Memorial Day Reflections on Duty and Immortality
A Memorial Day meditation on honoring the American dead. The piece ponders what veterans reveal from beyond about peace, avoiding bloodshed, and the meaning of sacrifice. It urges listening for instruction in our inner conscience and resolving that the dead shall not have died in vain.
Local Church Notices and Alumni News From Frederick Chronicle
The article lists church officers and attendees for a May event, noting Lauer treasurer and others, plus a Holy Communion gathering. It also reports 103 members and guests at a Communion breakfast, John B. Wetzel joining, fence project for the council home, and a Blessed Virgin Sodality banquet. Roger Zurgable elected VP of Central Maryland Alumni chapter of St Mary’s College. Miss Susan Grove awarded Skidmore Athletic Association Pin for outstanding PE work. Grove a St John’s High graduate and Alpine Club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Frederick
Maryland
Lauer
William Topper
THE
E News
Richard Topper
James Twomey
Ward Pebuishecee
Gecept
Bae
Foe Kerrigan
Frank Topper
Dominic Sfse
Mo Easy Greco
George Lae
Ered _ Kramer
Thomas Seltzer
Suis Seriory Bates
Bernard Ot Jr
Bernard Cane
Welty
Wusiee
Joseph Haley
Curtis Topper
Guy Baker Sr
Francis Sanders
Alernates
Carl Wetzel
Frank
Suner Et Sureas
Cirewanos
Lumen N
John B. Wetzel
Council Home
Tor
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin of
Susan Grove
Nature On Rampage Earthquakes toll rises with 1960 early year
A sanitized 1960 timeline recounts major quakes and killer waves from January to May, noting Iran Morocco Algeria Japan Hawaii and Chile among regions hit. It compares with century disasters like 1923 Tokyo and 1908 Messina, emphasizing ongoing danger when warnings are ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Morocco
Algeria
Pep
Hawaii
Japan
Tokyo
Hans
China
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Vamaraiso
Chile
San Francisco
Emmitsburg Knights Nominate Officers At Council Meet
Emmitsburg news notes a Knights of Columbus Brute Council 1840 gathering at the Council Home. Nomination slate includes Grand Knight William F E Sanders and deputy grand knight Lumen Norris. other officers listed with several names across posts. July 2 cook-out date mentioned and local names Connie Umbel and Baker family among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Shorb
Emmisburg
Gam Somer
Tiee
Connie Mary Oroan Umbel
Nice
Guy A. Baker Sr
Quinn Topper
Everett Chrimser
William FE. Sanders
R. J. McCullough
Curtis D. Topper
Lumen Norris
Arthur Elder
Jacob Baker
Robert Seider
Clyde Eyler
Carl Wetzel
Ray Ewer
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News May 28 1910
Maryland classis call confirms Rev. Henri L G Kieffer as pastor of Boonsboro evangelic Reformed congregation with installation planned June 19. Henry Ridgely Evans joins The News staff for editorial work. Visitation orders mark 300th anniversary of the founding of the order June 6. Frederick High School graduates attend baccalaureate at Grace Reformed Church. Frederick College graduates attend at Methodist Episcopal Church. City Republicans nominate Heck for City Register Ramsburg Goodman Kefauver Gittinger Milton Johnson for aldermen. no mayor nominee. Mrs Edward E Adams of New Market severely burned by coal oil stove blaze at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Reformed Church
Boonsboro
Evangelical Reformed Congregation of
Frederick
Henri L. G. Kieffer
L M. Motter
S. S. Miller
J. H. Apple
J. S. Kieffer
Hagerstown
Frederick High Schools
Grace Reformed Church
E. L. McLean
Frederick College
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. H. Lamar
City Republicans
HR. Heck
City Register
Claggett E. Ramsburg
James M. Goodman
Henry M. Gittinger
Henry Milton Kefauver
John L. Johnson
Edward E. Adams
New Market
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Highlights from May 23 1940 include German advances capturing Lille Ostend and Ypres with British forces in danger French lines collapsing Ford claiming daily plane output Red Cross relief fund totals rise Memorial Day note on Marguerite Treille head to France Myers dies at 31 Williams contemplates quitting baseball Callan Lipps attend Maryland Knights of Columbus convention in Hagerstown Graceham native Frank Martin Firor, head of Adaf Gobel Inc dies in Washington aged 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Martin Firor
Graceham
Adaf Gobel, Inc
New York
Providence Hospital
Washington
Engagement announced between Judith Ann Quill and Thomas Joseph Brennan
Engaged on Lindbergh avenue Judith Ann Quill daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Tomas Harry Quill will wed Thomas Joseph Brennan son of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram T. Brennan of Rye NY The wedding is set for June 26 at St Johns Catholic Church. Other local items report birthday gatherings Camp Michaux Memorial Day parade district meetings school elections and community notices.
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Tomas Harry Quill
Lindbergh Avenue
Judith Ann
Thomas Joseph Brennan
Bertram T. Brennan
Rye
Uss Quill
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
Brennan
Brown University
J. C. Penney
New York City
St. John’s Catholic Church
City
Local Residents Enter Frederick Memorial Hospital
A list of patients from Frederick area entering Frederick Memorial Hospital for medical treatment, surgery, or return home. Names include Miss Mary L Fritz Airy George Kessler Clinton Martin Frank E Gaver Mary S Burger Mrs Charles E Webster Arby Manahan Carroll W Frederick Miermorial Mary E Fogie Moonroe Zimmerman Loy W Davis and Darrell Davis among others with dates and hometowns.
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Mary L. Fritz
Airy
Frederick Memorial
George Kessler
East Second Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Clinton Martin
Burmont
Frank E. Gaver
Keymar
Mary S. Burger
East Church
Eet
Moonroe Zimmerman
Hamilton Avenue
Loy W. Davis
Rant
Darrell Davis
Loy Davis
Grant Place
Local Birthdays and Ages Noted on East Side Streets
Larry P Weddle of East Patrick street turns 16 on Tuesday. Betty Lawson of 514 North Market street marks her 25th birthday today. Robert Schroyer of North Market street observes his 61st birthday today. Caroline Simith daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Smith of East Church street will observe her 13th birthday Tuesday. Alice Virginia Swomiey of 2 East Seventh Street will celebrate her birthday Sunday.
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Larry P. Weddle
East Patrick Street
Betty Lawson
North Market Street
Robert Schroyer
Caroline Simith
Joseph Smith
East Church Street
Alice Virginia Swomiey
East Seventh St
Births Reported at Frederick Memorial Hospital May 23 26
Birth notices list numerous families from Frederick, Libertytown, Westminster, Union Bridge, Mt. Airy and Middletown. Entries include Ricky Lee, Tami Lynn, Charles Gregory, Vickie Jean, and other newborns with details of parents and hometowns. Additional note covers a heating talk by John H. Reddig at the United Church of Christ.
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Middletown
Tammie Sue
Charles Haines
Braddock Heights
Terry Lynn
Haines
Bonnie‘ Angleberger
Jefferson
United Church of Christ
Merril Remsberg
The
Grange
John H. Reddig
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison System
Reddig
Jefferson Homemakers and
Raritan Clubs
Grangery
Sagner Inc Observes 27th Anniversary at Urbana Inn
Sagner Inc marks 27th anniversary with a Friday night dance at the Peter Pan Inn Urbana. President Stanley Sagner presided noting a new men wear line. The firm, now headquartered in the city, changed from A. Sagner's Son Inc to Sagner Inc. Numerous officers and guests attended with awards of watches war bonds for years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Net and Dance
Frederick Tailoring Company
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Stanley Sagner
A. Sagner
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles V. Main
Elmer Munshower
M. J. Croghan
James H. Grove
F. Ross Myers
Fredericktown Savings Institution
W. Meredith Young
Fredericktown
Robert L. Smith
Joseph Griffith
Karl Bussard
Richard Cucina
Robert Donsie
Sheldon Hymowitz
Morely Roth
Joseph Amin
John Vihinen
Leo Weisngoff
Michael Forzano
Harold Crabill
Pauline Hawker
Milton Nash
Isabelle Houff
Claude Miller
Joseph Hoff
Frances Hossler
Ruth Summers
Mary Cline
Lililian May
Grace Fox
Eleanor O'Connell
Charlotte Dixon
James Brown
Mary Misenko
Pearl R. Smith
Richard Swomiey
Cora Staley
Frank Soper
Leona Wachter
Marie Rippeon
Alice Baker
Arlene Etzler
Betty Eppley
Marie Miller
Ralph Jones
Susie Coran
Louise Hossler
Hilda Miller
Dorothy Redmond
Mary Springs
Marceline Baugher
Catherine Tomas
Alberta Walsh
Betty Wiles
Mary Weddle
Bertha Nusz
Daisy Cole
Mildred King
Nellie Pate
Margaret Cline
Ellen Wiles
Ruby Fisher
Mabel Ramsburg
Dorothy Swomley
Mary Cockrell
Ella Dove
Agnes Wisner
Katherine Stone
Margaret L. Fox
Myrtle Crutchley
Earl Cline
Mary Heffner
Ethel Davis
Hannah Keeney
Mary S. Eyler
Earl Bussard
Henry Wasmus
Nelie Saylor
Ema Speaks
Edith Gerrey
Ruth Hoffman
Artie Woodward
Mary Millhouse
Ethel Zimmerman
Catherine Kepler
Catherine Betts
Pauline Dixon
Belva Summers
Helen Clingan
James Stavely
Grace Wilson
Marie Collins
Pearl Durrew
Myrtle Swomley
Guy Ernest
Iva Cratchley
Vivian Bachman
Edna Bell
Walter Dan
Howard Mull
Helen Gaither
Blanche Toms
Arthur Greenhut
Isidore Honikberg
Sidney Schwartz
Samuel Sagner
Ethel Crum
Edith Stewart
Sylvia Reisler
Harold L. Terr
Blanche Lowell
Vera Stavely
How Old Was Bessie and Local Notes
A humorous tale about Bessie Singletree’s comical aging jumps and a reflection on longevity. Also notes on June 2 All Saints Annual Festival at the rectory garden with baked ham dinner, and a future item on the Johann George Remsberger German Bible. Plus a report on a Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point tour by Central Maryland Chemical Engineers Club from Frederick.
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All Saints
Rectory Garden
Johann George Riemensferger
Germany
Remsburgs
Remsberg
Frederick County
Chemical Engineers Club
Maryland
Sparrows / Point
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Frederick City
Deaths of Mrs Virgie Cannes Miss Jennie Pryor and Mrs Samuel Reese
Three obituaries from Garfield and Yellow Springs detail the deaths of Mrs Virgie Alice Cannon widow of David S. Cannon aged 70 on Ford Road near Yellow Springs with two sons a sister and brother and many relatives. funeral Monday at 11 from 106 East Church Street with interment at Pleasant Hill cemetery. Miss Jennie Maude Pryor of Garfield aged 82 died at her nephew’s home Foxville-born Pryor family and last immediate family member, funeral Sunday 2:30 at Myersville funeral home and Mt Bethel Cemetery near Garfield. Mrs Armenia A Reese widow of Samuel Reese of White Hall died Friday at Washington County Hospital age 91 with large family. funeral Sunday 2:30 at Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren and burial in Beaver Creek Cemetery.
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Bessie
J. Reed Bradley
Bethesda
Bessie Singletree
Miss Singletree
Grandmother Singletree Brown
Frederick
Virgie
Alice Cannes
Virgie Alice Cannon
David S. Cannon
Ford Road
Yellow Springs
David
Sarah A. Palmer Wastler
Zion Reformed Church
Charlesville
Lybert P
Spencer
Cannon
Sallie Eaton
Hagerstown
Lee Wastler
East Church Street
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Jennie M. Pryor
Jennie Maude Pryor
Garfield
C. P. Pryor
Miss Pryor
Foxville
John and
Mary Shuff Pryor
Mer. Pryor
Myersville
Mt. Bethel ME
Paul F. Bittle
Samuel Reese
Armenia A. Reese
White Hall
Washington County Hospital
Pleasant Walk
Frederick County
Wesley
Elizabeth Castle
Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren
Twn
Beaver Creek
Funeral services for Paul Rhodes Whipp held
Funeral services were conducted Friday at 11 30 a m for Paul Rhodes Whipp who died early Tuesday. Rev Charles F Trimk Jr officiated at Evangelical Lutheran Church with Arlington National Cemetery military honors to follow at 1 30 p m Fort Myer Virginia Interment and arrangements were by Etchison and Son funeral directors.
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Paul Rhodes Whipp
East Church Street
Charles F. Trimk Jr
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Myer
OR. Etchison and Son
Ira L. Davis
Hyattstown
Olin L. Molesworth
Damascus
Raymond Shaheen
St. Luke's Lutheran
Silver Spring
Joseph Price
Franklin Linthicum
Charles Linthicum
Horace Thompson
Murray D. Day
John Cooley
Edwin Felty Geesey
Woodsboro
Downsville
Woodsboro Lutheran Church
William M. Brown
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Walter Smith
Harvey Working
John Gross
James Stoner Sr
Wilbur
Rondel LeGore
Powell and
Hartzler
Youngster Upsets Surbiton Star in Surrey Tennis Tour
Surbiton, England. AP reports 17 year old Keith Diepraam of South Africa upset 63 year old Brian Woolf in straight sets, 7-9, 6-2, to advance to the final of the Surrey Tennis Tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surbiton
England
Keith Diepraam
New Zealand
Brian Woolf
Surrey
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Nature
Emmitsburg
Henry Ridgely Evans
Baltimore
News
Lille
Ypres
Tide
Henry Ford
Flanders
RED Cross War Relief Fund
Mademoiselle Marguerite Treille
Hood College
France
Stephen B. Myers
Libertytown
Ted Williams
G. B. Callan
Alton J. Lipps
the Knights of Columbus
Mr. Callan
St. John's
Hilda Devitbiss
Walkersville
Robert Nicodemus Sr
VFW Country Club
Kent Nicodemus Sr
Kent Nicodemus Jr
Nellie
Edith
Mary Nicodemus
Nancy Greenwood
Dickie
Charles Nicodemus
Robert Nicodemus Jr
Preston Whipp
Baltmoore
Robert Nelson
Helena Stauffer
Walter Price
Ned Nicodemus
Frank Nicodemus
Minor Adams
Horace Wright
Aubrey AM. Schultz
Westminster
Gideons Bible Society
Church School
Church
Michaux
Mt. Hope
Marvin Houck
Glade United Church of Christ
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Clarence Eaves
Pennsylvania
Allen Nicodemus
Paul Funk
Jesus
Christ
Walkersville High School
Toni Dorsey
Margie Hoke
Lois Horine
Ron Dorsey
Bob Hooper
Charles Kerchner
Howard Kerchner
New Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Charles Breighner
George Street
Robert Liston
Glade Village
Charley Nicodemus
Paul Stafford
al Nickel
Tom van Pett
Robert Nicodemus
Orley Bourland
Ward Crum
Richard Thompson
Hir
Nelson Stauffer
Knoxville
Senator Knox
Gettysburg
Knoxton
California
New Jersey
Washingion West
Woodside Methodist Church
Latch
Metropolitan Church
C. R. Rector
Gladys Wisner
Asbury
Gaithersburg
William M. Grove
Bruigas
Sue Ann Yager
Fort Detrick
United Nations Association of Maryland
American Association For the United Nations
Mary Anne Gilbert
Chestertown
Valerie Coale
Mis. Airy High School
Mi. Airy
Sharon
Huffman
G. Henry Huffman
Smith College
Chester Bowles
D. Conn
Sarah
Bowles
India
Connecticut
Miss Huff
Phere
Hurtiers
Oliver B. Driver
Mount Airy
Emma Jane
Wiliam B. Gifford
George E. Gifford Sr
Calvert
Miss Driver
Mount Airy High School
Maryland General Hospital School of Nursing
Gifford
Rising Sun High School
Montgomery Junior College
Takoma Park
A. T. & T. Company
Sagner Inc
Historical Society of
George Brunner Remsburg
Poolesville
Marguerite Siegrist
der Tos
Eurom
Europe
Nirwera
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