Fifty Years Ago in Middletown News 1912 Notes
At a special meeting of the mayor and aldermen action on extending Rockwell Terrace was deferred. A storefront showcase blew over injuring glass on the sidewalk. The United Fire Co committee anticipates the new automotive engine arriving next week. Frank B Rhodes, formerly of the city, signs with Solax Motion Picture Company. Peoples Lumber Co reelects officers and a Middletown tax rate is set at 45 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Zimmerman
Rockwell Terrace
Harry G. Darsey and Co
United Fire Co
Frank B. Rhodes
Solax Motion Picture Company
New York City
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Peoples Lumber CO
Airy
RB. C
Thomas E. Watkins
Burgess and Commissioners of
Middletown
Tax Loophole Threatens Local Government Bond Rates
Federal administration proposals to end tax free status of municipal bonds could raise interest costs for Frederick County and Frederick City. Local governments would face higher borrowing rates, affecting schools and municipal improvements and forcing higher taxes to cover debt service.
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Sec
Frederick County
Frederick City
County
Maryland Vows $83.8 Million Road Plan Across State
The State Roads Commission announced a statewide highway program totaling 83.8 million dollars, focused on Washington suburban counties and Southern Maryland. It includes 178 miles of new roads, led by the Capitol Beltway, with 46.9 million for Prince Georges, Montgomery, Calvert, Charles and St. Marys counties, plus 41 miles on the Eastern Shore and 30 miles in Western Maryland. Some projects already advertised, with work to start after spring thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Washington
Prince Georges
Montgomery
Calvert
Charles
St. Marys
Capitol Beltway
Wil
SRC
Desegregation Policy Study Planned by State Board
Baltimore AP report states the Maryland State Board of Education will hold more meetings before issuing a new desegregation policy for public schools. After four executive sessions, no draft statement was prepared, with chairman Jerome Frampton Jr noting progress on principles but no concrete action. The board plans to refine guidance following the Supreme Court ruling on segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Board of Education
Maryland
Jerome Frempton Jr
Federaburg
Frampton
Supreme Court
BEARDED REPORTER SHAVES FOR BERLIN CHECKPOINT
A Berlin bound British correspondent had to shave his new beard to pass through an East German checkpoint on the autobahn. Officials insisted his face matched the beardless passport photo.
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Berlin
Frederick County Rationing Board Opens in Frederick
The Rationing Board began functioning in the Patrick Court building offices with Harry Castle appointed as clerk. Members Holmes D Baker and Charles Met Mathias were present. Snow blanketed the city, and a series of war and defense updates appear alongside local incidents and draft notices.
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Russia
Wiss Charlotte Burger
South Market Street
Rosenour
North Market Street
Herman Weener
William & Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick
Dying Man Seeks Woman Benefactress
Richard Tyler 68 of Norwood seeks a woman who helped him 43 years ago in Dayton during a brain fever illness. He wishes to leave his $12,000 estate to Florence Mildred Robinson, who later married Elmer Shoemaker, now deceased. Tyler last saw her three years ago and has no known relatives. He believes he has about 1.8 years left.
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Dayton, Ohio
Richard Tyler
Norwood
Tyler
Dayton Daily News
Florence Mildred Robinson
Elmer Shoemaker
Sam
Dayton
Vier
Taking School Merger To State
The State Board of Education will hear an appeal over a Carroll County transfer of about 150 Taneytown pupils from Taneytown High to Uniontown High. Juror High students would use Taneytown High School while the merger is reviewed. In Tokyo, Japan reorganizes its self defense forces from six divisions and four brigades totaling 220000 men into 13 smaller divisions to increase mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown. Md
State Board of Education
Carroll County Board
At- Hock Resnick
Balti
Taneytown
County Board of Education
Jytown High School
Uniontown
Tokyo
Japan
Dickerson and area residents share holiday gatherings
Christmas dinners and visits mark the Dickerson area scene with multiple families from Dickerson Wheaton and nearby towns sharing meals and greetings. Cantata by Twe Barnesville Baptist Church and community members celebrate holidays as birthdays and recoveries are noted.
Gray Ladies and CARE notes brighten Frederick post holidays
The piece honors the Gray Ladies of Frederick County Red Cross, profiles Vindobona nursing home volunteers Mrs. William Wallace, Mrs. Charles Merryman and Mrs. Edgar Stevens, and highlights CARE’s hunger efforts and appeal for donations. It quotes the Vindobona poem praising volunteers and notes other Red Cross chapters in Middletown and Monocacy Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Lady
Frederick County Red Cross
Bertram J
Mildred Porter) Cleaves
Red Cross Public Information
Vindobona Board
Henry West
Vindobona
Wiliam Wallace
Charles Roberts
Harlan Jessup
Red Cross Gray
Emory Comer
Edwin Albaugh Sr
Charles, Merryman
Edgar Stevens
Monocacy Hall
Chronic Hospital
Valley View Nursing Home
Middletown
Sunshine Girls
Fort Detrick Christmas Decor Contest Winners Named
The U S Army Medical Unit won the Fort Detrick Christmas Decoration Contest with Master Sergeant H C Roberts taking first prize in the Family Units category. Second and third went to Master Sergeant R C Huff and Specialist Five R E Zeiber. Honorable mentions honored several officers and sergeants. Awards cited include Outstanding Performance Appraisals and cash suggestions for efficiency and safety improvements.
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Fort Detrick
W. J. Robbins
L. K. Goodner
L. Feltmann
F. F. Trapasso
Carl S. Casto
Herbert M. Bloom
William W. Dorrell
James L. Roberts
Robert J. Goodlow
Alex Smallberg
Beverley C. Furry
Dorthalee M. Ropp
Bernard L. Miltner
Harold W. Grove
Donald L. Boyer
Howard S. Prye
East Coast
Edwin W. Coleman
U.S. Army Signal Engineering Agency
Glenn Z. Guille
Garvin A. Provonsha
Side Glances holiday visits across cities
Captain David Arbiter and family visited relatives in New York for the holidays. John Conveys also visited relatives in Philadelphia during the holidays. Lieutenants William Wooding and James Sheldon had relatives visiting them for the holidays. Stanford Mumford and family spent the holiday with relatives in Philadelphia. Condolences to Mrs. J. V. Vacca whose mother Maria Del Do, 84, died last month in Torino Italy.
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James K. Carey
Ft. Belvoir
Frank Hart
Massachusetts
Ed Cherry
Boston
Charles Minarik
New York City
Patricia Ahalt
William Hendricks
Middletown
Robert Nakamura
Seattle
Wash
Robert Kerpsack
Youngstown
Rochester
Kupferberg
Pathiology Division
Theodosian Fisher
Ronnie Marshall
the Post
Roy Kinsey
Phebe Summers
PFC
Charles R. Webster
Florida
Property Division
V.F.W. Club
David Arbiter
New York
Carroll Scrailsman
Comptroller's Office
John
Philadelphia
William Wooding
James Sheldon
Stanford Mumford
J. V. Vacca
Maria del- Do
Torino
Italy
Dorothea Dix Advice Column On Family Strife And Marriage
The Dorothy Dix column addresses a Harried Husband seeking divorce after years of strain from illness and financial pressure, urging restraint and reconciliation. It also features guidance for a teen bride hopeful and a Concerned sister group, recommending schooling, psychiatric checkups, and orderly plans.
New Year's Day Dinner Guests Around Germantown Area
Families and relatives gathered for New Year celebrations at multiple local homes. Mr and Mrs James Marks hosted a feted dinner at Cider Barrel Trailer Court Germantown. Charles Warfield and Connie Betson with families visited in the area. Ward family members enjoyed weekend visits and Baltimore stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Sabbage
LeRoy
Bud) Thompson
Nathan Hildebrand
Thomas Doyle
Harry Stottlemyer
Glenn Lamson
New Haven
Conn
Dickerson and Koontzchapel
James A Stull
Austin Oden
Frederick
Harry L. Quinn Sr
Arthur Stull
Ellis Roberson
And
Mirs
James Marks
Jack McDonough
Joyce
Randy
Joan Burdette
Horace Thompson
Germantown
Charles Warfield
Baltimore
Vir
Connie Betson
Butterfly Lane
de Warfield
Charlie Whirley
Dottie Sutherland
Darnestown
Moose Lodge
Butch and
Bud Ward
Harry Ward
Gaithersburg
Sleep lore and famous sleepers in history
HAL BOYLE notes that elephants snore loudly and have nightmares while kings and writers studied sleep habits. Louis XIV had 413 beds, Dickens slept with a northward head, Bernhardt favored a 15 foot wide bed as CBS previews a program about sleep. Half of Americans report trouble sleeping. married people tend to sleep better than singles, with widowed and divorced facing more insomnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Louis XIV
France
Charles Dickens
Sarah Bernhardt
Cbs-Tv
America
Solomon
Lebanon
Cleopatra
Egypt
Europe
Elizabeth
England
Catherine the Great
Russia
William Shakespeare
Beds Through the Ages and Sleep Myths
The article traces sleeping habits from ancient Greeks to Elizabethan England, noting bed origins and royal beds. It cites insomnia in August, snoring gender differences, and behavioral sleep patterns, including wives reading in bed and difference in teeth grinding.
Grain price listing from Farmers Co-Operative
Market prices show Wheat and Barley quoted by the Farmers Co-Operative Association. The record notes a price of 96.00 per bushel for Wheat. Barley and other grains are mentioned but not clearly priced in the legible text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-Operative Association Potey
Gambling three no trump trap in a 1961 bridge hand
Staten Island reader K G McIntyre recounts a local duplicate hand where a risky three no trump contract nets a top score after West opens hearts and diamonds lead. He notes experts likely would have cashed in differently and warns this pot luck bid is not a steady winning strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. G. McIntyre
Staten Island
West
Bast
Mr. McIintyre
South
Coffee consumption and population notes across regions
A collection of statistics reports Americans drink over 100 million cups of coffee annually, the US dentist sees about 1,800 patients per year, roses number about 5,700 varieties, Sao Paulo hosts 3.9 million residents, and in 1960 US wheat output reached 1.364 billion bushels. It notes direct wireless telegraph links between Shanghai and Havana via Cuba and China, and Israel spent a record 0 million for 17 ships, boosting the fleet to 520,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sao Paulo
Brazil
South America
Tokyo
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Red China
Shanghai
Havana
Pelping Radio
Jerusalem
Israel
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Margaret E. Stull
Earl Shreve
Bradford Wharton
Takoma
Park
Earl Shreve Jr
William Shreve
Mary
Adamstown
Danny Yates
Twe
Barnesville Baptist Church
Donna E. Stull
Erma L. Stull
James A. Stull
Ruth Roberson
Harold Roberson
Wheaton
Leonard Roberson
Howard Roberson
Regina Gooch
Martin Wiseman
Richard Cromwell
Bernard Williams
Joseph C. Rial Jr
Greensburg
Glenn Jenkins
New Jersey
Joe Jenkins
Julia Matthews
David Foster
Julia Ann
Harry Schildt
Helen Harrison
Silver Spring
Annie Everett
Louisiana
Joe Thompson
Ivy Jane
Chrismmas
Kitchener
Ontario
Mark Douglas
Eastview
Harry Quinn
Wilson Place
Carrie Trittippe
By Joe Etenhauer
Congress
Lefty Kren
Peppies Drug Store
Clarke Sheetenheim
Shipley
Cumberland
Ames Hendrickson
Kirby Block & Co., Inc
Sam Kaufman
CARE
Cooperative For American Relief Everywhere, Inc
Care Food Crusade
Asia
Latin America
Middle East
N. Y
Womens Club
Elwood Wolfe
Wolfe Travel Agency
Nedda Clendenin
Shirley Schuettinger
Constance Bloom
Claire Balent
Charles F. Burns
Louis B. Cracco
Douglas W. Krause
Charlies D. Rapp
Daffy Ducks
Mary E. Trout
Patricia A. Ahalt
Virginia Fry
Dorothy
Winpigiter
Phyllis Grove
M. Click
Paragould
Ark
Curtis V. Givan
Palo Alto
Calif
Ronald FE
Arkowski
Ambridge
Louis H. Bensen
Hamlet
McCalvin Mechanic
Union
D. C
Terry W. Misenheimer
Springhill
Detlef R. Schellin
Iowa City
Iowa
Thomas J. Schrantz
Dunkirk
Denis C. Winkler
Forca
Sandra L. Shockey
Howard M. Jenkin
Joseph V. Paul
John G. Felton
John F. Stephens
Mark Greenberg
Anna Mae Lee
Harold A. Neufeld
Matthew David
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Dix
Helen Wordenerskine
Helen
Jace
Vilusea
Helen Worden Erskine
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
North
Eqioé
Rey
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