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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1964

Page

6

Easter Seal Campaign Thanks and Local Letters

Letters express gratitude for Easter Seal support and praise performers. Jean Yingling of Adamstown commends Jack Griffin and his workers for backing, while Richard L. Shipley, campaign chairman in Frederick, thanks volunteers and donors for aiding the crippled in May 1964.

Frederick Jack Griffin Jean Yingling Adamstown, Md the News Richard L. Shipley Frederick, Md

Death of R Paul Smith Leaves Western Maryland Adrift

R Paul Smith of Frederick County and Western Maryland has died on Wednesday. A self made leader, he rose to head Potomac Edison and expanded power distribution to rural customers, earning respect for diligence and detail. His work spanned church, civic and educational groups, where he led efforts for civic betterment.

Frederick County Maryland R. Paul Smith Smith Potomac Edison

Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis born May 1 1964 centennial

A brief obituary style note recalls Anna M Jarvis founder of Mother's Day born May 1 1964 in Webster Taylor county West Virginia. It highlights her teaching career in Graf ton and Philadelphia and her mother Anna Jarvis teaching in Grafton. It notes the 56th anniversary of the first Mother's Day observance in 1908 and the Shrine of Mother's Day at Andrews Church.

Anna M. Jarvis Miss Jarvis Webster Taylor County West Virginia Grafton August Female Seminary Staunton Virginia Mary Baldwin College

Letters Urge Support For Frederick Field and Track Club

A Frederick editor's letter urges local backing for the Frederick Field and Track Club. The writer notes personal initial underappreciation, recounts interviewing Coach Griffin, and recalls the team's achievements and need for financial support as athletes travel for competition.

Frederick Griffin Tammie Davis Debbie Thompson

Church Women Meet in Westminster Theme Ecumenical Ministries

The State Council of United Church Women held its annual Westminster meeting with the theme The Church Ecumenical Its Ministries. Principal speaker was Helen Turnbull from the General Department of United Church Women of the National Council of Churches.

Church Women Meeting Westminster State Council of United Church Women Church Helen Turnbull General Department of United Church Women National Council of Churches

Maryland Women Visit Capitol at 1964 Campaign Conference

About 75 Maryland women joined Senator Daniel Brewster Representative Carlton Sickles and Clarence Long to discuss Maryland national issues in a Capitol meeting. The 1964 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women opened with President Lyndon B Johnson and included six Johnson cabinet speakers.

Ruby V. Hahn New Market John Daniel Leatherman RFD 1 Thurmont Maryland Capitol Daniel B. Brewster Carlton R. Sickles Clarence D. Long Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson

Fifty Years Ago Items From the News Post May 1914

Frederick County opens a tubercular hospital at Montevue for unentered patients and ensures fresh air and proper care. Frederick mayor and aldermen pass an awning and swinging sign ordinance and approve $500 for Carroll Creek cleaning. New Market votes 51 to 21 to retain its charter amid strong opposition. 72 of 80 voters participate. Wanderlust Club revival seeks Frederick hikers and weekly spring excursions as the country invites outdoor outings.

Wrederick County Montevue Carroll Creek Frederick

Frederick Hagerstown dual highway work eyed for summer start

ASSURED BY ERA B WHITMAN that federal approval is needed, a Myersville committee plans to contact Governor O Conor and congressional reps to push the Frederick Hagerstown dual highway project this summer. Also noted are Rev Wouter van Garretts installation at Evangelical Lutheran Church, George C Rhoderick R becoming a Frederick County Board of Education member, and a Victory Corps market survey by Frederick County high schools for the County CEO to map postwar purchasing.

Era B. Whitman State Roads Commission Frederick - Hagerstown Myersville O'Conor Wouter van Garrett Evangelical Lutheran Church George C. Rhoderick R Middletown Frederick County Board of Education O’connor Rhoderick John C. Derr Monrovia Victory Corps Frederick County Frederick

Religious Spring Rally Scheduled

The first annus spring rally of the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Frederick County is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Staley Park Field House. Activities include a Bible song service, puppet story, and games with Donald Swan from Baltimore relating David and the 23rd Psalm.

Child Evangelism Fellowship Frederick County Staley Park Donald Swan CEF Baltimore Elmer Shelton Ellis Keyser Indian Springs Road Lafayette Specht Shelton Roland Long Wisner Street Donald Lynch

Lecturer and Author To Speak Here at Local Church

Dr. Swor, editor of three books, will speak at all services next week at the First Baptist Church with Jerry Merriman of Lufkin directing music and youth programs. Swor plans a Latin America tour and recently lectured in Hawaii. he travels 30k to 40k miles annually. May 17 will conclude his ministry here. books are sold at Berger's Book Mart.

Hawaii Latin America Swor First Baptist Jerry Merriman Lufkin Texas Merriman

No Phone Service Standoff On Texas Farmer’s Land

In Palestine Texas Juan Macias parks his tractor beside a cable on his land and threatens to yank it out if Texas Telephone and Telegraph removes it after 4 p.m. He backs a regional subscribers association that opposes a 33 percent rate hike and seeks restoration of service or removal of the line. He says lack of service means the company has no right to cross his property. The dispute follows a partial payment on a back bill and a stand of support from Reverend Collin Farr.

Palestine Tex Juan Macias Texas Telephone and Telegraph Co Macias Collin Farr Ma‘eas

Condition of Rivers and Snow Dome Construction

Monocacy River is muddy and full at Buckeystown while the Potomac remains muddy and full at Point of Rocks. Britannica notes Eskimo igloo construction using carved snow blocks laid in an upward spiral to form a dome.

Buckeystown Potomac Point of Rocks Encyclopaedia Britannica

Actions Speak Louder Than Words Explain Why Top People Work For Civil Rights

In Chapel Hill and at Duke, four white activists explain why they traded passive liberal talk for action. Osborn and Wynn defend faith-inspired justice while Dunne and Cusick, UNC alums now serving prison terms, describe moral outrage at segregation and their campaigns for desegregation.

James Clotfelter Durham N.C Chapel Hill Osborn Equal Rights Ie Christian Church South William H. Wynn University of North Carolina Wynn Church of Christ John Dunne Pat Cu Superior Court Dunne Cusick Cleveland Ohio Choate Prep School Chapel Hill Freedom Committee Gadsden Ala Ku Klux Klan Etowah County Alabama

Memorial Carillon Erects Shrine at Mount St Marys

The Mount St Marys grotto shrine receives a memorial carillon and enhancements including Stations of the Cross a shrine of Our Lady of the Lake a life sized crucifixion tableau and a Blessed Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine. The Pangborn Foundation donor Thomas W Pangborn named Papal Count and active Catholic lay leader funded improvements and serves on multiple university boards.

St. Bernadette Lourdes France Holy See America Amleto Cardinal Cicognani Vatican United States Elizabeth Ann Seton Corpus Christi Mount St. Mary’s College John McCloskey Thomas W. Pangborn Pangborn Foundation Pangborn Pius John XXIII Paul Malta Holy Sepulcher John St. Gregory Catholic University Mt. St. Mary's College Notre Dame University St. Mary’s College Winona Minn Loyola College Baltimore

Pangborn Receives US Papal Count Title at Shrine

The University of Maryland reports Thomas W. Pangborn holds the title Your Excellency as the United States only Papal Count so far, designated by Pope Paul VI. Apostolic Delegate Vagnozzi praises the project, while Cardinal Cicognani expresses prayerful hope for the shrine devoted to Blessed Mother Seton.

University of Maryland Thomas W. Pangborn United States Pope Paul VI Hugh Phillips Grotto of Lourdes Mother Seton Pangborn

Local Patients At Duke and Frederick Memorial Hospitals

Among The Sick Mrs Adamicholtz Hoffman of Thurmont Maryland is a patient at Duke University Hospital Durham N C Mrs Cora D Boyer of East Patrick street who fell and broke her hip recently is a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital and will undergo surgery Monday Mrs Eleanor V Zimmerman of East Patrick street is reported in satisfactory condition and improving following surgery Wednesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital Mr Albert Blumenauer of Wilson Place a patient at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown will undergo major surgery there Monday.

Adamicholtz Hoffman Thurmont Maryland Duke University Hospital Durham N. C Cora D. Boyer East Patrick Street Frederick Memorial Hospital Eleanor V. Zimmerman Albert Blumenauer Wilson Place Washington County Hospital Hagerstown

Ambulance transfers and state civil service appointments noted

Ambulance crews ferried patients from Carroll County General Hospital to homes and other facilities including Merton Garber and Kathy Cranmer. Gov Barron appointed Luther R. Jones to the West Virginia Civil Service Commission for six years and Charles L. Showalter to the State Board of Health Advisory Board for a term ending June 30 1970.

Union Bridge Merton Garber Carroll County General Hospital Kathy Cranmer Westminster Frederick Memorial Hospital Bessie Shry Graceham Hans Franklin Zans Creek Road Mercy Hospital Baltimore UCSC Charleston W. Va W. W. Barron Luther R. Jones Madison Boone County West Virginia Civil Service Commission Barron Charles L. Showalter State Board of Health Advisory Board

Death notices from Frederick area pages list Ambush Cogle Duppins Elliott and others

Obituaries and death notices for Theodore P Ambush George S Cogle James R Duppins Sr Mrs Jean Elliott Norman F Fogle and Chloe Krise note brief illnesses and deaths. Details include ages birthplaces surviving relatives last residences employment church affiliations funeral arrangements and interment plans across Frederick Libertytown Old Field and Loudoun Heights communities.

Obituary notes for Krise and Portner families in Frederick area

Theresa M Portner six month old daughter of Charles E and Nancy L Wolfe Portner died of pneumonia at home in Taneytown. Survived by parents two sisters a brother paternal and maternal grandparents and great grandmother. Body at Creager Funeral Home Thurmont with services Saturday at 2 pm in Blue Ridge Cemetery conducted by Rev Elmer R Andrews. M R Etchison and Son funeral directors. Also noted is the death of a Krise woman from Home for the Aged in Frederick County. Surviving sisters Mae Krise Hammaker and Mrs C C Sayler with other relatives. funeral arrangements at Mt Hope cemetery Woodsboro handled by M R Etchison and Son.

Theodore P. Ambush Theodore Phillip Ambush West All Saints Street Frederick County James E. Sr Daisey Nicholas Ambush Francis Scott Key Hotel Ambush Quinn A.mle. Church This City Mountain City Frederick George P Robert S James E. Ambush Catherine Hill Bartonsville Clarabelle Howard C. E. Hicks West Patrick Street Quinn A.M.E. Church Fairview Cemetery George S. Cogle George Samuel Cogle Leesburg Hospital Virginia Loudoun County Samuel Turner Cogle Martha Jane Leigh Cogle George Melvin James I Harvey Robert Cogle Bertha Breeden Lucille Gallahan Loudoun Heights Thomas Cogle Purcellville Euckles Harper’s Ferry Sidney Mays Ebenezer Cemetery James R. Duppins James Robert Duppins Broadway Frederick Memorial Hospital John Edna Green Duppins J. Robert Duppins Jr Sandy Spring Ernest M. Duppins Prince Frederick Mary Green Libertytown John Edward Albert Charles Clarence Annie Duppins Old Field Keys Chapel Methodist Church Frederick Iron and Steel Company D. D. Hartzler and Sons Keys Chapel Church Harvey Custus Old Field Cemetery George A. Elliott Jean Elliott Dorothy V. Elliott U.S. Army Spout Spring Road Springfield State Hospital Ontario Canada Joseph C Jennie Wilson Watson Kenneth L. Elliott Brighton Michigan Ethel Liggett Detroit William C. Dee Sr New Hartford Conn Elliott Scovel Presbyterian Church of North Market Street Donald R. Trowbridge Ft. Detrick Mount Olivet Robert E. Dailey and Son Ige East Church Street Record Street Daniel Oliver Sarah Stover Krise Miss Krise Evangelical Lutheran Church Mae Krise Hammaker Home For the Aged C. C. Sayler York Mt. Hope Cemetery Woodsboro M. R. Etchison and Son Elmer R. Andrews Blue Ridge Cemetery

Funeral notices from Frederick and surrounding area

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Baumgardner who died Monday in Frederick Memorial Hospital with Rev. Clifford T. Lloyd officiating. Interment followed at St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery. Also noted are graveside services for Deborah Jean Lawson of Johnsville who died in Baltimore and Rosalie Montgomery Showe who died in Frederick, with local ministers presiding and funeral directors listed.

Mary Elizabeth Baumgardner Frederick Memorial Hospital East Church Street Clifford T. Lloyd Centennial Memorial E. U. B. Church Maynard Lipps George Layman William M. Benn C. Edward Esterly Ernest R. Clem William H. S. Miller William Baer St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery Jefferson, M. R. Etchison & Son Rosalie Montgomery Showe James Albert Showe Fast Church Street Ralph M. Sharpe Calvary Methodist Church Donald M. Fadeley Frank R. Smith Jr Robert Keeney A. W. Coran Pine Grove Cemetery Mt. Airy M. R. Etchison & Son

Mrs Goldstein to Speak at New Frontier Meeting

Mrs Hazel Goldstein will be guest speaker at the New Frontier Democratic Club meeting Monday at 3 p.m. in the auxiliary room of the VFW in Emmitsburg. Her husband is the current Comptroller of the Treasury and is a candidate for the U S Senate.

Hazel Goldstein New Frontier Democratic Club VFW Emmitsburg

Transatlantic Brides Group Holds April Meeting

Members of the Transatlantic Brides and Parents Association met at Mrs. Bessie Carpenter’s home with co host Mrs. Jean Ladino. Seventeen members attended along with guest Mrs. Barbara Collins. Mrs. Tom Masina Shook reported on the April 12 Baltimore area meeting and Mrs. Helen Cissna was chosen Maryland area representative for the Chicago convention in August. The next meeting is May 26 at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Jean Davis’s home.

Transatlantic Brides and Parents Association Bessie Carpenter Bowers Road Jean Ladino Barbara Collins Helen James Tommasina Shook Baltimore Helen Cissna Maryland Chicago Jean Davis Biggs Avenue

Dorcas Sisters Meet for Annual Mother and Daughter Banquet

The Dorcas Sister Class of Doubs Methodist Church held its annual Mother and Daughter Banquet in the church social room with Mrs. Jeanne Main welcoming guests. Activities included toasts by Mrs. Anna Mary Shankle and Mrs. Ruby Brashears, corsages for key members, piano solos by Judy Ott and Linda Johnson, and readings by Mrs. Janice Thompson.

Dorcas Doubs Helen Davis Walter Norma Jane Akers Elizabeth Pickett Connie Morningstar Evelyn Ott Ott Mary Jane Bartlett Judy Ott Linda Johnson Nancy Shankle Linda Haas Debbie Brashears Janice Thompson Connie Pickett Bartlett Elizabeth Johnson Shirley Davis Virginia Koontz Shirley Kling Mary Davis Virginia Ott Pearl Hoffman Robin Bartlett Anna Mary Shankle Pauline Carey Carrie Murphy Jane Crone Helen Plunkard Sally Hoffman Betty Hoffman

Prospects Rise for Labour After Local Elections

In London AP report, Labour gains in local borough elections elevate party prospects for the general election this fall. Of 358 boroughs voting Thursday, Labour netted 254 seats largely at Conservatives and pro Conservative independents expense.

London Labor Party Britain Labor

Also Mentioned on This Page

News-Post Chester Swor Norman F. Fogle Goldie S. Jacobs Ladiesburg Albert C Laura Fogle Winslow Company Barton Walkersville Fairmount Cemetery Liberty‘town Chloe Elizabeth Krise BKUY Debor Ah Jean Lawson Vance Virginia Lee Eyler Lawson Johnsville Johns Hopkins Hospital Rock Hill Cemetery David L. Blackwelder Sheron Lawson Dana Lawson Sneadville Tennessee G. C. Barton Mrs. Goldstein Transatlantic Brides Group
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