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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
2
The News Frederick announces subscription rates with options for weekly and yearly plans. Associated Press dispatches are credited, and the paper notes republication rights for local news. The issue date is Saturday August 3, 1963.
In Delaware a 108 year old woman, Mary Alice Fucks known as Granny, teaches companions at Landis Lodge to twist. Grandmother proves her sharp memory and motor skills amid a summer camp run by the Delaware Commission for the Blind and New Castle area veterans.
Washington remains a magnet for young clerical workers but crime perceptions persist. Despite FBI data placing the city seventh in crime among similar metros, locals fear muggings and robberies. To attract workers, the capital must curb violence and project safety.
Fifty years ago Frederick news items note a possible water supply drill for Hood College on the college farm northwest of Frederick and damage from a severe local storm especially in Libertytown Unionville and Woodville where four barns burned. The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway adds a special car for riders from Braddock to Frederick. Frederick sees plentiful market produce. A ten year old Freder ick boy nicknamed Frederick's midget may enter show business after carnival representatives visit. A woman slips on stairs at West Second Street and breaks her hip. W. Albert T. W. Beall picks peaches on West Patrick Street. An anti hitching ordinance is enacted restricting horse tethering on Market and Patrick streets. The cornerstone of the Frederick Armory will be laid August 13 with Governor Goldsborough as orator. An electrical storm briefly blacks out the First Baptist church lights. William Oden falls ill at a blacksmith shop but returns home.
Hamburg Germany treated seaport shambles after air attacks kill many. Eye witness said streets were burning and bodies littered the sidewalks. Rumanian oil fields in flame after air raid on Ploesti. Sugar corn yield 10 to 25 percent below normal due to drought. Brush planes struck Hamburg again. Mrs J W Howard of Frederick hospitalized with serious facial burns from a jar. Bag worm infestation reported in Washington county. American and Canadian forces advanced, hot day reached 98 degrees. Driver seriously injured when truck hauling poultry crates overturned on Fingerboard road near Monrovia. Seth Boorman, president of Times and Allegheny Publishing, dies after ten days illness.
A town wide column laments careless motorists discarding bottles and cans from moving vehicles. It cites downtown doorways and suburban lawns as dumping grounds, notes a North Market Street incident, appeals to residents and motorists to curb litter, and recalls legal penalties for offenses. It urges using paper bags and obeying the "Don't be a litterbug" injunction.
AP reports Earl Mountbatten leaves Sept 5 for a six day tour to Canada and the United States to confer with Canadian and U.S. leaders and to receive an honorary degree from Jacksonville University, while Virgil “Gus” Grissom faces speeding charges in Florida. Bobby Darin rests after medical tests and Joan Dorsey, a 23 year old from Flagstaff, becomes a pioneering American Airlines stewardess trainee. Frederick County honors two longtime public servants Henry R. Shoemaker and Joseph T. Griffin for decades of service, with local reflections on civic life and community resilience.
The thirty second Henry Conrad Smith family reunion was held at Rocky Ridge on July 28 with a picnic and business meeting. Members from multiple towns in Maryland and Pennsylvania attended, including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hahn and Mr. and Mrs. John Baugher, and many other relatives.
Washington reports that Lowell D Skinner 32 who remained in Communist China after the Korean War will get back pay when he returns to the United States. State Department says citizenship unaffected by dishonorable discharge and Justice Department will review possible prosecution. Also noting UN American Activities Committee hearing on unauthorized Cuba visits and President Kennedy comments on student passports and civil rights march.
William A Griffith of 1858 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore died July 0. He was husband of Kathleen Pistoria Griffith. Funeral services were held from Lemmon Funeral Home in Baltimore this morning with burial to follow in Mt Olivet Cemetery in the city.
Robert Welton Grimes 64 husband of Nannie E. Grimes died yesterday at his home 43 East D Street Brunswick. He was a retired city employee and son of the late James B. Grimes and Josephine Tyler Grimes. Surviving include a stepson Harry M. Cissel a daughter Mrs Heyward Fongerbeam and son Robert Lorin Grimes. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Feete Funeral Home. Wilbur A Hill 8 of Knoxville died yesterday at Charles Town General Hospital. Son of the late Henry and Bessie Brashears Hill he was a member of Loyal Order of Moose 1582. Surviving brother Henry Hill Jr of Brunswick. Funeral at Feete Funeral Home Monday 2 p.m. with interment in Knoxville Cemetery.
Palermo police report the arrest of Antonio Porcelli alias Little Pigs, a suspected professional executioner in a mafia faction. The crackdown has yielded about 2,000 persons questioned as authorities intensify the anti-mafia campaign. Also reported were obituaries for Ernest B. Hunter, Charlotte Observer editor, who died of cancer at 74 after a 30 year newspaper career.
Women at Hood College for the Maryland Baptist Assembly showcased attire spanning from the 1880 founding of the Woman's Missionary Union to the modern styles on display this week, highlighting evolving fashion through church and community events.
Private funeral services for Ed ward Hart Etchison 1206 Pine wood Drive who died early Wednesday morning were held at his parents home 106 East Church street Friday at 2 pm Rev Ralph M Sharpe pastor of Calley Methodist Church officiated Pallbearers were Arthur T Brice Jr Richard R Kline James Eshleman John A Derr Martin Galibart Herbert J Lang enfelder Harry Rovin and J Austin Whitehill Interment Mt Olive Cemetery William B Hilton funeral director Funeral services for Thomas Laraine Billi Sappington of Liberty town were held with a Requiem Mass in St Peter's Church yesterday at 10 am Father Martin Flahaven celebrant died suddenly Monday evening Interment St Peter's Cemetery Pallbearers were Thomas Mohler Fred Ward Richard Samingtonohn at baugh Gould Myers and Charles F Smith D D Martzler and Sons funeral directors
Mr William M Millhouse of West Seventh street is in Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment.
The Frederick County News-Post reports a young bicyclist injury and death as July tips contest first place. Second prize goes to the Frederick man robbery report on Carroll Street July 1. other tips mention dead carp on the Monocacy River, a Sandy Hook pump explosion, Lovettsville fire, Lambert yard blaze, and a Clarksburg accident with two injured.
Harry Lewis Masser 2, a Thurmont farmer and longtime East End Grocery operator, died Friday at his Blue Ridge Ave home. Born in Frederick County, he farmed there, worked for Pony Express Co, and ran the East End Grocery. Survived by his wife and numerous children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. At Creager Funeral Home this weekend, body to Edgewood Church of God Rocky Springs Monday for 2:30 p.m. service. burial in Doubs Cemetery.
Miss Barbara Rohrback of Braddock Heights, a Boston University graduate, completed studies at Katharine Gibbs School Boston and, via the school's Placement Department, secured a position with United Fruit Company in Boston Massachusetts. Also noted are Mr Edwin L Norris's upcoming second birthday on Tuesday and Mr and Mrs Joseph Ho Notts 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday.
Condition of rivers shows the Monocacy cloudy and low at Buckeystown while the Potomac is clear and low at Point of Rocks.
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