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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
5
Obituary notices for Mrs Bertha Engle 82 of Woodsboro and others including Mrs Addie Bartholow of Frederick and Mrs Olive Davis of Williamsport list surviving children and grandchildren. Services, call times, and burial details are provided along with church affiliations and funeral directors.
Mrs Pauline Burdette of Creagerstown died after several days illness. Born to William R. and Laura Am brose May she was a lifelong St John’s Lutheran member and belonged to the Faithful Workers and Sons and Daughters of Liberty. Survived by children Ralph E. Burdette Stanley Burdette C C Keilholtz Pauline Goettner Glenn Burdette 22 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren one sister Mrs Gertie Moore and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Creager Funeral Home Thurmont after 12 pm Thursday. Funeral at St John’s Lutheran Creagerstown Saturday at 2 pm officiated by Rev Charles A. Pollard. Interment Lewistown cemetery.
Funeral services for Maurice C. Smith of Woodsboro were conducted at Creager Funeral Home in Thurmont with Rev. Charles A. Pollard and Rev. Nevin Smith officiating. Interment followed at Mount Hope Cemetery Woodsboro with pallbearers listed.
A 34 year old Frederick man Donald R. Buller of Old Brad dock Road threatened to shoot anyone near his property and waved a shotgun when police approached. Trooper Mades and two officers restrained him after a brief struggle. He was examined at Frederick Memorial Hospital and ordered committed to the Sykesville state hospital.
An all white fawn, the first albino deer seen in the Udine Alps area, was captured near Udine Italy by AP reporting. The sighting marks a rare event in the region and contributes to local wildlife notes.
Richard Lebherz praises foreign cinema and highlights the documentary style drama To Die In Madrid. The film uses newsreel footage from the Spanish Civil War with narrators Sir John Gielgud and Irene Worth, depicting Franco's rise, Mussolini and Hitler backing him, and the brutal reprisal against civilians.
The Frederick Children's Aid Society held its annual meeting naming officers and a board of managers. E Eugene Thomas was reappointed president with Paul Green as vice president and Edward Helfenstein as treasurer. The board includes Mrs A Talbott Brice Harry Free James H Gambrill and others.
A Hughes Commission study on Maryland taxation outlined by Delegate William Houck at a Kiwanis meeting in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The Cooper report aims to create a more equitable tax system with sales tax returns to subdivisions, income tax graduation to six percent, capital gains tax, and phased elimination of several property taxes while boosting beer taxes. Birthdays were noted for Langan, Newman, and Tritt, with guests and Mt. Airy Kiwanians in attendance.
The League of Women Voters of Frederick County submitted nine names for two openings on the City-County Human Relations Council. Appointments are joint by city and county leaders. The resignations of Dr. Harold A. Neufeld and Judge Edward Delaplaine created vacancies. The League seeks an attorney and a realtor to advise on racial disputes and housing, with letters from Mary War showsky and Nancy Goodrich backing the slate.
A former Frederick resident, G Maxwell Armor Jr., has been elected potenate of Boumi Temple for 1966. He is the second generation in his family to hold the post, following his father George M Armor who served three terms decades ago. Armor Jr. works as staff supervisor for C P Telephone Co. and is a Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Johns Hopkins University graduate. He serves as a trustee for the University of Baltimore and is active in several clubs and civic roles, including foreman of the Baltimore City grand jury in early 1965.
Woodboro Savings reports officers directors and staff including Gail L. Catshall as chairman and George W. Smith as president and cashier. James McSherry named bank counsel with directors Ray mond L. Smith and Steiner W. Smith. Brunswick Bank re elected Charles A. Gross as president Russell M. Sexton as vice president and Emory V. Frye as executive VP with a slate of nine directors and new hires Carlos Myers cashier and tellers and bookkeepers listed.
During a Brunswick meeting the mayoral candidate Orndorff stated he will not resign from the council. If defeated on February 15 a new council election would likely be held within about 20 days. A memorial service for the late mayor opened the session, led by Rev A D Salmon. The town will receive water aid from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad next week. Water will be pumped from the Potomac River through the railroad filtration plant into Brunswick. The town’s 3 million gallon reservoir sits about 12 feet below spillway level due to drought.
The article lists invited council members including Rev. Carroll Boyer pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Dorothy Handley Elm Street School coach Jack Griffin attorney Goodloc E Byron NAACP leader Leonard Green Wallace Hutton Mrs Milton Puziss League of Women Voters Helen Reid and Anthony J. Cincotta Frederick County Realtor board member as part of study with County Commissioners School Building Advisory Committee and school board on Middletown plans.
Helen Walsh was re elected president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Junior Fire Company at the fire hall meeting. Ruth Blumenauer was named vice president and Cleta Abrecht secretary with Mary Walsh as assistant secretary. The group donated 100 dollars to the ambulance fund and set January 26 for their annual banquet with reservations by January 20, next meeting February 7 at 8 p.m.
A 43 year old Poolesville man died from injuries after his car ran off US Route 15 near Buckeystown and struck a fence. John Ashcraft suffered a crushed chest and severely lacerated skull and was thrown from the wreckage. He died shortly after admittance to Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was transported by Carroll Manor Fire Company ambulance and had recently moved to Poolesville from North Carolina.
Police report Miss Daywalt failed to stop at an intersection causing a collision with Hurst’s car. Damages totaled $400 to Daywalt’s 1966 sedan and $250 to Hurst’s 1961 auto. Convalescence and service notices accompany a cluttered page of local notices and ads.
Among the sick Mrs Willard Beall of Middletown is a patient at Valley View Nursing Home in Middletown. Mr Albert Main of Clifton Road returned home Tuesday from Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown where he had been a patient since December 30. Mr Raymond C Geisbert of West Patrick Street a custodian at City Hall was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital Sunday where his condition is satisfactory. Mrs Edgar T Hoffman a patient in Frederick Memorial Hospital for three weeks has returned to her home on Rockwell Terrace.
An Evening with the Royal Ballet starring Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev will screen at the Tivoli Theater in Frederick on January 26 and 27 with showings at 2 30 and 8 30 pm. Sigma III presents the color film shot at Covent Garden with four ballet highlights and additional performers.
Two Pennsylvania girls received minor injuries after a two-car crash at the West Patrick Street Court Streets intersection. Beverly Daywall, 17, of Waynesboro and Bennie Hoover, 15, of Mt. Alto were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for forehead lacerations and released. Police reported the incident occurred about 1:50 p.m. when Daywall, driving west on West Patrick Street, encountered Thomas Hurst, 45, of Water Street.
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