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Pearl S. Dix, a retired legal secretary, died of pneumonia Oct. 4 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. The longtime Severna Park resident was 90. Born Pearl Milbourne Suter in Baltimore and raised on Greenmount Avenue, she was a 1933 graduate of Eastern High School. After working for a savings and loan association, she became a legal secretary for the firm of Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie in downtown Baltimore. She retired about 10 years ago. Mrs. Dix rescued stray cats and owned numerous dogs.

NEW YORK- A glittery gang of about 30 fashion designers, editors and retailers got together over lunch Monday and, amazingly, agreed on something.The lunch at the Hotel Macklowe was arranged by the Council of Fashion Designers of America to explore ideas for a central showplace to hold New York's seasonal fashion shows. Historically, the showings have been chaotic affairs, with models, buyers and journalists --ing from one rickety showroom to another, if a falling ceiling did not get them.

On May 4, 2006, JOHN LOUIS PFEIFER; beloved husband of Matilda Grace Pfeifer (nee Mackie); devoted father of John D. Pfeifer and his wife Marle; loving brother of William Pfeifer, Dorothy Eisenhour and the late Lorraine Pfeifer; dear brother in-law of Rae Jones; uncle of Joyce Glock and her husband Wilmer; great-uncle of Erin and David Glock; loving grandfather of Gregory M. Simmons and Timothy J. Simmons and great-grandfather of Justin, Kaitlin, Kathrine,...

On Friday, December 26, 2003, SUSAN A. LAWRENCE, 44, af ter a long and cou rageous battle with multiple sclerosis, beloved daughter of McEllen (Mackie) Lawrence and the late John H. Lawrence, Jr., sister of Dr. John H. Lawrence, III, Pat Kane, Terry Riordan and Jennifer Wright. Also survived by nine nieces and nephews. Susan was a graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School and D'Airgon's School of Cosmotology and had worked at Stewarts and Hutzler's of Towson. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 30 at 11 A. M in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.

Man, 18, faces drug and traffic charges after crashAn 18-year-old Mount Airy teen-ager who did not have a driver's license was arrested on drug charges early Saturday after speeding his motorcycle past police in Ellicott City and crashing in a culvert near Route 94, Howard County police said.Daniel Francis Mackie, 18, of the 700 block of W. Watersville Road, was released on his own recognizance. His charges included possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, speeding, attempting to elude police and driving on a learner's permit without supervision.

CAMP PENNSYLVANIA, Kuwait - If this had been Baghdad, Spc. Jim Kaminski might be a dead man. As it was, he got off rather lightly. "Kaminski! Do push-ups!" screamed Staff Sgt. Damian Mackie. "You didn't point your weapon toward that corner once!" Kaminski, in full battle gear, including flak jacket, helmet and assault pack, gently laid his black machine gun on the sand and did as he was told. On a rare day with a cobalt blue sky and no wind, Kaminski and four others in Mackie's squad were practicing room-to-room combat in a make-believe house made of plywood.

In the late 1600s, wing-sided "sleeping chairs" were the last word in comfort for the well-to-do. Hard benches and wooden chair seats were customary. The idea of soft upholstery did not become commonplace until the 1700s.The wing chair made sense. It usually was kept in the bedroom. The high back and arms kept the heat of the fireplace near the sitter and shielded the person from drafts.Central heating made the wing chair less popular, but the design has survived, thanks to the fact that it is so comfortable.

Woodward & Lothrop Inc.'s challenge to a proposed expansion of Annapolis Mall has already delayed construction long enough that it is unlikely Nordstrom will be able to meet its planned opening date of August 1993, a top Nordstrom executive in Seattle said yesterday."

This week the Charles' Saturday revival series features G.W. Pabst's stirring musical The Threepenny Opera (1931) -- a still-controversial production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's adaptation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera. London's bandit leader, Mackie Messer (akaMacheath, aka Mackie the Knife) woos and weds beautiful, shrewd Polly Peachum. But Polly's father, Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum, who runs the city's legal begging business, is so outraged by Polly's marriage to the thief that he urges the police chief, Tiger Brown, to arrest Macheath and hang him. Luckily for Macheath, he and Tiger were Army buddies.

CUMBERLAND -- Five female employees are suing a Cumberland bank president, alleging that he sexually harassed them -- including repeated incidents of forcible kissing, sexual overtures and other offensive behavior -- over the past two decades.The women filed suit in U.S. District Court in Baltimore last week against Richard C. Deckerhoff, the chairman, chief executive officer and president of First Financial Corp., a holding company of First Federal Savings Bank of Western Maryland.Each woman is seeking damages on four counts of assault, battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.