Remembering Donald Rice Sr. a Frederick community leader
Donald Rice Sr. longtime Frederick businessman and former mayor from 1951 to 1954 dies over the weekend. He served as alderman and contributed to charity groups including the Maryland School for the Deaf, Heart Association, Cancer Society, Boy Scouts, Mardi Gras, Automobile Association, church work, and youth athletic programs. His civic leadership touched many in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Rice Sr
Frederick
Rice
Maryland School For the Deal
The
Heart Association
Cancer Society
Boy Scouts
Mardi Gras
Automobile Association
Church
Rail lines define life in Wynne Arkansas town
Roy Meachum recalls Wynne's railroad centered life where Mainlines shaped social levels and childhood rites. He links past dangers with modern US 15 accidents, urges barrier improvements, police presence, and parental responsibility while calling for community backed solutions. He then discusses black students' progress, urging broad community education and activist programs to close gaps.
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Arkansas
James Clay Meachum
Missouri Pacific
Wynne
Pike County
King Hussein and Queen Noor bring inner peace to Jordan marriage
Queen Noor, American born, became Hussein’s fourth wife after a turbulent courtship ending in 1978. He praises their life with three children, shared hobbies like flying and ham radio, and notes her conversion to Islam and language study. The interview covers their affection, family focus, and mutual interests amid wider Middle East tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle East
Hussein
Jordan
Noor
Lasa Harany
Dale van Atta
Amman
Sherifa Dina Abdel Hamid
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Toni Gardiner
Muna al Hussein
Federal Aviation Administration
Pan American World Airways
Noor al Hussein
Light
Aqaba
Juliet Yankee
Romeo
Police Court Night Docket Notes City Officers and Community News
Justice Walter E. Luna handled a night docket with a Hagerstown motorist fined for speeding 45 miles per hour and a local man fined 35 on a drunkenness charge. Chief Allen Bartgis aided in the arrest, and Officer George F. Hoffman was spotlighted for long service. The Potomac Edison Employees Association met with Blue Ridge Bus Lines staging magic, caricatures, and a bus skit. A WPA worker was sentenced to 10 lashes and 9 days in the Maryland House of Correction for beating his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Luna
Hagerstown
ELF
Lew
Allen Bartgis
Potomac Edison Employees’ Association
Church Street
Blue Ridge Bus Lines
Ray-Mon
Baltimore
Dan Fardney
Blue Ridge Lines
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Cumberland
Maryland House of Correction
Garden Club Elects Mrs Goodloe E Byron Freder
Twenty years ago Mrs Goodloe E Byron was elected president of the Garden Club of Frederick at its annual meeting held at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Other officers included Mrs Arthur Read vice president Mrs A A Radcliffe recording secretary Miss Maria Johnson corresponding secretary and Mrs G Harris Stauffer treasurer. Amidst closed meetings and controversy a central fire alarm system gained strong local support from one city fire company. A sign on the Indepen dent Hose Company door urged city participation in the County Central Fire Alarm System. City police in Westminster arrested a 12 year old in connection with a 250000 lumberyard fire at Smith and Reifsnider Lumber Company. The juvenile’s petition was filed and the boy released to his parents. The blaze drew crews from nine fire companies with a tenth on standby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 15
Frederick
Boyhood
Motter Avenue Bridge
Jon. Kreissig
Dick Ashton
Ashton
State Highway Administration
Arkansas’ Iron Rail
Kreissig
Goodloe E. Byron
Garden Club of
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Arthur Read
A.A. Radcliffe
Maria Johnson
G. Harris Stauffer
One City Fire
Frederick County
Independent Hose Company
Church Street
The
Independent Hose Co
Westminster
Smith and Reifsnider Lumber Company
Tenth Fire Company
Daffodil Day thanks from Frederick County chapter
Letters from the Frederick Chapter of the American Cancer Society express gratitude for the 1987 Daffodil Day efforts. Nineteen thousand daffodils were distributed, with thanks to Homemaker members 4 H volunteers Francis Scott Key Mall staff and merchants, Frederick Produce for storage, and The Frederick News-Post for publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
American Cancer Society
Frederick County
Cancer Mount
Francis Scott Key Mall
Frederick Produce Company
Debbie
Mary Ann
Frederick News-Post
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Roy Meachum
Baltimore City
Mike Clem
Frederick Public
Commission
Anita Stup
U.S 15
Nla.a.c.p
Jack Anderson
Alia Toukan
Alia
Lisa Halaby
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Najeeb Halaby
Army
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Apollo
Babcock & Wilcox
NRC
B&w
White House
Maureen Reagan
Cuned Feature Syndicate, Inc
Oestrom
George F. Hoffman
Hoffman
George J. Hoffman
Prince of Frederick
Arthur Hoffman
Center Street
Kathryn Z. Nicodemus
Judy Braucher
Daffodil Days Committee
Safeway
Agnes Kemerer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Attentin
Frederick Community College
Kemeter
FCC
Kemerer
Jane P. Sappington
Montreal
Dorothy D. Moler Frederick
Dorothea
Algiers
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