Manger

BETHLEHEM, Occupied West Bank -- Gnarled and cracked, an old olive branch enters Jiries Giacaman's shop and sits in a dark corner for three years. One day, Mr. Giacaman will pick it up. He will turn it around in his hands and his mind, and then begin cutting.From the twisted wood will emerge a sleek and polished figure of the Virgin Mary. Or Jesus. Or a camel, or a cradle, or a wise man.Mr. Giacaman makes manger scenes and other carvings from olive wood, a specialty of this town where Scripture says Jesus was born.

Christmas is a sacred day to many, a time to celebrate with friends and family. You'd think comedians would make fun of it at their own peril. But no less an authority than John Waters, an unabashed Christmas fan who will be bringing his "A John Waters Christmas" to the Lyric on Dec. 21 , says that's simply not true. Audiences — at least his audiences — love it when he takes on Christmas, Waters promises. The only stipulation, he says, is that he had better be funny. "If you're coming to see 'A John Waters Christmas,' you pretty much know what to expect," says Waters, who's been touring the world with his yuletide celebration the past few weeks.

On December 22, 2006, JANET AMELIA MANGER; beloved sister of Carl Manger and his wife Carol; also surviving nephew, Brian Manger and his wife Shari, niece Stephanie Nau and husband David, great-nephew Carl A. Manger, and great niece Julie Faith Nau. Family will receive friends Wednesday, December 27th from 3-5 & 7-9 p.m. at STERLING ASHTON SCHWAB WITZKE FUNERAL HOME of Catonsville, Inc, 1630 Edmondson Avenue, where funeral services will be held on Thursday,...

Mike and Pam McDonagh, of Laurel, announce the engagement of their daughter, Michele McDonagh, to Marc Kimes, son of Mark Kimes, of Vienna, W.Va., and the late Marion "Cookie" Kimes. The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of Atholton High School and graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 2006 with a degree in graphic design. She is currently an account executive for Clear Channel Outdoor. The future groom, a graduate of Parkersburg High School, graduated with a degree in accounting in 2007 from West Virginia Wesleyan College, where he earned a Master in Business Administration in 2009.

On September 4, 2003, GLADYS E. MANGER; beloved wife of the late Robert Manger; devoted sister of the late Clarence Franklin; loving sister-in-law of Ruth C. Franklin; cherished aunt of James Franklin and great-aunt of Diana Franklin. Friends may call at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories - Parkville, Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Service will be held 11 A.M., Tuesday. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wesley Home, 2211 W. Rogers Avenue, Baltimore, 21209 or to Glen Meadows Foundation Benevolent Fund, 11630 Glen Arm Road, Glen Arm, 21057.

On February 14, 2005, BARBARA J. MANGER (nee Burke); beloved wife of the late Douglas Manger; devoted mother of Leon Bell and his wife Elisa, and Bruce Bell and his wife Roxanne; loving grandmother of Genevieve Elder and her husband Jesse, Melissa Callahan, Matthew Callahan, Lacey Nelson and her husband Jamie, Leon Bell, Michele Mc Martin and her husband Wade, Stacy Laumann and her husband Vernon, Jennifer Hampshire and her husband Jason, Bruce Bell Jr....

Anita Manger started bowling duckpins at Fair Lanes Middlesex when she was 5 years old.The Arnold resident switched to tenpins, fell in love with the game, and has never left it.Active in two leagues, the Thursday Challengers at Fair Lanes Southdale and the Tuesday Budweiser at Greenway Bowl Odenton, she currently is averaging 188."I think that my average will start to go up," Manger said. "When I changed to the Beast [bowling ball] a lot of good things started to happen."Until the past few months, she had been using a 12-pound Rhino; now the left-hander is throwing a 13-pound Beast.

Nancy Galloway Manger, a watercolor artist who also worked in real estate in the 1950s, died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Monday at Woodlands Assisted Living in Middle River. The longtime Towson resident was 89. Born Nancy Edmunds Galloway in Baltimore and raised in Windsor Hills, she was a 1937 graduate of Forest Park High School. An amateur artist in her teens, Mrs. Manger had once considered a career in art, but she put those ambitions on hold to raise a family and pursue other interests.

Clarence Philip "Phil" Manger, who flew B-23 Liberator bombers during World War II and later became a Baltimore grain merchant, died Tuesdayof coronary artery disease at Franklin Square Hospital Center. The longtime Towson resident was 92. Mr. Manger was born in Baltimore and raised on the city's west side and in Fowblesburg, Baltimore County. He was a 1933 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1937.

On November 9. 2003 MARY SUSAN (nee Manger) beloved wife of Thomas R. Manzetti, mother of Kathryn Emerson Manzetti, daughter of Elizabeth Mitcheltree Manger and the late Roland Manger, sister of Todd Manger, Beth Gourlay, Anne McManus, Catherine Bosley and the late Patrick Manger. Services at ECKHARDT FUNERAL CHAPEL P.A., 11605 Reisterstown Rd., Owings Mills, Wednesday at 10 A.M. Interment in All Saints Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Contributions may be made to Gilchrist Center, 6601 N. Charles St., Towson, MD 21204.

The Virgin Mary as a fiery women's libber? Joseph as an insecure, self-doubting man? The angel Gabriel as an inexperienced, error-prone teenage boy? William Gibson's quirky, colorful and spectacular take on the Christmas story - The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut & the Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree - is at Rep Stage through Jan. 4. The compendious title recalls the names given to Christmas pantomimes in Victorian England, such as Harlequin and the Old Man of the Sea, the Emperor, the Ogre, the Good Fairy, and the Princess.

Clarence Philip "Phil" Manger, who flew B-23 Liberator bombers during World War II and later became a Baltimore grain merchant, died Tuesdayof coronary artery disease at Franklin Square Hospital Center. The longtime Towson resident was 92. Mr. Manger was born in Baltimore and raised on the city's west side and in Fowblesburg, Baltimore County. He was a 1933 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1937.

Nancy Galloway Manger, a watercolor artist who also worked in real estate in the 1950s, died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Monday at Woodlands Assisted Living in Middle River. The longtime Towson resident was 89. Born Nancy Edmunds Galloway in Baltimore and raised in Windsor Hills, she was a 1937 graduate of Forest Park High School. An amateur artist in her teens, Mrs. Manger had once considered a career in art, but she put those ambitions on hold to raise a family and pursue other interests.

On April, 18, 2008, MARGARET M. (nee Manger) of Gaithersburg, formerly of Woodensburg, MD; beloved wife of the late Robert B. Wooden; sister of the late Anna Grace Hendrickson. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Services at Asbury Methodist Home at Wilson Health Center, 301 Russell Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 n Thursday, at 11 a.m. Interment in Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Woodensburg, MD. Arrangements by the Eline Funeral Home, 934 S. Main St., Hampstead, MD 21074. Online condolences may be made at www.elinefh.

In a move that could quickly change the tone of Baltimore's primary election, Mayor Sheila Dixon fired back at her leading opponent yesterday with a negative television commercial questioning her adversary's commitment to fighting crime. Dixon's new television advertisement, which criticizes City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. for voting against a pay raise for police officers in 2001, is a sharp departure from the more genteel, above-the-fray approach her campaign has taken to date.

On December 22, 2006, JANET AMELIA MANGER; beloved sister of Carl Manger and his wife Carol; also surviving nephew, Brian Manger and his wife Shari, niece Stephanie Nau and husband David, great-nephew Carl A. Manger, and great niece Julie Faith Nau. Family will receive friends Wednesday, December 27th from 3-5 & 7-9 p.m. at STERLING ASHTON SCHWAB WITZKE FUNERAL HOME of Catonsville, Inc, 1630 Edmondson Avenue, where funeral services will be held on Thursday,...

On June 30, 2005, ELEANOR B. KELLY, loving wife of the late Owen W. Kelly; beloved mother of the late John L. Kelly, Carole K. Manger and husband Alvin S.; caring grandmother of Sharon Barry, Jeffrey Manger, Susan Rhoades and David Manger; great-grandmother to eight great-grandchildren and the late Joshua Rhodes. Also survived by two great-great-grandchildren. Family and friends are invited to visit Bishop Cummins Memorial Church, Tuesday, from 12 to 1 P.M. A Funeral Service will be held 1 P.M. at the church.

On February 27, 2004 DORIS C. (nee Manger), beloved wife of the late Vernon W. Armacost Sr.; beloved mother of Vernon (Bill) Armacost Jr.(wife Lynn); grandmother of Jason T. Armacost; sister of the late Douglas Manger. Services at the Eline Funeral Home, 934 S. Main St, Hampstead, on Monday at 11 a.m. Interment in Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Friends may call Sunday 3 to 5 p.m. at the Funeral Home. Memorial Contributions to Boring United Methodist Church. P.O. Box 50, Boring, MD 21020.

A child is singing in the next room, calling on the faithful to come and be joyful and triumphant, as she watches a light-up snowman whose hands and feet and eyes turn green and blue and red and purple. A Santa perches on the mantle over the fireplace and two manger scenes cohabit the side table, a standard King James one and an American Indian one in which the Holy Family is gathered in front of a teepee and one of the Magi looks like Sitting Bull. There is talk of a Christmas tree. The mood came on suddenly, and it may have been something we inhaled driving by that house on a side street of St. Paul last night.

Pinnacle Financial Corp. appointed Chris Aguirre as branch manager of its Gaithersburg office and Alvin Bowman Jr. as a loan officer in the Severna Park office. SunTrust Bank Maryland announced that Christine Mills was made an officer in the business banking unit. Education The Children's Guild announced that Nicholas J. Krayger joined the special education school as educational director of its Baltimore campus. Health care Mosaic Community Services announced that Tom Henry joined the Timonium-based mental health services firm as a grant writer.