Mother of five begins law studies at University of Baltimore
Elizabeth Jenkins, a Frederick County mother of five, graduates with honors from Frederick Community College and will start a law degree at the University of Baltimore in September. She will commute three evenings weekly from Shookstown Road, aims to be a trial lawyer, and believes women can compete in a field dominated by men. Her family supported her three years of night study, and she notes life begins anew at 40.
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Elizabeth Jenkins
Jenkins
Frederick Community College
University of Baltimore
Shookstown Road
Baltimore
Nancy
Frederick High School
Sibley Hospital
Washington
Paul
Kenny Jen
Kins
Champaign
University of Illinois
Dale
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Frederick
Graduation Held at Mercersburg Academy Marks 71st Commencement
Mercersburg Academy celebrated its seventy first commencement as Richard W. Cass of Chevy Chase received the Headmaster's Prize for outstanding character and service.
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Mercersburg Academy
Richard W. Cass
Chevy Chase
Stop Reading Word by Word by The Reading Laboratory
Final column of a series promoting speed reading and comprehension. Encourages varying reading materials, cross-disciplinary topics, and critical analysis to enrich understanding. Advocates lifelong reading habits, cites Bacon and Clifton Fadiman, and offers a purchasable book and exercises through a mail order note.
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New York
The
Reading Laboratory
Colummn
Francis Bacon
Clifton Fadiman
Frederick Nerest
Frederick, Ma
142 Seniors Receive Diplomas At Mercersburg Graduation
Leadership honors went to Cass for outstanding student leadership and varsity captaincies in football basketball and baseball. James Anthony Talerico of Devon Pennsylvania won the Senior Medal as senior class valedictorian. Headmaster William C. Fowle presided at exercises and Austin V. McClain Mercersburg 26 awarded the diplomas.
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Cass
James Anthony Talerico
Devon
William C. Fowle
Austin V. McClain
Mercersburg
Board of Regents
Strength For Today by Earl L. Douglass
A short editorial urges weighing Jesus Christ in public life and foreign policy. It recalls Arthur Balfour’s WWI Edinburgh speech and a student’s question about Christ, arguing gospel principles should guide government, business, and social conduct.
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Arthur J Balfour
Edinburgh
Balfour
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ
Spike Shoe Club President at Mount Saint Mary’s College
John O. Clarke junior from Belle Harbor has been named president of the Spike Shoe Club for the next academic year. Anthony J. Villano, Fort Lee New Jersey freshman biology major, will conduct the Mount Saint Mary’s College Band. The University of Maryland School of Nursing receives a 372963 dollar mental health grant for the upcoming academic year.
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John O. Clarke
Belle Harbor
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
Anthony J. Villano
Fort Lee, N.J
Mount Saint Mary’s
University of Maryland School of Nursing
National Institute of Mental Health
Frederick High School Honor Roll Achievers Named
Four students earned straight A's on final report cards at Frederick High School led by senior Lynne Howard. Dozens of juniors and tenth graders posted all A grades or one B, with a large list of honorees across grades 11 and 12 and several sections labeled by class and alphabet blocks.
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Frederick High School
Lynne Howard
Robert Garrett
Cathy Shook
Cathy Schantz
Donna Stine
Dewey Dykstra
Doris Dorrell
Sylvia Hanes
Roxann LosCalzo
William Roessler
Melissa Salisbury
Danyce Weinberg
Nadine Winstead
Janice Carey
Sharon Clevenger
Ernest Gladney
Richard Graff
David Hartley
Jennifer Fanos
Patrick Snead
George Snyder
Julia Smith
Nancy Zentner
Charles Bokesch
Donna Baumgardner
Barbara Bender
Constance Billy
Lewis Bra
Jack Hart
Stanley Keyser
Joyce Grove
Christine Hagan
Judith Hartmann
William Nusz
Scott Oden
Helen King
Kay Knight
Karen Lundwall
Carol Marman
Marilyn Mason
Vicki Masser
Jean Messer
Tyler Quynn
Leonard Rutherford
Sharon Muler
Elizabeth Molesworth
Terry Moss
Phyliss Nininger
Lisa Olson
Pamela Clements
Kathryn Putman
Linda Rathstein
Christine Schmitt
Joseph Thomas
William Working
Julia Shaw
Sharon Sheffield
Linda Smith
Melinda Stevens
Karen Stockman
Don Yelton
Cinda Stoner
Mary Whitehead
Arletta Wolfe
Larry Boyer
Linda Burdette
Ronald Crum
Gordon Culler
William Davis
Phyllis Cole
Nona Coulter
Malcom Douglas
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fisher
Linda Despeaux
Brenda Eyler
Galen Hahn
James Hamimond
Tania Gibbs
Jo Ann Gibson
Stephen Hood
Richard Hooper
Vickie Guariglia
Donna Hargett
Claudia Harrington
Robert Kefauver
Irvin Kinsey
Carol Hughes
Patricia Jenkins
Brenda Rees
Phyllis Kelly
Suzanne Kelly
Michael Looker
Barry Melching
Bessie King
Bonnie Lidie
Brenda Lidie
Susan Long
Gary Mobley
Dwight Oland
Kathryn Merrell
Marion Monk
Lillian Perkins
Robert Russell
Philip Schrodel
Mark Serepca
Susan Roelke
Dinah Schoolman
Vicki Scott
Cynthia Shafer
Robert Summers
Myra Shaff
Carol Smith
Judi Smith
Judy Tucker
Gary Thomas
Judy Stoner
Patricia Troxell
Bonnie Tucker
Mary Ann Tucker
Cheryl Wachter
Linda Warrenfeltz
Johnny Young
Thomas Zmudzinski
Robert Aird
Clyde Baker
von Stella Alexander
Henry Baugher
Ethan Book
Philip Brohawn
Richard Brown
Charles Burdette
Dennis Carder
Elaine Balm
Katherine Beebe
Christopher Davis
Bernice Clay
Barbara Cochran
Margaret Devilbiss
Harold Hausler
Donnie Eyler
Linda Ford
Margaret Frazier
Lydia Geisbert
Rikki Gochenour
Sally Grossnickle
Robert May
Carol Hahn
Barbara Hall
Karen Hall
Linda Handley
Suzanne Harner
Nils Olson
Murray Juin
Gillian Ruth Herd
Anne Hooper
Jennifer Houff
Carl Sebjmann
Cynthia Kanode
Emilie Kelly
Kathleen Kinsey
Ronald Spangler
Patricia LaCorte
Teena Laker
Sharon Lee
Linda Lewis
Karol Long
Janet McCrary
Gertrude Main
Linda Marsden
Maria Paleologos
Dottie Pease
Patricia Poole
Lynne Price
Cynthia Ramsburg
Richard Thomas
Donna Ray
Phyllis Ray
Loretta Rinehart
Lorna Rumpf
Paul Woodies
Marcia Schultz
Kenny Lee Shaw
Donald Wenschhof
Vivian Smith
Marlene Snowden
Deborah Spero
Janice Suiteley
Kathryn Thompson
Joan Trey
Barbara Wagner
Rebecca Warfield
Connie Warrenfeltz
Mary Wickless
Judy Wiles
Patsy Wiles
Dean's List studenti at Shepherd College named
Three area students earned dean's list honors at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown West Virginia for the second semester. They are James Stitely Thur Mont Courtney Beard and Eveye Loudenslager of Boonsboro.
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Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
James Stitely
Thurmont
Courtney Beard
Eveye Loudenslager
Boons- TO
Summer School Classes Begin Here On Monday
More than 1,500 public school students will join the summer program with driver training underway and classroom work starting Monday. Principal Richard A. Winn of Frederick High says 700 to 750 students are in 1,000 secondary classes, about 450 in driver education, and 225 in music with 400 more in bands. Scheduling covers Frederick High School courses including English geometry algebra and history, plus off campus typing in several towns. Elementary classes begin June 29.
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Richard A. Winn
Frederick High
Frederick High School
Albegra
Emmittsburg
Brunswick
Middletown
Walkersville
Winn
Doctor William C Wheeler Awarded Johns Hopkins Doctorate
Dr William C Wheeler of West Ninth Street received the Doctor of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University at the eighty eighth commencement. He studied at Hopkins four years with NIH and Hopkins scholarships and was mentored by Dr John H Hanks. Wheeler, a native of Oxford NC, held prior posts at Fort Detrick and the Frederick Lab, and plans to return to Fort Detrick in July. He is married to Sara Brawley Wheeler of Mooresville NC and they have three children Bull Jr Lentz and Sally.
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William C. Wheeler
West Ninth Street
Johns Hopkins University
Wheeler
Johns Hopkins
National Institutes of Health
John H. Hanks
Leonard Wood Memorial International Research Laboratory
Hanks
J. Howard Brown
Maryland
American Society For Microbiology
Oxford
N. C
University of North Carolina
Frederick
Maryland State Bureau of Laboratories
Fort Detrick
Sara Brawley
Mooresville
North Frederick
Bull Jr
Lentz
Sally
Elementary educators selected for geology astronomy institute
Ernest Leyh of this city, a teacher at Parkway and Brunswick Elementary Schools, is among 37 principals and teachers chosen to attend an eight week summer Geology and Astronomy Institute at the University of Iowa from June through August 8. The program is supported by a $44,600 National Science Foundation grant to improve elementary science instruction.
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Ernest Leyh
Parkway
Brunswick
University of Iowa
National Science Foundation
Elm Street School Awards Mark Farewell Assembly
Elm Street Junior High capped its Farewell Assembly with readings by ninth graders and a history of the graduating class. The program featured a 66 piece band, glee club performances, class will readings, patrol officer introductions, science fair awards, and a popularity poll.
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Glee Club
Elm Street
Gary Smith
Karol Goodman
Glee, Club
Doris Felton
Delores Shade
Helen Poffenbarger
Robert Byers
Tim Ambrose
Ronnie Heffner
Grace Eiker
Chuck Dalghren
Greg Marks
Nancy Cole
Ona Kile
Robert McKay
Grace Eker
Ric Hoffman
Sherry Keeney
Linda Carmack
Cathy Wetzel
Rick Foster
Pam Mercer
Warren Harrison
Mercersburg Academy Hits $200,000 Annual Fund
Alumni, parents and friends of Mercersburg Academy have surpassed the $200,000 mark in this year’s annual fund, nearly four times last year’s giving. The Edward E Ford Foundation offers a $200,000 challenge gift to bolster the endowment, announced by Headmaster William C. Fowle. Funds support current expenses and capital improvements as Mercersburg nears its 75th anniversary.
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Mercersburg Academy
Edward
Mercersburg
Summer Session Registration Opens at Maryland
Registration for the University of Maryland Summer Session is set for June 22 with more than 6,500 students expected to enroll. Classes begin June 23 offering 400 subjects and 24 institutes and workshops across two concurrent six and eight week sessions.
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University of Maryland
Parkway Elementary Students Visit Capitol with Congressman Mathias
Students from Parkway Elementary School joined teachers Leona Parker and Warner Cheeks on a Capitol field trip hosted by Congressman Charles Mathias Jr. The group toured the Capitol and learned about its workings with a briefing from the congressman.
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Mathias
Parkway Elementary School
Washington
Leona Parker
Warner Cheeks
Capitol
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Congress
Billy Tyeryar
Allen Rogers
Bobby
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