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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1920
Page
2
Claude R Crum of Daysville argues against a $65,000 Walkersville school plan proposing eight rooms adding a gym and two extra teachers. He says current four-room facilities suffice, questions rural school closures, and seeks public opinion in The News columns.
Frederick Folks presents a ten question questionnaire featuring Edward Bentz with queries on residence, sports, hobbies, profession, ambitions, life choices, and views on Frederick. The piece notes local pride and calls for more boosters. It also includes Mr Zouck’s road work praise and a weather note for the week.
A long list of Middletown residents and relatives visiting Baltimore Philadelphia Washington and Lancaster as well as travel plans for summer include Miss Gladys Kumler deaconess from the Lutheran Motherhouse Baltimore visiting her mother Myrtle Kumler and others Mrs Alice Storm Lancaster Pa visiting Mrs Martha Stort in Middletown Mr Paul Metzger Columbia Pa visiting relatives and more names and destinations across Maryland Delaware and Virginia with boardings and departures noted and many family connections mentioned
Dr. AL R. Wentz of Gettysburg Theological Seminary finishes a 650 page history of the Maryland Synod. The volume includes nearly 500 halftones with biographies of living ministers and notable figures, covers early Lutheran settlements, missionary work, education, and doctrinal development, and will print in limited edition with 140 extra copies.
Twenty years ago events in Frederick are recapped including the anniversary celebrations of the Lesbian and Adelphian Literary Societies at the Women’s College hall. Maryland politicians like TaVietor Ranghmit presided over the state Democratic convention in Annapolis. Frederick figures Jacob Newman and Jacob Rohrbach are noted for their roles on credentials and resolutions committees. A fire at Standard Lime and Stone Company’s plant in Kearneyville, W Va causes about 30000 dollars in damage. Kings Daughters Society in Greagerstown hosts a cream and strawberry event. J C Travis finds an old stone tomahawk on his Burkitsville farm, measuring 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches.
Hood College marks its twenty seventh commencement with an exhibit by the School of Art in the Seminary Building from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and a senior class play Mice and Men at the City Opera House at 8:15 p.m. under Miss Louise Hill. Rev C A Santee of Fort Washington Pa delivers the baccalaureate sermon in the Evangelical Reformed Church.
A garbled list of individuals and places appears, mentioning names such as Jessie Dayton Basking Ridge N J, Helene Houston Jersey City N J, Mary Irwin McConnelsburg Pa, Clara Sterquelle Frederick, Louise Woods Connellsville Pa, and others along with certificates for Miss Marguerite Koch Spencer Iowa, Miss Retta Potter Frederick, Miss Alice Katherine Witter Frederick, and Miss Isabelle Houck Frederick in public school music and home economics programs.
A Maryland Classis meeting in Sharcd church par tors approved licensing Welter D Mehrling of Frederick to preach. A committee chaired by Revs Ditzler Snyder Geiger and elders Rice Holter examined him, recommended licensure, and a plan to ordain and install him as pastor of the Sabillasville charge consisting of St Johns St Stephens and Jacob s. Mehrling, a Frederick native, has a history in local schools and wartime service, and will begin full duties after ordination.
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