Frederick seniors win big at Maryland Senior Olympics
Frederick Countians led by Donald E. Leatherman and Iris Mooney won multiple gold medals at Towson State University, with Leatherman earning five golds and Mooney three. Other locals, including Bill Hudak and Don Myers, also won medals, while several earned silver and bronze. The piece notes related YMCA and community events, plus local nostalgia and requests reader participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Countians
Maryland
Towson State University
Bill
Hudak
Donald E. Leatherman
Iris Mooney
Don Myers
Sara Allnutt
Montgomery County
Leatherman
Sara Almace
Audas
Tris Mooney
Towson
John F. Lewis
Frederick
Ed Mobley
Chief Hudak
Don Crawford
Pat Gula
Elizabeth Crum
Glen Keilholtz
Mobley
Myers
Crawford
Crum
Lewis
Pat
Martin Gula
Wilmer Ottinger
Frederick County
Intimate Look at Our Friends and Neighbors
By Mary Fouche the piece presents a close portrait of local residents, highlighting everyday lives, community ties, and shared experiences that reflect the town’s social fabric and values.
Betty Ridgley Finds Joy Between Nursing and Home
Betty Ridgley, Frederick nurse and firefighter’s wife, balances family life with long nursing tenure at FMH and the county health clinic. After asthma hospital confinement in 1979 she returned to work, cherishing patient contact and community involvement, including civil war and Elvis memorabilia collections, church work, and plans to resume nursing when daughter Rozanie is older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
American Legion
Taney Avenue
Frederick County
Betty Wetzel Ridgley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Betty Ridgley
James
Ridgley
Baltimore
Walkersville High School
FMH
Ridgleys
Gaithersburg
NIH Center
Sonny” Ridgley
West Seventh Street
Toll House Road
Billy
County Health Department
Woodsboro
Carrollton
Jim
Stonewall Jackson
Jim Ridgley
Elvis
Memphis
Graceland
Rozanie
Betty Rebecca Ridgley
Elvin Presley
Marg Fouche
Readers praise editorial on PLO and contrast media views
A reader letter from Margery Elfin commends an Oct 5 editorial for factually outlining PLO activity since Lebanon's invasion, contrasting it with a Washington Post piece she calls sympathetic. A second, fragmentary note from Margaret Burdette cites community concerns and local bulbs prices at a White Oak Drive address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PLO
Lebanon
Taraei
The
Washington Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Audrey
Tourism Council
Catoctin Mountains
E. Church St
YMCA
Clyde M. Roney
Roney
United Way
S. Market St
Jim Thorpe
International Olympic Committee
California
Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary
Emmitsburg
Johan J. McGovern
Mount
John Cardinal McCloskey
Father McGovern
Saint Elizabeth Aon Seton
Whiting
N.J
McCloskey
McGovern
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Diocese of
Trenton
Mount Saint Mary’s
Europe
By Mary Fouche
Mews-Post
Mount ST. Seave Ff
Cockeysville
Bonnie Blink
Retail Merchants Association
Rubinoff
Frederick High School
Russia
América
At & Ofufessor
Hood College
Margery Elfin
Washington
Margaret Burdette
White Oak Dr
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