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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1981
Page
4
Obituaries for Delia Fawley of Monrovia aged 71 and Richard Yakey Arnold of Leesburg, plus Mary Elisabeth Smith, Guy Ebert Smith Jr., Kieffer Vincent Stone, and a correction. Details include birthplaces, family survivors, funeral dates and locations in Frederick, Loudoun, and surrounding counties, with memorial contributions noted for cancer and hospice causes.
Charles Thomas King 71 of 1616 Rock Creek Drive Frederick died suddenly while vacationing in Ocean City. He was husband of Ruth Derr King and father of two daughters. A former president of St Luke s Lutheran Church council, cemetery treasurer, Sunday school superintendent, and past master of Ballenger and Pomona Granges, he owned Carlon Press Inc. in Washington, retiring in 1980. Survived by wife, two daughters, a grandson, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services planned June 25 at the Frederick Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Edward E. Donnald.
Funeral services and memorials for multiple Frederick area residents are listed. Mrs Pauline Louise Stup died Friday June 19 and services were held June 22 in Frederick with interment at Manor Reformed Cemetery. D Melvin Coren, longtime Frederick resident and former A&P manager, died June 18 with services June 22 and military honors. Calvin F Schlueter Sr died June 18 with services June 22. Beatrice Maul of Kensington died June 20 with services June 22. Additional notices cover church memorials and local cemetery arrangements along with hospital admissions and births occurring in area communities.
The Postal Service asks for a 20 cent first class rate after reporting losses up to 500 million at current rates. A special board meeting discussed cost cuts of 200 million and urged the Rate Commission to reconsider, enabling higher charges amid ongoing financial trouble and a projected year end loss near 450 to 500 million.
The adult education Dancercise program at Waverley Elementary in Frederick begins June 37 and will run five Wednesdays if minimum enrollment is met. Classes meet 7 30 p.m. at the Waverley gym with Daphne Gough teaching and a $12 tuition.
A 12 year old Rockville man tied Saturday after his car went out of control on Md 168 one mile west of Olney Mill Road and skidded into a faulty pole that split his vehicle in half. Police said William Langston was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple injuries. Investigators said Langston was driving at a high rate of speed on a wet roadway about 2 09 p.m when his 198? Ford Thunderbird rounded a curve and ran off the right side of the road traveling 315 feet on the shoulder then sliding 56 feet to the left shoulder before hitting the pole.
West Frederick Middle School schedules an open house at 7 20 p m in the gym for students transferring due to school redistricting involving Gov Thomas Johnson High Frederick High and feeders. A second session at 7 20 p m Wednesday for students entering West Frederick for the 1981 82 school year.
A Kensington style classified listing assortment shows grain fed beef for sale by Norman Shriver Jr at Four Points Bridge Rd Emmitzburg Md with phone contact and shop hours. It also advertises insulation carpet floor covering sewing and jewelry services and a variety of local trades from Cole's Brokers to E S Electric to Charles Contracting offering free estimates and home improvement work.
Community listings show basic stained glass classes starting June 24 at Russell Glass Studio 663-068 and Stitches N Stuff offering counted cross stitch supplies at 430 West Patrick Street. Also promoting the 42nd Angual Walkersville Volunteer Firemen Carnival from June 29 to July 4 with meals, rides, games, nightly drawings, entertainment and free parking.
Twelve historic hand painted plates once given to Dr Ignatius Bjorlee a former Maryland School for the Deaf superintendent are donated to the school and shown in the Ely building lobby on the Frederick campus. The plates commemorated Bierlee s 50th birthday in 1836 and were painted by Frederick artist Helen Smith with local avows.
The Na tional Association of Jazz Educators hosts the fourth annual Maryland Regional Summer Jazz Consortium at Montgomery College Rockville Campus with a five day workshop for jazz musicians of all ages. The event includes jazz theory improvisation techniques arranging and big and small ensembles. The workshop culminates in a free concert at 7 30 p m on Friday June 26 in the Fine Arts Auditorium at Rockville Campus. In the same edition the News-Post notes Brian R Shafer was omitted from Middletown High School honor roll.
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