Obituaries from Washington County area
Elizabeth Smithdeal 76 formerly of Hagerstown dies in Tacoma Park Maryland at Washington Sanatorium. Funeral set for Washington DC with interment in Arlington Virginia. Otho Preston Myers 68 of Clear Spring dies after illness. Inez Frances Kerns 68 of Williamsport dies, services Friday. Elizabeth Haight Ames dies in Hancock Virginia. Dr John R Ames widow survives. Mary Ellen Martin dies at Washington County Hospital. services at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Smithdeal
Elizabeth (Crump) Smithdeal
Calvert Terrace
Washington Sanatorium
Tacoma Park
John Smithdeal
Virginia
Hageratown
S. H. Hines
Washington
D. C
Columbia Garden
Arington
Ward
Elizabeth Haight Ames
John R. Ames
Quancock, Va
Mary Ellen Martin
William and
Marie (Nye) Martin
Washington County Hospital
William J. Martin
Arthur Nye
Rose Hill Cemetery
Lester Teter
Prefers Jail To Driving Test Case in Van Nuys
Miss Faye High, age 40, chose ten days in jail over taking a driver’s license test. Municipal Judge Allen T. Lynch sentenced her after she said she had no intention to take the test. She was charged with operating an automobile without a license.
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van Nuys
Calif
Oscar Gray to Receive Yale Law Degree at 260th Commencement
Oscar Gray son of S Z Gray of 425 Summit Avenue will graduate from Yale with a Bachelor of Laws degree among about 2 000 candidates at the 260th commencement on June 11. The outdoor exercises will be held at Yale's old Campus.
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Oscar 8. Gray
S. Z. Gray
Summit Avenue
Yale University
George R. Herbert Dies After Illness at Home
George R. Herbert of Sharpshore area died last evening at his home 59 West Bethel Street after a short illness. He was born in Sharpshore and lived here for years. a World War I veteran. Survived by sisters Pearl Jones of this city and May Moore of Newark. Funeral at Watson Funeral Home Thursday at 1 30 p.m. with Rev. R S Abernethy officiating. Interment in National Cemetery at Sharpsburg. Body may be viewed at Watson Funeral Home this evening 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Preston Myers
Clear Spring
David
Margaret Myers
Walter
Norman
Harrisburg
A. K. Coffman Funneral
J. Wade Hoffman
Rose Hill
Inez Frances Kerns
Washington County Hospital
Zion Lutheran Church
Williamsport
Women
Potomac Post
American Legion
George Nelson Kerns
Vermont Street
Claude Harries
Funkstown
David N
Leat Funeral
William C. Huddle
Greenlawn
George R. Herbert
West Bethel Street
Sharpshore
Pearl Jones
May Moore
Newark
N. J
Watson
Abernethy
National Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Ewald Named Chairman of Maryland Civil Defense Advisory Council
William G. Ewald head of the Baltimore Off Street Parking Commission was named chairman of Maryland's civil defense advisory council. Governor McKeldin appointed Ewald and 14 others to the council created by the 1951 General Assembly. Members include Edmunds Burke of Cumberland and Edmunds Burke, president of Kelly-Springfield Tire ICo., the Western Maryland representative.
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Annapolis
William G. Ewald
Baltimore
Maryland
Civil Defense Agency
McKeldin
Ewald
General Assembly
Edmunds. Burke
Cumberland
Kelly-Springfield Tire
Ico
Arthur Godfrey to Get Citation in Baltimore
Arthur Godfrey will be cited here next Tuesday for having during the past year created better understanding between all creeds and all faiths. The event is part of interfaith charity activities linked with Shrine B'nai B'rith Knights of Columbus and others.
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Baltimore
Arthur Godfrey
Valley Eivergreen
Boum! Tem
Knights of Columbus
Perennisware
Mapentat Ae
Orium
Planta
Ivy & Roses
Valley Evergreen Nursery
Hopewell Rd
Williamsport Pike
Iran delays Anglo-Iranian oil take over despite talks
Iran slows nationalization actions on the Ang lo Iranian Oil Company while British officials plan talks in Tehran. Deputy PM Fatemi signals possible exit of the temporary oil board to Khuzistan as U S mediator Grady denies new moves in the dispute.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
London
Fouran
ATOC
Hussein Fatemi
Khuzistan
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Grady
AIOC
Horse trainer Hatfield wins damages in libel suit
Baltimore June 6 A superior court jury awarded trainer John B Hatfield 15000 damages in his libel suit against Hearst Consolidated Publications and Rodger H Pippen sports editor over articles about Alpine Boy the horse that caused jockey Benny Leggett’s death. The jury gave 5000 compensatory and 10000 punitive damages.
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Baltimore
Horse
John 3B
Hatfield
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Baltimore News-Post
Rodger H. Pippen
Alpine Boy
Benny Leggett
A. J Gross
Sears Opens New Farm Store in Harrisburg Area
Sears Roebuck opens a 5500 square foot Farm Store at 911 Pennsylvania Avenue tomorrow. The store will showcase the full David Bradley farm line including tractors hay equipment and tillage tools with ample parking. Joseph Stephens will direct the new store after six years with Sears Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck
Pennsylvania Avenue
T. R. Cable
David Bradley
Joseph Stephens
Hagerstown
Would-Be Jumper Rescued From Queensboro Bridge Perch
New York June 6 A sobbing man James McCue teetered 600 feet above the Queensboro Bridge as police and hospital chaplain aides urged him down. After a 90 minute standoff five officers and the chaplain reached him and pulled him to safety.
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New York
Institution
Queensboro Bridge
James McCue
Goldwater Memorian
Welfare Island
Hecht Company Opens Arlington Shopping Center Cornerstone
The Hecht Company laid the cornerstone for a 13 million dollar Arlington Virginia shopping center and expects no government hurdle for a department store in the North End. Charles B. Dulcan Sr. cited American freedoms as enabling the project and addressed over 1300 workers on site. A firm spokesman said government authority is being issued for shopping centers in key areas and no trouble is anticipated.
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Hecht Company
Arlington
North End
Hagerstown J
Charles B. Dulcan
Dulcan
Hecht
Northern
Potomac Avenues
Hagerstown
Rev Raymond Miller to Attend Meeting at Springfield
The Rev Raymond M Miller pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Funkstown is a stewardship leader of the ULCA who will attend Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio June 14 16 for the international stewardship conference He chairs the Maryland Synod stewardship committee directing a program for 92000 Lutherans in the synod.
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Raymond M. Miller
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Funkstown
United Lutheran Church In America
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Newsprint Prices Raised by International Paper July First
International Paper Sales Company announces a $10 per ton price increase effective July 1. The new rate reaches $116 per ton in New York and $112 in Canada, following prior boosts by Abiti Power and Paper and Consolidated Paper in Montreal and Anglo Canadian Pulp and Paper in Quebec.
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Montreal
International Paper Sales Company Incorporated
International 1
New York
Canada
Abiti Power and Paper Company of
Toronto
Consolidated Paper Corporation
Anglo-Canadian Pulps and Paper Company, Ltd
Quebec
Nurse Director to Address Civil Air Patrol Event
Miss Julia Lizer Director of Nurses at the Washington County Museum will discuss atomic attack and first aid measures. The talk occurs Thursday June 7 at 7 30 p m at Pangborn Hall Hagerstown with the Civil Air Patrol squadron. A safety parade is planned for June 14 and cadets will attend Pangborn Hall afterward.
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Julia Lizer
Washington County Museum
Hagerstown
Civil Air Patrol
Pangborn Hall
Miss Lizer
Bainbridge Navy Band member serves recruits in training center parades
Bernard L. Linger of this city is a member of the Recruit Training Command Band at Bainbridge Maryland. The all volunteer band performs at recruit parades and reviews and joins civic events in nearby communities. Pvt. Leon G C Larsson is assigned to the 5th Infantry Division for basic training at Indiantown Gap PA after processing at Fort Meade.
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Bernard L. Linger
Mu 8R
USN
Robert H. Linsger
Spruce Street
U. S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Leon GC. Larsson
Pangborn Boulevard
Jacquimn McKenzie
Auburn
Wash
Sth
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Fort Meade
Baste
Knight
Councilman Knights Vow to Overturn Zoning Veto Seen
Four councilmen led by Councilman Roy M. Knight promise to press for overturning Mayor Mills veto on the North End shopping center ban. Knight cites meddling by the mayor and allies and seeks a general plan based on justice for all. The action follows the mayor’s October veto as calls grow to reopen the zoning issue and proceed with development. Private First Class James Bishop, son of Jean and James Bishop, has been promoted to Corporal in Japan. Corporal Bishop serves as driver in an anti aircraft unit. Private Richard L. Williams, 20, graduates from a 48‑day air police training course at Westover Air Base Massachusetts. Williams, from Hagerstown, Maryland, earned a certificate detailing the extensive training received.
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Roy MW. Knight
Antietam Distributeo
Sev
Cirole
Coun
Ciiman Knight
Quest
Jtwn
Ipjustice
Couuncilman Knight
North End
Yaleo
Helling
Northern
Potomac Avenues
Milla
James Ke, Bishop
Jeane E
Bishop
Route 1
Hancock
Northorm
Honshu
Japan
Cpl
Tha Army
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Richard L. Willams
1600Th Air Police
Westover Air Base
Maes
Pvt
Williams
Wiliams
Willams
Iiberty Street
Hagerstown
Hagerstown High School
Army Truck Burns After Crash Near Jefferson
An Army convoy truck caught fire and burned two miles southwest of Jefferson in Derick County after colliding with a bridge abatement. The driver and helper escaped with minor burns. Firemen estimate the loss at 15000 dollars. The convoy was returning to Fort Campbell Kentucky after maneuvers at Fort Miles Delaware.
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Frederick
Harpers Ferry
Jefferson
Dierick County
Fort Campbell
Fort Miles
Del
Pfc Kenneth E Beckley Drowns in Korea
Mr and Mrs Edger Beckley Sr of 311 Ridge Ave received word from the Defense Department that their son Pfc Kenneth E Beckley had drowned in Korea on May 26. He had not yet turned 19 and had joined the Marine Corps in November after graduating from Hagerstown High School in 1950 and leaving for Korea in February. He drove ammunition from Pusan to the front according to letters.
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Edger Beckley
Ridge Avenue
Defense Department
Pfe
Kenneth E.beckley
Korea
Pfc. Beckley
Hageratown High School
Marine Corps
Pusan
Church Membership Surges as Stocks Fall
The Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches see nine year waves of new members. Growth peaks occur when stock prices decline, aligning with a nine year stock cycle. Findings appear in Cycles, a May issue from the Foundation for the Study of Cycles in New York. Further studies on other denominations are suggested.
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Howard W. Blakeblee
Associated Presa Science
New York
Presbyterian
Congregationalist
Foundation For the Study of
New York City
Contractor Cited For Death Plunge In Shippensburg
A coroner jury cited Earl Cump, a Chambersburg contractor, for negligence in the scaffold collapse at the Shippensburg State Teachers College site that killed two men, Harry Roddy and Elmer Hardman, and injured two others. The verdict offered no reconstruction recommendation.
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Chambersburg
Shippensburg
Gettysburg
Teachers College
Earl Cump
Cump
Hagerstown
Harry Roddy
Elmer Hardman
Pearl rearringing incident and repair shop notice
Jewelry repair listing mentions WATCH-CLOCK service and SAUM'S-21 Jonathan &J. Adv with pearls and rearing issues noted in a concise classified item.
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SAUM
Jonathan &J. Adv
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Rutgers University
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Fred Lazarus, Jr
Federated Department Stores
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Abraham and Straus
Otho Preston Myer
Inez F. Kerns
Elizabeth H. Ames
Cincinnati
Oscar Gray
Yale
Potomac Edison Company
Kelly Bouvelard
Washington Post Agency
Summit Ave
Sears
New Farm
Po-Ice
Weta
McCue
Joseph J. McGowan
Harold Christensen
Gothan
John Warde
Government OK
Raymond Miller
UCLA
Franklin €. Fry
Francie Urner
Carpenters
Gossard & Son
S. Locust St
Morris
Ranch Boys
ABC Artists
York, Pa
South End Athletic Club
Potomac & Rear
Potomac Diner
Witon Aiva
Mills
Roy N. Knight
Uae
Tomove
Columbia College
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Tatam Street
Wimesnot
Pfc
K. E. Beckley
Station Furniture Mfg. Co
S, Mulberry & Ray Streets
Tagg
Fairground Ave
Stouffer Printing Company
Telephone
Little Heiskel
J. B
Adv
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Spickler Motor Lines
Home Federal Savings and Loan Association
West Washington Street
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