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On November 2, 2005, LEN M. DAVISON;beloved husband of Frances G. Davison(nee Brammer); devoted father of Robert Davison, Patricia Hatzfeld and James Davison. Also survived by 6 grandchildrenand 3 great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held in the Oak Crest Village Chapel, on Monday at10:30 A.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Len Davison Student Scholarship Fund Oak Crest Village, 8810 Walther Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21234.

Charles Erwin Brookes, the retired chief of W.R. Grace's Davison Chemical division, died of a heart attack Nov. 1 at the Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla. The longtime Gibson Island resident was 86. Known as Charlie, he was born in Orange, N.J. His son, Stephen Brookes of Washington, D.C., said his father came from a "family of very modest means. " At one time, his parents addressed envelopes by hand for a business to make ends meet. At age 12, Mr. Brookes won a scholarship to St. Mark's School in Southborough, Mass.

Frances G. Davison, a homemaker and active Oak Crest Village resident, died of internal bleeding Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was 85. The former Frances G. Brammer was born in Ferrum, Va., and raised in West Virginia, where she attended public schools. She was a graduate of Strayer's Business College in Washington, and during World War II was a secretary at the Pentagon. In 1941, she married Len Davison and became a homemaker. After raising her family, she returned to work in the 1960s at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Silver Spring.

For Chris Davison, art isn't limited to what you might see on the walls of Maryland Art Place, where she is a board member. Art is also what she wears. "I was a buyer for Macy's forever ago. I worked in the garment industry in New York for years. ... I look at fashion as an art form." Davison's fashion background was evident when we "Glimpsed" the 43-year-old Owings Mills resident at MAP's Vanity Affair gala. The look: Champagne silk Prada dress. Black footless tights. Black patent leather peep-toe Gucci platforms.

Warren Malcolm Davison, a retired labor relations attorney, died of a heart attack Saturday at his Pikesville home. He was 69, and had retired in April as a partner and manager of the Baltimore office of Littler Mendelson at the World Trade Center. Born in Boston, Mr. Davison earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University. For many years, he interviewed prospective Harvard students as part of their application process. After a brief stint in the Army, he became an attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington.

The Peabody Conservatory's Friedberg Hall was filled for last night's concert by the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. The reason was probably the presence of Jennifer Davison in six Richard Strauss songs for soprano and orchestra. The word on Davison, the winner last year of Peabody's Sylvia L. Green Vocal Competition, is that she is one of the most accomplished young singers to come through the school in years.She certainly lived up to her reputation on this occasion. She has a light, beautiful voice that is even in all parts of her range.

Tomorrow, Peggy Santiglia Davison will drive to Washington and, not for the first time, watch a lithe young actress in the production of "The Jersey Boys" pretending to be her. Chances are, it will be a joyful experience, though not an entirely comfortable one. Davison, now 65 and a resident of Carroll County, was one of the Angels, the three-member girl group that enjoyed stratospheric popularity for a few years in the early 1960s. The Angels toured the world. They performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

Driven largely by improvements in its Davison Chemicals segment, W. R. Grace & Co. reported second-quarter earnings yesterday that beat analysts' estimates by 2 cents a share. For the three months that ended June 30, the chemical maker had net income of $34.6 million, up 35 percent over the $25.7 million reported for the like quarter of 1999. Last year's second quarter, however, included a $4.7 million after-tax loss from discontinued operations. Diluted earnings per share were 50 cents; analysts, on average, had expected 48 cents.

Tomorrow, Peggy Santiglia Davison will drive to Washington and, not for the first time, watch a lithe young actress in the production of "The Jersey Boys" pretending to be her. Chances are, it will be a joyful experience, though not an entirely comfortable one. Davison, now 65 and a resident of Carroll County, was one of the Angels, the three-member girl group that enjoyed stratospheric popularity for a few years in the early 1960s. The Angels toured the world. They performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

A MOJITO AT LIBERATORE'S OF WESTMINSTER Singer / songwriter Peggy Davison, 62, is the lead singer of the 1960s girl band, The Angels, whose best-known hit was "My Boyfriend's Back." She lives in the Westminster area with her husband. 'Fess up: Do you ever get sick of that song? I used to. There was a time in the late '70s and '80s when I was really into fusion; funky rock. ... Now, it doesn't bother me because I appreciate the fact that not everybody had hit records. If I want to do something separate, I can. Now, I have more leeway because [The Angels]

THE LAST DETECTIVE: SERIES 3 -- Acorn / $39.99 He is known to his colleagues on the Willesden police force as "Dangerous" Davies, but like almost everything else about this unassuming English detective, it is a term of disrespect. Everyone mocks Davies, and yet he always solves the crime -- as conservative, plodding and predictable as his approach might be. Season 3 of the British TV series based on the Dangerous Davies novels of Leslie Thomas arrives Tuesday on DVD, and it's a delight.

Live and Become, a word-of-mouth hit dramatizing the plight of Ethiopian Jews in Israel, has packed houses in college towns and enjoyed four- or five-month runs in upscale communities such as West Newton, Mass. Today it finds the Baltimore home that you'd expect for any French/Israeli/Italian/Belgian co-production: the city artplex, the Charles Theatre. But a chosen few Baltimoreans got the first look at it a year ago at the William & Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival.

On July 17, 2006, KATHLYN MAY DAVISON daughter of the late Clement and Alice Davison A Memorial Service will be held Friday, September 8th at 2 P.M. at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1316 Park Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church. Arrangements by the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc.

Frances G. Davison, a homemaker and active Oak Crest Village resident, died of internal bleeding Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was 85. The former Frances G. Brammer was born in Ferrum, Va., and raised in West Virginia, where she attended public schools. She was a graduate of Strayer's Business College in Washington, and during World War II was a secretary at the Pentagon. In 1941, she married Len Davison and became a homemaker. After raising her family, she returned to work in the 1960s at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Silver Spring.