Thurmont Lions Club backs science fair winners
First place winners from Saline Water Sandy Brown and Stains Richard Mathias led divisions in Thurmont Lions Club sponsored Science Fair. Judges awarded $25 bond and $10 cash for top honors plus $10 cash to other first place divisional winners. First place victors also received medals at a March 9 dinner.
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Sandy Brown
Richard Mathias
Margo Emrich
Doug Flory
Roger Troxell
Joanne Miller
James Stitely
Frank Farano
Theresa Hackett
Lia
Nancy Bostian
Ronnie Hoke
Diane McKay
Mike Thompson
Lee Gladhill
Vande Graaf
Larry Hauver
Andre Fountaine
Sharon Fogle
Jerry Moser
Thurmont Lions Club
Lions Club of
Thurmont
Survives 40 Minutes In Electrically Charged Bath
Peshastin Washington housewife Mrs Wayne Simpson survived 40 minutes in an electrically charged tub after an overhead sunlamp fell into the water. Her husband returned home found her rigid and off the power. Doctors were astonished by her continued consciousness and recovery overnight.
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Wayne Simpson
Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Wayne
THS Science Fair Winners Named at Thurmont High School
The THS Science Fair held March 8 and 9 announced winners from 105 projects judged by Fort Detrick staff and area teachers. Grand award went to Mike Thompson for Aircar. Biological first to Stephen Siedel for Preservation of Body Tissue. second to Ron Albany and Doug Nowell for Taxidermy. third to James Weddie for The Brain. Physical Science first to Sharon Waterfield and Bonnie Black for Crystals. second to Charles Brooke for Steam Turbine. third to Bill Eyler for Midget Van de Graaf Generator. Honorable mentions include Peggy Hoke, Barbara Sawyer and Bernie Thompson.
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Thurmont High School
Fort Detrick
R. Lloyd Phillips
Martha T. J. Taylor
John C. Kirsch
Herbert M. Decker
Meade Felton
Walkersville High School
Donald Hodge
Emmitsburg High School
Mike Thompson
Stephen Siedel
Ron Albaugh
Doug Nowell
James Weddie
Peggy Hoke
Anita Yingling
Linda Angel
Sharon Waterfield
Bonnie Black
Charles Brooke
Bill Eyler
Barbara Sawyer
Bernie Thompson
Eaves Farm Sale Tops $31 000 With 95 Holsteins Sold
The Clarence Eaves sale at Walkersville grossed over 31 000 with 95 Holstein cattle sold. Top price 517 for a purebred cow with calf. ten bred heifers averaged 215. 64 milking head averaged 290. Eighty five percent of proceeds went to buyers.
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Clarence “Eaves
Walkersville
James
Glenn Trout
Ralph Zimmerman
James Trout
Mehr Wachter
Horace M. Alexander
Airport board chair to push suburban outreach
The chairman of Baltimore's Airport Board said he will seek to persuade residents of Maryland suburbs near Washington that plans tied to Friendship Airport are beneficial. In related budget news the House Appropriations Committee disapproved 413200 dollars in Chesapeake and Ohio funds.
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Baltimore
Airport Board
Washington
Maryland Suburbs
C&o
House Appropriations Committee
Chesapeake
Research Growth At State University Shows Large Funding Increase
Wilson H. Elkins, president of the University of Maryland, cited figures showing research funding nearly tripling from 1953 to 1961. Medical research rose from 465,451 to 2,224,855 and physics from 62,116 to 837,787, reflecting broad gains across disciplines.
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Baltimore
Wilson H. Elkins
University of Maryland
Elkins
Board of Regents
Friendship International Airport gains advocates over Dulles
Charles P. Crane argued for Friendship International Airport over Dulles International, noting shorter ground travel from Maryland suburbs and eastern Washington, with Dulles opening in October at Chantilly. FAA chief Halsby favors routing traffic to Dulles. The piece mentions a 72 million Interior Department budget boost.
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Friendship International Airport
Charles P. Crane
Friendship
Dulles International
Chantilly
Washington
Washington National
Baltimore
Najee E. Halsby
Federal Aviation Agency
Dulles
Crane
Maryland
Washington, D.C
Capital
Maryland Delegates at National 4-H Camp in D C
George Clayton Stauffer of Walkersville was a Maryland delegate to the National 4-H Club Camp in Washington D C as part of his 4-H member work. Other figures include Dad Jenks Frank McFarland Lou Maillineaux Gladys Purdue and Dorothy Emerson in county and state roles.
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Maryland
George Clayton Stauffer
Walkersville
Washington, D.C
Jenks
Frank McFarland
Allegany County
Lou Maillineaux
Montgomery County
Stauffer
Gladys Purdue
Wicomico County
Dorothy Emerson
Plans Revised for 1.7 Million Womens Dormitory Denton Hall
A revised proposal for a 1,731,000 dollar eight story women’s dormitory on the College Park campus calls the project Denton Hall. The building will house 514 students and is one of three dorms planned on a site near Byrd Stadium.
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College Park
Denton Hall
Byrd Stadium
Desist Order Issued For Company
The National Labor Relations Board issued a cease and desist order against the Thomas W Moylan Co Inc of Kensington Md for unfair labor practices by discouraging membership in the Sheet Metal Workers Local 102 AFL C IO by layoffs or other discrimination The board affirmed a prior ruling and ordered compliance dated March 14 Alumni Fund Drive Western Maryland College to begin its annual drive March 19 with a dinner at Towson Methodist Church over 200 workers will attend for instructions and supplies President Dr Lowell S Ensor and fund chairman George A Meyls Jr will speak Four month campaign begins with dinners in Baltimore Washington and Annapolis an experimental Annapolis dinner April 5 aims to boost participation and contributions
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Thomas W. Moylan Co., Inc
Kensington
Sheet Metal ‘Workers
George A. Downing
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Afl-Cio
Downings
Western Maryland College
Alumni Association
Towson Methodist Church
Lowell S. Ensor
George A. Meyls Jr
Baltimore
Annapolis
Western Maryland
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