Battle for literacy and the Do It Yourself trend
Dr Frank C Laubach of World Literacy Inc discusses India literacy plans and global illiteracy where two thirds of humanity seek education. He links literacy to hope and self-help, noting a rising DIY movement as Americans invest in skills, tools, and self-improvement. Lieutenant Dale Severtson of the US Air Force participates in a Far East Institute panel at Corvallis Oregon and Oregon State College.
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India
Frank C. Laubach
World Literacy, Inc
Laubach
Dale Severtson
United States Air Force
Fivrenn Stain College
Corvallis
Ore
Severtson
Lieut. Severston
George M. Severtson
Boone
Marianne Maples
Sam W. Maples
Upper College Terrace
Lieut. Severtson
Oregon State College
Gettysburg College
Duke University
Durham, N. C
Letters to the Editor Plenty Of Water
Letters discuss municipal water sources in Frederick Maryland. Nicholas Yinger urges tapping Summers quarry Shookstony Road Monterue Spring and Fountain Rock near Mountaindisle to use abundant water. He cites 1930 drought and argues the city wastes seawater-like supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Frederick City
Shookstony
Route 5
Monterue
Fountain Rock
Mountaindisle
Unperturbed Oxford man reading as death falls from window
In Oxford England John Adams read in bed when a man, John Grady 26, plunged through a window and died after falling 35 feet. Grady lived in a hotel. Adams testified there was nothing he could do and remained in bed. The inquest returned an open verdict with the coroner calling it extraordinary that Adams stayed unconcerned though he knew the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
England
John Adams
Adams
John Grady
Trishman
Crfoner
T. E. Gardiner
Sorority Holds 85th Beta Sigma Phi Meeting in November
The 85th Beta Sigma Phi meeting led by President Dorothy Morgan convened at C Burr Artz Library on November 17 with ritual recitations. Attendees noted Mary Ann Clark’s transfer from International and read thanks from Margaret Beverage for a baby gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Dorothy Morgan
C. Burr Artz
Mary Ann Clark
International
Margaret Beverage
Montevue
Maralene Rollins
Hotel Frederick
Mary Lynn Ferrell
Sally Kent
Bette Zimmerman
Didly Lyt Relia Pare
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Columns
Fifty years ago reports note a county commission vote to offer a reward for the arrest and conviction of dynamiters at LeGare bridge. Practical jokers staged a dummy near a chicken house at Flag Pond, tying a chicken to it. Mr. Stewart fired, fearing a slain man, then the hoax was dispensed. Harry L. Hagan says Olympia Athletic Club of Baltimore will play the Frederick club on Thanksgiving Day. The Belles Lettres Society debated gas as fuel, with the negative winning unanimously. A plan to form a Columbia Club is underway, with a meeting at Mrs Glenn Harrington’s home to consider it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
LeGare Bridge
Stewart
Flag Pond
Doubs
Harry L. Hagan
Frederick Athletic Club
Olympia Athletic Club
Baltimore
Belles Lettres Literary Society
Milmanuse & Iol
H O Smith
RO Humm
Ho Zeicler
Glenn Harrthington
Record Strest
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Twenty years ago Frederick CHIC Club backed a stemhivation law passage in Maryland and to promote the project begun by Frederick Children's Aid Society. Thanksgiving turkeys were about 40 cents a pound dressed. Hood College hosted annual Fall plus day with Goucher College and George Washington University. About 300 students participated. Indian Summer has persisted four days with 75 degrees yesterday and 70 at noon today. showers forecast to end the warm spell tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Mertine
Maryland
Jagt Sear
Hood College Weld
Goucher College
George Washington University
Senators Thin Skinned Says Wheeler on Congress
Former Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana contends the Senate has become thin skinned. He cites La Follette and Borah era as tougher, noting La Follette publicly opposed executive gag orders that barred employees from informing Congress. The piece discusses historic clashes, the 1912 gag order, and ongoing debates over information access to Congress.
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David Lawrence Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate
la Follette
Borah
Jim Reed
Wisconsin
Kellogg
Minnesota
McCarthy
Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Congress
House of Congress
Ltved
Watkins Committee
Obituary notices for Alexander Feeser Clary held in Taneytown
Funeral services were held for Margaret Alice Alexander 84 of Taneytown with interment at Trinity Church cemetery. Mary E Feeser lifelong Taneytown resident also had services at the Taneytown funeral home with Grace Reformed cemetery burial. Tony Clary Mt Aus resident died at Frederick Memorial Hospital and was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers named for each service and C Fuss and Son and C M Waltz funeral directors officiated.
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G. Olin Mullinix
G. Olin Mullnix
Damascus
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mary C. Mullinia
Gramille Mullinix
Carlton Brandenburg
Austin H. Mullinix
William N. Scott
Paul Watkins
William Mullinix
Olin L. Molesworth
Clarence J. Shank
Clarence I. Shank
Taneytown
Baltimore
Hood Convalescent Home
Otha Agustin
Elizabeth Rebecca Smith Shank
Allie G. Shank
Grayson A. Shank
Union
Glenn L. Stahl
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woodsbarn
C. G. Fuss and Son
Robert F. Penn
Robert Francis Penn
Edgewood
Francis
Sarah Blackburn Penn
Assemblies of God Church
Shoakstown
Helen Hoffman Penn
Frank L. Hoffman
Ruby M. Hoffman
Bocv
East Church Street
Frederick Memorial Park
M . R, Elchison and Son
Mugh
Bertram Harrison Wood
Bertram Harrison
Airy
Arthur Hooper
Harlem Avenue
Carroll County
Dike
Erhin
Effie Harrison
Harper
Walton Willing
Sterling Harrison
OS Arms
Germany
Ros Grimes
Charles Grimes
Winfield
Cunningham
Mt Ole
AM Airy
Waltz
Alma G Alexander
Kimaty Alexander
Myersville
Daugher
Thomas
Sarah Moser Palmer
Locust Grove
Esta Soupt
Middleton
Boonsboro
Raymond Markley
Wil
Myersville Lutheran Cemetery
Bast and Sons
Margaret Alice Alexander
Trinity Church
Jacob
Cleveland
Charles Stambaugh
Norman
Clarence
Merle Baumgardner
C. O. Fuss and Son
Mary E. Feeser
Morgan R. Andreas
Charles Wantz
David Little
Clarence Albaugh
B. J. Arnold
William Baker
Murray Baumgardner
Grace Reformed Cemetery
C. Q. Fuss and Son
Tony
Clary
Mt. Aus
W. de Witt Dickey
Calvary Methodist Church
Mt. Afry
Ralph Willar
Mark Leatherwood
Clarence Laxton
Frank Harris
Roy Knill
Charles Nicholson
Pine Grove
C. M. Waltz
DuPont executive to speak at AAUW meeting
Miss Jean L. Daddow of DuPont Tex tie Fibers Department will address the American Association of University Women at the Historical Society building on West Patrick Street Tuesday night at eight. She will discuss man-made fiber applications. A 1953 Ohio Wesleyan alumna, she earned an AB in home economics and majored in Clothing and Business. She previously worked at the Nylon Research Laboratory and in a DuPont sales and service survey program. A Wilmington native, she prepared at Wilmington's P. Du Pont High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean L. Daddow
DuPont Company
American Association of University Women
Historical Society
West Patrick Street
Ohio Wesleyan University
Daddow
Nylon Research Laboratory
Miss Daddow
Wilmington
du Pont High School
Weekend Visits Across Town and News of a Newborn
Emmitsburg residents share weekend visits with relatives in Westminster Baltimore Camp Hill and Richmond Overman family returns home after two week visit. George Martin recovering from a leg fracture. Captain Henry Emerson and Vivian Warthen announce birth of son David Lee November 1 in Wiesbaden Germany with Battery 1 Said Gun Battalion.
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Emmitsblurg
Eugene Newcomer
David Arnold
Westminster
Albert Kelly
Baltimore
Esther Stouter
Kathleen Wantz
Harry Wantz
George C. Sprig
Camp Hill
Vere
Joseph Wivell
London
Oirwards
Richmond
Valerie Overman
Overman
George Martin
Henry H. Emerson
David Lee
Weisbaden
Germany
Emerson
Vivian Warthen
Local Social Notes Span Families Across Cities
Mrs Rudolph Wattien hosts news of visits and returns with Mr and Mrs M Surles returning to Norfolk. Waller spends weekend with Prof Bernard Eckenrode. Dr M Luther Beegle attended the Pennsylvama Chiropractors convention at the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg. Weekend visitors include Miss Patricia Fitzgerald in Annapolis and Mr and Mrs Arcidiacano with family in Hagers Town, and Mr and Mrs Edward Orwoke in Martinsburg. Miss Ann Warthen and St George Pavloff USN Baltimore visited Miss Warthen's parents. Mrs Rudolph Warthen and Mrs George Green of Baltimore visited Mrs Pauline Seabrook and Mrs Warry Baker. Mrs Quinn Topper spent Wednesday in Baltimore with daughter Miss Jean Topper. Mrs Stella Topper of DePaul Street is a patient at Warner Hospital recovering from bronchial pneumonia.
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Rudolph Wattien
M. Surles
Norfolk
Waller
Bernard Eckenrode
M. Luther Beegle
Pennsshama Chiropractic
Penn- Harris Hotel
Hartshurt
Frank Fitzgerald
Patricia Fitzgerald
Thomas Arcidiacano
Hagerstoun
Edward O'Rowke
Martinsburg
Ann Warthen
St. George Pavioif
Usn
Baltimore
Ware
Rudolph Warthen
George Green
Pauline Seabrook
Warry Baker
Quinn Topper
Jean Topper
Stella Topper
DePaul Street
Warner Hospital
Surprise 80th Birthday Party in Jefferson
A surprise birthday party honoring Mr. DeGrange on his 80th birthday and his son Lloyd who was 43, was hosted at the DeGrange home in Jefferson. Attendants included extended DeGrange families from Maryland and Pennsylvania, with gifts and refreshments served.
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C. O. DeGrange
Jefferson
Mr. DeGrange
Lloyd
Guy DeGrange
Harriet
Frederick
Carl DeGrange
Dale
Ralph
James
Robert DeGrange
Levittown
Lloyd DeGrange
Michael
Vernon DeGrange
Sonny
Rebecca
Margot
Wayne
York
Wilbur Arvin
Connie
Regina
Taneytown
Paul DeGrange
Kay
Chauncey Cramer
Daryl
Charles Tyeryar
Nancy
Dennis
John Wright
County Finals In Contest Monday Night
Three local men will judge the county finals of the Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by the Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce at Frederick High School Monday at 8 p m. Contestants from county high schools will speak five minutes on I Speak for Democracy. The judges will hear only voices and the event will be broadcast locally. First prize is a Savings Bond, with cash prizes for second and third. A transcript will advance the winner to the state contest. The event marks the fourth annual Frederick county competition with state and national support from Maryland Jaycees and the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Frederick
Frederick Jaycees
Local Health Notes Include Hospital Admissions and Recoveries
Among the sick Mrs. Bussard of Linden avenue is convalescing at home after a broken ankle treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sharrer of Rocky Ridge was admitted to Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Clinic for observation. Rev. James Horn, pastor at Smithsburg, is a patient at Baltimore City Hospital after diagnosis at Washington County Hospital. Anna Kemp, seven, of Monroe Avenue, has returned home following a tonsillectomy at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Joseph Bussard
Linden Avenue
Haine
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Newton O. Sharrer
Rocky Ridge
Wilmer Eye Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
James G. Horn
Smithsburg
Mt. Moriah
Baltimore City Hospital
Baltmore
Polo
Washington County Hospital
Facerstown
Anna D. Kemp
Milton Kemp Jr
Monroe Avenue
Dairy Cow Demands Most Farmer Labor Each Year
The dairy cow requires 150 hours of the farmer's labor annually, more than any other farm animal. The fact highlights the high labor cost tied to dairy production and its impact on farm management.
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News-Post
Daniel L Yingling
Gettysburg
Dear Miss Dix advice column on weddings and showers
A reader asks if she should fear a wedding shower due to poverty and rumors. Dear Miss Dix says showers are common for all income levels and to accept them graciously as a sign of friendship. Another reader asks about telling a friend about her unfaithful husband. Dix condemns spreading details and urges letting the couple resolve issues privately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dix
Dorothy Dix Says Help the Office Girl Find Her Way
A reader asks how to handle a man in a long troubled marriage who quietly pursues a office romance with a coworker. Dorothy Dix replies the matter rests with the two or three involved and outlines possible reasons for the divorce hesitation and the need for the woman to seek broader social options within the limits of the situation.
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Dorothy Dix
Culinary Word Lesson in Early 1900s Tone
The article discusses misused words and pronunciation tips with a focus on culinary terms. It highlights how emphasis and spelling affect understanding and gives examples such as culinary relating to kitchen craft.
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Gordon
Ganzrencus
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Wiliam Penn Senior High School
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