17th annual coin show at West Frederick Junior High
The Catoctin Coin Club will host its 17th annual show in the West Frederick Junior High School gym on April 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 2 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Admission and parking are free. Dealers will buy, sell and trade coins with hourly door prizes and a wooden-dollar gift for attendees. Grand prizes awarded Sunday at 5 p.m.
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Catoctin Colm Club
West Frederick
Ronald N. Young
Bob Gagnon
Marian Crawford
Catoctin Coin Club
SWAT workers organize mailings for area nonprofits
SWAT program workers Herman Dorsey, Sherman Worrell and Nelson Horton, all members of the YMCA special work action team, are pictured organizing mailings at the Frederick County Association for Retarded Citizens on Carrollton Drive. SWAT members provide work service for many area nonprofits under a CETA grant.
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Herman Dorsey
Sherman Worrell
Nelson Horton
YMCA
Frederick County
YMCA SWAT program helps teens gain work experience
Frederick County YMCA SWAT enters its third month under CETA funding. Workers provide community services such as painting for the Frederick City Housing Authority, assisting YMCA preschool programs, library work, bookmobile clerical help, and restoration at the Weinberg Center. Gail Warris leads crochet classes at Taney Community Center. The program emphasizes resume writing and interviews, with at least one worker hired full time so far. Organizations may request services from non profit groups via Douglas Seward at the YMCA.
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Frederick County
YMCA
SWAT
Henry Price
Douglas Seward
Frederick City
Weinberg Center For the Performing Arts
Gail Warris
Taney Community Center
Ernie Bowens
YHA
CETA
Winchester Hall
Seward
United Way
Maryland alcohol and tobacco tax receipts rise in February
February 1978 tax receipts from alcoholic beverages and tobacco in Maryland totaled 5.62 million dollars, up slightly from February 1977. Distilled spirits, beer, and wine each posted gains, while cigarette tax revenue fell compared with last year. For the eight months of fiscal year 1978, total receipts reached about 52.29 million, near last year’s 52.63 million, with spirits and wine up but beer and cigarettes down.
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Maryland Comptroller's Office
Solar heating taps sun power for home use
The Better Heating-Cooling Council reports solar heating of water is spreading nationwide and will typically perform over 80 percent of the work once done by fuel. Water’s heat absorption makes it an ideal medium for solar energy, boosting comfort heating and hydronic systems while cutting fuel bills and conserving energy resources.
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Better
Good buddy spirit in CB culture spans miles and hearts
CBers show neighborly support across vast distances, helping a Pennsylvania CF fundraiser, a Carroll County asthma planning group, a Kansas boy’s medical aid, and a Chicago trucker’s widow. The “good buddy” salute prompts spontaneous aid, reflecting an earlier American ethos despite critics who find it corny.
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Band Radio
Cbers
Nicki Schoenfelt
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Ellinwood
Kan
Chicago
John Castilleja
Florida
John
America
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Police Academy
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National Guard Armory
Hagerstown
Robert N. Vaytko
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Voyiko
Jerry L. Chinley Atate
Bill Cauley
Frederick
Carsol
Howard
Montgomery County
Maryland
Jay Forney
Ciers
Howard Community College
Learning Resource Center
Internal Revenue Service
Carroll County
Carroll County General Hospital
Charles A Lampman
Lung Association of
North Central Maryland
Westminster
Francis Smith
Nancy Windsor
Vonnie Prager
Thermal Sash, Inc
Iphon
STATI
Tran Te Teleorict
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