Phoney Movie Plot Tricks Attract Frederick Town
A tale of a Hollywood lookalike in a Chevrolet with California plates stirring Lexington and nearby towns. Local residents chase rumor of a musical comedy The Southern Past with Universal International Studios and stars listed, citing Lexington Va as on location.
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Mel Greenberg
Leningtoe
Greenberg
Amd
Neeveeck
Hollywood
Lewington
Evers Tafee Greenberg
Fork Douglas
Burt Lancaster
Audrey Hepburn
Phil Silvers
Universal International Studios
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Institute
Brother Rat
Ronald Reagan
VMI
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Free Mel Greenberg Hoax Grips Lexington Community
A Lexington hoax by Mel Greenberg promised film roles and nude scenes paying extras, drawing in Betsy Wells Kline and others. Suspicious auditions, a fake studio, and forged contracts led to an attempted arrest in Hillsboro Ohio. Greenberg fled to face charges of defrauding an innkeeper and issuing bad checks.
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Lexington
Valady
Greenberg
Keyder - General Lodge
Mel Greenberg
Betsy Wells Kline
Edwin Wells
Jug Bridge
Kline
Pan Am
Washington and Lee
Douglas Schwarz
Schwartz
Miss Hepburn
United States
California
Universal - International
Ohio
Hillsboro
Lexington News-Gazette
Virginia
Newsweek
Mel Greenburg
News-Gazette
Lincoln High Class Of 54 Holds Reunion
The 14 graduates of Lincoln High School’s class of 1954 held their 20th reunion June 15 at Gist Country Club Libertytown. Attendees included relatives from New York. A prayer honored two deceased members Mary Thomas and Joseph Monroe.
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Lincoln
Lincoln High School
Gist Country Club
Libertytown
Emanuel Duppins
Robert Jackson
Emmetta Smallwood
Fay Lee
Ann Orem
Yvonnie Stanton
Clara Weedon
Elise Simms
Phyllis Sewell
Ann Cooper
Margaret Watts
Alfred James
Andrew Sewell
Lincoln High
State
New York
Mary Thomas
Joseph Monroe
Baltimore
Schildt Company Low Bidder in Maryland State School Project
Schildt Construction of Thurmont named apparent low bidder for a Maryland General Services project to erect a registration building and shower facilities at Cunningham State School. Schilcd Construction bid $444,000, undercut Weller Brothers at $483,000 and Jesse Dustin & Son at $490,902.
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Schilcd Construction. Company of
Thurmont
Maryland
General Services
Cuningham State Schikitt Construction
Weller Brothers
New Windsor
Jesse Dustin & Son
Rockville
Ancient Rome required public chariot vehicle registration
The article notes that long ago in ancient Rome a law mandated every chariot be registered. It highlights an early example of state registration of private vehicles.
Hearing Set For Disturbed Persons Monday
A public hearing 8 p.m. Monday in Montgomery County Office Building discusses emotionally disturbed children and adolescents and a proposed residential treatment facility by the state Health and Mental Hygiene Department. The Gaithersburg site would serve 60 patients with day treatment for 120 ambulatory youths up to 17. The Health Planning Advisory Board will report to the County Executive and County Council after the hearing. Call 40 2773 to speak.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Gaithersburg
Shady Grove Rd
MD. 22
Holstein Show Slated Tuesday at Gaithersburg Agriculture Center
The Frederick Montgomery County District Holstein Show is set for Tuesday July 16 at the Agriculture Center Gaithersburg with 82 exhibitors. Maryland Holstein picnic starts at 2 pm after a brief meeting followed by 1 pm fitting and showing contest for 4 H and FFA youth. Judges include Paul King of Delta PA and Jake Emig of New Kingston PA. Public invited to view the animals.
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Frederick - Montgomery County
Agriculture Center
Gaithersburg
FFA
Paul King
Delta
Jake Emig
New Kingston
Special Uniform Deputies Proposed for Crime and Disaster Roles
A plan to reorganize and train special uniformed deputies for public events peacekeeping missing persons searches civil disorders natural disasters and crowd control. Deputized after investigation and training under sheriff approval with county payment. not private guards.
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Frederick
Aldant Weinbers Saal
Levington
Mes Klne
Bag
Sappage
Fredenck
Lenington
Vincent Hill
Joan Hardy
Gwendolyn Magruder
Elise Dorsey
Joan Fossetl
Betty Jean Goines
Rose Holiday
Bobby Snowden
Bessie Dixon
Nathan Sewell
James Carroll
Frank Dorsey
James Spriggs
Emory Bowie
John Harris
Kenneth White
Emmett Smallwood
Gwendolyn McGruder
Betty Goins
Mary Green
Faye Lee
Yvonne Anton
Phyllis Dyson
Eugene Whims
Elsie Simms
Joan Edmunds
Bronx
N.Y
Hilda Scott
Brunswick
New Market
Elsie Hill
Claude Delauter Jr
Delauter
Schildt Company
Ray
Free Spirit
Custer
Toyota We
U.S. Rowe
Phere
Ocean City
St. Ocean Front Condominum
Eaenen
Icross
Sunday Nite
Nursday
MT. Airy American Legion
Allen Brown
The
Montgomery
Cablevision
B.P
ELKS
Johnny Glaze
Tommy Dorsey Band
Noles
Mon-sai
WM. G. “Bill
Shepley
Hawaii
Heverceer
Boyer Travel Agency
DEAD
Thurmont American Legion
SRC
BBC Theaters
Frenenice
Lucy Mame
Beatrice Arthur
Tam
Barbara Hersheyo
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