Fifty Years Ago In The News Post Files
A social gathering at the Loyal Order of Moose hall opens the year. A fire nearly destroys the Lutheran Church at Burkittsville as a Sunday School room fire spreads. Umpire Dick Nailin named for International League. ex Frederick first baseman. Eastbound B&O track blocked four hours near Monrovia after a freight runs off track. B&O educational train visits Adamstown with local farmer lectures. Commercial Operators acquire Stotler and Sperow stock in Martinsburg. Roy F Gross on Luther Kepler farm narrowly misses eye injury with a penknife. eye may be saved.
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Masonic Temple
Loyal Order of Moose
Burkittsville
Swain
Middletown
Smith
Charles M. Smith
Reformed Church
Barrow
International League
Dick Nailin
Connecticut League
Frederick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monrovia
Baltimore and Ohio
Adamstown
Stotler and Sperow
Martinsburg
W. Va
Roy F. Gross
Luther Kepler
Life Was Good in the Old Fashioned Kitchen
A nostalgic reminiscence describes a large coal and wood range in a spacious kitchen. The author recalls winter evenings with family and neighbors, sharing warmth, stories, and children finishing schoolwork before play. It contrasts past domestic labor with modern central heating and comforts.
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Monster Store
Apple a Day Reassessed by Michigan Study
A three year Michigan State University experiment suggests students who eat at least one apple daily had one third fewer visits to the university health clinic for upper respiratory ailments and showed better nervous system control. The piece mocks persistent parental bromides and proposes an academic department to study such sayings.
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Michigan State University
University
Stella Werner seeks Democratic renomination to Montgomery County Council
Stella B. Werner announced plans to seek the Democratic nomination for another term on the Montgomery County Council. A Chevy Chase resident, she has served on the council since 1950.
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Rockville
Stella B. Werner
Montgomery County
Werner
Chevy Chase
Robert C. Heeney
Heeney
Laytonsville
Leonard T. Kardy
Twenty Years Ago From The News-Post Jan 12 1942
A batch of brief items reports on wartime fatalities from Frederick County and Baltimore, a Mt. Philip house fire, draft registration looming in February, frontline action on the central front, Dutch counter actions in the Indies, a skating injury in West Street, Navy Secretary Knox on the fleet and Atlantic war.
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Frederick County
Baltimore
U.S. 40
Harry W. Rohrback
Charles 8. Bowers
Brunswick
John K. Culver Jr
Martin Stockman
Netherlands Indies
United States
Australia
Borneo
Celebes
Herbert Kreh
West Third Street
Culler Lake
Knox
Atlantic
Central Trust
Peoples Drug Stores
Julie Harris The Fire Within A Perfectionist Actress
Julie Harris, celebrated as one of the great living actresses, speaks of her drive for perfection and the inner flame that began at age 11. She describes her method to avoid brooding and how she channels energy to stay focused on her craft.
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New York
Julie Harrris
Miss Harris
Julie
Queen Victoria
New Orleans Bridge Column Debates Five Odd Play
A reader defends a bridge line where the ace and king of clubs were correct, noting a five odd result was achievable with precise play. The author concedes the line works but criticizes Souths dummy play, outlining a sequence to still make five odd despite a poor club break.
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New Orleans
West
North
South
East
Promoted Frederick official Bob Strine earns city trust
Robert L Strine received official appointment as Assistant to the City Engineer amid broad approval from coworkers and the public. The Frederick native and Army veteran has long served in city engineering circles and holds memberships in Maryland engineers and water associations.
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Robert L.strine
Enewer
Robert A. Whiteford
Bob Strine
Frederick
Ruth M. Strine
Margaret J. Norwood
Mt. Airy
Nancy
Donna J. Norwood
Frederick High School
Calvary Methodist Church
115Th Infantry
71St Infantry
U.S. Army
Alassa
118Th Inf
Company “A
Maryland Association of Engineers
Maryland- Delaware Water and Sewer Association
National Guard Association
Monocacy Federal Credit Union Annual Meeting at Fort Detrick
The third annual meeting of the Monocacy Federal Credit Union will be held at the Fort Detrick Post Restaurant on Thursday January 18 at 7 30 p.m. President Harold A Chichester will preside. Reports will cover 1961 operations and members and guests are invited.
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Fort Detrick
Meyer Chertoff
Credit Union
Ernest R. Higgins
Byard Bell
National Sojourners
Charles R. Baldwin
Pensacola
Fla
Vivian Andrew
Fort Worth
Tex
Gordon Blair
Alex Bryant
Glenn Pryor
John Kirsch
Riley D. Housewright
Carl S. Casto
Washington
Bolling Air Force Base
Caste
Derrick
Arlington
National
Lee Kupferberg
Detrick
James Chapman
France
Democratic Women Move Dinner Dance Site in Mercey of Racial Policy
The Women's Suburban Democratic Club of Montgomery County will hold its January 19 dinner dance at Shady Grove Country Club instead of Kenwood due to Kenwood’s segregation policy. Speaker Pierre Salinger will attend. Kenwood officials defend their private club status while Shady Grove offers nonsegregated access near Gaithersburg.
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NCO Womens Club
Washington County
Sanmar
Boonsboro
Rockville
Democratic Club
Montgomery County
Shady Grove Country Club
Kenwood Country Club
Drexel A. Sprecher
Pierre Salinger
White House
Kenwood
Sprecher
Edward Foulkred
Chevy Chase
Bethesda
Shady Grove
Gaithersburg
Widow appeals malpractice case to Maryland Court of Appeals
In Annapolis, Ruth Solomon continues her suit against Dr. Elliott R. Fishel, seeking $220,000 after her husband died in 1956 from a duodenal ulcer. Appeals focus on alleged delays in hospitalization and operation, and on lower court admission of expert testimony. The Court of Appeals took the case under advisement.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Ruth Solomon
Elliott R. Fish
Baltimore Common Pleas Court
Dr. Fishel
Fishel
High Court
Savings and Loan Owner Closes Wheaton Firm
Arthur A. Peisner, a Washington attorney, is closing Armed Forces Savings and Loan Association in Wheaton Maryland and will reimburse depositors in full. Deposits fell from about 60000 to 20000 after refunds to depositors amid Peisner’s recent conviction and Kane’s mail fraud indictment.
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Baltimore
Wheaton
Washington
Arthur A. Peisner
Armed Forces Savings and Loan Association
United Armed Forces of Washington
Peisner
Maryland
New Jersey
James L. Kane
Silver Spring
Kane
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Tawes Baltimore
Perry
Wilkinson
House of Delegates
Prince Georges County
Tawes
Strike For Peace
International
Stake For Peace
Katharine Whiteside Taylor
Carroll County
Baltimore City
James T. Marsh
Steven Dewayne Bailey
N. de Witt Bailey
Baughman’s Mill Road
Lmeboro
Manchester
Westminster Barracks
Raymond Wesa
Boyle
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Hal Boyle
By Joe Edenhauer
Taney
Greetings & News
Eatons PS
Taney Avenue
Gail A. Eaton
Danbury, Conn
Albuquerque
N.M
Helen Reilly
Paul Reilly
John Kieran
The
New York Times
Waterloo, Iowa
Ray Tiller
Waterloo
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Slagie Dorsey
Germantown
Trinity Methodist Church
Mar
Dorsey
George Fleishell
Chillum
Jacob Seaman
Lee Harding
Clyde Magruder
Washington Grove
Sam Gagliemo
William Dorsey
Boyds
Daniel Dorsey
Beall Anglesbee
Dalton Mulroney
Columbus
Ohio
Laura (Gaither) Clark
Florida
Ington
Mr. Dorsey
Petersville
Cloppers
Hutton's
Trinity Church
Caple
Robert L. Strine
National Civil Service
Civil Service
Cari
Casto
Women’s Club
Raymond Wagner
Wagner
W. C. McDonald
George Vayvada
Michael Joseph
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Anthony F. Bonderer
Lisa Anna
Allen L. Boone Jr
Franklin
David R. Browning
Beaumont
Richard C. Chambers
Ocean Springs
Miss
Dennis F. Clower
Bastland
Yex
Albert H.dewar
Cinti
Donald J. DiPietro
Philadelphia
Charles L. Eby Jr
Lewistown
William G. Isaac
Patoka
George K. Johnson Jr
Elizabeth
N. J
Donald R. Kellen
Akron
James W. Lanham
St. Mary's
Peter Lee
New Rochelle
N. Y
Robert F. Morneweck
Greenville
Augustus Moye
Aliquippa
Donald J. Nehrke
Chicago
Andrew A. Oakes
Drexel Hill
Jimmy Pennywell
John G. Wiedon
Mary Alice Reif
Snider
Nor' Man
Gary
Elmer Lee Lewis
Knoxville
Patricia Lorraine
Robert Neff Keister
John D. Keister
Lovettsville
Miss Lewis
Brunswick High School
Baltimore General Hospital
Charles Town General Hospital
Keister
Whitmore and Arnold
Purcellville
NEA, Inc
Pat
Democratic Women Change
Appeals
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
William B. Matthews
Atid
Coast Guard
L and Matthews
Clara Harbaugh
Crutchley’s
North Market Street
Sabillasville
Baghdad
Iraq
Czechoslovakia
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