The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-09-27
ORDER OF PURLICATTON

No. 1912 Equity Adoptions In The
Circuit Court for Washington Coun-
ty, Maryland.
Elk Parte in the matter of
EVELYN LEE RICKERDS, and
JOHN THOMAS RICKERDS,
her husband, for the Adoption
of a minor - on Petition
The object of this Petition is to
procure a Decree of Adoption by the
Petitioners, Evelyn Lee Rickerds and
John Thomas Rickerds, her husband,
for the adoption of a minor child,
age 6, whose name is John Thomas
Randolph, and for a change of name
of John Thomas Randolph to John
Thomas Rickerds.
The Petition states in substance
that the Petitioners are husband and
wife residing at WeVerton, Mary
land, Box VT, Knoxville, Maryland,
and that both of these Petitioners
have resided in Washington County,
Maryland, for more than two years
last past; that the Petitioners were
married on December %, 1941, at
Washington, d. c. by Rev Ball, a
regularly ordained minister of the
Gospel; that the Petitioners in this
cause have had in their custody a
certain John Thomas Randolph, who
is at the present time six years of
age and who was born on August "a,
1945, in Washington, D. c., as an il
legitimate child of Hazel Randolph;
that the said Hazel Randolph is a
nonresident of the State of Mary
land, whose last known address was
1866 Kenyon Street, N. w, Washing
ton, d. c.; that the said minor John
Thomas Randolph has been in the
care and custody of the Petitioners
since birth and that the Petitioners
entertain a deep and abiding love
and affection for said child and de-
sire to adopt the said child as their
own child; that the Petitioners can
provide the said child with a COM
Portable home and proper training
and are willing and able to do so,
and that the best interest and well
fare of the said child will be pro-
NOTED by the passage of Decree of
Adoption in this cause; that the said
John Thomas Rickerds is 38 years of
age and is employed by the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company,
and earns approximately $4,000 per
month from said employment; and
that the said Evelyn Lee Rickerds is
29 years of age, is housewife, and
that both your Petitioners are mem
bers of the white and are mem
bers of the Lutheran Church; the
Petition then sets forth the names
and addresses of the immediate fam
lilies of the Petitioners in this cause.
The Petition prays that a Decree
may be passed declaring the said
minor child John Thomas Ran
dolph, to be the adopted child of the
Petitioners and that the name of the
child be changed from John Thomas
Randolph, to that of John Thomas
Rickerds, and for general relief and
process.
COURT ORDER
It is thereupon this 18th day of
September, 1851, by the Circuit
Court for Washington County, Mary
land, sitting as Court of Equity,
ORDERED that the Petitioners give
notice to the said nonresident, Hazel
Randolph, of the object and sub
stance of this Petition by causing a
copy of the same to be published in
some newspaper in Washington
County, Maryland, for four success
sive weeks prior to the 18th day of
October, 1851, commanding the said
nonresident, Hazel Randolph, moth
er of the infant child in these pro-
ceedings mentioned, to be and APP
pear in this court, in person, or by
solicitor, on or before the 5th day
of November, 1851, and show cause,
if any she has, why Decree should
not be passed as prayed.
J. GUY WEAGLEY,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Washington County, Maryland
Edwin F. Nikirk,
Solicitor for Petitioners.