200 year old Sappington ledgers found in Maryland store
A 200 year old account book of Capt Thomas Sappington’s Liberty Maryland general store is presented to the C Burr Artz Library by his great great granddaughters Mary Angell and Louise Sappington. Entries run 1764 to 1867 in pounds shillings and pence with names from the county including Warfield Mobley James Turner Griffith Duvall Lewis Ridgley Shoemaker Hammond Worthington and Sappington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sappington
Liberty
Maryland
C. Burr
Robert Wilson and Sons
Stationers of
London
Ann Hood
John Burgess, Jr
Warfield
Mobley
James
Turner
Griffith
Duvall
Lewis
Ridgley
Shoemaker
Hammond
Worthington
Sappington
Lewis Duvall
Anne Arundel County
John Burgess
Captain Sappington
Elkridge
Hall of Records
Annapolis
Frances Brown
Francis Brown Sappington
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of
Historical Society of
Frederick County
The Life of the Drama by Eric Bentley reviewed
A scholarly study of dramatic art tracing its psycho dynamic roots from Aeschylus to Beckett. The author draws on twenty five years as teacher adaptor and critic to illuminate plot character dialogue thought and enactment across diverse plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Bentley
Bentley
Aeschylus
Shakespeare
Moliere
Beckett
Columbia
Robert Brustein
Thien
Strindberg
Chekhov
Shaw
Brecht
Pirandello
O'Neill
Genet
Brustein
Taskers Chance Garden Club Prepares Christmas Greens Sale
Members of the Taskers Chance Garden Club gather at Mrs. Henry V. Chase home to prepare artificial greens and live decorations for the annual Christmas Greens Sale set for December 18 in front of City Hall on North Market Street. Proceeds fund Frederick beautification projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taskers Chance Garden Club
Henry V. Chase
West College Terrace
City Hall
North Market Street
Garden Club
Frederick
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Eric Lundgren
Chase
J. Carlisle Smith
William Zimmerman
Walter Crowther
Francis Howard
Frank J. Keefer
Taskers
Chance Garden Club
Shower For Nurses At FM Hospital
The Fred erick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing hosts a pantry shower Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Georgianna Houck Simons nurses residence. Sponsored by the hospital women’s auxiliary, the event replaces the December meeting and invites members to bring food for the student nurse pantry. Mrs Merril Adams chairs arrangements and final Snow Ball reports follow a tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Georgianna Houck Simons
Merril Adams
Green beetle turtles spark NZ import frenzy and TV scoop
A shipment of 1 000 green pet turtles to Auckland, imported by J Mansfield, triggers government panic and a nationwide media frenzy. Officials identify the species as Pseudemys scripta elegans as demand grows and Mansfield orders 5 000 more, amid weather woes and transport delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Three Springs
J. Mansfield
Glendowie
Auckland
Auck University
USA
Mr. Mansfield
Thomases
Air Flight Service
N.Z
Department of Agriculture
Mansfield
Honolulu
Charles Thomas
Historic Society to Host Christmas Tea at Historical House
Frederick County Historical Society plans a Sunday December 13 tea from 4 to 6 pm at the Historical House on East Church Street. Cmdr. Dudley M. Page and Joseph F. Turner co chairmen led a Tuesday committee meeting with members and guests. egg nog wassail and fireside music are featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historical House
East Church Street
Frederick County Historical Society
Cmdr
Dudley M. Page
Record Street
Cmdr. Page
Joseph F. Turner
Richard Summers
Richard Clendenin
Edna Mensell
Philip Winebrenner
Elsie White Hanes
Ernest Helfenstein
Page
Col
Clendenin
Goodloc Byron
Byron
Annabel Lundgren
James Messersmith
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John Gassner
Gerald Weales
Allardyce Nicoll
Joseph Wood Kruteh
Barrett Harper Clark
Frederick T
Reading
Edward S. Delaplaine
Bruce Jay Friedman
Phyllis McGinley
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious
Stewart L. Udall
Julian
Gore Vidal
Irving Wallace
John Birch Society
Robert H.W. Welch
Herzog
Saul Bellow
Justin Louis Auchineless
Charles Chaplin
General Douglas MacArthur
Artz
Mrs. Chase
FM Hospital
Cherry Hill
Blue Ridge Homes
Blue Ridge
East
Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland
Piddendee
Pre Abdi
Sylvania’s
Liefalth & Beauty
Xmas
Fouric
This
Stanley Tools
Santa Claus
Patrick St
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