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Newspaper

News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1964

Page

4

Frederick newspaper ad listing 1964 pricing and publication details

Page shows The News Frederick Maryland February 4 1964 issue data including publication by Great Southern PTG. MFG CO address 26 North Court St Frederick MD subscription rates three months six months one year prices and carrier rates. Also notes AP republication rights and postal filing information.

the News Frederick Maryland Great Southern Ptg. & Mfg CO North Court St Cremonty Audit Bureau of Circulations Associated Press Prederica I Md

Price index rise highlights shifting staples and luxuries

The December Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent as vegetables once seen as luxuries become common winter staples. The article notes heat and serve foods and power steering blur the line between necessities and luxuries, reflecting changes from grandmother’s era to modern living.

New York Driver Wins Case Over License Plate Ad Mimicry

The court affirmed that license plates may not bear World’s Fair branding or other promotions. The judge said plates’ sole purpose is vehicle and owner identification to promote safety, rejecting state nicknames and mottoes as irrelevant clutter.

New York

Letters To The Editor Challenge New Market Sewage Claims

Earle H. Morse argues in a February 1, 1964 letter that recent News and Post pieces misrepresent New Market sewage issues. He questions water tests, calls photos and captions misleading, disputes detergent traces as proof, and criticizes Sanitary Commission tactics while noting local opposition and no illness linked to water. He ends by urging scrutiny of a Lady Pipe Smoker image caption as potentially distasteful.

News and Post Albert L. Miller Sanitary Commission New Market Earle H. Morse

Women and Temple Bodies Spark Temperance Debate

A letter criticizes a woman's pipe image in Friday's paper and urges women to wake up about role modeling for youth. The Virginia Lee Beard WCTU held a tea in Jefferson to honor 12 new members and one honorary member Jerry Potts. Treasurer Gladys Pearl announced that signing the abstinence pledge and dues makes them part of the WCTU and an international fellowship. Guests included A R Remsberg and Ralph White with welfare and institute directors.

Paul R. Albaugh RFD Union Bridge WCTU Virginia Lee Beard Calvin Schildknecht Hazel Mullendore

Fifty Years Ago Items from the News-Post Files

Fifty years ago on February 4 1914 the Frederick Board of Trade planned to send a committee and a delegation from Frederick’s employed women to the Maryland Legislature urging county exemption from an Eight Hour Day Law for Women. Automobilists sought help to dodge heavy taxes and new license fees under looming limits. January post office receipts reached 3772.57 dollars, up 384.48 from 1913. A bill to supply Frederick and Western Maryland with natural gas was slated for introduction in the State Senate soon. Frederick police added gym gear to stay fit for handling prisoners. The Frederick County Anti-Saloon League prepared a bill to close saloons by 10 pm on weeknights and 11 pm Saturdays.

Frederick Maryland State Senate Frederick County Anti-Saloon League Edgar H. McBridge

Red Cross seeks record drive as 1944 fund

Twenty years ago today the Red Cross prepared for its largest fund drive yet seeking 47000 dollars with Lewis R Dertsbaugh as general chairman. Cement pouring for the Jug Bridge substructure east of Frederick was to finish in three or four days. Marshal Stalin announced the joining of the First and Second Ukrainian fronts trapping ten German divisions after Lutsk and Rovno fell. American Marines captured Roi Island and its airfield in the Kwajalein atoll during the Central Pacific offensive launched Monday.

Frederick County Red Cross Lewis R. Dertzbaugh Jug Monocacy River Frederick Marshal Stalin Lutsk Rovno Old Poland Roi Island Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands Central Pacific

Vision tests claim astronauts may read earth from space

Air Force ophthalmologists at a space medicine conference reported six American astronauts who orbited into space showed potential to identify targets from 100 miles up with training. Major Cooper’s 22 orbit flight was cited as seeing houses, vehicles, and trains clearly, though some doctors doubted such sighting is possible.

Howard Benedict Brooks Air Force Base Tex Air Force Aerospace Medical Division William B. Clark Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr Cooper Himalaya Tibet United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth

Local Hospital Notes And Student Injury Report

Mr. Frank J. Keefer a Frederick News photographer entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday for major surgery this morning. Mrs. Milton Walls of Arlington Va formerly Miss Dorothea Leslie is recovering after surgery at National Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Hospital Arlington. Connie Shelton daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvie Shelton sustained a broken arm Monday at Frederick High School. Russell Grams of Buckeystown returned home after surgery at University Hospital Baltimore and is said to be doing well. South America lies nearer to the Old World than North America.

Frank J. Keefer West Second Street the News Frederick Memorial Hospital Milton Walls Arlington National Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Hospital Walls Dorothea Leslie Connie Shelton Alvie Shelton East Sixth Street Frederick High School Shelton Frederick High Russell Grams Buckeystown University Hospital Baltimore Grams

Legislature Opens Wednesday

The legislature planned to address redistricting during a 30 day session ending March 5. A proposed increase in the state income tax from 3 to 4 percent would fund more than 16 million dollars in education aid and other expenses. A 16 2 3 percent gasoline tax hike is also proposed to finance a new roads program totaling 874 miles of new roadway over six years for 421 million dollars. The Roads Commission approved the plan in general and will reveal details later. Governor Tawes’ veto of a 1963 act setting minimum prices on alcoholic beverages is also to be among the first items considered.

State Roads Commission Gov. Tawes

Detour Bank Stockholders Reelect Directors and Officers

At the Detour Bank annual meeting the following directors were re elected Arthur W Clabaugh Edgar G Emrich Earl H Hoffman D Leonard Reifsnider Robert R Sayler William J Stonesifer and John Wood The board organized naming Wood president Emrich vice president Mary Ellen Caslin cashier and secretary E Jeannette Dutrow assistant cashier Kathryn F Coshun bookkeeper Wood and McIntire act as bank counsel.

Detour Bank Arthur W. Clabaugh Edgar G. Emrich Earl H. Hoffman D. Leonard Reifsnider Robert R. Sayler William J. Stonesifer John Wood Wood Emrich Mary Ellen Caslin E. Jeannette Dutrow Kathryn F. Coshun McIntire

No Increase In Cost Of Paper Frederick News and Post Maintains Five Cent Single Copy

The Frederick News and Post keeps single copies at five cents and home delivery by newsboy at 30 cents per week. Many papers now charge seven cents or more with 40 cents weekly delivery. Carriers operate under the little merchant plan with city delivery price equalization to 30 cents, yielding more carrier earnings. Subscriptions are payable in advance to the two distributors Blue Ridge News Agency and Frederick News Agency. Frederick's growing population necessitates carrier licensing, with a minimum age of 12 and regular visits by a State Labor Department official to issue licenses.

Frederick Eal Blue Ridge News Agency State Department of Labor

Servicemen Injured In One-Car Accident

Two East Coast servicemen, David Tinnerman and David McKay, were admitted to Ft. Detrick Dispensary after a high speed crash that demolished a 55 Pontiac at the West Seventh street Montclaire avenue intersection. Tinnerman faces multiple driving charges.

Ft. Detrick West Seventh Street Montclaire Avenue David Tinnerman David McKay McKay Tinnerman Seventh and Donald E. Tracey William H Shepley Luther Hargett Jr Luther Hargett Frederick Memorial Hospital Roscoe DeGrange DeGrange Fourth Street Cir Paul W. Mossburg Tracey Cuit U. S. 15 Thurmont Modern Transportation Company Allentown Paul Dillinger Maudie J. McBride Edwin F. Nikirk Beulah Virginia McBride Linda Pearl McBride Mr. Nikirk Willie E. Grable Raymond H. McBride McBride Mrs. McBride

Women’s Guild Holds January Meeting at Home

The Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ Women’s Guild met January 28 at Mrs. William Albaugh’s home with 14 members and three guests. Mrs. Alma Boyer led the program, Mrs. Le Roy MacKenzie read, and Hymns were sung. The group elected plans for altar cloths, a new church sweeper, and hostess assignments for the year. A surprise wedding shower for Mrs. Betty Cramer accompanied gifts, and next gathering is February 25 at Mrs. Louise Blumenauer’s home.

Women’s Guild Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ William Albaugh Alma Boyer LeRoy MacKenzie Doris Cannon Mary Cross Margaret Boyer Betty Cramer Louise Blumenauer

Middletown Fire Company Holds Annual Banquet

About 150 firemen and guests gathered at the Middletown Fire Hall for the annual banquet. Officers were installed for 1964, with Mark Gladhill presiding in place of the absent Russell R. Keller. Tom Matte of the Baltimore Colts spoke at the close, and funds were raised for muscular dystrophy.

Middletown Fire Hall Middletown Volunteer Fire Company Ladies’ Auxiliary Johnny Horman Russell R. Keller Fire Company Mark Gladhill J. Paul Seltzer Zion Lutheran Church David E. Kirk Cumberland Maryland Harry Bussard Everett W. Gaver Ray C. Gladhill Kenneth Smith H. Eugene Keller Charles Derr Albert Y. Boileau Lee F. Ifert George Barthel Braddock Heights Holmes D. Baker Fred Hoffman William Cockerly N. A Bussard L. Osmond Derr Joseph Grossnickle Russell Ahalt Willard Koogle Fred 5 Kefauver Philip E. Saylor Jeannette Christ Reformed Church Middletown William Moore Frederick County Firemen’s Association Philip Beard Frederick County Association Robert Smith Tom Slater University of Maryland Frederick County A. Irvin Renn Russell 2. Horman Lawrence Dorsey Floyd E. Stine Burgess Albert Boileau Leslie Thompson Damascus Maryland State Firemen’s Association Thompson Cochairman Richard Blickenstaff Obla C. Nikirk, Jr Colts Tom Matte Baltimore Colts

Deaths Jump From Cedar Grove and Nearby Towns

Miss Frances Emma Bowman 94 of Cedar Grove dies at Belmont Nursing Home Ashton. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Barber Funeral Home Laytonsville with interment in Upper Seneca Church cemetery. David W. Johnson 57 of Rocky Ridge dies after lingering illness at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. Survived by wife Belva L. Johnson, mother, siblings, three daughters, nine grandchildren, and more. Services Friday 1 p.m. at Creager funeral home Thurmont with interment in Haughs Cemetery near Laddiesburg. Mrs. Fannie M. Lindsay 83 widow of Joshua T. Lindsay Mt. Airy dies in Wynelle Nursing Home Frederick County. Survived by daughter Ruth L. Boone and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Prospect Methodist Church Mt. Airy with burial in Prospect cemetery. Mrs. Susan Shorb McCleary 83 former Waynesboro resident dies in Monterey California after stroke. Survived by daughter Jane Sisemore, son Irvin B. McCleary Jr., three grandchildren, two sisters, and a brother. Funeral details at Union Bridge and Prospect Church.

Frances Emma Bowmas Frances Emma Bowman Cedar Grove Belmont Nursing Home Ashton Francis and Melissa Bowman Francis H. Barber Laytonsville Upper Seneca Baptist Church David W. Johnson Rocky Ridge Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Carroll County Alma Wetzel Coleman Middleburg Charles D. Johnson Moore Business Forms, Inc Thurmont Methodist Church of Belva L. Seabolt Johnson James E. Coleman Phyllis Johnson William Kline New Midway Morris Boyler Airy Charles K. Johnson Morris Porterfield Hampstead Creager Funeral Home Joshua T. Lindsay Fannie M. Lindsay Mt. Airy Wynelle Frederick County Robert Margaret Molesworth Thompson Ruth L. Boone Union Bridge Wilfort E. Dayhoff Prospect Methodist Church Dorsey Rebecca Lodge 1.C.C.F D. D. ,Hartzler and Sons Prospect Cemetery Irvin B. McCleary Susan Shorb McCleary Waynesboro Monterey Community Hospital Monterey Calif Daniel T Henrietta Miller Shorb Charles Beard Irvin B. McCleary Sr Trinity United Church of Christ Richardson Bible Order of Eastern Star Jane A. Sisemore Irvin B. McCleary Jr RFD Katharine Gallagher John F. Baumgardner North Market Street Monocacy Hall Nursing Home East Church Street Charles F. Trunk, Jr Evangelical Lutheran Church Carlton L. Baumgardner Samuel D. Crone Charles F. Bowers Ralph A. Putnam G. Hunter Bowers Jr Wm. M

Kemp son becomes Cloverland Farms Dairy president

Ralph C. Kemp succeeds his father Maynard C. Kemp as president of Cloverland Farms Dairy in Baltimore. Maynard had led the company since 1987 until his death last August. Cloverland Farms was founded by Maynard, a Frederick native. Clarence I. Lewis, 80, Harvard professor and philosopher, died in Menlo Park, Calif.

Ralph C. Kemp Cloverland Farms Dairy Baltimore Maynard C. Kemp Cloverland Farms Maynard Kemp Frederick Harvard Menlo Park Calif Clarence I. Lewis Harvard University

Rockets Fire Again From Wallops And Ascension Island

Greenbelt Maryland AP reports NASA extended its upper atmosphere experiments with sounding rocket launches from Wallops Island Virginia and Ascension Island in the South Atlantic on Monday night.

Greenbelt, Md National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wallops Island Ascension Island South Atlantic

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Luxury Index Ipwer Pri News-Post South America North America Potomac Edison Company John W. Mor Spee Gan Ers Russell Z. Herman Lawrence A. Dorsey Potomac Edison Del Delaware Assembly Elbert N. Carvel Carvel Last Man's Club Last Man’s Club F.S.K. Post, American Legion Southern Ward A. Crowther H. Karl Harner Floyd E. Kreh J. Robert Edwards James B. Dorsey Alton EF. Shaff David M. Kemp James E. Doub George E. VanFossen Cal Frank J. Keefer Reid Herbert Hahn John R. Newton Alvey M. Norwood Edwin A. Brookey Jr Paul B. Hammond Jr Joseph S. Kennedy George E. Slestad George Delaplaine Middletown Fire Company Earle Fillmore Keefer Keymar D. D. Hartzler and Sons Edward Fisher Rest Haven Memorial Gardens Hansonville David Stoner Jr William Keefer Ralph Earle Stonesifer David Dotterer Harold Clarance Leatherman Encyclopaedia Britannica Prrf Rive
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