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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1965
Page
5
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce education committee urged annual Business Education Day. Of 775 teachers polled, 491 found tours worthwhile while 57 did not. Most praised hosts and plant tours, with many noting valuable conversations and satisfactory answers to questions.
In Durban a skindiver Norman Gradwell battled a wounded 312 foot black shark off a submerged pier. He rammed his empty speargun into the shark’s mouth to slow it, then towed the beast ashore and killed it after securing a foothold on rocks. The act saved his life during the underwater ambush.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin W. Fook of Middletown celebrate 20 years of marriage on Sunday. Johnny and Mrs. Timm announce the birth of Ronald William, first child, while Timm resides in Milton, Florida with the Navy. Roy W. Zimmerman and Mrs. Zimmerman, near Fengaville, turn 85 on May 2. Michael Brian Logue, born at Frederick Memorial Hospital, is their second child. William Swope and spouse on Quinn Orchard Road mark 33 years of marriage on Monday.
Mrs. Russell Horman of Watkins Acres is listed in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital following surgery. Mr. Ralph P. Weybright of Thurmont was transferred Thursday from St. Agnes Hospital Baltimore to Vindabona Convalescing Home Inc.
The Frederick County Association for Mentally Retarded Children will hold its annual meeting Monday at 6 30 p m in Grace United Church of Christ East Second Street. Awards and recognition of friends and members will be highlighted. A covered dish supper will precede the meeting.
Cub Scout Pack 734 of Mount Airy will host the Pine Wood Derby on Sunday May 23 at 1 30 p m behind Mount Airy Elementary School. Cubs compete in originality workmanship and speed with self built racers using minimal materials.
Restoration Week organizers announce a series of events led by Dr and Mrs Henry V Chase chairing Parents Day activities at Frederick. Benjamin L Shuff of Farmers and Mechanics National Bank honorary chairman with Jacob Ramsburg and Wallace Hutton as chairmen host an invitation only tour for business leaders. An open house at Frederick Academy on May 22 offers guided tours of completed work. Cardinal Shehan and Bishop Murphy serve as honorary chairs for the project.
Welfare funds totaled 28169.98 shared among 211 families, 689 children and 229 eligible relatives, averaging 133.50 dollars per family and 30.69 per recipient. Frederick County's March average lagged the statewide 31.94, ranking 12th of 23. Foster care payments reached 813297.97 for 196 children, averaging 67.85 per child, with Charles and Carroll counties showing lower per child averages.
Police searched the home of School Supt. Jardine after an anonymous call threatened to blow up his house if he fired the striking teachers. Jardine notified 360 teachers their contracts were ended as union members voted to continue the boycott. The union argued the issue is the right to negotiate with the school board.
The JFK statue ceremony in Britain drew the president’s widow and children, plus Kennedy brothers and sisters, to Windsor Castle for tea. The memorial sits on an acre by the Thames two miles from London, honoring John F. Kennedy with a Magna Carta tied history and Kennedy’s inaugural pledge to defend liberty. Hundreds of sightseers visited the memorial before its dedication.
The Central Committee and State Council applaud the nuclear test's success and honor commanders and workers from the PLA and scientific staff. They pledge continued effort to strengthen national defenses and oppose nuclear blackmail by the United States. In Kingston, NY, Blue Mountain Reformed Dutch Church notes 15 members with 40 years of service, including Peter Hommel who joined in 1802.
Elliott Weinberg, coordinator of the Easter Seal Treatment Center in Frederick, will take a two week course in lower extremity prosthesis. He received a Vocational Rehabilitation Administration grant to study at New York University Medical School and learn the latest prosthetic developments.
In Emporia Virginia the Emporia Diner settled with Baltimore based attorneys for 230.84 dollars in legal fees and costs after a civil rights suit claimed race based overcharging. Mrs Swannie K Howard and her six children had alleged a four dollar meal cost fourteen dollars and thirty cents on July 22 1964 while en route to Kingston North Carolina.
Bernard Manekin, a Baltimore realtor, was named chairman of the Maryland Economic Development Commission in Annapolis on Friday. He succeeds Harry Boswell, who resigned to become special assistant to the state co chairman of the Appalachian program. Manekin, 51, had been vice chair and acting chairman for months while Boswell led the State Office of Economic Opportunity.
CHICAGO AP Johnny Romano White Sox catcher was struck in the cheek by a pitch Wednesday night. He returned to uniform Thursday after an overnight hospital stay. X rays showed no serious injury. A new pink poin sale named Spring Pink is expected to be on the market later this fall.
Funeral services announced for George W. Baker Jr. at 106 E Church St and St Johns Church with burial at Mt Olivet. Full military honors for Alvie E. Toms, WWI veteran, at Mount Bethel Cemetery with Fort Detrick Honor Guard command. Melvin Dorsey Poole services held at Olin L Molesworth Funeral Home Damascus with Montgomery Methodist Cemetery burial. Hubert P Lookingbill Jr services at Barton Funeral Home Walkersville with Mount Hope Cemetery burial.
William W. Dixon of Hagerstown a World War II veteran died Monday in Hagerstown. Graveside service at National Cemetery Gettysburg conducted by Rev. Aaron Johnson. Gas chromatography cited for flavor component identification. Frederick County boards invite bids for Middletown High School laboratory furniture and three industrial loader tractors with bid deadlines May 18 and May 24 1965. Notices define approval authority in health regulations and invite public input by May 26 1965.
Baltimore AP report notes no settlement in the fourth week of the city newspaper strike as National Labor Relations Board officer John A. Penello was expected to file a formal charge of illegal lockout against the Baltimore News American. The Baltimore News American strike and Sun negotiations yielded no progress. A separate Cool, Texas fire near a gas well burned hot but was controlled.
A collage of community notices lists rummage sales and bake sales at Taney Apartments and Brookhill Sunday School, dinners at Mt Tabor Church and Woodsboro, nurseries and florists advertising plants, a public auction for farm equipment near Thurmont, and various service ads. Readable items include The May 15 charity bake sale, a June 12 strawberry festival, and a May 15 chicken barbecue.
Notice outlines deadlines for classified and display ads in the News-Post. Regular Want Ads must be submitted by 9 30 AM the day before publication, with changes by 10 AM for News. Display ads run through the News, with quarter page and larger ads requiring earlier submission.
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