Voices of dedication drive to Frederick County vo tech center
The eight year effort to establish a vocational center in Frederick County culminated in a September opening and a Sunday dedication. Key figures like Helen Remsburg, G. Bernard Callan Jr., H. Edward Reiley, and Paul S. Stull shaped support through the Vocational Advisory Council and school board advocacy. Superintendent Gordon M. Anderson praised Stull’s hiring of top instructors and a mission to create a zone of excellence, counting community cooperation as essential to the center’s realization and ongoing strength.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Helen Remsburg
Frances W. Ashbury
Remsburg
G. Bernard Callan Jr
State Board of Public Works
Callan
H. Edward Reiley
Paul S. Stull
Paul Stull
Gordon M. Anderson
Audeiouuasain
Aerospace Boom Lifts Boeing Lockheed and McDonnellDouglas
The aerospace industry rides a strong boom as Boeing nears a 1 billion Singapore jet deal, Lockheed books a half billion in wide body Tri Stars for Pan Am plus Saudi Arabian Airlines, and McDonnell Douglas signs a 170 million deal with United Airlines. Strong international air travel demand, replacement of aging fleets, and rising exports boost the economy and improve the U.S. balance of payments.
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Lockheed
Boeing
Seattle
Singapore
Pan American Airways
McDonnell Douglas
United Airlines
U.S
Urban sprawl and school recreation in Frederick County
Reader letters from Frederick County residents urge controlling urban expansion and preserving farming land while pushing for expanded county recreation and school use. Contributions cite rising taxes, crowded schools, and calls for joint support from county officials, PTA groups, and Parks and Recreation.
Gates Flying Circus Thrills Frederick Audience
From the May 22, 1908 issue, a service announced for the weekly meeting. The Gates Flying Circus delivered an aerial acrobatics exhibition that thrilled the crowd in Frederick. In Calvary United Methodist Church social room Kiwanis Club gathered with Woman's Home Missionary Society volunteers serving refreshments. proceeds benefit charitable work. L L Wilson presided as president.
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Gates Flying Circus
Frederick
Calvary United Methodist Church
Church Street
Kiwanis Club
Woman's Home Missionary Society
L. L. Wilson
Frederick Health Council elects Louis Greenberg president
Twenty years ago on May 2 168 Louis P Greenberg was elected president of the Frederick County Health Council at the annual meeting near West Church Street. Agricultural students from Frederick High tied for top honors in the county Future Farmers of America tractor driving contest with Charles Carpenter first and William Hilderbrand second. Rep De Witt Hyde Maryland announced Post Office Depart ment accepted Thurmoor Masonic Temple Association plan to build four new post offices on the east side of South Water Street in Thurmont.
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Louis P. Greenberg
Frederick County
Frederick High School
Future Farmers of America
Charles Carpenter
William Hilderbrand
DE Witt
Hyde
Maryland
Post Office Department
Thurmoor Masonic Temple Association, Inc
South Water Street
Thurmont
Dismissal of UMBC historian sparks debate on education
UMBC history professor Dr. David Deleon faces dismissal amid claims his research falls short while Johns Hopkins Press will publish his book. He argues the department’s conservatism and lack of diversity stifle ideas, risking Donnie Glen’s access to a broad college education and critical thinking. Donnie, a Havre de Grace High School senior, plans to attend UMBC next year as a top student without scholarship funds, working in a bakery to pay tuition.
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David Deleon
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
Donnie Glen
Doonie
Havre de Grace High School
Treshman
UMHL
Deleon
Donnie
UMEC
Johns Hopkins Press
University Press
UMBC
Foreign investors buy Georgia farms amid drought and debt
Washington Merry go round reports farmers across Georgia faced drought and high costs last year. An international firm, Transatlantic Consultants, with German Austrian partners, quietly buys distressed farms through fronts like Southern Farm Services. Beegle, tied to Transatlantic, places notices offering above market prices, expanding purchases in Georgia and other states. Farmers swayed by debt sell, some joining the Farm Strike movement, as foreign capital seeks long term gains.
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Washington
Rosalynn Carter
Georgia
America
U.S
Munich
Germany
Christian Wolffer
Ferdinand Seefried
Austria
Air Force
Philip Beegle
Southern Farm Services, Ltd
Beegle
Sasa
Transatlantic
Transatlantic Management Company
Atlanta
Ferta Seefried
Rick Shapiro
Hal Bernton
Transatlantic Consultants
Beegie
Jimmy Jackson
Southeastern Cotton Industries, Inc
Johnson County
Soybean Hill
Jefferson County
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Green Valley
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Kingsbury
Anderson
Wilbur L. Ford JR
Buckeystown
Sylvia Hancock
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Monrovia
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