American Legion

On December 14, 2005, JUDITH LEE "Judy" of Davidsonville, MD. Beloved wife of William L. Morse. Loving daughter of the late William and Opal Trickett Shale. Dear sister of Diane Harper, Brian Shale and the late Rocky Shale. A Memorial Service will be held at 10 A.M. on Monday, December 19, 2005, in the Hardesty Funeral Home, P.A., 905 Galesville Rd., Galesville, MD. Inurnment Lakemont Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the Girls State Auxiliary Program of the American Legion.

A 37-year-old Mount Airy man accused of stabbing his brother in the chest was released on $20,000 unsecured bond after he was charged with assault and a deadly weapons count Saturday.Jackie Ray Spencer of the 1100 block of N. Main St. was arrested at his home about 11 p.m. after state police were called to the area to investigate a stabbing.Joseph P. Spencer, 32, of the same address was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore for treatment of a 1-inch-wide stab wound in his lower chest.

In Carroll County, success in promoting local-level American Legion national high school oratorical contests will be measured by the number of area students who participate.The first of two Maryland seminars about the annual event -- which will begin at the post level in February -- will be held for Legionnaires this Saturday at Gold Star Post 191 in Mount Airy."The purpose of the meetings is to encourage posts to hold the contests and to give necessary information," said Arthur Brett, district contest chairman in Carroll, Frederick and Washington counties.

On April 25, 2003, LEROY B.; dear husband of the late June E. (nee Neighoff); beloved father of Patricia M. Kreitzburg and Jill L. Mason; father-in-law of Bud Kreitzburg; loving grandfather of Chris and Beth Kreitzburg; devoted friend of Sheila Sears. The family will receive friends at FINK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 426 Crain Hwy South (at 5th Ave.), on Monday, from 4 to 6 P.M., where Services will follow immediately. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The American Legion, Post 195, The SPCA, or The American Cancer Society.

On July 1, 2008, CLETUS J. EWALS, 75, Born in New Rockford, ND, He was an Air Force Veteran and a member of the VFW and the American Legion. He was employed by the Government Printing Office in Washington, DC for 38 years. He is survived by his loving wife Elaine, son; Michael, daughters; Marcie, Michelle and Jeri, step-children; Lisa, Jamie, William and Thomas, brothers; William, Herbert and Martin, sisters; Bernice and Terry, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Prevatt Funeral Home, Hudson, Florida.

The Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals has approved an expansion plan for the Hampstead American Legion Post 200 at 4600 Legion Lane.The post plans to build a new social hall with stage and expand the lobby, office, kitchen and storage facilities. The hall, which also is used for community functions, will accommodate 500 people.The board ruled that all activities at the American Legion must end by 10 p.m. and that a row of evergreen trees must be planted to screen the parking lot from nearby homes.

On February 4, 2008, STANLEY W.; beloved husband of the late Shirley J. king (nee Wilt); beloved father of Anne K. Whaples; brother of Doris Gentile and Lois King; grandfather of Matthew W. King; step-grandfather of Graham Whaples; uncle of Tony and Robert Gentile, Dr. George Baumgardner and Carolyn Breitbach and Lori Burkland. Services at Trinity Lutheran Church, 38 W. Baltimore St., Taneytown, MD on Saturday, at 11 a.m. Interment in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home.

Frederick Milton Maguire, a retired postmaster of a Prince George's County mail processing center and American Legion official, died Tuesday of a respiratory ailment at Oak Crest Village in Parkville. He was 87 and had lived in the Glendale section of Baltimore County. Mr. Maguire joined the U.S. Postal Service in 1939 and held management positions in the Washington regional office. He retired in 1984 as manager-postmaster of the Prince George's Sectional Center. Born in Baltimore and raised on 41st Street, he was a 1933 City College graduate.

JOAN E. (Blevins) WILSON, 72, of Freeland, died January 5, 2008 in York Hospital, York, PA. She was the wife of the late A. Morris Wilson; mother of Larry A. Wilson, Gary P. Wilson and Robin M. Wood; grandmother of Jason, Wesley and Mindy Wilson, Christie Pahl, Danielle Wood, Daniel Wood, Jr., and Cory Cotton; great grandmother of Vida A. Wilson. She is also survived by one brother, James Blevins and his wife, Rosalie, one sister, Faye Stewart, and one sister-in-law, Doris Blevins. She was the daughter of the late Paul M. and Annis V. (Robbins)

In the early morning of June 25, 2002, Officer 1st Class Patrick Eckley and his canine partner, Ben, searched for the source of piercing screams that caused nearby residents to call 911 and walked into the dark woods next to a Columbia apartment complex. The officer and his dog came upon a man sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. His hands were still around her throat. When the man started to run, Eckley unleashed Ben, who bit the suspect on the leg and held him until the officer could subdue and handcuff him. Eckley arrested the man, who was later sentenced to 65 years in prison for attempted murder and sexual assault.