Fifty Years Ago In The News Post February 3 1912
A Frederick charter proposal was sent to a committee with amendable provisions for voter submission and removal of unconstitutional items. Jacob Phoebus dies of heart failure after an early morning fire refueling. Mrs. Remsburg fractures a wrist on ice in Middletown. Powell’s store at Catoctin Furnace reports a small fire and $3 damage. Liberty Volunteer Fire Engine elects J J Hitselberger president. Middletown pupils perform The Worsted Man with listed cast. Farmers Institute ends its last session as a Farmers’ Association forms with annual fee 3000 and a five member committee. G C Rhoderick of Middletown suffers neck and chest burns from a flying match head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Columbia Graphophone Co
Jacob Phoebus
Frederick County
New Market
Maryland House of Correcton
Josephus Remsburg
Middletown
John M. Powell
Catoctin
J. J Hitselberger
Elizabeth McDaniel
Roscoe Rhodes
Ella Phalan
Lillian Gaither
Mary Culler
Blance Kefauver
Ruth Hummer
Lillian Culler
Kathryn Fahrney
Louise McDaniel
Melvin Ramsburg
Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Association
Organi Iy
Messrs
G. A. T. Snouffer
BR. Rush Lewis
T. B. Hayward
Phillip Lee
Charles Wertheimer
G. C. Rhoderick
Productivity and Wages: Policy Lessons from The Council
The May authors discuss productivity as the key to American economic health. They argue that wage increases should not outpace gains in productivity and that price cuts should accompany productivity rises in high wage industries. They oppose government controls, noting inflation harms the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Economic Advisers
Henry Ford
Letter to the Editor praises late Frederick County engineer
A letter from Ray Redifer of Myersville honors O Wilson Runkles, Frederick County Roads Engineer, noting his courteous, helpful, and gentlemanly conduct. Redifer recalls encounters during Mt Tabor road issues in 1957 and commends Runkles as a capable public servant and leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
O. Wilson Runkles
Mt. Tabor
Runkles
Frederick
Rankles
Ray Redifer
RFD
Myersville
Civitan Club Delights Members With Young Pianist at Key Hotel
Frederick Civitan Club held its weekly meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with Ed Smith presiding. Gary Ponton, son of John and Luculte Ponton, performed piano and organ solos, introducing pieces including Darkness on the Delta and My Foolish Heart. Willam M Moore won the attendance award. next meeting slated for February at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitans
Ciitan Club
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Ed Smith
Gary Ponton
John L Ponton
Young Ponton
Frederick High School
Ponton
Luculte
Woiford
Suesi
Delta
Willam M Moore
Civitan Club
Janeis Scott Rey
Draper Hosts Surprise Housewarming on Mt Oliver
A surprise housewarming for Mr and Mrs Leon Draper at their Mt Oliver boulevard home featured card games and refreshments. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Thomas Keller Mr and Mrs Charles Rentzell Mr and Mrs Roland Stup Mr and Mrs Evard Smith Mr and Mrs Charles Keller Mr Jerry Keller and Mr and Mrs George Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Draper
Mt. Oliver Boulevard
Thomas Keller
Charles Rentzell
Roland Stup
Evard Smith
Charles Keller
Jerry Keller
George Harris
Two Jap landings repelled on Bataan as MacArthur strikes
War Department reports two attempts by Japanese forces to land on the west coast of the Bataan Peninsula were repulsed with heavy losses. MacArthur’s troops counter attacked on the right flank, over running three enemy trench lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bataan
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa Strait
Amoy
China
Lewistown
Catoctin Furnace
Samuel B. Bennett
Thurmont
Russia
Washington Senators
Soerabaja
the Indies Great Naval Base
Lewis B. Hershey
Donald M. Nelson
John D Mause JR
Myersville
Royal Air Force
Ignatius Bjorlee
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Fredderick
Automobile Club of Maryland
Donald Long
Pennsylvania Railroad
Woodsboro
Market grain prices listed by Farmers Co-Operative
The Farmers Co-Operative Association quotes today wheat at 1.75 dollars per bushel barley 0.96 dollars per bushel and corn 6.50 dollars per barrel for local market trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Frondizi Bows to Military Pressure Over Cuba Stand
Argentine President Arturo Frondizi yielded to military pressure by pledging to comply with all Punta del Este resolutions on Cuba. He recalled the envoy to Havana and promised a full anti Castro line, while the army demanded resignation of Foreign Minister Carcano. Argentina to back Cuba expulsion at the OAS council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos
Frondizi
Cuba
Miguel Angel Carcano
Informats
Punta del Este
Argentina
Organization of American States
Havana
Julio Amoedo
OAS
Mexico
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Uruguay
Carcano
Foreign Ministry
Frondiz
OAS Council
Belle Lettres at Elm Street Junior High sparks student writing
The Elm Street Junior High School debuts a literary magazine titled Belle Lettres led by E Donald McLuckie and Dorothy Handley with Judy Hartman as editor and about thirty staffers. Marianne Monk, thirteen, contributes The Sea, a vivid ninth grade piece about loss and memory, while column items recount squirrels, rabbits, and local nature tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street Junior High School
Donald McLuckie
Dorothy Handley
Belles Lettres
Judy Hartman
Doris Dorrell
Muncastler’s Mill
Funeral services for Daniel Webster Lee Sr
Daniel Webster Lee Sr died at his daughter’s home Mrs Louise Easterday in Mt. Airy after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday from the funeral home at 1201 North Market Street. Rev. H Eugene Law son pastor of Mt View Methodist Church Monrovia officiated. Casket bearers were Jess Swain Robert Wine George Wine Jr Daniel Wine Daniel Easterday and Gary Lee. Interment followed at Mt Olivet Cemetery. Robert E Dailey and Son, funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster Lee Sr
Louise Easterday
Mt. Airy
North Market Street
H. Eugene Lawson
Mt. View Methodist Church
Monrovia
Jess Swain
Robert Wine
George Wine Jr
Daniel Wine
Daniel Asterday
Gary Lee
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Mrs Rush to Speak at Jewish Women’s Meet
Mrs Sophia Pollack Rush will address the February meeting of the Council of Jewish Women at 8 p m in Beth Sholom Synagogue. A National Council of Jewish Women field representative, she is active in citizenship education and mental health work and has organized over 30 new sections since joining NCJW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Pollack Rush
Council of Jewish Women
Beth Sholom
Rush
National Council of Jewish Women
New School For Social Research
New York
Council
Bush
National Self Government
Brooklyn
Karen Horney
Europe
Israel
Canada
United States
NCJW
National Council of Jewish
Women’s Biennial Institute in Washington February 5 6
The Women’s Biennial Institute for Education Health and Welfare will be held in Washington at the Shoreham Hotel on February 5 and 6 with Secretary Abraham Ribicoff as guest speaker. Delegates from the Frederick Section include Mrs. Jack Weissman president Mrs. Maurice Guss and Mrs. Milton Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women
Institute For Education, Health and Welfare
Washington
Shoreham Hotel
Abraham Ribicoff
Frederick
Jack Weissman
Maurice Guss
Milton Gordon
Moylan Leads Democratic Dinner Endorsement Passes
Moylan chaired a Democrats dinner where a proposal by the Legislative Council of Maryland to enact a law was overwhelmingly approved. Cecil County Magistrate Leonard Lockard and University of Maryland professor Elbert M. Byrd supported the resolution. President Byron praised free expression and tied the vote to the National and Maryland Young Democrats platforms adopted at the 1961 Chestertown convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Council of Maryland
Byron
Cecil County
Leonard Lockard
Maryland University
Elbert M. Byrd
Maryland
Chestertown
Polio Cases in United States Plunge in 1961
About 1,300 polio myelitis cases were reported in the United States during 1961, a 95 percent drop from the 1954 figure, reflecting a dramatic decline in new infections for the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Women's Clubs Pleasant Grove and Johnsville Host January Meetings
Pleasant Grove's Rural Women's Short Course Week featured a luncheon at Mrs. Marion Lawson's New Market home. Will discussion stressed making a will to avoid loss and incorrect distribution, with skits, a quiz, and a pledge to highway safety and Alaska life. Johnsville Homemakers opened its 1962 season at Mrs. James Schoonover's with a New Year theme on wills, a transferability lesson, and plans for future events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Grove Club
Marion Lawson
New Market
Baker
Franklin Weller
Lawson
Norman Nusbaum
Miss Burgee
Nusbaum
Gabe Lawson
Burgee
Johnsville Club
Johnsville Homemakers Club
James Schoonover
Schoonover
Donald Martin
James Plympton
Harry Garrigues
Ballenger Club
Deaths Mrs Kefauver and Mrs Delauder in Frederick
Mrs Kefauver widow of Martin E Kefauver died at Frederick Memorial Hospital Friday at 12 40 pm aged 81 born in Frederick County daughter of the late George and Fannie Delauder Surviving sisters Mrs William Kefauver and Mrs Albert Wise of Middletown nieces and nephews Funeral services Monday at 11 am at 1201 N Market Street funeral home conducted by Rev Paul L Althouse Interment Mt Olivet Cemetery Robert E Dailey and Son funeral directors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin E. Kefauver
Anna Lee Delauder
Kefauver
West 7Th Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
George and
Fannie Herbert Delauder
William Kefauver
Albert Wise
Middletown
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Market Street
Paul L. Althouse
Mt. Olivet
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Elected President of Central Maryland Feed Dealers
Richard A. Greenwood of the Farmers Cooperative Association was elected president at a dinner meeting at the V F W Country Club. Retiring president A Atlee Shry presided. officers include D S Weybright vice president Allen W Nicodemus treasurer Howard B Selby secretary. Directors named Desmond Dean Norman Eizler William Devilbiss Theodore Jester W K Rice and Mr Shry. Over nine dealers and reps attended. Shry retires after leading the group for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Greenwood
Farmers Cooperative Association
Maryland
V.F.W Country Club
A. Atlee Shry
Farmers Supply Company
Walkersville
D. Saylor Weybright
Thur- Bout Cooperative Association
Allen W. Nicodemus
W. W. Nicodemus Company
Monrcha
Howard B. Selby
Shry
Brosius Appointed GM Delco Franchise Dealer in Frederick
Brosius Homes Corporation at 431 Carrollton Drive Frederick was named a GM Delco Home Conditioning equipment franchise dealer. The company will sell and service year round heating and air conditioning gear and join a network of over 2,000 dealers with factory training and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brosius ‘Homes Corporation
Carrollton Drive
Frederick
John T. Tighe
Delco
General Motors Corporation
Rochester
S. Y
GM Delco
Brosius Homes Corporation
Tighe
Local Health Notes From Middletown and Frederick
Among the sick Mrs. Harry Wastler was removed on Saturday from her home at Broad Run to the Valley View Nursing Home west of Middletown Deputy Sheriff Willard Koogle returned to his home near Middletown on Sunday from the Washington County Hospital where he had been under observation and treatment Mr Richard A Keller of near Middletown returned home this past week from the Washington County Hospital and is steadily improving Mrs Dorothy Lakel McKenzie who has been a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital has returned to the home of her mother Mrs Frank Lakel Bail road Her condition is reported as satisfactory Miss Deborah Ann Taylor 269 West Fifth street is confined to her home with chickenpox Mr Harold K Harris RFD 6 Frederick entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Thursday Morning for observation and treatment Mrs George Kolb 237 West Patrick street who has been confined to her home for several months remains in an unchanged condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wastler
Broad Run
Valley View Nursing Home
Middletown
Willard Koogle
Washington County Hospital
Richard A. Keller
Dorothy Lakel McKenzie
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frank Lakel
Deborah Ann Taylor
West Fifth Street
Harold K. Harris
Frederick
George Kolb
West Patrick Street
Braddock Luth Church Women Hear Mission Talk
Mrs Hayes Metz led Braddock Lutheran Church Women January meeting. Topic We Work Through Church Boards covered Parish Education American Missions and Foreign Missions support by church members. A second talk The Race That Refused to Vanish Indian issues and home missions discussed. Several members took part and Mrs Summers presided. divorce case Roberta Ann Brydon granted absolute divorce from James Edward Brydon with custody to Roberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock U.L.C.W
United Lutheran Church Women
Hayes Metz
Braddock Lutheran Church
Home Missions
John A. Summers
Albert Main
John Barnes
Roy Schaffer
Clarence Covell
Richard Hoffman
T. D
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Leo Wickless
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Merril Wachter
Allen
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Ike
Jacques
Omae
Mrs. Rush
William Spurrier
Frederick County Heart Association
Calvary Methodist Church
Heart Fund Solicitors
S. Hays Kline Jr
L. Homer Miller Jr
Sidney
Frank J. Keefer
Charles H. Kehne Sr
Elmer A. Highhouse
Bruce E. Crum
Crum
Mr. Kehne
Frederick City
Atlee Shry
Central Maryland Feed Dealers Association
Brosius
Roberta Ann Brydon
James Edward Brydon
Weinberg
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Nheow Spar
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