Fifty Years Ago From The News-Post Aug 17 1911 Freight car mishaps and social notes
A freight car loaded with coal derailed three times in Frederick on West Patrick and Telegraph streets. Rev E H Hummelbaugh received a church group surprise. Ernest Long died after collapsing from illness while guiding a wagon. Emancipation Day observed at the Fairgrounds. A black man accused of assault sent to Baltimore jail. Social gatherings on East Patrick Street and local deaths noted.
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Frederick
West Patrick Street
Telegraph Street
E. H. Hummelbaugh
United Brethren Church
Rene
Harp
M.S. Moberly
Wiliam H. Blentlinger
Baltimore City
Carty
East Patrick Street
Joanna E. Best
Roland K. Jones
Washington
Harry Carty
D. Hedges
Audre Moncure
Louise Frey
Helen Frey
Edith Miller
Miriam Wilson
Charlotte Motier
Virginia Carty
Rachel Motter
Margaret Eichelhberger
Marianna Doll
Irene Howarth
Ruth
May Carty
George B. Delaplaine
Harry Zeigler
N. Wilson Schley
William Bennett
Frank Doll
William Schaefer
Scholl Hersperger
Carroll Hendrickson
Roland Jones
George Rodock
John Edward Schell
Fairgrounds
Steiner Schley
Robert A. Bennett
United Fire Co
Hygeia
William H. Brengle
Evan-gelical Reformed
Lawrence Kennedy
Eugene Grove
Buckeystown Pike
Mr. Kennedy
Robert Shipley
Mr. Grove
Buckeystown
Khrushchev challenges Berlin with border closure
The article argues Khrushchev sealed East Germany's border to stop youth migration and brain drain, while testing Allied resolve. It discusses potential counter measures, Kennedy's stance against war, and possible economic sanctions against the Soviet bloc, noting Adenauer and Rusk favor restrictions and Britain fears worsening East German plight.
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Khrushchev
East Germany
Berlin
Kennedy
West Berlin
United States
Soviet Bloc
Adenauer
West Germany
Dean Rusk
Great Britain
Frederick County Roads Board questions raised in letter
Frederick County taxpayers seek public detail on road operations. Questions cover salary basis for maintenance crews, equipment use, low bid contracts, and full financial reporting including salaries and contract costs. The letter urges annual published details for taxpayer transparency.
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Roads Board
Frederick County
Frederick County Roads Board
Samuel C. Hays
Frederick County Fact Finders, Inc. Res
Twenty Years Ago From The News-Post Aug 17 1942
Fre derick saw its heaviest rainfall since Independence Day at night with .93 inch recorded. Japan held 169 US citizens awaiting return. Insect pests strip local locust trees. Gasoline rations cut 20 percent for non essential auto use. Nuclear submarines faster submerged. King penguins brood on eggs. eggs stolen by unmated birds. Leatherman couple celebrate 25th anniversary in Glenwood. Shirley Mills and Roger MeTheria wed at All Saints Episcopal Church.
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Frederick
Fishing Creek
Japan
Artz
Virginia
Morgan
Mediterranean
Sheldon Burns
East
Washington
Frederick Orchestra ticket drive opens season calendar
The Frederick Orchestra drums up season tickets through August 23 for a three concert series at Frederick High School Auditorium starting December 3. Programs include Bach Corelli Mozart Beethoven Copland Grieg pieces with soloists and Frederick Singers. Tickets cost 5 dollars for all three concerts with student rates.
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Frederick Orchestra
Charles J. Warner
Frederick
Frederick County
Frederick High School
Warner
Corelli
Bach
Frederick Singers
Tschaikowski
Beethoven
Mozart
Mendiessohn
Copland
Grieg
Appetite at Buffalo Zoo Highlights Big and Small
Buffalo Zoo officials note Lulu the elephant has the largest appetite with a bale of hay seven gallons of Omolene and two apples daily. The male lion costs more to feed at 27 cents a pound for 13 pounds of horsemeat, while a finch eats only a few ounces of seed costing a fraction of a cent daily.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Zoo
Lulu
Coconut oil floor polish in Seychelles noted
A household hint from the Seychelles describes using coconut shells and oil to polish floors. Servants skim oil by skating on half shells, squeezing out oil to sheen wooden boards.
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Seychelles
Indian Ocean Isles
Sick List and Local Accidents from Frederick Memorial
Among the sick is Mr Clarence A Eaves a star patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs Beverly Hubble 23 of 349 Madison St was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital by the United Fire Co ambulance with a broken left ankle from playing softball in Baker Park. Mrs Kenton Holsinger entered for surgery. Bradley A Ropp 628 Trail Ave treated and released after a bicycle fall. Four stitches were required to close the laceration. Frank Amont American League umpire began his career calling balls and strikes in 1948 in New Jersey semi pro games.
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Clarence A. Eaves
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Beverly Hubble
Madison St
United Fire Co
Frank Amont
New Jersey
Deaths in Mt. Airy and Boonsboro Areas
Leroy Harrison 55 of Mt. Airy husband of Mabel E. Harrison died suddenly at home. Survived by wife, father Oliver Harrison, four children and three stepchildren. services Saturday at 11 a.m. at Olin t L Molesworth Funeral Home Damascus. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery Mt. Airy. Amos E. Reeder 68 retired Boonsboro farmer died at Baker Veteran's Hospital Martinsburg. survived by wife Margie, daughter Virginia Slifer, son James H. Reeder, sister, six brothers, six grandchildren. Burial Boonsboro Cemetery. memorials to Heart Fund. Beatrice Cooper Willis 69 of New Market died at Gundry Sanatorium Baltimore. survived by husband William B. Willis, three daughters, one sister, seven grandchildren. Funeral at Grace Episcopal Church New Market with burial there.
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Leroy Harrison
Mabel E. Harrison
Mt. Airy
Oliver R. Harrison
Clare Rider Harrison
B & O Railroad
B & O Railroad Brotherhood
Prospect Methodist Church
Browningsville
Shirley Lee Harrison
Sykesville
Donald Harrison
Baltimore
Ray
Debby K. Harrison
Betty May Rigler
Paul Brown Jr
Donna Lee Brown
Morley W. Harrison
Olint L. Molesworth
Damascus
Pine Grove Cemetery
Amos E. Reeder
Boonsboro
Baker Veteran’s Hospital
Martinsburg
Park Hall
Andrew Grant
Laura Poffenbarger Reeder
Mt. Carmel Eub Church
Washington County Farm Bureau
Frederick
Henry Gable
David Rodes
Boonsboro Cemetery
Heart Fund
William B. Willis
Beatrice Cooper Willis
New Market
Gundry
Willis
Torrington
Connecticut
Grace Episcopal Church
Mary Willis Locke
Kensington
Elizabeth Willis Brandon
Anchorage
Alaska
Anne Willis Stockman
Viola Thompson Jodson
Falconer Funeral Home
Charles E. Bryan
New Market Cemetery
Wage-Hour Violations Total More Than Two Million Dollars
William Hargadine Jr regional director of the Wage-Hour and Public Contracts Divisions said over two million dollars was found due workers in Region III for the year ending June 30 1961. The bulk came under the Fair Labor Standards Act with fines and back wages across Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbia. The release notes 521736 owed to 3903 workers in the Baltimore area 272009 unpaid minimum wages for 1179 workers 349747 back overtime for 2374 workers and 79 minors employed in violation. The act sets wage and overtime rules for interstate commerce and impending increases in minimums and overtime are noted.
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William Hargadine Jr
U.S. Department of Labor
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Chambersburg
Hargadine
Baltimore
Walsh-Healey
Miss Betty King Weds Aubrey Barton At Bethesda Church
Miss Betty Mae King and Aubrey G Barton were married at Bethesda Methodist Church Browningsville in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev Eugene Lawson. Attendants wore pink and aqua gowns, reception held at Browningsville hall, couple to reside in Chillum Heights Maryland after a honeymoon in the Pocono region.
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Shirley Ann Mills
Guy W. Mills
City
Roger Kenneth MeTheria
L. W. MeTheria
Adamstown
St. Paul's Chapel
All Saints Episcopal Church
Maurice D. Ashbury
Deanna Fogle
Doris Masser
Kenneth Davis
All Saints Parish Hall
Nelson Jones
Donald Butler
Shirley Loun
John Schmidt
Charles Baughter
Robert Garrett
Mary Houlck
Betty Palmer
Timothy ‘Christopher
Unionville
Betty Mae King
Earl V. King Purdum
Mildred F. King
Aubrey G. Barton
Charles William Barton
Bethesda Methodist Church
Browningsville
Eugene Lawson
Silias Beal
Thomas White
Frances Kling
Lola ‘King
Ida Grimes
Rockville
Miss King
Mrs
John Grimes
Houston Junior Barton
Allan Purdum
Patricia Thompson
Bessie Gladhill
Margaret Watkins
Lenah Day
Betty Brown
Mary Burdette
Troom
Olivia King
Margaret Harding
Poconos
Chillum Heights
Prince Georges County
Ann Brown
France Kling
Mrs Mary Huffer Funeral at St John’s Church
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Stewart Courtney Huffer who died August 14 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Prayers at the funeral home at 9 30 a m preceded a Requiem Mass at St John’s Catholic Church. Pallbearers listed include G Vincent Hull Thermas Crum Jack Weissman Edward Winpigler Theodore Semler and Sam Vanery. Mrs Huffer resided at 100 East Patrick Street prior to death. Funeral directors were Harry E Carty Company.
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Mary ‘Stewart Courtney Huffer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
St. John's Catholic Church
Herbert R. Jordan
G. Vincent Hull
Thermas Crum
Jack Weissman
Edward Winpigler
Theodore Semler
Sam Vaniery
Licenses Issued At Westminster For Four Couples
Marriage licenses were issued at Westminster to Kenneth F. Clements 20 of Mt Airy and Belly Toyce Arrington 19 of Mt Airy. John D. Chew 30 of Mt Airy and Dorothy L. Roop 39 of Mt Airy also received licenses.
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Westminster
Kenneth F. Clements
Mt. Airy
Belly Toyce Arrington
John D. Chew
Dorothy L. Roop
Across and Down Puzzle Clues Mixed With Names and Hints
A dense list of crossword style clues blends roles from fashion to geography. It includes entries for suits hats streams names notions sizes and positions with scattered abbreviations and language hints. The page also weaves in weather and marriage phrases alongside generic puzzle terms.
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