Cub Hill

Albert L. Jones Sr., a decorated World War II veteran and longtime Realtor, died of a brain tumor at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. He was 80 and had lived in Cub Hill for more than 45 years. A Baltimore native remembered for service to his country, devotion to his family and quirky affection for an old green pickup, Mr. Jones grew up in Fullerton. He graduated from Towson Catholic High School in 1940 and attended Loyola College until enlisting in the Navy in 1942. As a Navy fighter pilot, Mr. Jones served on the USS Yorktown, known as "the Fighting Lady of the Pacific."

Councilman David Marks has stood with the citizens of Carney in refusing to introduce a planned unit development (PUD) for the former Bill Bateman property located north of the Harford and Northwind roads intersection in Cub Hill. This is the last property south of the URDL (Urban Rural Demarction Line). This decision was an important one. Marks told me about the PUD and the meeting of the Northwind Townhomes Home Owners Association (HOA) and I attended the meeting with permission of HOA. The PUD proposed by Kirby as presented to the HOA board was to build 160 apartments on the site.

McCloud Bradford "Mack" Hodges III, a retired mechanical engineer who was a lead designer of a Marine Corps amphibious vehicle, died of undetermined causes Tuesday at University of Maryland Medical Center. The 62-year-old Cub Hill resident had undergone heart surgery in July. Born in Shreveport, La., he earned a bachelor of science in physics from Texas A&M University, where he was a rifle team All-American. He remained a crack shot and often went skeet shooting at a Loch Raven club. He entered the Army after graduation and trained combat engineers at Fort Belvoir, Va. Mr. Hodges had temporary duty assignments in Vietnam, and during the Tet offensive he defended a gate in heavy fighting at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut Airport.

Tim Sherman of Cub Hill writes: I fish at several locations in lower Gunpowder Falls State Park. It appears that anti-erosion measures have been taken to curb rain runoff near the parking area at Harford Road. I understand and applaud the effort. However, the conservation effort has made parking very dangerous. The width of the parking lot is so narrow that if you turn to back in, you have to go across two travel lanes. If you pull in, you have to back out into travel lanes. Anyone with a large SUV or extend cab pickup can forget about parking there.

Jane W. Courtney, a former newspaper columnist, accomplished needlepoint worker and volunteer, died Thursday of a stroke at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 76. The daughter of a salesman and a seamstress, the former Jane Weismuller was born and raised in Livingston, N.J. She was a graduate of Livingston High School. After her marriage to James M. Courtney Jr., a chemical engineer, in 1951, the couple lived in Newark, and later moved to Mendham, N.J. Mrs. Courtney studied writing at the County College of Morris in Morristown, N.J., and at New York University's New School.

In Baltimore County Essex man dies after fall from stage at birthday party ESSEX - An Essex man died yesterday after he was struck in the back of the head at a birthday party Saturday night and fell onto a live electric wire at the edge of a makeshift stage, police said. William Sexton Jr., 25, of the 200 block of Nanticoke Road was at a party in the 600 block of Back River Neck Road about 11:30 p.m. when he argued with another man who allegedly struck him in the back of the head when he turned away, said Sgt. Robert Pemberton of the Essex Precinct.

Sure, the place looked a bit run down, but most of its prospective managers thought it had possibilities.The kitchen was large; there appeared to be enough bedrooms for everyone; the fences were sturdy; and there was plenty of land, with a large lawn, rolling hills and beautiful trees.The owners said they were willing to install an expensive new heating system, and said the county was about to hook the place up to new water lines.With a little paint and a lot of innovative ideas, the place might even be able to do what it was built to do.But this was not a house that executives from about two dozen private firms from across the country toured last week.

In Baltimore City Man, 31, charged with 4 robberies in Guilford community A 31-year-old man has been charged in four Guilford robberies -- two with a gun, one with a knife and one without a weapon -- and is being investigated in at least two more holdups in the North Baltimore neighborhood, said Detective Tom Wolf. Roy Henderson Harrison III of North Baltimore was arrested Wednesday and was being held last night at Central Booking and Intake Center. Police said people were attacked as they were walking on the street or leaving a vehicle.