Forest Park

Julius Leopold "Leo" Levy, a retired paper products salesman, died of heart failure Friday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Pikesville resident was 83. Born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park, he graduated from Forest Park High School at age 16 in 1941 and earned an engineering degree at Duke University in two years. During World War II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant. He was stationed in the Pacific. Mr. Levy was a vice president of the Monumental Paper Co. before retiring about 15 years ago. He had earlier worked in the family business, J. Leo Levy, which manufactured paper products.

Frances H. Meginniss, an active church member and volunteer, died of heart failure Oct. 19 at Glen Meadows retirement community in Glen Arm. She was 89. Frances Hoffman was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park. She was a 1937 graduate of Forest Park High School. After graduating in 1939 from Eaton & Burnett Business College, she worked as a secretary. In 1941, she married high school sweetheart Stephen Mason Meginniss II. During her husband's 20 years as a career Air Force officer, Mrs. Meginniss and her family moved 17 times.

The Mervo boys and Western girls scored easy victories in yesterday's Baltimore City cross country championships at Herring Run Park. Anthony Rogers of Mervo won the race in 17 minutes, 29 seconds. The Mustangs put three runners in the top 10 to finish with 39 points, rolling over Digital Harbor (85) and Forest Park (100). Western fared even better on the girls' side. The Doves placed four runners in the top 10, including winner Brinae Robinson. She captured first place in a time of 20:57.

Malcolm Austin Dutterer Jr., a retired Baltimore public school educator and administrator who established a citywide civics program for students, died Sept. 10 of a heart attack at his Carney home. He was 71. Mr. Dutterer was born in Baltimore and raised on South Stricker and West Baltimore streets. He was a 1955 graduate of City College. After graduating in 1959 from what is now Towson University with a bachelor's degree in education, he began teaching geography, economics and social studies at Forest Park High School.

James Straughn Kirkley, a retired mortician and former owner of a Glen Burnie funeral home, died in his sleep Saturday at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. He was 86. He was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park. After graduating from Forest Park High School, he moved with his family to Glen Burnie. He was attending Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., when he enlisted in the Army in 1942. A medic, he took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy and had attained the rank of sergeant at the time of his 1946 discharge.

Joseph M. Blackwell Sr., a lover of jazz and a longtime employee of the Social Security Administration in Baltimore, died of heart failure Wednesday at St. Agnes Hospital. The former Forest Park resident was 82. Mr. Blackwell was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Christmas Day in 1925. He graduated from Oliver High School in Pittsburgh in 1942. He later attended the University of Pittsburgh until he was drafted for service in the Korean War. After his honorable discharge at the rank of sergeant in 1952, he returned to the university and graduated with a degree in English in 1955.

Annapolis man accused of molesting daughter An Annapolis man has been charged with molesting his 15-year-old daughter and watching her take showers, police said yesterday. The girl, a ninth-grade student, was overheard Tuesday at her school telling a friend about the abuse, police said. That information was passed along to school administrators, who sent police and Department of Social Service workers to talk to the girl. She told the investigators that her father had molested her several times over the past year or so at their Madison Street home, police said, and that he goes outside and stares through the bathroom window when she showers.

Fallston girls coach Vern Brown smiled weakly when asked about his team's performance minutes after the Cougars hung on for a 44-43 victory over visiting Aberdeen in an Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference game last night. "It wasn't pretty," he said. "But I'll take it." Fallston (13-3, 4-2) ended a two-game losing streak and did it without top scorer Jess Harlee, who has missed most of the past three games with an eye injury that required corrective laser surgery. Brown is hopeful she can play more extensively next week.

Girls Sarah Cole Bryn Mawr, field hockey The senior forward scored three game-winning goals against ranked teams last week, as the defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference champions improved to 6-0. Cole scored winning goals against No. 15 Severn (1-0), No. 13 Century (2-0) and then-No. 7 Archbishop Spalding (2-1). She also had an assist at Century. For the season, she has four goals and one assist. A field hockey player since the seventh grade, Cole played in the U.S. Field Hockey Association's Olympic-development style Futures Program in her freshman and sophomore years.

Unranked Reservoir used a balanced attack to overwhelm visiting No. 9 Long Reach, 42-14, last night. Three Reservoir running backs shared in the scoring. Scott Sutton ran for 48 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries, Robert Wile had 54 yards and one touchdown on six carries, and Tyler Howell made 53 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries. "We used a balanced attack ... we prepared well and executed," said Gators coach Joe Lewis. Senior quarterback Josh Cohen went 11-for-25 for 186 yards and a touchdown pass for Reservoir.