Man And A Mountain Sugar Leaf Stronghold Monument
The death of Gordon Strong draws attention to his lifelong devotion to Sugar Leaf Mountain later named Stronghold. He built roads and facilities, fostering public access and beauty, envisioning enduring maintenance by a dedicated endowment for all time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Strong
Strong
Sugar Leaf
Mountansioe
Hotlan
Stronghold
Mr. Strong
Tandar Hoark
Mee
Ethel Jane Rule
Recognition for founder of local trolley line story
Betters to the Editor salutes George Yalham Smith for starting the Frederick to Braddock electric railroad system. The writer, his daughter Tale Smith Richardson, recalls his courage, venture, and hands on role in building the line and car barn, noting his key influence over fifty six years of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Thurmont
Marsland
Frederiick
Braddock
George Yalham Smit
Kam
Heights
West Patrick Street
Couches
Moneer
Tam
Dhaughter
Tale Smith
Richardson
Hieving
George Wiliam Smith
Eisenhower’s Faith Folds into Public Life and Oath
In a letter to The News Editor, Nicolas Yinger recounts President Eisenhower’s deep religious faith. He notes Ike kept a King James Bible in the White House, underlined Genesis’s first words, and began meetings with prayer, aligning with Washington and Lincoln on faith’s role in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
White House
God
Ike
Dwright
D. Eisenhower
America
Washington
Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
Nicholas Yinger
Baptist Group Meets at Barnesville Parsonage
The Barnesville Baptist church group met on February 23 with all members present. Plans were set for a February 28 study course at the parsonage from 2:00 to 5:00 PM with dinner at 5:30 PM, including Girls Auxiliary and Royal Ambassadors. Miss Olive Raun will speak at 7:00 PM about her missionary work in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Mildred Crabtree
Audiliory
Olive Raun
Africa
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago items describe a pistol shot incident in Middle Town as Miss Mamie Shafer fired toward suspected noise, a runaway horse near Market and All Saints streets, wealth and poverty program at City Opera House, a University Extension lecture on The Awakening of Modern Europe at Woman's College, and Bloomfield School scholars gifting their teacher Mr C G Clem a clock with Wilbert Smith as collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Mamie Shafer
Daniel Shafer
Main
Jefferson Streets
Ernest Miss
Market
All Saints
South Market Street
City Opera House
Woman's College
Bloomfield
Bloomfiel School
C G Clem
Wilbert Smith
Frederick High boys win county basketball title 1934
Twenty years ago the Frederick High School team beat Emmitsburg 30 to 26 at the armory to claim the county title. The regulars were recalled from the showers in the fourth quarter to hold the rally by the reserves. The article notes a record cold night and figures from the local employment bureau and court of appeals admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airport
Frederick
Armory
Emmitsburg
FHS
Federal Employment Bureau
Court House
Ward
Robert F. Clapp
Court of Appeals
Chronology of McCarthy Peress case unfolds across 1953 1954
A detailed timeline traces Captain Major Peress from Nov 1953 questions about Communist affiliations to his 1954 promotion and eventual honorable discharge. Key figures include General Zwicker Secretary Stevens Senator McCarthy and the Army's handling of Peress amid congressional scrutiny. The record highlights debates over subpoenas, discharge authority, and Army red tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence Washington
Fort Kilmer
Zwicker
Irving Peress
Surgeon General
Army
Peress
Senate Committee On Government Operations
McCarthy
Stevens
Camp Kilmer
Adjutant General
Senate
Scee EP
Buerechme
iMarch
McCarthy Jacknovier
Peteese
Department of Justice
Communist Party
Ruth Eagle
New York
American Labor Party
Zwitker
Senator McCarthy
Secretary of the Army
Congress
Supreme Court
Ingathering plans for Grenfell group meeting
The Frederick Grenfell Association unit schedules its annual Ingathering and tea for April 21 at 2:30 PM in the Evangelical Reformed church social rooms. Miss Margaret Motster hosts at Dulaney avenue, with demonstrations of cloth ing, toys and books for North American natives. Miss Andrea Bostwick of Philadelphia will speak on Grenfell missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenfell
Margaret Mot~ster
Dulaney Avenue
Frederick Association
Evangelical Reformed Church
Grorfel? Association of America
North America
Grenfell Organization
Andrew Bostwick
Philadelphia
Zuest
Miss Bostwick
St. Anthonys
Newfoundland
Total
Juniper Red Cross
Braddock
Mission AL
Itas
St. Anthony Hospital
Frederick
Margaret Hart Steiner
Obituary notices from Catonsville and Frederick area
James Hobbs of 1 C O F home since 1949 died at 6 30 morning after five days illness aged 81 son of Nathan C Hobbs and Slats Gosnell Hobbs devout Calvary Methodist and Rainbow Lodge member survivors include wife Virginia and sister Etha Exler services at home 106 East Church Street Etchison and Son Funeral Directors. Carrie Victoria Vickfarlane 53 of Norfolk Virginia died at home after six months illness survived by husband three children sisters and brothers funeral services Sunday in Norfolk cemetery. Katharine Burdette widow of Melvin E Burdette died at Emergency Hospital Frederick born 1908 daughter of William D Ecker and Lena Y Taulton Ecker member of Evangelical Lutheran and Daughters of Pocahontas survived by husband father seven grandchildren and many relatives body at 54 East Patrick Street funeral Sunday 2 pm Mt Olivet interment. Harry F Carty Company funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Saachera
Damel Crawford Hatris
Catonsville
Nathan C. and
Slats
Gosnell Hobbs
Calvary Methodst Church
Rainbow Lodge No
Lisbon
Virginia Hobbs
Etha Exler
Marriottsville
Hires
Frank
Parlane
Carrie VicFarlane
Norfolk
Charles W
Della B. Kidwell
Lovellsville
Herbert
Ruth Evans
Esther Chauncey
Rohnert Anderson
Brunswick
Elroy Grimes
Frederick
Katharine Burdette
Melvin E. Burdette
Frederick County
Willliam D. Ecker
Lena Y. Taulton Ecker
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Daughters of Pocahontas
Burdette
Pauline Shelton
Robert Earl Fauble
William Franklin Fauble, Jr
Charlotte Louise Haines
Keedysville
Lena Stevens
Knoxville
Gertrude Heffner
Frances Ecker
John W. Ecker
George H. Ecker
Silver Springs
Robert Taulton
Srunswick
East Patrick Street
Mt. Olivet
Harry F. Carty Company, Funeral Directors
Obituary notices for Bower Crawford and McNair
Funeral rites were held for William Blessing Bower in Knoxville with burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery and services by Etchison and Son. Charles Lewis Crawford Sr died suddenly in Darnestown and was interred in Mt Olivet, Frederick, with survivors Pauline Crawford and children. Scott H. McNair, 72, of Emmitsburg, was honored with funeral services at Elias Lutheran Church and burial in Presbyterian Cemetery Emmitsburg. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Lutheran Church
Emmitsburg
Scott H. McNair
Philip Bower
Presbyterian Cemetery
George Eyster
Clarence Frailey
Carroll Phillips
Edgar Stonesifer
Glenn Springer
Roy Sanders
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Harris at Home Near Mt Airy
A surprise party for Mrs D S Harris was held at her Mt Airy area home with many guests listed for refreshments. The notice includes names of attendees and mentions several travel, visitation, and hospital events in the community, including births and local travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Harris
Mt Airy
Harris
D S Harris
Reginald Jenkins
Garmin Mitchell
Martha Kline
Frank Cooley
John F. Conley
Harvey Michael
Homer Harris
Norman Nusbaum
Wison Harris
Wanda Lee Harris
Kent Harris
Doris
Jeanie
Connie Michael
Daver
Judy
Martha
Larry
Mike" Harris
Bobby Nusbaum
Engagement Announced For Sgt James Devilbiss
Mrs Ethel Devilbiss of Route 1 Thurmont announces the engagement of her son Sgt James Devilbiss to Miss Annette Woodham daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Woodham of Springheld Fla The wedding is planned for June 18 at First Assembly of God Church Millville Fla Also notes that part time farming is rising with one quarter of farmers working off the farm a hundred days or more yearly vs ten percent thirty years ago
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Ethel Devilbiss
Route 1
Thurmont
Sgt
James Devilbiss
Annette Woodham
Robert Woodham
Springheld
Fla
Assembly of God’s
Millville
Sick list at Frederick area hospitals shows steady gains
Among the sick many residents are reported in satisfactory or improving condition at Frederick Memorial, Mercy, and Maryland General Hospitals. Names include Min Harry O Smith of Walkersville, Betty Jane Stroup, Archie Runkles, Irene Main, Charles Norris, Otto Beall, and others from Frederick, Thurmont, Middletown, Rocky Ridge, and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry O. Smith
Walkersville
Frederick High School
Frederick Memor
Randy Weddle
John J. Weddle
Edgewood Road
Betty Jane Stroup
Howard Stroup
East Fifth Street
Frederick ‘Memorial Hospital
A. Grant Hooper
Dillaverque
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Paul A. Lowman
Mt. Airy
Mercy Hospital
Baltymore
Archie Runkles
Robert Dubei
Rocky Ridge
Norman Anders
Thurmont
Ross Eyler
G. C. Barton
Otto Beall
Charles Norris
Middletown
Charlie L. Kepler
Emory F Slifer
Frederick
Eduard Beachley
Locust Valley
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, DC
Richard Toms
Foxville
Memorial Hospital
Charles H. Clarke
John Nunemaker
Graydon Clem
Bon Secours Hospital
Baltimore
Local Notices From Boyds and Surrounding Areas
Weekend visits and job moves noted in Boyds area. Miss Joan Spring visited fiancé William Sobletone in Cleveland and returned by plane. James Spring named manager of Trimalawn Company Gaithersburg office. previously with Rockville unit. The Gilliam family moved to their new home, renting their former house to the Lock family. Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs. Donald Nicholson’s home on Feb 18 with devotional on Faith and a birthday party for Donna Nicholson. Mrs. Lula Dutrow ill at Bonnie Blink Masonic Home after a fall. formerly at Lutheran Hospital in Baltimore. Mrs. Russell Bennett and family traveled to New York. daughter Mary Ellen to Panama to join husband William Simpson. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Guerie, Mr. and Mrs. Alis, Russell Bennett Jr., and others. Mary Ellen’s dinner hosted for fourteen. Mr. Harry Wolstenholme attended a funeral in Wilmington. Mabel Ballenger now handles Boyds street light funds. Amos Rice, formerly of Boyds, in New York City, paused to view memorial church window. he and wife visited with Scott Rice. Rice works as air line test pilot in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Gilliam
Preston Weaver
Pollock
Hallock
Woodfield
Women’s Missionary Society
Donald Nicholson
Edward Ardinger
Bonnie Blink
Masonic
Cockeysville
Lutheran Hospital
Baltimore
Russell Bennett
John
Mary Ellen Simpson
New York
Panama
William Simpson
Bennett
Mary Ellen
James Guerie
Charles Alis
Washington
Russell Bennett, Jr
Hyatteville
Boyds
New York City
Feather
Scott Rice
Air Line
Virginia
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Man and
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Maryland
Patricia
Dorothy Fitzgerald
Frank Fitzgerald
Saint Joseph College
the News
David Lawrence
St. Anthony
New ‘Foundland
Ane
Cartwright
Worth ‘West River
St Mary's Tiver
Finners Cove
Sitad
William Blessing Bower
East Church Street
Funeral Home
Mt Olivet
BM R Etchison and Son
Charles Lewis Crawford
Darnes
Colonial
Robert A. Pumphrey
Rockville
Crawford
Pauline D. Crawford
Charles L. Jr
Robert D
Paulie E
David Crawford
Edith C Burger
Ross T. Edgar S
William S. Crawford
Florida
California
Kilburn Fulton
Norwood
Mass
John W. Benner
Lueir Bun
Wid O. Benner
Carlisle
East Wilson Boulevard
Hagerstown
Paul A. Benner
Elizabeth Lewis Peters
Annalee Stewart
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Stewart
Hood College
Willard H. Markey
Rockwell Terrace
Jane Willard
Carlyn Reid
Opa-Lacka
Stephen Allen Reid
Jackson Hospital
Miami
Reid
Lorraine Stir
van Coburn
Carol Ann
Mt Aiy
Colburn
Bert Schwartz
Mrs. Edgar Brown
Coconut Grove, Fla
Bruce T. Davies
I. S. Knotts
Natchitoches
Davies
Lousiana
Lillian C. Kneil
Lee J. Kelbaugh
Thurmoant
Earl T Kelbaugh
Louise McPherson
Margaret Donaldson
Sun Spot
Bradenton Beach
Guy C. Kline
BOG Wits
J. WU. Mause
Myersville
Mause
Wil
Edward White
Sanford
Leroy Remsberg
Ronald Lee
Cpl
Gale Kline
Wolfsville
Fort Meade
Korea
Mrs. Kline
Braddock Apartments
Braddock Heights
E V. Moser
Luther Toms
Jefferson
Miami, Fla
South
Fred Kefauver
Hugh Keller
Willard Rudy
Taft Hotel
Charles May
Dill Avenue
Gerry May
Bettie Warrenfeltz
Massanutten Military Academy
Mays
Charles N. May
Massanutten
Patricia Smith
Garden City
No Vs
Owen C. Stuil
South Jefferson Street
Roy W. Myer
Frederck Construction Company
Sherman Boone
Swit
Herman B. Brust, Jr
Cu & Parc
NEA Service Inc
Mr. Banks
Joan Spring
William Sobletone
Cleveland
James Spring
Trimalawn Company
Gaithersburg
Kesitzer
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