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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1960
Page
4
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The United States Chamber of Commerce releases its first 1961 business forecasts. Emerson er’s chief economist expects fourth quarter production to rise above recent levels, with 1961 gross product estimated between 514 and 520 billion dollars. Construction may hit a record 57.5 billion, while unemployment could reach 5.25 million by February and rise further with new job seekers. The Kennedy administration faces solving this key issue.
St Pauls Lutheran Walkersville will hold its annual candlelight carol service Sunday at 730 pm. Choirs Cherub Junior and Senior will perform with organ and piano duet The Christmas Song. Rev Francis Reinberger will give a Christmas message.
Bernard L Werner director of public works for Baltimore says welfare recipients could be hired as laborers if city adopts a plan. They would not join the merit system or receive civil service pay. He did not confirm tax withholding and said he asked the state comptroller and IRS for guidance.
A slow rolling quake centered at the north end of the bay was felt in Pittsburg and San Francisco on Wednesday night with no damage reported. The tremor was described as slow and rolling and swept through the San Francisco Bay area, with San Francisco experiencing the strongest feels four miles southwest of the center.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Duke of Windsor met for nearly three hours aboard a presidential flagship discussing United States defense posts protecting the Panama Canal and the mainland of the three Americas. Plans for a Bahamas base were held in abeyance.
A historic Frederick Chronicle recounts the city’s twin Evangelical Lutheran church bells, their 1771 London origin, and restorations. It notes Mrs. John T King Jr of Baltimore funded downtown illumination for Christmas, plus recent estate settlements gifting $6000 to Calvary Methodist and Saint John’s Reform Woodsboro, with details of the Barrick estate.
Death notices recount Bessie Virginia Brashear of Shenandoah Junction and other local losses. Virginias include George Burns of Strasburg, John Bush of Brunswick, Edward Cordell of Clarksburg, and Bessie Draper of Frederick with details on families, ages, causes, and funeral arrangements across Jefferson, Frederick, and surrounding counties.
Mrs Mary Frances Lena Frazier died Monday at her home in Reedson Jefferson County following a brief illness born August 18 1880 in Rappahannock County Va daughter of the late Henry and Mary Woods ward. Surviving husband four children Raymond Frazier Lillian Keller Mabel Kranenberg Clarence Frazier twenty two grandchildren nineteen great grandchildren. Body brought to Eackles funeral chapel Harpers Ferry Bolivar services held there Wednesday at 1 pm with Rev Fields and Rev Harold McClay officiating burial in Fairview
Good and bad deer hunting luck mix with transportation division staff as Lee F. Weddie bags a 4 point 85 pound deer and SFC George Baumgardner takes a 5 point 96 pound buck while William H. Filler returns with only a burnt engine. Harold H. Hoffman comes home after surgery at Washington County hospital in satisfactory condition. Police Chief Dover reports Col Harry Shew cleared of drunken driving after a three hour trial as diabetes caused symptoms during a Smyrna accident.
John Frederick Masser 89, long-time McKaig farmer, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a two year illness. He leaves seven children, twenty-one grandchildren, and thirty-plus great grandchildren. Funeral at East Church Street funeral home with Masonic rites at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Floyd C Rohr 80, retired postal worker from Rosemont near Brunswick, died in Charles Town Hospital. Survived by wife Minnie M, daughter, granddaughter, and a sister and brother. Services at Euckles funeral home Bolivar with interment Mountain View Cemetery Sharpsburg.
Paris AP U S Secretary of State Christian A Herter warned NATO members that Khrushchev seeks renewed East West talks with broad Communist consent while facing a dilemma between avoiding nuclear war and pushing world domination. He spoke at NATO ministerial opening amid mounting tensions.
Funeral services were held for William Augustus Masser of Shoakstown road at 11 a.m. Thursday at 106 East Church Street. Rev. John F. Myers and Rev. Glenn E. Masser officiated with pallbearers Robert Masser Phillip Masser Melvin Masser Ernest Stilley. Interment in Rocky Springs cemetery. Also: Merhle D. Ritchie, World War II veteran, died at Perry Point Veterans Hospital. services held at 11 a.m. Thursday at 1201 North Market Street. Rev. Ralph M. Sharpe officiated. pallbearers listed. Interment in Mount Olivet cemetery. Charles Austin Sherald died at 207 East Second Street. prayers at 8:30 a.m. then Mass at St. John’s Church. Interment Mount Olivet. Hilda E. Bohn of Johnsville. service at Beaver Dam church and Beaver Dam cemetery. Florence Malinda Flock, widow of Oliver J. Flock, died at son’s home. services at 106 East Church Street. interment Union cemetery Burkittsville.
Washington AP Sen Mike Mansfield of Montana indicated after a conference with President-elect John F Kennedy that he would be glad to become Senate majority leader in the new Congress. He lunched with Kennedy at his Georgetown home and is expected to move from Democratic whip, a post he has held four years. Lyndon B Johnson of Texas is current Senate Democratic leader and will become vice president at Kennedy's inauguration. The new leader will be elected by Democratic senators in a meeting, with Kennedy's influence possible though unofficial. Also notes leukemia kills many adults more than children.
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