The Ugliest Country, Stone Argues for Village Growth
New York architect Edward Durrell Stone criticizes American cities shaped by cars and billboards and urges democratic towns with villages preserving the countryside. He cites Paris and Leningrad as models and calls for a beauty standard built without foreign influence, noting Fayetteville Arkansas as his origin.
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New York
Edward Durrell Stone
America
Stone
Washington
Jefferson
Paris
Leningrad
Arcitects
Fayetteville
Ark
Athens
Ozarks
Frederick County
Fitness progress of American youths amid school programs
President Johnson and the Council on Physical Fitness report a 51 percent rise in student participation over four years and 86 percent of grades 4 through 12 involved last year reaching 27.204 million children. Yet one in seven lacks any physical training and 15 states lack full-time coordinators.
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America
Johnson
Council On Physical Fitness
Stan Musial
Letters To The Editor Highlights 1964 Controversy
A Frederick Maryland reader defends 100 per cent American patriotism amid charges of extremism. Ray Redifer of Myersville argues for individual rights, condemns civil rights limits, praises patriotic groups, and defends John Birch Society against opposition at the GOP convention.
John Birch Society outlines fight against Communism
A public letter from Mrs. W. P. Winzer Jr. in Middletown Md outlines the John Birch Society stance on combating communism. She describes alleged Soviet infiltration into civil groups and praises conservative programs, including the Liberty Amendment and police support, while promoting peaceful legal action via the society's publications and speakers.
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U. N
J. Edgar Hoover
Mr. Hoover
N.Y. Times
America
John Birch Society
American Opinion
American Opinion Libraries
American Opinion Speakers Bureau
W. P. Winzer JR
RFD
Middletown
Wachter Elected Secretary of Assn in Ocean City Meeting
Ellis C. Wachter, Clerk of the Frederick County Circuit Court and Maryland Court Clerks Association member, was elected secretary at a two day Ocean City meeting. G. Merlin Snyder of Washington County was installed as president by Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein. Other officers include Frank W. Hales of Worcester County as vice president and D Ralph Horsey of Caroline County as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis C. Wachter
Frederick County
Maryland Court Clerks Association
Ocean City
G. Merlin Snyder
Washington County
Louis L. Goldstein
Frank W. Hales
Worcester County
D. Ralph Horsey
Caroline County
Parking Lot Wreck Leaves $175 In Damages
Police report an accident yesterday at the Prospect Shoping Center lot around 11:30 a.m. A car traveling southwest struck a vehicle pulling from a parking space. Paul McHenry, 19, of Reading, Pa., driving a 1956 car, and Russell J. Spivey Jr., 41, of Readying, Jeff erson, pulling from a space, caused $50 and $125 damages respectively. Officer Calvin Phillips investigated.
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Prospect
Paul
McHenry
Reading
Russell J. Spivey Jr
RFD 1
Jefferson
Spivey
Calvin Phillips
Frederick News-Post tip prize program announced
The Frederick News-Post offers monthly cash awards for local news tips. Prizes range from five dollars for the best tip to one dollar for other top stories, with editors selecting winners and publishing the list each month. Tips accepted during editorial hours. phone 662-1177.
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Frederick
Fifty Years Ago Items from the News Post 1914
Polite declines of President Wilson's mediation offer reach the State Department per reports from Britain France Austria and Germany Russia's reply is pending Residents along the Urbana to Monrovia road petition for a Shoemaker road costing about 40000 dollars The city water shed purchase may be discussed at the Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting The W D Bowers Lumber Co offered a large land tract to the city at six dollars per acre Frederick County sugar corn crop may total about a quarter of a million dollars Farmers have planted about seven thousand acres for canneries Chestnut trees are doomed by blight worsened in the Catoctin mountains, signaling loss of chestnut timber.
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Wilson
State Department
Great Britain
France
Austria
Germany
Russia
Urbana
Monrovia
W. D. Bowers Lumber Co
Prederick County
Frederick County
F. W. Besley
Baltimore
Catoctin Mountains
Army of France hits Hitler on southern front invasion
Allied forces land in southern France completing a broad Mediterranean beach invasion around Toulon. The operation follows a fourth major front opening as Americans and British press inland.
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Army OF
France
Hitler
Mediterranean
Toulon
Monocacy River
Gas House Pike Bridge
Jug Bridge
R. Paul Buhrman
Sherman Lollar
Baltimore
John J. McGraw
Roger Bresnahan
Wee Willie Keeler
Hughey Jennings
Wilbert Robinson
Babe Ruth
Lefty Grove
Service Guilds Meeting Held at Frederick Church
A joint meeting of all Circles of the Women’s Fellowship and Service Guild of the Frederick Church of the Brethren was held August 12 in the Church Fellowship Hall. Ethel Shaver reported on the Guild Council meeting and said sewing kits for World Community Day November 6 would be distributed soon. A District meeting was announced for September 25 and 26 at Locust Grove Church near Mt. Airy, with a Day at Camp Woodbrook in October to follow. A $50 donation to Counseling Service, Inc. was approved. The devotional program led by Evelyn Firor featured music, readings, a film, and a Bible lesson on Rachel and Leah, with closing prayer in unison. Hostesses were Rose Dutrow, Firor, and Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Guilds
Women’s Fellowship and Service Guild
Frederick
Fairney- Reedy
Boonsboro
Guild
Counseling Service, Inc
Evelyn Firor
Business Women’s Circle
Florence Shober
Firor
Bertha Nicholson
Helen Gouker
Edith Young
Margaret Kinsey
Vada Bussard
Elaine Fogle
New Times
Maude James
God of
Mrs Mary Mohler donation enriches Montgomery reading resources
Former remedial reading supervisor Mrs Mary B Mohler donated a large library to Montgomery County Public Libraries. The gift includes over fifty books periodicals files and specialized articles on reading instruction. Items are in the Davis Library Parent-Teachers Room for consultation during hours and will grow with future additions from other professionals.
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Mary B. Mohler
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries
Journal of
University of Chicago
New Davis
Democracy Blvd
Bethesda
Local Personal News From Frederick Area Homes
Mr and Mrs Robert Biggs and family of Frederick report a trip north visiting Miss Carol Grimes in Hartford Connecticut and a visit to the New York World’s Fair before returning home Ronald Vincent Smith celebrated his 16th birthday on July 27 Randy Allen Smith marked his fifth birthday today Relative news arrives of the Luparello family safely reaching Messina Sicily on August 8 after sailing from New York July 28 for a year with relatives Mr Luparello retired in July from Sagner Inc Shauna Heather Main vacationed at Bethany Beach Rehoboth Beach and Ocean City with stay at Mason Dixon Motel Fenwick Island Det Miss E Merle Kehne returned from a visit with her sister in Glenmont Ohio and was accompanied by Mr and Mrs Joseph Kehne of Hamsville
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Robert Biggs
RFD 2
Frederick
Carol Grimes
Hartford
Conn
New York
Ronald Vincent Smith
Karl J. Smith
Rocky Ridge
Randy Allen Smith
Messina
Sicily
Joseph Luparello
Luparellos
Train Avenue
Olympia
Luparello
Sagner, Inc
Shauna Heather Main
Fenwick Island
E. Merle Kehne
South Market Street
William Strauss
Dallas W. Kehne Sr
Glenmont
Ohio
Joseph Kehne
Hamsville
Miss Kehne
Longevity Note for Ex-Slave Adams from Virginia
Adams, born August 20, 1850 in Virginia, began work on a Nashville railroad in 1866 at 25 cents daily. A former slave who drove an ox cart in the Civil War era, he never drank or used tobacco, attends Methodism, and cites “good clean living” as key to his long life. He married at 50 and outlived his wife by about twenty years, with six children, a stepdaughter, ten grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild remaining. He sleeps at 8 p.m. and rises at 5 a.m. for coffee breaks, remaining active well into old age.
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Nashville
Adams
Virginia
Alabama
Two Frederick Teens Face Grand Jury After Jurisdiction Waiver
In Circuit Court two 16 year olds from Carver Apartments were waived from juvenile jurisdiction and face possible charges after being picked up by City Police on August 9. Their cases will go before the Grand Jury in September.
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Frederick
Robert Eugene, Rollins
Ronald Bertram Naylor
Carver Apartments
Civil rights plank discussed by Atlanta lawyer on platform committee
Robert R. Richardson told reporters a civil rights plank was submitted to several committee members. He declined to release details but said it upholds the 1964 Civil Rights Act and urges court action over street protests. He serves as chief of staff to Gov. Carl Sanders.
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Robert R. Richardson
Atlanta
Heller
Bross National
Richardson
Frederick G. Dutton
Platform Committee
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Dillon
Chrysler Mack merger shelved after court injunction
Chrysler and Mack Trucks announced the merger was terminated due to a preliminary injunction that blocks the deal pending trial. Mack stock fell to 41.37, Chrysler rose to 54.00 as both firms cited impracticality of delay and potential antitrust concerns. The plan had called for Chrysler to acquire Mack for about 159 to 164 million dollars with Mack operating as an independent division.
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Chambers
New York
Chrysler
Mack
Detroit
Mack Trucks
Montvale N.J
Hagerstown Md
Justice Department
Milton Handler
Civitan Club Hosts Picnic with Little League Winners
Frederick Civitan Club held a family picnic at the Frederick Fair Grounds at 6 30 p m with guests the Civitan Little League team coached by Donald Englar. The team won both halves and was honored. Mr Englar introduced the players and spoke on their positions while more than a hundred Civitans and guests attended.
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Frederick Civitan Club
Frederick Fair Grounds
Civitan Club
Civitan Little League
Donald Englar
Englar
Civitans
Civitan Little Leaguers
Deaths in Frederick area noted in obituaries
Obituary notices for Robert I. Diller 79 Libertytown farmer and banker director. Joseph A. Hammond 71 Westminster carpenter. Lawrence L. Ingram former construction worker of Washington County. Mrs. Bessie L. Miller Boonsboro widow. Mrs. Virginia Fox Steinruck Ambler Pa resident with ties to Frederick. call times and services listed, with cemeteries noted in Fairmount, Mt Olivet, Boonsboro, and White Marsh.
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A. Steinruck
Virginia Fox Steinruck
Ambler
Philadelphia
Clara Johnson Fox
Frederick
Frank B. Fox
Walter Shaef
Ambier
White Marsh
Alice Chick Undergoes Foot Surgery At Frederick Memorial
Mrs. Alice Chick of RFD 2 Frederick visited Frederick Memorial Hospital on Monday for a foot surgery procedure.
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Alice Chick
RFD
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Droneburg Shoe Pioneer Dies After Long Illness
Guy H. Droneburg, long time owner of Droneburgs Shoe Repair Store on North Market street, age 83, died Monday at 8 p.m. in Vindobona Convalescent Home Braddock Heights after years of illness. He retired in 1950 after starting his business in 1912 at 210 North Market, and the shop still bears his name. He was a noted bicycle racer and active in Masons and various fraternal orders. He is survived by his wife Ruth Fortenberry Croneburg and step-son Dr Walton A. Smith of Miami Florida. Interment at Mt Olivet cemetery. Funeral home M M Etchison and Son.
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Joseph A. Hammond
Joseph Asa Hammond
Westminster
Uniontown
University Hospital
Baltimore
Montgomery County
John and
Mary Soper Hammond
Alice Clift Hammond
Mary Lee Moreland
Williamsburg
Virginia
Ruth P. Mitchell
Laurel
Maryland
Hutchinson
Ray Heron
Mt. Calvary Episcopal Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
D. D. Hartzler and Son
Guy H. Droneburg
Ocal
Droneburg
North Market Street
Vindobona Convalescent and Rest
Braddock Heights
Mr. Droneburg
Walkersville
James A
Laura Clem Droneburg
Jefferson Boulevard
Old Athletic Park
Hagerstown
Lynch Lodge
A. F
A. Masons
Enoch Royal Arch Chapter
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. M. Etchison and Son
Obituary brief for three local figures in Maryland and Jefferson
Funeral services were held for Cadwell Franklin Ott in Jefferson with Rev. Eugene W. Young officiating and burial at St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery. John Emmett Green died in Lime Kiln and services were led by Rev. Dr. Ralph E. White with burial at United Brethren Cemetery Myersville. Mrs Leland S Swindler of Ocean City, 69, died at Peninsula General Hospital. she was the first woman candidate for Ocean City town council.
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Clarence Q. Miller
Bessie L. Miller
Clarence O. Miller
Boonsboro
Washington County Hospital
Park Hall
John W
Mary A. (Mullendore) Geltmacher
Mount Carmel Eub Church
Washington County Farm Bureau
Carl I. Miller
Mary P. Miller
Oscar Geltmacher
John Geltmacher
Philadelphia
East Funeral Home
Henry Gable
Harry Kettler
Cadwell Franklin Ott
Jefferson
East Church Street
Eugene W. Young
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Charles H. Summers
John Fawley Jr
Lewis Biser
Melvin Ringer
William Hemp
Harry Robert Rice
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
John Emmett Green
Lime Kiln
Ralph E. White
Church of the Brethren
Basil Grossnickle
Grossnickle Church of the Brethren
Norman McBride Jr
Lawrence E. Green
Earl M. Green Jr
Paul D. Green Jr
John Warn
Ocean City
Leland S. Swindler
Ayres Realty Co
Kennedy seeks New York support in delayed senatorial bid
Kennedy flies from Cape Cod to New York and discusses with Wagner while Keating rebuffs Goldwater stance at Hershey unity meeting. Wagner may back Kennedy, who says he will not run without Wagner's approval. Mahoney notes Luce could join Conservative ticket if Keating backs Goldwater. Democrats to name candidate Sept. 1.
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Goldwater
Republican Unity
Hershey
Keating
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Mass
New York
Robert F. Wagner
New York Times
Wagner
J. Daniel Mahoney
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Myersville, Md
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News-Post
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Rachel
Leah
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Robert Hanson Dillér
Libertytown
John,h
Ida Krégle Diller
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Citizen’s Committee
Port Unionville Lionsube
Lawrence L. Ingram
Lawrence LeRoy Ingram
Montevue
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Paul Ingram
James Ingram
Herbert Ingram
Temple
Tex
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William L. Ingram
Eva Abrecht
Iva Ingram
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ingram
Church of God
Dargon Church of God
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