NEWS
November 18, 2009
On November 17, 2009, Hammond E. "Gene" Weber, Sr The service will be 11 A.M. Friday, November 20th at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary Inc., 24 Second Street, New Freedom, PA with burial to follow at Wiseburg United Methodist Cemetery, White Hall, MD. Friends may call at the Mortuary from 10 to 11 A.M. on Friday. In lieu of flowers contributions may be offered to West Liberty United Methodist Church, PO box 86, 810 Wiseburg Road, White Hall, MD 21161 or Maryland Line Volunteer Fire Comapny, PO Box 205, 21631 York Road, Maryland Line, MD 21105.
NEWS
December 21, 2008
On December 18, 2008, JOHN MICHAEL "JACK" RILL of Abingdon, MD. Memorial service will be held at Ayres Chapel United Methodist Church, White Hall, MD on Tuesday, December 23 at 2 P.M. For more information go to mccomasfuneralhome.com
NEWS
October 22, 2008
Information sought in White Hall fire The state fire marshal's office is asking for the public's help as it investigates a suspected arson that destroyed a farmhouse in White Hall in northern Baltimore County over the weekend. A neighbor on the way to work saw the fire in the 2900 block of Church Lane at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, said Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph G. Zurolo Jr. By the time firefighters arrived, the 100-year-old farmhouse had collapsed. Damage was estimated at $200,000. Zurolo said the house and outbuildings, though vacant for the past two years, were being maintained by the owner.
NEWS
October 7, 2008
On October 4, 2008, CLARA MARGIE DILL, 86, of White Hall, MD. Born November 5, 1921 in York, PA, she was the wife of the late Donald Franklin Dill, Sr.; the mother of James W. Dill, Sr. and Donald F. Dill, Jr., both of White Hall, MD; the sister of Lester W. "Pick" Brown of White Hall, MD; and the daughter of the late Lester W. and Clara (Lewis) Brown. Margie is also survived by six grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grand daughter, Eva Humphrey. Margie was a homemaker, and previously worked at the former Charles G. Summers, Jr., Inc. in New Freedom, PA. She was a member of The Lighted Pathway Baptist Church, Parkton, MD. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, October 9 at the J. J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second St., New Freedom, PA. Interment in Stablers United Methodist Cemetery, Parkton, MD will follow the service.
NEWS
By Madison Park | May 29, 2008
State safety workers are investigating the death of a Pennsylvania man who was struck on the head by a wooden beam at a construction site in northern Harford County yesterday. A 1,000-pound header beam that was being installed over a doorway of a wooden barn struck and killed Christopher Kohler, 42 of Wrightsville, Pa., authorities said. "The victim was on a lift and in the process of setting the header when it fell," said Sgt. David Betz, spokesman for the Harford County sheriff's office.
NEWS
May 29, 2008
Man arrested and charged in hit-and-run County police have arrested a 32-year-old Dundalk man who said someone else was driving his car when it struck and killed a motorcyclist this month. Shawn Lee Gray of the 2100 block of Jasmine Road was charged with three counts of giving false statements to officers and one count of hindering and obstructing, Cpl. Michael Hill, a police spokesman, said yesterday. Gray was also charged with eight traffic violations, Hill said. Gray told police investigating the May 4 crash on Lynch Road that a man he knew only as "Reds" was using his 1997 Dodge Stratus when it hit a motorcycle driven by James Bruce Sasser, 47, of the 2900 block of Sollers Point Road, Hill said.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | May 16, 2008
Robert Dale Minick, a retired Social Security Administration worker and former longtime White Hall resident, died Saturday of cancer at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 76. Mr. Minick was born and raised in Sioux Falls, S.D., and was a 1951 graduate of Sioux Falls Washington High School. In 1955, he earned a bachelor's degree in history from Augustana College in Sioux Falls. He played center on the basketball team and was inducted into the Augustana College Hall of Fame in 1985. During the 1950s, he served in the Air National Guard in Rapid City, S.D..
NEWS
March 8, 2008
On March 6, 2008, EDITH LOUISE (nee Wilhelm) of White Hall, MD; beloved wife of the late Irving E. Naylor; devoted mother of Marvin M. Naylor and wife June L. and the late Carroll Naylor; sister of Ruth Sterns, Violet McNeav and Helen Hale. Also survived by two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services at the Eline Funeral Home, 934 S. Main St., Hampstead, MD 21074, Thursday, 12 p.m. Interment in Mt. Zion U.M.C. Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday, from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, from 11 to 12. Contributions to Falls Road U.M.C.
NEWS
October 13, 2007
Howard County police increased patrols in the neighborhood around Atholton High School in Columbia yesterday after a 15-year-old girl reported that a man followed her Thursday as she walked home from the school. The man tried to get her attention by whispering to her from his car in the area of Cedar Lane and Freetown Road about 2:30 p.m., police said. The man got out of the car and gestured for her to get in the back seat, police said. The girl continued walking to her house on a nearby street, and the man left, police said.
NEWS
September 14, 2007
On September 12, 2007, DR. JAMES FRANKLIN, JR., of Jarrettsville, MD, husband of Mary Blackhall White; father of Jean Anne Lawes and husband Gregory, James Franklin White, III and Dr. William Alexander Blackhall White and brother of Dr. Robert R. White and Richard L. White. Also survived by three grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday September 15 at 11 A.M. at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Madonna, MD. Interment in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the church Friday from 7 to 9 P.M. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Bethel Church Memorial Fund, 4135 Norrisville Road, White Hall, MD 21161 or Upper Chesapeake/St.