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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1962
Page
3
The page lists numerous Sunday and midweek worship schedules for churches across Taneytown Brunswick Germantown and Damascus with times and addresses. A 5 year old Clarksburg boy Gregory Bradley was treated for second degree burns after hot coffee spilled on his right arm at home.
PE growth in early 1962 shows higher kilowatt hour sales across residential commercial and industrial classes with total sales 15 percent above last year. Industrial demand rebounds while new industries in the region bolster the positive trend despite a January snowstorm. President R G MacDonald cited record early-year outputs and the storm as disruptions, noting continued optimism for the utility’s business outlook. Local board attendees from Frederick Thurmont Brunswick and Mt Airy were noted, with Allegheny Power System officers present. Miss Carol Grossnickle of Myersville was named a National Youthpower Congress delegate for Chicago in March for food program excellence and youth nutrition efforts.
The Maryland Farm Bureau sponsored a Youthpower Conference to improve teen dietary habits. Miss Grossnickle, 16, daughter of Rev Basil Grossnickle, won a top prize and will join National Youthpower Congress delegates. Diane Ahalt assisted in writing the prize essay Dont Starve Dont Stuff Do Eat Just Enough.
A strong protest was sent to the Russians over East German police firing on an American military car near Potsdam. An East German squad shot the rear of the car and punctured a tire but did not hit the occupants, a major and an enlisted driver. The incident followed a tense encounter as the major challenged police authority and demanded a Soviet officer. The protest, led by Gen. Bruce C. Clarke, was delivered to Marshal Ivan S. Koven at Clarke’s Heidelberg headquarters.
Mrs Grace Baird Cohen of Oxon Hill is Maryland mother of the year for 1962. The 86 year old great grandmother makes her own hats sews her own clothes and gardens. She will receive a citation from Governor Tawes at a ceremony in Annapolis and will represent Maryland in the national mother of the year contest in New York May 8 to 11.
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