Desegregation Push Expands Montgomery Schools
Roughly half of Montgomery County Negro pupils will attend integrated schools this fall with full desegregation expected by September 1961. Longview Elementary will open as an integrated school for Gaithersburg Longview area, moving about 300 children from segregated rolls. About 100 more Negro students will transfer from Sandy Springs to Burtonsville Sherwood Olney schools, cutting resegregation to around 50 percent of the anticipated 3,250 Negro enrollment.
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Montgomery
Longview
Gaithersburg
Sandy Springs
Burtonsville
Sheriwood
Olney
Independence Day Reflections on Freedom and Sacrifice
The piece recalls the 1776 declaration and seven years of struggle to establish a free nation. It highlights Lexington, Saratoga, Trenton, and Valley Forge, noting Americans pledged lives and honor to preserve liberty. It emphasizes that freedom requires courage, sacrifice, and renewal during crises.
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Lexington
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Trenton
Valley Forge
Fourth of July Accidents Warned By National Council
A 1909 column notes that 655 people died in the prior Fourth of July period from traffic, drowning, and other accidents. It urges caution, cites expected highway congestion, and stresses that everyone is vulnerable to mishaps on Independence Day.
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National
S. Council
Don
Health personnel attend UNC public health school
Miss Ruthella Bussard, a Frederick County health nurse, will take a week's leave to attend the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina from July 12 to 18. The Frederick County Cancer Society will cover all trip and schooling expenses to better acquaint local nurses with cancer and other public health issues.
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Ruthella Bussard
Frederick County Health Department
University of North Carolina
Frederick County Cancer Society
Mayor and Aldermen Inspect Water Supply Revisions
A special meeting discussed rearranging the water system to boost city supply. Ex Alderman Douglas proposed a 24 inch main into the city and reservoir, with expert engineers to be consulted, aiming to increase water delivery immediately.
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Douglas
Braddock Heights
Dse
G . Besant
Fousakend
Funeral Services for Maurice Solar Held in Frederick and Baltimore
Funeral services were held for Maurice Solar at Jack Lewis funeral home Baltimore conducted by four rabbis from Beth Tfiloh Beth Sholom and New Israel. Pallbearers included Reuben Solar Jacob Solar and Stanford Schneider. Shivah observances were held daily at the home and a special mourning service scheduled at Congregation Beth Sholom. Solar, born in Poland, moved to Frederick then Baltimore becoming a benefactor and community leader in Jewish organizations.
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Jack Lewis
Eutaw Place
Baltimore
Maurice Solar
Samuel Rosenblatt
Beth Tfiloh
Yehudah FE
Perkin
Beth Sholom Congregation
Frederick
Rabbi Wexler
New Israel Rabbinical College of
Barney Shapiro
Thurmont
Phil Levitt
Max Levitt
Henry Levitt
Reuben Solar
Jacob Solar
Silver Spring
Iwieniec
Poland
Russia
East Berlin
Marice
America
Land of Liberty and
Opportunity
Getturg
Hireself
York
Freda Berkowitz
Frederi
Selar
UC. J. A
Bnai Brith
Legation Beth Sholem
Fred
Radomer Unterstitzung Verein Lodge
Deaths George A Bidle and Others in Maryland
Deaths of George A Bidle 73 of Middletown at Washington County Hospital and Dr Arthur C Eldridge 60 of Sparrows Point in Baltimore are reported with survivors including children, grandchildren and siblings. Services for Bidle set for Sunday 1:30 PM at Gladhill Funeral Home Middletown.
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George A. Bidle
Middletown
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
George H
Mary Brown Bidle
Lutheran Church of
Forrest Tribbet
Harold Hoffman
Richard
Russell
Ada Main
Gladhill Funeral Home
Albert Burkhardt
Lutheran Cemetery
Arthur C. Eldridge
Sparrows Point
Church Home Hospital
Baltimore
Myersville
George C
Wallie Landis Eldridge
Jeanidge
Don Plank
Falls Church
Wva
John
Reno L. Eldridge
Ersville
G. Sterling Eldge
Wolfsville
Rhoda Eldridge
Red Brethren
Fire parade plans highlight Independence Day Page feature
Local organizers assemble a 30 member committee to stage an all out parade on October 10 and a firemen’s ball, aiming for the largest turnout since the 1850s state convention. Promotions target broad public participation from Frederick fire companies and surrounding area.
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Jonal
Frederick Companies
Funerals and civic notes mix in Frederick area report
Funeral notices for Mrs. Margaret R. Duvall of Damascus and Miss Alice Virginia Klipp of Route 7, with services led by Rev. A Dean Kester and Rev. James Wolfe, reference interments at Damascus and Rocky Springs cemeteries. A long column discusses Frederick water regulations, local officials, Fort Detrick aid, and city engineers addressing the Fishing Creek dam and repairs.
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Department
State Armory
Frederick
John Witham McKay
George Wier Biser
RFD
Clara Jeannine Baker
Burke Street
Robert Charles Turner
Taney Apartments
Harold Kent
Karen Linda‘ Brunk
Qakwood Drive
Mary Loy‘ Ford
Claude Larry Clem
Thelma
Corinne Mildred Elaine
Betty Sexton
Mower Avenue
Mary Ma Rouch
North Market Street
Carik Lee
Carroll Street
Agnes Summers
Red Herbert Jee
Fort Detrick
Evabeth Luhn
West Fifth Street
Harold Archie Kochker
Barbar Fristensen
Watson Place
Teathian
Germantown
Frederick Hall Hatcher
Loversville
Patricia Ann Rhoten
Lewistown
Jessie Ellen Knippie
Emmitsburg
Larry Upton Grossnickle
Myersville
Barbara Lee Wiles
Airy
Virgie Vance Torkeison
Damascus
Junior Howard Rohrer
Keedysville
Kiam Sherman Lowry
Bruns
Edgar Marcellus Angleberger
Braddock
Kenneth Lee Hawker
Jefferson
Linda Kay Burdette
Mary Elizabeth Toms
Kermar
Betty May Lambert
Finksburg
Ronald Leroy Berriss
Comus
Robert Martin “Welty
Emmitsraxson Warfield Ramsburg
Richard Gilbert Vidoni
Hagerstown
Charles Joseph Hobbs Sr
Fairfield
Carol Anne Koreywo
LeGore
Robert Earl Meizier
Blacksburg
James Palko
Mt. Airy
George Pitt von Ent
Unionville
Margaret R. Duvall
Olin L. Molesworth Funeral Home
A. Dean Kester
Noah In Duvall
Raymond Kemp
Kemp
Sterling Day
Crandel King
Damascus Cemetery
Alice Virginia Klipp
Valley View Nursing Home
Middletown
Nort Market Street
James Wolfe
Shookstoun
Roland Long
Alonzo Fox
Rocky Springs Cemetery
R.je, Dailey and Son
Fist Creek
Furti
W. Raymond Walter
Sam J. Davis
Marion W Rice
Max 5
Kehne
Detrick
Donald Grothaus
Independence Day gun salute marks Alaska and Hawaii joins
Fort Detrick observes Independence Day with a noon gun salute increasing from 48 to 49 rounds in 1959 and 50 rounds in 1960 to honor Alaska and Hawaii. Colonel Donald G. Grothaus announced the schedule as the post marks the holiday. Dr LeRoy D Fothergill gave lectures in San Francisco and received thanks from Captain J H Stover Jr USN for hospitality and collaboration.
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Fort Detrick
Information and Public Affairs
Alaska
Hawaii
Donald G. Grothaus
Detrick
LeRoy D. Fothergill
ABC
Treasure Island
U. S. Naval Station
San Francisco
California
J. H. Stover
USN
Restricted Weapons Defense Division
Dr. Fothergill
School
Navy
and & Fothergill
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Military departures and new arrivals noted locally
Side Glances lists new military arrivals Private Robert L Hetz Dennis Katchur Lee A Thomas and others from Pennsylvania Puerto Rico and Texas. Farewell notices show officers and enlisted moving to Korea Germany Houston and New York posts with several civilians leaving. Here and there items report travel vacations and local moves including promotions and family trips across multiple states.
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Ploye
Robert L. Hetz
Fairview
Dennis Katchur
Mcheessport
Lee A. Thomas
Annile
Enrique Ramirez-Rivera
Santurce
Puerto Rico
Colin F. Vorder Bruegge
Research and Development Command
Washington
Pfctanley S. Bushner
New York Transit Authority
Robert G. Klipp
Germany
Jack E. Alspaugh
Price, Waterhouse and Son Company
Columbus
Ohio
Carl E. Andrus
Korea
Walter B. Herring
Treasury Department
Amarillo
Tex
Erasmo Escobar
Houston
Richard W. Deitson
Robert Denmark
National Gypsum Company
Waukegan
Raymond W. Norkus
Chevrolet
General Motors
Tarrytown
N.Y
Russell Hicks
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Washington County
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Lebanon Valley College
George Washington University of Law School
Omer T. Kaylor Sr
Samuel W. Sowers
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Hazelstoun
First National Bank
Smithsburg
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Walter D. Mehming
Trinity
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Erick
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Calvary Methodist Bar
Frederick Iron and Steel
Harry C. Smith
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Irving L. Smith
Millard F. Lease
John SN. Blumenauer
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Dodgers
Larry Sherry
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Lovettsville
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Ruscks
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William C. Ragsdale
Alan Douglas Johnson
Samuel W. Guy
Leonard Estelle Anpieby
William D. Tigertt
Lavern Johnson
Horace Roberts
William Blair
Ernest Allen
Mathematics Division
Big Pipe Creek Park
Taneytown
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Robert Aly
Albert Ferneiius
Ralph Fornwald
Thomas Roetzel
Clarence Smith
Louis Maire
Robert W More
Joan Collistoner
Edmund Wkozikowski
Edgar Bartlett
Fenn Rouizaha
Frederick Memorial Hos
Dr. Thomas . Barksdale
Riley B. Housewright
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Harold Neufeld
New England States
Joseph Lynch
New York City
David Stefange
Charlie Neal
Charlie Riggs
Maude Mohler
Gerald Eccles
Louisville
Ready
Army Chemical Center
William Sittig Jr
Marvin Byres
Relas
Nebraska
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Ricky
Hollywood
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Robert E. Connell
Adjutant’s Office
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Elmer Bokesch
Emil W. Johnson
TS. Military Academy
West Point
U. S. Army
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Paul Nalavski
James R. Chapman
George Varveda
Ted Stephens
Bud Rice
Lorne Hammond
Yanks
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George
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Hatbore
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James V. Willard
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