Fifty Years Ago News Items From The News-Post
June 5 1914 reports relief after rain ends hot dry spell in Frederick County. Farmers greet clear morning as crops face potential damage. Attys Kieffer Delauter and H Dorsey Etchison named as active political candidates. C E Cline of Commercial State Bank hints July 1 move into new room and quick setup. Alumnae Association of Girls High School to hold annual reunion at New City Hotel with officers and banquet committee listed.
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Frederick County
Kieffer Delauter
Frederick
Delauter
Brunswick
Glenn H. Worthington
Worthington
H. Dorsey Etchison
C.e.cline
Commercial State Bank
Alumnae Association of Girls’ High School
New City
Pearl Eader
Kate Shank
Dorothy Filler
Margrete Dill
Helen Hershberger
Charlotte Sinn
Hattie Kolb
Two-Party System Remains Strong Despite Campaign Talk
Two veteran operatives Farley and Hall agree the two party system remains intact. They caution Lyndon Johnson faces a tough national campaign and Republicans need about ten million dollars for a credible effort. The speakers say the system outlives shifts and primaries.
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James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Leonard W. Hall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Farley
Johnson
Hall
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon Johnson
U S and Canada Backing Whooping Cranes With Incubators
Government conservationists plan to scoop eggs by helicopter from Canadian nesting grounds to Colorado hatcheries. The crane population has risen to 39, but experts fear slow growth amid federal control debates. The piece likens cranes to the public mood toward Washington.
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U. S
Canada
Colorado
Pythian Sisters Meet at Mountain City Temple
The Past Chief Association of Mountain City Temple 14, Pythian Sisters, held their monthly meeting at the Pythian Castle with special guests from Mountain City Temple. Mrs. Margaret Wachter opened the session with singing and devotions as thirteen members and nine guests answered roll. A June 10 covered dish picnic at Baker Park was announced with rain plan at the castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Temple
Pythian Sisters
Pythian Castle
Margaret Wachter
Margaret Bowers
Mary Culler
Ada Derr
Valley View Nursing Home
Middletown
Ester Miller
Mary Baker
Bertha Rice
Catherine Young
Naomi Wachter
Nellie Wachter
Fannie King
Thelma Culler
Fern Etzler
Edna Watkins
Baker Park
Miss Nina Michael Hurt In Frederick Fall
Creagers Town resident Miss Nina Michael is a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a fall that fractured her hip.
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Nina Michael
Creagerstown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Youth Arrested in Threat to President Johnson
Michael Allen Young, 18, of Wildwood New Jersey, was arrested by Secret Service agents Thursday night in Camden for threatening the life of President Johnson.
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Camden
N.J
Michael Allen Young
Wildwood
Secret Service
Johnson
Four City Playgrounds Open For Summer Season
Four city playgrounds will open June 12 with Robert L. Smith as Playground Commission chair. Mrs Helma Hann Bowers returns as supervisor and staff details will be released next week.
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Robert L. Smith
Playground Commission
Helma Hann Bowers
Frederick County
Court House
Norman Rhoderick
Memorial Ay
Warner L. Brittain
Rosemont
Brittain
Spenser Brittain
Pittsburgh
Inlaw
Charles Zehnder
Lebanon
Frederick
Carroll
Monocacy Soil Conservation District
Middletown Valley
National Poultry Defense Committee
Tawes Admits Day Of Political Boss
Annapolis Governor Tawes says the era of political bosses is fading as television and other media let voters decide without leaders. He notes personal campaigning and broader information access reduce boss influence, amid a Democratic primary where Tydings accused Tawes of backing bossism and won over Goldstein.
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Tawes
Day
Annapolis
Joseph Tydings
Tydings
Louis Goldstein
Four Accidents Reported in Frederick City Thursday
Frederick police logged four accidents on Thursday. Darlene MacKenzie 17 of RFD 7 collided with Charles Boyer 40 on South Jefferson Street. MacKenzie charged with failing to yield. Minor injuries. damages $200 and $300. Separate crashes on Delaware Road and East All Saints/West Patrick streets involved Linda Zombro 19 and Norman Trump 54. no charges in two, and no damage to Charles Jefferson’s truck.
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Polce
Charles Boyer
Jefferson Street
Darlene MacKenzie
RFD 7
Frederick
MacKenzie
Prospect
Boyer
Alice F. Boyer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
J. Frank Main
Donald E. Tracey
Delaware Road
Linda Zombro
Taney , Court
Martin Coblentz
RFD 1
Barbara Bowden
Cherokee Trail
Chevrolet
Coblentz
Ford
James Stockman
East All Saints Street
West Patrick Street
West All Saints Streets
Norman Trump
Maynard Bowens
RFD
Tracey
Richard Welz
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles Jefferson
West All Saints
Jefferson
Welz
Oldsmobile
Former Martinsburg mayor William Caskey dies at 90
William Rufus Caskey 90 longtime Martinsburg businessman banker civic leader and former mayor died Wednesday night at City Hospital after a month as a patient He served as mayor from 1910 to 1912 led Caskey Baking Company and presided over Merchants and Farmers Bank since 1934 He held numerous community roles including Rotary Club president Masons member and church attendee.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
William Rufus Caskey
Caskey
Caskey Baking Company
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Martinsburg Rotary Club
Travelers Protective Association
Robert White Lodge
The
Masons
Christ Reformed Church
Martinsburg Building and Loan Association
Shenandoah Hotel
Potomac Light and Power Company
City Hospital Board of Trustees
Inwood Fruit Growers 'Club
Herman Guy Kump
Berkeley County Board of Education
West Virginia
Hagerstown
Suffragette Katharine Day Dies in Hartford Home
Katharine Seymour Day, 94, former suffragette key to preserving Mark Twain’s Hartford home, died at her residence once linked to Harriet Beecher Stowe. A descendant of Thomas Hooker, she also connected to the Beecher family and once rode to rally support for women’s voting rights. In Hagerstown, Howard H. Barnhart, 53, was killed when struck by a car and died after 22 hours in hospital.
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Hartford
Hagerstown
Howard H. Barnhart
Washington
Vacation Bible School at Mt Tabor Union Church
The Vacation Bible School at Mt Tabor Union Church Rocky Ridge runs June 29 to July 10. Children aged 9 to 12 may attend from 9 to 11 a m daily.
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Mt. Tabor Union Church
Rocky Ridge
Republican Women Plan For Coming November Election
The Frederick County Women’s Republican Club maps voter education and registration efforts for November. Mrs Sylvia Herman of Bethesda outlines turnout, issue discussion, and post election get out the vote work. New appointees join officers as the club gears up for fundraisers, conventions, and a June picnic.
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Women’s Republican Club
Frederick County
North Court Street
Sylvia Herman
Bethesda
Federation of Republican Women of Maryland
Herman
Republican Club
Public Service Committee
Charles McC. Mathias J Jr
Edward Widemayer
John Derr
Ray Smith
Pearl Kefau
Miss Margaret Oliver Leaves Maryland Extension for Federal Role
Miss Margaret Oliver resigns as Maryland Home Demonstration Leader to head Home Economics Programs for the Federal Extension Service beginning July 15. She led Maryland youth and homemaker education since 1957, expanding clubs by 37 percent and reaching working mothers and seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Oliver
Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
University of Maryland
Federal Extension Service
Miss Oliver
Maryland
Alabama Extension Service
Maryland Extension Service
Edward W. Allen
FES
Lloyd Davis
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
Ala
Baltimore City
Columbia University
Florida
Alabama
Auburn University
Obituaries of Geesie Hewitt and Weiner in Frederick County
Death notices for W. Geesie of Thurmont aged 90 and Raymond W. Hewitt of Frederick aged 55 list survivors, funeral plans, and burial details. Marie Ann Weiner, former Hancock resident aged 69, dies in Springfield Hospital with services set at St Peter's Hancock.
Birthday party honors Tammy Faye Speak first year
A birthday celebration was held for Tammy Faye Speak daughter of Clarence Speak Jr and his wife on Redwood Avenue. Guests listed include Tammy Jessy Kathy Sue Wayne Kellie Sherry Terry Karen Jean Gary Lisa and many Speak family members with several others sending gifts but not attending.
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Tammy Faye Speak
Clarence Speak Jr
Redwood Avenue
Tammy and
Jessy
Kathy Sue
Wayne Speak Jr
Kellie
Sherry
Terry Main
Karen Jean
Gary Wayne Foster
Lisa Routzahn
Thomas
Robert
Delmar
Mr. and I
James F. Hobbs
Wayne Speak
Patricia Main
Eunice Foster
Bessie Hobbs
Edward Loiselle
Minnie Loiselle
Jack Friedman
Purse Theft Reported in North Chicago Alley
Edith Steinberg had a purse stolen from a bench in a bowling alley. A letter signed Black Sambo followed, claiming a $110 ball debt and confusion over what to do with the purse.
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Chicago, Il
Edith Steinberg
Kolb Reelected By Realtors
S. Denmead Kolb of Salisbury and a native of this city is among five realty leaders reelected to three year terms on the board of the Realtors National Foundation Inc. The foundation administers the advertising program of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, of which Kolb is a past vice president. He attended Frederick Boys High School St Johns College Annapolis and the United States Naval Academy.
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S. Denmead Kolb
Salisbury
Realtors’ National Foundation, Inc
National Association of Real Estates Boards
Kolb
Frederick Boys’ High School
St. John’s College
Annapolis
United States
Navala Academy
Wrong judge correction in Wilcom driving on revoked license case
The paper corrects a Thursday report and states Magistrate Robert K. Kennedy acquitted Carroll J. Wilcom on the revoked license charge. Richard D. Zimmerman was Wilcom’s attorney in the case.
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Byron W. Thompson
Carroll J. Wilcom
Robert K. Kennedy
Wilcom
Richard D. Zimmerman
Funeral services and interments in Brunswick Union Bridge and Lovettsville
Mass for Louis Alfonso House was held at St. Francis Church Brunswick with Father William McCrory officiating. Pallbearers were provided by American Legion Post 96 and burial followed at St. Mary's Cemetery Petersville. Edgar Earl Angell died at the VA Hospital Martinsburg and services were at Union Bridge Funeral Home with interment at Mountain View Cemetery. Norman Ramsburg Fry died Monday and services were at the Utica Lutheran Church area with pallbearers named, burial at Union Cemetery Lovettsville.
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Louis Alfonso House
Brunswick
St. Francis Catholic Church
William McCrory
American Legion
St. Mary's Cemetery
Petersville
H. Feete
Edgar Earl Angell
Main Street
Union Bridge
Newton D. Baker VA
Martinsburg
W. Va
D.D
Hartzler and Sons
Clarence Roark
Francis Nusbaum
Richard Grinder
Gery Otto
Thomas Haines
Wilbur Fritz
John Kiff
Norman Ramsburg Fry
E. Church Street
Charles A. Pollard
Utica Lutheran Church
Wilbur Myers
Austin Klipp
Faul L. Heftner
Ira D. Johnson
Henry Eaton
Randolph Stull
Union Cemetery
Lovettsville
M. R. Etchison and Son
Sheldon Welcomes Second Child Lori Sue in St Paul
Congratulations pour in to Mr. and Mrs. Wade M. Sheldon of St. Paul Minnesota on the birth of their second child and first daughter Lori Sue born May 20 Mrs. Sheldon was formerly Joyce Crouse of this city. Also Sp David Grimes son of Mr and Mrs Roy Grimes Mt Airy arrived from Germany Wednesday for a 30 day leave here. His wife and son David Scott arrived home three weeks ago. They are staying with Mrs Grimes mother Mrs Oliver Hoffman New Market Grimes will be stationed in California after this leave
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Wade M. Sheldon
St. Paul
Minn
Lori Sue
Sheldon
Joyce Crouse
David Grimes
Roy Grimes
Mt. Airy
Germany
David Scott
Grimes
Oliver Hoffman
New Market
California
Mt Airy Garden Club Flower Show Winners Named
The Mt. Airy Garden Club event titled 30 Years of Diggin Weedin and Show in featured top honors for Mrs. G Frank Harris who earned the highest scores in Artistic and Horticulture divisions. Additional awards honored numerous club members and visiting gardeners with ribbons and special prizes in both artistic and horticultural sections.
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Mt. Airy Garden Club Flower Show
Mt. Airy
Graham Loving
Faye Watkins
Mount Airy Garden Club
Watkins
Jack Lindsay
Charles Brestone
Walter Spurrier
Hubert Burdette
J. Kelter Smith
Raymond Zeltman
Charles Gendell
Andrew Mason
Ralph Cunningham
G. Frank Harris
Joseph Kennedy
Richard White
Leonard Sherman
Fulton Green
Roger Elgert
J. Keller Smith
Mandy Zeltman
Lora Cunningham
Tina Boller
Cathy Culwell
Clarice Runkles
Tom Hawthorne
Barbara White
Garden Club
Francis Gaither Jr
Garden Club of
Frederick
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Taskers Chance Garden Club
Thomas O. Warfield IV
James Windsor
Charles Murray
Mt. Airy Garden Club
Murray
Green-walled Garden Club
John B. Fitz
Winkstown
Frank T. Elliot
Union Bridge
Leeds K. Billingslea
M. K. Talley
Westminster
Clapp
Frederick Garden Club
Births Reported at Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports births between June 1 and June 4 listing parents and newborns. Names include Johnnie Ray Keeney, Michael Roland Selby, Diane Leigh Hodge, Shawn Matthew Garver, David Craig Creager, Philip Gregory Etz Jer, Mary Kathryn Culter, Karen Lee Huse, Traci Diane Fraley, Randell Lee Roberts, Sherri Lynn Dennis, Earl Allen Summers, and others with addresses in Frederick, Middletown, Thurmont, and surrounding areas.
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Eens
Shawn Matthew
Charles L. Creager
Catoctin Avenue
David Craig
Allen W. Etz Jer
RFD
Airy
Philip Gregory
Tuesay
Harold A. Culter
Middletown
Mary Kathryn
Lee Place
Randell Lee
Roberts
Ruth Specht
Frederick
Russell F. Dennis Jr
Sherri Lynn
Dennis
Doris Shoop
Hagerstown
Roy E. Summers
Franklin Street
Earl Allen
Harry L. Neis
Two Men Held for Grand Jury in Larceny Case
Two Negro men arrested with more than 200 dollars in jewelry were ordered held for grand jury action after a preliminary hearing in Magistrate's Court on grand larceny and breaking and entering. Vernon A. Carroll and Frank R. Hoy, both in their early twenties, were held with bonds set at 2000 dollars. The arrests followed at the Landis Jewelry Store on South Market Street.
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Byron W. Thompson
Vernon A. Carroll
West All Saints Street
Frank R. Hoy
John Hanson
Landis
South Market Street
Claude Ray Page
Salinas
Calif
P. Richard Sanders
Byron L. Hubble
Ballenger Creek
Edwin F. Nikirk
John Douglas Ahalt
Burkittsville
Ahalt
West Partick Street
James E. Schroyer
C. William Ashbaugh
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Adalt
Peter B. Markey
Grove Boulevard
Tfe
Robert L. McAfee
Shookestown
Second Daughter June Ann Born in Frederick RFD 2
The record notes the birth of a second daughter named June Ann in Frederick Rural Free Delivery 2 on a Thursday.
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Frederick
June
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