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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1960
Page
4
Subscriptions rates and misc notation appear in a partial 1900 July 21 issue. The readable text references frederick Mel and mentions second class matter status and print details for AP.
Dr Walter Modell, clinical pharmacology director at Coryell University Medical College, says slimming drugs fail to reduce weight and emphasizes will power and psychology. He notes social factors hinder dieting and dismisses heredity or glandular causes except in rare cases. Libertytown W S C S hosts a housewarming at 6% Wilson Place with many attendees.
The County Commissioners appoint Randolph N. Martz and Thomas S. Alburg h of Walkersville as additional clerks to the Board of Control and Review for general assessment. The State Roads Commission buys the Jefferson pike at about 1000 dollars per mile. A Frederick railroad employee dislocated his left shoulder in a trestle repair accident between Middletown and Myersville. The new Thurmont Power plant is now in full operation. A Merry Bunch of M CA boys encamped along the Monocacy near Frederick Junction with Charles Jones cooking three meals daily. Names include Leslie Lease Claude Clary Lotheron Howard Graham Goodell Hubert Bowers Robert Landis Frank Howard Dave Marton Edward Mullinix Austin James Sam Ebert William Griffin John Hershberger John Ebert William Comfort G Hoskins Morgan Stephen Bader Homer Miller and others near the Y MCA. The pet dog of Mr Zeno Brightweil died from poisoning.
A car crash a mile east of Boonsboro killed three people including Frank Beers of Fallen Timber Pa and likely his wife and daughter. William Milton Warner 61 of Keymar died from hay load injuries. A heat wave reached 92 degrees and a woman near Fort Smallwood collapsed at a bathing beach while nearly drowning. President Bru of Cuba asked the U S to defend common rights amid European tensions.
The anniversary program at the Lutheran Summer School stressed parish education reform, with talks on space age Christian education, home involvement, and two education approaches. Panelists and faculty urged full time parish education secretaries and expanded outreach, while historical films and a sunset vespers service closed the event.
Terrena Snyder Lewistown wins play clothes class in 4 H revue as Terrena, June Dudrow Buckeystown, Dianne Ahalt Middletown, and Susan Abait Middletown claim senior and junior titles in sleeping toys and skirt and blouse divisions. Numerous clubs including Lewistown Buckeystown Middletown Johnsville Ballenger Frederick and New Market are represented among winners.
Personal items note births at Waynesboro Hospital and discharges from Washington County Hospital. Including Mr and Mrs Robert Windsor Sr and Jr with relatives in Pleasant Grove and Westminster, and Mrs Howard Lewis of Thurmont. Also Annie Warner Hospital in Gettysburg admits and reports patients from Taneytown and Rath Kathleen Rhodes and Beth Beansboro, with families listed.
Gloria Ann Birch 19 explains she would not claim the family car as community property in her divorce from Richard Birch 19. The attorney notes Birch sought a good bargain on the car a 1949 Buick hearse in the case.
Among the sick Lillie Wolfe of Haserstown and Thurmont vicinity undergoes tonsil and adenoid removal at Washington County Hospital. Mrs Charles Megaha of Fredrick attends Kernan’s Hospital while Ruth Wiles near East 7th street shows improvement after illness. Edward Young returns home after Vindobona Rest Home discharge. Harry Shankle admitted to Skyline Section Tuesday. Urbana Girls 4H Club plans a picnic for August 14 after a July luncheon at Betsy Brewer’s home led by Miss Anne Mossburg.
James M. G. Best of 544 East Church street dies suddenly of a heart attack at home after forty years with Ramsburg Fertilizer Company. He leaves wife Barbara and children Jo Anna, Yoho, Richard, and Pauline plus seven grandchildren. Richard N. Conrad of Washington, D C dies at home after WWII service. Mrs. Alice M. Leonard 93 dies in Yellow Springs. Leonard Hays Jones of Catonsville dies at 82. Gilbert R. Mullinix, 43, of Baltimore dies in Myrtle Beach. Daisy E Spring 84 of Lovettsville dies at Clapton Nursing Home. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Weddle dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Funeral details follow in local notices.
Side-Glances: Yelock aged 76 dies after illness in the city. Survived by five children, eleven grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral at All Saints Episcopal Church with interment at Mt. Olivet. Wynkoop: Ross C. dies 69 in hospital, former B&O and Western Maryland rails conductor. Survived by wife Violet and multiple children and grandchildren. services Friday at Rest Haven Cemetery. Market slow with mixed prices in moderate trading in New York.
Miss Betty Lee Norris daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace E Norris of Mount Airy married George H Thomas son of Sir and Mrs George C Thomas of Ridgeville on June 16 at 2 pm in Ridgeville Methodist Church. The ceremony was performed by Rev DeWitt Dickey with Rev Harry Ulmer assisting.
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Weishaar who died Sunday were held Wednesday afternoon at the C O Fuss and Son funeral home in Taneytown Rev Miles S Ronsnyder officiated aided by Rev Ronald R Brooks Pallbearers were Russell Bohan Luther Clasbaugh James Cantwell Guy Simpson Carroll Wilhide and Luther Houck Interment was in the Baust cemetery near Taneytown Adams County to hold a county wide hearing next Wednesday at 10 am in the courtroom on the proposed by pass of Gettysburg by relocation of Rt 15
Reverend Robert F. Woodward of First Baptist joins a South American tour tied to the Baptist World Congress held in Rio de Janeiro with 13 000 attendees. Billy Graham reportedly drew about 200 000 worshippers at the opening session, the largest crowd for his address. Woodward acted as an official church delegate and the group then visited Havana after the congress.
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