Local Obituary Notices From Mount Pleasant to Boonsboro
Deaths report Samuel A Snyder 173, master cabinet maker and clock collector, at home near Mount Pleasant after a heart attack. Lula May Welch 70 of Tilghmanton dies at Washington County Hospital after long illness. Irvey W Baker 73 of Morrisonville dies at a friend’s home. former Loudoun official and banker. Amy C Beall 61 of Kemptown dies in Boonsboro. survives daughter Amy Beall Bynum and others. services in Browningsville. Funeral details listed. local ministers and directors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Snyder
Samuel Abraham Snyder
Mt. Pleasant
G. C. Barton
Lula May Welch
Tilghmanton
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Front Royal
Mary Manning
Emmitsburg
Isrey W. Baker
Irvey W. Baker
Morrisonville
George and
Ida Brown Baker
Howard Harrington
Myrtle Bramhall
Baltimore
Board of Supervisors
Loudoun County
Lovettsville
District Home
Manassas
Amy
Beall
Amy C. Beall
Paul C. Beall
Kemptown
Boonsboro
Fillmore
Mary Lawson
Frederick County
Bethesda Methodist Church
Browningsville
Amy E. Bynum
Tyler
Tex
Grover L. Beall
Clarksburg
Josie Burdette
Washington, D. C
Harry Burdette
Frederick
Mehrie E. Staley
Woodfield
Uriah Lawson
Silver Spring
Dorsey Lawson
Spencer Lawson
Laytonsville
Ernest Harrison
Roy W. Barber
Man Of Compassion Abraham Lincoln’s universal appeal
A formal reflection on Abraham Lincoln as a world renowned figure whose enduring appeal rests on compassion and honesty. The piece notes his frontier origins, plain bearing, and conviction driven leadership that preserved the nation and respected human dignity. Lincoln’s words and example elevate humanity and symbolize American character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
America
Lincoln
Ilinois
Only the Strong Can Be Free National Defense Week
Melville C. Stockwell of Frederick asks readers to observe National Defense Week. He argues national strength deters aggression and requires individual citizen sacrifice and community effort to keep America strong and free. He emphasizes mandatory service as a path to deter war and preserve liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Officers Association
Frederick
United States
America
Melville C. Stockwell Frederick
Missing names in city Red Cross fund campaign chairs
The list of chairmen and co chairs for city Red Cross fund campaign groups in Thursday's News omitted two volunteers. Thomas Glass is listed as co chairman of the fraternal organizations group and Mrs John A McCabe is listed as chairman of the general canvass group, with Mrs Williera Reynolds as co chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochairmen
Red Cross Fund
Thomas §. Glass
John A. McCabe
Williera Reynolds
Inspiration for Robert Browning Poem Tied to Ezra Ibn
The line traces inspiration for Browning's Rabi Ben Fra to Ezra Ibn a Jewish author and poet, full name Abraham ben Meir iba Ezra, noting the influence of his works on Browning’s poetic imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Browning
Rabi Ben Fra
Ezra Ibn
Abraham Ben Meir Iba
Ezra
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago items note a electric railcar delay from ice at Patrick and Market, Old Mike derailed near Braddock Heights causing four hours of delay, John Walter fell but was not seriously hurt, Mrs. Charles Dean burned by hot stove after fainting, stable roof collapse on East Fourth street with no injuries, Fisher named postmaster at Tuscarora replacing David Oland who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. and M. Electric
Patrick
Market Streets
John Walter
North Market Street
Charles Dean
Joseph Ramsburg
East Fourth Street
Fisher
Tuscarora
David Oland
McKinley
Abdraham Lincoln
Lsten
Frederick News 1935: 83 Relief Projects and Mt Airy Fire
Twenty years ago in Frederick area 83 work relief proposals were named for four million dollars in federal aid. A Mt Airy High School fire prompted Feb 25 reentry for students and new housing. Carroll County Board of Education set that date. Company A First Regiment marked 20th anniversary with a banquet at Ebert’s Confectionery. Miss Mary Catherine White of Thurmont named to fill Mt Frederick High School faculty vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Board of Education
Mt. Airy
Ebert's
Mary Catherine Withide
Thurmont
Frances Feiser
Frederick High School
Lincoln Quiz Show Tale Reflects On Gettysburg Address
HAL BOYLE recalls a hypothetical quiz show about Abraham Lincoln. The piece notes common misrememberings of the Gettysburg Address and surveys five adults who misquote or misremember lines, while highlighting Lincoln’s enduring impact and the variations among authentic copies of the speech.
Classification Night Observed By Optimists
At the Frederick Optimist club weekly dinner at the Southern restaurant new members included Stanley Gaver Edgar VanFossen Ray Wahl and others with occupations reviewed. Officers for the Optimist Boys Foundation Corporation were elected Charles Boarkie president Lease Bussard vice president Ernest Stephens secretary Harry Lease treasurer and Edward Daugherty to the board. Patton presided Zufall announced a surprise program and sausage and pancake luncheon tickets to fund YMCA pool filtration installation. Natchez Miss historical note from 17th century French trading post era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Uheelsyear
Harry Patton
John Zufall
Francis Scott Key
YMCA
Eisenhower and Zhukov See Peace Hope in Berlin Talks
Washington dispatch notes a potential thaw if Eisenhower and Marshal Zhukov shape future policy. Zhukov, now a Soviet defense minister candidate, hints at improved U.S.-Soviet relations. The piece weighs whether Zhukov could help forge an era of understanding, given the current communist regime’s limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence Washington
Eisenhower
Marshal Zhukov
Moscow
Europe
Berlin
Soviet Russia
Marshal Zhuxov
Soviet
Russia
White House
Zhukov
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Hearst Group
Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
General Eisenhower
America
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
Stalin
Odessa
Malenkov
Funerals Held for Hendrickson and Condon in Hagerstown
Funeral services were conducted for George P. Hendrickson of 551 Frederick Street at 1 a.m. Friday at 106 East Church Street with Rev. Qrrin T. Carroll and Rev. Herbert L. D. Doggett officiating. Interment followed at Frederick Memorial Park. C. Ef. Cline and Son directed arrangements. Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Estelle Condon of 302 Dill Avenue were held Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. Raymond E. Wilhelm officiated. Interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son and other local florals attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Hendrickson
Frederick Street
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
East Church Street
Qrrin T. Carroll
Howardtreet Methodist Church
Herbert L. D. Doggett
Trinity
Methodist Church
R. N. Bachtel
John E. Staley
Lawrence H. Metz
Earl Hann
Robert Reeder
George E. Miller
Frederick Memorial Park
M. R. Etchison and Son
Fannie Estelle Condon
Albert W. Condon
Dill Avenue
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
H. Frank Foland
D. Ralph Zimmerman
Douglas Zimmerman
F. Ross Myers
George Hall
Robert Kolb
Mount Olivet Cemetery
EF. Cline
Constitution Change Proposed By Sen Butler
Senator John Marshall Butler of Maryland introduces a constitutional amendment to bar a Supreme Court member from serving as president or vice president for five years after leaving the court and to require retirement at 75 for Chief and Associate Justices and inferior court judges, with full pay. The plan aims to enable the Chief Justice to address Congress annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
Senate Justiciary Committee
U. S
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
Butter
Foxes Killed in Rabies Control Drive Near Sharpsburg
State trapper James Beall with Deputy Game Warden Glenn Butis has trapped numerous foxes in and around Sandy Hook after a rabid fox bit a Sands Hook woman on January 22. Tests proceed at a state lab. weather hampers work but trapping expands toward Sharpsburg as farmers fear dog and livestock exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einshern
Washington
Frederick County
Sands Hook
James Beall
Glenn Butis
Sandy Hook
Nellie Noise
Benjamin Phebus
Washington County
Sharpsburg
Miller Sawmill
Beall
History of American Architecture lecture at Hood College
Hood College art instructor Robert Jordan will discuss the History of American Architecture using color slides. The talk traces architecture from colonial settlers through Georgian and Federal periods to Romantics and the modern movement, highlighting meaning and U.S. relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jordan
Hood College
Mr. Jordan
Louis Sullivan
Frank Lloyd Wright
United States
Meyran
Jordan
Hood
Dartmouth College
Columbia University
Dordai
Europe
Reynolds
Sick Miss Hengst Returns Home Convalescing
Eight year old Treva Hengst daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Hengst 109 East Patrick street had been a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital for ten days and returned home today reporting satisfactory convalescence Alaska once was known as Seward's Folly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treva Hengst
Harold P. Hengst
East Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
James Garrett
San Francisco
Calif
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Student Nurses to Hold Square Dance Fundraiser
Frederick Memorial Hospital student nurses plan a square dance at Frederick High School on Friday February 18 to raise funds for a laundry room and equipment. Happy Johnny will perform from 6:30 p.m. to midnight with Jim Grove calling, under a committee led by Ruth Ramsburg. The note also mentions other social items and a Valentine dance at Hood College with Brayden Ridenour's Baltimore orchestra and blind date arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick High School
Happy Johnny
Jim Grove
Ruth Ramsburg
Patty Carder
Mary Jane Powell
Doris Roderick
Janet Flora
Doris Lackey
Joan Murphy
Margaret Fritz
Cynthia Ietzger
Doris Dert
Vivien Davidson
Kathleen Weant
Doris Crawford
Mary Jane Mort
Sharon Frye
Marlene Hartman
Paul Emsram
Valentine
Hood College
Brayden Ridenour
Baltimore
Gettysburg College
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins University
Nineteen Senior Scouts Earn Program Aide Recognition
At a Frederick ceremony nineteen Senior Scouts completed the Girl Scout Program Aide Course under the Frederick Association. The event honored their 15 hour training and upcoming 30 hours of service with Intermediate and Brownie troops. Leaders and Rev. Trunk spoke on leadership and Scouting goals with names listed for the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldbeeuch
General Church
Frederick
Charles F. Trunk
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Emerson Gray
Margery Atkinson
Rachael Baker
Barbara Brown
Betty Lou Davis
Joanne Derr
Libby Elworthy
Brenda Fagan
Gwen Jordan
Pegsy Jenkins
Georgia Anne Masser
Martha Ramsburg
Barbara Rimler
Constance Shankle
Mary Storm
Pat Strosmder
Linda Stup
Edith Whisner
Marian Wolberg
Iva Zeiler
Breac of Life by Rev A Purnell Bailey
A reflection on handling mail slander in public life citing John Tillotson the archbishop of Canterbury who forgave anonymous slander. After Tillotson’s death he found a bundle of envenomed letters endorsed with May God forgive them, I am sure I do. He forgave them and forgot them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Purnell Bailey
John Tillotson
Canterbury
Tillotson
Father
Hood Sophs Revive Inn and Out at Hood College Revue
Hood College presents the sophomore revue Inn and Out a three act musical set during the 1771 Revolutionary era. The show features the class of 1857 with an original script and songs as actors portray Ben Swige tavern chaos aided by a large cast and colorful costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Ben Swige
G. D
Ben Swigg
Cindy Parker
Shakereights
Hortense Swigg
Constance Grueby
Belmont
Mass
General Tuff
Joan Pender
Charlotte Moran
Houlz‘dale
Toots
Carol Rubin
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Boots
Sandra Goldberg
Waban
General Kuyphausen
Joanne Adickes
Manasqulian Shores
Sandra Goldbere
Delores O'Conner
Philadelphia
Susanne Croth
Marjorie Heller
Read
Sing. Pa
Joan Parker
New York City
Meredith Sorenson
Winnewood
Isobel Nathanson
Brookline
Patricia Pickett
Rockville
Elsie Lyon
Harrisburg
Discussion Group 4 Of Farm Bureau Meets In Buckeystown
Maryland Farm Bureau policy program for 1945 was reviewed by Discussion Group No 4 of the Frederick County Farm Bureau at the Buckeystown home of Mr and Mrs Howard Smith. Delegates who met in November proposed recommendations on national affairs to the American Farm Bureau Federation. State resolutions will go to the Maryland Assembly in its 90 day session. Members urged to contact county delegation for favorable consideration. Harry Kanode chaired the meeting. Mrs Earl Remsberg led in singing Maryland My Maryland. Milk vending machines in public schools noted as successful in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Farm Bureau
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Howard Smith
Buckeystown
American Farm Bureau Federation
Maryland Assembly
Farm Bureau
Harry Kanode
Earl Remsberg
Maryland
School Board Discussion With March Meeting Planned
The article notes a discussion of state matters and the appointment of the School Board. Mrs Tobias Zimmerman chaired recreation. Refreshments were provided by the hostess. The next meeting is scheduled for March 9 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. W. Schaffer in Lindell City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Zimmerman
Roy C. W. Schaffer
Lindieu Ililiz
W. F. C. MEETS WOMEN AT POINT OF ROCKS CHURCH
The February meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Point of Rocks Methodist met at Mrs. Robert Richardson's Doubs home. Worship titled New Ventures on Old Roads. program The Driving Power highlighted missionary work. Five dollars approved for Swartzell home for children. Members to donate blue jeans and shirts for zone outreach. Plan covers a dish supper March 3 and a study of Under Three Flags. World Day of Prayer set February 25 at eight. Next meeting at Mrs Ernest Clem's March 2 at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Point of Rocks
Robert Richardson
Doubs
Old Roads
John Horn
Elmer Michael
E White
H. Spalding
E. Clem
E. Michael
J. Horn
Sia D
Point of Rocks Methodist Church
Ernest Ciems
English Lesson And Word Study In Day's Page
W L Gordon presents common usage errors and pronunciation guides. Defines euphemism and provides practice words and market prices for wheat barley corn in a compact reader style.
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Hoge Lompaly
Evangelical Reformed Church
West Church Street
Paul L. Althouse
the News
Tysburg
Carl Sandburg
Abe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
George Washington
Hisenshower
Natchez, Miss
Bluffs
Sen
Butler
Calvary -Methodist Church School
Hotel
Edward Godsey
Edward Mantz
Edward Pearl
Robert, Kline
Afl
Godsey
Mantz
Melvin Tabler
Edward Akers
Alaska
Seward's
George Wiles
Deborah Elaine
Waynesboro, Pa
Wiles
Joan Marshall
Woodsboro
Breac
ML Pasom
WEA
W. L. Gordon
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