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The Present Past — Continued from page 42
practice and residence with wife normal union between the Birelys, in excess of a quarter of a million The 19 N. Church St. Cassell/
Louise (Carter) Birely, son Carter, though some mention was made dollars (roughly equivalent to $1.9 Waesche/Birely home was razed
and step-daughter Sandra. A living of marks or bruising upon Mrs. million today), left solely to fifteen- in order to create a parking lot
room, bedrooms, and bathroom Birely, and recollections of allusive year-old Carter Birely. for Guardian Hose Company
were arranged on the second floor, comments made by the doctor’s On July 26, 1962, the Birely 10. Further expanded today, the
while the dining room and kitchen wife concerning her marriage. house along with the Rouzer unattractively utilitarian exorbitance
remained situated around the Proceedings also suggested excessive building it faced were purchased at of yet another new Guardian Hose
doctor’s office on the entry level. alcohol consumption by Dr. public sale by the Guardian Hose building (c. 2007) lies crammed in
The topmost level was a playroom Birely on occasion and supposed Company for $15,200. Morris the void, once partially filled by
for young Carter. The right-hand resentment towards his step- F. Birely’s practice and residence the disappearing quality of early
division was long rented to the daughter, which Mrs. Birely claimed was resold to the Hammaker American architecture exhibited in
Liebert Weddle family. her husband addressed by enrolling Development Company and has Thurmont by the Birely house for
The senior Morris passed of her daughter in private schools and long been utilized as apartments. eighty-eight years.
a cerebral hemorrhage at home limiting visits to the holidays. The
in 1947, after the game-six radio Frederick News made mention of
broadcast of the World Series. Wife the strange distance also kept by the
Bertha Birely survived until 1957, doctor from his own son, the boy’s
at which time Morris F. inherited discomfort at one point making him
his parent’s estate, including the glad to “go to camp” to escape the
North Church properties. 1950 had house. Allegations of verbal abuse,
replaced the neighboring Town Hall recklessness involving automobiles,
north of the remaining Morris’s and telephone harassment after
parent’s home with a modern Louise relocated to Baltimore were
Fire-house separated by a narrow also recorded. More particular to
alleyway. Morris and wife Louise the case was the question of multiple
never relocated to his childhood diamond rings Louise claims were
home but continued to reside above given to her by her husband’s late-
his practice, instead renting 19 to mother near her death, which Mr.
Morris’s cousin’s son, Samuel. Birely demanded be returned.
Come 1960, divorce trials for Morris F. Birely was found dead
Morris F. and Louise Birely were in bed at the age of fifty-seven in
underway. Witnesses like Mrs. November 1961. The Frederick News
Samuel L. Birely of 19 N. Church listed him and Louise as “separated.”
Street appeared in court. The Headlines following Birely’s death
majority testified to a seemingly focused on the late doctor’s estate, ads @ TheCatoctinBanner .com
The Present Past — Continued from page 42
practice and residence with wife normal union between the Birelys, in excess of a quarter of a million The 19 N. Church St. Cassell/
Louise (Carter) Birely, son Carter, though some mention was made dollars (roughly equivalent to $1.9 Waesche/Birely home was razed
and step-daughter Sandra. A living of marks or bruising upon Mrs. million today), left solely to fifteen- in order to create a parking lot
room, bedrooms, and bathroom Birely, and recollections of allusive year-old Carter Birely. for Guardian Hose Company
were arranged on the second floor, comments made by the doctor’s On July 26, 1962, the Birely 10. Further expanded today, the
while the dining room and kitchen wife concerning her marriage. house along with the Rouzer unattractively utilitarian exorbitance
remained situated around the Proceedings also suggested excessive building it faced were purchased at of yet another new Guardian Hose
doctor’s office on the entry level. alcohol consumption by Dr. public sale by the Guardian Hose building (c. 2007) lies crammed in
The topmost level was a playroom Birely on occasion and supposed Company for $15,200. Morris the void, once partially filled by
for young Carter. The right-hand resentment towards his step- F. Birely’s practice and residence the disappearing quality of early
division was long rented to the daughter, which Mrs. Birely claimed was resold to the Hammaker American architecture exhibited in
Liebert Weddle family. her husband addressed by enrolling Development Company and has Thurmont by the Birely house for
The senior Morris passed of her daughter in private schools and long been utilized as apartments. eighty-eight years.
a cerebral hemorrhage at home limiting visits to the holidays. The
in 1947, after the game-six radio Frederick News made mention of
broadcast of the World Series. Wife the strange distance also kept by the
Bertha Birely survived until 1957, doctor from his own son, the boy’s
at which time Morris F. inherited discomfort at one point making him
his parent’s estate, including the glad to “go to camp” to escape the
North Church properties. 1950 had house. Allegations of verbal abuse,
replaced the neighboring Town Hall recklessness involving automobiles,
north of the remaining Morris’s and telephone harassment after
parent’s home with a modern Louise relocated to Baltimore were
Fire-house separated by a narrow also recorded. More particular to
alleyway. Morris and wife Louise the case was the question of multiple
never relocated to his childhood diamond rings Louise claims were
home but continued to reside above given to her by her husband’s late-
his practice, instead renting 19 to mother near her death, which Mr.
Morris’s cousin’s son, Samuel. Birely demanded be returned.
Come 1960, divorce trials for Morris F. Birely was found dead
Morris F. and Louise Birely were in bed at the age of fifty-seven in
underway. Witnesses like Mrs. November 1961. The Frederick News
Samuel L. Birely of 19 N. Church listed him and Louise as “separated.”
Street appeared in court. The Headlines following Birely’s death
majority testified to a seemingly focused on the late doctor’s estate, ads @ TheCatoctinBanner .com
