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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1960
Page
4
A May 2 1960 Frederick Maryland page fragment notes publication details for The News weekly edition. It lists publishing by Southern Fig and Manufacturing Co at 8 Mech Court and post office entry information.
The Associated Women of the Frederick County Farm Bureau host soprano Miss Effie Fulmer at North Frederick Elementary School on Wednesday at 3 00 p m to raise funds for sending 4 H Club girls to University of Maryland State Club Week. Fulmer has appeared on TV in Washington and Baltimore and sung publicly in Waynesboro Green Castle Hagerstown and White Lake New York. Tickets are sold by Farm Bureau members or at the auditorium door.
Volunteers wrap up two months of planning to begin the public phase of the hospital’s campaign. Mayor Ramsburg proclaims May Hospital Month and urges citizens to support modernizing and expanding essential care for Frederick.
A meeting of stock holders in Frederick for the Edison and Victor phono graph business gives Mr Shipley control. E Young buys a handsome Overland car returning from Baltimore with Ramsburg Palmer Brust driving. Grayson H Staley resigns from Citizens National Bank to join Young in real estate and insurance as Young and Staley. Independent Hose Co. named delegates and alternates to the State Firemen’s convention in Baltimore.
Twenty years ago items include a German ship set afire off Sweden as British forces retreated from South Norway. Chest campaign solicitors were named. Mrs Charles M Eagle’s pocketbook found with only money missing. Charles E Moxlan, ex Frederick Boys High School teacher now Baltimore attorney, spoke at Acacia Lodge banquet in Thurmont. Frederick Lodge of Eagles elected Austin L Heffner Worthy president. Potomac Synod finished Grace Church sessions after talks by Hoffman orphanage official and Homewood official.
Miss Mabel P Dertzbaugh died at her home 410 Rockwell Terrace. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 pm at the funeral home 106 East Church Street with Rev Paul L Althouse and Rev Robert F Woodward officiating. Pallbearers included Marion Boyer Herbert R Staley Dr Robert S Hutton Edward L Pease Elmer Eshieman and J M McCardell. Interment was in Mount Olivet cemetery. MR Etchison and Son funeral director.
City Treasurer Louis E Eichelberger observes his birthday today. Richard Rinehart will turn 26 today. Mrs E C Mercer will celebrate her birthday Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Lewis Fuller announce the birth of Craig Lewis 6 lb 3 oz Sunday at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs Fuller formerly Dorothy Hoffman daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Hoffman of Mt Pleasant. Mr and Mrs Lee V Coulter Jr Washington weekend guests of Mrs Wilbur L Ford Sr Bentz. Coulter employed at Arlington Realty. Mrs Coulter at Doctor's Hospital Washington. Mrs Coulter formerly Barbara Ann Ford. Miss A Rosetta Burger to celebrate her 89th birthday Thursday. William Boost Sr and son James returned from Cleveland Ohio after a two day visit.
Among the sick Mr. Arthur Davis of Seminole Road returned home Saturday from Frederick Memorial Hospital after surgery and is getting along nicely. Mrs. Louise Waltz of Trail Avenue, a local school guard, entered Frederick Memorial Hospital today. Mr. Tri W. Thomas of South Market Street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Saturday as a medical patient.
Thousands of University of Maryland alumni converge for Alumni Day with a 1960 Terrapin football squad alumni game led by Coach Tom Nugent at 2:30 p.m. The event also includes a track meet against Georgetown and Navy, a noon barbecue, and 10:30 a.m. meetings.
About 300 people are expected to attend the Independent Retail Grocers Association dinner Wednesday night at Urbana's Peter Pan Inn. Elmer Stockman, Urbana city grocer and former association president, is listed among attendees.
Mary Ann Hoff daughter of Mr and Mrs LeRoy J Hoff New Market married Reginald Delaine Hobbs Jr son of Mr and Mrs R D Hobbs Sr Mt Airy Sunday at Calvary Methodist Church Mt Airy Rev Clarkist officiated. Guests included Sandra Steele maid of honor and Clyde E Grimes best man. Reception at Mealey's Hotel New Market followed by post wedding events and plans for the couple to reside on Church Street in Mt Airy.
A sequence of death notices and funeral details from Maryland area communities notes infant and adult deaths. Included are infant David Keefe Danner from Westminster, Adam Samuel Dietrick of Hagerstown with a large family surviving, and services arranged in Winters, Boonsboro, and Poplar Springs Methodist Cemetery settings.
Funeral notices from Middletown detail services for Mrs. Eppa Royston and others, with services in local churches and interments at Glenwood Dome, Frederick Memorial Park, Mount Olivet, and church cemeteries. Survivors include children, grandchildren, and siblings across Maryland and Pennsylvania.
In a mid river boating accident near Broad Creek on the Maryland side, Walter J. Anderson 24 and Ernest Mebus 26 disappeared after leaping from a runabout. Companions Fred L. Peeples 27 and Donald Ray Campbell 19 survived and reached Maryland shore, with Peeples recounting the boat took on water after striking an underwater object. The Mount Vernon excursion steamer reported the incident as it passed nearby.
The will of the late Austin D. Wachter who died April 15 provides for his sons Willard Leo Wachter as executor and Howard Wachter who receives two cows a tractor a wood cutter a manure spreader a hay rake a harrow and fishing gear plus 19 acres in the Tuscarora district. William Wachter gains five guns and 2 irrigation tract land while daughter in law Theresa Wachter receives the car. After specified bequests the remainder goes to his two sons split by the Orphans Court. Will dated July 7 1959 and witnessed by Louise Dayhoff W Meredith Young and R Monroe Feaga.
In New York the market stayed just above its early 1960 low as moderate trading continued. Most major stocks moved little with a few specialty issues up or down about two points. Some passengers later reported hearing cries for help to police.
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