Carroll Plant Workers Strike Amid Confusion
Westminster Goodyear rubber retread plant workers strike after rejecting a $1.07 wage package over three years plus a holiday. Union says they seek a two year contract. plant manager cites wage freeze and market competition. About 37 workers currently on the picket line amid 25 other nonunion plants in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Goodyear
Nixon
J. E. Petrella
Harry Crout
Crout
Carroll County
Maryland
Petrella
Petirella
Westminster Voters Reject Annexation Bid
Westminster voters rejected annexation of 434 acres along Liberty Bond and Charles streets. Only 37 percent of 388 registered voters cast ballots with 28 for and 118 against. City plans to place three streets on sewerage extension regardless of the result. Eugene Muse and other residents opposed sewerage costs and tax rate, praising the tally as what the people wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
City of Westminster
Liberty, Bond and
Charles Streets
Board of Elections Supervisors
Charles Street
Eugene Muse
Muse
Plummer Co Low Bidder On Bridge Plan
Plummer Construction Co of Chambersburg Pennsylvania is the apparent low bidder for widening a bridge and building approaches over Hunting Creek about one mile east of Foxville. The bid is 58089 dollars from six bids, with the project to widen the structure and add steel high beams with concrete decking. The job is estimated to require 70 working days, with traffic maintained during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plummer Construction Company
Chambersburg
Hunting Creek
Foxville
Plummer Construction Co
Thomas G. Mohler
State Roads Commission
State Roads Administration
Frederick County Commissioners
New Market Lions Meet At Mealey's
The New Market District Lions Club held its regular meeting at Mealey's Restaurant. Guest speakers Garth Lease and Dente Brashear, of Bush Creek Church of the Brethren, spoke with their pastor Rev. David Young. They flew to Guatemala and presented 28 heifers to the people, sharing slides of the country and daily life. Brashear also displayed Guatemalan arts and crafts including leatherwork and weaving samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market District Lions Club
Mealey’s
Garth Lease
Dente Brashear
Bush Creek
Eight-Year-Old Slightly Hurt In City Wreck
An eight-year-old Union Bridge girl was slightly injured when the truck she rode in was struck by a car pulling from a parking space on North Market Street. The girl, Kimberly Lynn Wetzel, was treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge
North Market Street
Kimberly Lynn Wetzel
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Gloria Viola Wetzel
Alan L. Cuppett
Ridgeley
W. Va
Carroll Manor
Frederick
Stephen J. Ritmiller
Runnymeade Court
Detective Bureau
James Houff
Fourteenth Street
Kanodes Hold 43rd Reunion at Rosedale Park
The Kanode family held its 43rd reunion at Rosedale Park on August 8 with a doxology and buffet luncheon. President Newton Kanode led the meeting, and secretary treasurer reports were prepared by Katherine Carey. A silent prayer memorialized Harry B. Kanade. The group decided to try one more year, naming several officers to return, and prize drawings were announced along with a new prize committee for 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanode
Rosedale Park
Newton Kanode
Katherine Carey
Harry B. Kanade
Russell Eader
Harry Mullican
William White
Edward Cochran
Westminster Faces Sewer Rate Hike Plan Fire Over Discriminatory Fees
Public hearings on Westminster sewerage hikes reveal new user charges 25 percent higher than existing customers plus 325 dollar hookup and 400 dollar benefit assessments. City officials defend the plan as needed to fund bonds and a planned 8.64 million dollar sewer upgrade while addressing city county disparities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Raver
Carroll County
Westminster
M. D. Gilligan
Gilligan
Maryland motorists pleased with auto insurance say survey
A statewide survey released August 12 by the Insurance Information Institute reports 93.5 percent of Maryland car owners faced no trouble obtaining or keeping auto insurance over two years. About 89 percent had no problems at all, with 11 percent reporting issues mainly market related or claims related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
The
Insurance Information Institute
FCC offers CLU Course at Frederick Community College
Frederick Community College will offer two units toward the Chartered Life Underwriter certificate for life insurance agents in the 1971-72 year. The first unit this fall covers group life and health insurance and related topics taught by John K. Wright Sr., agency director for State Farm, with classes Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Registration details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Community
John K. Wright Sr
State Farm Insurance Company
Bowers Family Reunion Held Across Maryland Towns
A Bowers family reunion took place August 8 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Bowers in Middleburg. Attendees represented multiple households from Taneytown Westminster Pomfret Jefferson Mt. Airy Littlestown and beyond with many relatives listed by name.
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Bowers
Middleburg
David Bowers
Audrey Bowers
Cindy Sawyer
Baltimore
Elwood Simpson
Mary Simpson
Dewey Simpson
Donna Etzler
Theodore Simpson
Kenneth McKinney
Eugene McKinney
Jeff
Mark
Arvin Bollinger
William Hill II
Westminster
Hiram Lahman
Lorrie
Debbie
Ronnie
Blithe Lahman
Pomfret
Raymond Barnes
Frederick
Larry Lease
Norma Sell
Clarence Bruchey
Howard Pearl
Donna
Jefferson
Robert Bruchey
Mary Collins
Richard
Mt. Airy
Bernard Flynn
Eric
Tony
Donna Pickett
Gaithersburg
Albert McKinney
Phoenixville
Robert McKinney
Sharon
Michael
Wendy
Karen
David
Daniel
Littlestown
Pay
John Smith
Silver Run
William Wilhide
Ann
Thurmont
Roxanna Hamilton
Walkersville
Carrie Mae Spurrier
Rocky Ridge
Mrs. Wayne Miss
Ellsworth Afb
Resident Advisor Mel Castle Appointed at Hampden-Sydney
Mel Castle son of Mr and Mrs Marshall M Castle of RFD 1 has been named resident advisor to freshmen by Dr Lewis H Drew dean of students at Hampden Sydney College Virginia He will oversee about 60 freshmen in his dorm section and assist the dean in counseling and referrals Castle is a junior psychology major and a member of Pi Kappa Alpha He attended Singanore Junior High and Gov Thomas Johnson High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Castle
Marshall M. Castle
RFD 1
Lewis H. Drew
Hampden - Sydney College
Virginia
Castle
Pi Kappa Alpha Social Fraternity
Hampden-Sydney
Singanore
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Scheduling Details for College Event
The event can be held on Monday August 23 or Tuesday August 24. For more information contact the College at 662-0101.
Cregger Serves Aboard USS Detroit in Med Mission
William C. Cregger Jr. son of Mr and Mrs William C Cregger RFC 2 Ball Road participated in a support mission for Vice President Spiro Agnew's visit to Spain while serving aboard the fast combat ship USS Detroit now deployed in the Mediterranean. His ship provided transport and supplies for helicopters and personnel involved in the Vice Presidential Tour of Europe. He is a 1970 graduate of Frederick High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Cregger Jr
William C. Cregger
RFC 2
Ball Road
Spiro Agnew
Spain
Detroit
Mediterranean
Europe
Frederick High School
County housing bill eyed in Montgomery County council action
Five council members sponsor a bill to require private bathrooms in all dwellings, set minimum apartment heating standards when landlords control heat, and empower a health officer to act without notice in emergencies. Public hearings will be held at Montgomery Blair High School auditorium due to strong turnout.
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Rockville
Montgomery
Montgomery Blair Senior High School
Council
Dale Drive
Silver Spring
Maryland Construction Upbeat as Tax Receipts Rise
Maryland reports a 16.8 percent rise in building and contractor tax receipts for June 1971 versus June 1970, with lumber and building materials up 18.5 percent. Building equipment rentals jump 21.9 percent for the fiscal year, while hotel food and beverage taxes rise 21.5 percent amid summer tourism.
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Maryland
Louis L. Goldstein
Goldstein
GV Grange Picnic Meeting Marks Seasonal Social
Glade Valley Grange members enjoyed outdoor gatherings with a watermelon and cantaloupe party at Monocacy View Park in July. On August 9 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crum hosted a weiner and corn roast attended by about 75 grangers and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade Valley
Monocacy View Park
Bruce Crum
Walkersville
Emmitsburg Board Addresses Annexation and Street Projects
Emmitsburg burgess and commissioners meet August 2 with all members present. Discussions cover annexation of Payne and Frailey properties, delays blamed on the surveyor, bids on De Paul Street Extended blacktop and St Joseph's Lane entrance, with Etzler Construction accepted as lowest bidder. Plans include alley repaving, sidewalk inspections, curb erection, and a tour of disposal plant and reservoir. Recreation reports and July police results are reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmitsburg
Burgess and Commissioners of
Ernest Rosensteel
Payne and Frailey
de Paul Street
St. Joseph's Lane
Maitland Bros
Etzler Construction
Frederick Asphalt
Frederick
Ro- Sensteel
Martin Stouter
Everett Chris- Mer
Liberty Mfg. Co
William Garde
Paxton Builders
Edward Storm
Storm
Federal Housing Authority
Walter Crouse
Hays
Myers
W. H. Filler
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Carroll Plant
Plummer Co
New Market Lions
Kanodes
Rosedale
Margaret Eader
Clarence Everts
Mildred Perkins
Grace Mullican
Margaret Sugrue
Jessie Cutsail
Cecil Plummer
Charles Kanode
Rufus Kanode
Eugene Easton
Allonia
Susan Easton
Robert Eader
Susie Funk
Julius
Funk
Grace Cutsail
Ralph L. Hann
Carol
Sue
Ricky Hann
Joan Cochran
Paul
Steven Cochran
Ruth B. Townsend
Lynn Kanode
Harry Kanode
Charles’ Eader
Elva Conner
Edward Carey
Helen Flynn
Clara Arnold
Fred Reed
Nemeva Burroughs
Daisy Spears
Susan Oland
Stephen Oland
Ray Wachter
Market St
Nathan L. Haines
Deale
Herring Bay
Haines
Cedric + Smith
Joseph Hahn
Leroy Conaway
Robert Laken
Insurance Industry
FCC
Shepley
Call
Patrick
Frederick, Mid
Radin
W.C. Cregger
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Bureau
Upper County
John T. Baker
Damascus
Redland Junior High
Muncaster Mill Road
Summit Hall
West Deer Park Drive
Scotland
Robert E. Peary High School
Dunoon
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Inverness
Williamwood High School
Clarkston
Washington, D.C
Gilbert Gude
GV Grange
Dic
Quynn
E. Patrick S
Cpl
Esther L. Mason
James M. Carr Jr
Keymar
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Francis Scott
Aft
North American
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