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1915 Well-thrown Lasso Saves Boy
from Icy Death
by James Rada, Jr.
Charlie Jones, a twelve-year- carefully easing his weight onto it to Charles had been in the water Frank began backing up, pulling
old Thurmont youth, spent one make sure it would hold. It did, and around fifteen minutes when Frank Charles out of the water.
December afternoon in 1915 he grew more confident and walked and Albert Harne of Foxville came
walking through the forests around further out. riding along in their buggy. They The Harne Brothers bundled
Thurmont, gathering pine boughs heard Charles’ screams and saw the Charles up and took him to his
and other greens to use to make Suddenly, the ice cracked and boy struggling to stay out of the grandmother’s house, who lived a
Christmas decorations. With his bag disappeared beneath his feet. “As water. mile away. He was so cold that his
full of greenery, he headed home. the youth shot toward the bottom clothing was sticking to his body
of the dam, he flung his hands Frank jumped out of the buggy and couldn’t be removed. He was
Though young, Charles was the outward, grasping the jagged edge and unclipped the harness from the placed in a warm bed and kept
man of the family. His father had of the broken ice,” the Gettysburg horse; he quickly fashioned a lasso. warm to help bring up his body
died in 1911, leaving Mary Ann Times reported. Then he edged himself out onto temperature.
Jones a widow to support four the ice, knowing that if it couldn’t
children. She taught high school, Luckily, the ice held. Charles hold the weight of the boy, it would Charles recovered from his
and Charles helped in the care screamed, but he was alone, and the give way under his weight at some ordeal and was soon as good as
of his two younger brothers and nearest house was half a mile away. point. new.
younger sister. He had wanted to do He tried to pull himself up, but his
something special for his family and clothes were sodden with water, and “Cautiously, but quickly, the He grew up to become a
decorate their home. his legs were starting to go numb in man walked over the ice toward salesman who lived in different
the freezing water. the youth, who gave indications of towns around the state. When he
It had been cold out; ice had exhaustion and of relinquishing his retired, he returned with his family
formed on most of the creeks in He couldn’t swim in that grasp on the ice,” the Gettysburg to Thurmont. He died in 1977 at
the area, and it appeared thick. condition, and if he let go, he would Times reported. age seventy-four and is buried in
Charles decided that he would take sink into the pond that was thirteen Wellers Cemetery.
a shortcut across the pond formed feet deep at that point. Eventually, he was close enough
by the Thurmont Electric Light to throw the lasso. It landed around The Catoctin Banner
Dam. He started out onto the ice, His only option was to scream Charles’s neck on the first throw. Your Good News Community
and hope that someone heard him The boy grabbed hold of the leather. Newspaper
before he lost his grip on the ice.
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1915 Well-thrown Lasso Saves Boy
from Icy Death
by James Rada, Jr.
Charlie Jones, a twelve-year- carefully easing his weight onto it to Charles had been in the water Frank began backing up, pulling
old Thurmont youth, spent one make sure it would hold. It did, and around fifteen minutes when Frank Charles out of the water.
December afternoon in 1915 he grew more confident and walked and Albert Harne of Foxville came
walking through the forests around further out. riding along in their buggy. They The Harne Brothers bundled
Thurmont, gathering pine boughs heard Charles’ screams and saw the Charles up and took him to his
and other greens to use to make Suddenly, the ice cracked and boy struggling to stay out of the grandmother’s house, who lived a
Christmas decorations. With his bag disappeared beneath his feet. “As water. mile away. He was so cold that his
full of greenery, he headed home. the youth shot toward the bottom clothing was sticking to his body
of the dam, he flung his hands Frank jumped out of the buggy and couldn’t be removed. He was
Though young, Charles was the outward, grasping the jagged edge and unclipped the harness from the placed in a warm bed and kept
man of the family. His father had of the broken ice,” the Gettysburg horse; he quickly fashioned a lasso. warm to help bring up his body
died in 1911, leaving Mary Ann Times reported. Then he edged himself out onto temperature.
Jones a widow to support four the ice, knowing that if it couldn’t
children. She taught high school, Luckily, the ice held. Charles hold the weight of the boy, it would Charles recovered from his
and Charles helped in the care screamed, but he was alone, and the give way under his weight at some ordeal and was soon as good as
of his two younger brothers and nearest house was half a mile away. point. new.
younger sister. He had wanted to do He tried to pull himself up, but his
something special for his family and clothes were sodden with water, and “Cautiously, but quickly, the He grew up to become a
decorate their home. his legs were starting to go numb in man walked over the ice toward salesman who lived in different
the freezing water. the youth, who gave indications of towns around the state. When he
It had been cold out; ice had exhaustion and of relinquishing his retired, he returned with his family
formed on most of the creeks in He couldn’t swim in that grasp on the ice,” the Gettysburg to Thurmont. He died in 1977 at
the area, and it appeared thick. condition, and if he let go, he would Times reported. age seventy-four and is buried in
Charles decided that he would take sink into the pond that was thirteen Wellers Cemetery.
a shortcut across the pond formed feet deep at that point. Eventually, he was close enough
by the Thurmont Electric Light to throw the lasso. It landed around The Catoctin Banner
Dam. He started out onto the ice, His only option was to scream Charles’s neck on the first throw. Your Good News Community
and hope that someone heard him The boy grabbed hold of the leather. Newspaper
before he lost his grip on the ice.
Sh*uT! If you’re reading
this, you should advertise
i n T h e Ca toc t i n B a nn e r. I t w i l l
work! I can’t afford to advertise, but
I can’t afford NOT to advertise. It’’s so
humiliating when my potential client
doesn’t know about my business.
I never heard a smart business
person say they have too much
business, but I have heard a former
business person say they should
have advertised to stay in business.
It’s more than supporting your local
communit y. Advertising says you
support your own business too and
y o u w a n t the consumer your ad reaches to
become a customer. ADVERTISE H ERE.
(301) 447-2804
[email protected]
www.thecatoctinbanner.com
