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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1976
Page
2
A local charity FCALU plans an all day Frederick Family Festival at Baker Park featuring Huck Finn Fishing Day for children 6 to 12. Registration starts at 7 a.m. with fishing at 7:30 a.m. at Culler Lake. the event expands Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher activities and partners with area groups for a community celebration.
A community event featuring prizes over 300 dollars a Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher contest a peanut scramble for 6 to 8 year olds and a Culler Lake Navy Bathtub Race with over 20 tubboats Sunrise Sertomans and FCALU host with co sponsors and public support. The day promises music picnics and free park access with all activities free of charge.
County Farm Bureau leader M F Holter County Agent P W Chichester and Prof A Burgee spoke at Burkittsville unit event. Program included readings, singing America, social hour with refreshments and welcome by Master Jack Frost. Burgee urged farm advancement and home economics.
Frederick resident Russell H McCain says he learned of his removal as chairman of the State Roads Commission by telegram from Governor MecKeldin. He had read only newspaper rumors before the telegram while attending a Washington luncheon for the Golden Milestone Award. Alumni of Walkersville High School gathered for the annual celebration as classes from 1931 1936 1941 1946 and 1961 shared histories.
Washington reporter Hal Bernton visits Barrow Alaska to document the oil boom's impact on Eskimo life. The piece describes housing changes, water and sewage practices, a Navy Arctic base, alcohol problems, and cultural strain as wealth from Prudhoe Bay arrives.
In a northern town Eskimo residents face cold nights with no municipal shelter or jail to sleep off alcohol. A lone doctor treats many children for alcoholism while the lack of services leads to deaths and denture patients among schoolchildren. Caribou, whale, and seal hunts persist but oil development disrupts traditional life.
A Fredericktowne Players production of Mousetrap prompts letters arguing the News review was biased and overly flattering toward certain actors while neglecting others. Readers defend community theater and critique the reviewer’s balance, praising or faulting performances and direction.
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