County driver burned in cab on Pennsylvania Turnpike collision
Meredith Shafer twenty six of Middletown Maryland died when his tractor trailer collided with a second westbound rig near Bedford Maryland six miles west of here. The other driver John W Broddebeck twenty four of Reisterstown escaped injury. Shafer's truck carried apple sauce and the crash halted westbound traffic for more than two hours. Funeral arrangements are set for Middletown with interment in Reformed cemetery and services by Rev Basil Grossnickle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedfory
Pennsylvania
Here
Middletown
Meredith Shafer
Maryland Transportation Co
Baltimore
State Polie
John W. Broddebeck
Reistertown
Broddebeck
Schreiper Trucking Co., Inc
Pittsburgh
Shafer
Emory T. Shafer
Clara Ainsworth Shafer
Emogene
Brandenburg Shafer
Carolyn Ann
Linda J
Barbara B
Emory T
Gary L
Emory W Shafer
Basil Grossnickle
Reformed Cemetery
Gladhill Co
J. C. W. Trout
Charles McDonald
Jesse Clark
Maurice Delashmutt
Roeland Flohr
Henry Mock
Middletown Reformed
William Mopkins
New Market
All Saints Street
W. J. Snowden
Law
Rence R. Brightful
Charles Gray
Kerling Rice
Russell Fossett
Harford Thomas
Johanie Fossett
Reginald Snowden
Lodge
Simpsons Cemetery
C. E
Hicks
Carroll Man Falls To Death In Church Construction
Preston John Smith 66, of Taneytown, fell from a scaffold while building a new Sunday School addition to Trinity Lutheran Church. He died of a fractured skull after transfer to Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg. Survived by wife Ida Ashenfelter Smith and four grandchildren. services scheduled in Taneytown with Rev. Glenn L. Stahl officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown
Lutheran Church
Preston John Smith
York Street
Annie Warner
Gettysburg
Smith
William
Mma Jane Hesson Smith
Allen F. Feeser
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ida Ashenfelter Smith
Kenneth Wolfe
Littlesdown
Norman Graham
Linwood
Raymond Haines
Lester Kidd
Richard Ashenfelter
Norristown
Ernest Smith
Maurice Baker
John Harner
Roland Beaver
Prenton John Smith
York
Glenn L. Stahl
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Ray Fair
Richard Hiltebridle
Lee Haffrey
Thomas Mason
Raymond Perry
Samuel Reinman
C. O. Fuss
Sos
Descendants Elect Fry of Thurmont President at Reunion
Joseph Fry of Thurmont was elected president at the third annual reunion of Eli A. Fry descendants held September 13 at Braddock Heights Park. Mrs. Henry Martin of Thurmont was elected secretary treasurer. A picnic lunch preceded the meeting with many Fredericks residents attending. Reunion details include numerous Fry family members from Thurmont, Braddock Heights, Sabillasville, Walkersville, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fry
Thurmont
Eli A. Fry
Braddock Heights Park
Henry Martin
Treasuer
Herbert Colliflower
Jessie Cramer
Robert Cramer
Mary Lou Beal
John Graves
Lee Cramer
Sharon Lee
Frederick
John Pryor
Mary
Harrison Pryor
Highfield
Lee Colliflower
Joanne
Nancy
Patsy
Guy Cramer
Barbara
Carroll
George
Braddock Heights
Marie Hoch
Peter Wrofiewnd
Baltimore
Leo Pryor
Robert Lee
Mary Joyce
Helen Stanis
Paul Fry
Mortis
Sabuilasville
Rudelf Hoffman
Airy
John Fry
Wayne Martin
Charles Fry
Floyd Fry
Janet
Charlene
Darlene
Luther Reifsnider
Ann
Eddie
Beverley
Hurley
Eugene Alhoff
Sharyn
David
Rose Clem
Taneytown
Russell Waster
Lewistown
Tribby mourned in Weverton funeral services
Dale Deaner Tribby 17 of near Bolivar died in a Harpers Ferry area crash September 17. Services were held at the Weverton Baptist church with interment in Brownsville cemetery. Also noted are multiple obituaries from nearby towns for locals including Mrs. Zoa Celeste Layman and John R. Jamieson, with funeral details and interment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale D
Tribby
Dale Deaner Tribby
Bolivar
Harpers Ferry
Baptist
Weverton
W. D. Agner
Brownsville
Sandy Hook
Donald L. Dunn
Harry E. Greenwalt
Zoa Celeste Layman
Colonel Layman
Jesse Clark
Damascus
Layman
Eli and
Amanda Frushour
Lewistown
William Osteen
Church
M. L. Creager and Son
Ernestine Freter
Winfield
Messiah Lutheran Church
Berrett
W. E. Sakegiver
Raymond Grims
James Bushey
Curtis £. Rash
John Shoemaker
Russell Hann
Wilmer Hoff
C. M. Waltz
Fort Myer
Earl C. Roles
Chantilly
Vienm. Va
Attington National Cemetery
Yellow Springs Community Association Meeting Report
The Yellow Springs Community Association held its monthly meeting on September 14 in the community hall. John Alexander, president, led the session. The treasurer presented a report on the recent rummage show. The contract was reviewed and returned to Myers and Mitchell in charge of the concession stands for the carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Yellow Springs Community Association
John Alexander
Woman Honored With Hood College Doctorate for Chinese Education Work
Miss Gertrude B. Hoy, Hood alumna long active in China and Japan, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Hood College. The frail educator, who guided hundreds of Chinese students through war and upheaval, previously taught at Ziemer Memorial Girls' School in Hunan and later at Miyagi College for Women in Sendai. The ceremony featured Dr. Thomas G. Pullen as speaker and was led by R Paul Smith in Dr. Truxal's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hood College
Gertrude B. Hoy
Hood
Lancaster
Hoy
SN Ac
Thomas G. Pullen
Maryland
Stodbeck Hall
Reformed Church
China
Miss Hoy
Canaan
Conn
Ziemer Memorial Girls’ School
Hunan Province
da Temple
Free China
Yuanling
Yungcwi
Yoyang
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Miyagi College For Women
North Japan College
Sendai
William E. Hoy
Lancaster County
Department of Education
Ziemer School
Hunan
United States
U. S
U.S
Kennedy School of Missions
Hartford
University of Pennsylvania
John L. Shaw
Frederick
Origin Of Dental Hygiene Program Told To Kiwanians
Dr Richard C Leonard head of Maryland Health Department Dental Division spoke to Kiwanians on Tuesday praising Dr Thomas Fader for originating the dental hygiene program for children. He traced Maryland’s early leadership in fluoride research and the 1ppm fluoride plan to reduce decay, noting school trailer clinics and county joint efforts to extend fluoride care beyond city water limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Health Department
Thomas 5
Fader
Richard C. Leonard
Dental Division
State Department of Health
Tom Eader
Leonard
Dental Health
Bader
Maryland
College of Dentistry
Baltimore
Frederick
Frederick County
County Dental Society
E. Linwood Myers
David Everhart
Carlton Molesworth
Kiwanis
Park Low
Hagerstown
Maurice Davison
Washington
Clarence Weisel
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles E. Broadrup
Bernard Davis
Barney Tretwell
Bruce J. Hodgdon
Ned Zeiler
Orndorff Baker Wedding at Saint Albans Church
Miss Betty Lee Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs Mea Baker of Frederick and Perry Curtis Orndorff Jr son of Mrs Perry C Orndorff of Lucketts Va were married last Saturday at Saint Albans Episcopal church Rev Maurice D Ashbury officiated The bride wore a navy and white suit with pink rosebud corsage A reception for about 75 followed at the bride’s home in Frederick with bridesmaids and family in attendance The couple reside at 220 South Market Street in Frederick and the groom works for A S Lough and Son
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura E. Gray
Middletown
Charles
Jennie Harper Hurde
Edith Spriggs
Ollie Gray
Beulah Ramsey
Mary Gray
Washington
Laura Skinner
Baltimore
Lily Walker
Frederick
Susan Butler
Ben
Pittsburgh
Hiram
Stanley
Robert Palm
South
Jefferson Street
Jerry Moore
Reformed
Gladhill Co
Dorothy Z.goodsell
W. A. Goodsell
Frederick Junction
Patrick Street
St. Johns Cathoic Church
Robert A. Bozel
Joseph
William
John
Jerome Hahn
Paul Stockman
Mount Olivet
C. EB. Cine and Son
Orndorff
Baker
Betty Lee Baker
Sout
Market Street
Mea
Russell Hickman
Harvey Baker
Lucketts
Perry Curtis Orndorff, Jr
Perry C. Ornderff
South Market Street
al Saints’ Episcopal Church
Maurice D. Ashbury
Emma Louie Baker
Route 6
Herbert LeHoy Strawsbury, Jr
Qorpdorff
Philip Amorello
Ethel Santa
Herbert Strawsburg
Frederick High School
McCrory’s
United States Army
Korea
584Th Medical Ambulance Company
A. S, Lough and Son
Eagle—Sager
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Woodstock
Ruth Ann Sager
Philip A. Sager
Sager
James Richard Eagle
Neilie Eagle
Knoxville
Samuel B Eagle
Kenneth EF. Bishop
Suzanne Green
Thomas V W. Eagle
John Calvin Sager
Douglas Walker
J. S. Roller
Miss Sager
Stottlemyer
Stine
Katherine Elizabeth Stine
Allen Stine
Bickford E. Stottlemyer
Catherine Stottlemyer
Thurmont
Thomas Stottlemyer
Ev. United Brethren Church
Ivan G. Naugle
R. S. Morris
Funeral rites linger for multiple gentry in town
Funeral services were held for two residents, with Rev. Sengstack and Rev. Woodward officiating. Pallbearers, floral tributes, and interments at Pleasant Springs and Mount Olivet marked somber proceedings. Also noted is an injunction case in Leesburg concerning the Loudoun County Bank and the Leeshurs Inn sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Commonwealth
Sterling M. Harrison
Cicuit Court
Loudoun County Bank
Leeshurs Inn
S. W. Keesee
R V W. Snead
Faugher County Court
Farmer Schroyer Drowns In Small Creek Near Middletown
Middletown valley farmer Thaddews Hott Schroyer, 74, was found dead in a small pool in a stream on Route 40 Friday afternoon. Accidental drowning ruled by county medical examiner. Survived by wife Oda C. and children, with services to be held at his residence in Myersville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaddews Hott Schreyer
Middletown Valley
Middletown
Schroyer
Charles Moser
R. A. Myers
Myersville
Lewis and
Dellah Pryor Schroyer
Oda C. Schroyer
Harry A. Leatherman
Neardletown
Herman H. Schroyer
Earl R. Kepler
Maurice J. Schroyer
Flora &. Schroyer
Upper Marlboro
Davis L. Schroyer
Pleasant Walk
Law
United Brethren Cemetery
Paul F. Bitte
Amalgamation of Massey Harris and Ferguson Firms
On August 17 Massey Harris and Harry Ferguson announced a merger forming Massey Mairtin Ferguson Limited. James Duncan becomes President and Harry Ferguson chairs the board, uniting plants across the United States Canada and Europe to strengthen dealers and expand global reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massey-Harris
Harry Ferguson
Massey-Marrin- Ferguson Limited
James &. Duncan
Duncan
Ferguson
Harry Ferguson Companies
United States
Canada
England
Scotland
South Africa
France
Germany
Mansey-Harris
Massey-Harris-Ferguson Limited
James §. Duncan
AUL
Quarrel Over Die Ends In Boy's Death
In San Francisco a quarrel over a dime left a 16 year old boy dead from a stab wound near Double Rock Recreation Center. A younger boy was booked for murder. Robert Lee Hall, 35, is charged. The mother said the dime exchange led to another fight when Melvin Fail attacked, and the kettle weapon was used in the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
City Prison
Richard Brennan
Melvin Fail
Double Rock Recreation Center
Robert Lee Hall
Brennan
Robert
Dorothy Randall
Melvin
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Italy
Bes
Eta
Jona E. Moffmaster
Jona E. Hoffmaster
Frank M. Hoffmaster
Washington County Hospital
David E
Emma Roeder Shewbridge
Church of the Brethren
Nellie Bearer
Gapland
Hilda Burke
Mable Lowman
New Windsor
Beulah Kuhn
James A. Shewbridge
D. L. Shewbridge
Newton L. Poling
Episcopal Cemetery
Gladhill Company, Funeral Directors
Mayme M. Wachter
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Miss Wachter
Doctor R
Mary Roberts Wachter
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Elmer Wachter
Utica
G. C. Barton
Frank L. Crabbs
Frank Lewis Crabbs
John D
Margaret Holzapfel Crabbs
Charles E. Crabbs
William Crabbs
Elmer R. Crabbs
John H. Crabbs
East Church Street
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
M. R. Etchison
Sop
Stewart L. Forney
Stewart Louis Forney
South Braddock Street
Winchester
Virginia
L. C
Jack” Forney
West Third Street
Qnl
Meredith
Katie Longhammer Forney
Sara E. Heflin Forney
L. C. Forney
Robert Glaize
Jones Funeral Home
Mt. Hebron
M. R. Etchison and Son
George Oscar Roopp
Nina Rebecca Ropp
George Oscar Ropp
Grant Place
Baltimore Mercy Hospital
Hiram and
Gertie
Howard McCamey
Middletown Lutheran Cemetery
Giladhill Co
Nichols R. Henderson Nicholas RR. Henderson
Lisbon
Howard County
Nicholas R
Hettie Warfield Henderson
Rebecca Henderson
Lisboe
James T. Henderson
Margaret Holland
Delmar
Oak Grove Cemetery
Glenwood CC
M. Waits
Feneral
Susie E. Myers
Susie Etta Myers
Three Pines
George H
Sophia Creager Bishop
Charles H. Myers
C. M. Myer Creamery
Bloomfield
Etisal S. Bishop
C. Briekep
Joes of
Bredevick Pervive
Mt. Hope
Woodsboro
John R. S. Jamieson
John R
Jameson
Second Street
Grimsby
John Sr
Henrietta Rainford Jamieson
All Saints Church
Maryland State School
Henrietta Harmon Jamieson
Myrtle M. Swomiey
Mt. Olivet
Cancer Fund
M. R. Etchisom and Son
Josephine Kavanaugh House
Frank H. House
Sherman, Avenue
St. John’s Catholic Church
Wilbur D. Culter, Jr
Clyde, Young, Jr
Gideon Marne
James A. Grove
Lawrence B. Fagan
Roy E. Sundergill
Alvie Henry Cecil
Worman’s
Harry M. Carr
Westminster
Joseph H. Ablett
Albert Bai
William Lynch
Emory Arbaugh
J. G. Barnes
Boyd
Arthur Owings
Pipe Creek Cemetery
Laura Gray
Calvin Swann
Louis Smallwood
Gilbert Johnson
Marshall Palm
Lloyd Robinson
George Spriggs
Middletown Reformed Cemetery
William H. Holland
Simpson's Chapel
Mr. Thompson
Waller
Arthur
Norman Peach
Walter
Rudell
Thomas
Lewis James
W. E. Falconer
Bevel Daniel Foy
Gigoy
Long Island, FB. Y
Gertrude Hoy
John M. Creeger
Sara Ann
Kenneth Reed Custer
The
Evan
United Brethren Church
Earth
Delmar R. Horner
Clyde R Morner
Baste Welaing
Fort Leonard Wood
Church Street
A. F. Sengstack
Robert Barklow
God
Frank Kerreh
Samuel Calvin Trout
First Baptist Church
Robert F. Woodward
Harry D. Raddit
Barry KE. Cornprepec
Willam C. Hume
William Meitz
Omens A. Beek
Giyan Dic
T. H. Schreyer
Boy
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