Frederick Art Club ends season with talk on city history
About fifty members gathered at the Fothergall home near Mt Pleasant for a covered dish supper and a lecture by Charles McC. Mathias Jr. on "The History of Frederick." He traced Frederick’s English and German roots, noted early dynasties, and recalled Braddock and Washington planning for the French and Indian War. He urged continued study of local history and invited visits to two Frederick County Historical Society museums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Art Club
LeRoy D. Fothergall
Mt Pleasant
Fothergill
Roger H. Willard
Raymond Randall
Edith Miller
Mary Rhoads
Louie Doty
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
Frederick County
Mathias
Frederick
Lincoln
Antietam
Dulaneys
Tuskers
Carrolls
Lord Baltimore
Europe
Potomac River
Annapolis
Edward Braddock
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Court House
Lancaster County
Camp Detrick
Historical Society of
Historical Society
West
Patrick Street
Roger Brooke Taney
South Bentz Street
Emmitsburg 4 H Club Hosts Birthday Party Meeting
A joint 4 H Club meeting and birthday party was held at the MecGlaughlin home on a Tuesday evening in April for their son Jack. Dozens of local residents attended with many neighbors listed and a wee n ie roast served afterward.
Community notices and events from Clarksburg area
Clarksburg and surrounding communities host church events and boy scout activities. Upper Montgomery County residents attend weiner roasts, rug classes, and fellowship suppers while Scouts camp near Clarksburg and Silver Spring leaders guide youths through cooking and camping. Birthday celebrations, home visits, and neighborhood improvements fill May gatherings.
Lovettsville News Bits and Local Notes
Lovettsville and Leesburg residents figure in property changes and community events. James L. Bryan of Leesburg purchased 14 acres from the late Ernie Springer and plans to reside after improvements. The Lamar property near here changed hands to Mr. and Mrs. James Donovan of Middleburg. A music recital, 4 H Club dance with Mountain Ramblers, and the Junior-Senior Prom were noted, plus visits and family events across Lovettsville, Leesburg, and nearby towns. Miss Barbara Hickman assisted Mt. Airy High’s faculty in chaperoning seniors to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovettisville
James L. Bryan
Leesburg
Ernie Spring
Bryan
Loudoun News
Lamar
H. C. McKim Mey
James 4. Donavan
Middleburg
Julia Conway
Brunswick
Glee Club
Mountain Ramblers
Barbara Hickman
Mt. Airy High
New York
George Souder
Washington
Maxine Brown
Brown
Alice Cooper
Aubrey Cooper
Charlotte Pearson
Martha Virts
Lovettsville
Vienna
Carrie Virts
G. H. Virts
Nannie Warlick
Ernie Williams
Arlington
Otho Spring
J. Alva Leister
Westminster
W. J. Ridgeway, Jr
Judy Ridgeway
W. J. Ridgeway
J. D. Butler
Shepherdstown
Jim Fritz
Elizabeth
Ruth Fritz
Bessie Fritz
Eva Wolf
Ethel Baile
Raymond Myers
Sarah Helm
Baltimore
Warren Reed
Patsy
Christiansburg
S. L. Peters
Local Man Aboard Bremerton Shelled in Korean Coast Action
M3 Charles G. Rhoads, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Rhoads of East Patrick Street, serves on the heavy cruiser Bremerton struck by enemy shells during a day-long attack on Wonsan. The Navy reported damage to the conning tower and radar screen. Rhoads has served aboard since February 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Rhoads
Paul B. Rhoads
East Patrick Street
Bremerton
Korea
Rhoads
Navy
Wonsan
M3 Rhoads
Deeds Recorded In Mt Pleasant And Rentz Street Sale
Deeds were recorded in the clerks office for several properties. Myre Addie Morardy sold to Mr and Mrs Hennan Lochner a property of about an acre and improvements in Mt Pleasant district with a near 7000 dollar consideration. Geersee B M Wilson sold to Vivian E Hatcher the property at 319 North Rentz Street for about 5000 dollars. A stray line notes a glacial history about Sueden land emerging from an ice cap around 12 589 years before Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myre Addie Mo Hardy
Hernan Lochner
Mt. Pleasant Oo
Enve Slamper
Geersee B. M. Wilson
Vivian E. Hatcher
North Rentz Street
Bolivar News Briefs Highlight Local Mishap and Visits
Ten year old Ernie Webb suffered a badly cut right hand in a bicycle spill on gravel near the Bolivar High School and required five stitches after care in Charles Town. Other notes include regional visitors to Bolivar Heights and nearby towns, a polio recovery case in Gaithersburg, and Knight Templars attending Camp Hill Methodist services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar
Ernie
Cecil Webb
Charles Town
Charles Town Hospital
Vernon Eackles
Front Royal
B. F. Eackles
Glenn
Genevieve Noland
Brunswick
Roy Davis
Baltimore
Bettie Littleton
Littleton
Leslile Noland
Merie Noland
G. E. Webb
Douglas Thompson
Hillsboro
Brawner Harding
Robert Gaithersburg
Robert
Paul Pierce
False Church
Pauli Barnes
Knight Templars
Camp Hill Methodist Church
Lucy Mossburg
Bolivar Heights
F. Yoakum
Warren Cadwallader
Melrose
Donald Lang
Vacationing in Chertsburg and local notices
Mrs Ruth H Reehling of Alexandria visited her father C W Hammond on Saturday. Friends congratulate Mrs Melvin Beall on her May 8 birthday. Miss Jeannette Seaman has been sick and confined to home. The church ladies sent a large bouquet for Mother’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Hammond
Y.M.C.A
National Capital Area
Nancy Benson
Bonnie Whipp
Elaine Dodson
Harry Wachter
Brookeville
Paul F. Burner
Clarksburg
Julia Hess
Anita King
4-4
J. Russell King
Muss Cinthin Veight
Iris
American Korean Foundation
New York
Clarksburg Methodist Church
Chertsburg
Ruth H. Reehling
Alexandria
W. Hammond
Melvin Beall
Jeannette Seaman
Union Bridge Community Notes and May Queen Election
Union Bridge reports host gatherings by the Golden Rule Class at local homes. Heifers bound for foreign aid depart May 19 with six week intervals for future shipments. Local church members attend Vacation Church School Training in Reisterstown. upgrades include Mrs Janet Herring replacing Barbara Lynch as third and fourth grade teacher at Elmer Wolfe School. May Queen and Court chosen at Elmer Wolfe High School with Betty Jona as queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge
Methodist Church
George Otto
Wilson Harris
Heifer Project
New Windsor
New York
Helen Bowman
Ruth Marsh
Eleanor Baker
JoAnn Kiss
Vacation
Reisterstown Methodist Church
Charles Lippy
Thomas Schell
Germany
Korea
Janet Herring
Barbara Lynch
Elmer Wolfe
Roger Luttrell
Truman Myers
Winchester
Ernest Colwell
Keymar
Maryland General Hospital
Baltimore
Betty Jona
Taneytown Kiwanians host interclub meeting with Mt Airy and Westminster
The Taneytown Kiwanis Club plans a joint inter club meeting with Mt Airy and Westminster at Westminster VEW home Wednesday night to mark charter nights for the local and Mt Airy clubs. Over 300 expected. local members and wives invited. details shared by Elwood Baumgardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown
Taneytown Kiwanis Club
Mt. Airy
Westminster
Westminster Vew
Taney Inn
Elwood Baumgardner
Darrell Nelson
Wilbur ©. Thomas
Peter Westine
Donald Tracey
Grant Harman
Francis Nelson
Christian Endeavor Society of Grace Reformed Church
Murray Baumgardner
Allen Baumgardner
Delmont Koons
Taneytown Future Homemakers Association
Suzanne Sawyer
Barbara Simpson
Maryland
FHA
Salisbury
Miss Simpson
Taneytown Fha
Hering
Taneytown High School
New Windsor Community Notes and Events
New Windsor reports social visits and gatherings from Lee Heise in Syracuse to dinners at Emmitsburg. Cancer drive organizer Mrs. Spoerlein notes 200 raised, about 540 more than last year. A three act comedy Palms Up is set for May 9 at New Windsor School. Police arrest a laborer in Rockville for rape and assault. cicadas live about a month as adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Windsor
Lee Heise
Syracuse
N. Y
Raymond Strine
Howard C. Roop
Ira Beall
Libertytown
Green Parrot Inn
Emmitsburg
Elmer Collings
Nelson
Earl Warner
Orval- Warner
Russell Lee
Clem Sturm
Baltimore
James Kreimer
Bethesda
Randall Spoerlein
Graham
Stone Chapel Church
Ruth Buffington
Lewis Robison
Pearl Benedict
Mary Florence Smith
Charles Peitz
Irene Young
Etsu Sano
Japan
Rebecca Salazar
Philippines
Lucy Billings
Kenneth Harman
Walters Art Gallery
Washington Monument
Enoch Pratt Library
H.C. Roop
York Country Club
Mary Babylon
Betty Owings
Frederick
Parent Teacher Association
Melvin Myers
Hallett Baile
Ollie Jones
Olive Carlisle
Edith Greene
Helen Kyle
Genevieve Obrecht
Edna Bell
Helen Kerns
Elmer Collins
Dixon
Charles Collins
Littlestown
Mra Sterling Ecker
Mary Jane Tilley
Paul Koontz
Virginia
WSCS
St. Pauls
Stone Chapel
Bethel Societies
Titus
St. Paul's Choir
June Abbey Lambert
Union Bridge News Roundup Loud with Local Moves
Clarence Mackley returns home from Frederick Memorial Hospital and is reported doing satisfactorily. Robert E. Myers, son of Edward C. Myers, serves with the U S Army at Camp Rucker Alabama. Kennedy family moves within Union Town, apartment rented to Roy Utz. Guy Formwaltz ill at home in Union Town. Smiling Sunbeams class hosts dinner at Claude Bohans. Mrs Arville Grossnickle visits Washington. C E Engle returns from vacation in St Petersburg Florida. Elmer Welfe School Band members to represent the county at the National AAA Patrolmen s parade in Washington. Union Bridge Ladies Auxiliary to serve Masonic banquet dinner May 20. Sandra Lee Gladhill visits Union Bridge. Edward Myers of Frederick visits. Evangelism meeting held at Keysville church for Union Bridge Lutheran Parish. Rev Dixon A Yaste presides. Lester H Perry hospitalized at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade Valley Club
Fairfield
J. Ralph McDonnell
Community Fund
George L. Wilhide
Capt. Sharpe
Kerrigan
E. R. Shriver
A. Elder
Emmitsburg
Robert C. Wormsey
W. Main St
Mary Agnes
Robert Getz
Thurmont
R. D
PTA
Glenn Springer
Scott
George Springer
FFA
Sue Law
John Law
Seton Hall College
Greensburg
Frank Stinson
Virginia Baumgardenr
Helen Bushman
Richard Frock
America
Thomas Norris
Andrew Eyster
John Beegle
D. L. Beegle
Beegle
Gettysburg High School
Gettysburg High
Shippensburg State Teachers’ College
Glen Gillespie
Linda Kay
West Main Street
New York
Air France
Stuttgart
Germany
Pvt. Gillespie
28Th Infantry Division
Gillespies
Heilbron
Gillespie
Nancy Beegle
Anabel Hartman
Baltimore
Robert Fuss
Covina
Calif
Mary C. Fuss
Donald Rodgers
U. S. Army
Fort Devens
Mass
Thornton W. Rodgers
Donna Dherman
Jerry Leakins
Mary Jane Mort
Sally Styers
Mary Ellen Snyder
Ann Crumpacker
Rose Marie Grabill
Rosalie Buffington
Pat Roop
Pat Glacken
Dianna Crouse
Bonnie Munshower
Clarence Mackley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Union Bridge
Robert E. Myers
Edward C. Myers
Uniontown
Camp Rucker
Ala
136Th Infantry Regiment
Forty-Seventh Infantry Division
Kennedy
E. L. Seigman
Ruth Shifler
Benedum Street
Kennedys
Roy Utz
Guy Formwaltz
Claude Bohan
Smiling Sunbeams
Mt. Union Lutheran Church
Arville Grossnickle
Middletown
George Mangum
Washington
C. E. Engle
St. Petersburg
Fla
Edwin
Elmer Welfe
Robert Alexander
Gretchen Reese
Nancy Roelke
Jimmy Yingling
Lois Bowmas
Evelyn Coshun
Audrey Bowers
Shirley Fox
Dixon A. Yaste
T Lester H. Perry
Two Men Hurt On Route 71 At LeGore Bridge
Two Virginia men Kelvin Ryman Korton and Paul Windsor were injured when their northbound 1952 Chevrolet collided with a New Midway International truck driven by Robert Q. Stover near Woodsboro. Korton stayed overnight for chest injury checks. Windsor was treated for head lacerations and discharged. Damage estimated at 500 to the car and 250 to the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
LeGore Bridge
Woodsboro
James Stonesifer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Kelvin Ryman Korton
Paul Windsor
Falls Church
Korton
Windsor
Robert Q. Stover
New Midway
Stonesifer
Worman‘’s Mill
William Nathaniel Timberlake
Crozet
Richard P. Stoop
Waynesboro
Donald William Monaghan
Mt. Pleasant
Philip Kretsinger
Timberlake
Kretsinger
Baltimore
Weverton Hill
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John MecGlaughlin
Jack
Dennis McGlaughlin
Richard Jahn
Clyde Weant
Merle Weant
Carl Wants
Charles
Robert Poole
Gene Moose
Eugene
Earl
Harold
Albert Engle
Jimmie
Daniel Ridinger
Harvld Rock
Clifton iLiller
George Tyler
David Sanders
Warren Bentz
Larry Barn‘hart
William Ridinger
Beulah iGlass
Pauline Troxell
Lujlian Poole
Vesta Null
Doris Bollinger
Mildred Tyler
Susan McGlaughlin
Nancy Valentine
Juanita Tyler
William Allenby
Charles Null
Clifton Liller
McGlaughlin
Carol Kelly
Albert Kelly
Dundalk
Charles D. Gillelan
Kelly
John M. Baker
Tyson Welty
Mary Kessler
Seton Institute
James Kessler
Earl Rosensteel
Edward Rosensteel
Thomas S. Bitthe
O. H. Stinson
Charles Hemler
Nita Buetiner
Hagerstown
Marguerite Toye Hag
Johnstown
St. Henry's Wood
St. Anthony's
Richard Newsman
Gettysburg
George W. Green
George Greco
Dominic Greco
Mount St. Mary’s College
Saint Joseph College Glee Club
Mount St. Mary's College Glee Club
DePaul
Helen Zacharias
John Zacharias
Nellie
Zacharias
Frank Selig
John M. Roddy
Edward Houck
U. S&s. Army
Fort Jackson
Charles Cinegran
Chicago
Wallace Hemingway
Lucille Deatherage
Fort Becker
Hemingway
Baby
Valerie Overman
Landen
Edwards
Richmond
Overmann
Milwaukee
Rita Felix
Harrisburg
Joseph Wivell
Quinn F.J . Topper
Charles R. Fuss
Francis Scott Key Hotel
St. Joseph High School
Sodality of
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Homemakers’ Club
C. H. Stinson
J. Ward Kerrigan
Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs
Hood College
Thurmont Homemakers’ Club
E. P. Oxle
Betsy J. Lavington
Lions Club
Robert E. Daugherty
Robert E. Daubherts
C A. Elder
Clarence E Hahn
John J. Hollinger
P. S. K. Matthews
Herbert W. Roger
Ernest R. Shriver
Charles W. Spaggs
William & Sterbinsky
George I. iWilhide
Horn
Chips
Nancy
Charlea Imlay
Stanley Wood
Arthur Derry
Herbert
Derry
Jennie Derry
Memorial Hospital
Clayton Robinson
Mill Creek
George Paulmen
John Whitehair
Harpers Ferry
Wilbur Mowery
Louise Mowery
Helen Shull
Russell
Barbara Farmen
Walter Bussard
Clifton Butts
Eva Horner
Stanley Whitehair
Charles Whitehair, Jr
U. S. Naval Academy
George Paulmenn
Ernest Harrison
Herman Morgan
Laura Ann Morgan
Rosse LeMaster
Bedington
Roy Whitmore
Bayside
Marietta
Reno Eaton
Camp Hill
Minnie Vir
Harpers iFerry
Harvey Carter
Washington, D.C
John Glover, Jr
Charles Town General Hospital
Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Andy Soccino
Hyattsville
John Edmondson
Jessica Butts
Anna Harbor
Michigan
Albert R. Sturm
Helen Freidenman
Frances Reeser
Ted Sager
Moorefield
Bertha Jordan
Emma Evans
Jan
J. Walter Dudrow
Uclarksburg
Upper Seneca Baptist Church
Cedar Grove
William Purdum
Paul Burner
Georgie Darby
Paul Warfield
Thomas Day
Clarence Day
Howard Miles
Jimmy Porterfield
Ella King
Bell
Catharine Hough
MYF
Germantown
Silver Spring
Bob Pike
American Legion
Ralph Martz
Jack G. Amman
Gary
Ralph F. Martz
Irving L. Kinsey
Leo Benders
W. L. Beam
John Inman
Allen Steele
Jacob Seaman
Rockville
Dickerson
Frank Whitt
St. James Charge
Arthur W. Ewell
Epworth Methodist Church
Roy Whipp
Pete
Bonnie
Raymond Whipp
Kathleen
Roy Titus
Watson E. Holsey
Grace Methodist Church
J. B. Burner
Cumberland
Corner
Buck Lodge
Boyds
Neelsville
Lewisdale
Purdum
Clarence D. Day
Grace Methodist’ Church
James RB. King
US 240
Otho W. Hammond, Jr
Chricage
Mary Lucy Peters
Earl Fry
R. W. Stocks
Lucketts
Stocks
H. S. Keller
Ruth Ebien
James Keller
Jefferson
Keller
H. W. Beatty
Gerald Shumaker
J. R. L. Shumaker
Rehobeth Church
C. S
George Graham
Raymond Frye
E. H. Kyle
Waterford
Sueden
Chrut
James Lord
Edith Hess
Gideon Gallambos
Jacob Stambaugh
Charles Stambaugh
Bettie Stambaugh
James Myers
Fort Howard Hospital
Claude Derr
Stanely King
Quantum Liber
Wilbert Hess
Mervyn Fuss
Christ Lutheran Church
Taneytown Park Board
Taneytown Memorial Park
Trinity Mission Clegg
Alice Bald
Sider
Sophie Damme
Ruxton
Christian Endeavor Society of Grace E and R
Pythian
Indies
Montgomery County
Washington Grove
Airy
Elmer W. Arnold
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