Potomac River Festival in Brunswick Ends After Five Busy Days
Community notes celebrate the Brunswick Potomac River Festival wrapping up its five day run with gratitude to volunteers and participants. Local families from Winston-Salem to Falls Church visit relatives, attend gatherings, and mark birthdays while sympathy is offered to the families of Ebbie Jacobs and Claudia Everhart Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bessie Dutrow
Lucille McCauley
Falls Church
Harmony
Hezekiah Baker
Claude Dutrow
Braddock Heights
Willard Johnson
Cindy
James
Beltsville
Willard
Bedford Johnson
Bernard Lee Fleming
Karen
Gary of Culpepper
Adrian Shugars
Rae Everhart
Allie Shugars
Charles Green
Ebbie Jacobs
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Esther Jacobs
Claude Jacobs
Lovettsville
Claudia Everhart Fox
W.S.C.S
Mt. Olivet United
Micro-Frets Corporation Gains National Notoriety Locally
In 1966 Micro-Frets started at 100 Grove Road Frederick as a new instrument maker with advanced features. By 1970 it drew national celebrity attention though local purchases remained nil. President R S Jones cites fear of new tech and the unusual name as reasons for Frederick's slow adoption while inviting curious locals to visit the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
100 Grove Road
Frederick
Micro-frets Corporation
Fort Detrick
R. S. Jones
Frederick County
Jones
Tommy Cash Band
Lawrence Welk
del Reeves
Statler Brothers
Tom Jones
Johnny Cash
Loretta Lynn
Hank Williams Jr
Compton Brothers
Buddy Merrill
Carl Perkins
Tommy Lee
World traveler slides wow local audience at church gathering
Dwight Randall and his Arlington wife shared world travel photos with guests but could not finish the slides. Mount Olivet United Methodist Church hosts homecoming on Sunday with 11:15 a.m. worship, 12:30 p.m. lunch, 2 p.m. song service and 3 p.m. afternoon service by Rev. John D. Hardman. Next week Loudoun County 4-H Fair August 26–29 at Leesburg Route 7, 35th edition with exhibits and entertainment. Bethel United Methodist Church Lucketts plans ham and turkey supper this Saturday starting 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Randall
Arlington, Va
Mr. Randall
Mt. Olivet
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Bethel United Methodist Church
Lucketts
Rocky Ridge Parade Winners
The Rocky Ridge Firemen parade Aug 18 drew 5 000 to 6 000 spectators. About 80 units competed for prizes including a 100 dollar top prize for the Shippensburg Area Senior High School Band and 100 dollars for the Highlanders Drum Corps, with numerous trophies awarded to fire companies bands drum corps and other entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ridge
Shippensburg Area
Shippensburg
Harmony
Myersville
Highlighters Drum Corp
Frederick
Gaithersburg
Washington Grove
Fire Co
Gettysburg Fire Co
Gettysburg
Middletown Fire Co
New Midway
Samuel Francis Smith Wrote Our Patriotic Hymn America
Samuel Francis Smith a student at Andover Theological Seminary composed the words to the patriotic hymn America for the United States audience and enduring national sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Francis Smith
Andover Theological Seminary
America
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Scotty Swift
Agnew
Mrs. United
Jerry Lewis
MDAA
Lewis
Wttg-Tv
Channel 5
Washington
Maryland MD
Louise V. Mentzer
Dick Smith
Jeff
Christopher
Winston-Salem
N.C
John George
Blanche McKimmey
Jimmie George
Jane
Herbert Holder
Fort Meade
Johnny George
Leona Fleming
Culpepper
Gary
John Fleming
Danny
Inlaw
Mr.and
Mrs
Butch Zowell
Helen Everhart
Evelyn Cummings
Greenbelt
Mary White
Washington, D.C
Vanessa Everhart
Lovellsville
Daytona Beach
St. Petersbur
Fla
Micro-Frets Corp
OPAR
Edna M. Snyder
Department of the Army
Alex Smallberg
Snyder
Clearfield Road
Dupont
Hupont
Barwicks Sunridge
By Armstrong
Armstrong
Frederick Shopping Center
Route 15
Mars Opticians
West Second Street
Rocky Ridge Parade
Gilbert Stine
Taneytown
Jefferson Val, Fire Co
Gregg Wilbiar
Greg Thomas
Chris Thomas
Thomas Children
EN Fon’ AS
Coe
Soyo
International Home Custom
J.H. Man
Hollingsworth Drive
Winchester
International Homes
Dept
46Th St
Mpls
Furture
Roney Motor CO
Plymouth
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Chrysler
Newport
U.S
THE
North Market Street
Barri
Sud
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