Swallow Tales and Purple Martins Across The Region
A reader chronicles a week of bird sightings along Route 85 Route 270 and in Frederick Maryland. Species include Great Egret Tree Swallows Barn Swallows Rough-winged Swallows Purple Martins and gnatecatchers with notes on their behavior habitats and a local martin house scene. The piece includes tips on housing Martins aluminum houses and a civic note about observers in Griggsville and Rockville plus a letter praising Barn Swallows nesting on a porch.
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Buckeystown
Wren
Buteo
Route
Hampton Valley Road
Lily Pons
South Market Street
Frederick
Martin
Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Church Street
Dave Wallace
J. J. Wade
P.O. Box
Bowie
Purple Martin Capital News
Griggsville
Clara Shipe
Rockville
Mom
Pop
Recitals At Carroll Manor Elementary This Weekend
The annual piano and organ recital by Mrs Margaret Wilbur will be at Carroll Manor Elementary Adamstown. The senior recital is Saturday April 25 at 7 pm and the junior on Sunday April 26 at 2 pm. Four graduating seniors Linda Everkham Wayne Lucerpon Lisa Lakin and Karen Gresser are featured with numerous specialties this year. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wilbur
Carroll Manor
Adamstown
Linda Everkham
Wayne Lucerpon
Lisa Lakin
Karen Gresser
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 55th birthday at Windsor
London reports Queen Elizabeth II marked her 55th birthday with most of her family at Windsor Castle. Attendees included Queen Mother Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, and Princess Anne with Peter. Charles was away on a world tour and greetings were sent by long distance. State visit to Norway planned next month with no public engagements this week. Radio and TV opened with the national anthem as 21-gun salutes sounded. May of the birthday celebrations aligns with traditional June 13 recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth I
Windsor Castle
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Prince Andrew
Prince Edward
Princess Rooe
Peter
Diana Spencer
Prince Charles
Charles
Windsor
Norway
Tower of London
Hyde Park
Dear Abby readers and pregnancy miseries shared anonymously
A reader letter from Richmond VA shares a hospital poem by a wife after mastectomy and asks Abby for guidance. Other notes discuss pregnancy experiences and workplace reactions to expectant mothers. A private message to Rudy closes the column.
Family THE NEWS Frederick item fragment
A fragment from the Frederick Maryland edition notes a Friday date in April with an unclear family events headline. The readable portion references family notices and local social notes without full details.
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the News
Frederick
Embassy Goodwill Tour features six embassies in DC
The Annual Goodwill Embassy Tour on May 9 offers access to embassies in Washington featuring Australia Chile Guatemala New Zealand Panama and South Africa plus the Apostolic Delegation and the National Presbyterian Church. Highlights include tea at New Zealand Embassy a media reception at Australia and a 12 dollars ticket plus luncheon option benefiting Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries. Proceeds aid handicapped workers across DC Maryland and Virginia.
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Goodwill Industries Guild
Goodwill
Australia
Chile
Guatemala
New Zealand
Panama
South Africa
Apostolic Delegation
National Presbyterian Church and Center
Reagan
Embassy of
Nancy Reagan
Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
National Presbyterian Church and
Travels at Sea Shape My Calm and Heart
The narrator praises sea travel as therapeutic, finding peace at dusk on a ship. Descriptions of stars, shifting light, and the endless wake convey how sea life dissolves daily cares. The piece reflects on why ship life appeals despite world discomfort and routines.
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Pam
Sta. 10
Buenes
Perth
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Elinor Miller
Brazil
The
Martin Systems Company
Arly
Whitesell
Aitesell
Isi
New York
Duke Ellington
Ellington
Duke
Cherry Robins
San Francisco
Ansel Adams
James G. Watt
Adams
Watt
California
James G. Wan
Michael Delakey
Delakey
Houston
Michael DeBakey
DeBakey
Beverly Hills
Calif
Maureen Reagan
Dennis Revell
Mexico
Greencastle
Ind
Richard Nixon
China
United States
Hubert S. Liang
University of Nanking
Depauw University
People’s Republic of China
Nixon
Tucson
Ariz
William Buckley
National Review
University of Arizona
Buckley
College Republicans
Reno
Nev
Loretta Lynn
Phillip W. Dale
Miss Lynn
St. Mary's Hospital
Potsdam
N.Y
Gene Rodenberry
Clarkson College
Rodenberry
Robert Plane
Abby
Richard
Russell Stovers
Metropolitan Opera
Faast
Demerol
Sally W. Cook
Richmond
Sally
Rudy
Myers Dog Training Academy
Freieme
ORION
Aspers
Walkersville
Walkerville
Ar Daly
Montby
Poymer Pion
Sera
Weti
Shirlee W. Price
North Court St
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