Sidelights on canal trips and local notices in Weems column
The Sidelights column describes Chesapeake and Ohio Canal mule barge trips from Georgetown to Brookmont with mus ic, box suppers, and cheap round trips under $1.50, plus new barges and schedules and Park Service info. It also profiles young David K Daffin in Washington, and notes Nocturn magazine events and local garden party and carnival plans, Florida tourism impact, and travel club possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio
American Newspaper Club
Luck
Georgetown
Brookmont
U. S. Park Service
Washington
Frederick
Cumberland
David K. Daffin
Ann Kemp Daffin
Council Street
David
Air Force
News and Post
Nocturn
Kavitg
National Press Club
Wiesome
Gaslight Club
Ann Dalfin
Edward D. Sturm
Young Company
Mary Storm
Washingtom
James W. Harper
Frederick and
D.C
Issay
Historical House
East Church Street
Rockville
Val Wilson
Cochairman
Montgomery Avenue
Dodge Streets
Florida
Socom
Juliet Prowse Stars In Irma La Douce At Shady Grove
Irma La Douce opens Tuesday for a week at Shady Grove Music Fair with Juliet Prowse in the title role. The French musical features Johnny Haymer as barman and narrator with songs such as Our Language of Love and There’s Only One Paris For That while Marguerite Monnat wrote the music and Julian David Heneker Monty Norman penned lyrics and book. George S. Irving directs for Music Fair Producers Lee Guber Frank Ford and Shelly Gross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma la Douce
Juliet Prowse
Shady Grove Music Fair
Irma Douce
Miss Prowse
Las Vegas
South Africa
Hollywood
Music Fair
Johnny Haymer
Paris
Marguerite Monnat
Julian David Heneker
Monty Norman
George 5
Irving
Lee Guber
Frank Ford
Shelly Gross
Bridge Club Winners Highlight Three Clubs Series
Members of the Catoctin Duplicate Bridge Club held their weekly game at Cozy Restaurant Thurmont as the second in a series with Frederick and Hagerstown clubs. North-South top pair was Frank Rehmann and Charles Crum of Frederick. East-West winner Jack Abbott and Mrs. Geoffrey Williams of Hagerstown. others included Mrs. B. Dorsey Jr. and Mrs. Frederick Klein Sr. with high finishers in both sessions. A birthday party for Dave Nusbaum Jr. was held at Walkersville home with gifts from family friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin
Frederick
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Horace V. Rees
Frank Rehmann
Charles Crum
Ray Taylor
Lottie Gall
Mary Chappelear
Louise Triesler
Manuel M. Weinberg
Frederick East-West
Jack Abbott
Geoffrey Williams
B. BR. Dorsey Jr
Frederick Klein Sr
Gerald Yonetz
Louise Hammond
Folly McKinney
Marjorie Neff
Frederick Klein Jr
BR. L. Weeks
John Grundy
Harold Hess
Elizabeth Strube
Lillian Ambrose
Thomas A. Love
the Catoctin Club
Cozy Restaurant
William Nusbaum Jr
Walkersville
Dave
William Nusbaum Sr
Pres
Ton Fogle
Charles Flora
Eldrige Waltz
Alan King to headline Rhady Grove Music Fair Monday
Alan King will be a headlining guest at the Rhady Grove Music Fair on Monday starting at age 15, rising as a sought after television guest. Details mention Warner Brothers features and the notable rise of his career from early Baracht bel to today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhady Grove
Alan King
King
Warner Brothers
Librarians Attend National Library Conference in Chicago
Hood College librarians Miss Katharine Dutrow and Miss Charlotte P. Smith attended the American Library Association meeting in Chicago at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. They heard Rutgers President Dr Mason Gross speak while Dutrow presented on resource accessibility for students and Smith discussed library resources to support learning. The association elected Dr Frederick Wagman president-elect Edwin Castagna was named to lead the organization elect. Dutrow also joined College and Research Libraries sessions at Beloit College Wisconsin before returning via Cleveland to Frederick. A surprise birthday supper honored Mr Joseph C Rice on Highland Street marking his sixth birthday with family and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine E. Dutrow
Joseph Henry Apple
Hood College
Charlotte P. Smith
American Library Association
Chicago
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Mason Gross
Rutgers University
Miss Dutrow
Miss Smith
Association
James E. Bryan
Newark, N. H
Plays Vegetables by Clarence Tobery on East Church Street
Readable fragments show Clarence Tobery on East Church street displaying vegetables. No clear event or date, but implies a local display or selling activity with Tobery as the exhibitor or seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Tobery
East Church Street
Pearls United: Antibiotics Boost Oyster Pearl Growth
Researchers report larger and better pearls formed by adding antibiotics to oyster aquaculture water. The study indicates improved pearl size and quality, suggesting a new method to enhance mollusk cultivation.
Initial Work On Dam At Buckeystown
Izaak Walton League and Monocacy Canoe Club workers, 27 volunteers, began restoring Buckeystown Dam by clearing the millrace and placing the first foundation stones. Under Jerry Crewe and Granison Bader, they diverted Monocacy flow, pulled capstones, and planned further stone work. Future sessions set for Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeystown Dam
Izaak Walton League
Monocacy Canoe Club
Jerry Crewe
Michael's Mill
Granison Bader
Kenneth Bromfield
UAY
Gail
Nemebia
Manny Barbetto
John Forney
David Pratt
Frederick County
Pop Art Exhibit Puzzles Los Angeles Museum Visitors
AP correspondent BOS THOMAS reports on a Los Angeles County Art Museum show of pop art challenging viewers with mass oil reproductions of comic strips soup cans and currency. Curated by Lawrence Alloway the exhibit features Wayne Tineballad Melvin Ramos Phillip Hefferton Edward Rusch Nem Goode and others. Viewers react with bewilderment ridicule and amusement to works ranging from a delicatessen counter to one year old milk bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bos Thomas AP
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Art Museum
Lawrence Alloway
New York
Guggenheim Museum
Wayne Tineballad
Melvin Ramos
Phillip Hefferton
George
Washington
Delaware
Winkin
Lincoln
Edward Rusch
Ace
Boss
Honk
Annie
Nem Goode
Leroy
Broadway Integration Efforts Mark 1962 63 Season
Broadway sets a record for shows with integrated casts as Negro stars tell congressional probers that a decent livelihood in theater remains nearly impossible. Picketing of two Broadway theaters by CORE and the Committee for Employment of Negro Performers occurred 15 months ago and was quickly dropped. Efforts to raise Negro performer percentages continue, with gains for scene shifters, technicians, and musicians, plus front-house roles being pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Glover
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Broadway
Congressional
Congress of Racial Equality
Committee For
Actors Equity
Frederick O'Neal
Equity
Montgomery Hospital supper bazaar aids nursing scholarships
The Montgomery General Hospital Women’s Board held its 43rd annual supper bazaar at Sherwood High School Sandy Spring drawing about 2300 attendees. Proceeds funded Maintain Line nursing scholarships while reporting on Negro performers in Broadway shows with forward progress. Pictured are Alvin G. McNish Chevy Chase Louise Merstuai and Jane McNish birthday celebrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's
Montgomery General Hospital
Women's Board
Sherwood High School
Sandy Spring
Alvin G. McNish
Chevy Chase
Louise Merstuai
Ayal
Jane Meco
M Vin G. McNish
Jane McNish
Gaithersburg Girl Wins Nursing Training Grant
Miss Louise Gorman of Gaithersburg receives an Allstate Insurance nursing scholarship. She will start training this fall at St. Joseph College in Emmitsburg after topping a class of 222. The Maryland League for Nursing selected her for the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Gorman
Gaithersburg
Allstate Insurance
Gorman
St. Joseph College
Emmitsburg
Hugh Sulyul
Maryland League For Nursing
Maryland
Retirements At Potomac Edison Company Highlight Mrs Brown
Mrs Ce leste T Brown retires after 31 years with Potomac Edison Company from June 1922 bus accounting to reclaim audit clerk at Blue Ridge Transportation Company then senior clerk in General Accounting. A Rawlings, West Fourteenth Street native, she concludes service last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celeste T. Brown
Potomac Edison Company
Brown
Blue Ridge Transportion Company
General Accounting Department
Rawlings
West Fourteenth Street
Duke of Argyll secretly weds American-born Mortimer
Friends disclosed that the Duke of Argyll married Mrs Mathyka Custer Mortimer eight weeks ago in a secret ceremony. The nuptials unite a noble titled figure with an American-born bride in a discreet union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
London
Duke of Argyll
Mathyka Custer Mortimer
Unclear Club Week Attendance Receives Local Notice
Frederick County attendees listed for a late club week event at the university, including Joanne Mescer and several others. The fragmentary OCR names multiple participants across rows with partial surnames and first names, making full details uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County 48Ers
University of
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawrence Swann
Jim Gifford
Manny
Barbetto
Izzak Wallon League
Monocaty Canoe Club
Heave
al Webb
Jim Gilford
Buckeystown
Shady Grove
Librarians
Hood
Joseph C. Rice
Highland Street
Rice
Russell Rice
Ken
Russell Rice Jr
Clyde Rice
Mary Sue
Debra
Thomas Lenhart
Helen
Maynard Rice
Teresa
Donnie
Della Ausherman
Clarence Ausherman
Kathy
Bonnie
John Tracey
Marion Ausherman
Ewood Green
Myersville
Nancy E
Robert M. Blank
Mitton H. Blank
Rocky Springs
Miss Green
Middletown High School
Sagner's Inc
Blank
Frederick High School
Community News
Sweadners
Duval Sweadner
Walterboro
D. C
Libertytown
Colleton County Hospital
Sneadners
Daytong Beach
Fla
Sneadner
Phillips
Gathland State Park
Joanne Mescer
Alice Revert
Ralph L. Keilboltz
Ives Dudrow
Valerie van Hotter
Leda Kelloltz
Linda Pickett
Susan Mover
Marjorie K. Murny
Dana Brews
Nancy Burther
J Ann Martin
Joel Gaver
Jens Brewer
Betty Brewer
Santy Burdette
Suse
Angieberger
Judith Marshall
Daniel
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