Sidelights on Jane Speer and her sheep farm life
Jane Speer co-owns and manages a sheep farm near Urbana Maryland. The piece recalls her eight purebred Hampshire ewes and a ram expanding to multiple lambs since 1951 while detailing her hands on lambing duties and Zonta Club ties. It also notes historic ties to Rose Hill Manor and local Johnson family properties in Frederick and Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Speer
Bloomsbury
Urbana
Jane Speer
Speers
Jane
Zonta Club
Greece
ECA
Washington
Dane
Thomas Johnson
Rose Hill Manor
Frederick City
Maryland
Frederick News and Post
Johnson
Wellcome Farm
Leon Loeb
Thurston Road
Gerald J. Schipper
Rock Hall
Alfred Belt
Belts
Dr. Norvell Belt
Frederick County
Frederick Concert Association honors two longtime members
Frederick Community Concert Association honored J. Walker Carty and Robert E. Clapp Jr. as Honorary Directors at its annual meeting. Carty, its first president, served six years and stayed on the board 26 years. Clapp, a charter member and attorney for the group, helped in its early years. The meeting re-elected president Mrs. Donald E. Leatherman and named new officers and directors. A 1983 84 season is planned with forthcoming membership drive and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick Community Concert Association
J. Walker Carty
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Carty
Clapp
Community Concert Association
Donald E. Leatherman
H. Karl Harmer ‘Jr
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Francis W. Bush
Doris M. Falkenstein
Joseph M. Wilson
William Simmons
Darwin Hueting
Delaplaine
Association
Simmons
Hood College
Arts Council
Frederick County
AAUW
Hueting
Frederick Orchestra
Chamber Music Society
James L. Fisher
Frank A. Lewis
Betty McCaffrey
Richard E. Summers
Himmard W. Ash
Harner
Leatherman
Gkeen A. Main Jr. Sperry
Storm Morton Siegel
Broad ‘Ron
Grace B. M-Ber
Robert Jl Smith
William Walace
Tamsowere
Zonta Club Installs Mrs Smith As President At Hood College Event
Mrs. Smith was installed as Zonta Club president at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with outgoing president Dr Evelyn Mudge presenting the gavel a jewel box and the President's pin. New officers include Lorene Bowlus Dorothea Harris Grace Brown and others. LOis Brown Ward spoke and Dorothy Handley sang The Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Church Smith
Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key
Evelyn Mudge
Smith
Hood College
Zonta Aid
Lorene Bowlus
Dorothea Harris
Grace Brown
Marie D. Young
Marie Hudson
Helen Smith
Nyre Sina
Grace S. Landauer
Lois Brown Ward
Long Island
N.Y
Parents Day at Mount Saint Mary's College
The tenth annual Parents Day at Mount Saint Marys College Emmitsburg will begin with Mass at 11 0 am at the Mount Grotto. More than 2000 people are expected. The day features a Glenn Miller Orchestra dance, a Mountaineer dining service, an informal President’s reception, and a blessing in the College Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Saint Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Mount Grotto
Carl J. Fives
Michael J. Healy
Ridgewood
N. J
Anl
Richard J. Higgerson
Richmond
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Ray McKinley
Memorial i Gymnasium
Grotto
Mountaineer
New
Co Jem Union
Cogan Union
Fives
Elizabeth Ann Seton
George D. Mulcahy
Mother Seton
James Rice Receives National Fellowship Honor
James R Rice, son of Mr and Mrs Donal B Rice, of Klinebrule, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Cooperating Fellowship for 1960 44. He is one of six students selected nationwide for the year long program. The award recognizes promise in natural science and supports advanced study and research opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R Rice
Donal B. Rice
Kline
Natoral Science Foundation
Cooperatne Felloshp
May Meeting Schedule for Helen Sath Group
The notice lists a May program meeting at 6 38 PM with an earlier executive session at 3 30 PM. The meetings are organized by Mrs. Freda Dol and Mrs. Ken Hers and held at Frieda Scott Key Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Sath
Ken Herspereer
Freda Dol
Frieda Scott Key Theeel
Reverend Fehl Elected Convocation Officer
Reverend Fehl elected convocation officer as representative of the conference at the Evangelical United Brethren convention held April 23 to 25 in Wayland New York. The assembly gathers conferences and churches from Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Permsama realm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harn L Fott Jr
Weal Francelcal United Brethren Church
Evancelcal United Brethren
Wayland
New York
Exancelval United Brethren Church
Viroma
Wee Virgaca
Meryland
Pesucy
Vania
New England
Febl
Rev
Jotn Sci
Walkettville
S. Thomas, Pa
Merritt Copehaver
Tanevigan
Homemakers Month Observance Highlights Betty Lamp Symbol
Home Demonstration Month promotes public education on homemaking, with clubs planning joint district programs under university direction. Miss Beatrice Fehr and colleagues showcase the Betty Lamp emblem, tying home economics progress to science based homemaking improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Fehr
Adele Miller
Holly Akre
Chuirs
Mise Fehr
University of Maryland
Fehr
American Home Demonstration Agents Association
Apse of Home
Urbana Homemakers Club
Marilyn Pickering
American Home Economics Association
J. Vernon Coblentz
County Council of Homemakers Clubs
Winchester Hall
Sally Crank Theeter
Maryland
Miss Fehr
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Movement To Get Scott Key Monument Here Described In Letters
Letters unearthed by Miss Elizabeth Tyler recount the Frederick push to erect a Francis Scott Key monument in Mount Olivet. The project began with Frederick girls who staged benefit plays, with General Liedirnie’s suggestion and Dr. Lewis Steiner’s trust funds forming early steps toward the monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Key
Frederick
Elizabeth Tyler
Colonial Apartments
George T. Schroeder Sr
South Market Street
News-Post
Tyler
Old City Opera House
City Hall
Liedirnie
Francis Scott Key
Mount Olivet
Frederick Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Tyler
Lewis H. Steiner
Frederick County
Steiner
The
Maryland School For the Deaf
John C. Hardt
Key Monument Association
Bernard Steiner
Mary ‘Shriver
Miss Shriver
Chapman L. Johnson
Utica
Hardt
Jolson
Damascus High School plans Pirates of Penzance operetta
Damascus High School music department presented Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. The comic operetta ran May 17 and 18 with a cast featuring Por Manion Racket Rath Terry Me Cremy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert and Sulivan
Damacs High School
At & Pm
Manion
Rath
Terry
Green-Walled Garden Club Flower Show at Steiner House
The Green-Walled Garden Club of Frederick hosts its second club flower show at Steiner House on West Palm Street from 2 to 9 p.m. The theme The Avenue of Flowers features horticulture specimens and arrangements with Steiner House as a background. Committees include scheduling chair Charles Murray and entries chair Ernest Kolsrud among others. Kolsrud serves as president’s appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steiner House
Frederick
West Palm Street
Pu Lic
Robert Zentner
Charles Murray
Eugene Ke
Music Students Present Recital at Mrs Foster’s Home
A second recital in a three part series featured Mrs. Robert F. Foster hosting students from Thurmont Frederick and Buckeystown performing selections by Bach Thompson Beethoven Chopin and others. The May 5 event announced future dates and listed participants with pieces. Also notes Mrs. William C. Smith aged 96 celebrated her birthday at Valley View Nursing Home after living in Shookstown and farmed with Levi Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Foster
Harold Curry
Thurmont
Cathy Forsmann
Charles Forstmann
Frederick
Thompson
Connie Smith
Richard Smith
Ponchulle
Joann Curry
Beethoven
Bill Grogan
Diane Sensenbaugh
James JA. Sensenbaugh
Chopin
Gurlitt
Danny Curry
Schubert
Aaron
Phyllis Johnson
J. M. Johnson
Buckeystown
Frank Broin
Roy Baugher
Nic
Steve Buchanan
Douglas Buchanan
Mat
Weybright
Vicki Scott
Francis Scott
J. 5. Bach
J. 5. Bach and ‘Waltying Cat,” Leroy Anderson
Peter Wood
Eugene Wood
Clair de Lame
Debussy
Elfin Dance
Greig
William C. Smith
Fairview Avenue
Valley View Nursing Home
Middletown
Willing Workers Meet in Winchester Street Church Group
The Willing Workers of the Church of God met at Mrs. Geneva Hiltner’s East Patrick street home with 22 members attending. Rev. Frances Phillips led prayer, scripture, and requests before closing with the 23rd Psalm. refreshments followed. The next gathering is set for May 37 at Mrs. Albert Jarrell’s Shookstown road home with a covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Winchester Street
Geneva Hiltner
East Patrick Street
Maxine Wilbourne
Wilbourne
Frances Phillips
Albert Jarrell
Shookstown Road
May Queen Named in Grove City for Bridgewater May Day
Named May Queen is Miss Rebecca Beech daughter of Mr and Mrs George P Beech Grove City Pennsylvania The event marks Bridgewater May Day activities set for Saturday in Virginia with community celebration and pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Beech
George P. Beech
Grove City
Tor
Bridgewater
Also Mentioned on This Page
White Hawes
Concert Association
Omg
Jng
Mrs. Smith
Zontians
Pauline Runkel
Mary Rhoads
Louise Young Arel
Charlote Verroll
Ward
Sxics
Europe
Catherine Dobason
Grace Landaver
Chewman
Felines
Pam Bo
Madge
Apri
Lorene Bewhx
Carman
Elive White Haines
Louise Thompne
Belen Colins
Palarie D. Young
Mount
James Rice
National
Fehl
Betty
Damascus
Gray's Fur Shop
North Potomec St
Hagerstown, Md
Ernest Kolsrud la Presti Ee
Greenwalled Gardes Club
John Eisenhauer
North Market St
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