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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1960
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice or ad from Great Southern Forge & Mfg Co based in Frederick Maryland listing amounts 1177 and subscription rate details. Date appears as Monday July 25, 1960, with Associated Press credit.
The article notes a surge in moving van activity with firms leasing thousands of trailers and a 13 percent rise in business. It predicts one in five Americans will move this year, reshaping communities as premodern mobility erodes long established neighborhood ties.
A 1960 letter to the editor urges Frederick County to press for a needed right of way on the Gas House Pike section from Linganore Road to the Monocacy River bridge. One property owner blocks progress, risking safety for residents and school buses. others are willing to grant access, prompting calls for action or alternative improvement methods. Also notes recent furloughs at Fairchild Engine in Hagerstown, reducing local employment.
Birth announcements from Frederick Messerial Hospital list numerous families with new additions. Notable entries include Robert William and Joyce Frances, Elaine Alelia, Robin Carleen Edna, Mary Teresa, Ronald Edgar Jr., and other newborns. Parents and residences span Walkersville Georgetown Road Lisbon Mt. Airy Union Bridge and Frederick institutions.
Fifty years ago a Fredericktonian party camped along the Monocacy near Frederick Junction. Members included Mr. and Mrs. Leichert and several Misses and Messrs. Duffy Duvall Ordeman Storm. Also noted a Braddock Heights band shell contract and a public meeting planned to discuss cinema standards.
News items include Britain reporting nine Nazi planes downed in a Thames estuary battle amid sixty fighters. Resurfacing work begins on the National Highway between Frederick and Middletown. Conscription registration tentatively set for September with 400000 conscripts to begin training a month later. James H. Gambrill Jr. of Frederick becomes vice chairman of the State Game and Inland Fish Commission. A Catoctin Country Club caddy, Cy Bartgis, 16, nearly drowns in a Frederick creek during a torrential rain. Mahlon Rhoderick rescues him. President Roosevelt criticizes four-term Democrats allied with Wendell Willkie. The National Guard is expected to be ordered out around September 1 as part of the defense buildup, according to Adjt. Gen. Milton A. Reckord.
Vice President Nixon made a secret trip to New York to meet Governor Rockefeller and reach a disputed agreement on basic positions. The deal contained gaps on defense spending and labor policy, drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike.
The Unionville Girls Club met July 15 at Frances and Linda Green's home in Union Bridge. Frances Green demonstrated fabric placement and Linda Green demonstrated deviled egg prep, with Refreshments served and attendees listed, including Mrs. Jack Johnson and several club members.
Miss Frances Lee Ashbury daughter of Rev. and Mrs Mau rice D Ashbury and Robert Eugene Trout son of Mr. and Mrs Austin D Trout were married at All Saints Episcopal Church. The bride wore a white silk organza gown with sabrina neckline and chapel train. Attendants included Miss Ann Ashbury and bridesmaids in ice blue. Best man Melvin Haugh and ushers John Walker Ashbury Frank Leichert. Reception followed. couple to live in the city after a wedding trip.
Mrs Lena Herman Tritapoe, widow of George A Tritapoe, dies at her son in law and daughter’s home aged 83. Survived by two daughters, two sisters, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral from 106 East Church Street and First Baptist Church with Mount Olivet Cemetery interment. Memorial Fund at First Baptist.
Residents near Crow Valley range at Clark Air Base resist relocation despite government plans. One person was killed and another injured when scavenging for shell cases and dummy bombs at the bombing and strafing range used by U S and Philippine air forces.
Mrs Thelma Poole of West Park Street reports her 10 month old nephew Mark Wayne Flowers recovering from spinal meningitis after treatment in Germany. Sgt Flowers is stationed with the U S Army there and Mrs Flowers was formerly Miss Peggie Fox of this city.
Ernest F. Clagett 67 of Selma died Friday. He was husband to Mary E. Clagett and father to Alice E Rebecca M Clagett and Constance Green, with son Lawrence C. Clagett. Surviving siblings include Charles Clagett and Bessie R. Clagett. Funeral at Hilton Funeral Home Barnesville with burial at Carver Memorial Park.
Submarine USS Clamagore in the Mediterranean rescued 34 sailors near Genoa after a delay halted the carrier, while local obituaries note deaths in Frederick County including Lester Young and Uncle Peter Young with services in Barnesville and Beallsville. Edna Bons, silent-film star, dies in New York at 80. Funeral details for William Jacob Myers and Zachary Weber outlined with interments and pallbearers.
Funeral services were held for Mary Elizabeth Wed die at All Saints Episcopal church with Fraternal Order of Eagles and Pythian Sisters members in attendance. Interment followed at Mount Olivet cemetery. Also noted were services for James H. G. Best at 1201 N Market Street with Lynch Lodge Masons assisting and for Mrs Isa Gladhill of Damascus at Olin L. Molesworth funeral home.
Rev. Robert F. Woodward, pastor of the First Baptist Church, was honored at a Sunday reception after a five week South and Central American tour. He served as a delegate to the Baptist World Conference in Rio de Janeiro. A second item notes Family Night at Linden Hills Park on July 22 featuring a father and son softball game, relays, a newspaper and lifesaver relay, and a nose race with prizes.
Col Car Roll C Mullen of the U S Army Transportation Terminal Command Gulf New Orleans has been named Chief of Plans Programs and Training Division by Brig Gen Morton E Townes. Mullen joined in 1935 and has held key posts in Washington and at Fort Leavenworth and has degrees from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He is married to Grace G Shry and has three children Lyle Ray Carol Coleman and Lela Constance. His mother Mrs Leal V Furstenberg lives in Hagerstown.
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