Gable

When Clark Gable first visited Baltimore in 1929 to perform in David Belasco's "Blind Window" at the city's Ford's Theater, nobody met him at Penn Station. No reporter requested an interview, and no photographs were taken. No fans mobbed him as he made his way to a Charles Street taxi.The Sun's drama critic wrote of his performance, "Clark Gabel does excellent work as convict No. 27." But having his name spelled wrong in the newspaper and the playbill wasn't the only indignity Gable suffered.

CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island - Laura Robinson, professor of English, arrived at last month's Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences with a bombshell to toss among the literary cogitations. The title of her scholarly paper, presented at the Alberta conference, told it all: "Bosom Buddies: Lesbian Desire in L. M. Montgomery's Anne Books." That's Anne, as in Anne Shirley, as in "Anne of Green Gables," the Canadian classic that generations of readers have innocently supposed to be a straightforward tale of a plucky, homely, effusively romantic red-haired girl coming of age on Prince Edward Island in the late 1800s.

Jack Lewis Powell,88, an attorney for Hollywood celebrities who once prosecuted a woman for trying to extort money from Clark Gable, died of cancer Friday in San Diego.Pub Date: 5/14/97

On January 15, 2006, PHERN M. STRONG, beloved mother of Sadie M. Gable, devoted aunt of Iris Willett and husband Jim, sister of the late John, Charles, Ira and Melva. Funeral from the Gonce Funeral Service, P.A. Interment private.

On November 24, 2004, PAUL C., devoted son of the late John and Clara (Luby) Schisler; beloved brother of James J. Schisler and wife Anne and Mary Rose Gable and husband Harry of CT. Also survived by four nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, December 11, at 1 P.M. at St. Thomas More Church, 6806 Mc Clean Blvd., Balto.

A woman who lived with reputed cult leader Scott Caruthers admitted yesterday conspiring with him to try to have her ex-husband murdered. Dulsa Naedek also entered a guilty plea to a second murder conspiracy charge, this one involving a former business associate of Caruthers. Under a plea agreement, Naedek would serve 18 months of a 15-year prison term. She has been held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Carroll County Detention Center since her arrest October 2001, meaning that she likely will have served her time by her sentencing, scheduled for May 22. One point of contention at yesterday's hearing in Carroll County Circuit Court involved the prosecution's proposal that Naedek be required to be "deprogrammed" as a condition of her probation.

A Baltimore sign maker has sued an Annapolis nightclub owner and his sign maker, alleging they stole the firm's design of a 25-foot sign that went up along Route 50 last summer to attract customers to the club.Gable Signs and Graphics Inc. of the 7900 block of Fort Smallwood Road asked in the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore seeking unspecified damages on counts of copyright infringement and unjust enrichment.The suit also asks for a judge to order Harvey Blonder, owner of Buddy's Late Night, to take down the blue-and-red sign and to stop using its circular design on T-shirts sold at the club.

A Glen Burnie woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver Thursday night in the second such fatality in Anne Arundel County within 24 hours, according to police. Meanwhile, police reported that the vehicle involved in the earlier death had been located and that a person was in custody. In the most recent incident, officers found the body of Dawn Lynn Gable, 43, of the 200 block of Cross Creek Drive lying in the area of Cross Creek and Highlander drives about 10:17 p.m., police said.

On November 19, 2004, DOROTHY (nee Proudfoot) of Sykesville, MD; wife of the late James A. Dixon and mother of Kathleen Bishop, Carol Gable and Marilyn Loewer. Also survived by nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at 1:30 P.M. at Fairhaven Chapel (7200 Third Ave.) Sykesville. Interment will be in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Carroll Hospice, 95 Carroll St., Westminster, MD 21157.

On November 26, 2003, ANNA E.,(nee Gable) JAGODA, beloved wife of the late John S. Jagoda Sr., loving mother of John S. Jagoda Jr., and Michael W. Jagoda, admired grandmother of Laura, Amy, Jared and Delene, great-grandmother of Shae'. Visitation to be held at the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME INC., 4107 Wilkens Avenue on Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M and where funeral services will be held on Monday at 10:30 A.M. Interment in Meadowridge Memorial Park.