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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1963
Page
2
The text appears as a garbled newspaper notice stating Associated Press dispatches and a postal matter. It mentions circulation audit and reconstitution of local news, with references to post office filing and second class matter in a Maryland office.
Caution rather than alarm accompanies record rising consumer credit including installment plans charge accounts and personal loans. Analysts cite sustained activity and a strong buyer market as drivers while noting the public’s faith in American solvency and willingness to pay later.
The article argues the Soviet Union gained propaganda leverage by launching the first astronaut, noting that both sides found women in good health suitable for space travel. It contrasts Russian risky methods with U S ground tests, acknowledging Soviet flights contributed knowledge and will influence American space program public interest.
The Monocacy Village Civic Association held its annual Past-President’s banquet June 8 at the Officer’s Club Fort Detrick with a happy hour buffet and dancing to the Bicounts. Emmett R. Bowlus acted as toastmaster and guests included Rev and Mrs Charles Trunk Al Jutt and Mr and Mrs Garland Feaga. Past president Carroll Roderick was commended for his service. Millard Hickman led the banquet committee with assistance from Mrs Hickman and others. a quarterly meeting is set for July 9 at the Monocacy Park shelter Bead a July 2.
Items from the News-Post files cover wartime events and local notices. United States bombers attacked the Ruhr in daylight while RAF night raids hit Krefeld, reflecting the era's air war. Other notes include a ban on auto trips, a Seeing Eye dog in Frederick, fires at Naples, Marshall’s wartime comments, a heat record, barley threshing, a rail conductor’s injury, and a mine guard killed near Grundy.
Market prices for wheat feature in this fragment while references to rivers and poems appear garbled. The readable bits indicate commodity pricing context and possibly distant place names, but no coherent event or individuals emerge from the text.
A man named Cleveland L Lawson near Urbana was badly injured when thrown from his wagon near a fertilizer plant. His wife escaped with minor injuries. A warm spell followed light rain, with temperatures in the nineties. A busy market morning reported raspberries peaches and beans for sale. The first binder to enter a Frederick county wheat field this year was on Dr. D F McKinney’s Lime Kiln farm. Plans for the 24th annual Reformed church reunion at Pen Mar in July were announced with E L Coblentz and W C Birely holding posts. Masons completed the armory foundation for Company A. Mayor Fraley ordered police on duty until 10 pm with specific posts at Sixth street Square Corner and near the B&O station. A man slipped while whitewashing a cellarway, injuring his shoulder. Daniel Willard of the B and C passed through Brunswick on private train en route to the Valley Branch. J Paul Brown, Penn State graduate, left for Montana for a new position. Rev Leslie L Bowers, recently graduated from Transylvania University, visited his parents and left for Joppa Harford county to start a charge.
Rev Raymond L. Roderick of Congress Heights Methodist Church Washington has been named district superintendent of the Hagerstown District of the Methodist Church. The appointment was announced at the Baltimore Conference by Bishop John Wesley Lord. Roderick, a Western Maryland College and Wesley Theological Seminary graduate, will soon move to the district parsonage in Hagerstown and succeeds Rev Paul F Warner who will become interboard secretary for the United Protestant church in Okinawa.
An editorial urges graduates to value heart over size or status. It contrasts big hearts with clever minds, stressing sincerity, courtesy, and generosity as marks of a true man. The piece notes diplomas bring pride yet require time and experience to grasp their meaning.
A detailed weekly plan lists Staley Park Rosendale Linden Hills Catoctin McCurdy McBurdy Baughmans Babee Washington Harman Maryland East Third parks. Each site features craft sessions, active games, relays, story hours, singing, and special events such as A Peanut Play Night A Hobo Contest A Snapshot Contest Bark-W etc. Monday to Friday mornings include activities and evenings feature events and relays.
Mrs Ben White returns to Posteaalle after visiting Hancock with sister Mrs Rod McCardilish. Mr Siepheh M Sctexa and Mr Tweaty Serenes attend celebration for the wed ding anniversary of Mr and Mrs ite. A Sharpe daughter of Rev and Mrs Raith M Sharpe graduates from American University Washington. Mr Serepea earned a BS in business administration. Miss Sharpe earned a BA from the School of Arts and Sciences.
The Daily Vacation Bible School at the Church of the Brethren began Monday with 100 enrollments. Guest instructors include Rabbi Morris Kosman and Rev Merlin E Garber. Supervisors for various departments are named and the school aims to teach relationships to children ages four to eight.
A local Moose Lodge member earned a high degree at Mooseheart during the annual international Moose convention in Chicago. The award, announced by J Jack Stoehr, honors lodges with 1000 plus members for endowment fund contributions. The lodge receives an Endowment Fund Appreciation Plaque, to be presented at a future special meeting.
A Frederick motorist sustained minor injuries in a 450 crash at North Bentz and West Church streets. William M. Lininger Sr. was treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises after his Plymouth collided with a westbound Oldsmobile driven by Austin F Foland. Both drivers said they had a green light. Lininger faces additional license restriction charges. A second collision on East Street injured Mary B. Kline when her Buick was rear ended by Frank C. Cover, who was cited for inadequate brakes. Another minor crash on East South Street involved Leon W. Tyler. no charges filed after a Mercury hit a stationary Ford. A truck bumped a parked car on North Market Street. the driver James A. Clark III avoided a vehicle discharging passengers. Damage estimated at 135. Minor damage noted to the vehicle involved.
Report covers Hyman G. Rickover recall to active duty as an atomic submarine pioneer, AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades union adoption of a four joint program against racial discrimination, and McNamara protesting defense funding cuts. Also notes Prime Minister Gordon Menzies visit and July events at Monticello with President Kennedy.
Mrs Lula Hartman widow of Rev Wilmer A Hartman died at her home in Middletown on Friday morning born in Arendtsville Pa December 25 1967 daughter of the late Rev Michael Snyder and Mary Ann Enos Snyder. She lived with ministry in Avonmore Wheeling Pittsburgh and Middletown where Rev Hartman died January 26 1918. She served as president of the Middle Conference Womens Missionary Society and taught the Gleaners class. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Mary Hoffman and Mrs Sarah Derr one grandson Richard W Hoffman and several nieces and nephews. Body at Gladhill funeral home Middletown services Monday at 1 pm Rev Carroll Boyer officiating interment Greenmount cemetery Arendtsville Pa.
Ernest Abrecht aged 73 of West Fourth Street died at his daughter Mrs Dorothy Baldwin’s Richmond home. He worked as a butcher, survived by two children, a sister, two brothers, and two grandchildren. Funeral details set for Mt Olivet Cemetery with M. R. Etchison and Son. Also obituary notices for Frederick C. Marth of Germantown and Ernest C. Seward of Pasadena, with service times and burial plans listed.
Funeral services were held for Robert Lee Bussard in Brunswick after a long illness with interment at Monocacy cemetery Beallsville. Chester Thomas Krantz of Shookstown died at Frederick Memorial Hospital with services at 106 East Church street. Bernice Virginia Myers of 244 Dill avenue died Tuesday and was buried at Mount Olivet. Mary Eepapeskite of Damascus died Friday with services at Olin L. Molesworth funeral home and internment in Damascus cemetery. Pallbearers included local names across the communities served by Etchison and Son and Damascus undertakers.
The Frederick YMCA announced a teen camping club to run about four days in mid August. Program Director Joseph Urie said teenage members of both sexes may join and meet six times to plan activities. The group will learn canoeing outdoor cooking scuba diving and camping mechanics with a destination within 20 miles of Frederick. Jack Griffin leads the program.
A 17 1 208,088 defense budget was approved by the House Appropriations Committee to fund military modernization and maintain U S superiority. The panel cut requested totals and shifted funds across departments, with Kennedy requests reduced. The report mentions care and a funeral home visitation schedule for a separate obituary note.
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