Frederick youth escorts polio survivor to New York trip
John Thorsen, 19, of Frederick, a Norse‑descent ham radio enthusiast, accompanies George B. Stupp Jr., a polio survivor, on a two‑week Warm Springs visit and a New York tour. Stupp plans to enter Urbana University to study engineering with a motorized chair and assistive gear, while Thorsen attends Community College electronics.
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Frederick
New York
John Thorsen
Carl Thorsen
George B. Stupp Jr
Oung Stupp
Walter P. Feaga
G.B
Middletown High School
University of Ilinois
Warm Springs
Urbana
Ill
Georgia
Feaga
John
Thorsen
Frederick High
Community College
Zonta Hears Of Greek Foster Child
Zonta Club members heard about a Greek foster child during Miss Onica Prall's report on her summer visit to Themelina Gatti in Kolynnos Greece. The club supports the girl through Foster Parents Inc. The meeting at Francis Scott Key Hotel reviewed scholarship recipients and exchange students. A matinee fundraiser at Shady Grove Music Fair was planned with tickets run by Mrs. Ray H. Smith, and a picnic was arranged for Monday at Mrs. Marjone Etchison's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onica Prall
Zonta Club
Themelina Gatti
Kolynnos
Greece
Foster Parents, Inc
Toum
Frederick High School
Shady Grove
Ray H. Smith
Marjone Etchison
County 4 H Camp Misty Mount Campers Swim In Heat
Frederick County 4 H campers aged 10 to 14 enjoy Camp Misty Mount at Catacotin National Park with swimming, arts and crafts, first aid, and camping lifestyle. Seventeen older girls act as counselors as over 100 attendees form four tribes Monocacy Singanore Potomac and Catoctin under director Mrs. Anna Lee Schaden.
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Sy J Ralfe Castleman
Camp
Misty Mount
Catoctin National Park
Frederick County
Anna Lee Schaden
Monocacy
Singanore
Potomac
Catoctin
Bill Kowalski
Singapore
Sally Schaden
Roberta
Artz Family Ties Fund Rare Books in Library
Frederick County residents know the C Burr Artz Library grew from Mrs Artz bequest in memory of her husband. A Artz daughter Victorine donated 10000 for rare editions honoring Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A Longfellow Memorial Collection uses the income, with John Alden as Keeper of Rare Books at Boston Public Library.
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C. Burr Artz
Artz
Boston
Victorine Artz
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Pearing Longfellow
Emily Dickinson and Scotland Yard in Young Adult Picks
Selections from the Young Adult Collection feature Emily Dickinson details and biographical analysis by Polly Longsworth plus Harold Scott’s Scotland Yard portrait drawn from his Metropolis career. Also included is Isaac Asimov’s The Clock We Live On exploring how timekeeping evolved with astronomy and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Dickinson
Amhurst
Mass
Emily
Scotland Yard
Harold Scott
Metropolis
Scotland
Robert Peelle
Yards
Harold
Metropolitan Police
Heath Row
Isaac Asimov
Local woman wins prize at Middle town arts show
Mrs Edward Bentz of Dill Avenue wins a prize for her pen and ink drawing Woodland Mayflower in the annual Arts and Crafts Festival in Middle town Virginia. The festival runs Monday through Saturday with Wayside Theater presenting Carnival nightly at 8 40 pm and a 6 pm Saturday show. The Blue Alle e art show by the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts accompanies the festival, showcasing professional and amateur work along with crafts demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bentz
Dill Avenue
Middletown
Wayside Theater
Calendar quirks and lunar timing in historical books
The note highlights topics on lunar phases and their impact on planting and harvest, the irregularities of year numbering, weekday names, Easter timing, and calendar reform. The books are available at the C. Burr Artz Library and county libraries.
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C. Burr Artz Library
Helen B Evans
Frederick Is Reading and More Books Listed
A readable catalog lists Frederick’s reading options including Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman The Source by James Michener Green Berets by Robin Moore Taken Care Of by Edith Sitwell The Ambassadors by Morris West The Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel Herzog by Saul Bellow Is Paris Burning by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre Markings by Dag Hammarskjöld Journal of a Soul by Pope John XXIII My Shadow Ran Fast by Bill Sands Sixpence in Her Shoe by Phyllis McGinley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel Kaufman
James Michener
Green Berets
Robin Moore
Edith Sitwell
THE
Ambassadors
Morris West
David—Fletcher
Knebel Herzog
Saul Bellow
Paris
Larry Collins
Dominique Lapierre
Dag Hammarskjold
Journal OF A Soul
Pope John XXIII
Bill Sands
Phyllis McGinley
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New Zealand
Three Springs
Thomases
J. Mansfield
Auckland
Zonta
Spa
Potomac Tribe
Karen Engen
Brode
Ellen Nutter
Brenda Cook
Camp Misty Mount
Miss Miller
Sally
Muller
Marie McCallum
Debbie Zeiler
Kathy Catsail
Chimney Rock
Boston Public Library
Polly Longsworth
Roce
Ml Y Ivork Ta
BEI Air
Patrick Street
Toease
Lasmdet
ATFST
Faperts
WRILE
Lean Veo
Frederick, Marviond
Blue Ridge Homes
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