Dorothy Hobson Remembered for Civic Involvement in Frederick
Dot Hobson moved to Frederick thirty years ago as highways opened the area to migration and rural roots gave way to new residents. She led the Frederick Art Club Newcomers Club and Frederick Woman's Civic Club, chaired district and state federations, and organized Mardi Gras and Bell and History Days. An artist and singer, she supported the Green Walled Garden Club and Community Concerts, with art shown in public spaces. She died this week in Baltimore, where she had lived with her daughter for years.
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Washington and
Baltimore
Dot Hobson
Frederick
Newcomers Club
Frederick Woman’s Civic Club
Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Bell and History Days
Frederick Baltimore Symphony Association
Frederick County
Green Walled Garden
Dorothy
Hobson
Fall back time ritual spans clocks and myths across nation
Bob Reid notes the semi annual clock reset from Daylight Saving Time. He details the 2 am Sunday rollback, exemptions, and common tech hassles with LCD and quartz timepieces. The piece traces clocks from sun dials to Greenwich Mean Time and cites energy savings and safety impacts from daylight time shifts.
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American
Hawaii
Arizona
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Indiana
Corrine
Congress
Nuclear waste disposal questions loom for future power use
Washington debates the fate of nuclear energy as costs soar and disposal remains unsolved. Debates over 1998 deadlines and a permanent underground facility clash with calls for moratoriums and new commissions. Yucca Mountain, Deaf Smith Texas, and Hanford Washington are central sites amid rising estimates and uncertain waste generation.
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Washington
Department of Energy
DOE
Sen
J. Bennett Johnston
D-La
Sen. Johnston
Gary Clouser
General Accounting Office
Public Citizen
Ralph Nader
Congress
Yucca Mountains
Nevada
Deaf Smith County
Texas
Hanford
Wash
GAO
Town Editor Warns Against Bradford Pear Trees
Victoria Wachter Seward argues in Frederick letters to the editor that Bradford Pears fail to mimic true trees, devaluing streetscapes and historic beauty. She urges reliance on large, genuine trees like oaks, elms, and maples to frame houses and preserve architecture.
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Bradford
Frederick
Rockwell Terrace
Evangelical Reformed Church
Price of justice in Frederick jail over brain surgery
James Alexander complains that thirteen thousand dollars was spent on brain surgery for an inmate at Frederick County Detention Center, criticizing Commissioners J Anita Stup and Mark Hoke and labeling the inmate an arch-criminal serving time for home improvement violations. He questions the use of taxpayers money.
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Frederick County
J. Anita Stup
Mark Hoke
God Bless
No to Middletown annexations opposition letter
Two residents urge voters to reject three parcels proposed for annexation on October 26 1987 warning against loss of bypass corridor and increased school and traffic burden. They argue growth can be managed without surrendering town identity and call on residents to vote no to all three parcels citing the Coblentz farm and Valley Land Investor as key issues.
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U.S
Iran
State Department
Office of Munitions Control
Chile
Libya
OMC
Middletown
Board of Education
State Highway Administration
Valley Land
Coblentz
Maryland
Coblentz Farm
First Snowflakes, Conference, Film, and Football Report
The first snowflakes of the year were reported near noon. The Fall Conference of the Council of Religious Education met at Christ Reformed Church in Middletown with over 200 delegates. A musical film Double or Nothing ran three days at Tivoli Theater. Mount St. Mary’s defeated La Salle College 14 to 6 in Philadelphia. About 420 youth cyclists from Frederick County joined the 11th annual ride staged by J. Paul Delphey.
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THE
Council of Religious Education of the Potomac Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Christ Reformed Church, Middletown
Tivoli Theater
Mount ST. Mary’s
la Salle College
Philadelphia
Frederick County
J. Paul Delphey
Frederick area notes from 20 years ago and 1967 parade marshal
A Milwaukee industrialist and 1939 graduate John F. Catalane pledged $1 million to Mount St. Mary’s College. Stu Kerr announced as grand marshal for the 1967 Frederick Halloween Parade. The Highway Post Office truck faced removal due to railway postal car decline. Satin Keys performed as co feature at the Snow Ball. C&P Telephone sections at 33 and 35 E Patrick St were demolished for a new 3 story colonial building amid a $242 million dialing facilities expansion.
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Mount ST. Mary's College, Emmitsburg
Milwaukee
John F. Catalane
Stu Kerr
Professor Kool
Wmar-Ty
Baltimore
Frederick
Harrisburg
C&p Telephone Company
E. Patrick St
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Nile
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England
Calcutta
Greenwich
Strackey
Dorchester
Dorset
Carlisle
Parliament
Bob Reid
Annapolis
Jack Anderson
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Victoria Wachter Seward, Frederick
James Alexander Frederick
Nikki Behre
Evelyn Gates Middletown
Satin Keys
Tim Hess
Rick Bowers
Gary Fagan
Mac Long
Dave Nicely
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