Hood College Holds Second Commencement for 350 Graduates
More than 350 Hood College students earned bachelor’s or master’s degrees as 2nd commencement exercises were held at the Hudson Outdoor Theatre. Dr. Martha Church presided. keynote Grace B. Hechinger urged graduates to value friendship. Honorary degrees went to Julia Garraway and Lawrence Marx Jr.
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Hood College
Hudson Outdoor Theatre
Martha Church
Grace B. Hechinger
Glamour Magazine
Hood
Richard EK. Hood Jr
R. Kenneth Hood
Mount Airy
Julia Elizabeth Garraway
Lawrence Marx Jr
Garraway
Colonial Days Celebration Highlights Fourth Grade
On Friday the peal celebrated Colonial Days with students in Colonial costumes, arts and crafts, and dances. Each classroom became a Colonial one room school. In Mrs Betty Jordan's fourth grade class Otis Walker ten explored what may have happened to students not focused on study.
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Betty Jordan
Otis Walker
Words of wisdom from Abraham Lincoln quote
A concise observation attributes to Abraham Lincoln praising the ability to compress words into a single idea, noting the speaker as a person of exceptional brevity in speech and thought.
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Abraham Lincoln
Maryland S&L crisis prompt marathon session rescue
Maryland lawmakers ended a long one day special session with a plan to lift thrift withdrawal limits within two to thirty days. The package creates a State Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation to insure deposits up to 100000 per account and requires large S&Ls to obtain federal insurance coverage after review and reserve criteria. Governor Hughes warned the crisis was the most troubling in his tenure as depositor runs surged after mismanagement reports at Old Court Savings and Loan.
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Robert C. Reid
Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Harry R. Hughes
Old Court Savings and Loan
Baltimore Hughes
S&l
State of Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation
Maryland Savings Share Insurance Corporation
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Feds
S&ls
Navy to relocate medical support units to Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick will host a military medical logistics hub as the Navy plans a six month advance arrival. The TriServices Medical Logistics Building already houses Army and Air Force units, with negotiations underway for Navy presence to consolidate functions at the base.
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Army
Navy
Mogtost
Fort Detrick
Norm Covert
Air Force
Covert
Washington
Philadelphia
Frederick Craft Fair grounds crowds as clouds clear
The 11th annual Frederick Craft Fair at Frederick Fairgrounds opened with sun after rain, featuring 350 artisans from across the region. Patrons toured booths for mugs, jewelry, wood crafts, clothing and food, with many vendors optimistic about crowds and sales. Organizer Noel Clark said the show draws national wholesale interest and estimates about 2.5 million in artisan revenue from both fairs.
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Frederick Fairgrounds
Patrick Orwell
Olwell
Nellysford
Virginia
Orwell
Laura Steinberg
Tacoma Park
Clark
Montgomery
Artians
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