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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
5
Obituaries report the death of John B. Repp a Union Bridge hardware merchant and former Carroll County Commissioner aged 84. Also noted are the death of Verna Stambaugh Ward 38 in Sandy Lake Pa and infant Nancy Lee Hickman nine days old near Poolesville. Burial and funeral details follow for each.
Funeral services were held for Miss Mamie Gilberta Feaga in Yellow Springs with burial at Mount Olivet cemetery. Maurice R. Jones died in Washington and was buried at Monocacy cemetery Beallsville after a requiem high mass at St Joseph's Church. O Frederick Ridenour's funeral occurred at his Middletown home with services by Rev Donald Brake and burial at Gladhill Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs John Getzendaner of near Mt Pleasant announce the engagement of their daughter Trene to Leroy Castle son of Mr and Mrs George Castle of near Mt Mearant. No wedding date has been set.
Mrs William Martin of North Market Street returns home after visiting Mr and Mrs James Whitmore of Urbana. Miss Martha Barnhill of Hagers Town visits Mrs Florence Creeger on North Market Street. Mr and Mrs David P Stull announce a daughter Phyllis Ann born at Frederick City Hospital weighing six and three quarters pounds. Both mother and baby well. Grace Dolores Kemp of Cull er Avenue visits cousin Charlotte Long in Fremont Ohio. John Brown son of Mrs Mary Stocks has enlisted in the U S Navy stationed in Norfolk Virginia. Herman and Saul Miller celebrate their fourteenth birthday today. Rev Samuel S Johnston of All Saints rectory leaves for Duxbury Mass for vacation returning in September. Births announced at Schnauffer hospital Brunswick include a daughter to Harvey Eagle Knoxville, a son to Dwight Baker Millville W Va, a son to H R Moler Brunswick, a son to Paul Sanger Knoxville, a daughter to Wenner Runkles Brunswick, a son to Carroll Mullendere Rohrersville. George B Care of Brunswick left Monday for Pikesville to train with the Maryland State Police. John Hershberger and daughter Mary Victoria of Boonsboro visit Miss Mayletta Hershberger in this city.
Among The Sick Mr. Harry H Brust 118 West Sixth Street discharged from Frederick City Hospital. Mr Wilfred Walter Reeder injured in a fall being treated at Frederick City Hospital. Mr David Barrick patient at Frederick City Hospital listed as satisfactory. Mr Milton Cristis removed from home 14 East Third Street to Frederick City Hospital by ambulance. Patrick street resident Nee Taher Fanatn removed to Frederick County Emergency Hospital for treatment late Wednesday night by private ambulance of C E Cline and Son. Mrs Francis Summers treated at War ner Hospital Gettysburg after laceration from fall at Devil's Den on Gettysburg battlefield Sunday evening. Dr A E McCuskey taken to Frederick City Hospital for treatment. Mrs Elizabeth Englebrecht discharged to home 220 West South Street by ambulance of C E Cline and Son. Mrs H R Besant remains in good condition after heart attack.
War Production Board bans printers from buying new metal after August to reclaim idle metals. Printers must certify no obsolete plates on orders and sell old equipment to scrap dealers for wartime use. Grain markets note corn and wheat prices. fat sues 108.
A reader puzzle from a wartime page asks about a Marine master sergeant insignia and its matching insignia name. Another item notes a historical military camp in New Jersey named for a famed poet soldier killed in World War II. The third clue hints at a misheard phrase about Army rations or slang.
Frederick residents recall doctors opinions on love and digestion. Dr Becker of Johns Hopkins notes love ruins appetite, while Dr Nagler of New York Institute of Dietetics argues love fosters appetite. Interviewees describe stomach pangs, excitement, and a lure to dance over meals, with married couples seeing less effect.
A bus carrying 52 people collided with a fast train in Crystal Springs Mississippi killing 13 and injuring more than 30. Efforts to identify two women killed at Jackson funeral parlor continued as witnesses described the bus being torn apart and the engine rear ripped free while the train’s passengers mostly escaped injury.
United States Army fliers marked a year of operations in Iceland since departing from the carrier Wasp a year ago. They faced Arctic weather and limited German air contact, with Norwegian fliers and skirmishes noted off the northern coast. In Washington County Maryland births rose 35 percent in the first half of 1942, totaling 881 versus 608 in 1941.
A well cared for dog described as a collie or shepherd strayed from Sunny Hill Farm owned by Mrs Leon M Estabrook Route 35. Return possible by identifying land and paying the advertisement cost. Also notices Uncle Cal's Barn Dance at Bernie's Arena in Frederick this Saturday August 6 with 830 PM broadcast over WFMD and canning peaches available at LESLIE MASSER three miles west of Frederick Shookstown Road. Big Mountaindale Picnic planned for Saturday September 3.
Army shoes for sale officers dress slippers all sizes cavalry riding laced boots Miller's Shoe Repairing 335 Market. Clearance of straw hats 9c 1.00 and 2.00 WaCht er and Hildebrand Paanbret Hiley Belle Orchard tours Thurmont Route 13. Otto-Werking reunion canceled due to gas and tire rationing. Titus family reunion August 16 Braddock Heights Md. New electric organ for sale half price for church funeral home lodge or home Gulbransen Magnatone. Moose picnic August 9 Frederick Lodge at Markell's Meadow. Salvage for victory highest prices for tires tubes boots scrap iron copper brass zinc radiators batteries rags bags old greases. For sale beams angle iron pipe cow-barn posts material cut to specifications Frederick Junk Company. Lists of officers and trustees.
Community items: ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE on West Seventh Street hosts bingo Thursday with first game at eight. Colleen Shop announces August 5 through 17 closure and requests patron cooperation for appointments. Also farm opportunity near Frederick Maryland seeks a steady man with cattle experience for 200 acre operation on shared basis with monthly drawings. Rent notice for eight room dwelling at 300 Rockwell Terrace by William M. Storm.
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