Impressed By Jem Coffin Letters To The Editor
A reader recalls the Old German Lutheran Graveyard and moving 266 bodies to Mt Olivet Cemetery in 1906. He describes a two piece iron coffin shaped like a man, says it was cast at Catoctin Furnace, and notes local figures linked to the site now occupied by the Everedy Co in Frederick Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jem Coffin
Mt. Olivet Cemetere
George D. Stull
Sycamore
Gas House Bridge
Catoctin
George
Jomocacy River
Alcacia
Pack Horse Ford
Tuscarora
McMurray Or
Rosenstock
S. T
Philip. Schell
Harry J. Fromke
John Walter
North Market Street
Everedy Co
East Church
East Streets
John J. Snyder Frederick
Jaycees Dinner Highlights Community Goals and War Talk
Frederick Jaycees dinner at F W Country Club featured state president outlining five goals for youths development leadership activities and community voice. Speakers warned of a potential Middle East conflict with Egypt backed by Russia facing England France involvement and war risks. New members John Mills Norman Geiser Henry LaMoth William Null and Boyd Smith inducted. other reports cover Taney Home cleanup results and local VOD winner Donald Rice Jr. inclusion of 4H club plans Myersville Helping Hand December meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maabson Park
BA ‘Ahk
Mass
Jaycee
Israel
Oman
Snyder
Bill Burger
G. Bernard Callan
John Mills
Norman Geiser
Henry LaMoth
William Null
Boyd Smith
Callan
Emmitsburg
Paul Gordon
Taney
Andy Shaw
Westminster
Will Mimmi
Vic Wolfe
Voice of Democracy
Donald Rice Jr
St. John's
Louise Fisher
Thurmont
James Fox
Frederick
Michael Topper
St. Joseph's
Lou Greenberg
Burt Mercer
County School Board
Meade Felton
Mehriana
Myersville
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Colunies Of The News
A 1960s column notes a Frederick College victory over Mt. St. Joseph's College on Zimmerman's field with Duvall and Sandy Brown shining. It reports J. Crum named chief engineer of York and Baltimore Railway, Lipps buying a house, and MCA building fund reaching 50 720 dollars from about 1 000 subscribers. It includes economic views by an analyst on Eisenhower, oil prices, and global energy policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman
Frederick College
Mt. St. Joseph’s College
Baltimore
Frederick
Duvall
Andy Brown
Storm
C. Crum
H. H. Crum
York
Doubs
William Hiltner
A-Bomb Tip From Reds
New book FBI Story by Don Whitehead reveals how the FBI learned of atomic bomb secrecy from communists during World War II. The account covers Hoover era origins, Roosevelt orders, postwar espionage cases, and the Rosenberg execution amid protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Don Whitehead
Pulitzer
Associated Press
Random House
Whitehead
Federal Bureau For Investigation
Theodore Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Soviet Russia
California
Roosevelt
PRI
Truman
Russia
Klaus Fuchs
Harry Gold
David Greenglass
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Prediction of $500 Billion National Output by 1990
Government economists forecast a national output of goods and services reaching 500 billion dollars in the second term led by a strong third quarter. The report shows a record annual rate of 414 billion dollars, with consumption rising and savings surpassing 21 billion dollars as living standards grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiseongwer
Hilton
Malenkov in Budapest amid Hungarian tensions
Former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov reportedly arrived in Budapest to bolster Janos Kadar and urged a tougher stance against lingering worker strikes. Kadar, aiming to keep nonpartisans from joining his communist government, met Bela Kovacs of the Smallholders party to discuss party balance and strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Georgi Malenkov
Janos Kadar
Malenkov
Kadar
Workers‘ Council of
Greater
Bela Kovacs
Smallholders Party
Kovacs
Imre Nagy
Koween
Thieves Raid Henhouse Near Frederick Steal 18 Turkeys
Twenty years ago a pair of raids struck the Swomley premises on the Washington pike south of Frederick, carrying off 18 turkeys and 26 chickens over two nights. Also noted, about 700 attended the Roosevelt victory ball at the State Armory with Zel Smith and his orchestra, and R Rush Lewis remained in satisfactory condition after an operation at Frederick City Hospital. The coldest Thanksgiving in six years recorded a high of 4 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie K Swomley
Washington Pike
Frederick
State Armory
Zel Smith
Waynesboro
R Rush Lewis
Frederick City Hospital
Meredith Taken To Federal Penitentiary
John Meredith, former cashier at the First National Bank of Fairmont, is moved to Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary to serve a three year sentence for a $595,009 bank shortage. U S Marshal Irl Thomas accompanied Meredith and another prisoner. A federal jury in Wheeling convicted Meredith of two counts of false entries. four other counts were acquitted. The Fourth Circuit recently denied his appeal. Co-defendants include Tae S Ford of Uniontown and John Manchin of Gratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
John
Meredith
Federal
Lewisburg
Naional Bank
U. S
Irl
Thomas
Wheeling
Harding
COS Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Tae S. Ford
Uniontown
Hammond Brick, Co
Gratton
John Manchin
Eastern Shore Expressway dedication Monday in Kent and Queen Annes counties
Baltimore officials including Governor McKeldin will speak at a 3 p m dedication in Kent and Queen Annes counties marking the final section of the Eastern Shore Expressway. Ribbon cutting follows for the 48 mile link from the Bay Bridge to the Delaware line at Warwick with remarks by Robert Bonnell and state senators Dean Welnroth and Rasin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Dean
James Welnroth
George B. Rasin
New Books At Artz Library and Related Works
A digest of new library acquisitions and literary works featured. Includes Churchill's The New World Volume 2s overview, Our Literary Heritage by Brooks and Bettmann, Fred Allens Much Ado About Me, The Testimony of the Space by Geoffrey Bibby, Handbook of American Woods by Schoonover, and Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Ifers with holiday ideas and decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
England
van Wyck Brooks
Otto Bettmann
Irving
Cooper
Longfelfon
Thoreau
Whitman
Melville
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
Henry James
Ureimer
Mencken
Sinclair Lewis
O'Neill
New England
South
Far
Middle West
G . Frank Thomas Fund
Fred Allen
Boston
Boston Public Library
Scollay Square
Freddy James
Geoffrey Bibby
Alps
Scarditatia
Russia
Ireland
France
Caesar
Tacitus
Shelly E. Schoonover
Funeral notices and obituaries from Frederick area
Multiple notices memorialize Rollins J Atkinson Jr and several relatives, detailing deaths in Frederick and surrounding towns. Included are services, burial plans, and affiliations with local churches and civic groups, with donors asked to Heart Fund.
Get Out of This City by Noon Sentences Told
Berkeley visitors under a magistrate’s orders left the city by noon after a night of disturbance. Two Jacksonville youths and several others faced charges for disturbing the peace and operating without licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
H. Reese Shoemaker
Mr. Bowers Jr
United States Navy
J.g
Bowerstegurt
Fire alarm at West Sith porch fire linked to prior North Bentz loss
Firefighters from Junior and Citizens units responded to an 11 18 morning alarm at a West Sith residence. The fire was extinguished by bystanders using a garden hose, with no damage reported. Local children suspected of starting the porch blaze. the case echoes a previous October 2 house fire affecting the Franklin Khpp family. A separate overheated exchange between an irate farmer and an apologetic motorist ends with stubborn threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chidren
West Sith
Franklin Khpp
North Bentz Street
Frome
Funeral rites for multiple Maryland residents conducted Tuesday
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Russell Moses Smith of Landover at D D Hartzler and Sons funeral home New Windsor with Rev Donald Warren Feltz officiating. Interment followed in Lutheran Cemetery Uniontown. Also on Tuesday Arby Monroe LaMance of Union Bridge was honored at Union Bridge funeral home with burial in Linganore Cemetery Unionville and Frank W Beachley 45 formerly of Frederick was laid to rest in Annapolis after a heart attack near the Arnold post office.
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Willy
David C. Wihedrehnel
Ofc
The
New Citizen
Democratic State Central Committee
Frederick County
Register of Wills
Montgomery County
Peoples Life Insurance Company
Atkinson
Frederick Post
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Justus B. Atkinson
Marceline Smith Atkinson
Rollins J. Atkinson Jr
Frederick
Granison L. Bader
Mt. Pleasant
Vernon T. Jones
Sour Lake
Texas
Margery
Martha E
Rolwit B. Atkinson
Justus B. Atkinson Jr
Buffalo
N.Y
Edward P. Johnson
Mary E. Atkinson
Alexandria
Roy R. Atkinson
Walter O. Atkinson
Philadelphia
Paul S. Michael
Mt. Olivet
Heart Fund
E. Cline
Lawrence V
Rothenboeler
Lawrence V. Rothenboefer
Mra
Emma Federiime
Lewistown
Charles B
Mary E. McBride Rothes ‘Hoefer
Joseph B
Thurmont
Serviers
William Taylor
Lnitl
Lewis- Town Cemetery
M. L. Creager and Son
Allen Leon Phillps
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Phillips
Brunswick
B&o Railroad
Brotherhood of Trainment No
Eagles and Moose
James A
Ruby Simmons Phillips
Ine Langley
Theresa Reynolds
C. H. Feete and Hro
James Fenhagen
Park Heights
Hayes S. Gue
Hayes
Gue
Hill Street
Ut? Airy
Mt. Airy
Horace
Rachel Moxley Gue
Alicie Gue
Ethel Gue
Arthur Gue
Poplard Springs
Roy Catsail
Sykes-ville
Stanley Moxley
Airy
Sale
Rev. W
DeWitt Dickey
Pine Grove Cemetery
C. M. Waltz
Elizabeth Rinker
Park Avenue
Lanom
Virginia
Fenton Rinker
William W. Fowler
C. Mt. Waltz Funeral Home
Winfield
Pine Grove Chapel
W. DeWitt Dickey
Yeving
BR. Chew
Irving R. Chew
Washington
Evelyn Myers
Mannigly Funeral Home
11Th Street
Arlington
Russell Moses Smith
Landover
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
New Windsor
Mr. Smith
Donald Warrenfeltz
Calvin String
William Cartzendamer
Sidney
John Lease
Charles
Wilbur Blackston
Lutheran
Uniontown
Arby Monroe LaMance
Union Bridge
Frank W Beachley
Annapolis
Beachley
Arnold Post
Washington County
Franklin and Marshall College
Atlantic Oil Company
Thrace Smith Beachley
Local Health News and PTA Notes From Frederick Area
Among the sick Margaretha Adam returned home after hospital convalescence. Mercy Hospital Baltimore observed patient admitted and Dr Leon Lindberghave reported satisfactory after Frederick Memorial surgery. Emmitsburg PTA reports efforts to involve parents in classrooms, with Maria Rappolt as editor and new mailings to principals and officials. A lawyer read Caele Janper’s will declaring he spent all his money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaretha Adam
Magnolia Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Wikiuuula
LR. Schoolman
Braddock Heights
Louis & Twente
Yellow Springs
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
AK. Leon
Lindberghave
Houston Ferguson
East Patrick Street
John W. Richards
Emmitsburg
P-Ta
Emmitslbure Pta
Emmitssburg
John P Rannelt
Frederick County
PTA
Board of
Educatin
Rappolt
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Foun
Freteteh
Carrie
Oath
Hember Audi
Nck. Md
Spee
Jaycees
Middle East
Egypt
Norman Green
Clyde M. Roney Jr
Colunies of the News
Slaver
Eteembewe
Eisenhower
North Africa
NATO
United Nations
Korea
Mid-East
Eizenhower
Congress
Europe
Hower
Dardanelles
Suez
Panama Canal
Panama
Hungary
Eden
MoUet
Rabeonchart
iCopyrert
Pin
Reds
Malenkov In
Kem
the News
Federal Penitentiary
Farmington
Manchin Furniture Co
Ford
Manchin
Hammond Brick
Artz Library
Ir. J. Atkinson
Rollins John Atkinson
East Fifteenth Street
Frederick Memoria Hospital
Landon
Adams County
Boys’ High School
University of Maryland
Colonial Beach
Rettins
J. Atkinson
Martin L. Bowers
Epee
Ares
Cane
Guvemuer
Ginia Kimmell
Trump
Kanade
Stock- Ramsburg
Man
Richard Waltz
and the
Howard L. Waltz
Balti
City-Poly
Memorial Stude FBI
Jesse Carpenter
Ithaca
N. Y
James
Martha Alice
M. Bailey
Mackleam
Carpenter
Martha Stahr
James ‘Henry I. Stahr
Stahr
Hill
Jerate
Frank J. Mann
C. Vincent Biser
Grant Place
E. L. Baym
Bernard A. Robinson
Wes
Ssenpure iWeWs
Alan WJ
Martin
Saxtons River
David K. Daffin
Ann
Kemp Dalfis
Weat Third Street
Annal Vermont Academy
Indaw
M. O. Carmack
Denver
Colo
Harry EB. Carmack
Harvey Carmack
Harvey Carmack Jr
Gerry
Eddie
Huber Biser
Sherry
Donald R. Eastonjeana
Strathern
Urges and Sons
Stephen and Stanley
PTA Cumberland
Lallanj
Tomonio
Missioners
John A. Kuhn
Linda
Dale Wise
Seaga
Mamier
E. Easton
Ridge Road
Paul Carmack
Fairview Avenue
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