Fifty Years Ago From The News-Post Aug 12 1911
A motorcycle driven by Oscar Fagan with a fair passenger avoided a crash when turning a street corner into Market. The rider shut off power and jumped free as a trolley car began unloading, the lady on board unharmed. A camping party at Greenfield Mills along the Monocacy river troubles nearby residents. the Beall children and friends camped in a large tent. Two unidentified drunken men on East Patrick street caused a minor accident with a trolley track pile. no serious injuries. Lee Smith of Jefferson won a contract to build a barn for C. E. Ahalt in Loudoun county. P Jorgensen of the North German Lloyd Co. visits Nubrah cottage. Braddock Heights hosts All Saints P E Sunday School picnic with about 250 attendees. Dr. Ira J. McCurdy disputes a water article and warns the public about remarks harming the city. urges citizens to drink Lakin’s Spring water. H Thomas Kline, famed tobacconist, marks his 68th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Fagan
West Fifth Street
Market
Trelley
Greenfield Mills
Monocacy River
James S Beall
East Patrick Street
Carroll Street
Lee Smith
Jefferson
C. E. Ahalt
Loudoun County
P. Jorgensen
North German Lloyd Steamship Co
Nibrah Cottage
Braddock Heights
ALL Saints P. E
D T. Ordeman
Ira J. McCurdy
Lakin’s Spring
Lewis A. Rice
State Health Department
McCurdy
H. Thomas Kline
Flight of East Germans fuels Cold War tensions
The article notes President Kennedy and allies worry a fresh East German uprising could erupt into a wider conflict akin to 1953. West Berlin welcomes refugees, while anxiety grows that repression, border openings, and separate treaties may spur a dangerous spark before West German elections on September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Germany
East Berlin
Kennedy
Ins
West Germany
Mught
United States
West Berlin
Iron Curtain
Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Letter to Editor Raises Farming Fallout Survival Questions
F B Lampkin of Thurmont questions how rural farmers would survive a nuclear attack. He asks how livestock, feed, seeds, breeding stock, and daily farm care could be maintained if food production and imports stop. He seeks authoritative answers on long term national food security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Bar ‘Ick
Frederick City
Frederick County
United States
Frederick
F. B. Lampkin
Twenty Years Ago From The News-Post Aug 12 1941
An authoritative spokesman in London warned war or peace in the Pacific hinges on Japan. Rain aided parched earth but did not boost city water. a Baker Park music festival drew about 500 with Robert L. Smith as master of ceremonies. A barn fire near Damascus destroyed contents on the Henderson's Corner road. Ten Negro men from local Draft Board One left for Army induction. The Japanese minister to Washington asserted the U.S. was ready to go to war if needed. Mary Wood Brunswick won a Braddock Heights beauty contest. Many men enrolled in defense courses at Elm Street School at night. Gasoline rationing looms unless voluntary cuts occur. Governor O'Conor spoke at Cumberland. Odesssa is eyed for capture by Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pacific
Japan
Black Sea
Odessa
O’conor
Cumberland
Baker Park
Robert L. Smith
Charles Hager
Damascus
Henderson's Corner Road
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Mary Wood
Brunswick
Braddock Heights
American Legion
Elm Street School
Obituary notices for Cooney and Englar in Westminster
Mrs Margaret Cecelia Cooney widow of Robert E Cooney Sr aged 90 dies Friday at 7 30 am at 70 Fairview avenue Baltimore born to William and Maria Archer Cather Eyerly. Survived by two sons William S Cooney Sr Stevensville and Robert E Cooney, eleven grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral at 106 East Church Street funeral home Monday 11 am with interment Loudon Park Baltimore. Mrs Cora Blanche Englar 72 widow of Arthur Englar dies at Meadow View Nursing Home after extended illness. born in Carroll County Westminster area results truncated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenert E. Cooney
Margaret Cecelia Cooney
Robert Fe, Cooney
Fairview Avenue
Baltimore
Willam
Maria Archer Cather Eyerly
William S. Cooney
Robert E Cooney
Stevensville
Fast Church Street
Loudon Park Cemetery
Balti
More M. Ritchison and Son
Cora B. Englar
Cora Blanche Englar
Arthur Englar
East Main Street
Meadow View Nursing Home
Carroll County
Jaycees break ground for fall-out shelter in Frederick
Mayor Jacob R Ramsburg leads groundbreaking Friday for a Jaycee model fall out shelter to be installed at the Frederick Shopping Center. Also pictured are James Powell and others from the Jaycees and Civil Defense director George J Stup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frederick Shop
James Powell
Frank J. Keefer
Harry Rosenfeld
Fredenck
George J. Stup
Civil Defense
Ramsburg
John B. Hane
Jaycee
Funerals for Mrs Nelson and others listed near Union Bridge
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Loretta Nelson widow of Samuel C Nelson near Union Bridge were held Friday at 1 pm at Union Bridge Funeral Home with Father Francis P Wagner officiating. Interment followed in Baltimore cemetery. Pallbearers included Bernard Keeter William Schwarber Carson Conner and Arthur Greenholtz. Also noted are services for Mrs Clara K Duvall formerly of Frederick at Watty Funeral Home Winfield with interment in Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery Monrovia. Pallbearers were Lowell Ecker Owen Ecker Jacob Young David Lewis and Russell Klein. Funeral services for Dallas C Reid who died suddenly at his Thurmont home were held Friday at M L Creager and Son Funeral Home with Rev William Ervin presiding and burial in Blue Ridge Cemetery Thurmont. Pallbearers listed: Vernon Rho derick SFE Barnhart Calvin Lohr William Eyler Albert Ruffle John Robinson and Harold Hengst. PLAN TELESCOPE SATELLITE SANTA BARBARA AP Soviet Liaison team works on orbiting a satellite equipped with a telescope per Armenian astronomer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Loretta Nelson
Samuel C Nelson
Near Union Bridge
Union Bridge
DPD Hartzier and Sons
Francis P Wagner
St Josephs Redox
Tanestoun
Baltimore
Bernard Keeter
Wiliam Schwarber Carson Conner
Arthur Greenholtz
Clara K Duvall
Frederick
Fahrnes-Reedy
Bonnshoro
Watty
Liberty Road
Winfield
Dewitt H Viller
Pleasant Hill
Church of the Brethren Cemeterry
Monrovia
Lowell Ecker
Owen Ecker
Jacob Young
David Lewis
Russell Klein
Dallas C Reid
Thurmont
M L Creager and Son
Wiliam KE Ervin
Blue Ridge
Vernon Rhoderick
Sfe Barnhart
Calvin Lohr
William Eyler
Albert Ruffle
John Robinson
Harold Hengst
Playground events mark week of activities in Frederick
A city wide program centers on fitness with an all day Fun Olympic Meet and daily activities at Frederick parks. Concerts at Baker Park and Mullinix Park kick off the schedule while various parks offer dances, puppet shows, story hours, and dramatic play through Friday, including a Teen Dance and a Craft Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Browningsville
Baker Park
Brunswick High School
Mullinix Park
Wee Winkie Village
Rosedale Park
Linden Hills Park
Catoctin Parkill
McCurdy Field Park
Babee Park
Lincoln Park
Mr and Wiss
Waimon Field Park
Maryland Park
East Third Park
Chenel Park
Monaca
Shell
Personal notices and family milestones across Frederick area
Mr Raymond E Bowers Sr of West Seventh Street celebrates his 68th birthday Sunday. Miss Constance Ward of Barnesville and Mr Kurt W Wrede of Rockville marry today at Barnesville Baptist Church. Wedding party events noted, plus showers and reception details. Other items include birthdays, retirements, visits, and an awarded divorce for Juanta Martinez Stull and custody and support rulings for Ruth E Himes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Bowers Sr
West Seventh Street
Frederick Iron and Steel Inc
Constance C. Ward
Carson W. Ward
Barnesville
Kurt W. Wrede
William B. Wrede
Rockville
Barnesville Baptist Church
Ralph E Cooley Jr
Miss Ward
James Pike
Silver Spring
Robert Cockrell
Paul Cockrell
North Market Street
Julia Mentzer
South Market Street
Kresge’s
Getts Restaurant
Baltimore
Mentzer
Harold Schaden J
Fairview Avennue
Deep Creek Lake
Maryland
Edwina Leatherman
Karen Bowman
Tammany Manor
Williamsport
W. C Cox
Maryland Avenue
Brunswick
Cox
Jim Cox
Steve
Canada
Susie Smyre
Aubrey Cox
Annie iCoa
Seat Pleasant
Mic
Howard J. Hoop
Dale
Wilfred G. Blank
Doris FL Blank
IRPD
Frederick
Shenandoah
Cavenas
Great Smokey Mountains
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Fontana Dam
Williamsburg
Juanta Martinez Stull
George Earl Stull Jr
Stull
Creat
Thomas Mo Anderson
California
Ruth E. Himes
Guy M. Himes
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Preservation push eyed for Old Frederick streets
Frederick planners and residents back a plan to restore or preserve Old Frederick’s historic blocks along East and West Patrick streets and nearby areas. Julian Tarrant of Richmond urges enlarging the downtown business district while safeguarding historic homes and the Court House area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Tarrant
Richmond
City Planning Commission
Old Frederick
Tarrant
East Patrick Street
West Patrick
Georgetown
South Street
Old Frederick Town
Market Street
Patrick Street
Court House
Remembrance Concert by Baker Park Band Shell
The Browningsville Concert Band led by D T Walker and Raymond F Day presents a program at Baker Park on Sunday at 8 15 P M. The program includes marches and waltzes by Romberg Ivanovic Day Lincoln Yoder Shubert Leonard and others plus a commemorative piece for the 77th anniversary of the band and the National Anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
Shell
Browningsville
D. T. Walker
Raymond F. Day
Colonel Miner
George Rosenkrans
Sernade
Prince
Sigmund Romberg
J Ivanovic
Harry J. Lincoln
W A. Mozart
Basil Day
Wayne Watkins
Wayne O'Brian
Paul Yoder
Fr. Shubert
Clair W. Johnson
Hal Leonard
Columbia
George D. Barnard
Garden Club of Frederick Names Officers and 1961-62 Committees
The Garden Club of Frederick announces 1961-62 officers led by President Mrs Jennings Bailey. Luncheon listed committee chairs across birds civic interest conservation exhibitions flowers garden therapy garden trip horticulture hospitality junior garden club parliamentarian membership program pubberly roadside ways and means with numerous named members and chairwomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of
Frederick
Jennings Bailey
Ridgely W. Baer
Charles S. Sanner
Wiliam Kemp
G. Hunter Bowers
Frank C. Nicodemus
Walter A. Martz Jr
Dwight Colimus
Clement Gardiner
Richard F. Kline
Sam W. Maples Jr
Flowers
William T. Delaplaine
R. E. Town
G Harris Stauffer
E. Dwight Mc‘Cain
Wiliam G. Hill Jr
F. Earle Shriner
Peter W. Chichester
T. Stuart Haller
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
J. Harold Hooper
James H. Grove
Sam W Maples Jr
Jarboe Grove
J Harold Hooper
Frank Nicodesmus
Byron D. White
Edward D. Shriner
Ways and Means
Parsons Newman
Elizabeth Lewis Peters
Dwight Collmus
Obituaries for Moser and Bonfield and Klerr
Among The Sick Mr. Roger J. Moser of Myersville Route 1 underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital. E W Bonfield, 89, pioneer in the fiber box industry and retired salesman, died Friday in Grand Rapids. He was a native of Kankakee Illinois. Dr Edward D Klerr, 61, former foreign correspondent for International News Service who later worked for the CIA, died of a heart attack Thursday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger J. Moser
Myersville
Route 1
Frederick Memorial Hospital
E. W. Bonfield
Grand Rapids, Mich
American Box Board Co
Kankakee, Ill
Edward D. Klerr
Washington
Edward D Klerr
International News Service
Central Intelligence Agency
Argentina Across 2 Aires Is Capital Of Argentina
A cryptic style clue set yields terms mapping to common crossword answers. Entries include references to geography, anatomy and objects such as capital city, marine life, musical works, and vessels with cross-linked hints. The puzzle emphasizes wordplay rather than narrative detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aires
Argentina
Persia
Carmack Joins Stoffer Sanner Insurance Agency
Marion D Carmack Jr a longtime Frederick area insurance professional has joined the Stoffer Sanner Insurance Agency. He previously served seven years with Prudential in Frederick and Howard County and recently completed an eight week course at the Insurance Company of North America in Philadelphia earning Maryland licensure for fire marine auto and casualty coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoffer-Sanner
Marion D. Carmack Jr
Howard County
Stoffer- Sanner Insurance Agency
One
Carmack
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Frederick
The
Insurance Company of North America
Philadelpha
Insurance Department
State of
Maryland
Charles H Williams dies after surgery in Los Angeles
Charles H Williams 58 longtime West Coast publicity head for Newsweek and former Chicago and New York newspaperman died in a hospital Friday after an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Williams
Los Angeles
Newsweek Magazine
Chicago
New York
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John M
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W. C. Koons
Jacksonville
Fla
Linwood Brethren Church
New Windsor
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Rex John Malls
Pipe Creek Cemetery
Carl Gillespie
Mollie E Gillespie
Berryville
Alverta Shakespeare
Alverta M Shakespeare
Gladstone Avenue
Norman E. Shakespeare
Union Memorial Hospital
Washington County
John and
Georganna (Weaver) McAllister
Cecil C. McAllister
RU Alur
Dean Messer
Kitty Endslow
Harford County
David Norris
Allegany County
University of Maryland
PLAN
Santa Barbara
Calif
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Idelights
Elsie White Homes
Alexandria
America
Calvary Methodist Church
E. William Hall
Lions Club
Richard Summers
Richard F. Kline Jr
Officers Club
Fort Detrick
Frederick Orchestra
Frederick Symphony
Charles J. Warner
Hood College
Warner
Elijah
Frederick Singers
NEA
Garden Club
Larissan
Latvia
Somet City
George Elot Kero
Consumer
Born
Jed
Joneses
Bill Collectors
Barhives
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