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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
2
A partial OCR fragment from The News Frederick Maryland notes a 1963 date and Associated Press copyright. The readable bits reference publication timing and postal matter, with no clear event, person, or outcome to describe. The piece lacks coherent narrative or specifics for a full summary.
Land deal closes as Edward L Williams Co acquires about 38 acres including extensions of Rockwell Terrace and West Fourth Street at $1000 per acre. Wolfsville auto trip ends in mud after heavy rain during meeting on new school building. Rev J W Kiracote speaks on My Fifty Years In The Ministry in Hagerstown. Mrs May Gaylor Middle town class visits her home with 13 in attendance. Hobbs and Basford walk from Baltimore to Frederick to visit grandfather Mrs Lewis Specht in 1446 hours. George H Davis horse dash causes wagon wreck and peas lost on West Patrick Street. Wood and Wood attorneys relocate to Court Street offices. Griffin, Miller and Ebert canoeing end in cold bath after overturn.
The piece ponders Memorial Day rituals and the nation's duty to honor fallen servicemen while acknowledging ongoing dangers. It notes four major wars since the Civil War, warns of powerful weapons expanding cemeteries, and describes U S policy aimed at deterring aggressors through diplomacy and force.
The Dyhenfurth Expedition records a second Everest ascent within a month as William Unsoeld and Thomas Hornbein conquer the western wall near the summit. Barry Bishop and Luther Jerstad previously summited via the South Col, elevating U.S. prestige in exploration and science with projected benefits to mankind.
The plan calls for a 1,600,000 kw generating station and about 335 miles of 300,000 volt EHV lines. Estimated total cost is near a million dollars. APS President J Lee Rice notes a second unit could add later, with coal needs around 1,020 tons yearly. Interconnections and improved efficiency aim to offset rising prices.
The state named a 1955 World’s Fair troupe to represent Connecticut. Governor James Noted announced the appointment, with the group serving from the present date until the exposition’s completion in 1955.
Gasoline shortages linger with few filling stations open in the city. War casualties in North Africa reach 2,184 killed and 9,437 wounded with 6,937 missing or prisoners. Bishop Helfenstein plans resignation effective October 1. West city lights out due to a cable break. U S bombers destroy 74 enemy planes in the Wilhelmshaven Emden raid. Walkersville High seniors Pegsy Himes Anna Grace Kefauver and Emajane Hahn receive four year honor pins in four divisions of school life.
Among the sick Mr. Donald W Grumbine of East Fourth street is a medical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ernest C Wilhide Sr of East Fourteenth street remains a patient at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. Miss Barbara Moser daughter of Mr and Mrs John S Moser near Middletown is convalescing at home after a tonsillectomy Friday at Frederick Memory Hospital. Mrs Mattie Eyler Schafer of Route 1 Frederick is recuperating in the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda after a week as a patient.
Members of the Past Parahon tas Leama met recently at Mrs. Dormhy O'Brien's East Louth street home with Miss Elserna Norwood and Mrs. Fannie King among hosts. The gathering opened with a prayer by Chaplin Mrs. Vole tra Tooke and included a Great Colony report and local notices. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Teatelie May on Monroe Avenue June 4 with refreshments provided by Mrs. Modred Kong.
Four Frostburg Teachers College professors seek an academic freedom hearing after contracts were not renewed. ACLU lawyer Fred Weisgal obtained a circuit court order requiring college president R Bowen Hardesty and the board of trustees to appear by June 7. The suit claims dismissals were not for teaching merit but for whim and criticizes lack of due process.
Mr David Gardiner near Damas cus observed his 2h birth day Sunday May 26 with a picnic lunch for Emma Plunkard Carlson Gardiner John King Joan Garland Beard Billy Donna Johnnie Grimes Debbie James Hawse Jeannie Linda Kathy Nancy Gardiner Allen Miller Teresa Warne Janet Randy and Mrs David Gardiner Cakes were shared and gifts given. Mr and Mrs Guy Tressler celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary recently at their Mount Aity home.
City police charged Bernard R. Caner Jr. of Washington with a hit and run after an accident Sunday on North Bentz Street. His 180 Chevrolet struck a parked 1463 Comet owned by Jack Walton, skidded, hit a curb, trees, and centerd south on Bentz. The abandoned car was found on West Via Santa Street. Officer Ray Dietz filed the charge.
Mount Saint Mary's College announces Thomas D. Ryan of Philadelphia as valedictorian with a 92.7 average and magna cum laude, and George B. Amoss of Failston as salutatorian. Ryan held student government roles, appeared on the Mountain Echo staff as sports editor, and earned multiple honors while eyeing graduate study in Maryland and Illinois.
Ronald Eugene Cramer 21 of Frederick was acquitted of drunken driving and found guilty of reckless driving with a $14 fine in a morning hearing before Magistrate Stanley Y. Bennett. Cramer was arrested May 4 at 1 22 a.m. at a gas station by Officer Gideon T. Darkis after a collision damage to nearby auto and skid marks. Testimony from officers and a witness supported the wreck scene. Shipe and Boyer entries followed in the same session with separate convictions and sentences.
The Rotary Club of Frederick posts no meeting at Francis Scott Key Hotel and instead hosts a luncheon at Fort Detrick Officers Club followed by a tour of the Bio Math building. Junior Rotarian Hayes Ruthvin Jr. attends as a senior at Frederick High, works at Safeway, plans Columbia Tech for mechanical engineering, and serves as Star Scout and Troop 27 assistant scoutmaster. He lives with parents Hayes Ruthvin Sr. and Church Street resident. father manages meat at Food Fair in Havertown.
Market prices show Cam 734 and Wheal 1 pale for stamps. a single postwar issue from Ji] year aims to set a new auction record. The Yaxzian stamp comes from Maurice Barret Lavesnoe’s collection with limited copies.
Four of five Maryland youths were injured in a Sunday evening crash near Annadale when the car driven by 17 year old Francis Rinehart Taneytown crossed the center and hit a tree. Rinehart and four others were hospitalized in Gettysburg with serious injuries.
Funeral services were held for Walter Randolph Compher at 11 a.m. Monday at 106 East Church Street with Rev. Bruce Gabbert Jr. officiating. Pallbearers included Carlton Compher and Fred Compher. Interment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Additional services honored Carl A. Criswell at Waltz Funeral Home in Winfield, with Rev. Harold Haines officiating and interment at Lake View Memorial Gardens. C. Levine Carbaugh Sr. was cremated after a house fire near Uniontown. pallbearers were Levi Frock and others with interment at Piper Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Savilla G. Garver of New Windsor, and Mrs. Elsie Irene Sunday of Frederick were also remembered in services conducted by Rev. Harold Haines and Rev. Guy P. Bready, with interments at Taylorsville Cemetery and Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery respectively.
The board of commissioners discussed the level of tax money required to operate the school system and questioned air conditioning, seating, and auditorium plans. They ordered Mr. Bloom to review the Johnson school project and report findings. Italian actor Camila Tinta dies in San Lom at 6 03 PM after acclaimed film roles.
Deaths reported for Hugh H Adelsberger 82 of Fairfield Pa Amos Newton Coshon 76 of Union Bridge and infant Jamie Daryl Lafferty 11 days old of Baltimore plus Mrs Minnie Johnston of Apollo and Mrs Barbara Roby Brunswick. Surviving relatives listed with funeral plans and interment details in Taneytown Liberty Winfield Apollo Brunswick and Midlothian area papers.
Alfred G Trundle 64 of Atlanta died suddenly in Hawaii while returning from a six week world cruise. He was general manager of the Atlanta office of Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. Surviving wife Audrey Wolfe, two sons Graham and Robert, a grandchild, three sisters, one brother, seven nieces and three nephews. The body to be flown to Atlanta for burial. Bernie P Welch obituary from Charles Town also notes Bertie P Welch died Sunday in Charles Town General Hospital. A farmer born in Jefferson county, survived by a son Spencer A Welch of Knoxville.
The second annual antique auction at the Frederick Academy of the Visitation raised 4500 on Saturday in the convent garden. Proceeds topped last year’s, with Restorers of Mt. Carmel buying items dating to around 1799 for the Carmelite Convent restoration in Port Tobacco. Items included cooking utensils, a women’s confessional, nun cells’ materials, and heirloom pictures.
State Police said Eduard F. Callan was driving on Md 355 near Frederick when Jesse H. Clark drove from a tavern into Callan’s path. Callan suffered cuts and bruises and was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Trooper Robert Reed charged Clark with failing to yield the right of way.
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