Thankful letter praises Easter Seal Center aid
Mrs William Jeffres of RFD 1 Box 328 Sykesville writes March 17 1964 praising the Easter Seal Treatment Center. She notes Billys progress with cane walking and thanks staff including Mr Stemler Mr Weinberg and Deborah Mil. The letter highlights the centers understanding of family struggles and dedication to rehabilitation work.
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THE
Frederick
Maryland
Billy
Deborah Mil
Brecon
Stemler
Weinberg
Saamex
Matt Pean
Euleres
William Jeffres
Sykesville Maarch
Richer states top federal housing aid, says Chamber study
The United States Chamber of Commerce cites an 87 page census based study showing New York Texas California Illinois and Pennsylvania received 37 percent of housing dollars and 39 percent of urban renewal grants. They hold over a quarter of electoral votes and the agency denies favoritism while census stats suggest politics influences fund allocations.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
New York
Texas
California
Iinois
Pennsylvania
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Farm cash receipts hit record nationwide at $38.2 billion
U.S. cash receipts from farms in 48 states excluding Alaska and Hawaii rose to a record $38.2 billion, up $325 million from 1962 as farm marketing expanded. Government payments fell by $50 million from 1962, while wheat and wool program declines reduced support. Twenty seven states joined in gains, with Virginia and Colorado down about 6 percent and Louisiana up 14 percent. national average rose 10 percent. Farm prosperity varied, but wheat farmers benefited from freer planting and market.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Virginia
Colorado
Louisiana
Letter to editor on county debt and school funding concerns
A Frederick County reader warns that rising debt will burden future generations as a county official cites the school board's needs. The letter urges readers to read the paper and questions fiscal restraint amid tax and interest rate concerns. It notes projected debt to 1994 and cites farm families facing ongoing bills.
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the News
Frederick County
Everrett O'Hara
Emmitsburg
Trema tally of 1914 business and public sale notes
Fifty years ago the News-Post reports MFTEEN MEMBERS OF THE Board of Trade at a meeting electing J M Cronenburg as president Noah E Cramer and Dr J W Harner as vice presidents S Elmer Brown as treasurer and Lloyd T MacGill as secretary The Bussard bait fish law gains interest along with county flood bridge bonds and a public sale at Central Church where horses reach 200 cows 30 to 70 and hogs 4 to 31
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News-Post
Mfteen
Board of Trade
J.M. Cronenburg
Noah E. Cramer
J.W. Harner
S. Elmer Brown
Lloyd T. MacGill
Ishermen
Twenty Years Ago Items from the News-Post Files
March 21 1944 report notes 171 pints of blood from 186 donors for the Frederick County Blood Donor Service which operated smoothly. American submarines in the Pacific have sunk 15 more Japanese ships, totaling 624 sunk. Agriculture warns 1944 crop plantings may fall short of gov ernment goals due to labor and machinery shortages, with wheat possibly the smallest since 1939. A flock of 255 wild geese was sighted over Urbana by Roger Geisbert. Poor roads and weather cut attendance and prices at the Frederick County Percheron Association sale at the Fair Grounds, where four stallions 24 registered mares and 14 grade mares grossed $6,935.
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News-Post
Frederick County
Pacific
Agriculture Department
Urbana
Roger Geisbert
Frederick
Bridgewater College to Dedicate New Library
Theodore R. McKeldin former Maryland governor will speak at Bridgewater College dedicating its three story library valued at 525000. The Virginia College is sponsored by the Church of the Brethren. Library seats 275 readers with 115000 volumes. Financed by 301700 raised during the Crusade for Excellence July 1960 to June 1963. Dr. Paul H. Bowman led the Crusade.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Baltimore
Maryland
Bridgewater College
Virginia College
Church of the Brethren
Bridgewater
Crusade For Excellence
Paul H. Bowman
Passover and Holy Week Reflections on Hope and Cynicism
An essay contrasts Passover and Holy Week, tracing origins of Judaism and Christianity, noting the Exodus story and the pilgrimage of faith. It warns against cynicism and greed, citing Judas Iscariot as an example and quoting Henry Ward Beecher and Oscar Wilde on cynicism.
Easter Beach Holiday Draws Thousands of Students
About 30,000 vacationing college students and up to 70,000 expected filled the beach for an Easter spree. Roughly 150 underage drinking arrests reported, one held on bond for resisting arrest, motel cited for maintaining a nuisance. Police aimed to keep order as 20 miles of beach hosted continuous entertainment through April 4, with a single 75 cent admission ticket covering all events.
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Fort Lauderdale
Birthday notices and school conference report
Mr John Nagle of East Sixth Street marks his 84th birthday on Wednesday. Gina Maria Lawson, daughter of Clyde Lawson Jr and his wife near Frederick, celebrates her fifth birthday Monday. Assistant Superintendent Dr John L Carnochan and school officials traveled to Baltimore for a two day state conference on secondary education. Census Bureau data show nearly all children ages 7 to 13 attended school in 1963 and about 93 percent of those 14 to 17 were registered.
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John Nagle
East Sixth Street
Gina Maria Lawson
Clyde Lawson Jr
Frederick
John L. Carnochan
Baltimore
Census Bureau
Shriver to Receive Andrew White Medal in Baltimore
Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver will join three others as recipients of the Andrew White Medal at Loyola College during Maryland Day ceremonies. Also honored are Noble C. Powell retired Episcopal bishop Henry C. Evans and Henry P. Irr. The award honors Father Andrew White, Jesuit chaplain on the Ark and the Dove voyage that established Maryland.
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Baltimore
Peace Corps
Kr.sargent Shriver
Andrew White
Loyola College
Maryland
Shriver
Noble C. Powell
Episcopal
Henry C. Evans
Maryland National Guard
Henry P. Irr
Lord Baltimore
England
Sam Hopking named state chairman in Maryland mental health drive
Samuel Hopking has been named chairman of the 1964 Maryland campaign for the Maryland Association for Mental Health. The appointment was announced as the group outlined its strategy for public education and fundraising across the state.
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Baltimore
Samuel Hopking
Maryland Association For Mental Health
Will Stroud leaves estate to fund better prison design
Famed Birdman of Alcatraz Robert Stroud, who died November 21 in a Springfield federal prison at age 73, wills his $447.84 uncashed check and 40 percent royalty in Birdman of Alcatraz to sister Mamie Stroud Shaffer. He requests the estate be used to design a better prison, saying today’s system is a disgrace.
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Los Angeles
Robert Stroud
Alcatraz
Stroud
Springfield
Weather Elsewhere
A brief weather summary from Associated Press notes conditions in regions outside the main area. Forecasters report variable temperatures, scattered showers, and generally unsettled patterns across several locales.
Special Session May Be Called
FRANKFORT Ky AP The Kentucky Legislature may be summoned to a special session to consider a civil rights bill if Congress approves one Gov Edward T Breathitt would convene lawmakers for a conference to discuss needs after the measure passes in Washington He plans to gauge the chance of a special session and persuade lawmakers accordingly Ambulance calls Woodsboro Volunteer Fire Company transported Roy Lenhart of Woodsboro to Frederick Memorial Hospital Jennie Barrick and Mrs Benjamin Bell of Woodsboro were also admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital Injuries included an injured shoulder for Robert Covell of Frederick News shop employee who fractured his shoulder at his home Friday night
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Edward T. Breathitt
Washington
Woodsboro
Robert Covell
News Shop Force
Frederick,tal
Deaths Raymond J Best and others in Frederick area
Frederick area death notices report Raymond Jesse Best 68 of 8 Hamilton Avenue died suddenly Friday at Frederick Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. Survived by daughter Mildred Mentzer Baltimore and son Carroll Best Baltimore, plus siblings and grandchildren. Also listed are Mary L Payne Grant 81, Lori Josephine Manning 37, infant Pebbles Darlene Mock, Mrs Horace B Shaw 77, with funeral details and sending of remains to local establishments.
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Raymond J. Best
Raymond Jesse Best
Hamilton Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Washington County
Maryland
Mildred E. Mentzer
Baltimore
Carroll T. Best
Joseph T. McGorrick
Garretts Mill
Clarence L. Best
Hagerstown
Ernest M. Best
Knoxville
Martin Luther Best
Silver Spring
Elsie Coulter
Arlie Ray Best
Best
Brotherhood of
B & O Railroad
North Market Street
Carroll L. Boyer
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Frederick Memorial Park
Robert E. Dailey and
Guy L. Grant
Mary L. Payne Grant
Washington
Joseph F
Emma Staub Payne
Payne
Frederick
Margaret Stevenson
Kathryn Payne
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Lori J. Manning
Lori Josephine Manning
Mt. Airy
Mattie Manning
William Manning
Mary Jane
Billy Wayne
Shirley Jean Manning
Susie
Paul
Leonard
John
Claude
James Manning
Lisbon
Francis H. Barber
Laytonsville
Pebbles Darlene Mock
Catherine Shane Mock
Germantown
Bethesda
Henry H. Mock
Jdr
James Edward Mock
Mary Margaret Mock
Evelyn Elaine Mock
Edith Elizabeth Mock
George W. Shane
Adamstown
Mount Olivet
Merlin E. Garber
Church of the Brethren
M. R. Etchison and Son
Horace B. Shaw
Alice Maxwell Shaw
Elizabeth Foster
Magnolia Avenue
Vindobona Convalescent
Milwaukee
Wisc
Herbert
Agnes Maxwell Smith
Burlington
Paxton, Til
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Extravagant Thomas Johnson High School Plans Questioned
Former city engineer Elmer St C Maxwell, now head of a Pikesville consulting firm, criticizes TJ High School plans as unnecessarily costly both in building and site development. He says items will not improve education and Frederick residents should oppose the tax money spend. Maxwell lives in Catonsville and follows Frederick County affairs.
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Thomas Johnson High School
Elmer St. C. Maxwell
Pikesville
Frederick
Maxwell
Catonsville
Frederick County
Funeral services for Miss Olga D Stottlemyer near Wolfsville
Miss Olga D Stottlemyer of near Wolfsville died Tuesday evening at Valley View Nursing Home Middletown. Funeral held Friday at 2 p m from Bittle Funeral Home Myersville with Rev Robert Hyson officiating. Pallbearers Oscar A Brandenburg Milton L Harne Marshall H Leatherman Ernest R Harne Elliott Haines Jr John D Mause. Interment Green Hill Cemetery Waynesboro Pa.
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Olga D. Stottlemyer
Wolfsville
Valley View
Middletown
Bittle Funeral Home
Myersville
Robert Hyson
Oscar A. Brandenburg
Milton L. Harne
Marshall H. Leatherman
Ernest R. Harne
Elliott Haines Jr
John D. Mause
Green Hill Cemetery
Waynesboro
Sick residents and 4-H club meets in Braddock Heights
Notices report illness among local residents including Mr Franklin Long of Creagers Town and Andrew Gift in Frederick Memorial Hospital. Pierce H Gaver granted one week sick leave for whooping cough recovery. Skyline 4H Club held March 18 at Barbara Yinger’s home with Julie Ryan presiding. Activities include pins, summer camp planning, 4-H Week at College Park, and a sewing and decorating project update.
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Franklin Long
Creagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Little Andrew Gift
Dorothy Gift
Center Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Nick Gouker
West Fifth Street
Pierce H. Gaver
East Patrick Street
Skyline 4H Club
Braddock Heights
Barbara Yinger
Julie Ryan
Ann Croghan
Charlotte Owen
David Yinger
College Park
Iowa
Paul Towson
Patsy Culler
Finesses and trumps guide bridge play and PTA notes
In bridge column, South can avoid a four one trump break and losing finesse by discarding the deuce of hearts on the second club, then ruffing the third lead and drawing trumps. East will have no clubs left to give South the remaining tricks. Separate news item: The Lewistown P T A met at Lewistown Elementary School on March 17 at 7 45 pm with Rev Edward Wenck leading the invocation. Joseph Cary presided as president. Events include a skating party March 19, a rummage sale April 11, and PTA officer slate with President Mrs Randolph Putman Vice President Mrs Charles Wilkes Secretary Mrs Raymond Powell Treasurer Mr Paul Heffner. A TV survey was discussed and a copy to stations Channel 5. Pre-school registration April 15 at 1 30 pm. Guest speaker was Mr Rhea Kincaid with a conservation program. Next meeting May 26 with Achievement Night.
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South
East
Declarer
Lewistown
Edward Wenck
Joseph Cary
Frederick
Taney
Ross Smith
PTA
Randolph Putman
Charles Wilkes
Raymond Powell
Paul Heffner
Channel 5
Clark
Rippeon
Rhea Kincaid
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