Obituary notices from Thurmont and nearby areas
Deaths and funeral notices for Mrs. Mary L O Hara William Curtis Damuth Naomi C Ramsey and James Allison Rutherford list survivors and service details, noting church affiliations places in Frederick Thurmont Waynesboro Chambersburg Martinsburg Blairton and Frederick County. Services set for Sunday afternoon and today with interments in local cemeteries and relatives across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Damuth
William Curtis Damuth
Thurmont
Waynesboro
William H
Julia Rouzer Damuth
Joseph Crilly
Clifford
Russell
Baltimore
Howard Damuth
Altamont Avenue
C. H. Corbett
U. B. Cemetery
Willhide and
Creeger
Naomi C. Ramsey
Chambersburg
W. Scott Ramsey
Chambersburg Hospital
Harry Wagner
Huntingdon and Thesere
Mise Etta F. Hafer
L. B. Hafer
Taneytown
David S. Hafer
Phillipsburg
N. J
George W. Hafer
Ramsey
Second Lutheran Church of
Local Soldiers Get Higher Pay Under New Act
Frederick city and county men in the Army are receiving boosted pay under a recently signed act. Privates rise from 30 to 50 dollars a month, privates first class from 36 to 54, corporals from 54 to 86, sergeants from 60 to 78, staff sergeants from 72 to 96, first and technical sergeants from 84 to 114, and master sergeants from 126 to 138. Commissioned officers gain only base pay increases, with second lieutenants up from 1500 to 1800 dollars yearly plus rental and subsistence. married officers similar allowances. Extra ten dollars monthly added for service between one and three years. every three-year period increases pay by five percent. The change ends the prior rule that privates with less than four months’ service earned 21 dollars monthly. London reports heavy cannonading along Dover Strait from midnight to 2 a.m. today, chiefly from the English side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Armed Services
Roosevelt
Grain Markets Quiz Questions From The War Era
A historical quiz item lists three questions from 1917 concerning neutral nations, language in Latin America, and a pivotal American World War I date of June 13 1917. It asks which event the date related to and hints at a last paragraph with answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Paris
Weddings Bridge s Droneburg and Bridges wed in grace church ceremony
Pauline Droneburg and Eugene Bridges were married in a single ring ceremony at Grace Episcopal church New Market. After a reception at Bridges home they left for Baltimore to start their life together. The groom works for Anchor Motor Freight. the bride is a Frederick High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward—Mathews
Louise E. Mathews
Edward Franklin Woodward
Tuscarora
Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church
West Second Street
J. H. Schmitt
Herman Titus
Washington
Church To Open Parish Hall For Soldiers
Frederick's first recreational center for soldiers stationed here will open Saturday at four o'clock. All Saints Episcopal church Parish House will offer games music and other features to ease off duty hours similar to USO centers. Hostesses led by Mrs Waiter F Martin will be present daily. Virginia Gambrill arranging Victory Belles for social events. picnics and swimming parties also planned for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
All Saints Episcopal Church
Samuel S. Johnston
USO
Waiter F. Martin
Virginia Gambrill
Mr. Johnston
Martin
Peter W. Chichester
R. R. Luckie, Jr
Frederick Harnwell
Isabelle Kunkel Daniell
Mary Williamson
Agnes Perry Hutaff
New York
R. E . Town
Charles §. Lane
J. D. Dave
Eleanor Eichelberger
Anna Heffelfinger
Frederick County WPA Sewing Project Ends Amid Funding Cuts
Frederick County in Maryland terminates its WPA sewing project as Congress cuts WPA funds. County officials note state funding covered about 75 percent of costs with the county covering around 28 percent, and remaining materials will be repurposed for welfare and inmate use. The project employed fewer than two dozen women whose finished garments will go to the county’s needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Board of
County Commissioners
Ihe
Taxpayers Assn
Frederick County Taxpayers’ Association
Taxpayers’ Association
Taxpayers Assen
Taxpayers Association
Frederick
Brunswick
Habeas Corpus Case To Be Tried July 9
A habeas corpus petition filed in Circuit Court by Jesse McDonough asks Newton Kefauver Jr to appear with his nine month old daughter on July 9 at 10 p.m. McDonough, the child’s grandfather, alleges the infant is unlawfully held. The mother is Violet Louise Kefauver, a minor, who had custody. The father removed the child on June 22. Richard E. Zimmerman represents the petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Jesse McDonough
Arthur BD. Willard
Newton Kefauver, Jr
Jefferson Street
McDonough
Richard E. Zimmerman
Violet Louise Kefauver
Weather Summary and Ash Catch at Breezy Point
The report lists 24 hour precipitation of .02 inches and July to date .14 inches with temperatures, sun and moon data, river conditions showing Monocacy muddy at Ceresville and Potomac clear at Knoxville. A large catch at Breezy Point yields 420 fish, including 140 rock and 280 hard heads, by Thomas Kline and companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceresville
Potomac
Knoxville
Breezy Point
Thomas Kline
Richard F. Kline
Howard W. Ash
Ned S. Zeiler
William ‘E. Zimmerman
Local Yarn Sale and Car Ads Brighten July Community Page
Local mentions tout yarn closeouts at Kemp’s on the third floor with low prices and color selections for sweaters and blouses. Car listings promote 1940 Buick and Oldsmobile models, plus 1935 to 1939 Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles. Community notices cover picnics, dances, and a Mountaindale event with dates in July. War Production Board advises stokers for oil furnaces. local coal firm offers stokers and furnace cleaning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Dickson & Eddy Coal Co
Albert C. Palmer
Community festival and notices span July activities
A chaotic local page lists an annual festival on July 16 17 at Lutheran Chapel near Libertytown with Little Dutch Band, penny bingo at Yellow Springs Community Hall, various daily schedules due to gas and fire rationing, and multiple ads for diners markets and roller skating. It includes event times for Braddock Heights trips, dance at Monocacy Inn, and public notices about sales and salvage, plus July 3 4 holiday alerts and business services across Frederick area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Chapel
Libertytown
Little Dutch Band
Ofrainy
Braddock Heights
Frederick
Braddock
Fremont
Tolyath Callison
Public notices and ads from July events and sales
Notice announces land distribution route west of Market between Patrick and Second streets on Monday with two per family and cautions about belongings. Also lists special dinners July 4 and Sunday at Graybill Fegle Reuden MT Taber Park Rocky Ridge with 2 pm program, plus church invitation. Additional notices warn of debts, taxi fares, store hours July 4, and car scrapping with parts available, plus radiator and parts shop at 118 South Market St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick
Second Streets
Lloyd C. Culler
Graybill-Fegle Reuden
MT_ TABER PARK
Rocky Ridge
Rockwell Terrace
East Third
Eighth Street
Clarke Place
West Sixth
East Patrick
West College
Tere Race
Rosemont Avenue
Fear Hood College
Frederick
South Mareket
Braddock Heights
Liberty Highway
Baltimore
R. R. Adling
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Mary L. O'Hara
Mary Louisa O'Hara
John O'Hara
Bartonsville
George
Mary Louisa Dunlap Baer
Mt. Carmel
Oscar M. O'Hara
East Church Street
M. Carmel
M. R. Etchison
James Allison, Rutherford
James Allison Rutherford
Forest
Ware
Martinsburg
W. Va
Front Royal
Nish
Sarah Frances Kemper Rutherford
Charles Town
Blairton
Andrew
Edgar Albright
Harvey Weller
Chicago
George Hanna
Base Sneake Frederick
London
Dover Strait
Grain Markets Com
Wheat
War Quiz
Roderick—Shankle
Charlotte Shankle
Mehrl Shankle
Adamstown
Harry Wilson Roderick
Harry M. Roderick
Urbana
Finksburg Methodist Church
Raymond L. Roderick
Jsroom
Frederick High School
Frederick Tailoring Company
Roderick
Niagara Falls
Sherman Avenue
B. & O. Railroad Co
Reels Mill
M. BE. McGaha
Brunswick B. & O
Berkeley
T. W. Martin, Jr
Martinsburg Hotels Corporation
Shenandoah
U. S. Navy
Hagerstown
Howard Campbell
Robert Lough Smith
David H. Pittinger
Woodsboro
Jame E. Tucker
O' Conor Tas
Mabel Necker
Finksburg
Carroll County
Congress
Minerva
Kemp
Isaac C. Rice Thurmont
Chevrolet
Hall Motor CO
N. Market St
Carrollton Manor Woods
Mountaindale
Yellow Springs
Yellow Springs Community Hall
W. Church
DR. Watkins
Guinea
Linden Hills
Austin
A. Oden
Superior Market
South Market St
Victory Roller Rink
F.H.S. Alumni Assoc
Braddock Heights Pavilion
Rebecca C. Cronenburg
Roy Fogle
West 4Th St
ST. John's School Hall
Netice
Riddlemoser's Meat Market
West Patries St
Chapel Alley
Frederick Junk Company
Frenk L. Gantley and Sons
Tregerick
Sheeley's
Smith's
Doubs
Gatlon
Plymouth
W. Bell, & Weat Mattick
Harry Whisner
South St
Sasview
John W. Creager
OL. F
Wilson Ave
Montevue-Arcade
Charles W. Stop
Grocer
West
Patrick Street
Ll Hoffman
Gettysburg
Crouse Auto Parts
Frederick News-Fest
Aoman
Honey's Tavern
Guy Fisher
Bernie's
W.F. M.D
Boonsboro
Waynesboro Nurseries, Inc
RELP
Sycamore
N R Garment Co
Walkersville
BAM
de Laval Milkers
Roland MacKenzie
Sandy Springs Road
Layhill
Rockville
W. Clinton McSherry
Ernest R. Shriver
Louis L. Wilson
Elmer J. Eshleman
Jacob G. Shawbaker
Treas
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Edgar ©. Thomas
Walter E. Burall
W. Clinton McSherry Ernest FR. Shriver
Claude A, Williames H. Grove, Jr
G, Raymond Shipley
Gail L, Catshall
Western Maryland Trust CO
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance ; Corporation
P. Luther Ride
Rice &Stevens
Rice & Stevens
Ohder Nist
Ariting
Leslie N. Coblentz
Mildred N Davis
Elia M. Neighbors
Thomas W. Pickett
Esther Marie Pickett
Leslie BK. Cablentz
Ellis C. Wachter
Amos A Holter
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Raymond Edgar Town ‘Tate
Guy
Lola Mae Toy Xecutrix
Orans’ Court
Grant J. Shipley
Jessie. P. Shipley
Patriza M Schnauffer
Bertie L. Kepler
Daphne K. Biser
E. Paul Magaha
Citizens National Bank
THE
Citizens National Bank OF
Frederick, MD
Holmen D. Baker
John H. Beker
W. HB. Anders
W. Bartgis Storm
Ralph Zimmerman
Charles H. Conley
James H. Gamobmill
Daniel Baker, Jr
Holmes D Beker
John H. Baker
Archibald E. Fisher
Elias B. Ramaburg, Jr
Parsons Newman Rw, Harbaugh
W. H. B. Anders
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance, Corporation
G. H. Mercer & Son
Grayson HH
Mercer & Son
Acton
Woodsbury
State Road Farm
Dusey Farn
Grayson H. Mercer
N. Court St. Frederick
Cramer
Hamilton Ave
Fairfield Ship Yard
George T. Brachey
W. South St
Glade Valley Farm
News-Post
Nicholas Yinger
Weat Patrick
OLD Gold Teeth CO
Eedaaenele Rinne Weatchandparetey
Landis Jewelry Store
South Market
Tvs
Cali Rees
Au Harpete Feery
Wo Va
Patamac Byroducts Company
Cal Frederick
H.C. Summera Ang Co
West Fourth Side
Ebert
Creagerstown
Hard Road
Cabin
Fishing Creek
Gilmore R. Flautt Gilmore
Potts & Griffin
Oes Cobrasse
Singia
Azbucban
Realtors
Potts & Griffin Phone 600
Coema Key Chev
Sales, Inc
Cadillac
Cletrac
General
Quaker Oats
KEY Chev
Sales Inc
Patrick Frederic
Howard A. Gross
Wilson Avenue
Irge
Frederick 877
Middletown
Court St
Noah E. Cramer
Dili Avenue
North Market
Wear College Terrace
Noah E. Cramer & Son
Alice's Chick Hatchery
Walkersville, Md
Sade
Jeffers
James Murphy
Mra Watson
Mina Courtney Stauffer
Haller Snyder
East Sixth St
P.O
Newarket Road
Chas. Smith
Allis Chalmers
Minneapolis
Case
Frick Steel
Stitely
Union Bridge
Tidecr
Frederick Ave
H. A. Prone
Patrick St
Wachler Brothers
Weil Bros
East Second St
C. E. Sturte
E. 3Rd St
E. Patrick St. Stoker
W. Patrick St
Meadison St
Stauffer's
Acpit Stauffer's
Marker St
Silco
Ben Rosenour, Jr
West Church St
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