Fifty Years Ago From The News Post Files July 13 1912
MisS JENAK 31 1H AND HER Rayroad Boys of the Batti More and Unoen will Mill View Suu annual reunion at Isang Park Harpers Ferry WHEN THE IWO SWWES OF the reservoir are completed more while No more chance that it will hold water than a 1 of holes partly 2 Henry Weider ite Paving QC has the contract for ith and west reservoir ng at the 4 the dom of the THE STORM LIGHT the house of Clar Walkersville.
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Jenak
Rayroad Boys
Isang Park
Harpers Ferry
IWO Swwes
Henry Weiderite Paving
Ith
West Reservoir
Patrick Street
Gem Steam Laundry
Postal Savings Bank
Maryland National Guard
Henry M. Warfield
Kemp Farm
Maryland
George H. Thomas
A. D. Thomas
Petersville
Charles Heffner
South Market Street
Lewis Fagan
Get Polio Shots and Save Kids This Summer
The National Foundation urges polio vaccination with Salk shots claiming 94 of 100 protected. AMA cites Sabin oral vaccine as offering longer protection. Three polio cases in Frederick county occurred in unvaccinated children. officials urge all families to inoculate now.
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National Foundation
American Medical Association
Albert B. Sabin
Jonah E. Salk
Frederick County
Two Greek Parliament members visit Mathias district office
Congressman Mathias recounts Greek visitors thanking the United States for aid that helped resist Communism. He notes their two policy suggestions to support reforms and improve public explanation of free world principles. He also describes a July Fourth Chesapeake cruise and local ceremonies in Maryland.
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
6Th Dist
6Th District
Washington
Agiti
United States
Free World
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The
Tn Congress
Maryland
Baltimore
United States Frigate Co
Hame
Thurmont
Liza
America
Takoma Park
Twenty Years Ago From The News-Post Files July 13 1941
Summary of wartime items notes a major beetle infestation expected that summer. A convoy of ships and planes carried American troops to Iceland. Vichy France repaired the Richelieu and reinforced Dakar base. Navy flags continued mine laying in New York harbor. Maryland license law changes affected fast yachters. Elis C marriages noted by the court.
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Iceland
United States
Atlantic
Richelieu
Dakar
New York Harbor
Maryland
Elis C
Sick Hamil memorial and hospital notes mention multiple patients
The article lists patients at Frederick Memorial Hospital including Mrs Emory B Shipley Sr a cardiac patient reported improved and doing nicely at home. It also notes Frede Hospital and Independence Day committee references and a Washington Newsletter mailing request.
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Hamil
Ten Avenue
Frede Hospital
Emory B. Shipley Sr
Frederick
Memn Hospital
Ok Street
Ve Pressman
Paul. Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fishing Contest Names and Top Participants
Bill Esworthy from Sherman Avenue caught the smallest fish Terry Bover of South Jefferson Street scored the largest catch Mike Marrone on College Avenue and Verle Earp are listed among participants.
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Bill Esworthy
Sherman Avenue
Terry Bover
South Jeffrson Street
Mike Marrone
College Avenue
Verle Earp
Dr Gibson recovers $5000 in lost bonds and papers
An 89 year old Frederick resident, Dr Gibson of 329 Lindt Avenue, lost five $1,000 Frederick County public school bonds and valuable deposit receipts in Baltimore. The bonds and papers were found and delivered to Mercantile Trust Company by an unidentified finder and later returned to Dr Gibson.
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Hopkins Gibson
Lindt Avenue
Gibson
Mercantile Posit and Trust Company of
Baltimore
Gordon E. Kellenberger
Trust Company
Saint Paul Streets
Frederick County
Ann C. McNeal
Commissioners
Be a mother in a harsh world of luck and duty
Boyle writes of motherhood as a social and moral transformation driven by poverty and fortune. The piece contrasts a gambler’s abrupt rise with a mother’s lifelong restraint, depicting childbirth as a focus that reshapes identity and responsibilities while amid hunger and fear.
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Picasso
Albert Schweitzer
Tennessee Williams
Newness
The Gamble of Motherhood in a Wry Metaphor
A reflective narrator compares motherhood to tending a delicate creature that may prosper or fail. The tone blends humor and gravity as it posits women as natural gamblers facing vast responsibility, with motherhood portrayed as precarious yet deeply hopeful.
Local birthdays and family visits listed in Frederick area
Cynthia Fawley celebrates seventh birthday at West South street. Mr and Mrs Charles Houff return from Florida after visiting Frederick and attend the graduation of their son C Dennis Houff from Loyola High School Baltimore. Various county officials and staff mark birthdays and plan trips including Sarah Jane Hargett to Ocean City and Lu men F Norris’s California motor tour.
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Robert E. Miss Jr
Robert E. Miss
North Market Street
St. Isaac Jogues
Wernersville
Loyola Seminary
Shrub Oak
West Point
N. Y
St. John’s High School
The
News-Post
Robert E. Miss &. J
New York
Cynthia K. Fawley
Robert Fawley
West South Street
Charles F. Houff
Frederick
Baltimore
Florida
Houff
Lawrence E. Phebus
C. Dennis
Joseph McNeal
Aero-Jet Corporation
George B. Stupp
Braddock Heights
Phylis Martin
Fourth Street
Sarah Jane Hargett
Frederick County
Butterfly Lane
Lumen F. Norris
Emmitsburg
California
Orchestra Leader Irving Conn Dies at 63 in New Jersey
Irving Conn, 63, famed orchestra leader and coauthor of the 1920s hit Yes We Have No Bananas, died of a heart attack Wednesday. He lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and co wrote the song with Frank Silver. Cape Canaveral, a 15 000 acre missile test center, is closed to the public though a Titan Thor Snark Matador Bomarc exhibit is displayed near Patrick Air Force Base in front of the Technical Laboratory.
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Hudson, N.Y
Irving Conn
Conn
Fort Lee, N. J
Frank Silver
Cape Canaveral
Air Force Titan
Thor
Snark
Patrick Air Force Base
Cape
NASA Photo From Cape Canaveral Release Reveals Launch Image
NASA at Cape Canaveral releases a new photograph capturing a launch event from the news photo archive. The image highlights a rocket plume against the sky with official insignia and caption details.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
NASA
NEA Trelephoto
Pay Increases Okayed For Educators
The Frederick County Board of Education approved salary raises for three school board officials Dr. Quentin L. Earhart Tolbert F. Lawyer and Allen R. Gaddis III with Earhart rising to 12000 per year and the others to 8000 plus several teacher hires and resignations announced including new staff for Walkersville Brunswick and North Frederick elementary and Thurmont High. A library retirement and a $350 grant from the Frederick Female Seminary Fund were also noted.
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Frederick County
Sawyer
Gaddis
School Board
Dorothy Eleanor Beachley
Walkersville High
Western Maryland College
Donald Harrison Campbell
Brunswick High
Fairmont State College
Lewis Higbee Carl
Elm Street
University of Maryland
Linda Louise Fleming
West Virginia University
Nancy N. Greenwood
Lewistown
Margaret Carol Hogsett
Liberty
Singapore
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Mary Lee Jalley
West Frederick
Core
Frostburg State Teachers College
Mary Eleanor Marshall
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Marshall University
Robert Antony Melcher
Bob Jones University
Natalie Gail Morris
Frostburg
Garland Burruss Peterson
University of North Carolina
Patsy Carol Taylor
Towson
Helen E. Weitether
North Frederick
New Haven
Frederick High
Jean Lorraine Zentz
Lillian Thomas Joy
Yellow Springs
Hood College
Wilmer Lewis Dodson
Harmony Grove
Judith C. Hatch
Marshall Albert Morningstar
Catherine Rederick Shriver
Virginia Alice Sommer
Parkway
Theresa J. Tierney
Frederick
Barbara Bell Whited
Walkersville
Frances Crum
Richard Culler
Mary D. Wood
New Market
Edith W. Osman
Thurmont High School
Mary Jane Stokes
Grace N. Brown
Penelope Owen
Frederick Female Seminary Fund
Miss Owen
Lake Ontario Narrowest of Great Lakes at 53 Miles Wide
Weather report notes Lake Ontario, 53 miles wide, as the narrowest among the five Great Lakes. The fact emphasizes its width within regional hydrology discussions.
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Lake Ontario
Great Lakes
Fires Inch Toward Containment Near Yosemite and Jamestown
Firefighters hoped to contain two large California brush fires near Yosemite and Jamestown as hot winds eased. Crews were closing lines around 63 000 acres near Bass Lake while a separate 38 000 acre blaze south of the park consumed Nipinnawasee and Ahwahnee, with two deaths and dozens evacuated. A pyromaniac was blamed for new Jamestown blazes amid ongoing drought conditions.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
California
Bass Lake
Yosemite
Sierra
Park
Dean Sehlebahn
State Division of Forestry
Fresno
Calaveras County
Tuolumne County
Jamestown
Funeral notices for Mrs Catherine Fischer and Grace G Thomas
Funeral services were held for Mrs Catherine Fischer wife of Hermann Fischer co owner of Schley Inn Braddock Heights who died Saturday evening A 2 o clock service at the funeral home 1201 North Market Street Rev Herbert R Jordan of St Johns Catholic church officiated Interment was in Union Cemetery Burkittsville Floral tributes boreers Johnny Raymond Crattise Crasig Startng and Howard Cassell Robert E and Son funeral directors Also funeral for Grace G Thomas wife of J Samuel 308 North College Park Avenue held Wednesday morning at the funeral home with prayers at 9 30 a m Requiem mass at 10 a m in St Johns Catholic Church Interment Mount Olivet cemetery Casket bearers George Dorsey Lewis Cannon Ralph Wachter Nevin Baker Austin and Clark Thomas Funeral directors Robert E B Dailey and Son
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Catherine Fischer
Hermann Fischer
Schley Inn
Braddock Heights
North Market Street
Herbert R. Jordan
St John’s Catholic Church
Johnny Raymond Crattise
Crasig Startng
Howard Cassell
Union Cemetery
Grace G. Thomas
J. Samuel
North College Park
Ck Memorial Hospital
St. Johns’ Catholic Church
George Dorsey
Lewis Cannon
Ralph Wachter
Nevin Baker
Austin and Clark Thomas
Mount Olivet
Robert EB. Dailey and Son
Charles A. Shook
Nashville, Tenn
Frederick Memorial Park Cemetery
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Charles E. Morgan
Hubert W. Morgan
Boonsboro
Littlestown
George Morgan
Church of God and
Logan Tribe
Ralph Moser
Hagerstown
East Funeral Home
Paul G. Hawbarker
Deaths Mrs Brown Sr and Lydia Lee in Frederick area notices
Mrs. Alta May Brown 77 of Lantz died at Waynesboro General Hospital after two years of ill health and a 60th wedding anniversary in March. Survived by her husband Ivan M Brown Sr and 13 children. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Germantown Bethel Church. Lydia Ellen Lee 79 died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. survived by siblings Thomas, Webb, Harry, Anna. funeral details listed. Robert E. Dailey and Son funeral directors. Charles E. Morgan 89 died at son Hubert W. Morgan’s Boonsboro home after six weeks illness. service Saturday 2 p.m. at East Funeral Home Boonsboro. Rankin Metcalfe 61 of Mercersburg died Monday at Chambersburg Hospital after a long illness. son Franklin L. Metcalfe in Army at Fort Detrick.
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Ivan Brown Sr
Alta May Brown
Ivan M. Brown Sr
Lantz
Waynesboro General Hospital
John
Amanda Warburton Royer
Germantown Bethel Church of God
Christian Endeavor
Thurmont Grange
Wilbur Fox
Sabillasville
Clarence Brown
Harry C. Davis
Charles Wagaman
Ivan Brown Jr
Jesse Brown
Blue Ridge Summit
John Brown
Paul Brown
East Liverpool
Ohios
Willian Brown
Harrisburg
Upton Brown
Highfield
James Eyler
Thurmont
James Brown
Washington
Francis Brown
Etta Manahan
Bethel Church
C. W. McGaha
The
Grove Funeral Home
Waynesboro
Lydia Ellen Lee
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
William L. W
Susan Ball Lee
Amon Burgee
Set
Denver J. Shook
City Police
South Market Street
Methodist Church
Thomas Lee
Frederick
Webb
Lee
Flinthill
Harry Lee
Essex
Anna Lee
Winchester
Rankin Metcalfe
Mercersburg
Chambersburg
Franklin L. Metcalfe
Fort Detrick
Market Prices From Farmers Co-Operative Association
Local report lists grain prices for today with Wheat at 1.62 dollars per bushel and Corn and Barley figures shown. figures are partially garbled but indicate a published price update from the Farmers Co-Operative Association for today.
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Farmers Co-Operative Association
Aay
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