County Agent Office Relocation Plans Announced
County agencies map a move for Winchester Hall nearly June first with the Agent’s office shifting from the second floor of the old Church Street School to the west wing. Soil Conservation ASC-ACP join on the third floor. Welfare upswing to the new wing. Draft Board and Rehabilitation stay on second floor. Farmers Home Admin retains East Wing site. Health Department to occupy rebuilt west wing base and first floor. Memorial Day reflections open the piece, honoring sacrifice from Gettysburg to Chosin Reservoir and urging remembrance of national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Church
Ind
Rederies County
Winchester Hall
Draft Board
Church Street School
Farmers Home Administra
Wellfare Department
Frederick County
Great Southern Pig and Milling Company Ad Notice
Page from The News Frederick Maryland dated Thursday May 29 1958 includes an advertisement for Great Southern Pig and Milling Company with contact and subscription details. The snippet shows pricing and subscription terms and notes Associated Press involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Frederick
THE
Great Southern Pig
Fresenck
Bevence
Matt Menth
Rember
Grecianecs
Associated Sress Twe Associaced
Sie Ae
Frederczk
Med
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
A May 29 1908 recap notes the Freder ick water supply crisis with engineer Alfred M Quick urging immediate improvements. A parrot lost by Mrs George E Salter on West Church Street is recovered. Dr Wm B James sells a West South Street two story brick dwelling to Ralph F Wachter. A doubleheader is set for tomorrow with Rockville visiting Frederick Andersen and Louis expected to pitch. An oil lamp fire on West Patrick Street caused a large blaze but no damage mortally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Alfred M. Quick
Baltimore
Waller Department
Parrot
George E. Salter
West Church Street
William B. Jamessis
West South Street
Ralph
F. Wachter
Rockville
Andersen
Louis
A. S. Hunichen
West Patrick Street
Twenty Years Ago Hiems From The Colomas Of The News
City Attorney Edward J. Smith reports a Federal Commission survey of radio re in Fire Board. A Washington man at Knoxville Press into an auto crash, leaving the motorcyclist seriously hurt. An attempted hold up on the National pike east of Frederick ends with the bandit fleeing after a pistol shot from City Officer Ben Phebus. Frederick County job seekers are mainly men aged 24 to 34 per the employment census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Smith
Federal Commission
Bae Gerteke
Washington Manay
Knoxville Press
Tne
National Pike
Frederick
Ben Phebus
Frederick County
Democratic Candidates Speak at Frederick City Rally
Democratic candidates addressed the Frederick County Women’s Democratic League at YMCA Auditorium. Speakers included Louis E. Elchelberger for city treasurer and alderman hopefuls William Bartgis Robert E Dailey Sr Lloyd R Stup Donald Rice and others. Meetings closed with reports on committees a picnic planned for June 24 and volunteers for the June 10 city election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Democratic Leagues
Frederick County
YMCA
Eal
Freda Dol
Louis E. Elchelberger
City Treasur
Elchelberger
Aldermasiie Post
William Bartgis
Dailey
Lloyd R. Stup
William B. Burall
Frederick City
Donald Rice
Sirs
Laurain Strube
Mild Jred S. Fisher
J .Mery Rice
Hazel White
Louise E. Fraley
United Democratic Clubs of
Maryland
Louise £. Fraley
Ruby Hahn
Charles Collins
George Abrecht
A. Irvin Reno
Mildred Fisher
Local health notes from Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dr. David G. Everhart returns home after observation at University Hospital Baltimore. A. H. Norris of Rocky Ridge enters Frederick Memorial Hospital for surgery. Mrs. Chris Goldier Jacobs sustains a fractured arm in a fall and remains hospitalized. James Cupino returns to Frederick Memorial as a medical patient. Carla Alice Beconfelg and parents have moved from Baltimore and she is a medical patient. Hegenfelds children ages six and five undergo tonsillectomies. Jesse Day of Ridgeville is a surgical patient with satisfactory condition. Sherman Black of New Windsor remains under observation. Clyde Moxley, injured in a May 10 auto crash, remains confined at Frederick Memorial.
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David G. Everhart
North Court’ Street
University Hospital
Baltimore
A. H. Norris
Rocky Ridge
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Maxwell Avenue
Chris Goldier Jacobs
Jacobs
James Cupino
James Cupine
Eugene A. Kefauver
Grant Place
Jesse Day
Ridgeville
Sherman Black
New Windsor
Clyde Moxley
Memorial Day Observance and Memory Across Generations
The article blends reflections on Memorial Day tradition with lines honoring fallen soldiers and the duty to remember. It notes the practice of decorating graves with flowers and plants, while quoting cultural figures and a radio discussion on nutrition linked to a playful digression about kissing and brain chemistry.
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Marie Torre
WOR
Carlton Fredericks
Fredericks
Waten
Deaths of Harry W Cooper and Elsie L Dixon in Maryland area
Obituaries note the deaths of Harry W Cooper 69 of Lovettsville and Elsie L Dixon 59 of New Market. Cooper’s services planned for Saturday in Loversville with entombment at Union cemetery. Dixon survived by husband Forest M Dixon and several relatives, with services in New Market. Also mentions unrelated items and local notices.
Burial of Two Unknown Heroes Of Last Wars
Arlington National Cemetery held a solemn burial for two unknown World War I soldiers amid a national presentation of war memory. President Harding and foreign dignitaries attended as the casket was laid to rest, with gun salutes, taps, and speeches affirming a conscious civilization against war.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Faorkal
Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Oflfields
Brave
Associated Press
Pulmer
France
Peri Shing
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
White House
Pershing
Secre
Weeks
Denby
Mpnitheater
Liberty
Capitol
Marine Jand
Darewell
Obituaries for AfcElfresh and Speak in Frederick area
Side Glances notes the death of retired farmer AfcElfresh at his daughter's Damascus home after a long illness. He leaves a large family, funeral Friday at Mount Olivet, with calls after seven the day prior. Carrie M Speak, 72, Creagerstown resident, died at home. widow of George Speak, survived by daughter and grandson. services pending Thurmont funeral home.
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Claude E. Burdette
Damascus
Frederick County
Colvini
Ida Lawson AfcElfresh
Sophronia McElfresh
Bethesda Methodist Church
Browningsville
Templars Lodge
Poplar Springs
jArs. Burdette
Jehildren
William M. Watkins
Raymond F. Day
Kemptown
John H
Lindsey L. McElfresh
Frederick
Woodfield
Mount Olivet
Olin L. Molesworth
Carrie M. Speak
Créagerstown
George David Speak
Creagers
John F
Laura V. Creager Valentine
St. John’s
Creagerstown
Faithful Workers Society of
Milton Grimes
Eugene E. Grimes
Thurmont
M. L Creager and Son
Funerals Mark Deaths in Frederick Area Services
Multiple funeral services held for William Henry Bell Annie Naomi Nikirk George H. Smith Sr and Mrs Ann Elizabeth Tinney across Frederick area parish churches and homes Interments followed at Mount Olivet Union Cemetery Woodsboro and Lovettsville with C E Cline and Son directing services Names of pallbearers floral tributes and officiating clergymen listed along with burial sites and memorial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Naomi Nikirk
Glen R. Nikirk
West Fifth Street
Charles F. Trunk Jr
Evangelical Lutheran Church
C. Franklin
Robert al
Edwin F
Welty S
G. G. Lorman
Travis F. Nikirk
Mount Olivet Cemetery
C. E. Cline and Son
George H. Smith Sr
Trail Avenue
First Baptist
Frederick
Robert Woodward
Elizabeth Tinney
James P. Tinney
North Market Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
All Saints Church
Maurice D. Ashbury
Howard J. Rudsill
Meredith Alexander Sr
Meredith Alexander Jr
Reno T. Clingan
Raymond R. Clingan
Charles L. Chipney
William G. Crummitt
Aterment
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Feneral
Obituary: Edgar C. Flook 69 Freder ick Memorial Hospital
Edgar C Flook died Tuesday night in Freder ick Memorial Hospital at age 69. He was the son of the late Martin and Sarah Flook and survived by ten brothers including Oscar of Brunswick and Harry of Burkittsville. The body lies at C H Feeter and Brother funeral home in Bruns wick with calling hours, funeral Friday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Emmett E Bittinger. Interment in Arnolds town cemetery.
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Edgar C. Flook
Edgar Clayton Flook
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Martin Flook
Sarah Alexander Flook
Oscar Flook
Brunswick
Harry Flook
Burkittsville
C. H. Feeter
Arnolds
Funeral services set for Ralph E. Fout
Ralph E. Fout, 24, drowned in the Merrimac River during a boating accident. His body was recovered and will lie in state at 105 East Church Street Funeral Home, with services Saturday at two o'clock and interment at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Survived by parents Ralph D. and Edith V. Purdy Fout, wife, three children, two sisters, and other relatives. He had served at Nahant Army Base and was an amateur archaeologist and Calvary Methodist member.
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Kenny
Penny
Sam
Kiss
Ayvine
Willy
East Patrick Street
Howers
Maryland
Mount Olivet
C. E. Cline and Son
Presentviay
Tyne
Thorn
Alli
Etech
Catherine E. Hoover
Catherine Elizabeth Hoov
Ler
Union Bridge
Joshua Wilson Hoover
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hagauiritious
Ijate Joan H
Mary Leiss Hebb
Union
Alilridge
Methodist Church
Ralph E. Fout
Merrimac River
New Hampshire
Fout
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
Jm. R. Etchison and Son
Final Activity Friday at Mt Airy High School
The Mt Airy High School graduating class holds its final activity in the school auditorium Friday May 30 at 8 p.m. A public showing of Rebel Without a Cause stars James Dean Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood. The event marks the senior year closure and notes the 1938 class as first to use the new building for all activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Airy High School
James Dean
Sal Mineo
Natalie Wood
Wayne
Norwood
Warren Hariison
Pat Topper
Elliott Clary
Irvin Bohr
Bettie Moore
Richard Walker
Ann Lamb
Bill Knill
Mary Jane Tabler
Ronnie Yeager
Faith Farmer
Gilbert Buchman
Diane Gardner
James Elgin
Earl Kline
Betty Fleming
Births Reported At Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick area births report at Frederick Memorial Hospital for May 26 and 27. List includes James David Taylor, Philip Blair Lambert, Erin Anne Fairs, Karen Elaine Blank, Ronald Wayne Beasley among newborns. Parents and former surnames noted. addresses listed. Ainslie Pryor Hollywood actor dies at 37 after brain cancer battle. funeral services held for Idal Louise Brown near Laurettsville.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
James Taylor
Airy
James David
Taylor
Elaine Klein
St. Airy
Robert Lambert
North Market Street
Philip Blair
Lambert
Cecilia Fairs
Tanestown
Bernard Kelly
Beechwood Drive
Erin Anne
Kelly
Betty ‘Bechtell
Smithsburg
Ralph Blank
Mon‘rovia
iKaren Elaine
Blank Ls
Evelyn Morgan
Monrovia
Osby Beasley
East Second Street
Ronald Wayne
Beasley
Nancy Beall
Frederick
Ainslie Pryor
Also Mentioned on This Page
John A. Logas
Grand Army of the Republic
Cay
America
Gettysburg
Argonne
Anzio Beach
Chosin Reservoir
United States
Life Underwriters
Frederick Life Underwriters Association
V.F.W. Country Club
L. Lewren Sibert
United Insurance Company
Daniel F. Chesley
Peoples Life
George Y Stup
Prudential
Gerald P. .Dorsey
Metropolitan
Theodore Noffsinger
Richard Shank
Home Beneficial
Merritt Birch
Mutual Benefit Life of
Newark
N. J
Birch
Walter Dunbar
Maryland State Life Underwriters Association
Home Mutual Life
Glenn E. Orrison
Powell
Claggett
Buckeystown
Noble C. Powell
Fort Detrick
Semces
Sinzan Forces
D. G. Grothaus
Cmic
Fort
Detrick
Meyen
Colman
Santa Barbara
Ronald Colmen
Be Bume
Juan
Mobile
Ala
API
Memaz
Benz
Tre Wilew
Drammond Kennedy
Harry Willis Cooper
Lovettsville
Carmel Jacobs Cooper
Ruby P. Ritten
Panamas ‘City
Fla
Evelyn Beele
Herbert Cooper
Harpers Ferry
Chester Cooper
New Market
Lovertsylle
Union Cemetery
Loversville
Brown
Forest M. Dixon
Elsie Leona Dixon
Forest
Dixon
McKaig
Lillie Fox Hell
Willard R. Hall
New
Betty Norris
Charles Norris
Saery Norris
Connie Norris
Wallace Norris Jr
Curtis
Associated
arijTed Liscoln
Vause
Eatahos
Mem
Briand
Foch
Beatty
Balfour
Jacques
Diaz
Cyril J. Hoover
Normont Funeral Home
Hagerstown
J. T. Spicimall
J. "E. Kemp
Rose Hill Cemetery
Calvin H. McElfresh
Calvin Hughsie McElfresh
Tame
William Henry Bell
New London
William Hall
Calvary Methodist Church
State Roads Commission
Eldred Boyer
Lioyd Ahalt
Johns
Clarence Brown
Fred Kimmel
George Zeigler
Union Chapel
Libertytown
W. A. Wade
Lovellsville
R. E. Brown
Lucille James
Falls Church
Katie Preusser
Arlington
Helen Rocca
Bernice Graham
Evelyn Wilklow
Charlotte Brown
Sarah Brown
Joan O. Brown
Leesburg
Wilmer E. Brown
Thurman Brown
Ralph Fout
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