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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1979
Page
4
A meditation on peaceful hills overlooking towns, contrasting war’s distant memory with the immediacy of conflict. Memorial Day honors the fallen and reinforces resolve to pursue a just world order, demanding strength of spirit and moral fiber alongside arms. The piece urges steadfast national leadership amid ongoing global turmoil.
Retired Emmitsburg air quality chief Paul Beale shares an editorial on farm life’s rewards and farmer faith, noting a Sunday among soil workers. The essay praises nature, independence, and hard work while acknowledging modest social attitudes and occasional church fatigue.
The column highlights Clarabelle Derr Collins and her late husband Funston Collins, both long admired for community service and resilience. Clarabelle, a Fort Detrick veteran bacteriology technician, inspired by faith and perseverance, raised four children and supported eight more through college while facing early 20th century taunts. Funston, maître d at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, battled diabetes, losing his sight in 1988 after 27 years of service. Mount St. Mary’s established four annual Funston V. Coins Scholarships in 1977 to honor his memory and aid minority students.
Washington reports on farmers embracing rotation, natural pest control and organic fertilizer to cut costs and reduce chemical use. Agriculture Secretary Bergland shows interest, allocating 70 million dollars for alternative methods while critics from CAST decry ties to agribusiness firms like Dow, Lilly, Mobil, Monsanto and Shell.
The Opera House, leased by the Stanley Crandall Company, will be under Walter Decker management for a six day run starting June 10 with sound pictures planned. President Hoover, after being lost in the Blue Ridge foothills, found his way to a farm in Carroll County. Frederick High students won top honors in a Western Shore typewriting contest at Hagerstown High School. Julian Bowman of Germantown won the Frederick to Ridgeville marathon and Rev F A Rosenberger was ordained and installed as pastor of Walkersville.
Frederick County Commissioners appoint Goodloe E. Byron of 301 Fleming Avenue as the new county attorney after James McSherry resigns effective June 1. Byron had been assistant county attorney. Also noted are local society notes on glassblowing society meetings, Hood College award to Margaret Anne Jones, and Walkersville High School student Helen Claire Poffen Barger receiving a University of Maryland Excel Scholarship worth 1500 for 1956 60.
The Literacy Council of Frederick County thanks The Frederick News-Post for support in publicizing their literacy efforts in Frederick County Maryland. A reader letter then responds to a Mr. Green of Walkersville discussing biblical themes Creation sin judgment and redemption with references to Genesis Exodus and Love thy neighbor.
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