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Newspaper

News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1961

Page

4

Clarence C Carty prominent Frederick business leader dies

Frederick mourns the sudden death of Clarence Carty at 64 from acute indigestion after retirement. The News-Post notes his lifelong residence and prominence in the community. Also listed are military illness in the Fourth Regiment, primary party nominations, local incidents, and notable garden and yard features.

Clarence Clarendon Carty Frederick Carty Maryland National Guard Arthur P. Gorman Blair Lee Harris East Patrick Street Union Knitting Mills Ida Stall West Fourth Street William F. Schmidt East Third Street Maurice Heim Telegraph Street John P. T. Mathias Thurmont House of Delegates Peter L. Hargett Howard D. Kefauver Richard G. Molesworth Emory C. Remsberg John P. Shafer William O. Wertenbaker Wertenbaker George R. Dennis Jr Gorman Lae John Walter Smith

Frederick City Dedicates New Monocacy River Water Filtration Plant

Frederick opens a new filtration plant and 1 million gallon tank to boost capacity from 2 to 10 million gallons per day. The project secures ample water supply amid population growth and aims to attract new enterprises and residents to the area.

Frederick City Frederick

Letter Praises Frederick Partners For Seminar Support

A note from WM. J. Stein News Service Director of Jehovah's Witnesses thanks Frederick Maryland residents for hospitality and cooperation during a seminar at the Frederick Fairgrounds. He credits The Frederick News and Post for cooperative coverage and invites local contact with circuit minister Hugh M. Yeatts and congregation overseer. Dated August 28, 1961.

Frederick WM. J. Stein Jehovah's Witnesses Frederick Fairgrounds Maryland

Potomac Edison Profits Edge Higher Revenue Declines

The Potomac Edison Company reports a slight drop in net income for the year ending June 30, Allegheny Power System notes operating revenues rise to 32 70 or 832 930 652 while operating expenses and taxes total 26 134 363 up from 25 387 637. Non operating income falls to 179 696 from 243 000 last year.

Potomac Edison Company Allegheny Power System, Inc

Twenty Years Ago From The News Post August 30 1941

Fire undetermined origin damaged the Hargett home near Feagaville before the Independ ent Hose Co. put it out with chemical. Cool August weather persisted with a 48 degree overnight low. Japan held an emergency Tokyo meeting to discuss relations with the United States and the Roosevelt Nomura talks. Nazis reportedly captured Tallin and 32 Russian ships were sunk. A novel pulley system transfers library books between Hood College Alumnae Hall and the new Joseph Henry Apple library. Roosevelt announced Harriman to Moscow to discuss U.S. aid to Russia. Brotherhood of St Andrew convention at Vindobona Hotel featured Rev. Dr. W Appleton Lawrence. Hospital notes list several discharges and admissions from Annie Warner and Waynesboro Hospitals.

Origen Claude Hargett Feagaville Independent Hose Co Tokyo United States Roosevelt Nomura Tallinn Hood College Joseph Henry Apple Alumnae Hall W. Averell Harriman Moscow U.S Russia the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Vindobona Hotel Braddock Heights W. Appleton Lawrence Episcopal West, Massachusetts

Best Of Rules Are Exceptions Best Of Rules Are Exceptions

In North and East hands the opening lead of the eight of spades tests blind rule following. Playing the hand with sense shows the partner's lead may not be fourth best, so play low to hold declarer to three spades. Declarer still wins nine tricks, but saving tricks proves valuable.

Declarer

Double Shift Planned At FHS Amid Building Delays

Frederick High School and several county schools will operate with shifts and relocated classes as unfinished building work continues. Seventh and eighth graders from New Market and Urbana districts will be housed at alternate facilities. ninth graders in Singapore district go to West Frederick Junior High. Lunches will be served at Lewistown and Woodsboro sites.

Dean James A. Sensenbaugh Quentin L. Earhart Frederick High School 3Ket Singanore West Frederick Junior High Linganore Urbana

Highway Tax Due Notice for Heavy Trucks and Buses

Irving Machiz Baltimore District IRS director warns heavy truck and bus owners that the August 31 1961 deadline applies for Federal Highway Use Tax returns covering July 1961 usage. The 1961 act raises the tax from 1.50 to 3.00 per 1000 pounds of taxable gross weight or fraction.

Irving Machiz Internal Revenue Baltimore Maryland District of Columbia

Train crash claims 2 volunteers near Volos Greece

Two people were killed and 27 injured when a Pullman coach veered off track and plunged about 100 feet into a ravine near Volos eastern Greece. All passengers were Greek.

Volos Greece

Federal bill seeks 550 mile scenic parkway through West Virginia

A congressionally submitted bill by Senator Byrd and Representative Staggers proposes a 550 mile Allegheny Parkway from Hagerstown to the Cumberland Gap passing Monongahela National Forest. The plan envisions more than 50 new recreational areas, expansion of Harpers Ferry Monument, and two parkway spurs from Hagerstown to Harpers Ferry and to southern West Virginia.

Hagerstown West Virginia Cumberland Gap Kentucky-Tennessee Congress Robert C. Byrd Harley D. Staggers New York Times Stewart L. Udall National Park Service United States the Times Park Service Roads Commission Harpers Ferry Historic Monument Hasis Monongahela National Forest Cumberland Gap i

Mountain Theater Closes Summer Stock After Short Season

Producer William Brining announced the Mountain Theater will not stage the final play George Bernard Shaw’s Don Juan In Hell. He cited tired actors and lack of town support despite interest from local parties and audiences from Washington Baltimore and Virginia.

William ©. Brining The Mountain Theater Braddock Heights George Bernard Shaw Hell Brining Mr. Brining E.rec Washington Baltimore Virginia Brnning

Bernard Kelly to Graduate From Coast Guard Reserve School

Bernard Kelly of 1209 Beachwood Drive Frederick Maryland will graduate Friday September 1 from the school for senior officers of Coast Guard reserve units. A lieutenant in the reserve he attends the echoe during his annual two week training period. He is the training officer of Vessel Augmentation Training Unit 95-141 in Baltimore.

Kelly Bernard Kelly Beachwood Drive Frederick Maryland Department of Education Coast Guard Baltimore

Weather Deaths From The Associated Press

Obituary notices list several individuals with ages, birthplaces, and survivors. Lewis H Brandenburg 82 of Baltimore died of a heart attack at home with service details and burial planned. Vernon E Duvall 71 of Florence Howard County a retired carpenter with church ties. Manuel Webster Johnson of Buckeystown formerly of Pittsburgh died in Pittsburgh with multiple siblings and a Martinsburg burial. Lettie Irene Wise 79 of Jefferson died in Monocacy Hall Nursing Home with service at Jefferson. Infant Kimela Annette Biddinger died in Southport Florida with parental and grandparent survivors.

Lewis H. Brandenburg Lewis Henry Brandenburg Ethland Ave Baltimore Melissa Summers Brandenburg J Eli ‘and Susanna Brandenburg Middletown Valley International Harvester Co Vernon E. Duvall Florence Howard County Oath Emma Hobbs Duvall Bessie Duvall Jennings Chapel Methodist Church Robert Copland Westville N. J Forest B. ‘Duvall Ellicot City Vernon E Manuel] Webster Johnson Manuel Webster Johnson Pittsburgh Buckeystown John R Florence Johnson Ruth Williams Johnson Martinsburg W. Va Anna Johnson Pittsburg Nina Brown Hazel Caldwell Thena Johnson Ruth Johnson New York City Irvin Wilbur Johnson John BR Marion Johnson Ebeneezer Methodist Church Lettie Irene Wise Jefferson Monocacy Hall Henry C Alberta Sparrow Wise St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Jefferson Sadie E. Mehrling Nellie L. Mehrling East Church Street St. Paul's Cemetery M. R. Etchison and Son

Local families share weekend visits and birthdays

David and Mark Coblentz with Greta Boyer visited grandparents in Middletown and Hyattsville last weekend while Mr. and Mrs. Charles Free and their daughter from Deland Florida visited Madison Street. The Windsor and Stout families hosted gatherings in Pleasant Grove and North Carolina as David Wayne Mills marked his sixth birthday. The Shoe makers and Nobile family reunited in Cold Spring and the Blanks families returned from a Del vacation ending at Rehoboth Beach.

David Mark Coblentz Walter L. Coblentz Hyattsville Greta Boyer Meredith E. Boyer Frederick Walter B. Coblentz Middletown Charles Free Deland Fla Bradley Free Madison Street Robert Windsor Sr Pleasant Grove Kenneth Stout North Carolina Stout Windsors Thomas Strother Robert Windsor Jr Barbara Rosemary Larry Burns Scotty Charles Norries David Wayne Mills Doris Mills Irving M. Biser East Sixth Street Paul G. Shoemaker Charles Karen West Patrick Street Joseph C. Nobile Cold Spring Harvey Blank Diana Vanessa Monroe Blank Latricia Rocky Springs Rehoboth Beach Del

Notable Swank recovering after emergency appendectomy

Among The Sick Mr. Emory C. Swank of Foggy Bottom Washington is con valescing at his home following an emergency appendectomy at Doctors Hospital He is a special assistant to Secretary of State Dean Rusk The Swanks recently moved into a new home in a fashionable development pattern near Georgetown. Mrs Grace Catsail and Mrs C H Lewis are admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation. A tunnel worker at the Little Pentagon near Blue Ridge Summit Robert A Wood 23 Pottsville Pa was treated at Waynesboro Hospital after injuring his left ring finger in a hydraulic jack He was released after treatment.

Emory C. Swank Foggy Bottom Washington Doctors Hospital Swanks Georgetown Swank George P. Swank Watkins Acres Dean Rusk Grace Catsail North Bentz Street Frederick Memorial Hospital C. H. Lewis Jefferson Frazier-Davis Pentagon Blue Ridge Summit Robert A. Wood Pottsville Waynesboro Hospital Wood

Burma Flood Floods Leave 800000 Homeless in Burma

More than 800,000 people were left homeless as swollen rivers and heavy rains flooded towns and villages in southeastern Burma this week.

Rangoon Burma

Funeral notices from area obituaries and services

Funeral services were held for Marshall William Allen Jr. at Hicks funeral home with Rev. O. B. Jackson and Rev. Luther Brown officiating. Interment followed at Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers included Ingram, Palmer, Bowie, Brown, Orems, and Jackson. Additional services honored Floyd A. Burchell, Libbie Harriet Colson, Larry F. Crumbacker, and J. F. Henning with respective arrangements and interments noted.

Marshall William Allen Jr East Street Hicks God Charles Ingram John Palmer Wright Bowie James Brown Clarke Orems Alvie Jackson O. B. Jackson Luther Brown Fairview Cemetery Floyd A. Burchell Arlington East Patrick Street George Washington University — Hospital East Church Street J. Thomas Shriner South End Baptist Church Clarence Harlowe William Phillips Raymond Hubbard W. L. Ward Meredith J. Painter Paul E. Mobley Mount Olivet M. R. Etchison and Son Libbie Harriet Colson John A. Colson Rocky Ridge New Windsor D. D. Hartzler and Sons John Park Western Cemetery Baltimore Harold Bollinger Jr Earl Anders Charles Ecker Guy Baile Russell Stitely Harvey Palmer Larry F. Crumbacker Ney Windsor CM. Waltz Winfield Gene Jenking Sams Creek Church of the Brethren Walter Miller Robert Miller Larry Miller David Schaffer Dickie Shorb Gene Fritz

Trapped Tourists Rescued After Mont Blanc Glacier Incident

Alpinists freed sightseers on Mont Blanc after a 15 hour ordeal. Most travelers were French Italian or British with a few Americans. Hugh Putnam and Katherine Blodgett, both teens from Milton Massachusetts and Grand Rapids Michigan, described fear easing as they descended by rope. An American newspaper and a crossword aided morale during the night. Professor Angus Taylor of Los Angeles witnessed the incident from the Italian side and recalled the eerie quiet before the rescue.

Hugh Putnam Milton Mass Katherine Blodgett Grand Rapids Mich Miss Blodgett Mont Blanc Angus Taylor Los Angeles Taylor

Brazil Military Chiefs Split Over Goulart Crisis

Brazil's three military ministers rejected a congressional plan to make Joao Goulart a figurehead president, while some commanders signaled support. War Minister Odylio Denys flew to Rio as reports of army splits emerged and Goulart remained in Paris awaiting Congress action.

Rio DE Janeiro Brazil Joao Goulart Congress Goulart Odylio Denys Rio Brasilia Chamber of Deputies Labor Party Doutel de Andrade Jose Machado Lopes Denys Machado Lopes Joao Goulart.” Goulart China Janio Quadros Paris de Andrade Chamber Montes Video Uruguay Rio Grande Do Sul Leonel Brizzola 3Rd Army Antonio Carlos da Silva Mare

Walkersville High Band Concert at Mullinix Park

Walkersville High School plans an August 31 evening concert at Mullinix Park at 8 P M. Program includes rifle Rangers forward air from the Peasant Cantata and Andante for Band with ensembles and popular tunes like Yankee Doodle Boy Mamboanga and Kansas City. Ensembles feature arrangers and composers such as Bach Gordon Walters Hu Mareh and Webber.

Walkersville High School Mullinix Park K. L. King Mareh Ed Chenette Bach Philip Gordon G.H. Hu Fme George M. Cohan

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News-Post Fredericktonians Com- Co Little Liz Brett Annie Warner Gettysburg William Wivell Emmitsburg Herbert Robinson Taneytown Wanda Meadows Robert Poole Keymar Charles Weatherly Doris J. Knott Lois R. Griffith Jacoby Oswald Jacoby NEA M.T WEST Sen. Byrd Harpers Ferry Associated Press Hubert C. Easterday John A. Derr Ellsworth Armacost Funeral Chapel Liberty Heights Paul Althouse Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ Kimela Annette Biddinger John J. Biddinger Southport Wilkie Barfield John D. Biddinger Woodsboro Annie Biddinger This City Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boston Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Honolulu Indianapolis Juneau Kansas City Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee St. Paul New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Ore Rapid City Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa ATOM Charles McC. Mathias AEC Montgomery County Atomic Energy Commission Mary Ann Israel Nancy Renfrew Gathersburg Carol Ann Price Kay Gosnell Brunswick REA, Inc TM R J. F. Henning Thurmont United Brethren Church M. L. Creager Rae
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