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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1961
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Edward Ro McCutcheon of New York left after visiting Mrs McCutcheon’s parents Mr and Mrs W. Holzapfel on Carrol Parkway. They travel to Phoenix to study at the American Institute for Foreign Trade for a year.
NEW YORK AP The Metropolitan Opera Association declares the 1961-62 season no longer possible after breaking off negotiations with the orchestra union and sending layoff notices to more than 600 employees. The dispute centers on pay scales and concessions with Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians demanding assurances before negotiations resume.
Mr and Mrs Harry George Jr and Barbara and Harry SH of Brunswick recently returned from a day cruise beginning in Miami aboard the 5.5 Yarmouth. They sailed to Ciudad Trujillo Puerto Rico San Juan Virgin Islands Pointe a Pitre Guadeloupe Port of Spain Trinidad Curacao Kingston and Port Antonio Jamaica.
Irene Lantz installed as president of the Francis Scott Key unit of the American Legion Auxiliary at the post home on Tuesday with Kathleen Twigg supervising the ceremony. The event included gifts, past president’s pin, and the installation of an executive slate and committees for the coming year.
Dr Phillida M Willis, Hood College chemistry department chair, announces the college’s new Beckman model DU ultraviolet spectrophotometer to be installed in the Hudson Science Building this fall. The unit, a used model in good condition, will aid analytical and theoretical work in senior chemistry and advanced physical science courses.
Mrs Erin Baker is appointed co-chairman of the 1961 Snow Ball by the Womens Auxiliary of Frederick Memorial Hospital at a board meeting. The event funds hospital services, with donations in noon boxes, and delegates plan to attend the American Hospital Association meeting in Atlantic City.
Frederck Memorial Hospital reports births between August 14 and 17. Pamela Dallene, Deborah Colleen, Wynn Thomas, and Glenn Edward are among the newborns. Families include Mr and Mrs Gray, Mr and Mrs Truax, Mr and Mrs Harris, and Mr and Mrs Wilson. CARMACK REUNION set for August 27 at Husky Park follows the birth notices. Cal Drummond, a Greenwood, SC native, is in his second season as an American League umpire.
Frederick Civitan Club heard Capt Woodrow Corbin of the Maryland State Police cite five common driving faults. He warned against faulty seeing habits and distractions that lead to accidents and urged members to review and improve their driving. Jerome Offutt received a distinguished service award. Teddy Semler won the attendance award. There will be no meeting next week due to the Civitan event at Breezy Grove Park.
New play 4 Song For Small Voices by David Valin Jones will world premiere at Mountain Theatre Braddock Heights on August 22 and later be staged in New York Off Broadway by Don Lamb Lamb directs the Mountain Theatre season and previously ran 1959 Braddock Heights shows He is linked to Ballet Ballads and The Shoemaker and The Peddler in off Broadway works The play centers on four strangers trapped in a schoolhouse during a midwestern flash flood.
Judith Ringer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ringer of Adamstown, will wed Wayne Eugene Ott, son of Mr and Mrs Cadwell Ott. Ringer attended Frederick High School class of 1960, Ott class of 1959. Ringer at Maryland Secretarial School, Hagerstown. Event attended by local figures Edgie Russell and others. reception with refreshments served.
Fragmented OCR text shows a college accepting a student from Fort Wayne Indiana with references to mechanical or technical studies. Names and exact details are unclear due to garbled characters. The readable bits indicate an acceptance announcement linked to Indiana technical education.
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