Fifty Years Ago Items From the News Post Files 1914
Fifty years ago today in Unionville merchant G Hinkle Fowler suffered a severe fracture of the right ankle after being thrown from his team on a sharp corner. At Frederick Fair ground additions will bring four to five acres more to the grounds on the west side, fencing in land bought from Elmer E Dixon. Great Hood College moves forward with first building on its northwest property, ground staked and outbuildings removed. Mayor Fraley backs street signs at intersections after Civic Club urging and Board of Aldermen inaction noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Hinkle Fowler
Unionville
Frederick
Elmer E. Dixon
Greater Hood College
Fraley
Civic Club
Board of Aldermen
Learning Center to Start at Pittsburg University
A new Learning Research and Development Center at Pittsburg University opens April 1 with a $4 million budget. The U S Office of Education will contribute over $2.5 million under a five year contract. private foundations and the university add more than $1.5 million. The center aims to unite university researchers and school personnel to improve education from first grade to college, with independence from federal direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg University
U.S. Office of Education
Francis Keppel
U. S
Run On Silver Dollars Stir Nevada Lawmakers
The silver dollar run, sparked by a halted minting provision, drained Treasury holdings and emptied supply after collectors bought about 40 000 in one day. Western legislators demand minting resumes while casinos face fewer chip handling duties and question the value of keeping the old coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Nevada
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Monte Carlo
Letter to Editor Calls for Repairs on Baughman's Lane
Barbara Smith of Frederick writes that Baughman's Lane from West Patrick Street to Shookstown Road is in deplorable condition with frequent patches. She also urges improved morning traffic control at the Rosemont Avenue intersection, proposing a traffic light or regular officer duty to ease Fort Detrick commutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baughman
Frederick
Barbara Smith
RFD
Frederick March
Traditional moving day fuels Frederick housing squeeze
March 30, 1944 items note housing shortages as many face displacement with limited accommodations. The First Tomato of the season appears at News-Post office grown in a flower pot by E M Snook of Mountaindale. County health officer reports measles epidemic waning but mumps and scarlet fever active. Linganore Filtration plant upgrade bids received with Engstrom and Wynn of Wheeling the apparent low bidder at 63780 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
News-Post
E.M. Snook
Mountaindale
Snook
Sleven
Engstrom and Wynn
Wheeling
W. Va
Cuban Exile Dr Guillermo Belt To Speak At Frederick Rotary
Dr Guillermo Belt a Cuban exile and former Havana mayor will speak at a Frederick Rotary Club luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Belt, born Havana 1905, studied at the University of Cuba and Cornell, and has served as Cuban ambassador to the US and UN delegate. His talk title is The Communist Threat To America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guillermo Belt
Norvell Belt
Dickerson
Frederick
Rotary Club of
Francis Scott Key
Cuba
Belt
Washington
Havana
University of Cuba
Cornell University
Organization of American States
United Nations
Local Patients Undergo Surgeries at Frederick Memorial
Among the sick Mr. Luther E. Horine Sr. of Walkersville who has been a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital for ten days underwent surgery there on Friday. His condition is satisfactory. Mrs. Samuel Zimmerman RFD 4 Frederick entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Wednesday where she underwent surgery Thursday. Her condition is listed as satisfactory. Mrs. John Callas of Mt. Olive t Boulevard who underwent major surgery last Monday at Frederick Memorial Hospital is now reported as being satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther E. Horine Sr
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Samuel Zimmerman
RFD
Frederick
John Callas
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
CONDITION SATISFACTORY FOR PFC BURTON JR INJURY
PFC Russell M. Burton Jr. of Dallas Texas stationed at East Coast Relay Station is in satisfactory condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital Washington after a Saturday accident on U S 40 A near Old Braddock. He has a crushed chest a broken right ankle and severe facial cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell M. Burton Jr
Dallas
Tex
East Coast Relay Station
Old Braddock
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Burton
Wages And Prices Set For Acid Test
Government guidelines on wages and prices face an acid test as auto contracts loom and a potential boom nears. Labor leaders doubt the policy while profits rise and productivity tied costs shape wage and price decisions. Management seeks higher prices to fund expansions amid improving demand and tax cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
John F. Kennedy
Report From Alaska And Oregon On Disaster Relief
Red Cross sent 50 workers to Alaska and 50 more to California and Oregon coast areas. Residents with relatives in quake zones urged to wait for safety cards. donations to Alaska Disaster Fund accepted, no disaster campaign planned. Names of residents with Alaska ties listed. Oregon outreach includes Rev. Robert L. Wasson and Cannon Beach church staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Alaska
California
Oregon
Dean
Alaskan Disaster Fund
National Disaster Fund
Anchorage
Edwin R. Miller
RFD
Thurmont
Paul McCarthy
Fort Richardson
James Norris
Frederick
Elizabeth Grove
Spenard
Mary Angus
William Keith Bright
U. S. S. Kodiak
Kodiak
Edwin
Mackley
Barbara Street
Joe Earl Franklin
Kodiak Naval Installation
Riley Jenkins
This City
Bobby. Brown
Third Avenue
Charles Longenecker
LeGore
Harvey L. Longenecker
Mt. View
James Routzahn
Redwood Drive
Donald Hahn
Clement Gardiner
Catoctin Furnace
Henry Jewett Orthard
Rhoda Neal
Walkersville
Inlaw
Robert L. Wasson
First Presbyterian Church
Cannon Beach
Wasson
Neal
Robert Grumbine
Grace Episcopal
Washington Report Sees Slow Pace in Policy Shifts
James Marlow analyzes Post Cuban Missile Crisis era, noting wary reexamination by Kennedy aides, the split in world communism, and limited nuclear test ban progress. He cites Johnson, Stevenson, Fulbright and Rusk, stressing cautious steps and political sensitivity shaping possible changes in U S foreign policy next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Marlow
Associated Press News
Kennedy
Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
American University
University of Maine
Soviet Union
Red China
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
Adlei E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Congress
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Cuba
Panama
Upor
Utilities Association To Meet In Baltimore
Raymond C. Brehaut of Frederick Gas Company to join Mary land District of Columbia Utilities Association at the Lord Baltimore Hotel Friday for the annual conference. Donald Bittinger of Washington Gas Light Company will report on the year's activities. N Page Worthington chairs the conference with officers to be elected. Speakers include James Bostian Lincoln Hall and K Brantley Watson. Calvin D. Johnson will speak at dinner on Opportunities Unlimited. About 500 members and guests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Brehaut
Frederick Gas Company, Inc
Maryland District of Columbia Utilities Association
Lord Baltimore
Baltimore
Brehaut
Donald §. Bittinger
Washington Gas Light Company
N. Page Worthington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
James C. Bostian
Foreign Service Institute
Department of State
Lincoln W. Hall
Fidelity- Philadelphia Trust Company
Philadelphia
Compton
K. Brantley Watson
McCormick & Company, Inc
Calvin D. Johnson
Remington Rand
Sperry Rand Corporation
Washington
Local Birthdays and Army Assignment News
Mr Charles N Yost son of Mrs Angie Yost West Fifth street celebrated his birthday Saturday. Army Pvt Charles F Rinehart 22 son of Mr and Mrs Wilbert H Rinehart Elm street assigned to the 7th Infantry Division in Korea March 16. Rinehart of Company A 1st Battalion 31st Infantry entered service in September 1963 last stationed Fort Gordon Ga and is a 1959 Frederick High School graduate. Little Miss Sheila Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Williams of this city celebrates her sixth birthday today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Yost
Angie Yost
West Fifth Street
Army
Charles F. Rhinehart
Wilbert H. Rinehart
Elm Street
7Th Infantry Division
Korea
Rinehart
31St Infantry
Fort Gordon
Frederick High School
Shelia Williams
Charles Williams
Church ties to former Alaska resident Reverend Grumbine
A New Market church links to a former Alaska resident Reverend Grumbine who taught as a missionary in Valdez and Seward and served in Kodiak during his army term. Three of the Grumbine children were born in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Alaska
Grumbine
Valdez
Seward
Kodiak
O Conor To Head LBJ Campaign
Herbert R. OConnor named Maryland state coordinator for President Johnson's campaign boosting Louis L. Goldstein's bid for the U S Senate. His role ties Maryland Johnson supporters to national plans while Joseph D. Tydings, a Johnson ally, faces Goldstein backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Louis L. Goldstein
Maryland
U.S. Senate
Herbert R. O’conor
President Johnson
Conor
Goldstein
Joseph D. Tydings
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Johnson
National Committee
Tydings
White House
Sen
Daniel B. Brewster
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Brewster
Kennedy
Kennedys
U.S
Europe
President Kennedy
Harford County
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
White House Easter Egg Roll Canceled By Snow
The annual White House Easter egg roll was canceled due to snow. A White House statement says tours will still be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., while the egg roll is called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Rooms that Boost Child Comfort with Bright Cheerful Design
School children will enjoy their rooms when bright and cheery with no extraneous frills. An uncluttered floor area prevents a sense of being hemmed in. The simple layout also makes the room easier to clean.
Deaths in Frederick County communities and area
Obituaries list Mrs. George W. Barnhizer of Mt. Morris and Polo, Mrs. Jessie A. Buxton of Claggettsville, Mrs. Vertie Devilbiss of Union Bridge, an infant of Keymar, Sgt. Charles L. Waskey formerly of Lander, and services or funeral notices for each. Surviving relatives include children, siblings, and grandchildren with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Devilbiss
Vertie Estella Devilbiss
Union Bridge
Brookfield Manor
Frederick County
Ezra and
Eugeni Nicodemus Nusbaum
David Devilbiss
Harold Devilbiss
Odenton
Harry Etzler
Mamie Nusbaum
Liberty
William E. Nusbaum
Unionville
Methodist Church of
D. D. Hartzler
Funeral service held for Ora G. Miller of Emmitsburg
Funeral services were held at Wilson Funeral Home Emmitsburg for Ora G Miller 68 of East Main Street Emmitsburg who died at Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa on Wednesday evening Rev John C Charles officiated and interment in Mt View Cemetery Emmitsburg Pallbearers wage Joseph Sanders Glenn Obfer Frank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph J
Delma (Delphy) Toms
Keymar
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Michael
LeRoy Toms
James Welty
Samuel Weybright
Church of the Brethren
Rocky Ridge
Creager
Charles L. Waskey
Charles Lewis Waskey
Lander
Sophia L. Waskey
West Patrick Street
Otis C. Waskey
Andrews Air Force Base
Otis C. Waskey Jr
Navy
Norfolk
Harold E. Hood
Middletown
Robert Brust
RFD
Frederick
East Church Street
Bronson Staley
United Church of Christ of Jefferson
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Harry Clayton Betson
East Sixth Street
Maurice D. Ashbury
All Saints Episcopal Church
George Layman Sr
George Layman Jr
Kenneth Layman
Edward Esterly
William Baer
Horace Dinterman
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Annie M. Martin
Herbert F. Martin
Creagerstown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Charles A. Pollard
Herbert
Kenneth
Donald
Eugene
Lamar
Odale Martin
Dora Miller Lease
Linganore Methodist Church
Unionville
Lease
C. M. Waltz
Winfield
Singanore Methodist Church
Lawrence Mason
H. Spurrier Norwood
Airy
Waltz
Roger Elgert
Calvary Methodist Church
Mt. Airy
Pine Grove
Mary E. Ropp
Harmony
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Butrke Funeral Home
Myersville
Paul J. Seltzer
Arthur L. Cline
John A. Main
Glenn E. Main
Bernard F. Taylor
Paul H.ropp Jr
Charles Grove
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
Emmitsburg
Ora G. Miller
East Main Street
Warner Hospital
John C. Charles
Mt. View Cemetery
Joseph Sanders
Glenn Obfer
Frank
300 Children At Easter Egg Hunt
Gusty winds and chilly temperatures did not deter Easter Sunday egg hunt attendees from The Yellow Springs Lions event. About 300 children aged preschool to 12 participated, collecting some 75 dozen eggs with prizes for most eggs and for specially marked eggs. Winners included Barbara Gesell, Jay Bowser, Tracy Garsen, Dennis Tregoning, Suzie Laurence, Joan Keller, and many others. Lester Gesell served as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Barbara Gesell
Jay Bowser
Tracy Garsen
Dennis Tregoning
Suzie Laurence
Joan Keller
David Roberts
Gerald Schultz
Janice Martz
Susan, Nusbaum
Mark Fogle
Dana Harman
Larry Keyser
Helen Laurence
Terry Smith
Sue Evans
Garry Gesell
Barbara Martz
Bobby Keyser
Gregg Hefner
Kathryn Criswell
Lester Gesell
Accidents Reported Across Several Maryland Highways
A series of crashes on U S 40, U S 15, Md 550 and U S 340 near Thurmont Buckeystown and Brunswick involved drivers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New York. Notable injuries included Mrs. Dorothy Ann Betker and Leslie Fodor, with charges ranging from speeding to failing to yield and driving without a license. Numerous vehicles sustained substantial damage, and several occupants were treated at area hospitals. Defense and state police officials handled the investigations and reported minor injuries and property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 40
Here
Th. C. Ronald Twigg
Hollow Road
Dorothy Ann Betker
Mt. Pleasant
Paul L. Staub Jr
New Windsor
Wayne Vaughn
Madison
Vaughn
Tfc
Jack L. Forsythe
MD. 550
Thurmont
Paul H. Eigenbrode
East Patrick Street
Tfe. Twigg
Miss Keller
Gene A. Stull
Canonsburg
Stephen Fodor
Park Forest
Braddock Mountain
Fodor
Leslie
Tie
Twigg
U. S. 340
Adrien J. Courcy
Lawrence
Mass
James W. Fraley
Bakerton
W. Va
Courcy
Mollie A. Ferguson
Brunswick
U.S. 15
Buckeystown
Frank D. Chart
Corning
N. Y
Th. Forsythe
Chart
Nash
Supreme Court overturns contempt conviction in Alabama case
In Washington the Supreme Court reversed four contempt convictions by an Alabama court. A Negro woman, a field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality, refused to answer unless addressed as Miss Hamilton rather than Mary. She was among many Negroes in Etowah County tied to racial demonstrations in June 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
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Irwera Pre
Utilities Association
O’conor
LBJ
George W. Barnhizer
Nannie I. Miller Barnhizer
George W.barnhizer
Polo
Illinois
Brethren Home
Mt. Morris
David E
Sarah Reese Miller
Barronsville
Barnhizer
Max
Homer
Catherine
Reeve O. Strock
Hendersonville
N. C
Mary Elizabeth
Dean Cox
RFD 2
Jennie
Adam Schmahl
Reading
Mary Miller Patrick
Hempwood Church
Williamsport
Joseph E. Miller
Taneytown
Olo
Jessie A. Buxton
Becky Buxton
Claggettsville
Robert
Susan Baker Moxley
Montgomery Methodist Church
Vernie L. Moxley
Jessie L. Moxley
Damascus
Susan Lynn Moxley
Olin L. Molesworth
Montgomery Methodist Cemetery
Harmon, Harry Swomley
Donald Crouse
Alvey Cline
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