Warfield

Maj. Gen. Edwin Warfield III -- a retired adjutant general and commander of the Maryland National Guard whose family's military tradition dates to the American Revolution -- died yesterday morning of congestive heart failure at St. Agnes HealthCare. He was 75.General Warfield's military career spanned nearly four decades and included surviving four days on a life raft after the P-51 Mustang warplane he was piloting was shot down over Japan during World War II.In civilian life, he had been board chairman and chief executive of the Daily Record, which was founded by his grandfather, Edwin Warfield, who was governor of Maryland from 1904 to 1908.

In what its mayor calls "a once-in-a-century opportunity," Sykesville must decide whether to control growth at its borders or watch it happen.Residents will vote Wednesday on whether to annex 138 acres and 15 aging buildings, once part of the Springfield Hospital Center."

"I'll change the name [of the city] to `Funkytown' and declare war on Nebraska. I'll crack down on fat guys in tank tops. I'll cut taxes, and your lawn, too."With those solemn words, Reagan Warfield declared his availability as a candidate for mayor of Baltimore -- if anyone out there wants him.Warfield was one of several people to respond to The Sun's tongue-in-cheek search for someone willing to be drafted as a mayoral candidate by the Annapolis gang that has failed to convince Kweisi Mfume and Bishop L. Robinson to run. We asked them to tell us their qualifications, and we'd let would-be kingmakers William Donald Schaefer and Rep. Howard P. Rawlings know of their availability.

While many Sykesville residents are concerned with the costs of annexing and renovating Warfield Complex at Springfield Hospital Center, more worry about what will happen if the property is not incorporated.Annexing the 138-acre property with 15 historic buildings would give the town control over development and a source of income from the businesses that locate on the property, said Mayor Jonathan S. Herman."No one will look out for the town more so than we who live here," he said.Residents will decide whether they want control at a Feb. 17 referendum on the annexation.

Sykesville's plans to restore abandoned hospital buildings and create an employment campus at the Warfield Complex along Route 32 have fallen to the state's budget ax.The $100,000 in planning money for the Warfield Complex -- 138 acres and 15 aging buildings once part of Springfield Hospital Center -- was eliminated from the state budget this week.Gov. Parris N. Glendening's supplemental budget initially had included $200,000 for "planning assistance and technical advice" to the town "for disposition and redevelopment of the Warfield Complex."

In a closed session tomorrow,Carroll County and Sykesville officials will attempt to resolve their differences on the development of the Warfield Complex, a prized industrial property along Route 32.Much-needed economic development and an increase in the water supply for Carroll's most populated area are at stake. The meeting will be held after the regular Town Council session at 7 p.m. at the Town House.The town recently annexed the state-owned parcel, once part of Springfield Hospital Center.

The county and town of Sykesville have not resolved differences on developing the Warfield Complex, a prized industrial parcel along Route 32.Officials refused to discuss specifics, but called the outlook positive."

Carroll County and the town of Sykesville have not resolved differences on developing the Warfield Complex, a prized industrial parcel along Route 32.Officials refused to discuss specifics, but called the outlook positive. "The meeting started and ended on a positive note," Commissioner Julia Walsh Gouge said yesterday, following a meeting that went to nearly midnight Monday. "But we are still in the discussion stage and have reached no conclusions."Once competitors for the 138 acres and 15 historic buildings that were originally part of the state-owned Springfield Hospital Center, the two governments are now trying to form a partnership that would allow restoration and construction to begin.

The fate of the county's plan to increase the water supply in its most populated area rests with Gov. Parris N. Glendening, who Carroll officials say is almost certain to tie his approval to his controlled-growth stance.The state has watched the county's water woes, which many attribute to development that has outpaced services and infrastructure. Through the past three summers, the county has imposed a ban on outdoor water use in South Carroll, which has nearly 30,000 residents. The county had hoped to avoid another crisis with construction of a series of wells at Springfield Hospital Center, a state-owned facility in Sykesville.

Sykesville's plans to annex the Warfield Complex and turn its 15 aging buildings into a business center drew more than 150 residents to a public hearing last night.Officials in the town that straddles the Carroll-Howard border would like to incorporate the 131-acre property, once part of Springfield Hospital Center, to spur economic development. They envision a business and employment campus. Two colleges and several businesses are interested in the space."The two main reasons to annex this property are income and control," said Mayor Jonathan S. Herman.

Even before she puts her own turkey on the table today, Loretta Warfield will have served 50 Thanksgiving dinners. For more than two decades, through donations and fundraisers at the W.R. Grace & Co. chemical plant where she works as a janitor, Warfield has collected fresh turkeys, white potatoes, bread, pies and countless canned goods for Curtis Bay-area families who might not otherwise be able to celebrate the holiday. She has fed well over 1,000 families this way. "I've been doing this for so long, it's just a part of me," Warfield said.

Lemuel O. Warfield, a former naval fighter pilot and reservist who later became an oil company manager, died Nov. 15 at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center from complications of a fall he suffered at his Annapolis home. He was 80. Mr. Warfield was born in Baltimore and raised in Towson. After graduating from Polytechnic Institute in 1945, he enlisted in the Navy. He was designated a naval aviator in 1948 and commissioned an ensign. He was assigned to Fighting Squadron 23 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea in the Pacific Theater.

Gary P. Warfield, a retired Harford County educator whose career spanned 25 years, died of respiratory failure Tuesday at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. He was 58. Mr. Warfield was born in Baltimore and raised in Bel Air. He graduated in 1967 from Bel Air High School, and in 1973 from what is now Towson University with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. He received a master's degree in 1978 in communicative disorders, and three years later received a master's degree in administrative supervision from Loyola College.

When Bobby Brown's neighbors needed a computer to play CDs to learn English, he went on a one-man scavenger hunt and found a mouse, monitor and other gadgets. He soon had a free, functional computer for his neighbors, who had recently emigrated from Ecuador. Brown found all this inside the rusty 3,000-square feet warehouse where he volunteers: the Baltimore Free Store. With mountains of donated, used clothing and aisles packed with dust-coated appliances, the warehouse on North Haven Street in Highlandtown looks like a wasteland of American consumerism.

On June 17, 2008 JAMES H. HUTCHINSON, beloved husband of Ellen V. Hutchinson; also survived by one sister, Florence; four step-daughters, Sheila D. Warfield, Gloria Black, Brenda Williams and Joyce Warfield and one step-son, Elmer Warfield. Viewing from 6 to 8 P.M. on Tuesday at the JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Ave., where there will be a family hour on Wednesday from 10 to 10:30 A.M. Funeral service will follow

On February 23, 2008, THOMAS ALLEN WARFIELD of Fallston, MD; beloved husband of Terry Suzanne Smith Warfield, devoted father of Andrew D. Warfield, Melissa J. Warfield, and Heather A. Robinson; loving son of Barbara Warfield-Ehlers and the late Roy Day Warfield Jr. Also survived by siblings, Robert L. Warfield, David W. Warfield and Sally J. Warfield and grandchildren, Austin T. Warfield and Sydney A. Robinson. A Memorial Service will be held at Centre United Methodist Church, Forest Hill, MD on Tuesday February 26, 2008 at 11A.M.

Four viewings will be held for Justin Robert Warfield, the 18-year-old Wilde Lake High School graduate who died last week of an apparent heroin overdose at the college he attended in New Jersey. The viewings will be at Witzke's Funeral Home, 4112 Old Columbia Pike in Ellicott City from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow. A Resurrection Service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at First Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Road in Ellicott City. A musical prelude will begin at 4 p.m. Interment is private.

On September 27, 2007, LUCILLE BANKS, loving mother of Gloria Warfield and Edward Banks. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Ave. on Wednesday after 9. Family will receive friends on Thursday at St. Martins Catholic Church, 31 N. Fulton St. at 10:30 followed by funeral services at 11. Interment at Kings Memorial Park.

Sykesville and Carroll County officials are planning to hire a project manager to oversee the business redevelopment of the $11 million Warfield Complex, hoping to increase the industrial tax base in the region while preserving historic buildings on the former grounds of Springfield Hospital Center. The combined public-private Warfield Development Corp. will hire a developer or develop in chunks a business park at the 96-acre complex, which includes 12 historic buildings and five additional parcels that will be built, said Brad Rees, president of the nine-member Warfield Development Corp.

As reported July 5, 1907, in The Sun: Governor Warfield spent the Fourth at his country home, Oakdale, Howard county. He had with him all of his family except his second daughter, who is at school in Paris. Oakdale is a beautiful place, and the Governor enjoyed his day greatly. In the morning he took a ride over his estate and after dinner spent the afternoon on his veranda. He will come to Baltimore today. [ Paul McCardell, Sun library researcher.]