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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
4
A December 1963 summary notes moderate optimism for 1964 at the 68th Congress of Industry in New York. Construction faces shifts toward multi dwelling housing while autos, steel, and railroads push demand. unemployment and slim profits temper forecasts amid campaign-era caution.
A Daily Bond Buyer survey shows state and local bond financing will top $10 billion for the first time. Voters approved 2933 million in November, but most issues gain authorization from legislatures and councils rather than ballot votes. The financing shifts tax burden to future generations to fund present improvements.
A reader argues the official mourning period for John F Kennedy ends December 22 1963 but many feel the sorrow will linger. The writer admires Kennedy as a great man and compares his unfinished work to Leonardo da Vinci and Angelo sculptures in contemplating mortality.
Captain Murray and Mrs. Marshall Murray return home on South Jefferson after Freder ick Memorial Hospital treatment. Captain Murray discharged weeks ago and Mrs. Murray released Saturday. Both steadily improve from automobile crash injuries. Russell Grams of Buckeystown admitted Monday to University Hospital for observation. Clerk Ellis C. Wachter recovering well from knee operation and back at work in the Courthouse.
Wilbur Claiborne Stouffer, 71, longtime Roanoke World-News editor for 34 years until retirement nearly two years ago, died Monday after a brief illness. He helped found the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
A freight car with thirty tons of coal jumped its track at the Market and Fifth streets crossing after a switch closing. The 12-car freight from Thurmont to Frederick took five hours ten minutes to recover. All other cars remained in place as crews cleared the line.
Twenty years ago these notes report the coldest night of the season with Maryland seeing seven below at Big Savage Altamont and Frostburg three below. Grippe epidemics and high absenteeism persist while a Lime Kiln fire damages walls from a coal stove. Dr Kefauver notes numerous grippe cases as Christmas trade remains brisk and buyers are fussy.
Bernard Callan Jr. of Frederick was named an International Senator at the Maryland state Jaycee meeting at Indian Springs Country Club Wheaton. Rich ard McMilton presented the award and lauded Callan s service from Mt St Mary s College to Army service and Jaycee leadership. Callan has held multiple state and national Jaycee roles and received a standing ovation from 190 delegates.
A scan of notes attributed to Matthew describes his early recording of Jesus life birth and genealogy. It suggests Matthew wrote in Jerusalem or Antioch after 50 60 AD with sources including Q and Marcan material and may have drawn on Aramaic traditions now lost.
Howard W. Couchman of Hagerstown co founder and past president of the Maryland Chapter of Master Graphanalysts spoke to the Brunswick Rotary Club at the Brunswick YMCA. He traced handwriting analysis from Nero to modern scientific practice and demonstrated quick writer analysis with slips. William P. Childs chaired the program. Robert Moler announced the upcoming family Christmas party for the next meeting.
The text recalls the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem and Joseph and Jesus fleeing to Egypt. It links the early Christian suffering to the enduring faith of Jesus and the apostles, noting Matthew’s travels and the legend of his death, and ends with the Beatitudes.
The Potomac at Point of Rocks is cloudy and full while the Monocacy at Buckeystown is also cloudy and at full capacity. This indicates high water conditions along these monitored reaches.
Leonard E. Kolmer 74 longtime general manager of the Automobile Club of Maryland died Monday noon while attending the club board Christmas meeting. He headed the club 25 years and served on the board after retirement in 1961. Survived by wife Idella and siblings, services Thursday at Tickner funeral home. Burial in St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery.
In Detroit, Chrysler Corp stockholders overwhelmingly approved a second 2-for-1 stock split within a year. More than 16,265,000 shares were in favor, with 2,039 shares opposed.
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Nina G. Rodgers 79 of LeGore wife of William H. Rodgers and of Wilbur Hoffmier Main 80 of Frederick County along with Miss Margaret Grushon 89. Details include birthplaces, church affiliations, survivors, funeral arrangements and interment locations in Thurmont Walkersville Frederick and Creagerstown. Interments at United Brethren Cemetery Mt Olivet and Creagerstown Cemetery.
The Education for Freedom Council will hold the final public meeting in this series on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Winchester Room Winchester Hall and Wednesday night in Middletown Fire Hall. The program features the film Operation Abolition and recounts the 1960 riots against the House Committee on Un American Activities.
President Johnson nominates Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover for retirement at his three star rank. The Navy intends to keep its nuclear submarine chief on the job despite retirement plans. Rickover is widely regarded as the father of the nuclear submarine.
Funeral services were held for Claudia Mary Thelma Daily of West All Saints Street at Asbury Methodist Church with Rev. H. J. McDonald officiating and pallbearers named. Separate services were conducted for Rev. Henry Barton of Assembly of God Church and William Bartgis Storm at Evangelical Lutheran Church with multiple ministers and honored pallbearers. Curtis S. Smith of 33 York Street Taneytown also had services at C. O. Fuss and Son Funeral Home with pallbearers and burial at Pipe Creek Cemetery.
Mr Karl Smith Jr son of Mr and Mrs Karl Smith Sr Rocky Ridge celebrates 17th birthday today. December 8 turkey dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Howard Leatherwood near Mt Airy honors Scotty Hood Harold Hood Elizabeth Kraft attendees include Mrs Howard Hood and families from Middletown and Mt Airy. County Commissioner Russell Z Horman returned Monday from a hunting trip in far western Maryland.
A Frederick County chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Association was organized at Hood College. Dr. Elizabeth F. Flower of the University of Pennsylvania spoke on moral skepticism and the rational justification of moral standards. A reception followed at President Randle Elliott’s Hood College home. Officers elected include Dr. Phyllida M. Willis president and Mrs. Harold A. Chichester vice president membership. Lectures planned and members discussed future scholarship outreach.
ANNAPOLIS AP The State Board of Natural Resources will review the recent appointment of Spencer Ellis of Wichita Falls Texas as administrator in the Department of Forests and Parks. Dr L Eugene Cronin a board member called the action arbitrary citing no competitive exam. Ellis earns 9700 dollars yearly as the administrator. The board also plans to examine the park department's overall organization.
Communications from Varig in New York said direct Teletype links to Brazil offices were cut off by a general strike. An All American Cables spokesman said their service was cut as well, with no further details available.
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