Alumni reunion honors Frederick Boys High School founder
About one hundred graduates gathered at Hotel Braddock to mark the 19th anniversary of the Frederick Boys High School alumni association. Prof. Amon Burgee, principal since the school began, was honored as the “father of us all.” A fire alarm at Frederick W. Riggles’ home caused the Independent auto engine counter shaft to break. a new shaft will be made at Ox Fibre Brush Works. County tax base rises to 31,289,725 from 30,739,319. A storm moved south. lightning struck a wheat field near Buckeystown, destroying a shock, and hit a wire fence, killing a hog.
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Hotel Braddock
Frederick Boys High School
Amon Burgee
Frederick W. Riggles
East Third Street
Ox Fibre Brush Works
Rederick County
Frederick
J.P. Stalling
Buckeystown
Johnson declares two-ocean strategy to defend freedom
The United States positions itself as a two-ocean power with the Pacific as vital as the Atlantic. President Johnson in California signals resolve to confront Communists in Asia, augmenting Laos air operations, resuming Pathet Lao overflights, and moving a carrier task force into the South China Sea. The aim is to push Hanoi and Peking back without broadening the war, with 200,000 troops ready west of Hawaii and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Asia
Europe
Berlin
Johnson
California
China
North Vietnam
Laos
U. S
South China Sea
Vietnam
Thailand
Free World
Southeast Asia
Peking
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Hawaii
Alaska
Unicameralism seen anew after court ruling
The Nebraska unicameral legislature is unique and revived interest in one house state lawmaking. Supporters cite population based representation while opponents warn of unchecked action and lack of checks. Professors and politicians discuss New York’s Speaker considering a unicameral option if Rockefeller does not run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Supreme Court
New York State Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Assembly
Senate
Dewey gains edge as 1944 GOP convention opens
SOV Thomas E. Dewey moved ahead in the Republican presidential race as the 1944 convention began. Supreme Headquarters said American troops held a third of Cherbourg with docks reached by armored and infantry units. Over 20,000 Allied prisoners were taken since the landings in France. Japan suffered heavy losses in the Marianas and Bonins with 747 planes destroyed and ships sunk or damaged. Red Cross relief teams rushed to aid tornado victims across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, with at least 146 dead and more than 1,000 injured.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
France
RED Cross
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Frederick
Lack Of Recruits Hampers Maryland Youth Corps Program
Emer Johnson says response to the Governor's Youth Corps on Maryland's Eastern Shore is disappointing. Only 27 applications were filed for up to 200 landscape and park caretaker slots, with Cambridge producing just two. officials plan interviews and a Cambridge visit to boost recruitment despite a July 1 start date.
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Herb Thompson
Associated Press
Annapolis
Maryland
Emer Johnson
Tawes
Cambridge
Johnson
Department of Employment Security
Cambridge Area
Eastern
Shore
Melvin Ray
Court of Appeals Upholds First-Degree Murder Conviction
The Maryland Court of Appeals upholds Edward M. Sturgis life sentence for the beating and robbing of an 81 year old Worcester County man. A gardener note about tomatoes mentions Alaska village versus Equator. Market prices for wheat and other quotes follow.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Edward M. Sturgis
Worcester County
Alaska
Damage suit filed for 25000 in Circmt Court
Vivian K. Fawley of Middletown files a 25000 damage suit in Circmt Court against Albert Remsburg and the Earl W. H. Mercer and Son Co Inc of Frederick. She says permanent injury from an April 29 accident on U S 40 one mile west of Route 27. Edwin F. Nikirk is attorney for Fawley.
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Vivian K. Fawley
RFD 2
Middletown
Albert Remsburg
Earl W. H. Mercer and Son Company Inc
Frederick
U.S 40
Edwin F. Nikirk
Fawley
Federal role debated in Mississippi civil rights effort
A article reviews how the Justice Department and federal power might act in Mississippi civil rights tensions. It notes Kennedy's limits on federal authority, Wilkins's preventive action request, and past uses of troops in Birmingham and Alabama to avert violence.
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Washington
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Miss
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
FBI
Johnson
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kennedy
Justice Department
Wilkins
Fed
United States
Birmingham
Alabama
John F. Kennedy
Local Women Attend Presbyterian World Assembly at Purdue
Mrs. Stephen Daduk of Strawsleigh and Mrs. J Carlisle Smith of RFD 6 Frederick are among 5 000 United Presbyterian Women at the triennial assembly in Purdue University Lafayette Indiana. Delegates discuss the theme Called to be Free and Obedient with speakers including Dr. Ernest Gordon Rev Eugene Carson Blake Dr Paul Pruyser and Mrs Abbey C Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Daduk
Strawsleigh
J. Carlisle Smith
RFD
Frederick
United Presbyterian
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Daduk
Smith
United Presbyterian Church
Ernest Gordon
Princeton University
Eugene Carson Blake
U.S.A
Paul Pruyser
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Kansas
Abbey C. Jackson
Women's Home Foreign Missionary Society
A. M. E. Zion Church
Potomac Edison Declares Dividends On Various Stocks
Potomac Edison directors declare a regular quarterly dividend of 90 cents on the 3.60 per cent cumulative preferred and 1.175 a share on the 4.7 per cent cumulative preferred. Dividends payable August 1 to stockholders of record July 13. Common stock held by parent Allegheny Power System. Red Cross head dies in Rome. Gen Guido Ferri 73 former director general of Italian military health service and president of Italian Red Cross died after a fall from a fourth floor window. An error in Thursday's report said Potomac Edison workers repaired a high tension wire. the wire belongs to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and was repaired by its employees.
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Potomac Edison Company
Allegheny Power System, Inc
RED Cross
Rome
Guido Ferri
Italian Military Health Service
Italian Red Cross
West Friendship Area
News and Post
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
Accidents In City Reported Four Crashes In 24 Hours
Four city accidents were reported in 24 hours. The most serious involved three cars on West Patrick Street around 5 pm Thursday, injuring none but causing damage to a 1957 Ford, a 1962 Plymouth, and a 1959 Ford Thunderbird. A 21 year old George F. Garman was charged with failing to reduce speed. Additional incidents followed on Broadway and East Patrick Street with minor vehicle damage and no charges.
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West Patrick
West Patrick Street
George F. Garman
Lee Place
Raymond E. Droneburg
RFD 1
Thurmont
Droneburg
Edgeworth W. Price
Towson
Price
Garman
James E. Schroyer
Broadway
Clara J. Henderson
Libertytown
Oscar Gosnell
West South Street
Robert Nordhaus
Washington
Frederick Motor Company
Nordhaus
Volkswagen
Ford
Donald E. Tracey
East Patrick Street
Charles N. Yost
West Fifth Street
Clarence Henderson
Fairview Avenue
Henderson
Yost
Woodrow W. Smith
Lutheran Church Women Elect Delegates and Budget
The Lutheran Church Women elected officers for the convention with the theme Speak for God with your Life using Acts 1 8 A 1964 budget of 45000 was adopted Five delegates were chosen to represent Maryland at the 1965 triennial convention in Cleveland Ohio They include Mrs Eugene W Young Jefferson Mrs Howard Miller Westminster Mrs Richard Doub Cumberland Hagerstown Miss Ruth Blackburn Washington and Mrs J Leon Haines Baltimore East Frederick District members attending included Mrs John L Barnes Burkittsville chairman and others on committees and as delegates Readers note a special tribute by the Resolutions Committee honored Mrs Fischer president appointed by Governor Tawes Civil Rights committee chair and Maryland Commission on Religion and Race executive committee member.
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LCW
Maryland
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene W. Young
Jefferson
Howard Miller
Westminster
Richard Doub
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Ruth Blackburn
Washington
J. Leon Haines
Baltimore
Frederick
John L. Barnes
Burkittsville
Strine
Claude Barrick
Woodsboro
Congregational Organization Committee
United Church Women
Earl H Howard
Eugene Huffer
David Oland
This City
David Blackwelder
Walkersville
William Ervin Jr
Thurmont
Young
Joseph Zimmerman
Feagaville
Margaret Strailman
Brunswick
Deaths Parish Names and Local Obituaries
Obituaries note Mrs. Beulah H. Blessing of Baltimore and Ivan Snavely Hammond of Woodsboro, along with Hubert E. Moser of Middletown, Mrs. Grace Viola Newman of Frederick, and Earl M. Welty of Taneytown. Details cover survivors, funeral homes, services, interments, and memorials.
Funeral Notices Across Multiple Local Cemeteries
Funeral services were held for Lloyd Franklin Arvin in Brunswick with pallbearers from the Brunswick American Legion. Mrs Zulma J Derr and Frank M Ebert also had services at local funeral homes with interment at Mt Olivet Cemetery. Edward Harrison Cain of Darlington and others were remembered in services or listed in hospital transfers and local incidents.
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Lloyd Franklin Arvin
Jefferson
C. H. Feete and Brother
Brunswick
Ralph Miller
Brunswick American Legion
Zulma J. Haines Derr
Vitalis Derr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
E. Church Street
Lyle Ashby
Trinity Methodist Church
Robert F. Woodard
First Baptist Church
LeRoy Haines
Raymond Haines
Larry Haines
Emory Haines
Carrell Schildt
Meredith Cole
Frank M. Ebert
Horse Show Schedule Details Youth Classes and Jump Heights
The event sets youth rules for riders under eighteen with divisions Hack Hunter Handy Hunter Open Jumper and Knock Down and Out judged under Tables I or II. Equitation sections include Gitttings Horsemanship Junior members non-winners and Open Equitation for Hack and Over Fence. Younger children ride walk and trot with lead pony options and Trophy stakes from Bacon Hall Farm Sugar Lump memorial.
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Association of Maryland Horse Shows, Inc
Bacon Hall Farm
Sugar Lump
Illness and injuries in Frederick County area
Among The Sick details several local residents treated or hospitalized. James Pryor, 17, Emmitsburg, fractures left shoulder at wresting and was treated at Warner Hospital Gettysburg. James Johnson Sr. sought observation at Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital Martinsburg. James Marks, West Patrick Street, a Frederick Memorial Hospital surgical patient. Ruby Hoffman, formerly of Frederick now in Baltimore, ill at home, entered Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore for observation. Mrs. James Mullinix, Westminster, after surgery at Women's Hospital Baltimore, is progressing nicely. Rt Rev William F Culhane, Mount St Marys College treasurer, in satisfactory condition after illness and transfer from Gettysburg to York General. Basil M Clem, six, son of Charles and, entered Baltimore City Hospitals for major surgery. condition satisfactory.
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James A. Pryor
Emmitsburg
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
James W. Johnson Sr
East Patrick Street
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
James Marks
West Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ruby Hoffman
Frederick
Baltimore
Union Memorial Hospital
James Mullinix
RFD 2
Westminster
Frederick County
Women’s Hospital
William F. Culhane
Mount St. Mary’s College
York, Pa
General Hospital
Culhane
Annie M. Warner
York General
Basil M. Clem
Charles M. Clem
Butterfly Lane
Baltimore City
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News-Post
Potomac Edison
Germany
B. E. Spivy
United States Army
Third Armored
Goodloe E. Byron
FePkfurt
Ture
Byron
Spearhead
Third Armored Division
Lutheran Church
William H. Blessing
Beulah H. Burns Blessing
Frendale Avenue
Doaths
Margaret B. Wilson
Katherine B. Warner
William J. Tickner & Son Funeral Home
North
Pennsylvania Avenues
Funeral
Druid Ridge Cemetery
Epworth Chapel
New Sanctuary Fund
Liberty Road
St. Lukes Avenue
Ivan
Hammond
Ivan Snavely Hammond
Washington County
Frank A Vernie Ellen Cochran Hammond
Virginia Pen Weil Hammond
Michael
Edwin L
David Ray Bowler
Ruth Smith
New Market
Leona M. Baker
Smithsburg
Margaret Morgan
Jessup
Ellen L. Sprangle
New Jersey
Vernon L. Hammond
Keedysville
Lester E. Hammond
Wil- Hamsport
Woodsboro Lutheran Church
Glenn W. Eyler
American Legion of
Donald A. Hass
Mt. Hope
Hubert E. Moser
Myersville
Edward J
Susan Morgan Moser
Annie M. Myers Moser
Roland E
Mt. Lena
Charles E
Eastpoint
Georgia
Eutha Matthews
Emporia
Annie Martz
Lora Stine
Mapleville
Charles Moser
Bittle
United Brethren Cemetery
Francis J. Newman
Grace
Viola Newman
Sykesville
David A. Donovan
Gaddis
Newman
Thomas H
Cora E. Bowers
Evangelical United Church of Christ
Woman’s College of Frederick
Earl M. Welty
Taneytown
Harney
James E
Laura Virginia
Sherb) Welty
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Bessie Stambaugh Welty
Catherine Sanders
Hanover
Ruth Waltz
Noble Z. Waltz
East Church Street
David Dawson
Araby Methodist Church
Charles W. Sines
Wayne D. Sines
Harold E. Lenhart
Harry C. Lenhart, Jr
Paul Droneburg
Robert Whipp
Mt. Olivet
M.R. Etchison and Son
Edward Harrison Cain
Darlington
Harford Memorial Hospital
Harve de Grace
Hosannah
George H. Stouffer
Union Bridge
Carroll County General Hospital
Kimberly Duppins
Paul Fuss
Eddie Garver
Fountain School Road
Roy Peters
Mildred Knott
Union Bridge Rt. 1
Longman
Wallingford, Conn
Alonzo Elliott
Yale
Stoddard King
Walter Ecker
Rt. 1
Little Funeral Home
Littlestown
Clifford Stierle Jr
Lutheran Cemetery
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