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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1965
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Day of Damascus celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house at the Tri-Day Farm attended by about 150 relatives and friends. The event featured flowers from Mrs. Day’s garden and a cake baked by Mrs. Howes, with Mrs. Day wearing her original wedding dress.
Frederick County Girl Scouts held their first fall encampment at Camp Misty Mount for Junior Scouts in fifth and sixth grade. The event featured a song fest nature crafts compass and lashing a wide game and an evening campfire with awards for Troop 1282 leading by Mrs Charles Mullican and Patrol 1 1288 led by Mrs Harold Curry.
Readers share practical fixes across household tasks. Polly offers sewing snaps for detachable buttons on garments and trims benefiting laundered clothes. others suggest props on windy clotheslines and using brass extension rods for plant height. A reader advises keeping a cloth for car upholstery during service and notes a technique for can rim drips with nail holes. Dorothy adds touch-up ideas for black furniture and buttons.
The Frederick Duplicate Bridge Club held a master point game at 7 30 pm at the Francs Scott Key Hotel. Col Glenn Wilhide was elected president for the coming year with officers named. North South and East West winners are listed for the club and sister groups. Next week a regular game will be played at 7 30 pm. A second note covers the Afternoon Duplicate Bridge Club at Amvets on West Patrick Street with winners listed. A Catoctin Duplicate Bridge Club meeting at Fitzgerald's Restaurant near Thurmont also reports results and a charity master point game slated for next week. A fashion note on patent leather highlights its year round use in shoes, bags and hats.
Mr and Mrs George E Mehaffie announce the engagement of their daughter Terrena Faye to Thomas Edward Leather. Terrena is a 1965 Frederick High School graduate and works at Dawry Maid Dairy. Thomas is a senior at Frederick High School and employed by Ford Motor Co Frederick. A late summer wedding is planned.
A Catholic priest in England advises newlyweds to live far from mothers and mothers-in-law after studying 7000 wrecked marriages. He argues distance reduces interference by parents who often criticize and pressure, helping couples gain independence and a better chance at lasting happiness.
Miss Cynthia Mae Miller and Harry Nelson Burns wed at 8 pm in Adamstown United Church of Christ with Rev W C Warner officiating. The couple plans a southbound wedding trip and will reside in Brunswick after both complete schooling and teaching assignments.
Mrs. Margaret Bacon announces Junior Girl Scout Troop No. 1288 is the first in the Thurmont area to complete National Girl Scout membership registration for 1965-66. Leaders are Mrs. Harold J. Curry and Mrs. Kurt Botker with committee chair Mrs. Mary Louise Trout and service director Mrs. Kenneth Myers. Scouts enrolled include Bonnie Brown Laura Bentz Sue Brown Joanne Curry Sigrid Borker Debbie Eyler Dawn Fitzgerald Phyllis Helms Patty Keilholtz Darlene Kinna Gwen Keilholtz Olivia Myers Susan Myers Colleen Sweeney Rita Thompson Patti Trout Sherry Portner Cheryl Smith Diane Perry Darlene Shaffer Debbie Wastler. All local registrations are due Nov 1.
Local clubs meet to discuss floor care with emphasis on proper detergent use and hard water effects. Reports cover club officer elections, future Nov meetings, doll collection at the library, wash day techniques, and plans to support hospital, nursing home residents, and 4H events.
The piece encourages knitting as a creative, time filling hobby for new mothers. It notes knitting keys from Colonial times, suggests colors like white and aqua to suit infants, and offers a quick panda toy project for the older child using rug yarn, felt scraps, and large needles.
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