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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1973
Page
5
Obituaries report deaths of Aubrey C. Frye 68 of Ft. Lauderdale and Robert W. Mullinix 86 of Damascus with service details. Genevieve Dade Ball, Dorothy Louise Stride, Wilford L. Karn, Stanley L. Jones, Charles F. Orndorff and others are listed with family survivors and funeral arrangements across Frederick County and nearby towns.
Funeral services were conducted for Thurmont resident Guy Eby who died March 3 at Frederick Memorial Hospital with Rev. Ivan Naugle officiating. Pallbearers included Charles Eby Sr. and Jr. and George Eby. Interment followed in Thurmont Cemetery. Also observed were services for Francis Patrick Lyons of Allentown who died March 4 at age and was laid to rest at Howard Chapel Cemetery after prayers at Olin L. Molesworth Funeral Home Damascus with Rev. Walter J. Norris presiding.
The New Midway PTA will meet on March 12 at 8:15 p.m. Room visitation runs 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. Parents may view classroom work before the business meeting. An election of officers will occur at the meeting for the next two years.
Frederick Memorial Hospital discharged a list of patients in the last two hours. Names include Richard Thompson James Wagner Mrs Helen Carey Mrs Rose Shearman Samuel Sicel Mrs Joan Glyn Jones Mrs Barbara Kegley Mrs Josephine Baker Richard Snyder all of Frederick. Other listed patients: Mrs Hilda Molesworth ML Airy James Castle Knoxville Charlotte Lauder Middletown Mrs Janice Crome Burkittsville Jessie Mathews Brunswick Lisa Ann Heatherly Myersville Ronald E Payne Walkersville Michael C Unger Thurmont Willie M Price Woodbine.
A Towson Circuit Court jury found Robert Joseph Parker guilty on seven of nine counts for receiving stolen goods. Police say Parker operated as a fence for loot from Frederick and elsewhere, with stolen items valued around 25000 dollars recovered from his Rockbourne Road home. Nineteen others are tied to the operation, with five Frederick residents named among them.
The Frederick County Chamber of Commerce urged State Senator Edward P. Thomas to defeat Senate Bill 662 creating a separate Consumer Protection Agency. The board said the bill goes too far and is expensive. the existing Attorney General office agency should be given more time. The chamber favors a Better Business Bureau style approach and noted its affiliation with the National BBB. Copies were sent to several legislators and chamber leaders.
In Annapolis the Maryland Senate moved to close a legal loophole in the hitchhiking ban. A bill was tentatively approved to prohibit soliciting rides from highway shoulders except in emergencies, tightening the existing rule which only bans thumbing while standing in the roadway.
AFL CIO president George Meany testified before the House Ways and Means Committee urging a long term excess profits tax modeled on the Korean War era levy. He argued wages and salaries can be controlled by employers while profits require the tax structure, estimating a large annual revenue. Irene Zmudzinski named to Towson State College Dean's Honor List for Fall semester. senior majoring in Elementary Education, daughter of A. J. and Mrs. Zmudzinski of Wilson Place.
Among The Sick Mrs Peg Davis of Sabillasville was taken by ambulance to Waynesboro Hospital on Thursday March 1. Master David Miller son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Miller of 463 Carrollton Drive was admitted Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Mr Delmus Rice of 116 East Sixth St was admitted to the intensive care unit at Frederick Memorial Hospital on Tuesday March 6 following a heart attack.
The R F Kline Construction Company of Frederick was named apparent low bidder for a county contract to widen and overlay Penn Shop Lynn Burke Lewisdale and Rhoderick Roads. The bid totals 227 320 dollars with work slated for late April or early May. Second bid was N W Etzler 290 355 dollars followed by F C Day 260 440 and Plummer 273 065.
In loving memory of our husband James H Lerch who passed away eight years ago on March 7. We still see that lovely smile and recall how you suffered briefly before joining God. It was hard to lose you yet your memory remains in our hearts. Your wife Elsie and family.
Mrs. John Meek returns home from Scottsdale to Blue Ridge Summit after a week with her brother John Ridenour who suffered a heart attack but is improving. Miss Carole Renee Phelps turns one, Master Dumpty Murphy reaches 13. Pennsylvania Lottery numbers draw 6-1-0-9-46-1 with qualifier A-E-1.
Community items include Easter egg orders and personal thank you notes from hospital stays. Public sales list farm equipment, cattle, antiques, furniture, and real estate across Frederick County and nearby towns with dates in March 1973. Local businesses advertise ceramics, insulation, painting, electrical, and florists alongside charity fundraisers and fire hall event notices.
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