Coveted 4-H Alumni Award slated for Chicago meeting
Frederick County celebrates three 4-H leaders Charles C Smith and his wife Jane Smith and Earle Nicholson nominated for Maryland and national 4-H Alumni Awards. The trio have long service with 4-H on county and state levels. Also noted is Ed Wetzel a banker and veteran remembered fondly and Pete Johnson a longtime journalist and local sports figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles C. Smith
Commissioner Smith
Jefferson
Maryland
Frederick County
Bwahidi CoulseIer
Edward “Ed
Jesse Wetzel
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Amvets
VFW Country Club
Scot
Randy LeRoy Weitzel
Ed Wetzel
Frederick County Tourism Leader Built a Village of Ventures
Perry Beckley, a longtime Frederick County resident, turned a gas station into a gift shop motel and restaurant complex on U.S. 15, later expanding to a 20 unit motel and wholesale souvenir business. He leads the Tourism Council of Frederick County, now pushing a U.S. 15 visitors center and a ski lodge plan for Emmitsburg, foreseeing more tourism growth and family involvement, with two local tourist centers already in the county.
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Seton Shrine
Emmitsburg
Frederick County
Joan Annette Fitzgerald
Daughters of Charity
Joan Annette
National Shrine of
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mother Seton
Walter Brennan
Perry Beckley
Tourism Council of
TCFC
Sonia Maher
Beckley
U.S. 15
Frederick
Tye
Ethel
New York
Michael
Bob
Urbana Pike
Frederick City
Beckley Grins
Monsignor
Hugh Phillips
Mount St. Mary’s College
U.S. 15 Visitors Center
Toronto
New England
U.S. 340
Harpers Ferry
James Pear
Odd laying battery demonstrates hen egg production
RAMSBURG FERTILIZER CO. at South Carroll Street hosts an exhibition of a three story wire structure called a laying battery to show feeding hens for higher egg output. Twenty pullets have laid 142 eggs since moving in, with six Leghorns and six Rhode Island reds among them.
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Ramsburg Fertilizer CO
Frederick
Purina
South Carroll Street
Rhode Island
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NAACP
Quinn Ame Church
Pete’’ Johnson
Pete” Johnson
U.S
Mac Mathias
Maryland-Delaware Cable Television Association
Everett Dirksen
Neck of the Woods
Fred J. Archibald
Fredenck, Md
By Joy Pittman
Tourism
News-Post
Garden Club of
Frederick County Free Library
Garden Club
Michael J. Thompson
Burgess
Slagle
Levephul
Angce
Baltimore
Washington
Gettysburg
Thurmont
Fort Detrick
Public Information Office
Univac
Nevin Smith
Ridge Swimming Club
Mount Aury
Phoebe Summers
Frederick Singers
Frederick High School
Lancaster County
U.S. Center
Harry R. Hughes
Kurt Alverson
State Tourism Office
Maryland Tourism
J. Pittman
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