Frederick County voters sweep Democratic ticket in 1913
In Frederick County the Democratic landslide elected nearly all ticket holders. Sheriff John D. Conard Jr and commissioners John W. Humm Thomas N. Mohler Frank M. Stevens, delegates McGill Belt August T. Brust George H. Bussard Markell H. Nelson Eugene A. Wachter, treasurer Frederick W. Cramer, and surveyor Emory C. Crum. Blair N. Lee carried the U.S. Senate race. Former Judge Motter was paralyzed after a day of election work. Other items note bachelor club plans near Frederick and Ralph Baumgardner opening a meat store with his father’s partnership, plus Lewis Fagan injuring his arm while cranking an auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
John D. Conard, Jr
John W. Humm
Thomas N. Mohler
Frank M. Stevens
McGill Belt
August T. Brust
George H. Bussard
Markell H. Nelson
Eugene A. Wachter
Frederick W. Cramer
Emory C. Crum
Blair N. Lee
John C. Motter
G. Ed Myers
Frederick
Bachelors’ Club
Ralph Baumgardner
H.D. Baumgardner
North Market Street
Rosenaur
East Patrick Street
E. E. Dixon
Lewis Fagan
Sheriff Fagan
Sanford R. Shafer
Thurmont
Congress to Run Without Break Into 1964 Session
Senate leaders warn no recesses amid open end debate on foreign aid civil rights and tax cuts. After holidays in November and December Congress will convene January 3 1964 with limited time to pass major programs and appropriations before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Chemicals Powering Farm Revolution Says Shuman
Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation argues that proper use of agricultural chemicals fuels the technological farming revolution, boosting food quality and affordability. He asserts research shows no health hazard when chemicals are used as directed, aiding higher yields and freeing labor for industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Notable Illness and Convalescence Notices
Among the sick Mrs. James C. Shipley of Springfield Virginia formerly of this city entered Georgetown University Hospital in Washington on October 13 for observation and treatment. Mrs. Charles S. Price East Second Street, who has been ill at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore with a severe attack of the shingles in the ear and throat, is now convalescing at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Shipley
Springfield
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington
Charles S. Price
East Second St
Jobs Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
News-Post Names October News Tip Winners
Winners in the News-Post monthly tip contest include an armed robbery in Woodsboro a fatal crash on U S 15 south of Point of Rocks and a county youth bitten by a poisonous snake. Other prize tips cover vandalism in Brunswick train blocking in Williamsville and accidents at Wolfsville Alma's truck stop Mt Airy Harris Road Barnesville and Chestnut Grove Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsboro
U.S. 15
Pt. of Rocks
News-Post
Brunswick
Yiamsville
Wolfsville
Barbara Fritchie
Alma
Route 40
Mt. Airy
Harris Road
Barnesville
Chestnut Grove
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files
Items from the News Post dated November 5 1943 report Allied submarine actions sinking 487 Japanese ships and damaging more, Christmas parcel urgency, a toy drive by Francis Scott Key Post of the American Legion, naval actions at Bougainville, Fifth Army advances in Italy, a new Salvage Segregation Center at Hargett skating rink, the Empty Stocking Club Christmas treat for about 206 city children, and Swiss dispatches noting 8 million Germans homeless and 152000 killed at Hamburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Guy K. Motter
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Radio Tokyo
Italy
Fifth Army
Third Service Command
Hargett Skating Rink
Jefferson Street
Hamburg
Frederick County Heart Association officer attends AHA meeting
Dr. A. Austin Pearce, president of the Frederick County Heart Association, took part in the scientific sessions and annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Los Angeles from October 25 through 29. Miss Cheryl Wells of South Market Street, a laboratory secretary at the Frederick County Health Department, was honored with a workplace bridal shower during lunch on Monday for her upcoming wedding on November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Austin Pearce
Frederick County Heart Association
American Heart Association
Los Angeles
Calif
Cheryl Wells
South
Market Street
Frederick County Health Department
Health Department
Engagement of Johanna Bross to Ronald Huffer
Mr and Mrs Christian Bross of Hagerstown announce the engagement of their daughter Johanna to Ronald Huffer son of Mr and Mrs Austin Huffer of Jefferson The bride to be is a South Hagerstown High School graduate class of 1961 and a nursing student at Washington Hospital School of Nursing Hagerstown The groom is a Middletown 1961 graduate and is employed by Wetnight Electric Company in Knoxville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Bross
Hagerstown
Johanna
Ronald Huffer
Austin Huffer
Jefferson
Miss Bross
South Hagerstown High School
Washington Hospital School of Nursing
Huffer
Middletown High School
Wetnight Electric Company
Knoxville
Fight Growing Old Says Doctor Finds Aging Can Sharpen Mind
Washington based Dr James E Birren chief of the aging section at the National Institute of Mental Health reports 65 to 91 year olds can rival younger adults in many mental tasks. He notes health, cerebral blood flow and oxygen use affect decline more than age alone. Remaining active and resisting aging may lift mood and cognitive vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cromley
Alan
Washington
NEA
James E. Birren
Birren
National Institute of Mental Health
Dr. Birren
Women Athletes Holding Meeting in Norman Conference Opens
More than 200 women from all 50 states gathered in Norman for a five day conference aimed at expanding opportunities for girls and women in sports. A Gwendolyn Drew, national representative for the International Association of Physical Education and Sports for Women, delivered the keynote. The participants are college and high school instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
A. Gwendolyn Drew
International Association of Physical Education and Sports
Miss Drew
National Institute On Girls Sports
River conditions improve. Potomac near Point of Rocks clear
The Potomac River at Point of Rocks is clear and low while the Mopocacy at Buchbystown runs clear and low, indicating favorable conditions for navigation and potential drought easing in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Point of Rocks
Buchbystown
Last Hours For Diem And Nhu No Two Accounts The Same
A detailed dispatch recounts the last hours of Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu in Saigon. Eyewitnesses offer diverging accounts as rebels close in on Gia Long Palace and Diem’s retreat to a church precedes their final fate in an armored carrier. The report notes censorship by the new government and preserves the core events of the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Associated Press
Malcolm W. Browne
Diem
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
Gia Long Palace
Gia Long
St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
High Command
General Staff
Deaths in Westminster and area noted
Obituaries report Ellsworth A Hooper 69 of Westminster dies at Veterans Administration Center Martinsburg after long illness. World War I veteran, survived by nieces and nephews. Services Thursday 2 pm at Union Bridge Funeral Home with Rev Clarence Roark. interment Pipe Creek cemetery near New Windsor. Friends may call Wednesday evening. Also listed are deaths of William E Virts 85 of Frederick and Thomas S Webb 83 of Sykesville with funeral arrangements and surviving relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
A. Hooper
Augustus Hooper
Westminster
Veterans Administration Center
Martinsburg
W. Va
Carroll County
Reese
Alice Haines Hooper
Europe
Co. A
326Th Infantry
Union Bridge
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
William E. Virts
William Edgar Virts
South Market Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Susanna Vickers Virts
Waterford
Joseph I
Anna Virts
Virts
Frederick Iron and Steel
Orrison’s
West Pat-rick Street
Howard F. Virts
Charles Virts
California
Jess Wiles
Raymond Speaks
Thomas Kefauver
Grace Steele
Baltimore
George Moss
Leesburg
East Church Street
Leesburg Union Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Thomas
Webb Thomas Samuel Webb
B&o
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
Toms Brook
Bolivar
Harpers Ferry
Ada Adams Webb
John L. Mills
Brunswick
Oscar Webb
Camden
N.J
J. Donald Eckles
Leonard Carmack
Brunswick Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Civil Suit Opens In Circuit Court
A civil suit for 1449 dollars began in Circuit Court before Chief Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer. Naomi Barnhart of Hagerstown sued Carroll E. Kinsey trading as Hoovers Blue Mountain Camp near Thurmont over a 6 by 18 foot neon sign contract. The case resumes Friday with disputes over admissibility and the Dead Man's Statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Naomi Barnhart
Hagerstown
William G. Barnhart
Carroll E. Kinsey
Hoover
Blue Mountain Camp
Thurmont
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Barnhart
Thomas
Glass
State Roads Commission
Kinsey
Schnauffer
Rothenhoefer
Airman First Class Promotion for Scott at Keesler AFB
Douglass S. Scott of Adams town receives promotion to airman first class in the United States Air Force. He is assigned to the 3400th School Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi and is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles F Scott of Adamstown. He is a Lincoln High School graduate with a B S degree from Hampton Institute and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass S. Scott
Adamstown
United States Air Force
Scott
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Charles F. Scott
RFD 1
Lincoln High School
Hampton (Va
Alpha Phi Alpha
Arts Council to Outline Foreign Film Festival Plans
The Arts Council for Frederick County will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday in the Conference Room of the Board of Education Building at 8 p.m. President Robert Russell says Mrs. Maurice Guss will report on the film committee activities and film titles for the forthcoming Foreign Film Festival. Hudson Hall on Hood College hosts the screenings on dates already set. A report on Art in The Park and plans for theatrical and musical activities ahead will also be discussed. Membership is open to any interested person at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arts Council For
Frederick County
Robert Russell
Maurice Guss
Hudson Hall
Hood College
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
East Church Street
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Shir ley Louise Smith
Funeral services for Mrs Shir ley Louise Smith wife of Pfc Benjamin F Smith of Oak Orchard near New Windsor were held Monday at 2 p m at the New Windsor funeral home D D Hartzler and Sons Rev Lawrence Mason officiated Interment was in Pleasant Hill cemetery Monrovia Pallbearers were Norman Morris Arthur Grossnickle Olin Hancock Chester Black Newell and Maurice Devilbiss Mount Airy Town Council accepts Ridgeville annexation petition for water line extension action set for year end budget processProceedings include six month budget for fiscal year change and new approach to annexation vote backers say results may improve success
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Louise Smith
Pfc
Benjamin F. Smith
Oak Orchard
New Windsor
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Lawrence Mason
Singanore Methodist Church
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Monrovia
Norman Morris
Arthur Grossnickle
Olin Hancock
Chester Black
Newell
Maurice Devilbiss
Mount Airy
Ridgeville
Frank Horpel
Horpel
Maryland Figures to Be Honored at 1961 Convocation
Judge Delaplaine of Maryland is celebrated for his lengthy tenure and literary works on law and liberty. Kirkman, a longtime health official and budget director, is noted for roles in state health, procurement, and medical policy. Cain, Annapolis native and novelist, contributed to journalism and literature with works like The Postman Always Rings Twice and Mildred Pierce. President Elkins will award student certificates and grant Regents' Teaching Awards, with John Gorham Palfrey delivering the keynote on Government and the Distracted Scholar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Department of Budget and Procurement
Kirkman
Maryland Medical and Chirurgical
State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene
Cain
Annapolis
Baltimore Sunpapers
St. John’s College
The
New York World
Elkins
Reckord
John Gorham Palfrey
Atomic Energy Commission
Poole Couple Win Money in Hagerstown Parade
Mr and Mrs George Poole of Frederick won 10 dollars for fourth place in the Mum Tmers Parade at Hagerstown. Wearing Uncle Sam and Mrs Sam outfits they had already taken first prize in last week’s Halloween parade here earning 7 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Poole
Frederick
Hagerstown
Sam
Mrs
Pooles
Nobel Prizes Awarded First Woman In 60 Years To Win
American scientist Maria Goeppert Mayer becomes the first woman in 60 years to win the Nobel Prize in physics sharing with J Hans D Jensen and Eugene Wigner. Chemistry honors go to Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta for plastics work. Prize money totals $51,158 per prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
U.S
Italy
Royal Academy of Science
Maria Goeppert Mayer
University of California
J. Hans D. Jensen
Karl Ziegler
West Germany
Giulio Natta
Alfred Nobel
Stock- Wigner
Hungary
Budapest
Berlin
Princeton
Wigner
Fermi
Atoms For Peace
Goeppert Mayer
Kattowitz
Germany
Katowice
Poland
Goet- Hopkins University
Baltimore
Mayers
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Pesmaare
Fea
L. F. Martz
Masser Road
Martz
Miss Lowndes
Cumberland
Elizabeth Lloyd Lowndes
Lloyd Lowndes
Thomas Bladen
Edward Lloyd
George Platter
Benjamin Tasker
Frederick Man
Byron W. Thompson
Lawrence M. Green
West All Saints Street
Ann da Luz
Green
Maryland House of Correction
Arts Council Meeting
Delaplaine
Nhews
Parr
Rhy
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