Henry Miller

BIG SUR, Calif. -- Not all the rich and famous are searching for a Pebble Beach property and the golfing, clubby lifestyle. In Southern California, more and more Hollywood folks are looking to Big Sur as an idyllic getaway within striking distance of Los Angeles."

This is the California that men dreamed of years ago, this is the Pacific that Balboa looked out on from the Peak of Darien, this is the face of the earth as the Creator intended it to look.Henry Miller"Big Sur and the Orange of Hieronymous Bosch" Arugged, raw wilderness perched on rocky cliffs ringing an untamed Pacific Ocean, California's Central Coast for years has served as a haven for artists, writers and scientists. It has inspired accomplished Americans such as newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, author Henry Miller and two-time Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Linus Pauling.

Henry Miller "Hank" Worthington, a retired hardware executive and music lover who enjoyed waterfowl hunting, died Monday of complications from dementia at his Garrison home. He was 80. Mr. Worthington, the son of a hardware executive and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park and Garrison. He was a 1948 graduate of Gilman School and attended Princeton University, where he played ice hockey and was captain of the skeet shooting team. "He was an expert marksman, a skill inherited from his father, a 13-time Maryland state skeet and trap champion," said a son, Edward H. "Ned" Worthington of Garrison.

On Thursday, May 11, DOROTHY M. APPLEFELD (nee Miller); beloved wife of the late Leon Applefeld; devoted mother of Arnold Applefeld and Linda Blumenthal of Florida; dear mother-in-law of Suzanne Applefeld and Harry Blumenthal; devoted sister of the late Iris Hohman, Rose Levinson, Henry Miller and Rosal Pickus. Also survived by four loving grandchildren and five loving great-grandchildren. Funeral services private at the convenience of the family. Interment in Arlington Cemetery, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 4300 N. Rogers Avenue.

Myrtle M. Watson, an Army nurse whose indelible memories of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor remained with her for the rest of her life, died Feb. 11 of vascular disease at Oak Crest Village. The Northeast Baltimore resident was 98. Early in the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, Mrs. Watson was busy working her first solo weekend assignment in the orthopedic ward at Schofield Hospital near Pearl Harbor, which was short-staffed because it was a weekend. She began pushing bedridden men out to a second-story lanai so they could take in a barefoot inter-regimental football game that was to be played on the hospital lawn.

Zoning appeals board approves small kennel The Board of Zoning Appeals has approved a conditional use for a kennel for fewer than 10 dogs at 1023 Wesley Road in Finksburg. The 87.56-acre property is owned by Robert Henry Miller and is zoned agricultural. The kennel is located in the center of the property and meets the lot requirements for the zoning ordinance. Miller owns six beagles, a foxhound and an Eskimo dog. He said he does not intend to board any dogs. The board, which heard no complaints from neighbors and found no adverse impact on the area, approved the request.

On Saturday, December 3, 2005, WILBERT "Joe" MILLER, age 86, devoted son of the late Sophie Miller, beloved brother of the late Henry Miller, William Miller, Anne Lally, Josephine Koryto and Estelle Surdel. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Rev. Joseph G. Bochenek will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, December 7 at St. Bridgid Roman Catholic Church (S. Ellwood Avenue at Hudson Street), Canton beginning at 11 A.M. Interment to follow in the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

On Friday, April 14, 2006, JUDITH K. MILLER (nee Klein) beloved wife of Steve Miller, loving mother of Melissa Lenet of Baltimore, MD, and Jennifer Miller Hersey of New York, devoted mother-in-law of Ryan Lenet and Ben Hersey, beloved sister of Richard Klein of Annapolis, MD, and Dr. Joel Klein of Colorado Springs, CO, devoted daughter of Theodore and Mahsee Klein of FL, loving daughter-in-law of Eva and the late Henry Miller, beloved grandmother of...

On February 26, 2003, LAVINIA J. MILLER, loving daughter of the late Paul and Ann Edwards; dear sister of Burton H. Miller and Henry C. Miller; also survived by several nieces and nephews. A Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Ave on Monday 11 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call on Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.