Fifty Years Ago From The News Post July 14 1911
A social event at the home of Mrs. John A Markell on West Patrick street featured Miss Antoinette Markell entertaining for Miss Martha Gibbons of Ardmore Pa. Blair Lee of Montgomery County heads the Democratic gubernatorial nomination bid and will visit Frederick County tomorrow. A serious break in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal two miles below Sharpsburg halted navigation. Mrs Carl Rabe of New York vacationing with her mother on West South street. Rabe and husband are vaudeville performers The Yaldo Duo set for New York season on Orpheum Keith circuits. Water main ferrule burst during plumbing work at William Ebert’s on South Market street, releasing much water. Copper mining prospects reported near New London. Frank N Maynard farm under observation with deposits found. Erin Barkowsky of Baltimore opened a bakery in Thurrmont. Maryland National Guard drills canceled by rain at Kemp farm. Frederick Railroad Co began connecting South Market Street tracks with Park Street and North Market Street at Square Corner. Miss Shaw of Baltimore named chief operator at Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone exchange. Electric car motor failure on North Market street caused delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Markell
Patrick Street
Antoinette Markell
Martha Gibbons
Ardmore
Blair Lee
Montgomery County
Frederick County
Sharpsburg
Carl Rabe
New York
J. Deater
West South Street
Rabe
Yalto
Orpheum
Keith
William Ebert
South Market
New London
Frank N. Maynard
Erin Barkowsky
Baltimore
Thurrmont
Maryland Natonal Guard
Kemp
Frederick Railroad Co
South Market Street
Partick
North Market Streets
Miss Shaw
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Frederick Railroad
North Market Street
Famine Or Surplus As Wage Talks Roil Auto Makers
Dealers watch wage negotiations between three major manufacturers and automakers as profits wobble. Itemized figures show wages rising to hundreds of millions, with production costs blamed for slow sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auomende Deaers
Mar
Automonie
Amonim Mawag
Taves
General MacArthur in Philippines Revered by Islanders
The article recalls General Douglas MacArthur's long ties to the Philippines from his West Point days to his roles as military adviser and governor. It notes Filipino affection as he returned to Leyte in 1944 and his reception during his later public appearances, including the naming of a landmark in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
West Point
Bataan
Deed Transfers Brunswick Property to Epstein and Lons
The Tri-State Boating Company of Brunswick deeded about four and a half acres of land between Souder Road and East H Street to David Epstein and Lons of Washington DC for ten dollars. The transfer, recorded with Ellis C. Wach, names officers John A as president and Paul as secretary, both in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tr-State Bowing Corporation of
Brunswick
David Epstein
Lons
Washington, DC
Ellis C. Wach
Tri- Stave Boating, Inc
Brunswek Cooperatie Association, Inc
Retiree Grace Krem served Potomac Edison 45 years
Twenty years ago from the News-Post files, Grace Krem of 137 West South Street retired after more than 45 years with Potomac Edison. She began in 1916 as a clerk in General Accounting, rose to senior clerk by 1950, and completed her 45th year in March. Also covered: Nazi air raid alerts on Kiev, predicted Japanese attack, local volunteer fire coordinator named in county, a boating accident near Sinepuxent Bay, and a Calvary Methodist remembrance for Dr. G Ellis Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grace
Krem
West South Street
Potomac Edison Company
Utility Company
Frederick
Miss Krem
Potomac Edison
General Accounting Department
Miss Kren
Kiev
Ukraine
London
Indo-China
Thailand
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
F. Lester Smith
L. E. Neale ,Jr
Baltimore
Sinepuxent Bay
Neales
Pete) Neale
Neale
Muss Sally Neale
Howard L. Smith
West Seventh Street
G. Ellis Williams
Calvary Methodist Church
Willams
Charles Robert Simpson
Indan Springs
Frederck Memorial Hospital
Early US anniversaries and local notices from 19th century to present
Historical milestones include the first Methodist Conference in Philadelphia 1773 the first Catholic Mass in Hawaii 1827 Commodore Perry opening ports to trade in 1853 and Blondin crossing Niagara Falls 1859. Births birthdays and notable deaths span Lyon Wister Chandler Griswold and others with local fireman meeting notes building permits in Thurmont and Mount Airy details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
St. George’s Methodist Church
Philadelphia
Hawaii
Commodore Perry
Filmore
Bryant Park
New York City
Charles Blondin
Niagara Falls
John H. Morgan
Cynthiana
John J. Landrum
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Wanzett
South Braintree
Mass
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Nathanel Lyon
Ashford Conn
West Point
S. Louis
Lyon
Missouri
Claiborne F Jackson
Wilson's Creek
Owen Wister
Wister
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Pennsylvania
Albert B. Chandler
Kentucky
Corydon
Erwin N Griswold
East Cleveland
Ohio
Horace Havemeyer Jr
National Sugar Refining Co
Islip
Wiliam H Tunner
U. S. Air Force
Elizabeth
N. J
Radar to curb speeding seen as public safety move
Frederick officials plan radar checks as Chief Charley Main seeks speed enforcement due to rising complaints about fast drivers. The column praises the move as progressive and commends the mayor and aldermen for authorization. It also notes local improvements including flowered windows at the bank and Burall’s Cycle Shop refurbishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McSherry
Police Department
Charley Main
Frederick
North Market
West Patrick
West South
Rosemont
Mountain Theater Summer Season Struggles For Local Support
Community residents travel for stage shows, yet Braddock Heights Mountain Theater faces funding and attendance challenges despite a talented cast led by Chiff Goodwin. The season showcases Eugene Van Hekle Morelle Cavalier Wanda Davila and others under strong local direction with crews like Joseph Stell and Charlotte Watson. Proceeds stay local as supporters urge stronger community backing for this notable four month program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Theater
Braddock Heights
The
Eugene van Hekle
Morelle Cavalier
Wanda Davila
Bing Thompson
Beverly Canning
Ed Bordo
Daryl Fuller
Joel Marcuse
Chiff Goodwin
Joseph Stell
Joseph Cuthbert
Tom de Baggio
Charlotte Watson
Virginia Graybill
Miranda Clark
Hugh Garber
Ellen Sigward
Frederick
Fort Detrick Star Tennisers Vie In Army Tournament
Fort Detrick officials announce Specialists Emil W. Johnson and Staff Sergeant James H. Gross will play in the Second U S Army tennis tournament on July 23 at Fort Eustis Virginia. Johnson, a Frederick area ace, won the 1959 Second Army Senior Singles title and has a string of Army and local honors. The Fort also hosts a picnic with music and fried chicken, and a golf match against the Army Chemical Center. Other items note NCO Mess social night, farewell departures, personnel moves, and routine at the base with multiple names and local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Detrick
Orlando
Frederick City
Army Chemical Corps E
Washington
Army Chemical Center
Carl S. Casto
M W. Castleberry
H. E. McCue
J. W. Startt
Court News: Marriages and Property Deeds Listed
Court news lists marriage licenses for James C Hardy and Sandra P Anderson. David E Simons Sr and Clara M Booth. Larry W Jones with Sara E De Lawder. Bernard J Levanduski and Mary Ann Bailey. Clyde R Fairburn and Grace V Williams. Property transfers record deeds for multiple couples, with prices from $4,000 down to $10, including city, county, and state properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C Hardy
Doubs
Sandra P. Anderson
Frederick David E Simons Sr
Clara M Booth
Brunswick
Larry W. Jones
Hyattsville
Sara E. de Lawder
Halltown
W. Va
Bernard J. Levanduski
Morris, Pa
Mary Ann Bailey
Wellsboro
Clyde R. Fairburn
Grace V. Williams
Baltimore
Robert C Sunday
Victor A. Leisner
Alvey K Houp
Joseph P. Schroyer
John A Derr
Osburn E. Willams
G. Leicester Thomas
Brosius Homes Corportation
Catherine E Smith
Evelyn J. Grossnickle
DC Winebrenner and Son, Inc
William S. Hood
Roger B Gordon
Helen F. Mock
Helen F Mock
Roger B. Gordon
Satellite Midas HI launches missile hunt from California
From Point Arguello California a record setting Midas sky spy satellite launched July 12 with an experimental missile hunting payload designed to pass over Russia. Midas HI weighs 3500 pounds in orbit about 1850 miles high and circles the globe nine times daily detecting exhaust plumes and possible nuclear blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Arguello
Calif
Midas
Russia
Midas HI
Earth
Veterans group urges Kennedy housing desegregation order
The American Veterans Committee urged President Kennedy to issue an executive order banning racial discrimination in housing funded by federal money. National vice chairman Dr Paul Cooke said the idea mirrors a recent order on government employment after two Negroes were blocked from buying homes in a Bowie Maryland development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Washington
The
American Veterans Committee
Paul Cooke
Veterans Organization
Cooke
Bowie
U S Army General Sparks 1944 Ballpoint Pen Production
The quartermaster general ordered a high altitude reliable ink pen with ample ink supply, sparking production in 1944 per Encyclopedia Britannica. Mexican tourism data show 90 percent of visitors come from the United States, 2.62 percent from Central American neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Quartermaster General
Britannica
Mexico
United States
W R Freeze Dies At 63 In Thurmont
Wilbur Ross Freeze a Thurmont businessman died Thursday at 3 p m age 63 He ran Cozy Restaurant in Thurmont for 32 years active in civic affairs and on the Town Council He was a Republican party member and served in various local groups Funeral Monday at 2 p m at M L Creager and Son funeral home with Rev WE Ervin officiating Interment Blue Ridge cemetery Survived by wife Mary L Gehr Freeze a son Gerald G Freeze sister Miss Mabel K Freeze and brother Earl P Freeze details of calling hours noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Ross
Petey) Freeze
Thurmont
Mr. Freeze
Cornei
Republican State Central Committee
Frederick County
House of Delegates
St. John’s Lutheran
Earl P. Freeze
St. Petersburg
Fla
M. L Creager
Western Md Deaf Assoc Holds Thirty Seventh Picnic
The Western Maryland Picnic Association of the Deaf held its 37th annual outing at Braddock Heights Park with about 200 attendees. Prizes went to Elam Sprankle and others, officers were elected led by Eugene Cascaden as general chairman, and the group planned next year’s picnic at the Claggett Center Buckeystown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Picnic Association of the Deaf
Braddock Heights Park
Affar
Rudolph Hines
Qincy
Maryland Association of the Deaf
Elam Sprankle
Waynesboro
Harry Grabiil
This Ciy
Dean Suaim
Frederick
Ronald Stafford
Frederick Bil Collins
Pisville
Glen
Hagerstown
Jack Miller
Walter Swope
Harry Grabill
Charles Horst
Frances Houck
Claggett Center
Buckeystown
Sixty Sign Up For Family Camp At Mar-Lu Ridge
Sixty persons from varied walks of life attend family camp at Mar-Lu Ridge Maryland Lutheran camp in the Catoctin Mountains south of Jefferson. Programs cover preschool to parents with morning sessions for children and afternoon activities. Thursday includes a Waterford trip and pool swimming. Notable participants include Dr Wil B Nelp Johns Hopkins and artist John B Myers Jr. from St Johns Lutheran Brooklyn Md. The second camp starts August 6 with similar plans and by week’s end 24 churches from Maryland Lovettsville Va Waynesboro Pa and Dover Del were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar-Lu Ridge
Catoctin Mountains
Jefferson
C.P.A
Roland A. Ries
Philip Brohawn
Waterford
Braddock Heights
King
Wil B. Nelp
Johns Hopkins Medical School
John B. Myers Jr
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Brooklyn
Ries
Maryland
Lovettsville
Waynesboro
Dover
Del
Traffic cases heard in city court fines and guilty verdicts
The report notes fines and guilty findings in multiple cases. Keeney was fined 1 for an offense after being found guilty. Thelma Webber and her brother Thomas Hoffman were jailed in lieu of fines after guilty charges of disorderly conduct and intoxication. Hoffman and Webber face additional fines. Defense testimony for Allen Fritz and Randolph Byron, both 17, was heard with the case continued pending witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeney
Thelma Webber
West Patrick Street
Thomas Hoffman
Webber
Hoffman
Nathan A. Dorsey
East All Saints Street
Mrs. Webber
Allen Fritz
Randolph Byron
Edwin F. Nikirk
4H Club Meets at Home of Fouche on July 8
Monocacy 4H Club met July 8 at Mr and Mrs Harry Fouche home with a swimming party and picnic. Plans were made for a softball tournament and a state fair booth. Five members were initiated: Janice Young Carol Staley John Ramey Wayne Bell and Bobby Renn. Next meeting August 5 at 7 30 pm at Jane Ritchie s home in Amesville. Members asked to bring record books. First commercial power mow ers in the US were produced now weighed 200 pounds and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fouche
Janice Young
Carol Staley
John Ramey
Wayne Bell
Bobby Renn
Jane Ritchie
Amsville
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Rockville
Norbeck
Junious Johnson
Moncaster Mill Road
Rockfiie
Rae
Royal Earl Strichfield
W L Athey
Mariners’ Museum
Mariners Museum
Newport News
Know
America
Tanertoun Volunteer Fire Company
Chef Miller
Ocean City
Mount Airy
Richard Stride
Appolds Church Road
George T Yeager
Elmer Eshleman
Western Maryland Trust Company
Patrick
Burall
East Patrick Street
Bill” Burall
Amig-Nise
NCO Ladies Club
NCO Mess
Dave Julian
Richard A. Pozniak
James R. Short Jr
Abel D Ramirez
Richard D. Dozier
Rayburn M. Morrison
Susan B. Dukes
William D. Tigertt
Army Medical Unit
Walter Reed Hospital
Dan Crozer
Madeline Warnock
Colorado State University
John Thompson
la Grippe
Jim Sinski
al Kime
John Malinowski
Olney Inn
Myron McCormick
Olney Theatre
Richard Dozier
Indiana
Arthur Simon
Estella Appleby
Tuscarora
William Cleveland
Andrew Rource
A. P. Hill
Paul Shatto
Fairview Avenue
Kim Brown
Philips Pearson
Thomas Black
Alabama
Joe Lynch
Long Island
Bob Hurt
Detrick
Irvin Kinsey
Camp A P. Hill
Ray Horney
Torrance
Winnie Cave
New Jersey
Richard Wowak
George
Kitty Mogg
Laverne Bosley
NEA, Inc
TM. Fay
U.S
Pat. Off
Pat
Court News
Brereely Stlag
Dyer Sesaber
W. R. Freeze
Wilbur R. Freeze
Western
Deaf Alsa
Fashive
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