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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1962
Page
4
An aged Frederick Maryland newspaper entry notes the Associated Press license and post office filing details for this Tuesday edition dated March 27, 1962. The page identifies AP dispatch rights and local republication terms.
The article traces nursing evolution through religion warfare and science and notes a national nurse shortage. It calls on young women to enter the profession, highlighting humanity medical service and improving pay conditions and career security as motivation.
A letter to the editor argues it is time to finish the Frederick High Stadium rather than rebuild. It contends $61,000 has already been spent, estimates annual income of $15,000 from home games, and up to $75,000 foregone by leaving the project incomplete. It urges using stadium proceeds for education and civic events, urging local taxpayers over external experts.
Items recount municipal work on West Church street sewer project led by Messrs Cru and David Son. Ideal Garage Co. reports Buick carloads arriving. Buckeys town near rail nails theft incident. Rev G W Thomas leaves for new charge. Edmund P Feaga dies at 36. Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck halts main line. J McPherson Scott elected mayor of Hagerstown. Sen John Walter Smith seeks $100000 TB sanatorium funding. Frederick Board of Trade secretary hire pending. four oclock train to Washington may stop at Point of Rocks. Middletown electric lighting begins. New pews for Methodist church installed. Traffic ordinance being drafted. city leaders push traffic improvements.
War production contract for Frederick filed with Maryland War Production Board. Strategists predict a spring Allied push from China Hawaii Australia and India. MacArthur vows no compromise in Australia and supremacy of U S war power. Corregidor raid by 54 Japanese planes and Japan’s shrinking shipping. Easton quarry dynamite blast kills thirty. Maryland Racing Commission names George F Abrecht racing inspector. Frederick County farmers seek prison labor under corrections regs. Miss Anna May Wilson elected president of the Junior Civic Club.
A Democratic fundraiser at the Emerson Hotel Baltimore featured dinner chair Charles Moylan Jr Postmaster General Byron keynote speaker J Edward Day and aide Mike Monroney. Local residents expected to attend.
Mrs Elizabeth Fawley of West South street celebrates a birthday with visitors Sunday at the home of Mrs Lelah Smith in Union Bridge. Neighbors and relatives from Keymar Libertytown Union Bridge Taneytown Mt. Airy and Frederick shared Wednesday visits and celebrations. Basil C Lewis and family of Taneytown plan Florida winter departure and Fourth anniversary on April 6. An agricultural trade note recalls 1961 Britain era shift as Japan becomes No 1 U S market.
County officials expect to staff about 700 by next school year, the largest in history. Recruitment centers on Frostburg State and Hood colleges, citing salary and facilities as key factors for teachers choosing Frederick County.
In Rockville Maryland the Montgomery County Sentinel staff received notices that their employment would end in two weeks. Publisher C M Campbell said negotiations are ongoing to sell the 107 year old paper to Richard S Reynolds III of Bronxville New York, though he stressed the sale is not yet consummated. If the sale fails, changes are planned as publishing continues.
The Independent Hose Company cautions residents amid dry weather about burning trash. Tips include burning after 4 pm, avoiding strong winds, never leaving fires unattended, burning small areas at a time, and having help ready. Bread shortages ease as shipments bring 10,180 tons of U S wheat and more from the United States and Argentina.
Russia ships civilian aircraft to roughly thirty countries, Tass reports, signaling broad export reach. The Tass agency notes ongoing shipments and potential market expansion for Russian aeronautics.
Obituaries note Roy L Bussard 58 of Middletown died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after World War II service and a long postal career. He leaves three sisters and four brothers, with services at Gladhill Funeral Home. Also listed are Joseph A Clark 21 of Brunswick who died from auto accident injuries at Bainbridge Naval Training Center Hospital, and Martin Joseph Kaas Jr. 55 of Emmitsburg who died at home near Thurmont after illness, with multiple survivors and a Requiem Mass planned. Additional notices cover Mrs. Mittie Grove Staubs 76 of Charles Town who died March 23 and a Mothers Class meeting at Evangelical Lutheran church with community updates and activities. Market prices for local grain are also provided.
Funeral services for Maurice E. Cramer, William C. Flautt, Lewis Horran, George Joseph Kline, Maceppa G. Shealy, Grace Baker Summers, Marshall T. Watkins and others were held across Middletown Urbana Graceham and Damascus. Clergy included Rev Raymond Wilhelm Rev James F Bellamy Rev David W Dawson and Rev Frederick L Morganstern with interments at Mount Olivet Gracehams and Montgomery Methodist cemeteries.
Mr James Hart of 336 Catoctin Avenue was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital yesterday as an angiopatients seeking treatment.
Frederick Memorial Hospital records list numerous births to area families in March 2023. The Hoffmans, Burriers, Fisher, Seibel, Wims, Elkins, Burton, Clever, Hernandez, Miller, and De Grange families welcome their newest children, with both first and later children noted. Names include Clint Patrick, Dale LaMar, Timothy Allen, Ronald David, Sherry Danette, and more.
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