Sidelights on Aunt Matilda and the old laundry days
The reminiscence contrasts Aunt Matilda’s backbreaking washdays with modern laundry mills. The narrator recalls life along Muncaster's Mill Road with no electricity, phones, or TVs, and notes family memories from 1863 slate dates to one-room schools. It evokes change from 19th century routines to today’s automated era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Matilda
Matilda
Muncaster’s Mill Road
Washington Star
Baltimore Sun
Norbeck
Ing
New Market
Mary Sullivan
Rockville
Frederick
Prescott
Muncaster
Bowman
Emory
Grandpa
Grandma
Amelung Glass Collectors Dig for Family Treasures
Dr. and Mrs. Martin Stohlman of Chevy Chase maintain the largest private Amelung glass collection, formed over 30 years of digging near the Frederick area. Fragments and a green glass candleholder anchor their holdings as researchers confirm authenticity using UV tests and site excavations by the Corning Glass Museum in collaboration with the Smithsonian and Colonial Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Stohlman
Chevy Chase
Frederick
Johann Friedrich Amelung
Stohlman
Amelung
Stohlmans
Tegton
National
Marly American Glass Club
Frederick County
Bremen
Germany
Bennett’s Creek
New Bremen
Fleecys Gate
Baltimore
Corning Glass Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Colonial Williamsburg
Paul Perrot
Corning Museum
Woman's Club of
Europe
Perrot
Psychiatrist Speaks On Forgotten People In Frederick
Dr Z John Levay of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital spoke to the Frederick County Association for Mentally Retarded Children at the Jeanne Bussard Sheltered Workshop about “the least ones” the mentally retired ill and disabled. He urged acceptance, values, and support, noting religion and science can align and that society must help these individuals reach their potential. The meeting also reported Easter basket sales, expected May meeting, bylaw revisions, and plans to discuss sheltered workshop expansion with state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. John Levay
Frederick County Association For Mentally Retarded Children, Inc
Jeanne Bussard
Ice
Levay
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Towson
Dr. Levay
Robert Hess
William Wright
I. L Stevens
Charles Glick
Hess
Charles Pollard
Pollard
Doris Remsberg
Edgar Emrich
Westminster
William MacMullen
Wiggs
J. L. Stevens
American Legion Auxiliary
Leonard Lucas
Boardill
W. Bird Terwillicer
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Elm Street Band Spring Concert Schedule
The Elm Street Junior High bands present their annual spring concert on Twenlay tien neo at Rpm with free admission. Gary Smith conducts the cadet band performing pieces including The Pro cessional and Lets: trawm, followed by the Concert Band led by Calin Wat tger performing Art Land March Purcell Fantasy for Band Rever e Hapak Moussoresky Pavans and themes from Offenbach arranged by John jan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Rpm
Gary Smith
Kinyon
Baw
Chamber Music Society Concert Blends Ancient Instruments
The Frederick Chamber Music Society plans a Sunday concert at the Historical Society Home East Church Street at 4 p.m. under Charles Warner. Featured will be Renaissance and Early Baroque works performed by Margaret Russell Barbara Ashbury Warner Krumm horn and more. Readiness of recorders clavichord portative organ highlights the program despite lengthy instrument explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Frederick Chamber Music Society
Historical Society
East Church Street
the Historical Society
Charles Warner
Hood College
Margaret Russell
Barbara Ashbury
Richard Burgee
Robert Russell
Brigitte Warner
Francis Bacon
John Milton
Samuel Pepys
A. J. Hipkins
London
Oxford
Cambridge
Honor Society Meeting At College Park
A late word from College Park Maryland notes a national honor society gathering set for today. University president Dr Wien Ho Emkins and assistant Ted Venetouls are listed among speakers with several college leaders attending.
Also Mentioned on This Page
MSW
WHITE
Historical Society House
Montgomery Couple
Amelung Glass
Noth
Jane Day
Montgomery County Sentenial
Urbana
Proteamor
Wiliam Quyon
Corting Glass Museum
H. E. Heckert
Church of Nazarene
Vindobona, Inc
Braddock Heights
Chamber Music Society
Yellow Springs
Yeloa S
Cooras
Elenyrary School
Frank
Lars Eet
Hans Forstan Ancersenz
Tee Chazy Seng
Lavingston Gounart
Goo Nasta& Spreton
Pols
Cotis
Kures Broan Wona Vann
Sharen Bases
Barbara Strozch
Jehery
Aon Keller
Christine Schultz
Linda Wiles
Dedorah Korell
Kathy Zimmerman
Stephanearews
Pamela Heffner
Mary Lou White
Sanora Krill
Jennifer Dapper
Weather Cissna Mas Mane
Athleey Grossivckle
Kat Barnard
Bally
Jane Cannie
Bertriy Fou
Hope Whipp
Deborah Tattrere
Nancy Lorenzen
Deborah Kins Sax
Kathy Sloer
Barbara Farrey
Karen Fawley
Linda Prit
Samaritan Lodge
Maes Doris Jean Angle
Mirage Shiels
Anak
Testis Webster
Edith Starmer
Eaton
Peet
Carroll
Rotun James Tani Sueeney
Tamethy Taverter
Swan Tripp
Gary Ko B
Kem
Kehve
Pam Carter
Sylvia
Frew
Mon- 1
Botme
Herne
Fort Detrick
East Patrick Street
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