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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1961
Page
8
Numerous local families from Chambersburg and surrounding towns hosted and visited relatives during the holidays. Christmas Day gatherings included the Saylers, Keeneys, Grubers, and Eyler families with extended relatives from Emmitsburg Thurmont Rocky Ridge and Baltimore.
President elect John F Kennedy receives two task force reports on welfare and space. He announces appointments including Henry de Fouler as undersecretary of the Treasury. Welfare urges expanded programs and medical care for the aged. Space report, not public, is being withheld for classified redactions.
Social notes list numerous visits and dinners among residents of Rocky Ridge Thurmont Emmitsburg Frederick Hagerstown and Westminster. Names include Kaas Troxell Mc Laughlin Stone Six Smith Stout Reck Wun le Stine Wan tz Paugh Horman Wantz Bowers and others with several trips to nursing homes and hospitals noted. Ernest Staub Jr returns from Fort Jackson after furlough.
Local residents listed as visitors and guests across Thurmont, Emmitsburg, Germantown and surrounding areas. Holy Communion and congregational meeting held at United Church of Christ January 3. Thurmont High School students Kenneth Whitcomb and Beckie Mumma named to Maryland State Choir Concert at University of Maryland January 13.
Luther Stambaugh and Mrs Mae Kaas visited Mrs Minnie Engel in Frederick on New Year Eve. The St Johns Women’s Guild held its regular meeting January 4 with 20 members. Miss Ellen Stottlemyer and others led the program on unity in personal relations. Hymns were sung and funds were reported for the Eyster children.
TheWalkersville Lutheran Church hosts a covered dish supper January 1 at 6 30 pm with a book review as part of the congregational calendar. The Walkersville United Church of Christ will hold a book review January 20 at 7 45 pm. Marilyn Monroe is seen dating Joe DiMaggio after their divorce from Arthur Miller. Dr Charles A Waters radiologist dies at 71 in Baltimore after retiring in 1959.
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