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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
4
The Frederick Maryland daily The News issues a general front page notice dated December 13 1963. It lists publication details including the press affiliation with the Associated Press and subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery.
Fifty years ago items note Captain Markey from Company A receiving an old Continental penny, L Travis White a University of Virginia law student named to the Virginia Law Review Student Board, Zimmerman Bros store in Braddock Heights robbed of about $2 plus tobacco and two fountain pens, the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Co issuing its most complete schedule, Mr C N Trundle of Fea Gaville with a verbena bloom, cold weather increasing appeals to Federated Charities, and David Lowenstein seeking city actions to tear down East Second Street Oates property to extend the street with intended improvements.
The piece details Castro's strained relations with the Soviet Union and China, amid U.S. policy reviews and Latin American pressure. It notes Castro’s violence in Venezuela, calls for OAS action, and suggests Moscow may back him despite recent rifts, while predicting a continued Kremlin reliance on his regime. It also shifts to a historical note on Studebaker and mentions a bank merger in Waynesboro and postmaster confirmations in Maryland.
Mr Edward Poole of Liberty town entered Frederick Memorial Hospital on December 1 for surgery. Rivers Potomac is cloudy and full at Point of Rocks, Monaacy muddy and full at Buckeystown.
Twenty years ago on December 13 1943 a mile truck collided with a Hagerstown and Frederick Railway freight train on Route 15 Lewistown causing a fire and explosion that wrecked the freight motor car, blocked the main Gettysburg highway and halted traffic on the Thurmont line. Motorman Raymond Linton was taken to Frederick City Hospital for injuries. Frederick painter and WWI veteran William Roger Shankle was killed when his automobile overturned near the Washington road south of the city. Five German Ju boats were destroyed or damaged during Allied convoy attacks announced by the Admiralty in London. Fire alarms in Frederick spurred renewed discussion after a Sunday alarm and a minor collision between the United Rescue truck and a car occupied by two WACs after a chimney fire.
The Edgewood arsenal will not be fully closed but about 200 civilian employees connected with the National Inventory arsenal will be affected by a reduction plan. Brig. Gen. Fred J. Delmore said no employee will be discharged until all efforts are made to reassign them.
St Luke's Lutheran Church Women of Fen gaville met December 11 with a Christmas program directed by Miss Elizabeth Derr. Participants included Mrs Preston Zimmerman Mrs Leon Howard Mrs Jack Krantz Mrs Lee Smith Rey and Mrs Eugene Young and Phillip Young. Young singers performed Away In A Manger. Mrs William Miller accompanied at the piano. After a brief business meeting led by president Mrs Paul Derr, roll call was Bible verse responses. Mrs Wilbur Culler invited January meeting at her home. Missionary benediction followed, then refreshments hosted by Mrs Derr and Mrs Clyde Culler.
Mr and Mrs Willard H Markey of Perkasie announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Susanne Markey to Jeffrey L Bensing son of Mr and Mrs William Pensing Sr of Fredericksburg Pa Mary Susanne is a Pennridge High School graduate and a senior at Elizabethtown College Frederickburgs Jeffrey L Bensing is also a senior at Elizabethtown College A summer wedding is planned The Markeys are longtime Perkasie residents and frequent visitors to the area
South criticism over two diamond overcall and spade misdefense sparks argument among North and West during a duplicate game. West defends that South would not have scored higher if East led a spade, while North defends his bid as perfect. Separate notes report Glenn A Main Jr attending a Phoenix insurance meeting and Frederick Memorial Hospital staff attending a Maryland Hospital Credit Associates luncheon in Easton with Auldridge moderating.
The Princeton Seminary choir will present a sacred music service at United Presbyterian Church on West Second Street this Sunday at 11 a.m. Directed by David Hugh Jones since 1934, the male choir comprises Princeton graduates in graduate study preparing for ministry. The program spans plainsong to Mendelssohn with selections like A Mighty Fortress Is Our God and When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, and the choir recently toured the northeast and Canada.
The Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland present the 1963 Christmas Greens Conservation Show with the theme Peace on Earth Good Will awards Men honoring George Washington. Decorations cover the Washington-Mt Vernon Square area in Baltimore from St. Pauls Cathedral to Center Street through January 1. Districts four and five led gate and building adornments with 33 area buildings decorated. Awards go to clubs, not individuals, and gates designed by Mrs John Graff Cockey were executed by Maryland Institute of Art student Douglas Sidney under William E. Prince supervision.
AP reports mixed views among businessmen and government officials on early 1964 prospects. Government surveys show possible first quarter slow down with expected second quarter recovery, while the Council of Economic Advisers foresees faster growth if tax cuts pass. Neither side anticipates a major labor force change. tone suggests caution rather than a boom.
Predictions indicate end of 1963 sales at 106.7 billion and a 106.3 billion first quarter dip in 1964, driven by durable goods declines. Inventories are seen rising by 400 million next year, with current quarter stocks up to 59.7 billion. Walter Helder forecasts GNP exceeding 620 billion next year if tax cuts pass, with 1963 GNP around 548 billion.
Washington AP reports Rep. Rogers B. Morton of Maryland criticizes a bill to place President Kennedy’s portrait on the 1964 half dollar. Morton calls the move a campaign button for 1964 and urges dignified, deliberative memorials rather than smoky political theater. He represents Maryland’s Eastern Shore in Congress.
Obituaries report the death of Mrs. Julia Erveen Myers at Brooke Manor Nursing Home after illness, with funeral plans at Locust Grove Church and interment in Locust Grove Cemetery. Also obituary for James Patrick Tinney of Frederick, longtime Potomac Edison employee, with funeral at All Saints Church and interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. donations to Heart Association requested.
Corinne Graves hosts a December twelfth birthday slumber party with many Germantown girls. Michael and Mary White welcome Kimberly Ann, seventh child overall, at Montgomery General Hospital weighing seven pounds two ounces. Rebecca Seaman and Margaret Hargett visited Troutville and Germantown friends. Community Sing replaces December PTA at Cedar Grove School with carols and indoor tree decorating. Darnestown Church Evening Circle shared devotions and a Christmas program. Darnestown School upper grades visited the National Gallery of Art on November 27. Jeanne Goldman volunteered at Darnestown School on December 4 to assist lower grades with drama activities.
Psst-i ington known as The Shell Lady visited Darnestown School on December 4 to show her shell collection and explain shell origins around the world as pupils study oceanography. The community notices recount local birthdays PTA meetings church programs and holiday activities across Germantown and nearby areas.
Clifford H. Watkins Sr aged 75 longtime New Market resident died Thursday afternoon at home after a lengthy illness. Born near Kemptown son of John L. and Margaret Flood Watkins he was an auto mechanic bus driver and later ran a saw mill. He was a Methodist Church trustee and a charter member of the New Market Fire Department. Survived by wife Mary Edna and five children plus other relatives. Funeral services set for Sunday 2 pm at Olin L. Molesworth Funeral Home Damascus with interment in Providence Cemetery Kemptown.
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