Anniversary Observed for Pastor E. Koontz Helwig
Four Lutheran congregations joined in a vesper service at St. Pauls Walkersville honoring the 25th anniversary of Pastor E Koontz Helwig ordination. The program featured Bethel choir music, a solo by Russell Long, and remarks by Fr Francis Rineberger and Dr J Frank Fife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Walkersville
E. Koontz Helwig
Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Yellow Springs
St. Johns’ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Creagerstown
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Utica
Bethell
Margaret Stull
Ruth Stull
Russell Long
Paul Dinterman
Fer. Francis, E. Rineberger
Lutheran Theo Seminary
Gettysburg
Behhalf
Park picnic tables raise concern over space and fairness
A park user letter urges city to place tables under every tree to prevent monopolizing seating for picnics. The note notes many apartment dwellers want outdoor meals and calls for two tables per tree with foldable personal setups. The piece also highlights growing park use and city efforts to accommodate reservations.
Fifth Conference on Design of Experiments at Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick to host the Fifth Conference on Design of Experiments in Army research from November 4 to 6. About 100 to 150 Army scientists nationwide will discuss applying statistical techniques to R D and testing with morning and evening sessions planned for the first two days. Visitors Major and Mrs. Max Etkin will attend. Etkin will report to Fort Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Detrick
Office of ‘Information and Public Affairs
Frederick
Max Ekin
Joseph Schwimers
Etkin
Walter Reed Hospital
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Command and Neval Staff School
Arold Walmsley
Emical Center
Birthdays and anniversaries span notable figures from politics to industry
Birthdays listed include Billie Burke in Washington DC and Ralph Bunche in Detroit with ages around the mid seventies. Other notables such as Robert Garner Alfred Hammell Taft and George Mundy are cited with birthplaces. Today in History notes early Maine settlement and Washington creating the Purple Heart. Anniversaries include Pauline Davis and John Dryden with brief biographical notes. Wachter reunion reports in Frederick and Nehru approves closer Eisenhower Khrushchev visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Burke
Washington, D. C
Ralph Bunche
U. N
Detroit
Robert L. Garner
International Finance Corp
Washington
Solton
Miss
Alfred L. Hammell
Railway Express Agency
Eldorado
Calif
Wiliam Howard Taft
Ord
State Department
Ireland
Bar Harbor
Maine
George W. Mundy
U.S
Cedartown
Frank W. Jenks
International Harvester
Chicago
Richmond
Order of the Purple Heart
Congress
Department of War
Navy
Robert Fulton
Pauline K. W. Davis
Women’s Rights
Becw Rer
Bloomfield
N. J
Providence
AR. E. Aut
Robert G. Dun
Merchanale
Chilicothe
Mia
John F. Dryden
Prudentiale Insurance Otder
Indusrance
New Jersey
Tempie
W. Stoddard
Rochester
Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Wellesley Colborn
Waverly
Korn Honesdale
Piqua Atomic Plant Breaks Ground For Municipal Power
The city of Piqua Ohio breaks ground for an 14.3 million dollar atomic powered plant financed by the Atomic Energy Commission. The plant will use a terphenyl moderator and coolant and aims to deliver 11 200 kilowatts to the municipal system once completed in 1931. Cost per kilowatt hour is estimated at 18.13 mills versus conventional plants. The plant serves as a pilot for moderate sized communities nationwide.
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Piqua
Miami Wall
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Shippingport
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty Years Ago items note damage to telephone and electric poles by woodpeckers pecking homes from tree trunks, plus a Frederick County delegation traveling to Rockville for the th Judicial District Democratic convention to nominate a candidate for the bench.
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the News
Woodpecker Fam
Frederick County
Th Judicial District
Rockville
Helongine Io
Twenty Years Ago Of The News August 7 1939
WPA rolls shrink in Frederick County with 35 fewer workers as Area Supervisor Ered W Springer notes 19 bein dropping workers of 38 months standing. Harry Ahalt of Knoxville and Mr Blank of Frederick travel through the Catoctin Mountains and kill a large rattlesnake. Charles Paul Staley Frederick painter survives a fishing boat accident after treading water for over 20 minutes. Attendees at the Auto-Helwig annual meeting included Clyde M Roney G Gosnell Grayson H Staley and Albert M Coblentz at Hood College and the Lutheran Conference logo shows.
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WPA
Fredenex County
Ered W. Springer
Harry Ahaltnoxville
Am Blank
Frederick
Catoctin Mountains
Chesapeake Boy
Charles Paul Staley
Frederick Painter
Staley
Seppa
Sauca Gia
Mobile Trade Association
Maryland
Clyde M. Roney
Hood College
G. G. Gosnell
Grayson H. Staleys
Albert M. Coblentz
Wm. H. Fulks Dies At Laytonsville Home
William H. Fulks long time Upper Montgomery County resident and Goshen Farms owner dies in his Laytonsville home at age 31. He contributed to charities and politics, never married, and is survived by siblings, a nephew, and three nieces. Funeral set for Saturday at Barber's funeral home with burial at Forest Oak Cemetery.
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William H. Fulks
Montgomery County
Laytonsville
Gaithersburg
Maryland
Fairview Seminary
Rockville Academy
William R. Fulks
Mary V. Ward
Fulks
Baltimore
Goshen Farms
County Farm Bureau
Upper
Montgomery County Farmers Club
Upper Montgomery
J. D. Ashford
Lloyds Jane
Alexandria
Raymond Gloyd
Rockville
Joan S$. Fulks
Manning Drive
Bethesda
McKendre Fulks
Barber
Forest Oak Cemetery
Obituaries for Carter Davis Lenhart Etchison area
Four deaths appear with notice of services and survivors. James A Carter 47 of Lucketts Virginia dies in Martinsburg hospital. funeral at Furnace Mountain Church with burial in church cemetery. George T Davis 59 dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital with service at Fountain Green M E Church Bel Air. Wilma Irene Lenhart 7 dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital. funeral at Araby Methodist Church. M R Etchison and Son directors report.
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James A. Carter
James Ackrey Carter
Lucketts
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Robert F
Nannie Fletcher Carter
Furnace Mountain Presbyterian Church
Virgie O’roark
Falls Church
Estelle Humphry
Forrestville
Catherine Stocks
Arlington
Laura Carter
Robert
Thomas
Leesburg
Lovellsville
Furnace Mountain
George T. Davis
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Edward Honn
Long Beach
Catn
Walter Kyiexs
Wilmington
Del
Herbert Davis
Midddletown
Amos Davis
Bel Air
Gladhills Funerome
Middletown
Fountain Green
Church Cemetery
Teachers Engage in Extensive Frederick Summer Workshops
More than 40 teachers in the Frederick County school system participate in summer workshops to improve curricula and teaching methods. Sessions cover grammar, punctuation, reading, literature, and reading instruction with plans for a library cataloging workshop and curriculum guides revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Mary Ann Mauzy
Middletown High School
Ada B. Poole
Marjorie He Jer
Frederi
Ada Bell
Brunswick High School
Evelyn F.S. Davis
Famioy High Schools
Leota Harv
Elm Street
Steven Evade
Frederick i
Dorothixth
Funerals Held for Albert Seeger and Thelma Schill
Funeral services for Albert Lewis Seeger of 413 East Patrick Street were held Thursday at 11 at the funeral home on East Church Street with Rev. Russell S. Seabright officiating. Interment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Pallbearers included Wilbur C. Hargett and others. M. R. Etchison and Son were directors. Also observed were services for Thelma Catherine Schill, wife of John J. Schill, with Rev. Carroll L. Boyer officiating and a profusion of floral emblems. pallbearers were listed but not completed in the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lewis Seeger
East Patrick Street
East Church Street
Russell S. Seabright
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wilbur C. Hargett
Roy 3. Zimmerman
Lincoln D. Englebrecht
John L. Shaw
Lawrence C. Willard
John T. Ferguson
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Thelma Catherine Schill
John J. Schill
East Church
yYelock
Carroll L. Boyer
Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sick man Kefauver returns home from Frederick Memorial
Mr. Lee D. Kefauver, surgical patient, was released from Frederick Memorial Hospital and returned to his home on Tuesday. In another note, Mrs. J. C. Kettelis of Walkersville remains hospitalized after a severe fear attack, with George D. Biggs listed as in serious condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Attending funeral services were held for Harry C. Stup in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Stup, a son of Rev. Grayson Z. Stup, formerly of this city, was connected to local residents Mr. Wachter and Mrs. Fout. In London, India and Pakistan opened talks on Indus River water division under World Bank auspices with Eugene Black proposing irrigation sharing.
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John Laster
Missouri
Olahoma
Laster
Paderewski
B. Colimus
Freck Re
Roland E. Bellons
Heidelberg
Germany
Europe
Fort Decrick
Raleigh
N.C
Canada
Albert Id. Roccci
Connie Young
Gwynn Hane
Fish Creek
Mall
Devota Smith
Atlantic City
Jane Shoemaker
Wildwood
Herbert Decker
Bedford Springs
Bedford
Frank Wagner
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lee Buchanan
Colin F. Vorder Bruegge
Surgeon General of the Army
Washington
Vernon Gambiil
Shelley
Idaho
Thelma Wilson
Ocean Dry
Ruth
Werner Janssen
Danbury
Conn
William Roessler
Wes
Bob Helier
Sam
Tennessee
Sid Silverman
Harold Neufeld
New Jersey
LeRoy Fothergift
Navy Building
Charles Elworthy
Frederick American Legion
College Park
Orley Bourland
Black Water
W. Va
Dorothy Bentz
Arthur Simon
Charlotte Garber
Ocean City
Robert Castle
Lee D. Kefauver
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George D. Biggs
Madison Street
J. C. Kettelis
Walkersville
James Wachier
Bethel
Daniel Foni
East Church Street
Harrisburg
Harry C. Stup
Fears
Geiger Funeral Home
Stup
Grayson Z. Stup
Atlanta
Peter Clark
Fout
Mr. Stap
Wachter
Airs. Fout
London
India
Pakistan
Indus River
World Bank
Eugene Black
Bank
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Helwig
Pleasant Valley High School
Westminister
Gettysburg College
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Pearl Corbin
Westminster
St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran
Pleasant V2
Synod
John W. Ott
Hagerstown
Bolivar
St. Paul's
Neersville
Trinity
Arden
Social Missions
Tan
Lancaster
Welkersville
Luther Leagues
Bethel Church
All Star
Jog
Risenhauer
Joe Eisenhauer
Stoel
Richard D. Hammond
Rhoderick
Hammond
Fredericksonian
Frederal
Harry Powell
Salvation Army
Maryland-West Virginia
Fifth Street
Elm
Frank C. K
Sioux City
Iowa
Donald A. Kelley
Middleworth
Robert C. Lowrie Jr
Grosse Pointe Woods
George R. Orna
New Y
Kenneth M. Vottage
Benjamin J. Wilson
Jackson O. Clanes
Hebert Connell
Wayne Shober
Illinois Ferry
Larne Hammond
Spring Valley
Hagerstoun
Charley Ball
Bob Edwards
Dotty Blank
Charney Senseney
Karl Brown
Leonard Thompson
Andy Griffity
Gene Sprankle
Oliver Hardy
Pop” Eyler
Gene Hamory
Cherokee Village
N. C
Dorothy Hamory
Knoxville
John Malinowski
Blues
Washington Nats
American League
Grace Zimmerman
Loretta Eyler
America
Thomas M. Wachter
Fred
E County
Staley Park
George Marshall Wacht
North Market
Johnsville
AL Foster Angleberger
Thomas Ebergser
John Vail
Marie
Johnny
Walter C. Eiker
Charles
Claude Stull
Dack Flanigan
Irvin Renn
Alonza ¢ Barger
Mehri F.i Waehter
Allen
Russell Blackston
Jeanielle Blackston
Kenneth Filler
Clay Putman
Earl Putman
Richard Green
Anne
Barbara Green
James Wachter
Clyde M. Roney Jr
Cerolin
Paul Roney
Fogle
Herbert
Charles E. Pam
Donna
Bret George Marshall
Abner
Debbie Thompson
Reginald Wachter
Eugene Whine
MM Thomas Wachter
Dean
George Wachter
Gerald Wachter
Joyece
Brenda
Sharon Wachter
Grossnick Wachter
Nehru
New Delhi
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Marfef
Stauffer
G. Harris Stauffer
West Fourteenth Street
J. Alton Smith
Russell Whitmore
Edward Everett
Harvard University
Massachusetts
H. Marshall
Cores
Sal
Wm. H. Fulks
Wilma Irene Lenhart
Thomas A
Louise D. Rice Lenhar
Ara Methodist Church
Washington Street
Russell T. Lenhart
Joseph C. Lenhart
Helen Louise Lenhart
Dharies E. Miller
Robert H., Oland
Lewis B. Gannon
Howard O. Minnick
Ernest M. Shank
E. Harpert
Frederick Memorial Park
R. Eichizon and Son
Quemoys
Taipei
Formosa
Fire Under Control
Pauline van Pelt
I Middletown High School
University
University of Maryland
Glenn O. Blough
Alan Dodd
Naoma Dean
Wanda Keller
Adeline Lawyer
Marie Michael
Mildred Nicodemus
Jean Suse
Madeline Urderwood
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Hizt School
Ian Braunfart
Mary Frances Earhart
Gwendolyn Henson
Lena Mullican
Catherine Shriver
Estella Yingling
Albert Whi
James Fisher
Rachel Bishop
Mayme Ferguson
Eicht
North Frederick Ejeary School
West Frederick Junior High
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