The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
Editor George Rhoderick Sue
cumbs to Paralysis.

Editor George @. RhOderick, Of
the Middletown Valley Register,
died on Tuesday morning last.
the 18th inst, at an early hour.
from the effects of a final stroke
OF paralysis, aged II years. For
some time past he has been suf.
fering from the effects of several
strokes of paralysis and the one
he received on Sunday morning
last, was the elimination.
Editor Rhoderick was one of
the most widely known citizens
of the county and had been en-
gagged in the newspaper business
since his early childhood. He
was an amiable, God-fear i n g
man, and carved out success
through his own efforts.
For more than a generation
he was Secretary and Librarian
of the Sunday School of the Lu.
theran Church at Middletown.
He was member of the order
of Odd Fellows and of the An.
Gent Order of United Workmen.
The Valley Register, published
weekly at Middletown, Frederick
County, by Mr.. George G. Rbod-
erick, ST., was established on
August End, 1874. by a company
of Wings, as an advocate of the
election of Henry Clay for the
Presidency and was at that time
named The CatOctin Wing. In
Decem Der, 1914, the paper was
purchased of the stock holders by
Il. l.. Brady, and Mahlon Rhod
erick, father of the present pro
prietor.
At that same date, when only
nine years and six months old,
Mr.. George G. Rhoderick, ST.,
the present owner of the paper,
entered the office as an appren-
tice boy, which was then located
in a little building Oh the South
Commons, now a carriage house
on the premises of the Levy
property. A year later the of
flee was moved to Main Street,
in the old building which stood
on the site of the present home
of the paper. About the year
1850, FL. L. Brady purchased his
partners interest in the paper
and continued its publication
until March, 1858, when it was
sold to the late George Baer.
AT that time the present pro-
prietor was placed in charge, and
in May, 1856, he and the late
DR.. Edward Bowlus, of Fred
erick, formed a co partnership
and purchased the establishment,
changing the name to that of
The Valley Register, and pub
lished it under the firm name of
BOwlus & Rhoderick. This part.
nership continued for two years,
or until May, 1858, when DR..
Bowlus disposed of his interest
to the present proprietor by whom
it has since been conducted with
the assistance of his two sons,
George q. Rhoderick, Jr., and
Charles X. Rhoderick.
When the paper was started in
1874 1T was a very small sheet,
20 by 2S. The first enlargement
was in 1867. 1t has been Ell
larged twice since then, and its
present size is 2S by AZ.
For 60 years Mr.. RhOder:ck
has done almost continuous ser
vice at the desk and case, and it
is altogether probable that he has
been longer engaged in active
newspaper work than any other
printer in the State.
On October 7, 1858, Mr.. Rhod-
erick married Miss Mary Ellen
Koogle, daughter of the late
Adam Koogle, of near Middle.
town, who survives him. They
had eight sons and two daught-
ers, of whom four sons and one
daughter survive: George c..
Jr., and Charles K, connected
with the Valley Register; Der
nard j., who is operating a ranch
i'll Texas; Frank, who is engaged
in business in Middletown, and
Miss Maggie E., at home. He
is also survived by three brothers
Henry F., of Springfield, Ohio;
Morris H., of this county, and M.
L.. boOkkeeper for p. l.. Har-
gett & Co., of Frederick-and
one sister, Miss Rebecca, of Fred
erick.
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