Fifty Years Ago Items from the News Post March 30 1914
G Hinkle Fowler a Unionville merchant was thrown from his team and suffered a severe fracture of the right ankle. The Frederick Fair will add four to five acres to its grounds on the west side after fencing in land from Elmer E Dixon. Preparations begin for the first building of Greater Hood College on its northwest campus with ground staked and outbuildings removed. Mayor Frasey proposes signs at all street intersections, a Civic Club urged move and aldermen delayed action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Hinkle Fowler
Unionville
Frederick
Elmer E. Dixon
Greater Hood College
Frasey
Civic Club
Board of Aldermen
Learning Center to Start at Pittsburg University
A new Learning Research and Development Center opens April 1 at Pittsburg University with a 4 million dollar cost. It will receive more than 2.5 million from the U S Office of Education and over 1.5 million from private foundations and the university. Francis Keppel says it will unite researchers and school personnel to improve education from first grade to college, with independence from federal control while testing programs locally and enabling other centers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg University
U.S. Office of Education
Learning Research and Development Center
Francis Keppel
U. S
Run On Silver Dollars Hit Nevada Gambling Halls
The silver dollar run, sparked by a halted minting bill, drained Treasury reserves as collectors snapped up coins. Western lawmakers demand renewed minting while Monte Carlo and Nevada gaming rooms face high dollar handling burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Nevada
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Monte Carlo
Letters demand fixes for Baughman’s Lane traffic
Mrs Barbara Smith writes to the News urging improvements on Baughman’s Lane from West Patrick Street to Shookstown Road. She denounces the road’s patchwork condition and highlights morning traffic at the Rosemont Avenue intersection, proposing a traffic light or regular police direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baughman
Frederick
Barbara Smith
Frederick March
Twenty Years Ago Items From the News-Post Files
Housing shortage grows in Frederick City as April 1 moves day approaches. First tomato of the season shown at News-Post with tomato grown in a pot by E M Snook of Mountaindale. Measles cases decline though mumps and scarlet fever occur in the county. Eleven firms bid on Singanore Filtration plant improvements, low bid $63 780 by Engstrom and Wynn of Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
News-Post
E.M. Snook
Mountaindale
Snook
Engstrom and Wynn
Wheeling
W. Va
Cuban Exile to Speak on The Communist Threat To America
Dr Guillermo Belt a Cuban exile and cousin of Dr Norvell Belt will address the Rotary Club of Frederick at a luncheon in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Born in Havana July 14 1905 he served as Havana mayor Cuban ambassador to the US 1944 49 and UN delegate. He now lives in Washington and will discuss 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
Catholic University
States Council
America
Local hospital updates on multiple patients
Among the sick at Frederick Memorial Hospital Mr Luther E Horine Sr of Walkersville had surgery and is in satisfactory condition. Mrs Samuel Zimmerman of Frederick entered the hospital for surgery and is listed satisfactory. Mrs John Callas of Mt Olivet Boulevard had major surgery and is in satisfactory condition. PFC Russell M Burton Jr in Dallas was seriously injured in an accident near Old Braddock and is in satisfactory condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital with chest injuries a crushed chest broken ankle and facial cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther E. Horine Sr
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Samuel Zimmerman
RFD
Frederick
John Callas
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
Russell M. Burton Jr
Dallas
Tex
East Coast Relay Station
Old Braddock
Waller Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Burton
Wages And Prices Set For Acid Test
Government guidelines aim to link wages and prices to productivity to curb inflation. With rising profits and a booming outlook, labor expects bigger wage gains while management seeks price flexibility, though the 3.2 percent wage cap remains a target. The tax cut and rising demand could ease or intensify pressures on pricing as capacity improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
John F. Kennedy
Report From Alaska and Oregon Disasters Aid Update
Red Cross will mail safety cards to quake relatives while 50 workers go to Alaska and 50 more to California and Oregon. Local residents urged not to contact offices until cards arrive. Donations to Alaska Disaster Fund via National Disaster Fund are welcome. Names of residents with Alaska ties listed, including families near Anchorage and Kodiak. Oregon notes include Cannon Beach pastor and Grace Episcopal Church details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Alaska
California
Oregon
Dean
Alaskan Disaster Fund
National Disaster Fund
Anchorage
Edwin R. Miller
RED
Thurmont
Paul McCarthy
Fort Richardson
James Norris
RFD
Frederick
Elizabeth Grove
Spenard
Mary Angus
William Keith Bright
U. S
Kodiak
Edwin
Mackley
Barbara Street
Joe Earl Franklin
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
Walkers
Reexamining Peace Shifts in U S Foreign Policy
James Marlow notes foreign policy moves are slow after Kennedy era calls to reexamine peace attitudes. Key steps include the Soviet China split, a limited nuclear test ban, and cautious shifts under Johnson and Fulbright, with changes likely in the next year depending on political climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Marlow
Associated Press
Kennedy
Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
American University
University of Maine
Soviet Union
Red China
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Congress
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Cuba
Panama
Utilities Association To Meet In Baltimore Conference
Frederick Gas Company president Raymond C. Brehaut will join other public utilities officials at the Maryland District of Columbia Utilities Association annual conference Friday at the Lord Baltimore Hotel Baltimore. Brehaut is treasurer of the association organized in 1922 to exchange ideas. Donald S. Bittinger of Washington Gas Light Co. will report on activities. N. Page Worthington of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. is general chair man. Officers for the coming year will be elected and topics of timely interest discussed. Speakers include James C. Bostian on English language, Dr. Lincoln W. Hall on The Common Market, Dr. K Brantley Watson on government and free enterprise in manpower, and Calvin D. Johnson on Opportunities Unlimited at the dinner. About 500 members and guests are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Brehaut
Frederick Gas Company, Inc
Maryland District of Columbia Utilities Association
Lord Baltimore
Baltimore
Brehaut
Donald S. 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
K. Brantley Watson
McCormick & Company, Inc
Calvin D. Johnson
Remington Rand
Sperry Rand Corporation
Washington
Birthday notices and Army update in local personals
Mr. Charles N. Yost of West Fifth street celebrated his birthday on Saturday. Army Pvt. Charles F. Rhinehart, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert H. Rinehart of Elm street, assigned to the 7th Infantry Division in Korea, entered the Army in September 1963, last stationed at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and is a 1959 Frederick High School graduate. Little Miss Shelia Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams, 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
81St Infantry
Fort Gordon
Frederick High School
Shelia Williams
Charles Williams
Alaska Connections Highlight Reverend Grumbine Family
A New Market church notes that Rev Grumbine, a missionary who served in Valdez Seward and Kodiak Alaska, is a former Alaska resident. He was in the U S Army during his term and three of the Grumbine children were born in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Alaska
Grumbine
Valdez
Seward
Kodiak
United States Army
O Conor To Head LBJ Campaign In Maryland
Herbert R. J. O Conor, Maryland banking commissioner, named state coordinator for President Johnson's campaign. He backs Goldstein for the Senate nomination against Joseph D. Tydings. The move ties Tydings to Johnson via cross faction relations and White House links. Brewster joins Goldstein as co chairman to block Wallace's bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Louis L. Goldstein
Maryland
U.S. Senate
Herbert R. J. O'Conor
President Johnson
O’conor
Goldstein
Joseph D. Tydings
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Johnson
National Committee
Tydings
White House
Daniel B. Brewster
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Brewster
Kennedy
Kennedys
U.S
Europe
President Kennedy
Harford County
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
White House Egg Hunt Is Snowed Out Today
The annual White House Easter egg roll was canceled due to snow. The White House released a statement regretting the cancellation while tours were still offered from 10 00 a.m. to 2 00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Bright cheerful rooms boost children's comfort at home
School children will enjoy their rooms if the rooms are bright and cheery and devoid of extraneous frills. Allow for an uncluttered floor area so they won't feel hemmed in. It also makes the room easier to clean.
Deaths and obituaries in Frederick County area
Obituaries list Mrs. George W. Barnhizer of Polo and Mrs. Jessie A. Buxton of Claggettsville among several local deaths. Also noted are Mrs. Vertie Estella Devilbiss of Union Bridge infant death at Keymar, Sgt. Charles L. Waskey of Andrews AFB, and services arranged by M. R. Etchison and Son.
Funeral services for Mrs Ora G Miller in Emmitsburg
Funeral services were held at Wilson Funeral Home Emmitsburg for Ora G Miller 68 of East Main Street who died at Warner Hospital Gettysburg Wednesday evening Rev John C Charles officiated with interment in Mt View Cemetery Emmitsburg Pallbearers listed Frere Sanders Glenn O
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Funeral Home
Emmitsburg
Ora G. Miller
East Main Street
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
John C. Charles
Mt. View Cemetery
Frere Sanders
Glenn
Funeral Services for Betson Annie Martin Dora Miller Lease Norwood Ropp
Funeral services were held for Harry Clayton Betson at 11 a m Saturday with Rev Maurice D Ashbury officiating. Pallbearers included George Layman Sr Jr Kenneth Layman and others. Interment in Rectors. Mrs Annie M Martin widow of Herbert F Martin of Creagers town died Thursday with services at St Johns Lutheran Church. Pallbearers were grandsons Herbert Kenneth Donald Eugene Lamar and Odale Martin. Interment Creagerstown Cemetery. Dora Miller Lease died Friday funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Linganore Methodist Church Unionville. She taught Sunday school many years. Survivors omitted. Services at C M Waltz Funeral Home Winfield 7-9 pm then to Singanore Methodist Church Tuesday for 2 pm service Rev Lawrence Mason to officiate. Interment in church cemetery. H Sporrier Norwood Mr Airy killed in auto crash Thursday funeral Saturday at Waltz Funeral Home Winfield 2 pm Rev Roger Elgert officiated. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery. Mt Airy Fire Department pallbearers listed. Mary E Ropp Harmony died Thursday Washington County Hospital. Services Sunday 2:30 pm at Bittle Funeral Home Myersville. Rev Paul J Seltzer officiated. Pallbearers nephews Arthur L Cline John A Main Glenn E Main Bernard F Taylor Paul H Ropp Jr Charles Grove. Interment Zion Lutheran Cemetery Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Barnhizer
Nannie
Miller Barnhizer
Polo
Illinois
Brethren Home
Mt. Morris
Frederick County
David E
Sarah Reese Miller
Bartonsville
Barnhizer
Max
Homer
Catherine
Reeve C. Strock
Hendersonville
N. C
Mary Elizabeth
Dean Cox
RFD 2
Jennie
Adam Schmahl
Reading
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
Luther Devilbiss
Vertie Estella Devilbiss
Union Bridge
Brookfield Manor
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
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
Harry Clayton Betson
East Sixth Street
East Church Street
Maurice D. Ashbury
All Saints Episcopal Church
George Layman Sr
George Layman Jr
Kenneth Layman
Edward Es‘erly
William Baer
Horace Dinterman
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
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
Sreager
Dora Miller Lease
Linganore Methodist Church
Lease
Denth
C. M. Waltz
Winfield
Singanore Methodist Church
Lawrence Mason
H. Sporrier Norwood
Mr. Airy
Waltz
Roger Elgert
Calvary Methodist Church
Mt. Airy
Pine Grove
Paul Beall
Edward Chaney Jr
Charles Nicholson
Walter Hood
William E. Day
Oscar Shipley
Mary E. Ropp
Harmony
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Bittle
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
300 Children At Easter Egg Hunt
Gusty winds and chilly temperatures did not deter over 300 children from preschool to age 12 as Easter Sunday egg hunt crowds gathered. About 75 dozen eggs colored and donated by The Yellow Springs Lions were hidden with prizes for most eggs and specially marked eggs awarded to winners including Barbara Gesell Jay Bowser Tracy Garsen Dennis Tregoning Suzie Laurence Joan Keller David Roberts and others chaired by Lester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Barbara Gesell
Jay Bowser
Tracy Garsen
Dennis Tregoning
Suzie Laurence
Joan Keller
David Roberts
Gerald Schultz
Janice Martz
Accidents Reported Across Several Highways
State Police reported a rash of accidents with multiple injuries and property damage. Vehicles on U S 40 near Hollow Road involved Mrs Dorothy Ann Betker and Paul L Staub Jr causing two demolished cars. Other crashes occurred on U S 15, Md 550, Md 806, U S 340 and U S 15 near Buckeystown with various injuries and charges ranging from speeding to lack of license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 40
Here
Tfc. C
Ronald Twigg
Hollow Road
Dorothy Ann Betker
Mt. Pleasant
Paul L. Staub Jr
New Windsor
Wayne Vaughn
Madison, Ga
Vaughn
Tfe
Jack L. Forsythe
Thurmont
Paul H. Higenbrode
East Patrick Street
Douglas Fox
RFD 1
Woodsboro
Fox
Paul C. Crutchley
Susan Carol Keller
Catoctin Furnace
Tfe. Twigg
Miss Keller
Gene A. Stull
Canonsburg
Stephen Fodor
Park Forest
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
Tfe. Forsythe
Chart
Nash
Supreme Court Reverses Contempt Conviction in Racial Case
The Supreme Court reversed today a contempt conviction in an Alabama court of a Black woman who refused to answer questions unless addressed as Miss Hamilton. She was a field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality and faced charges stemming from June 1093 racial demonstrations in Etowah County with many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Hamilton
Mary
Congress of Racial Equality
Etowah County
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Utilities Association
LBJ
Harmon, Harry Swomley
Donald Crouse
Alvey Cline
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