Montgomery County Civil Defense Prepares Shelters Plan
The Montgomery County Civil Defense Office outlines a federal assist plan for fallout shelters inviting non profit health education and welfare institutions to review the plan. Congress is asked to approve 450 million dollars with 2500 dollars per shelter space and remaining costs shared by state local and private funds. Institutions meeting IRS standards may participate and contact the Civil Defense Division at Poplar 2-2142 for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County Civil Defense Office
Congress
General Rand
Montgomery County
County Civil Defense Division
Local Jaycee Wives Birthday Party At Montevue Home
The Jaycee Wives held their annual birthday party for Montevue County Home residents with refreshments social hour and entertainment. Plans were by Mrs Reyburn Browning and committee. cakes baked by several titled members. Local merchants donated gifts. March birthdays honored. The Frederick Little German Band performed under Don Gearinger during social time.
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Montevue
Reyburn Browning
Ralph Kuehne
Jack Doll
Donald Koons
William Rhoades
Doll
Browning
Stanley Bennett
Richard Hankey
Harry Harper
Merhle Duvall
Paul Main
Jerry Marrone
Herbert Rollins
Donald
Don Gearinger
Community concert by local clubs entertains residents
Superintendent Robert Schell expressed gratitude for monthly visits by clubs and musical groups. The Little German Band performed thanks to a recording industry trust fund grant via Local 770 of the American Federation of Musicians, with Mrs Mann leading the audience in songs to close the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schell
Recording Industries Trust Fund
American Federation of Musicians
Dinner parties honor birthdays and honor society at Middletown HS
Ellerton and Leatherman households hosted dinners and visits in March, with Marian Leatherman’s seventh birthday celebrated. Guests included Leatherman relatives, Cline family, and local friends. Middletown High School seniors and juniors Andrea Buhrman, Cecelia Keljer, Kay Lutz, and Gilbert Stroup joined the National Honor Society in the school library. Additional visits covered Myersville and Highland communities with multiple family gatherings and overnight stays.
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Roger Meser Myers
Ellerton
Gaither Leatherman
Marian
Elmer Leatherman
Tony
Curis Leatherman
Stevie and
Wayne Leatherman
Grayson Cline
Joe Cline
RFD
Myersville
Thomas Monroe
Nattie
Roger Stenerson
Cockeysville
Andrea Buhrman
Cecelia Kel Jer
Kay Lutz
Gilbert Stroup
Middletown HS
National Honor Society
Middletown High School
George Brandenburg
Richard Kuhn
Mark
Jefferson
Grayson Cartee
Francis Moser
Richard Cliie
Highland
Moser
Maynard Grossnickle
Frederick County notices and travel club reports
A luncheon and meeting of the Frederick County Livestock Breeders Association discussed marketing lambs and wool in Maryland. Birth days for Nicholas Green and Tony Leatherman observed. Church members produced 103 double bed comforters and 51 blankets donated to New Windsor Refuge Center. Local social notes list visits, entertainments, and religious services with many named residents. A Frederick Travel Club meeting features a Switzerland trip slide show on March 14 at the YMCA auditorium. Twenty eight members returned from a New York City theater party with plans for the National Flower Show in DC. Lent services announced for Grace United Church of Christ in Taneytown and Keysville. Washington dispatch notes National Guard duty shift change at end.
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Frederick County
Elmer Leatherman
Roy W. Grossnickle
Stella Bittle
Lloyd Brandenburg
Edgar Leatherman
Amanda Baugher
Ethel Leatherman
Edna Grossnickle
John Bussard
Harry Harshman
Maurice Pryor
Paul Grossnickle
Roger Lewis
Lee Delauter
Wilbur Grossnickle
Asa Harshman
The
Frederick Travel Club
YMCA
Grant DeShazer
Switzerland
Austria
Holland
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
New York City
James Duff
David Spiner
Queen Mary
Radio City Music Hall
Guggenheim Museum
Hayden Planetarium
United Nations
Lindy's
D. C. Armory
3Bus
Frederick
Grace United Church of Christ
Taneytown
Jesus
William F. Wiley
Wiley
Christ
Keysville
Nike Hercules batteries to guard major cities rolled out
The Army will deploy 16 Nike Hercules anti aircraft batteries across five states over 16 months. Maryland Guardsmen will first take over after replacing Army regulars to protect the Washington Baltimore region, followed by Ohio New York Michigan and California units for Cleveland Detroit New York Buffalo Niagara Falls Los Angeles and San Francisco. In Hawaii the Guard already operates six batteries. President Kennedy named Maj. Gen. John S. Upham Jr. as commanding general of the 2nd Army at Fort Meade and nominated him for promotion to lieutenant general, with Lt. Gen. Ridgely Gaither retiring at the end of April. The UN will start its first foreign service officer training program in Geneva on June 15.
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Army
Maryland National Guards
Continental United States
Washingon-Baltimore
Ohio
New York
Michigan
California
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Guard
Hawaii
2Nd Army
Washington
Kennedy
John S. Upham Jr
al Ft. George G. Meade
Upham
Ridgely Gaither
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Arehiye
Rapap
John Leister
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Fla
William T. Haycraft
Baltimore
Clyde Hesson
Hesson
Thomas Cashman
York Springs
Earl Copenhaver
Gene
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Copenhaver
Carrie V. Reaver
Atty
Donald Smith
David Smith
Phyllis
York
Charles Hoffman
Dale Hoffman
Jason
Timothy
Gettysburg
Glenn D. Smith
Dwight
Lisa
Catonsville
Howard Miller
Susan
Chris
Glenn Dayhoff
Claude Deberry
Emmitsburg
Sunady
Wilbur Naylor
Baltimore Street
Georgia Burleson
Eddie
Frank Moffitt
RFD 2
Washington (Ap
Army National Guardsmen
N.Y
Geneva
Null, Inc
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Mary Ann Hylton
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