Anniversaries of Lincoln era figures and history lessons
Today in history and birthdays highlight Caleb B. Smith John T. Ford Frederic Ward Putnam Henry Pritchett Wilbur Wright. The feature notes Carnegie funds and Wilson era appeals, with a Bible Times column reflecting on Israel’s kings and prophets and their relevance to modern life.
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Caleb B. Smith
Indiana
Lincoln
Boston
John T. Ford
Baltimore
Frederic Ward Putnam
Harvard
Unis
California
Salem
Mass
Henry §. Pritchett
The
Carnegie Foundation
Fayette Co
Wilbur Wright
Orville
Aluivadie
Ind
Andrew Carnegie
Wilson
League of Nations
U. S
Nuremberg
Germany
Truman
Congress
Texas City
Lea
Eisenhower
Korea
Indo-China
France
Europe
Alfred E. Coli
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Howard Mumford Jones
Saginaw, Mich
Albert B. Coe
Congregational Christian Churches In America
Henderson, N. C
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Saint Paul
Israel
America
Boonsboro Native Celebrates 107th Birthday in Washington
Boonsboro Md native Mrs Mary Summers aged 107 marked her birthday in Washington on April 16. Born 1860 she traveled from Colorado Nebraska and Kansas in a prairie schooner after marrying a widower in 1867. She later lived on a 315 acre ranch in Ringfisher County Okla and raised children with two husbands before moving to Washington in 1928.
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Washington
Mary Summers
Boonsboro
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Birthday party honors 98-year-old Mrs. Alice Peacock
Lovettsville notes recount a birthday party for Mrs. Alice Peacock at Mrs. C. C. Cooper home. Gifts and cards poured in as the 98 year old’s daughters hosted a family dinner with children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren present. Local visitors from Jefferson and College Park joined Easter weekend greetings and well wishes.
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Lovettsville
Ladies Aid Society of
Rehoboth
John Arnold
Jefferson
Tommy Potterfield
College Park
S. H. Potterfield
Bertie Potterfield
Bruce Coughlin
Lucketts
Earl Frye
Mr. Frye
Miss
Tax Grievances Amid Tax Day Rhetoric and Civic Duty
Armchair critics debate income tax fairness as April 14 looms. Local notes recount safety first by school crossing guard Frances Spurrier and a string of community updates from hospital recoveries to social society meetings, with brief mentions of Ford-style car design trends and civic issues in Frederick County.
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Frances Spurrier
Parkway School
West Patrick
College Avenue
Upper Montgomery Firemen Name Officers
Charles N Staub was reelected chief of the Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department. Officers elected include Maynard Lubin Jr as assistant chief Edgar Grubb captain of No 1 John M Titus captain of No 2 George Tillard captain of No 3 and Billy Bliss captain of the Rescue Squad Also Daniel Breeden lieutenant No 1 Dunbar Grubb lieutenant No 2 John Donaldson lieutenant No 3 Jimmy Jacobson lieutenant Rescue Squad Breeden engineer Graydon Tolsan secretary and Mr Bliss treasurer Gorman L Butler reelected president of the Board of Trustees with Edwin Brown vice president Louis Rudasilj secretary A L Clark treasurer and directors Charles Davis C N Staub Maynard Lum er John M Titus C M Roberts and Mrs Lottie Lewis elected to office in the Ladies section.
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Charles N. Staub
Upper
Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department
Maynard Lubin Jr
Edgar Grubb
John M. Titus
George Tillard
Billy Bliss
Daniel Breeden
Dunbar Grubb
John Donaldson
C. M. Roberts
Lottie Lewis
Divorce Suit and Licenses Across Several States
Equity Charlotte I Saxby files for absolute divorce from Robert Francis Saxby. Marriage licenses list Hans Jacob Hylin and Nancy Douglas, Henry Clay Thompson, Seliman and Ruth Huff, Poole and Wide Mner King, Fort Knox couple and Ann Marie Shadduck, plus Freda Hagan. Elm Street PTA plans panel on high school course choices with Frederick High staff, plus officer elections. A tractor-trailer from Grubb Motor Lines damaged a bridge abutting and caused about $1,000 in damage. driver M. J. Cox of Thomasville, NC reports brake failure.
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Equity
Charlotte Irene Saxby
Robert Francis Saxby
Hans Jacob Hylin
Oslo
Norway
Nancy Douglas
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Henry Clay Thompson
Seliman
Ruth Elizabeth Huff
Boyds
Ira ¥Incent Poole
Path of
Frederick
Harry D. Lake
Fort Knox
Ann Marie Shadduck
Fairfax
Vaville
Freda Louise Hagan
Jefferson
PTA
Elm Street
A. Wilson Cook
Association
Grubb Motor Lines
Lexington
N. C
V. L. Guilmina
M. J.cox
Thomasville
Sunrise Choir to Sing at Koontz's Chapel
Sunrise Choir, directed by Rev. William C. Harpold, will perform at Koontz's Chapel Methodist Church at 7:30 p m Sunday as part of the ongoing revival. The choir comes after Easter Sunday services on Sugar Loaf Mountain and marks the first Koontz's Chapel revival since September 1920. Attendance has been strong with added music and singing noted.
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Sugar Loaf Mountain
Koontz’s Chapel
William C. Harpold
Koontz’s
Walter M. Michael
The First and Last Chance sermon at Koontz Chapel
Rev Harpold announces the sermon The First and Last Chance Raymond Day of Monrovia will join with the orchestra for congregational singing Ivan Lawson who played the organ on the mountain will be at the organ Koontz's Chapel sits on Park Mills road near Lilypons The Saturday April 16 three starts on Route 240 A near Urbana to Route 28 near Tuscarora.
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Harpold
Raymond Day
Monrovia
Sugar Loaf
Ivan Lawson
Koontz
Park Mills Road
Lilypons
Urbana
Tuscarora
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Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Franklin Park
N. J
Charles Baskerville
Raleigh
Daniel C. Rich
Chicago Art Museum
South Bend
Bible Times and the Present
William E. Gilroy
D. D
Frederick County
Navy
U. S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Donald L. Shaw
Lawrence J. Shaw
RFD
G. Barronsville
William Delauter Jr
William Delauter
Pleasant
Carey Henley
Annia Carson
RFD & Peart
Army Field Band
Student League of Frederick High School
Roger Denny
United States Army Field Band
Chester E. Whiting
Arthur ¥. Donofrio
ABNES
Jack’ English
Loudoun Hospital
Charles Miller
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Guy Grove
Leesburg Hospital
Gaithersburg
Carroll Wiley
Edith Hickman
Wiley
L. P. Hickman
W. Fred Reynolds
McCardell
Hagerstown
Arnold
Roanoke
W. 5
Gons
Bobby
Billy
Middleburg
Elwood Rust
Raleigh Boaze
A. A. Beatty
Edward Racey
Brunswick
Sam Stream
Mildred Stream
Women’s Society of World Service
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Thomas Williams
Bradnock Heights
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
George A. Brown
Mac Kk, Baker
Mary Jane Trittippe
Helen Williams
George Brown
Frances Haller
Florence
J. H. Schmitt
Chambersburg
Mac K. Baker
George A Brown
Grace
Court House
Delbert Null
Dali
Clyde Roney
Windsor Day
Marshall White
J. J. Chisholm
Ida Clark
Max Wee
Zada Bodner
Ward Fulton
Vivian Weller
Ula Luhn
Mabel Walen
Upper Montgomery
Court News
Cramer
Fredericktown
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
E. Patrick St
Western
WOME
Teskin
Damascus
Frederick, Md
Merchant
Palm Springs
Edgar J. Kaufmann
Kaufmann’s
Pittsburgh
Kaufmann
Palm Spring
Edgar Kaufmann Jr
Lincoln Loan Service
West Patrick St
Maryland
General Motors Institute
David D. Oland and
Arnold S. Myers
Renn Pontiacco
Suki
East 6Th Street
Near North Market
Renn Pontiac CO
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