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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1961
Page
2
The article notes one million Americans are mentally retarded, with growth to 1970 expected and 96 percent living at home. It highlights the heavy burden on families, compares costs to other diseases, and cites President Kennedy urging qualified experts to seek causes, cures, and prevention.
Mrs Winfield Scott Schley widow of the admiral presented his trophies to the National Museum in Washington. The Libertytown Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated with morning and evening services led by Rev Hugh Johnston and Rev Solomon German. Barney Oldfield the automobile speed king stayed at the New City hotel in Frederick. A county farm dog that bit three others was killed after rabies was found. Mr and Mrs Lewis Specht celebrated 30 years of marriage with a family reunion at Groff Park. Francisco I Madero was inaugurated president of Mexico. he is a Mt St Marys College graduate from Emmitsburg. Halloween social was held at the Utterbacks in Lewistown. Word reached Middletown that Daniel P Koogle’s body, burned in Washington state, was shipped from Spokane and due in Middletown in four or five days.
Mrs Marie Beall recuperates at Mrs William H Burdette's home near Clagettsville after release from Montgomery General Hospital Olney. She improves though under doctor care. Also notes small injuries to 5 year old My ersville resident George Blickenstaff son of George, treated in Hagerstown.
A Frederick man died and four local taxi drivers were injured when a cab veered off Lincoln Highway near Abbottstown and fell down an embankment. Fourteen Frederick City and county selectees will be sent to Camp Lee Virginia to join the army. Bert Pelissier may be named chief of police. Saburo Kurusu is being sent to Washington to seek an accord with the United States. A fire alarm on East Fourth Street found a refuse pile burning near a feed store. Flint ponies cut a dividend by 3 points to 20.
A brief sports item notes a track or field event staged by the NES Testing unit. The report highlights performances, mentions participants and the venue, and records a provisional result pending official verification.
Weekend visits and family gatherings are reported across Frederick with mentions of the Oden and Angles households in celebrations. Other items note Jeanne Wheeland returning home, and a November rummage sale at Taney Apartments for Koontz Chapel with various local names and events.
Beacon Life Insurance Co opens a Frederick branch at 3 North Court Street with Jim Cox named Special Supervisor of the Stock Sales Division and as manager of the local office. Personnel will be trained to handle agency tasks and insurance requests.
Robert Bowlus announces Warren Covington Orchestra will provide music for the Elk’s Ball at the Armory on November 22. Covington, famed jazz leader and former Dorsey Band member, brings a showy, top-flight dance sound and baritone singing to the event.
Oste reading fragment notes stock quotations and market variations. It references prices and shares in a cautious early line, mentioning traders and market movement but omits clear company names or dates. The piece hints at broader economic context without full details.
Hood College's Town Hall program presents a Study of the Neutralist Nations with experts Dr. Ross Pritchart and Dr. James T. Crown, plus a discussion by eight foreign students from The American University. Activities occur November 7, 9 at 7 p.m. in Coffman Chapel Room 5.
Master Sergeant Ed Brown, Army recruiter at Rockville since 1941, takes over Frederick recruiting from Zeke Watkins who moves to Fort Knox for a training instructor role. Brown, a Montgomery County native and Frederick High School graduate Dorothy Knill’s husband, plans to meet old friends and recruit new ones at 41 North Market Street with Tuesday and Friday hours until a full-time officer is assigned.
The notice records an engagement between Mr and Mrs Be Revinia in Terestany with subsequent references to local names and a Tri ad Taney Scher and related attendees. The fragmentary text mentions a fallout count rise and a year 1908 context with salutations and a tea event.
October birthdays for John Green and Grayson Benn noted. Several visitors from Frederick, Baltimore, and Virginia visited local residents over the weekend. Local residents travel news includes James Soper, Ruth Ann Spring, and others, plus a college director death in Raleigh.
Dorothy Dix columns present multiple reader letters on wedding gift etiquette, marriage doubts, and personal safety. Heedful guidance urges sincerity with gifts, careful divorce considerations for young brides, and practical steps for romance and study. The page also notes a military graduation item for Sutton graduates.
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