Fifty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
July 14 1914 items cover Frederick events with planning for Wilson visit and Key grave address by H Dorsey Etchison. Notable notes include Smithsburg peaches sale of 75 carloads to W H Chandler Co, paving material Amielite for Court House area, joint bridge iron work contract to M D Forman York Pa for 600, and sale of Buffalo Hotel fixtures to Milton T Engle with August 1 possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Dorsey Etchison
Frederick
J. H. Besore
S. Jason Geiser
Allan S. Geiser
Frederick City
Court House
West Second Street
Market Street
Church
Frederick County Commissioners
Carroll County Commissioners
Sams Creek
Union Bridge
M.D. Forman
York
Louis Otte
The
Buffalo
Reno S. Harp
Buffalo Hotel
Milton T. Engle
Urban Aids Expansion At White House Signing
President Johnson signs a $375 million transit aid bill amid debate about future costs. Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York notes mixed hopes about available funds, while officials frame urban grants as long overdue federal support, likening the program to rail and highway aid. The plan targets mass transit with three year initial spending of $500 million, sparking warnings it could become one of America’s largest giveaways if not monitored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Johnson
Congress
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Washington
Pastor Clem Elected Leader At Salem United Church
Rev. Clem, named pastor of Salem United Church of Christ near Hagerstown, has guided Salem to about 400 members. He has served in Christian Education and chaired synod committees while holding roles in local ministries and youth programs. He is married to Montie Lee Hartsell and they have two children, Michael Joseph and Ellis Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gical Seminary
Lancaster
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Chambersburg
Clem
Potomac Synod
Lawrence Strunk
Christ’s Church
Hagerstown
Salem United Church of Christ
Salem Church
Children’s Department For Christian Education
Washington County Ministerial Association
Washington County Youth Commission
Maugansville Raritan Club
Synodical Committee
Camp Michaux
New Central Atlantic Conference
The
United Church of Christ
Montie Lee Hartsell
Albemarle
N.C
Catawba College
Clems
Michael Joseph
Ellis Earl
Blood Unit Short Of Goal
The Red Cross seeks 34 donors who missed prior bloodmobile visits to reach the goal. An August 5 visit at Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street will run 11 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. to accommodate workers, with donor notices to be mailed next week.
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Red Cross
Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Church Street
Twenty Years Ago News Post Files July 14 1944
Russian troops advanced within 30 miles of East Prussia in western White Russia. Political maneuvers hint at possible Democratic vice presidential contenders awaiting Roosevelt's endorsement of Henry A Wallace. Major General Philip Hayes announces Lt. Robert E Clapp Jr named Third Service Command assistant judge advocate. Rain deficit reported at Fishing Creek reservoir with dam level 3.5 inches below top. Brig. Gen Theodore Roosevelt Jr died of a heart attack while resting in a captured German truck used as his office and bedroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Prussia
Suwalki
Russia
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Frederick
Maryland
Third Service Command
Philip Hayes
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
North
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Former Local Minister Dies in Leesburg Virginia
Robert Milton Harris 60 former minister at Point of Rocks Jehovahs Witnesses died Monday evening at his Leesburg home after a lengthy illness Born in Loudoun County he was the son of Mrs Bessie Virginia Harris and the late John R Harris A retired farmer Harris served as assistant minister in the Leesburg congregation Survived by his wife Eliza V Harris one son Robert T Harris five daughters and several siblings Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 am from Muse and Reed Funeral Chapel Leesburg Interment in Union Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home this evening until services Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Milton Harris
Point of Rocks
Jehovah's Witnesses
Leesburg
Loudoun County
Bessie Virginia Harris
Jefferson
John R. Harris
Harris
Eliza V. Harris
Robert T. Harris
Lucketts
Constance Dauer
Alexandria
Mary Jane Harris
Mary Louise Hartman
Betty M. Lowery
Gloria Fraley
Emory S. Harris
Seat Pleasant
Cora Mack
Baltimore
Lillian Pearl
Grace Will
Adamstown
Muse and Reed Funeral Chapel
Union Cemetery
Raymond N. Lanham
Lovettsville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Humphrey
Sarah Carlisle Lanham
United Church of Christ
Freedom Lodge
No. 118
Af.&am
Mary Wenner Lanham
Isabel Kenny
Winchester
Nevin Lanham
Berryville
Florence Lanham
Washington, DC
Brown Funeral Home
St. James
James A. Smith
Waynesboro
Waynesboro Hospital
Shewsbury
York County
Samuel A
Clara A
Zech) Smith
Old Scratch as a Devil Nickname Rooted in Norse Word
The nickname Old Scratch traces to a Norse word "'scratti" meaning devil or sorcerer. This etymology links a popular epithet for the devil to ancient linguistic origins.
Market Prices and Grain Quotes
Market prices list corn at 7.25 per barrel and wheat at 1.25 per bushel with barley at 0.85 in an oven pricing note. (Note: OCR fragment shows inconsistent units. main entries are corn 7.25, wheat 1.25, barley 0.85.)
Funeral Notices From A Local Bereavement List
Funeral services for Emma Jane Maker at Quinn A M E Church with interment at Fairview cemetery. Also services for Norma Pennell of Hagerstown. John Klipp of Fredericksburg. George Korrell distributor of Sealtest. Albert Onley of Brunswick. Frederick Boone Jr. of Upperco. Luther Crampton Sr.. Frank Harley of Yellow Springs. Emma Nicodemus of Montrov ia. Includes officiants, pallbearers, and burial sites.
Northward and Westward Tours Highlight Local Trips
Local residents report weeklong travels across the northwest and west visiting Mt. Rushmore Bad Lands Black Hills Big Horns Teton Yell owstone Parks plus Denver and Kansas. Also noted are vacations to Ap les Fla Mt Vernon Leiderstown Ohio and Ocean City Md with chamber executives meetings and church moves.
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Mt. Rushmore
The
Bad Lands
Black Hills
South Dakota
the Big Horn
Teton and
Yellowstone National Parks
Wyoming
Denver
Colo
Kansas
Man charged with petty larceny over stolen gasoline
A 31 year old Walkersville man Leonard S Mercer was charged with petty larceny after police say he took gasoline from a RFD Kline truck at the Governor Thomas Johnson High School construction site. Mercer was arrested nearby with a five gallon can of gas recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkersville
Leonard S. Mercer
RFD
R. F. Kline
Governor Thomas Johnson High
Charles V. Main
Motter Avenue
Mercer
Builders Fight Regulations Over Bond for Public Improvements
Builders on Frederick County Planning Commission oppose a rule requiring bonds or similar security before final plat approval to cover water sewage streets curbs and lights. Critics say bonds must come from insiders or only after plat recording, delaying development and risking financial burdens for developers. The commission will revisit the proposal at the August 10 public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Thomas
Ernest W. Ausherman
Ausherman Inc
Frederick County Planning Commission
Rusherman
Planning Commission
Julian Tarrant
G. Hunter Bowers
Louis Brosius
Brosius Home, Inc
Sick Brunswick residents improve and heal at area hospitals
Among The Sick Mr Robert Abrecht Sr has returned home on North Market Street after a heart patient stay at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is slowly improving. Mrs William L Lloyd Brunswick entered University Hospital Baltimore for major surgery and is a Brunswick High School faculty member. Miss Susan Setters Jefferson has returned home after tonsil removal at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is improving nicely. Mr Harry Browning Point of Rocks is a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital after knee surgery. Never the Twain Birmingham incident reports a subpoena mix up when Larry East was mistaken for Larry C West. the error was corrected at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Abrecht Sr
North Market Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
William L. Lloyd
Brunstwick
University Hospital
Baltimore
Lloyd
Brunswick High School
Susan Setters
Edward Setters
Jefferson
Harry Browning
Point of Rocks
Deaths Miss Grace H Adams and others in Frederick
Miss Grace H Adams a native of Pennsylvania and former Connellsville High School teacher died Monday in Monocacy Hall Nursing Home at 1 05 p m. Surviving nieces and nephews. Funeral at Brooks Funeral Home Connellsville with interment in Green Ridge Cemetery. Mrs Anna K Axline 80 widow of Walter Axline Brunswick died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Survivors include two sons three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services at First Methodist Church Brunswick. Rev Ralph Miller officiating. Rev Edwin D Bright 88 former Thurmont area minister died in Alexandria Virginia. Surviving daughter Mary Davis son William Bright four grandchildren. Funeral at Evangelical United Church of Christ Thurmont. Amelia Campbell Brunswick died at home survived by husband Albert Campbell and children and siblings. services at Mt Olivet Baptist Church and interment at A M E Church Cemetery Petersville. John A Devilbiss Frederick resident died suddenly at Frederick Memorial Hospital. survived by wife Delores Sittig Devilbiss and two daughters plus two brothers and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Franklin Klipp
East Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Funeral
East Church Street
Thomas Kerfoot
Church of the Assemblies of God
Francis Blank
Henry Blank
Marvin Harrison
Thomas Cole Sr
Hume Magaha
Roy Summers
Rocky Springs
M. R. Etchison and Son
George Franklin Korrell
Sealtest Co
Margaret V. Korrell
Culler Avenue
Norther Street
J. Pauli Seltzer
Middletown Lutheran Church
William Wisner
James Alexander
William H. Bierley
David Babington
Harold Grossnickle
Earl Wiles
Mount Olivet
Robert E Duailey and Son
George Albert Onley
Brunswick
University Hospital
Baltimore
Feete Funeral
Louis Bowie
Ellicott City
William
George Hardy
Donald
Henry Crampton
George
John Brown
Methodist
Petersville
Frederick William Boone Jr
Upperco
Carroll County General Hospital
New Windsor
D.D. Hartzler
Walter J. Zabel
Frank Harmon
William Hill
Arthur Misner
Philip Boone
LeRoy DeFell
William Ambrose
St. John's Cemetery
Luther
Roger Crampton Sr
East Fourth Street
Church Street
Paul L. Alhouse
Pas ‘Tor
Evangelical Reformed ‘United Church of Christ
Arnold W. Gooden
Full Gospel Church
Thurmont
Industrial Bowling League
Arcade Lanes
Ralph Koontz
Floyd Huffer
Thomas Ludy
Louis Jacobs
Henry Culler
Guy Ramsburg Jr
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison & Son
Frank Ellsworth Harley
Yellow Springs
William Pittman
Brook Hill Methodist Church
James
Gary Linton
Michael Main
Melvin
Bernard
Stanley Keyser
Brook Hill Methodist Cemetery
M.R. Etchison & Son
Grace H. Adams
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Monocacy Hall
Miss Adams
Connellsville
John and
Jane Howard Adams
Brooks Funeral Home
Green Ridge Cemetery
Walter Axline
Anna K. Axline
Alfred
Anna Rebecca Hagan Routzahn
First Methodist Church
Eastern Star
B & O Veterans and
Pocahontas
Marlow Thompson
Warren Axline
North Georgia Avenue
Ralph Miller
Lutheran Cemetery
Middletown
Gladhill Funeral Directors
Edwin D. Bright
Alexandria
Virginia
Amenden
Clara Hain Bright
Mary Chambers Bright
Franklin and Marshall College
Evangelical United Church of Christ
Derry
Roundwood-Salisbury
Richard Roof
Kenneth Bishop
Marshall Leatherman
George Fier
Donald Zinterman
Donald Weddle
Richard Dubel
Chester Spalding
Blue Ridge Cemetery
M. L. Creager
Amelia Campbell
West I Street
Dorsey
Rebecca Brooks Holland
Albert Campbell
Sarah Beard
Vincent
Robert
Albert Jr
Campbell
Lee Campbell
Washington, D. C
Albert Holland
Burkittsville
Ernest Holland
Washington
John A. Devilbiss
John Austin Devilbiss
West Fourteenth Street
United Ambulance
Mr. Devilbiss
J. Clark
Margaret Abrecht Devilbis Sr
Delores Sittig Devilbiss
Margaret C
Urith A. Devilbiss
J. Clark Devilbiss
Kenneth F. Devilbiss
Donald C. Kipe Jr
Pauline L. Kipe
Clifford W
Mil‘dred H. Kuhn Wolfe
Garfield
Washington County
Hagerstown
United Brethren Church of
Fairchild
Dorbeck Dress Factory
Larry G. Reeder
Smithsburg
United Brethren Church
Carl Synan
Albert Snyder
Church
Margaret Moore
Brown Funeral Home
Clyde Finley
Rosedale Cemetery
Obituaries From Frederick Area Church Members and Families
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Frederick County Maryland and nearby towns. Included are Mr Devilbiss, M R Temple, Artie Fouche, Pauline Kipe, Raymond Lanham, Nellie Myers, Minnie Shoemaker, James A Smith, and others. Details cover church affiliations, survivors, funeral home arrangements, service times, and burial sites.
Burkittsville Seeks Bids For Blacktopping Projects
In September session Smith noted limited town charters available to citizens on a first come basis. Councilman Roy McBride said streets have been cleaned and more work on side streets is planned. he heads the street committee. Donald Moss, head of health, said the county roads board did well on the disposal area.
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Smith
Roy McBride
McBride
Donald Moss
County Roads Board
Burkittsville
Test Flight Plans For New Ion Electric Rockets
Washington AP reports NASA plans a test flight possibly Saturday for two electric powered rockets from Wallops Island Virginia. The ion engines will propel a looping ballistic flight up to 2 500 miles high, an early step toward faster space travel. The stock market mixed gains and declines in early New York trading as autos lead a tentative recovery.
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Washington
Space Agency
Wallops Island
Vano
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stock Market Report
NEW York
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News-Post
City Church
Emma Jane Maker
East Fifth Street
Quinn A.M.E
Emanuel Terrell
John Leeks
Lord
George Ambush
Edward N. Ambush
Staley
Davis
Earl M. Duckett
Cromwell Harris
Eldridge W. Lee
Fred E. White
Fairview Cemetery
C. E. Hicks II
Norma V. Pennell
Harry E. Pennell
Bronson Staley
J. Rudolph Lovell
Homer C. Gross
Luther E. Horine
Ira S. Remsberg
Henry D. Lakin Sr
Norman W. Himes
Reformed Cemetery
Emma Nicodemus
Vernon W. Nicodemus
Montrovia
Lyle Harper
Merhle
Charles Pickett Jr
Bertha Pickett
Rose Layman
Eugene Warrenfeltz
Magnolia Avenue
Aples
Fla
Warrenfeltz
Jerry Crum
Mr. Crum
Helen Crum
Frederick News
Catherine Ann Stambaugh
Rocky Ridge
Mt. Vernon
Leiderstown
Ohio
Stambaugh
Charles Henry
Gordon
Allen Warfield
Beverly, Dickerson
Robert Smith
Woodfield
Robert B. Pegram
St. James and
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Mt. Airy
Old Annapolis Road
Pegram
Richard D. Hammond
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Ocean City
Maryland Council of Chamber of Commerce
Hammond
Chamber Executives
Otho S. Wolfe
Myersville
Bittle
Monroe J. Shearer Jr
Oscar A. Brandenburg
Asa P. Stotlemyer
Harry G. Blickenstaff
Welty W. Rice
Gaither E. Stotlemyer
C. Basil Grossbrick
Reformed
Wolfsville
John R. Yingling
Creagler Funeral Home
Elmer R. Andrews
Martin A. Case
James Troxwell
Robert Shriner
Harold Weddle
Harold Shaffer
David Wagaman
Ronald Shorb
Dale Ford
Richard Timmers
Teresa J. Lingg
Michael G. Lingg
St. Anthony's
St. Anthony’s Shrine
Leo Wetzel
National Shrine Immaculate
George D. Mulcahy
W. J. Phillips
James T. Delaney
James F. Kelly
Vincent Tomalski
Edwin Ridenour
Eugene Kreitz
Michael Lind
Steve Robert
Junior Sanders
Robert Sharrer
St. Anthony's Cemetery
Creager Funeral Directors
Twain
Birmingham
Ala
Larry C. West
Larry East
East
Devilbiss
Frederick Lumber and Supply Company
United Presbyterian Church
Columbia Lodge
A. F. and
A. Masons
Enoch Royal Arch
Council of Royals and Select Masters
M. R. Etchison
Temple A. Fouche
Artie Fouche
Havre de Grace Hospital
Havre de Grace
Frederick County
Temple
Ellen Fouche
Perryville
Fouche
Webster
Indiana
Grayson T. Fouche
Roy E. Fouche
Fairborn
Louise J. Horman
Monrovia
Ethel M. Henry
St. Paul
Minnesota
Pattern Funeral Home
Roy E. Myers
Nellie Frances Myers
Roy Edward Myers
Martinsburg
W. Va
City Hospital
Dargan
John Newton
Frances D. Johnson Waters
Second Baptist Church
Womans, Missionary Society
Harry C. Shoemaker
Minnie Rhodes Shoemaker
DePaul Street
Emmitsburg
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Shoemaker
Helen Myers Harda‘gan
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary of
Roderick C. Shoemaker
Coenia Herring
Mary Miller
Wilson Funeral Home
Ouis Storms
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Heart Fund
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