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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1937
Page
3
January ended with only three clear days on the 4th 16th and 27th as a warm wet overcast month produced the warmest January in years. Temperatures averaged 39 degrees with heavy precipitation and frequent clouding reshaping local conditions.
Mt Airy January 31. Damascus chapter plans the eighth annual banquet highlighting work in the manual training shop and member talks as part of the program.
Thomas H. Shelton, a 93 or 94 year old veteran long associated with Oak Orchard and Frederick County, has moved from Washington County to live with his daughter-in-law between Ladiesburg and Keymar. His return doubles the count of surviving Civil War veterans in the county, now two. Shelton, born in Unware, served in Company 7, First Maryland Regiment, and later Company T, Thirteenth Regiment, enduring Gettysburg but missing Antietam and the Monocacy.
A Future Farmers of America event at the high school will include a shop demonstration before the banquet. Students will exhibit metalworking farm drawing power machines and woodworking projects under instructor Donald E Wat kins. Carl Stephens will serve as toast master as students present one minute talks on their projects. Invited guests include R G Gaddis dairy inspector Dr Edwin W Broome and Rev Raymond Hunter Brown.
Engineers installing an automatic traffic gauge on the Wagerstown Frederick dual highway devised a curious method. They attached the cable to a farmer's rooster and chased it through the pipe when the bird refused to move the cable. A plon was sent in to pinch hit for the rooster and push the cable through.
The Montgomery County Civic Federation committee on schools recommends a 690000 school expansion for fiscal years 1938 and 1939 including ten new classrooms at Montgomeries Blair High, a Takoma Park junior high unit, land for Bethesda elementary, and improvements at Gaithersburg Sherwood Rockville and Poolesville. An elective board of education and civil service for county staff are proposed, with funding method to be decided, and the change would take effect after November 1938.
W. Orlando Young of Germantown was installed as worshipful master of Pentalpha Lodge A F and A M in Gaithersburg on January 21. The retiring master Walter Reinhart served as Installing Puissant. Other officers installed include Marshall White senior warden Albert Burton Easton junior warden William Joseph Stup senior deacon Robert Lamont Thurston junior deacon Alfred Christie Jr senior steward Thomas W Troxell secretary Fred Grimm treasurer Walter Reinhart Tyler Charles Necraft W Orlando Young and Dr Bates Etchison trustees.
The fragment notes a fire company auxiliary group led by a president named Hough. It hints at conflicts or reorganizations within local welfare efforts and junior programs tied to a broader civic safety group.
Rev Paul Wp Gleiehman has reconsidered a prior decision and will continue as assisting pastor at Exangere Church, University. Temporary arrangements have been approved by church consent to extend his services until a congregational meeting can decide on a formal call.
A wedding shower at the Hidgeville Hotel honored Mr and Mrs Calvin Condon newly married couple. The bride is Burgess Gosnell’s daughter and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Condon. Guests danced to music by Leo Buchman Merton Franklin Wilbur Feker Willard Rimby and Andrew.
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous individuals full names and surnames, likely from a public or social notice section. The legible items include fragments such as Gosnell, Gosneth Halph Gosnell, Woodrow Drink tin, Andrew Jones, Robert Wilson, Harry Franklin, and several others, suggesting a directory or notice column without coherent narrative.
Feagaville W. C. T. U convened with eleven members and two visitors at Mrs Cluuds Hargett’s home. Vice president Mrs Harry Derr led the meeting with prayer and songs. A flood relief fund was announced, and a program of readings and vocal numbers followed. Next gathering set for February 2 at Mrs LC Harlie’s home.
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