Bentztown Bard Shaped Frederick's Postwar Memory
The Bentztown Bard, aka Folger McKinsey, edited The News in Frederick from 1886 and later wrote the Bentz town Bard column in The Baltimore Sun from 1906 to 1948. He fostered community projects, memorials, and friendships with local leaders, leaving a lasting mark on Frederick’s history and regional journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlotta Perry
Baltimore Sunpapers
Folger McKinsey
Frederick News
Elkton
William T. Delaplaine
George B. Delaplaine Sr
Edward S. Delaplaine
Frederick
Fannie Dugan
City Hall
McKinsey
Bentztown
Carroll Creek
West Patrick Street
Bentz
John Bentz
Francis Scott Key
Victor Baughman
Jacob Rohrbach
Manassas J. Grove
William
M.J. Grove Lime Company
Holmes D. Baker
Buckeystown
Citizen’s National Bank
Dan Steiner
Lloyd McGill
Lewis Rice
Baker Johnson
Osbourne Ingle
David C. Winebrenner
Robert 4. Kemp
Thomas Bader
Milton G. Umer
James Hammond Umner
James McSherry
Glenn H. Worthington
George Edward Smith
Bion Firestone
Dorsey, Marshall
William Etchison
Albert Pearce
Fairfax Schley
Steiner Schley
Joan D. Hendrickson
Market Street
Old Frederick
Charley Kussmaul
Ridgeville
Bob Nelson
Fleming
Lowenstein and Wertheimer’s
Dog
William’s
Johnny Swamper
United’s
Castle
Temple of Fancy
Tom Pope
Beckley
Smith’s Park
Emma Gittinger
the News
Mary Jane
United States
Montgomery
Rockville Sentinel
Haines
Montgomery County
Baltimore
Maryland Press Association
Lord Baltimore
Joe Eisenhauer
Sunpapers
What's In The Deck Members of Frederick Bridge Club play at VFW near Frederick
The Frederick Bridge Club held a weekly game at the VFW Country Club near Frederick. North South winners included Harold Keller with George Hedstrom and Charles Price with Dr. Leonard Spero. East West winners featured Marlowe Cline with J. A. Kime and Mrs. Miriam Feely with Mrs. Mary Famous. Next week the club runs a master point game at 7 30 p m at the club with more events planned at Cozy Restaurant and another master point game at 8 30 p m Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Miriam Feely
Mary Famous
Ila O’connor
Austin Whitehill
Earl Rhoderick
Wayne Rhoderick
Harold Hess
Samuel Birely
Catoctin Duplicate Bridge Club Weekly Game Report
Catoctin members met at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Cozy Restaurant in Thurmont for a bridge game. Ties occurred for second and third between Mrs Ben Lambiotte and Harold Hess and for fourth and fifth between Mr and Mrs Ross Smith and Mr and Mrs Robert Mid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin
Afternoon Duplicate members hold weekly game at Amvets
The Afternoon Duplicate group met at the Amvets on West Patrick Street Thursday. Results show pairings: first Mrs. Phillips Pearson and Mrs. Gerald Yonetz, second Mrs. Jules Shapiro and Mrs. Robert Remsburg, third Mrs. J Weldon Harper and Mrs. Walter Feaga, tied for fourth Mrs. Robert Poleto with Mrs. Charles Arotsky and Mrs. Richard Kelly with Miss Evelyn Krantz. East-West winners: first Mrs. Manuel Weinberg and Mrs. Edward Thomas, second Mrs. Robert Swanson and Mrs. Donald Falconer, third Mrs. Everett Hanes and Mrs. Frank Castle, fourth Mrs. O Conner and Miss Mary Fuss. Next week’s game on Thursday afternoon will be the master point game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
West Patrick Street
Phillips Pearson
Gerald Yonetz
Jules Shapiro
Robert Remsburg
J. Weldon Harper
Walter Feaga
Robert Poleto
Charles Arotsky
Richard Kelly
Evelyn Krantz
Manuel Weinberg
Edward Thomas
Robert Swanson
Donald Falconer
Everett Hanes
Frank Castle
A O’connor
Mary Fuss
Reference For Life speaker headlines Frederick homemakers meeting
Mark Evans of Metromedia will speak on Re ference For Life at the 43rd annual Frederick County Council of Homemakers' Clubs meeting March 27 in Hood College Coffman Chapel. The program includes a Homemakers Chorus, election of officers, and a noon luncheon with reservations due March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Council of Homemakers’ Clubs
Mark Evans
Metromedia, Inc
Washington
Evan
Albert Schweitzer
Gabon
West Africa
Coffman Chapel
Hood College
East
Town Hall
Los Angeles
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco
Evans
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago
San Diego
New York
Homemakers
Donald Sullivan
Harold Young
Gambrill Park
Homemaker’s Club
Bredbeck Hall
Beatrice Fehr
Adele Muller
Home Economics
Coblentz Hall
Missionary Eva Logue to Speak on India Work
Miss Eva K Logue a missionary in India for 25 years will address the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Calvary Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 30 p m Her talk Methodism At Work In India will include colored slides of Yellary Mysore and details of her public health nurse duties and infant care during a furlough to return to India in June for another five years The Naomi Circle leads the service open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva K. Logue
India
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Calvary Methodist Church
Miss Logue
Yellary
Mysore
Board of Missions of
The
Methodist Church
Western Maryland College
Maryland General Hospital
Teacher’s College
Columbia
Naomi Circle
W.S.C.S
Day Camp Grove Children to Hold Saturday Reunion
Day Camp Grove celebrates its 1965 reunion at the YMCA West on Church Street from 1 to 2 30 p m with 234 Breezy Grove campers and friends. Registration by May 15 earns a Day Camp Grove T shirt as the new season begins June 28 and runs to August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Y.M.C.A
Breezy Grove
Roy Okan
David
Memorable beauty tips and hair advice from Sher Ok en House
A cosmetic guide suggests outlining the mouth with a dark line and filling with lighter lipstick to appear fuller. White eye makeup at the lip center adds fullness. The piece recommends consulting SHER OKEN HOUSE OF HAIR FASH IONS in Frederick for styling, then notes a nail polish glue tip and Children’s permanents offered this week.
Frederick Is Reading and Other Books Featured
A noisy list highlights works and authors including Luigi Barzini Saul Bellow Walter Gibson Phyllis McGinley Grace metalious Irving Wallace Chiang Yee Frances Parkinson Keyes Rolf Hochhuth Louis Auchincloss and more. The items span fiction biographies travel and essays with titles like Peyton Place The Deputy The Silent Traveler in San Francisco and Farewell to Foggy Bottom.
Maryland Symbols book highlights state emblems
A new Maryland reference titled Maryland Symbols by Elmer M Jackson Jr. summarizes the eight official symbols the state adopted including the Baltimore Oriole Chesapeake Bay retriever black eyed susan white oak and the state song flag and seal It notes Maryland did not designate a sport until 1962 and features photos of Bernard Offutt Frederick County and Leonard B Enfield Knoxville at Maryland championships plus mentions unofficial symbols terrapin blue crab oysters soft shell clams and striped bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Elmer M. Jackson Jr
Daily Evening Capital of
Annapolis
Baltimore
Bernard Offutt
Frederick County
Leonard B. Enfield
Knoxville
Around the World Through Magellan and More
A Young Adult collection notes several titles: Magellan’s voyage retold through Pigafetta and era sources. Fashion Your Own: Easy Clothing Construction for teen girls. Wake the Story of a Battle detailing Wake Atoll defense. Why the Mohole: Adventures in Inner Space explaining Project Mohole and drilling through the Moho. Helen Bevans, Assistant Administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sanderlin
Valladolid
Charles I
Spain
Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan
Antonio Pigafetta
Marjorie Wast
Mary E Wines
Wake
Atoll
Devereux
Inner Space
William J. Cromie
Outer Space
American Miscellaneous Society
National Science Foundation
Spindletop
East
Texas
Pacific Ocean
C Burr Artz
Helen Bevans
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By Ellig
White Haines
William H. Purnell
Joseph H. Apple
Women’s College
New Hood College
John A. Staley
Isabel Zimmerman
West Third
Kiwanis
Lions
Civitan
Salt Lake City
Utah
Walter Reed Hospital
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Welcome Wagon
John Lindsey
Paul Martin
Routzahn’s Department Store
Marple
Okan and
Camp Greentop
Thurmont
By Sharon
Sheroken House OF Hair Fashions
East Church Street
Luigi Barzini
Herzog
Saul Bellow
Houdini
GIC
Walter Gibson
Dag Hammarskjold
Phyllis McGinley
Peyton Place
Grace
Metalious
Man
Irving Wallace
Traveler
Chiang Yee
the Explorer
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Rolf Hechhuth
Foggy Bottom
Ellis Briggs
Justin— Lous Auchincloss
New Maryland Book
Irving Werstein
Pearl Harbor
Wake Atoll
Blue Ridge Homes
Ritcwes Ralr
Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland
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