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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1963
Page
2
As schools prepare to open after a landmark Supreme Court ruling on Bible reading and prayer, districts face tensions over prayer in devotions and the Pledge of Allegiance. Debates intensify over true racial balance and busing as districts adjust to integration while parents seek local attendance options.
A Salem Oregon report says the state department of employment cannot pay 100 of its workers and will lay them off. The remaining 550 staff face pay cuts, per a commission statement to David Cameron.
Neighbors and friends of Pine avenue held their annual picnic on August 18 at Delphey's picnic grounds on Old Receiver Road. Dinner was served at 1 30 p.m. followed by games and straw rides. Mrs Mary Marcum guessed what was in the mystery bag. A wiener roast occurred, and Mrs Inez Winpigher was named chairman for next year. The event plans to be an annual third Sunday of August gathering.
A six city Frederic movement to organize the region includes Frederick and nearby towns. A Washington Boy Scout troop will travel to Gettysburg and rest in Frederick overnight. Alderman Lewis A. Rice urges repairs to several alleys. A buggy rod broke on Sheriff Fagan’s rig, dropping the body. John Weishaar and J. W. Bell, both injured elsewhere, are listed as dying at Frederick City Hospital.
Twenty years ago in the News-Post Miles August 27 1943 the circuit court announced William M Storm was unanimously appointed Acting States Attorney to fill in while Edwin F Nikirk left for military service. The city also adjusted shrubbery watering to two evenings a week Sunday and Wednesday from seven to nine. Local crimes included loot recovered near Frederick linked to juveniles at a service station. The Red Army advanced toward Kiev as RAF and Berlin raids continued. Maryland Military Police withdrawn from local area including guard over the Monocacy Bridge. Draft Board 2 sent 14 counties 28 men to SarreTEE for a day of training.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telegraph Co approved expenditures totaling more than 79.5 million dollars per year. Details remain unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a large scale spending plan by the Baltimore based company.
The two miners Fellin and Throne were rescued after a five hour ascent using a steel capsule and safety harness. Each man received food and medical checks at the hospital while wives awaited news and celebrated reunions. Throne described a bumpy ascent and joked about the moon as he neared the surface.
A Washington AP analysis traces civil rights marches as a thread through history from ancient disobedience to Gandhian nonviolence. It cites Socrates, Antigone, Jesus, Quakers, Emerson, Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi and Hindu, Jain, Buddhist traditions to frame protests as evolving but enduring resistance to injustice. It notes the 1963 Washington march and historical echoes of petitioning for rights and justice.
Reports describe a dramatic rescue scene at a mine shaft where a group of workers labored through hours of digging after a collapse. Tears and relief surfaced as families anticipated survivors with hope that one worker, Bova, might still be alive, despite risky conditions.
Mrs Ora Belle Conner wife of Samuel Clyde Conner of Westenth street died suddenly Tuesday morning at Frederick Memorial Hospital aged 0. The last of her immediate family she is survived by nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements at 1201 North Market Street funeral home with services Thursday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Nalpo M. Sharpe of Calvary Methodist Church. Interment Mt Olivet Cemetery. Robert E Dailey and Son funeral directors. John L Laforce of Germantown died Monday at Montgomery General Hospital aged 70. Survived by children Ada Moore William A Laforce and Alex F Laforce. sisters Ada Kinser and Manila Williams. other relatives. Burial in German Town Baptist Church Cemetery. Will P Pugh retired administrator at U S Soldiers Home Hospital died after long illness. native of Cedar Grove Montgomery County. Past positions include post commander Potomac River Power Squadron and past commodore West River Yacht Club. Interment following at Bethesda. Nationa l
Walter L Wetzel, 40, of South Market Street, ordered held for grand jury under $500 bond on grand larceny charges for stealing a $139 rifle from Monocacy Park Tavern Md 358 and selling it after investigation by The Newcomer. The weapon was recovered in Md County after passing through three hands. Jesse Rollins, 48, of Sunnyside, was acquitted of assault and battery in a hearing before Magistrate Robert K Kennedy after being accused of striking Charles Jefferson with an oak cane at Smiths Tavern.
Alfred Hayes longtime owner of Hayes Poultry Farm and Hatchery near Creagerstown died Monday at Bethesda Naval Hospital aged 77. A World War I Navy veteran, he retired in 1955. Survived by wife Lula May Neat Hayes two sons William W. Hayes and Chester A. Hayes six grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Body lies at 106 East Church Street funeral home where friends may call Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Among The Sick Mrs George Miller Thur moet who fell was treated at Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa for a fracture of the left elbow Mrs Alice Huffman who suffered a heart attack at her home on Pee sheek af Mama is as improved today Cheryl Ann Campbell 1 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert E Campbell of Walkersville was discharged from Frederick Memorial Hospital today after she underwent surgery Monday at Castle formerly of
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Kate C. Albaugh of Walkersville at Barton Funeral Home with Rev. Roby H. Eastridge officiating. Pallbearers were Elmer Houck Joseph Engle Charlie Breighner J W Simpson Claude Crum and George Fuckinger. Interment followed at Mt Hope cemetery.
The Knights of Columbus Maryland council plans a reunion event on September at a local club venue. Grand representatives and members including Charles Sebn are listed among attendees.
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