Frederick Fourth Observed Quietly by Civic Club
Fifty years ago Frederick celebrated with a Safe and Sane Fourth under the Frederick Civic Club ladies who arranged games and contests to replace noisy observances. Frederick planned a Nitrogen Madra Lamp trial to light streets and boost city lighting efficiency by about 25 percent. R E Leatherman of Walkersville bought a large herd of registered Shetland ponies including mares from the Shetland Islands to enter a pony breeding venture. Wheat quoted at 78 cents at Mountain City Mills, a cent below Friday, with prices fluctuating 77 to 79 cents a bushel since harvest ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
R E. Leatherman
Walkersville
Shetland Islands
Leatherman
Mountain City Mills
Prudent Safety Reserve Warns of Growing Food Demand
Roswell Garst of Coon Rapids argues that grain surpluses are a prudent safety reserve for the nation as population growth abroad fuels demand. He notes U S farming advances have boosted output faster than growth, but warns demand may outpace supply soon and affect markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optnon
Roswell Garst
Coon Rapids
Garst
Khrushchev
United States
Half Of Americans Licensed To Drive In 1963
The Commerce Department reports 93.7 million licensed drivers in 1963, up 1.8 million from 1962, with California New York Pennsylvania Ohio Texas Illinois and Michigan the top states. There were 81.5 million vehicles for 93.7 million drivers, and 32 million drivers wait for a wheel. Causes cited for congestion and accidents include an aging interstate system and excessive driving speed relative to road space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Commerce
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texas
Illinois
Michigan
Milion
Firemen's Auxiliary Installs Officers in Carroll Manor
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Frederick County Firemen's Association installed officers for 1964-65 at the Carroll Manor convention on June 15. Officers include President Mrs Helen Walsh and other posts. six auxiliaries with 26 members attended. Memorial services honored deceased members. an All-County Picnic is planned for Huskey Park on August 19 from 4 to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Firemen’s Association
Carroll Manor
Helen Walsh
Eleanor Bu
Ruth Smith
Tillie Rhinehart
Virginia Hammond
Anna Fogle
Rhinehart
Ethel Thomas
Ruth Kinsey
Walsh
Irvin Loucks
County Firemen’s Association
Ralph Thomas
German Flying Bombs Kill Thousands in London Blitz
London war news reports 2752 killed and 8000 wounded since intensified German flying bomb attacks, centered on London, disclosed by Prime Minister Churchill to the House of Commons. Frederick-Hagerstown highway progress and efforts to curb counterfeit gasoline coupons highlighted Kiwanis meeting. Health officials report control of spotted fever and typhoid in Frederick County with several recoveries. Water supply restored at Fishing Creek dam after 23 days, easing prior shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Frederick - Hagerstown
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frederick County
E. C. Kefauver
Frederick
Knoxville
Frederick Junction
Fishing Creek
William J. Davis
Frederick City
School Officials Protest Goggle Safety Law
Baltimore AP report says Maryland school superintendents oppose a 1964 law requiring safety goggles in vocational shops and science labs. Effective September the measure will cost districts and students over 100000 this year. Officials criticize late passage and wording suggesting students changing tires would need goggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
General Assembly
David W Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Thomas G Pullen Jr
George R. Hughes Jr
Allegany
Hughes
Asst. Atty
Mathias J. DeVito
Velart Jewellers Expands With Sixth Washington Outlet
Velart Jewelers, a Washington based chain, acquires the Julius H Wolpe store at 3322 14th Street NW as its sixth retail outlet in the D C area. Velart’s headquarters are at 405 Rhode Island Avenue NE, site of its first downstairs store operation. Over 25 years the firm expanded to Martinsburg West Virginia Fredericksburg and two stores in Hagerstown prior to the new Washington location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velart Jewelers
Anneu Nees
Julius H Wolpe
14Th Street
Washington
Velart Company 15
Rhode Island Avenue
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Frederck
Hagerstown
Rev Dr Henri L G Kieffer Dies at 85 in Frederick
The Rev Dr Henri L G Kieffer longtime pastor of the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ in Frederick died Saturday at Homewood Home Williamsport at age 85 He served as pastor 1910 1946 and later became pastor emeritus He was born 1878 in Hagerstown and educated at Washington County High School Franklin and Marshall College and the Theological Seminary Lancaster He held multiple church and community roles and was survived by a daughter six grandchildren and a brother The body rests at the church with funeral services set for 2 p m and interment in Rose Hill Cemetery Hagerstown M R Etchison and Son funeral directors announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ of
The
Theological Seminary
Lancaster
Trinity Reformed Church
Mercersburg
Franklin and Marshall College
Kieffer
Maryland
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
Hoffman Orphanage
Mercersburg Academy
Hood College
Frederick Rotary Club
Lynch Lodge No. 163
A.F
A.M
J. Spangler Kieffer
Margaret RK. Roulette
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Rose Hill
Hagerstown
M. R. Etchison and Son
Gottlieb Hausler
North Market Street
North
Market Street
Clifford P. Lloyd
Centenial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church of
Frederick Memorial Park
Linden Hills
Robert E. Dailey
Multiple funerals held for Ellsworth Etzler and others
Funeral services were held for Claude Ellsworth Etzler who died at Frederick Memorial Hospital with interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Other services included for Joseph Franklin Black in Union Bridge, Mrs. Burt L. Hall in Emmitsburg, and Herbert Haines in Union Bridge, with interments at Beaver Dam Cemetery Linganore and Wesley Grove Cemetery Woodfield. Additional services mourned John Webster Luby William Miss John Myers Isabella Phillips Vaughnera Webber and Vaughn Weber with services across Damascus Thurmont Knoxville and Union Bridge areas.
Brunswick Dentist Dies in West Virginia at 86
Dr Wade Brown Watson a Brunswick dentist and longtime Bank of Brunswick founder died Friday at Jeffersonian Manor Rest Home Charles Town WV He was born in Middleway and educated at Maryland School of Dentistry He married Eva Moler in 1903 and had a son Harwood Watson Funeral services were held at Grace Episcopal Church Petersville Interment St Marks Cemetery Donations to Grace Episcopal Church Altar Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Brown Watson
Brunswick
Jeffersonian Manor
Charles Town
West Virginia
Watson
Middleway
W. Va
Thomas S
Laura Watson
University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Eva Katherine Moler
Bank of Brunswick
Frederick County Dental Society
Masonic Lodge 191
Altar Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
Harwood Watson
Reva Kercheval
Berryville
Virginia
Rosemont
Wade Hampton
St. Mark’s Cemetery
Petersville
C. H. Feete
Mr. Robert Schroyer hospitalized at Frederick Memorial
Mr. Robert Schroyer was moved from his home on West Patrick Street to Frederick Memorial Hospital as a medical patient. Mr. Jesse Phelps of RFD 6 Frederick is also a medical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schroyer
West Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Jesse Phelps
RFD
Frederick
Birthday and anniversary notices for local residents
Mrs Daisy Coblentz of Brad dock Heights celebrated her 78th birthday on June 29 and was honored with a small dinner party at Mrs Thomas Kemp’s Trail avenue home on July 3. Miss Vickie G Schroeder, daughter of Mr and Mrs George T Schroeder Jr of South Market Street, is observing her sixteenth birthday today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Coblentz
Braddock Heights
Thomas Kemp
Trail Avenue
Vickie G Schroeder
George T Schroeder Jr
South Market Street
Monk Sets Self Afire Near Rangoon Shrine
A 54 year old Buddhist monk named Shin Ardissa immolated himself outside a sacred shrine about 12 miles from Rangoon Burma. Bystanders rushed to help as he lit kerosene soaked robes and his body was quickly engulfed in flames. No motive was given in the report.
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Rangoon
Burma
Shin Ardissa
Five Day Weather Outlook with Milk Consumption Stats
The forecast calls for near normal temperatures Tuesday through Saturday with warmer readings Tuesday and Wednesday, cooler Thursday, then warming by Saturday. Scattered showers Wednesday total about a quarter inch or less. Milk beverages are mostly consumed at home, with 87 percent at home, eight percent at schools, and under two percent in commercial outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
David Aldridge Joins Maryland Law Firm
David Aldridge joins the law firm at the University of Maryland. He earned Order of the Coif and was admitted to Maryland practice in 1959. Residing in Monocacy Village, he serves as Kiwanis Club director and Monocacy Village Civic Association secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
Aldridge
Order of Coif
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Monocacy Village
Kiwanis Club
Frederick
United Presbyterian Church
Multiple local obituaries in Westminster and Brunswick
Several death notices from Westminster Brunswick and Martinsburg report the deaths of Mrs Elsie May Breeden Mary Elizabeth Danner Paul Rufus Fuss Mrs Amy R Mackenzie Sr Amos Twenty Sr Cecil Heelen OConnor and others. Details cover ages birthplaces family survivors church affiliations funeral homes and burial sites with services planned across Maryland and West Virginia.
Obituary notices from Hagerstown area funeral services listed
Daniel W. Stottlemyer 82 of Ringgold died in Washington County Hospital. Survived by wife Alice, son Paul, daughters Eva Karmen Mary Weaver Pearl Weaver, six grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Grossnickle Church of the Brethren Myersville. Interment cemetery adjoining church. Friends may call Bittle Funeral Home Myersville today 7 to 9 p.m. Beverly H Wenner 31 of Jefferson died Friday at Charles Town General Hospital after two weeks illness. Survived by husband Jason A Wenner and three daughters Roxie Ann Tanya Dale Lynn, sisters and brothers listed. Services Tuesday 10:30 a.m. East Funeral Home Boonsboro. Interment Boonsboro Cemetery. Family visiting tonight 7 to 9 p.m. Joseph W. Haugh Baltimore died Wednesday. Born Ladiesburg, survived by wife Rosie Hicks Haugh, daughter Mrs Lester Dingle and two grandchildren. Funeral Sunday Creager Funeral Home Thurmont. Interment Haughs Cemetery near L Burg. Funeral held for Harry C. Perry former Gaithersburg mayor. Services Friday Grace Methodist Church Gaithersburg. Interment Mt Olivet Cemetery. Perry died of cancer at Marylander Rest Home Germantown aged 67. Gartner Funeral Home Gaithersburg directors. Born Frederick, moved to Gaithersburg 1931. Mayor 1948 to 1954. Worked with King Pontiac for 130 years, helped form Gaithersburg Businessmen’s Association. Member Gaithersburg Lions Club Masonic Lodge. Former Town Zoning Board member.
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Claude Ellsworth Etzler
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Salamone Funeral Home
East Patrick Street
Ralph M. Sharpe
Calvary Methodist Church
James Langdon
Theodore Fair
Charles Cartzendamer
John Albaugh Jr
Robert Etzler
Richard Etzler
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
William D. Breeden
Elsie May Breeden
Westminster
Breeden
Virginia
Earl and
Rachel Goode Alger
William Earl Breeden
Sarah C. Breeden
Rebecca A. Beard
Union Bridge
W.L. Spencer
Sykesville
Rebecca Lowe
Clara Orye
Claude Alger
Saffell Funeral Home
Linganore Cemetery
Mary E. Danner
Mary Elizabeth Danner
Park Avenue
Brunswick
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
Watson’s Drug Store
Harry West Danner Jr
Nellie Diffenbaucher
Frances Ziegler
John
Frank Funk
Feete Funeral Home
Paul R. Fuss
Paul Rufus Fuss
Henry R
Jane Edna Jones Fuss
Edna M. Fuss
Evelyn Heckman
Dorothy Herring
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Pike Creek
Joseph S. Mackenzie Sr
Amy R. Mackenzie
Mount Airy
Frederick County
John C
Delia Reeder
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Poplar Springs
Monroe Burdette
Paul A. Mackenzie
Joseph S. Mackenzie Jr
Richard A. Mackenzie
William M. Thompson
Frederick
Henry McBride
Cora Krantz
Ora Hanshew
Alton C
Amos O. Twenty Sr
Norman Shockey
Quincy, Pa
Ira Twenty
Beaver Falls
Oline Molesworth
Damascus
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Mt. Olivet
Cecil H. O’connor
Cecil Heelen O’connor
Ira May Lakel O'Connor
Charles Town
General Hospital
Cumberland
John P. ‘O’connor
Anna B. Heelen O’connor
John H. O'Connor
Chicago
Illinois
Jack Keefe
Martinsburg
W. Va
Thomas L. Zimmerman
Elizabeth Zerbst
B&o
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Loyal Order For Moose
B.P.O. Ellis
East Church Street
St John’s Catholic Church
P. F. Genovese
St. John’s Catholic Church
Rosedale Cemetery
W. ‘Va
Daniel W. Stottlemyer
RFD
Hagerstown
Washington County
Joshua and
Melinda Summers Stottlemyer
Ringgold
Alice Stottlemyer
Paul
Eva Karmen
New York City
Mary Weaver
Boonsboro
Pearl Weaver
Williamsport
Grossnickle
Jason A. Wenner
Beverly H. Wenner
Jefferson
Charles Town General Hospital
Elmer
Ethel Kadle Kephart
People’s Drug Store
First Baptist Church of
Roxie Ann
Tanya
Dale Lynn
Percy Albert
Joseph Stevenson
Hammond
Tucson
Arizona
Wayne
Virgil
Jerry
East
Leonard D. Carmack
Joseph W. Haugh
Ladiesburg
James
Sally Dern Haugh
Rosie R. Hicks Haugh
Lester Dingle
Thurmont
Creager
Harry E. Krone
Harry
Sterling Clabaugh
Raymond Warner
Marion Houck
Haughs
Harry C. Perry
Gaithersburg
Grace Methodist Church
Perry
Marylander Rest Home
Germantown
Gartner Funeral Home
Church Woman Named By Council Appointment
Rev Denzel C Wildey announces the appointment of Mrs Albert R Fischer to the Council on Race. The Council of Churches includes Protestant and Orthodox groups in Maryland. Mrs Fischer former president of United Church Women of Baltimore and Maryland Women’s Committee for Civil Rights, and president of Maryland Lutheran Church Women. She and her husband and daughter live in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert R. Fischer
Denzel C. Wildey
Council of Churches
Maryland
Fischer
United Church Women of Baltimore
Maryland Women’s Committee
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland Lutheran Church Women
Western Maryland College
Baltimore
Communists Warn Laos Premier Against China Criticism
AP reports from Tokyo that Communist China warned Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma about his repeated speeches attacking China. The Peking People's Daily said his remarks are dangerous and urged him to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Souvanna Phouma
Peking People’s Daily
Prince Phouma
Rockefeller Lays Special Note on Empire State Unity
Governor Rockefeller emphasizes broad representation across New York in a note praising Colonel William H. Seward Jr. as a son of Lincoln's Secretary of State. Baltimore Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin placed a wreath at the Pennsylvania Monument, urging national unity. Local officials and the Aberdeen Proving Ground Army Band attended the ceremony with Rev. Dawson and Lieut. Col. Rounds among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State
William H. Seward Jr
9Th Regiment of Heavy Artillery
Lincoln
McKeldin
Theodore R McKeldin
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Monument
Court of Appeals
Edward S. Delaplaine
Raymond B. Ward
Sayre
William N. Wallace
Southport
Comn
Lew Wallace
David Dawson
Araby ‘Methodist Church
Herbert W. Rounds
Ulster, Pa
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Gen Sturgis Dies Former Army Engineer Chief
Lt Gen Samuel D Sturgis Jr 66 former chief of Army engineers died Sunday He retired in 1956 after 38 years of active service He was born in St Paul Minnesota The Sturgis family has a long military lineage. The article notes his death in Washington and his prominent position within the U S Army engineering corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
Washington
Samuel D. Sturgis Jr
Army Engineers
St. Paul
Minn
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News-Post
Prudent Safety Reserve
Firemen’s Auxiliary
Kennedy
Warsaw
Poland
Robert F Kennedy
U.S Soviet
Communist Party
Trybunaluda
Buckeystown
Potomac
Point of
Rocks
Dr. Kieffer
H. L. G. Kieffer
Joseph Franklin Black
Nancy Louise Black
Taneytown
University Hospital
Ralph White
Beaver Dam
Wilson Funeral Home
Emmitsburg
St. Anthony’s Shrine Catholic Church
Burt L. Hall
R.F.D. 1
Warner Hospital
Vincent Tomalski
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Waterford
N.Y
Jerry Orosz
Ned Romanego
John McGucken
Donald Marshall
William Sanders
Richard Wivell
Herbert
Ralph Haines
Clarence Roark
Union Bridge Methodist Church
Unionville
George Otto
Gregg Barnes
Lewis Baker
Walter Reese
Kenneth Harsher
Guy Green
Doris A. Hawkins
Olin L. Molesworth
Ralph Posey
George Bond Jr
James Hawkins
Sterling Hawkins
Earl Pope
Donald Barber
Mark Fleming
Wesley Grove Cemetery
Woodfield
John Webster Luby
Middle Street
Montevue Infirmary
Hicks Funeral Home
B. Jackson
Johnny Thompson
Jesus
Horace Disney
Clarence Disney
James Brown
Harry Hill
William Fisher
Charles Jackson
William Ernest Miss
South Jefferson Street
Centennial Memorial Evangelical U. B. Church
Ralph
James E
Carl R
Gene R. DeGrange
William E. Miss
Kenneth M. Whipp
Mount Olivet
John Wilbur Myers
A. L. Corbin
Mountainview Cemetery
John Mackley
Cleatus Grinder
Durban Fogle
Jesse Nusbaum
John Kiss
Paul Spurrier
Isabelle Phillips
John A. Phillips
Newmar
Grottos
Creager Funeral Home
Edward Latch
Memorial Methodist Church
Washington, D.C
Carroll Six
Steiner Whitmore
Roy Fisher
Lawrence Rickletts
Creagerstown Cemetery
Vaughnera Webber
Robert A. Webber
Trinity Lutheran Church
John Barnes
Charles Churchey
Lee Cooper
Leroy Webber
Sylvester Cooper
Jim Webber
Lawrence Ketzel
Jerry Cooper
Reformed
Knoxvilis
David Aldridge
Gladhill Company
Degrees of Pocahontas
Pride of Delaware
No 48
J. M. Metoy
Lorne W. Purkey
Clyde E. Reed
Jennings Halterman
James V. Johnson
Harvey Lowe
Paul B. Duvall
Clifton Burroughs
Richard Rau
Jennings Chapel
Florence
R. Etchison and Son
Mississippi
Gov
Rockefeller
Point Lookout
Prince Georges County
Chesapeake Bay
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