P TA Meeting Set At Middletown High School
Middletown High School P TA will meet Tuesday at 8 p m in the library. Miss Elizabeth McCaffery and Robert MacMillan from the school business department will discuss The Importance of Qualified Commercial Students in Today's Business World. Parents of band students plan a turkey and ham supper November 16 from 4 to 8 p m to raise funds for new band uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Elizabeth McCaffery
Robert MacMillan
Middle wealthiest areas home to writers and manufacturers
A Sales Management article ranks the Bridgeport Stamford Norwalk area as the leading middle wealthiest region with 27,271 people or 13.18 percent of its metropolitan population. Washington and Newark follow, then New York Honolulu Paterson Clifton Passaic Chicago Cleveland Wilmington and Los Angeles in the top ten. The piece notes money and culture cluster where money makers live and hints at health and longevity trends from era data.
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Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk
Washington
Newark
New Jersey
New York
Honolulu
Paterson-Clifton-Passaic
N. J
Chicago
Cleveland
Wilmington
Del
Los Angeles
Life of Ancestor Tied to Amelung Glass Works
Letter shares family link to Balatzer Kramer who immigrated from Germany to work at Amelung glass works and later at Manheim glass works in Pennsylvania. He moved to New Geneva, bought into a glass plant with Andrew Gallatin and died in 1815. Community interest continues in Amelung excavation articles.
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Amelung
Balatzer Kramer
United States
Germany
Amelung Glass Works
Manheim Glass
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files 1913
Readable items from the November 4 1913 issue note a hunting accident near Braddock Heights where Harry Craig was shot in the cheek but escape unharmed. Other items report carpet laying by Le Mullinix, a December 5 concert for a hospital piano fund, Bryan's reception at the City Opera House, Maryland’s lone exhibit at Chicago's land show, Crum's update on Fishing Creek work, a shooting scare at a hennery, and a minor fire alarm at J F Purnell residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Heights
Harry Craig
LE. Mullinix
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Hood College Hall
Frances Lawson
Frederick City
William Jennings Bryan
Frederick
City Opera House
E. Austin Baughtman
Democratic County Central Committee
Ernest Lagarde
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Lagarde
Diplomatic Service
Maryland
Frederick County
Chicago
NITV
Crum
Fishing Creek
Thomas Sponseller
South Market Street
A.A. Lough
Independent Hose Co
J.F. Purnell
Dill Avenue
Linganore plant upgrades eyed. city eyes dams on Fishing Creek
In 1943 city officials push Linganore filtration improvements to optimize plant capacity and consider further Fishing Creek dam projects. A Athletics spring training link to Frederick surfaces as Earle Mack tours McCurdy Field. A heavy downpour raises Fishing Creek flow and the Blue Ridge Summit Court hotel burns, displacing guests. Red Army nears Kherson as Allied advances press toward Tokyo. Halsey proclaims victory after Bougainville action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh V. Gillinger
Fishing Creek
Frederick
Philadelphia Athletics
Earle Mack
Connie Mack
McCurdy Field
Colonial Court
Blue Ridge Summit
Kherson
Dnieper River
William F. Halsey
Bougainville
Tokyo
Old Fashioned Chicken Dinner At Fogle Home
Walter Fogle and family hosted a social evening with Airman Mc Lester W. Pryor and Mrs Mae Pryor and several local residents. Pryor spends a 20 day leave from Lackland AFB before returning to Syracuse University. Montevue Entertainment featured a Halloween Parade benefit with a Boy Scout band under Gary Smith and a list of costumed participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fogle
Woodshero
Lester W. Pryor
Mae Pryor
Thurmont
Anna Shorb Blessing
Larry Blessing
Keymar
Luther A. Myers
Terry
Tammy
New Windsor
Lynn Roberts
Dickerson
Mc Pryor
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Syracuse University
Syracuse
New York
Montevue Entertainment
Montevue
Montevue Home Auxiliary
Gary Smith
Musi
Middletown to Host Elementary Book Fair
Middletown Elementary School hosts a book fair November 15 with the theme Wishes Come True. Preview night November 13 runs 8 to 9 pm in the school auditorium. Proceeds support home libraries and reading interest for children from nursery to teen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Jerry and
Jay Rhoderick
Dan Clark
Patricia Young
Diane Stone
Karol Koogle
Middletown
Robert Vaughn
Robert Pennington
Carlton Rhoderick
James Frazier
Albert Cohen
Homer Remsberg
Philip Butler
Fire at Edmondson Baltimore Delayed Blaze Quelled by Water
Firemen fought six hours to subdue a basement blaze at the Tommy Tucker store in Edmondson Village Shopping Center Baltimore. The fire was discovered at 1 07 p m and brought under control at 6 pm. One firefighter suffered minor injuries. Cause and damage estimates were not immediately available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmondson Baltimore
West Baltimore
Tommy Tucker
Edmondson Village
Contact With Lost Miners In Len gede Mine
Surface workers reached 11 miners trapped in the Len gede iron mine after a flood. Drillers sunk a 200 foot shaft for rescue while 29 others were accounted for earlier. Officials reported the 11 had lived 10 days without food or light and remained in relatively good condition amid swollen feet and minor injuries.
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Brocistedt
Germany
Lengede
Rudolf Stein
Iron
Heinrich Kellner
Kellner
Adolf Herbst
Deaths and Obituaries in Hagerstown Area
Obituaries list Bennie S Babington 70 of 149 W Franklin St Hagerstown plus Margaret Fannie Baumgardner 88 of Taneytown Donald Fleming Howard associated with Sykesville and Mary Lucore 90 of Gaithersburg. Also Bruce Late 75 of Rocky Ridge and Daisy A Lucore 90 of Laytonsville with service details and family survivors.
Funeral notices for Wetzel Busch and Burns
Funeral services were held for Joseph iC Wetzel at the Lutheran Church Emmitsburg with interment in the church cemetery. Mary Severn Busch of Mt Airy died in Catonsville and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery Mt Airy. Margaret E Burns died and her service was at White Rock Methodist Church Carroll County with hymns among the rites.
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Benaie ’. Babington
Bennie S. Babington
Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Harmony Grove
Frank
Margaret (Shuff) Babington
Minnie (Eccard) Babington
Mary Seastock
Baltimore
Glenna
Carroll
Riztah Holmes
Boonsboro
F. Burgee Babington
Rohrersville
Bittle
Myersville
Vernon Miles
United Brethren Cemetery
Wolfsville
Margaret F. Baumgardner
Margaret Fannie Baumgarder
RFD 2
Taneytown
Carrie Dern
Emmitsburg
Keysville Methodist Church
C. C. Fuss and Son Funeral
Donald Brake
Keysville Union Cemetery
Donald F. Howard
Donald Fleming Howard
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
Mt.Olivet
Howard
Howard Tull
Mary Esther Tull
News-Post
Paul L. Altshouse
Carty
Joseph E. Lucore
Daisy A. Lucore
Gaithersburg
Joseph E.luecore
Josephine Geibert
James Street
Gaith_ersburg
Franceis H. Barber
Laytonsville
Quincy Cemetery
Ripley
New York
IC. Bruce
C. Bruce
Rocky Ridge
John W
Elizabeth Powell
Mt. Tabor
Dwayne
Pamela
Maurice
Middleburg
Carrie
Frederick
M. L. Creager and Son Funeral
Thurmont
Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church
Donald C. Brake
the Church
Joseph Ic. Wetzel
RFD
Arthur B. Wetzel
Ronald W. Fearer
Delbert Piper Ray Glass
Albert Wivell
Bernard Wivell
J. Norbert Wivell
Evert Messner
Mary Severn Busch
Mt. Airy
Catonsville
Waltz
Liberty Road
Winfield
Roger Elgert
Calvary Methodist Church
Mt Airy
Robert Callahan
Joseph H. Gosnell
Leonard Hoade
Roscoe Molesworth
Marcus B. Pickett
Robert E. Smith
Pine ‘Grove
Margaret E. Burns
University Hospital
Philadelphia
White Rock Methodist Church
Carroll County
J.P. Blackman
Funeral notices and burial services in Middletown area
Obituaries and funeral rites listed for Marion Carmack Sr Eva Frances Jenkins Omer L Miller William Ray and others. Services held at local churches and funeral homes with pallbearers named and interments at Mount Olivet and Lutheran cemeteries. Conducted by M R Etchison and Son and Gladhill funeral directors.
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Marion D
Babe) Carmack Sr
East Fifth Street
East Church ‘Street
Maurice D. Ashbury
All Saints Episcopal Church
Travis Fout
George Laysman
Irving Engle
E. Paul Magaha
John Fox
Joseph Gerwig
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Eva Frances Jenkins
East 2Nd Street
East Church Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
Alfred E. Smith
Charles Clatterbuck
Paul Pristas
William Wharton
Bruce Elliott
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Omer L. Miller
Washington, D. C
Gladhill
Middletown
George Klinefelter
John Huff
Kenneth Buckley
Warren Leigh
Paul Routzahn
Guy Bidle
Walter Bidle
Lutheran Cemetery
William
Ray
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Grace United Church of Christ
Wilbur C. Hargett
Nevin T. R . Waskey
Paul M. Carmack
George L. Rothenhoefer
David P. Putman
John M. Grave
Mount
Rivers Rivers Potomac and Monocacy run low at points
The Potomac at Point of Rocks and the Monocacy at Buckeystown are reported clear and low. Marshall I. Moser, 62, of Sabillasville, was treated at Waynesboro Hospital emergency room Friday noon for a laceration to the index finger of his right hand.
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Potomac
Buckeystown
Marshall I. Moser
Sa‘billasville
Waynesboro, Pa
Employment Forum on Equal Opportunity in Frederick
A public meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Asbury Methodist Church will discuss equal employment for Negroes in Frederick County. Local NAACP leaders report strong business interest in hiring qualified Negro workers and plan an open forum with a panel of local businessmen a Negro youth and community members. Dr. John Neufer will moderate as officials are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Asbury Methodist Church
NAACP
E. Paul Magaha
Board of Aldermen
John Neufer
Western Maryland College
Leonard Green
Equal Employment Opportunities Committee
Local Hospital Updates On Patients
Mr. George E. Lewis Sr. of West Fourteenth Street, a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital, is reported improving. Mr. Charles L. Haines of Matter Place has entered Newton D. Baker Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia for observation and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Lewis Sr
West Fourteenth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Charles L. Haines
Matter Place
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
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Fredericks Mace
Richard E. Best
Charles L. Horn
Minneapolis, Minn
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Elm Street School
Edward Seligmann
Harold Neufeld
Milton Gordon
Austin Powell
Douglas Campbell
J. Rolfe Castleman
Bertha Long
Oliver Cejka
Peggy Doll
Ruth Levinson
Jan Duggan
Jody Smith
Linda
Brenda Haugh
George Poole
Bruce Seligmann
Kenneth
Marjorie Neufeld
John Cejka
Anna Les Haugh
Middletown Elementary School
Gertrude Herbst
Hannover
Broistedt
West Germany
Huette
Alex. Brown & Sons
New York Stock Exchange
F. & M National
Val
Frederick Co. National
Fredericktown
Western Md. Trust & Tra
Ox Fibre Brush
Potomac Edison
Marken & Bielfeld
Bank of Brunswick
Bank of Damascus Ni
Birnie Trust
Detour Bank
First Nat'l
Myersville Savings
New Windsor State Bank
Thurmont Bank
Woodsboro Savings Bank
Pes Frederick Co Agri. Society
Joe
Edmund Yaltman
Hartbore
Elzie Foreman
Blessed Assurance
Raymond Rhewbottom Jr
James Rhewbottom
Vernon Dorsey
Robert Gassaway
Roscoe Gassaway
William Foreman
Church Cemetery
CE. Hicks III
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