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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1964
Page
10
Frederick newspaper page 10 from The News dated Friday March 20 164 presents local items and notices in brief form with likely community updates and public notices.
The Thurmont War Memorial Commission presented a plan to the Thurmont Board of Commissioners for a World War II memorial to flank the existing World War I center structure. Mayor Donald L. Lewis supported a park improvement study and urged integrating recommendations into final plans. The commission will complete a park study in weeks and begin work on the memorial project.
The Lions Club of Frederick elected Ralph M. Boyer president for 1964 65 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The meeting featured a talk by W Gregory Halpin on the Maryland Port Authority and noted changes in Baltimore port redevelopment. Delegates to district and international conventions were named.
Today in history notes Patrick Henry urged liberty or death in St. John’s Church Richmond in 1775 and backed the militia resolution. It also recalls Uncle Tom’s Cabin’s 1852 appearance and rapid sales, Union capture of Richmond Mississippi in 1863, and 1944 Marine base gain on St Matthias Island.
The item recalls abolition of Prohibition Party candidate data with Dow’s imprisonment in Libby Prison and later temperance lecturing. It notes Dow’s 1880 presidential vote total and his death in Portland on October 2, 1897. It then lists birthdays: Brig. Gen. Robert W. Berry, Wendell Corey, Judith Evelyn, Leonard McCollum, Michael Sees, and mentions Columbia University’s charter as King’s College in 1754.
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