An Interesting Old Ballot From a bygone presidential election
A yellowed sample ballot lists candidates for president and electors for the 53rd Congress, with Democratic, Republican and Prohibition tickets and symbols. The piece notes civic life before radio and TV, when campaigning meant picnics and dinners, and women could not vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. McKaig
George L. Wellington
Prohibition
Albert E. Shoemaker
John Lee Carroll
William Massey
Alonzo L. Miles
Frederick W. Baker
John Hannibal
Charles Ridgeley Goodwin
Abram Claude
William Viers Boult
Adlai P. Barnes
Alcaeus Hooper
Thomas W. Jones
John Thompson Frieze
Charles H. Evans
Leon Seliger
Talbot J. Albert
Robert M. Boyd
Joshua Evering
Lawrence Hastings
Milburn A. Toukson
Albert G. Eichelberger
Walliam
Sixth Congressional District
Jackson
Liberty
President Lincoln
Frederick Venture Club Hosts South Atlantic Region Get-Together
More than 60 attendees gathered at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for the South Atlantic Region American Council of Venture Clubs get-together. Frederick Venture Club hosted participants from Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties plus several towns and Virginia. The day featured five workshops on service, communications, membership, ways and means, and program, a luncheon with Miss Effie Fulmer presiding, musical selections, and a panel on New Horizons led by Mrs. Phyllis Spencer with regional club and Soroptimist members contributing. guests included region governors and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Fulmer
Frederick
South Atlantic Region
American Council Group
American Council of Venture Clubs
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Fulmer
Dorothy Keyes
Phyllis Spencer
Westminster Venture Club
Catherine Finch
Westminster Soroptimist Club
Dorothy Parsons
Soroptimist Venture Committee
South Atlantic
Cindy Manar
Washington
Katherine Stimson
Parsons
Vonnie Jones
Norfolk
Diana Dalrymple
Doctor to Speak at Frederick Travel Club Banquet
Dr. Thomas D. Michael will be guest speaker at the Frederick Travel Club banquet next Wednesday at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. His talk titled A Survey of the Maya Culture will survey ruin sites from Christ era to precolonial times in sites ranging from Honduras to the Yucatan with slides from his field trips. He has submitted reports on Quintana Territory and Yucatan sites to Mexico City’s National Institute of Archaeology and seeks pending permits for a detailed study of Coba. Michael, a physician, contributes to Maya studies alongside his medical career at the University of Maryland College Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Michael
Frederick Travel Club
Honduras
Yucatan Peninsula
Michael
Quintana Territory
Yucatan
Mexico
National Institution of Archeology
Mexico City
Guatemala
Frederick High Alum Richard Hopkins to star in Anything Goes
Richard Hopkins, Frederick High School class of 1960 alumnus, returns home Nov 12 for a University of Maryland troupe performance of Anything Goes at the high school. He plays the Ship's Captain and is among 25 Terrapin students in the production sponsored by the Rotary Club of Frederick. Tickets are at Francis Scott Key Memorial Center and Colonial Music Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Richard Hopkins
H. Bryce Hopkins
Braddock Heights
University of Maryland
Cole Porter
Rotary Club of
Hopkins
Frederick High School
Glee Club
Frederick High
University of Cincinnati
University Singers
Richard
College Park
American Commoners Club
University of Maryland Theatre
Francis Scott Key Memorial Center
Colonial Music Shop
LCW Elect Officers At 65th Annual Meeting
Lutheran Church Women of Evangelical Lutheran Church held their annual meeting electing 1965 officers Miss Helen Mack president Mrs Randolph Rosencrantz vice president Mrs William Millhouse secretary and Mrs John Fox treasurer Also named were group leaders committee chairs and delegates to the 1965 Gettysburg convention A Girl Scouts certificate of recognition was presented and reports were given by several members with refreshments arranged by Mrs William Moore and her committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church Women of
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Walter Comer Jr
Helen Mack
John S. Fox
Dorothy Keyes
Claude R. DeLauter Jr
Frederick County
DeLauter
Randolph Rosencrantz
William Millhouse
John Fox
Roup
Russell Fogle
Bernard Gilbert
George Schmidt Jr
Earl Howard
Herman Hauver
John Kolb
Jate
Garland Feaga
Alton Bennett
Russell Young
Christian Action
Raymond Bowers Jr
Charles Bell
Girl Scouts of America
Miss Mack
Rosencrantz
Gettysburg
Alton Y. Bennett
Doris Ausherman
William Moore
Anniversary Party for Mr and Mrs Donald Stitesy in Union Bridge
A surprise twenty fifth wedding anniversary was hosted for Mr and Mrs Donald F Stitesy of Union Bridge by their seven children and spouses at the firemen's social hall. Attendees included local officials and residents from Union Bridge and nearby towns. gifts were sent by several unable to attend. Refreshments featured a three tier wedding cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Stitesy
RFD
Frederick
Union Bridge
Edward Williar
Maurice Gray
William Logue
Thomas Haines
Rita Price
James Beaver
Dickie
John Sauble
Edward Stitely
Wiles Dawson
Delores Back
Linda
Oneida
Skippy
Baltimore
Nellie Saylor
Louella Peterson
Paul Lyons
Eli Frock
LeRoy Stitely
Walkersville
Orville Stitely
Delores Stitely
Roy Hossler
William Poole
Braddock Heights
Betty Gosnell
Margaret Ann
Mary Kathryn Fraser
Alvie Cecil
Ronne
Kenneth Spurrier
Tray ‘and
Mark
Wil
Liam C. Thomas
Wilkham Thomas
Mary Thomas
Jams
Fred
Donna Kay Stitely
Roy Stitely
Lori
Oceana Naval Base
Virginia
Joseph Roger
Thurmont
Robert Sill
Pleasant
Thomas Geasey
Pamela
Mountaindale
Aubrey Martin
Carrie Trittipoe
Ada Ford
Hazel Staley
Sally Rusherman
Frank Drummitt
Virginia McKenzie
Robert Keeney
Goldie Burdette
Airy
John Denner
Westminster
Clyde Dinterman
Benjamin Harsh
Brunswick
Edward Poole
Kenneth Sttely
Daytona Beach
Fla
Samuel Stambaugh
Elmer Nusbaum
Amvets Auxiliary Meeting Details and Plans
Amvets Auxiliary to Post No 2 met Monday at 8 pm in the Post Home with 22 members. President Pauline Garber presided as Mrs Caroline Fout led opening service. Reports covered memorials, Halloween treat results, Hallween Dance, and hospital visits. Plans included Veterans Day Parade, November 8, and a December 15 dinner at Dan Dee Restaurant. Mrs Nikirk won the jackpot. Mrs Alberta Walsh received the blue box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
Post Home
Pauline Garber
Caroline Fout
Fout
Montevue County
Frances Clark
Hazel Nikirk
Elizabeth Staley
Veteran's Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Brunswick
Francis Scott Key Post No 1
Eleanor Smith
Frederick
Nikirk
Alberta Walsh
Walsh
Garber
Library Exhibit Highlights Books for Young Readers
In observance of Book Week on November 17 the C Burr Arts Library presents a children’s display in the Children’s Room curated by librarian Mrs Stephen Langley. Featured titles include Bedtime for Frances a raccoon Jon the Unlucky set in 19th century Greenland Wild and Woolly West and England highlighting current reads for ages from picture books through thirteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Burr Arts Library
Stephen Langley
Frances
Russell Hoban
Jon
Elizabeth Coastworth
Greenland
Earl Schenck Miers
England
Drew Middletown
Selections From The Adult Collection 1954 Library list
President Eisenhower signed a veterans day act. The list highlights many books on peace, world affairs, and history including Heilbroner No More War Pauling Kissinger and Hammar skol d Servant of Peace. It notes availability at the C Burr Artz Library and county libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Robert L. Heilbroner
United States
Colonias
Heilbroner
Norman Cousin
Schweitzer
Lambarene
David Cushman Coyle
United Nations
Arthur Weinberg
Linus Pauling
Henry A. Kissinger
NATO
Germany
Dag Hammarskjold
Maryland
Edward S. Delaplaine
Bruce
Friedman
U.S
Michel Harrington
Ernest Jemingway
Peyton Place
Grace Mealions
Naked Society
Lance Packard
Stewart Udall Julian
Gore Vidal
Irving Wallace
OHN Birch Society
Robert J. W. Welch
Justin
Luis Auchincloss
Leon Uris
Dougias MacArthur
Artz
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W Welker
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Poolesville
John E. Williams
Maurice D. Ashbury
All Saints Parish
Hagerstown
Baer
Lancaster
John Baer
Halley
Morton M Siegel
Rotary Club
University of Maryland Theater
Travel Club
Scott Kirkpatrick
Robert L Pitts
The
National Theater
Frank J. Keefer
Francis Scott Key
Miss Fulmer
Katherine Stinson
Cindy Manarin
Thomas Michael Speaker
Near East
Middle America
Jefferson Medical College
Archeological Institute of America
Collge Park
Davis Studio
LCW
Rederick
Cherry Hill
Blue Ridge Homes
Blue Ridge
East
Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland
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