Fascinating Frederick scrapbooks document local history
Over years, Mrs. William A. Simmons scrapbooks preserve photos and clippings from Frederick News and Post and the Baltimore Sun about 1900 to 1960. Featured are the Boys High School class of 1912, Mary land School for the Deaf cornerstone 1871, Barbara Fritchie lore, Laurals on Civil War events, and notes from National Education Week and Veterans Day activities at West Frederick Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Simmons
Frederick News and Post
Baltimore
C. Kemp Cashour
Jesse L. C. Sunday
Edward P. Thomas
G. Edward Roderick
John H. Mussetter
Millard M. Rice
Marshall L. Etchis
News and Post
Pythian Castle
Francis Scott Key
Court and
Patrick
Byerly
Maryland School For the Deaf
Lafayette
Nicholas D. Hauer
Barbara Fritchie
Frederick
Frederick Town
A. W. Hawks, Sr
Stonewall Jackson
Patrick Street
Mill Alley
Bentz Street
Whittier
E. N. Southworth
Barbara
General Reno
South Mountain
John H. Abbott
Fritchies
Carroll Creek
John Greenleaf Whittier
Chamber of Commerce
Maryland Poetry Assembly
Robert L. Pitts
West Frederick Junior High School
Frederick Travel Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Pitts
Scott Kirkpatrick
National Theater
Washington
Assembly
Eleanor Francis Delaplaine
Edith H Shank
Julia Collins Ardayne
Maryland
Chesapeake
Jazz concert benefit offers Gibson guitar prize
At the Charlie Byrd Jazz Concert in Frederick High School on November 21 a Gibson guitar will be awarded to one audience member. Rueben Caplan donated the guitar to the Council of Jewish Women for Easter Seal Treatment Center funds. Daryl Cramer will name the winner at program end. Tickets support the center. Mrs. Jack Weissman leads the guitar draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Byrd
Frederick High School
Rueben Caplan
Colonist Music Shop
Council of Jewish Women
Easter Seal
Daryl Cramer
Jack Weissman
Beth Shalom Synagogue
Louis Edelman
Nat Winters
Ralph Abelow
Gordon Chertoff
Robert Edelman
Ellen Hurwitz
Sidney Kandel
Carl Jacobson
Mark Pass
Reuben Caplan
Colonial Music
Charlie Byrd Concert Promises Major Fund Drive
Young ushers will assist during intermission and with refreshments. The Charlie Byrd Concert, long awaited in Frederick musical circles, is a major fundraising event for the Council of Jewish Women this year, per president Mrs. Ned Levien. Easter Seal Treatment serves three counties with Auxiliary members aiding ticket distribution. tickets available at Bergers, E B Shipley, Jack Kennedy Studios and Rosenours. Guests from Carroll and Washington Counties and beyond Frederick are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Byrd
Frederick
Council of Jewish Women
Ned Levien
Bergers
E. B. Shipley
Jack Kennedy Studios
Rosenours
Carroll
Washington Counties
J. Rolfe
Castleman Plains
Nat Winters
Teen Age Candidates Meet Aggies For Lucky Friday Party
Fifty two Miss Teen-Age America hopefuls joined 60 Texas A&M singing cadets for a Friday the 13th mixer in Dallas. Prizes included troll dolls and lucky pennies as ten semifinalists were announced, with candidates touring the Aggie campus and enjoying a formal serenade and a 41 story observation deck view.
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Lucky
Peggy Simpson
Dallas
Texas Aggies
Wells
Gayle Brackett
Atlanta
Carolyn Magnini
Baltimore
Nancy Collins
Andrea Ayers
Greenville
D.C
Lana Karen Lack
Memphis
Tenn
Sherrel Stephens
Oklahoma City
Kathleen Frances Ross
Pittsburgh
Linda Licciardi
San
Francisco
Diana Lee Clouse
Stockton
Calif
Debra Diethelm
Toledo
Ohio
Texas A&m University
Jeanie Zavrel
Falls Church
Aggie James Riggs
Annual Repudiation Day Observance Held
The Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter Sons of the American Revolution held its annual Repudiation Day Observance at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with Judge Robert E. Clapp as featured speaker on the Supreme Court. Outgoing president Charles 5. V. Sanner presided. new officers Edward D. Shriner president treasurer, Charles F. Bowers first vice president, Frank Harper second vice president, and W. Jerome Offutt secretary were introduced. Wives of members attended the dinner along with Harold L Putman Joseph X Harris and George S Robertson. New members included Dr. John M. Culler Clark E Cottrell Frank Harper Asa Watkins Donald E. Watkins Ira Watkins Marion V. Runkles and Hanford Moxley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J Keefer
Elmer Martin
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Ralph Ward
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key
Bruce Claxton
William H. Miller
Waller Schmid
Orville Brand
Donald Jarvis
James R. Austin
Daryl Bates
Sgt. Lawrence Everhart
Sons of the American Revolution
Robert E. Clapp
Supreme Court
Edward D. Shriner
Charles F. Bowers
Frank Harper
W. Jerome Offutt
Harold L Putman
National Society
Washington
Joseph X. Harris
Maryland Society
George S. Robertson
Maryland Group
John M. Culler
Clark E. Cottrell
Asa Watkins
Donald E. Watkins
Ira Watkins
Marion V. Runkles
Hanford Moxley
Frederick News Item Brief From 1904
A compact Frederick Maryland item from the 1904 page notes a local event or development. Readable details indicate community impact, with names and places tied to the incident or announcement. The brief emphasizes factual action and local relevance.
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the News
Frederick
Maryland
Training Program for Library Assistants in Montgomery County
In service training sponsored by the Division of Library Extension is under way at Davis Library, Montgom ery County, with assistants from Brunswick Emmitsburg and Thurmont. Classes on Tuesdays cover philosophy of service to readers cataloguing and reference tools. Instructors include Mrs Ann Seely Mr Norman Finkler and Mr H Thomas Walker. The course runs September April with sections on sciences social sciences humanities and cataloging aids. Local assistants Mrs William D Hartman Mrs John L Warthen and Mrs Austin Brachey attend from their libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Library Extension
Davis Library
Montgomery County
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Ann Seely
Norman Finkler
H. Thomas Walker
William D. Hartman
Brunswick Public Library
John L. Warthen
Emmitsburg Public Library
Austin Brachey
Thurmont Public Library
Selections From The Young Adult Collection Highlights
A listing of Youth titles including Allie Sherman’s football philosophy and high school coaching insights, George Barr on skyscraper construction, Albert Schweitzer biography by Jacquelyn Berrill, and Betsy Bonaparte romance. Also featured are Maryland law history, American political parties, poverty in the U.S., Peyton Place, The Naked Society, real estate Q&A, The Quiet Crisis, Julian, This Rough Magic, HerouG, and Rector of Justin. Books available at Artz Library and county libraries.
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Allie Sherman
New York Giants
George Barr
Albert Schweitzer
Jacquelyn Berrill
Alsace
Africa
Betsy Bonaparte
Alice Curtis Desmond
Baltimore
Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon
America
Betsy Patterson
France
Jerome
Betsy
Westphalia
C. Burr Artz
Helen B. Evans
Maryland
Edward S. Delaplaine
Wilfred E. Binkley
Bruce Jay Friedman
U.S
Michael Harrington
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious
THE
Naked Society
Vanca Packard
Robert W. Semenow
Stewart L. Udall
Julian — Gore Vidal
Mary Stewart Herzoug
Saul Bellow
Justin
Louis Auchincloss
Artz Library
Frederick Community Concert to Feature Clebanoff Strings
The Frederick Community Concert Association presents its second concert of the season at Frederick High School Saturday at 8 15 pm. The Clebanoff Strings conducted by Herman Clebanoff perform a program blending classical and “pop” elements. Clebanoff learned violin early, joined Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a teen, and built a renowned ensemble known for coast to coast tours and TV appearances. Audience seating begins at 8 pm with visiting associations seated afterward.
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Frederick Community Concert Association
Frederick High School
Clebanoff
Herman Clebanoff
Chicago
Cones
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Illinois Symphony
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Las Vegas
Frederick
Donald E. Leatherman
Chambersburg Community Concert Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elsie White Haines
Riggs
F. S. K. Hotel
Charles 5. V. Sanner
Belair
Bowers
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Homes
Frederick, Maryland
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!