Local Band Releases First Single Amid School Projects
Middletown and Frederick youths form a rock group led by Ray Vernon. Their debut single Shake, Shake Baby was released on Swan, taped at Vernon's Achoockee studio, with plans to cut four records a year. The band, including Bobby, Ronnie, Gene Ponton, and Bill Koontz, performs across the state and heads to Buffalo, N Y for a radio station record hop.
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Middletown
Gene
Frederick
Swan
Ray Vernon
Vernon
Achoockee
Buffalo
N. Y
Ronnie Stevens
Gene Ponton
Jim
Linganore to Stage Little Mary Sunshine Play
Linganore High School will present the musical comedy Little Mary Sunshine by Rick Besoyan as the all school play with performances scheduled for May 13 and 14.
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Linganore High School
Rick Besoyan
Teens Talk Back To Teachers In Nationwide Panel
Washington AP reports 102 high school students from across the United States spent three days in Washington sharing candid views on their schools. They praised some administrators, criticized outdated faculty, and highlighted pay and constraints as key issues.
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Washington
Area Schools List Events at Boonsboro and Damascus High
Boonsboro High School hosts a public dance from 7 30 to 10 30 PM in the gym with Wayside Travelers performers including Larry Renner Donna Guyer Ernie Best Joy and Lois Burkett plus guitarists Robert Holmes and Artie Gest Tickets available at the door. Twenty Gaithersburg High School students attend weekly NIH and Navy medical seminars. exams may lead to a research scholarship. Damascus High School to present an annual talent show March 18 in the new gym with Judy Shipley as Student Council chairman.
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Library Club
Boonsboro High School
Boonsboro
Larry Renner
Donna Guyer
Ernie Best
Joy
Lois Burkett
Robert Holmes
Artie Gest
Gaithersburg High School
National Naval Medical Center
NIH Clinical Center
Damascus High School
Judy Shipley
Drama Group To Stage Moliere The Miser At Frederick High
National Players, the long running national classical repertory company, will perform Moliere The Miser at 8 pm in Frederick High School auditorium on March 15. Sponsored by Frederick County Board of Education, the show aims to expand student access to live classics. Tickets are available through local schools or by contacting Mrs. Hughes at Frederick High.
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S&h
Portland
Ore
Anna May Hughes
National Players
Moliere
Miser
Frederick High School
Frederick County Board of Education
Dramatics
Frederick
Hughes
Frederick High
Emmitsburg Introduces Rotating School Schedule
Emmitsburg High School began a rotating schedule to prevent missed classes for assemblies and club meetings. Each day consecutive classes shift up one period so every class meets at a different time during the week.
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Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg High School
Bennett Earns Academic Honors at West Nottingham Campus
Marilyn Christine Bennett, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Bennett of Colora, received commendation for scholarship with a 3.0 or better average in the first semester.
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Marilyn Christine Bennett
Marilyn
West Nottingham
William Bennett Academy
Colora
Se| Jr
East Third Street
Dean’s List and Fraternity News From Several Colleges
Dale Ramsburg of Morgantown West Virginia named to Dean's List first semester at West Virginia University with 3.4 GPA. Catherine Trunk of Springfield Ohio earns Dean's List honors at Wittenberg University. Luke P Cleaves pledged to Centre College Delta Kappa Epsilon. from Clarkburg he is a Danville freshman. Rosemary Duggan named to Dean's List at Barry College. Margaret Hoke named to Catawba College Dean's List for fall-winter term.
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Dale Ramsburg
West Virginia University
Morgantown
W. Va
Irvin J. Ramsburg
West 12Th Street
Catherine Trunk
Charles Trunk
East Church Street
Wittenberg University
Springfield
Ohio
Luke P Cleaves
Centre College
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Bertman Cleaves
RFD 1
Clarksburg
Danville, Ky
Linganore High School
Rosemary Theresa Duggan
Barry College
Miami Shores
Fla
Margaret Louise Hoke
Catawba College
Salisbury
N.C
Frederick High Students Named AFS Semi finalists
Frederick High School pupils Nell Long and Ed Dykstra have been named semifinalists for the American Field Service program. They were chosen from a group of nine candidates and will undergo interviews to determine potential summer or full year assignments. Finalists will be selected in New York with postings announced in spring. Nell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan Long, is active in drama fashion and various clubs. Ed, son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Dykstra, pursues sports and student leadership in addition to AFS. Ed has previously traveled to the Netherlands.
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Nell Long
Edward Dyk‘stra
Frederick High School
American Field Service
AFS
Nell
Michael Cavell
Cathy Collinus
Sarah Dorrell
Mary
Ical
New York
Alan Long
East Church Street
Westminster Fellowship
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Dewey I. Dykstra
Seminole Road
Recreation Council
First Frederick High
Netherlands
Ed Dykstra
Hypnotist Demonstration At Taneytown High School
David K. Ernst hypnotized 43 000 subjects in a Taneytown High School demonstration that explored memory, extrasensory perception and medical uses. Subjects described a trance like feeling while nerves cooled and the mind recalled childhood details.
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Richard Reindollar
Taneytown High School
David K. Ernst
Taneytoten High School
Ernst
States
Dominion of Canada
Dorothy Hitchcock
Barbara Hitchcock
David Schaffer
W Frederick Plans Fair
The annual Science-Math Fair at West Frederick Junior High School will display student projects in general science biology geology astronomy and math. Projects are judged Wednesday by science and mathematics teachers on creativity scientific thought skill and thoroughness. Outstanding projects may advance to the County Science Fair. Public viewing is Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.
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West Frederick
Debate Over Emphasis on Grades at Boonsboro High
Students from RFD 1 Boonsboro High weigh in on the role of grades. The comments cite pressure from parents and community, cheating concerns, and calls for ability based evaluation. Some defend grading as an effective measure while others call for balance.
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Diara Yinghag
Hagerstown
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Mapie Avenue
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