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Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1961

Page

14

Walkersville purchases Fountain Rock debated amid water study

Burgess Trout and Town Attorney Byron discuss Walkersville's Fountain Rock purchase for 65310 and an 18000 down payment. An Attorney General ruling calls the contract illegal for a municipality, while local solicitor questions the opinion. A water system study by the Frederick Metropolitan Sanitary Commission will guide any new contract. A public meeting will reveal all facts before decisions.

Burgess Gilmore Trout Walkersville Fountain Rock Attorney General Maryland Burgess Burgess Trout Goodloe E. Byron Byron Germany Frederick Metropolitan Sanitary

County Agent Reports Beneficial Rain Improves Crops

Henry R. Shoemaker notes recent rains aid wheat and barley after drought, with new alfalfa seedings and fall pastures responding well. Dairy farmers report green up and fall growth, as tours of Carroll County farms show top herds, averaging 19,522 pounds of milk and 83 pounds of butterfat per herd.

Charles Frederick County Maurice Ahab Merr Seri Charles Ifert Middletown George Stauffer Walkersville Timonium Waterloo Entomology Department University of Maryland Henry R. Shoemaker Frederick Carrol County Washington County Charles Hert

Woodsboro Firemen To Elect Officers

Woodsboro Volunteer Fire Company will hold elections at its December meeting with four top offices contested next January. President Lawrence A. Dorsey is unopposed, and treasurer Donald Blower is also re-elected. Contests for vice president, secretary and two director posts will feature multiple candidates, with terms lasting three years.

Woodsboro Volunteer Fire Company Lawrence A. Dorsey Dorsey Walter Weidner Weidner Donald Blower John Grimes Kenneth Morgan Richard Comstock Gary Beard G. Henry Hoffman Steiner Smith James Stevens Harry Etzier Harold Shorb Glenn Lenhart Ivan Hammond Glenn Stottlemyer

Branswick Lumber Firm Changes Hands

A Wheaton based lumber firm has taken over Brunswick Lumber Company operations at a North Souder Road site opposite the new Brunswick alleys. The building permit confirms a retail lumber shop and a storage building, with no changes to existing facilities, as Wheaton Lumber has owned the property for years and expanded its yard. The same permit also authorizes a Ferrerd Construction project in Point of Rocks for a Bethesda based company, adding a 100 by 60 foot main building and 60 by 60 storage facility to expand a prefab housing plant with space for 15 employees.

Wheaton Old Brunswick Lumber Company Souder Road New Brunswick Wheaton Lumber Company Brunswick Lumber Company W. Jerome Offutt Old A. and H. Lumber Company Douglas A. Heffner Leo P. Myers Offutt Frederick County Board of Appeal Assesstment Ferrerd Construction Company Chevy Chase Hickman Point of Rocks Point Ernest E Evelyn Estelle Shank Elias J. Wastler Sarah McKinley Anna Wastler Anna K. Seacrist Frederick County Maryland Luther C Amy R. Powell Woodsboro Washington Market Woodsboro Savings Bank Frederick Hotel Co Frederick Co Agriculture Society

Lee Herefords Sell 138 Head At Sil ver Spring Farm Sale

Col E Brooke Iae held his first production sale of polled Hereford cattle at Sil ver Spring Farm near Damascus. 138 head sold for an average of 500 per head. high price 2250 for a young heifer. Calved cows and 20 bulls sold. buyers came from California Massachusetts New York Ohio and nearby states. Over 200 people attended. sale was conducted by Col Hamilton.

Col. E. Brooke Iae One County Silver Spring Farm Damascus Col. Lee California Massachussetts New York Ohio Col. Hamilton Round Hill Loudoun County Airmont Road Guernsey Reshem Sisson Farms Bessie Aristocrat Howard Sisson Sherbourne Baker DHIA Danuser Speier Wacen Mabenter Masery Harris Merrill Cate Cae Sracier Sam Mulkey Ehevater Emilage Entler Geb Cross Barrow Bluement Va. Auction Co Tpurceliville

Town Council Reports Finances and Street Project Progress

The town clerk tallies general and parking fund balances of 161,200.91 dollars and 2,447.34 dollars. A relief pump arrives for immediate installation in the George Street manhole. Stop signs and speed limits are ready to be erected as the council adjourns after a contentious school issue.

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