Cumberland Evening Times from Cumberland, Maryland • Page 23

Evtntng Thursday, July Local And Tri. State Obituaries urch Red Cross Notes Fund Appeal Lags (Continued from Page 15) 1 OTTO K.RYAN Otto K. Ryan, 73, of Bedford, RD 3, died yesterday at Cumberland Nursing Home, where He had been a patient two weeks. He had been in ill health the past several years. Born in West Virginia, he was a son of the late John Wesley and Virginia (Corrick) Ryan.

retired toolmaker for Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, he was a member of Bedford Assembly of God Church. Surviving are his -widow, Nellie M. (Howsare) Ryan; a sq'n, John K. Ryan, Bartonsville, a daughter, Mrs. Sijsan M.

Robinelte, Hatboro, a sister, Mrs. Lilly Bellinger, of Florida; two brothers, Edward D. Ryan, city, and Arthur K. Ryan. Cincinnati, Ohio; and a number of nieces and nephews.

The body is at the Silcox- Mcrritt Funeral Residence, where friends will be received from 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted there tomorrow at 1 p.m. with Rev. Don Tcdford officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park.

HEODORE E. STEWART Theodore El Stewart, 68, died Tuesday at Altoona Veterans Hospital. Born here, he was a son of the late Calvin and Clarisa (Mc- Nei!) Stewart. sister, Mrs. Mae Martin, here, survives.

The body, is at the Price Funeral Home, where friends will be received from 7 until 9 p.m. 'A service will be conducted Iriere tomorrow at 2 p.m. In- torment will be in Union Cfemetery. NOTICE CARL 8. VALENTINE AND SON "Plumbing Heating" WILL BE CLOSED JULY 5 thru JULY 8 Out to Vacations! REOPEN FOR RUSINESS MONDAY, JULY 12 JAMES L.

MESSICK James L. Messick, 68, owner and operator of Cumberland Ice and Cold Storage Company, was dead on arrival yesterday at Memorial Hospital. He resided at 508 Frederick Street. Born in Cumberland, he was a son of the late Edgar E. and Leona (Smith) Messick.

His wife, Edythe (Twigg) Messick, preceded him in death. He was a member of Centre Street United Methodist Church, Fort Cumberland Lodge 211, AF AM, Cumberland Consistory Scottish Rite Bodies, Ali Ghan Shrine Temple and Motor Corps, BPO Elks Lodge 63, LOOM Lodge 271, United Commercial Travelers and Maryland Food Locker Association. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn L. Anderson, LaVale, and Mrs.

Jacquelyn L. Day, Ml. Vernon, and three grandchildren. The body is at the Kight Funeral Home, where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m.

Service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home by the Rev. Adam E. Grim, with interment in Hillcrcst Burial Park. Fort Cumberland Lodge 211 AF AM will conduct a memorial service at 7:30 p.m.

tomorrow in the funeral home. The family has requested expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Heart Fund. JOHNR.ABERNATHY WESTERNPORT John Russell Abernathy, 53, of Akron, Ohio, died yesterday in Akron City Hospital. He was born in Beryl, a son of the late Icie Abernathy. Mr.

Abernathy was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his widow, Linda (Keys) Abernathy, and one son, Otis Abernathy, New York City. Friends will be received at the Boal Funeral Home from 7 to9 p.m. tomorrow. Services will be conducted at 4 p.m.

Saturday in the funeral home by Pryor of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Interment will be in Abernathy Cemetery, Cross. MRS. LESTER ADAMS OAKLAND Mrs. Florence Adams, 92, died yesterday at Asbury Methodist Home, Gaithersburg.

She had resided in Cumberland for 25 years, before going to Asbury Home. Born in Garrelt County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph R. and Caroline (Sweitzer) Glass, and was the widow of Lester M. Adams, who died in 1942. She was a member of Zion United Methodist Church, Cumberland.

Surviving are two sons, Harold J. Adams, Oakland, and Frank E. Adams, College Park; three daughters. Mrs. Helen G.

Burton, Johnson City, N.Y.; Mrs. Lena Long, Ml. Lake Park, and Mrs. Ruth E. Comp, Baltimore; a brother, Glass, New Kensington, two sisters, Mrs.

Anna Ross, Mrs. Irene Hoopcngardner, Salem, 14 grandchildren, 19 great- grandchildren and 'numerous nieces and nephews. The body is at the John O. Durst Funeral Home, where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9p.m.

A service will be conducted there Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. William R. Sansom ficiating. Interment will be in the George Cemetery, Swanton.

CROSTON SERVICE Mass of the Christian Burial for Charles R. Croston 72, of 207 Spring Street, who died Tuesday, will be celebrated tomorrow at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Interment will follow in St.

Mary Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Donald C. Sheffler, Lewis C. Jacobs, Howard Wilt, Leroy Morris, Robert L. Meyers, and Walter C.

Houdersheldt. Honorary bearers will be Michael Poling, Woodrow Grimes, Clarence Harper and Calvin McTaggert. The body is at 'the Scarpelli Funeral Home, where a Christian wake service will be held today at 8 p.m. John C. Fremont mapped Nevada during trips across the region from 1843 to 1845, with Kit Carson as a guide.

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DRAPERY IS FREE RlJffMI Everything BALTIMORE STRELT GRANTCONWAY Grant Conway, the Montgomery County man who was one of the original hikers in the Justice Douglas Canal Hike in 1954 and was an officer of the Canal Association from the time of its inception that year, died Friday in Georgetown University Hospital. He was 62. Mr. Conway was known to hundreds of local persons interested in the cana! after it was saved from being made into a parkway as a result of Justice Douglas' hike with Conway and seven other men, two of them Washington Post editorial writers who favored the parkway plan. The hike gained publicity for the scenic beauty and historical valve of the canal and subsequently helped it get park status.

And the annual Justice Douglas reunion hikes over the past years have always had Mr. Conway as a planner and participant. He retired in 1972 af(er 31 years of government service and since then he served as Montgomery County's representative on the Advisory Commission of the Canal National Historical Park. A member of the board of directors of the National Parks and Conservation Association for the past 17 years, he also served seven terms as secretary-treasurer of the Conservation Round-table and three terms as president'of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. A former treasurer of the Appalachian Trail Conference, he was one of the first environmentalists to propose federal protection for the Appalachian Trail, which extends from Maine to Georgia.

Mr. Conway also was a member of the Canoe Crusiers Association, American White Water Association, the W.ilderness Society, the Audubon Society, the Sierra Club, the Wanderbirds of Washington, and the Chemeketans of Salem, Ore. Born in Savannah, Mr. Conwa'y spent his early life in Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon and earned a master's degree in economics from American He is survived by his widow, lone Warren Conway.

MRS T. M. BRINKMAN Mrs. Dorothy Marie Brinkman, 93, formerly of 1022 Virginia Avenue, died today in Cumberland Nursing home where she had been a patient eight years. A native of Paw, W.

she was a daughter of the late Martin and Emma (Catlett) Hansrote. Her husband, Theodore M. Brinkman, died in 1968. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mona Slough, this city; two grandchildren, three great- grandchildren, one great-great- grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received at Hafer' Chapel of the Hills Mortuary, LaVaie, today from 7 Io9p.m. Services will be conducted in the funeral home tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. with the Rev. Adam fe. Grim officiating.

Interment will be in Rose Hill Mausoleum. MRS. HARRY FISHER Mrs, Emma Jean Fisher, 78, of Washington House, Alexandria, was dead on arrival Tuesday at Alexandria Hospital. A native of Barton, she was a daughter of the late Dennis and Emma (Richards) McCormick and was the widow of Harry K. Fisher, who died in 1964.

She was a 1915 graduate of Barton High School and a member of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Tadd Fisher, Arlington, a son, Dale Fisher, Yorkville, a sister. Miss Alice McCormick, Barton; three brothers. Cooper, Giffen and Oris McCormick, Barton, and five grandchildren. The body is at the Ives Funeral Home, 2847 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, where a service will be conducted tomorrow at 11 a.m.

The body (hen will be taken to Boalsburg, for services Saturday at a.m. MRS. MAPHIS SERVICES Services for Mrs. Pearl Maphis, 218 Davidson Street, who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Boal Funeral Home, Westernport.

The Rev. Frank Fratto will officiate and interment will be in Philos Cemetery there. Among the survivors are four brothers, Howard Duckworth, Potomac Park, Michael Duckworth. Riverside, N.J.; Samuel Duckworth, Bel Air, and Allen Lee Duckworth, White Marsh. On Dean's List Pr.ula Jean Airesman, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles D. Airesman. 350 Sunset Drive, was named to the Dean's List in West Virginia University's Creative Arts Center program, Morgantown, W. Va.

The largest steel arch bridge in the world is the Sydney Harbor Bridge: MRS. ARHTUR LEMMERT FROSTBURG Mrs. Cora Ida (Stevens) Lemmert, 87, of Ml. Savage, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital, Cumberland. A native of Mt.

Savage, she was a daughter of George and Catherine (Hager) Stevens. Her husband. Arthur Lemmerl, preceded her in death. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Effie Pickrell, Mt.

Savage; a nephew, George Charles, Frostburg; two nieces, Mrs. Felix Foote Lonaconing and Mrs. Jack Edwards, National. Friends will be received at Hafer Frost Mansion Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m.

tomorrow in Ihe funeral by the Rev. Donald F. Sause. Interment will be in Frostburg Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Delbert Martin, Thomas Hughes, Wayne Foote, Felix Foote Thomas Lewis and John Edwards.

22 Freight Cars Derail A freight train hauling corn and soybeans for export through the port of Baltimore derailed about 6:20 a.m. today at St. Denis, just seven miles outside Baltimore, blocking the main tracks. About 20 cars of the 88-car freight trains, which originated from a connecting line at Connellsville and passed through Cumberland, left the rails. The Chessie System said there were no injuries.

Rail passenger service to Washington from the Baltimore area was shutdown. Com muters to Washington from the Baltimore area will be bused this afternoon. ACC Promotes Staff Members Dr. W. Ardell Haines, president of Allegany Community College announces the promotions of nine members.

The promotions were presented by Dr. Haines and approved by the board of trustees. Promoted from the academic rank of instructor to assistant professor are: Mr. Steve G. Bazarnic phj'sk 1 education, Mr.

Darrell.Blank recreation leadership, Mr. Dudley Brown language and literature, Ms. Colleen Buckley language and literature, Ms. Lind.a Johnston physical education, Mr. Edwin A.

Stillwagon business administration, and Ms. Barbara Williams nursing. Dr. Frederick C. Thompson (biological science) and Ms.

Jean Urban (mathematics) were promoted from assistant professors to associate professors. All-Woman Jury Hears Testimony An all-woman jury was summoned today to hear a case in Allegany County Circuit involving an appeal of a Workmen's Compensation Commission decision. George B. Keller of RD 1, Frostburg, filed the appeal alleging he suffered a hernia while doing construction work as a carpenter for Leonard Lease and Sons, of Midland. Hazel Rose of RD 1, Mt.

Savage, is forelady of the 11- woman jury. One man had been summoned to serve, but was excused today. Associate Judge James S. Getty is hearing the case. Memorial To Do County Laundry Arrangements have been made by the Allegany County Board of Commissioners through Kenneth Messmer, superintendent of the county institutions, to have all laundry work done at Memorial Hospital's laundry facilities.

The work has been done by the Crystal Laudry Company under contract but today is the final day of operation at the laundry, which is closing after many years in business. The county will pay the hospital for the work done in laundering the sheets, towels other items at Sylvan Retreat. County Home and County Infirmary. Police List (Continued from Page 15) been blown to salute well- wishers who had gathered along Uietracks to see the train leave. Sylvester J.

Smith, 67 LaVale Boulevard, LaVale, was cited with a motor vehicle code violation yesterday at 6:20 p.m. following a mishap on Greene Street. The other driver was identified as Phillip C. Norris, Wiley Ford. At 5:44 p.m.'.

yesterday Tammy Sue Aldridge of Cresaptown, was cited following a mishap on Fayette Street at Wilmont Avenue where she reportedly lost control of her vehicle on the curve and struck a parked car owned by Rosalie deHaven, 703 Kayette Street. Bicentennial Ceremonies (See Photo Page The congregation of Second Baptist Church, Oldtown Road and Grand Avenue, Cumberland, will observe the nation's in a program Sunday at the tl a.m. worship. Members have been urged to "dig out their grandparents' trunk" and wear old-fashioned clothes during this "200th Anniversary of Religious Freedom Service." Selections will be provided by both the adult and youth choirs of Second Baptist, and a patriotic Scripture from Leviticus will be read. A "Pageant of Religious Liberty," designed to tell something about the Baptist place in American history will be presented.

A highlight will be "Dncle Sam" as he is portrayed by the Rev. A. R. Major, pastor. In reading from his book of memories, "Uncle Sam" will recall seven famous person who made contributions to America's religious freedom.

Others featured in the pageant will be Robert Moreland, Henry Yutzy, Ernie Billmeyer, Ronald Peters, Margaret Rice, Gertie Garland, and Quentin Simpson. The pageant will be presented against a background formed by a huge Liberty Bell in the center, a 200-year birthday cake with candles, on the right of the bell, and "Uncle Sam" on the left of the bell. Following the pageant, the birthday cake will be cut. At the conclusion of the service, members and friends will join in a Fourth of July picnic with "dinner on the grounds," to be held in the new educational building adjacent to the church. On Dean's List Three area have been named to, Dean's Lists at West Virginia University.

Martha Ann McGee of Keyser and Cynthia Corwin Walters of Wardensville were honored by the School of Social Work and Richard Carl Smoot of Three Churches was recognized by the Creative Arts Center for the second semester. Allegany County Chapter of the American National Red Cross reports that it still has a long way to go in attempting to reach its quota of of $1,400 in a special $10 million nationwide disaster fund appeal to meet 'massive relief costs. Mrs. Grace C. executive director onhe local chapter, says contributions totalling only S219 have been received from Allegany County residents so far.

Libraries Will Close Beginning Saturday and continuing through Saturday, September the Allegany County Library, Washington Street, and its branches in Frostburg, LaVale and South Cumberland will be closed on Saturdays. The Westernporl branch, however, will remain open on Saturdays throughout the summer. Sunday hours at the main library, Washington Street, were discontinued May 30 but will resume, from 1 to p.m., Sunday, September 12. Firemen Called To Shed Blaze City Firemen 'rendered mutual assistance to Baltimore Pike Volunteer Fire Company at a tool-shed fire at 12:32 a.m. today on Country Club Road.

Baltimore Pike firemen brought a tank truck to the site while Engine 1 from Central Fire Station with extra water was also used to quench the iire. Firemen were on the scene about a half hour. Cause of the fire was not immediately determined. The shed was destroyed. Births FITCH Mr.

and Mrs. Dwight, Keyser, a daughter today in Sacred Heart Hospital. HARVEY Mr. and Mrs. Richard, Westernport, a son today in Sacred Heart.

The special appeal by the ARC was made early this month to make up a $10 million deficit for direct aid given to victims of Typhoon Pamela in Guam and other U.S. Territories in the Pacific, the Teton Dam break in Idaho and flooding in Oklahoma. Ms. Fleming is asking local residents not to forget these people who were left homeless by disasters. It could have been Cumberland that needed the help." Since the nationwide appeal, a spate of more disasters have hit the United States, sending American Red Cross workers to the scene of flash-flooding in the Rapid City, S.D., area, rain- flooded communities surrounding Houston, Tex.

and tornado strikes in Minnesota, Michigan and other Midwestern locales. Some 2,950 families were affected by flash-flooding in Rapid City (Penningtor. and Lawrence and Meade counties, S.D. In Houston, the Red Cross opened two shelters, housing some 400 persons and at least 2.000 families were affected by the floods. Tornado hits in scattered communities around the nation have caused ARC workers to open to aid affected families.

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