relief. Home Service processed seven inquiries about Galveston Corpus Christi area relatives. all well. Donors include Mrs Elizabeth Lampkin and others listed by the Frederick County chapter.
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Maryland
Frederick County
Carla
Texas
Red Cross
Albert Dean
Galveston Corpus Chasti
Home Service
Dean
Elizabeth Lampkin
Florence Surnam
Julian Young
Charles Little
Artificial Breeders Elect Board Members at Frederick County Meeting
The Frederick County Chapter of the Maryland Artificial Breeding Cooperative elected three new members to the board of managers Henry D Lakin Jr Jefferson Wilks D Remsburg Buckeystown and Richard H Trout RFD 2 Keymar will serve three year terms. Existing state board representatives John M Crum Opessumtoun Pike Chester Dudrow Lime Kiln and Russell S Wachter New Midway were reelected. The group met at Walter Martz farm with over 100 attendees and heard reports on the program and county impact.
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Fredenck County
Maryland Artificial Breeding Cooperative
Walter Martz
Henry D Lakin Jr
Jefferson
John M Crum
Opessumtoun Pike
Chester Dudrow
Russell S Wachter
New Midway
Henry R Shoemaker
Frederick Court
Maryland
Martz
Walter J Hahn
Ceresville
Kermit Cheeks
Sycamore Flats
Frederick County
Suth
David Ifert
Gene Weaver
Lewis Campbell
Maryland and West Virgina
Airport
Lewistown
County
Shoemaker
Inquest Planned Into Deaths In Air Crash
Rhodesian authorities announce a public inquest into Dag Hammarskjold and 34 others who died in Monday's air crash. An after post mortem examination is required, unlikely to finish before Sunday, officials said.
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Dola
Northern Rhodesia
Dag Hammarskjold
Cause of violent deaths outlined in Frederick period
The News reports on coroner procedures for violent death cases, noting identification, medical and technical evidence as standard. An official crash investigation remains unfinished with officials denying sabotage or attack theories.
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Mehin Fegle
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Carroll Albaugh
Mary A Waesche
R C. Kidd
Janet Barrick
Eleanor M Brown
Albert Snyder
Mary Tollenger
Leah B Allen
McKaig Mt Zion Church
Cadillac
East Patrick St
Chevrolet Sales, Inc
Frederick, Maryland
the News
Frederick
Bel Air, Md
Harford Junior College
Murray
Washington
Senate
Alfred L. Luongo
Pennsylvania
Harry G Camper Jr
West Virginia
James E Gault
Bishopyile
Rebecca T Groton
Glencoe
Charles I Joy
Libertytown
Wiham
Hardstreet
Luthervile-Timomum
Sylvia L. Golden Nanjemoy
Elma K. Goodhand
Queenstown
Charles H Ross Smuithsburg
George A Fream
Universal
Edward S. Mobley
Wilson Place
Rusco Home Improvement Co
Alcoa Aluminum Siding
Rusco
Hagerstown
Regent
RCA and Sylvania Television
RCA
Sylvania
Zenith
Shipley's, Inc
RCA Television
RCA & Symphonic
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