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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1963
Page
2
Frederick Maryland edition notes classified pricing for delivery and subscriptions. The page includes partial advertisements and AP dispatches. It references public news and local notices with standard 1983 pricing and service details.
A collection of brief local items reports on electric light plant expansion plans, street and school improvements, protests over tree removal, a horse accident injuring a boy, Carrie Stephens selling blackberries, a contractor roofing project at Washington Street School, auto headlight compliance observations, and various town notes.
Census notes about 17,900,000 unmarried men five and older in 1960 expected to peak for marriage as children born after World War III reach marrying age. Urban areas hold about 70 percent of bachelors with big clusters in New York California Pennsylvania and Illinois. About 4,250,000 bachelors are in their twenties and most marry between ages 13 and ?. The piece cites shifting prospects and advises that bachelor hunting will intensify in the next decade.
Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company and its ambulance responded to a two car collision at Routes 26 and 3 Taylorsville. A car operated by Katherine Grant of Luke was struck by an unknown driver who allegedly failed to stop at a blinker. A passenger was transported to Carroll County Hospital for treatment.
Damage reports say school facilities suffered minor harm while a street collision on North Market Street, Eas, involved multiple cars. Estimated vehicle damage totals around $1, and no injuries were reported to the other car. A separate note mentions a Boothbay Harbor death of Ralph B. Potter, age 7, creator of a former AP comic strip.
From the scrambled clippings a report notes American forces entering Messina this morning and shelling the Italian mainland as the Sicilian campaign nears its close. Also mentions Miss Mary Fulmer of Braddock Heights dying shortly before childbirth and various wartime notices from Washington and Long Beach.
A Hagerstown band will give a concert at Basar Park on Sunday. The program includes marches and taberty tunes with a light, family friendly program for local residents.
Rivers show higher levels at Buckesstown while Potomac remains clear. At Pola jel Rocks current readings indicate low water clarity and rising turbidity.
Prime Minister Lester Pearson announced Canada and the United States reached an agreement to equip Canadian forces with American nuclear warheads. A joint decision to fire them would involve U S custodial units at Canadian posts and a hotline between Washington and Ottawa to ensure instant communication during emergencies.
Robert Lee Kidwell 75 of Bolivar died Wednesday evening at the Baker VA Center Martinsburg after a long illness. Funeral services were held today at 2 p m at Eccles Funeral Chapel Harpers Ferry with Rev. B C Fields officiating. Interment in Fairview Cemetery Bolivar. Born in West Virginia he was a retired laborer of the Blair Limestone Company Missilie. Member Bolivar Pentecostal Church and US Army World War I veteran. Surviving wife Nellie Locke Kidwell Weston VA and four sons Robert J Charles Town Benjamin C Jack M and David M all of Harpers Ferry. One brother Clarence Kidwell Charles Town and six grandchildren survive.
Funeral services were held at Toms Creek Methodist Church for Russell B Ohler Sr 68 who died at his Emmitsburg home Monday afternoon Rev Martin Case officiated and interment was at Keysville Cemetery Pallbearers named Andrew Keilho ltz Maurice Mozer Robert Grimes Quinn Topper Aaron Adams Lloyd Dern Other notices include funeral services for Mrs Caroline Carvie Hickman Barthel of Gaylord Clarke County Va died Thursday services held at John H En Poca Helgea Brivy Vine Va officiated by Rev Daniel Dickenson and Rev Robert D Goshorn Mrs Barthel born August 6 1889 in Lovettsville a brother Russell Hickman Frederick listed as survivor A service for Wik Hospital Friday at 2 pm from Capel Methodist Church Homer Buiett Rev sson chorale My God Thee s God ate old How Great were Joseph B bares E Ambush and others present Funeral services for Mise Ee ma Ma Hine Jefferson died at Frederick Memorial Hospital Tuesday afternoon held Friday at 2 pm 106 East Church Street Rev Rob n Wendsard pastor of Fast Baptist church officiated Pallbearers Henry Hise William Renn Lemuel Keller Howard Hine Lindsay Thaddeus Cox Interment at Returmed cemetery Jeffer son MR EXehison and Sem listed as funeral directors Heart and circulatory malfunction notes appear toward the end
Ledger Smith a 77 year old Negro professional skater will drive from Chicago to Washington to join the August 2 civil rights march. He will stop nightly in cities including South Bend Fort Wayne Lima Columbus Zanesville Hagerstown Frederick Pittsburgh and Uniontown to urge participation and will travel by auto supplied by the local NAACP. He hopes to reach Washington by August 27 with planned stops in Hammond East Chicago Gary Michigan City and Elkhart as he goes.
The piece contrasts modern living from hospitals to travel and work with the home as a social unit while praising the baby as the true home builder. It argues down payments on a baby rival car costs, noting baby expenses and car upkeep, then turns to a prayer-like reflection on home blessings. It ends with a brief obituary note: Samuel W. Wolfson, Jacksonville financier and former bowling association president, dies.
Readied are daily playgrounds at Stailey Park Wesday Morning and Rose Dale Park with craft sand story hours in morning slots. Afternoon activities include crafting, softball and singing games. Special events include Melon Mess at Catoctin Park and Watermelon Party at McCurdy Field Park.
The column discusses cautious false-card play in bridge with examples where bold play fails and where careful defense or timing could win. It mentions players and households including Mrs. Exton White Sr. and Jr. plus Lt. Col. White and families tied to Fair field and Washington.
Pease, a former Newark News editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner, died Friday in a Maplewood hospital. He won the prize for a 148 cartoon about United Mine Workers later referencing John L. Lewis.
Former Senator John Marshall Butler, 66, declares he will not seek a U.S. Senate seat. He adds there is no longer any reason to run, while noting the Potomac Fever influence has faded.
Readable lines describe a chaotic scene with trainees and professors amid a sports event. Mentions Weil and Steve as participants, Jack steering and a girl attempting a ball. References to Middletwwe and Dyer counselor imply school context and a tense moment during play.
Local residents and families from Emmitsburg Towson Gettysburg and surrounding areas visited relatives over the weekend. Couples and children gathered with grandparents and family friends including the Zacharias Kugler Kramer Brews everthy and White families for social weekends and church events.
Miss Marian Louise Hawkins of Woodsboro and Oscar Leesioune of McPherson Kan will wed Sunday at 3 p m in an evangelical church ceremony in Woodsboro. The groom and his father plan to attend, with receptions and social events hosted by local families.
Among The Sick Parkway has returned to her home after being a medical client at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mr. Eart L Gouker of Middletown is a surgical patient at Neal County Hospital Room 504. Mrs Delores Hooper of Brunswick a Frederick Chamber of Commerce secretary was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital and moved to her new home at 381 West Fifth Street where she continues recovering from an operation.
Mr and Mrs Carl F Mealey of New Market observed their tenth Concord event Thursday with family and friends. The milestone celebration highlighted long standing ties to the community and neighboring towns.
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