Chestnut revival and local notes from Frederick area
Article surveys efforts to rescue chestnuts from blight including hybrids, radiation treatment, and field trials at Stronghold Accokeek and Culpeper with trees from Ohio. Mentions Yehudi Menuhin conducting at Wolf Trap and son Jeremy Menuhin’s debut. Letters recall Bechtel matter in Frederick and personal notes on residents, travel, and local happenings.
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U.S
Stronghold
Donald McCormick
Singleton
U of Va
Dickerson
Ohio
Accokeek
Culpepper
Mar- MU Grate
Dme
Sugarloaf
Yehudi Menuhin
Wolf Trap
Jeremy Menuhin
Jeremy
Tempus Fugit
N.Y. Philharmonic
Angela Wilkinson
Tiburon
Calif
L. Wegeisha
Bechtel Corp
Frederick
Sheila Schader
Bechtel
Dave
San Francaro
Dus Neck
Pease
Eustaico/Sechtel
Free Tickets Distributed for Frederikti n Players Show
The Frederikti n Players say they distributed free tickets after a surge of interest for The Sound of Music production. Ticket holders are reminded to buy seats for July 22 and July 26 29 performances at local shops Colonal Music Shops Elkins Jewelers Hendrickson Routzahn's and Montgomery Ward.
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Frederikti@n
Portermance
Colonal Music
Elkins Jewelers Hendrickson S Routzahn's
Montgomery Ward
Fashions and dances across a century of change look
A compact overview traces how fashion, hair styles, and dance evolved with social shifts from women’s suffrage to the 1960s. It notes key moments including Victoria’s demise, Wright brothers, Ford, cinema classics, the Marcel wave, the bob, the rose of the New Look, nylon, the Jet set, Civil Rights era, Elvis, and early television shaping daily life and style.
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New York
Queen Victoria
Ae Wright Brothers
Henry Ford
Charles Dana Gibson
Harlem
Chanel
Rosie the Riveter
Dior
Elvis Presley
60 Years of Dancin Blair launches Agree Shampoo show
A colorful one man show tracing fashion from World War I to the present titled 60 Years of Dancin Blair showcases era dances and hairstyles recreated by Jake and Suraanne Chadwick. The event notes Jacqueline Kennedy influence and era trends from miniskirts to natural styling as makeup artist Stam Place recreates era looks amid a montage of dances.
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Dancin’ Blair
Jake and
Suraanne Chadwick
Seligman & Lars
Stam Place
Dear Abby columns reveal readers grapple with age fraud and etiquette
A reader confesses to fudging their birth year on a driver’s license and fears punishment while seeking guidance on DMV consequences. Abby reassures that proof of real age suffices. Other letters query etiquette around rude mother-in-law behavior and attending a distant bridal shower, with Abby noting gift giving is optional. Also a note advises caution about a bald-headed hair-growth scam.
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Abby
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Department of Motor Vehicles
Dennis
R.S.V.P
Oregon
Mobility rising as Americans seek homes in sun and space
ATLANTA AP reports about 20 percent of Americans move each year, with 1.2 million families relocating states. Henry F. Carter of Gallery of Homes notes mobility driven by climate, mid size cities, and desire open spaces for families. In 1977 home ownership rose for under 35s to 65 percent. average new house price in early 1978 reached 58 400 with 4.7 million single family homes sold in 1977, mostly in the South and North Central regions.
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Atlanta
American Movers Conference
Henry F. Carter
Carter
Gallery of Homes, Inc
Pew
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
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Wakefield McGill
Highlands
Jobe Kennedy
England
Jacqueline Kennedy
Einarelyrg
Women's Liberation
Yves St. Laurent
AI Rae Sece
Main ST
Thurmont
Gram
al Ave Ridge
Lemiver
Sant and Texter
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