Frederick Fair ends with rain on final day
From The News Post files October 26 1913: the 530th annual Frederick Fair closed amid rain. The Bethlehem area saw theft of 500 to 600 dollars in money and property from Court Clerk Harry W Bowers home while his family attended the fair. Sheriff Fagan recovered a stolen team found tied near Reids Ford. Christian Smith a Democratic House of Delegates nominee was found dead aged 69 in Brunswick. a vacancy was filled by August T Brust. An auto accident near Lime Kiln badly damaged a vehicle with five occupants. Richard F Harrison left for Newport R I to enter the National Training School for Seamen. A gas line incident caused sparks on South Market street near Underselling store. The Maryland Lutheran Synod planned to meet in Woodsboro in 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Harry W. Bowers
Clarke Place
Bowers
Frederick Fair
Sheriff Fagan
Arvie Waltz
Araby
Clingan
East Patrick Street
Reids Ford
Christian Smith
House of Delegates
Brunswick
Smith
Jacob Fry
Democratic Party
South Market Street
Frederick Gas and Electric Department
H. and F. Rwy
Maryland Lutheran Synod
Woodsboro
World wheat surpluses vanish as orders to the Soviet rise
The article explains how Western nations face dwindling wheat stocks as the Soviet Union and its allies buy large quantities. Canada the United States Australia West Germany Italy France and Argentina push exports to meet demand, leaving U S stockpiles the sole buffer amid potential droughts or crop failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Australia
West Germany
Italy
France
Argentina
Soviet Union
Russia
U. S
Western Europe
Free World
Transatlantic liner expansion signals jet age shift
The Atlantic passenger fleet grows with a 58 000 ton jet ready liner set for 1967 launch and 2 000 passengers. It will be the world s fourth largest by gross tonnage after the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary and France with United States Lines United States trailing fifth though fastest. A $49 million government loan backs the project as passenger totals last year rose amid ongoing transatlantic jet competition. ARABY WSCS MEETS at Araby Community Hall with Mrs Ruth Waltz hosting and plans for four church study choruses a self denial week and linens sent to Sibley Hospital in Washington. The meeting closed with refreshments and the next gathering set for November 11. Potomac river is clear and low at Point of Rocks while Monocacy is dirty and very low at Buckeystown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Cunard Vine
France
United States Lines
United States
Araby Wscs
Araby W.s.cs
Araby
Ruth Waltz
Jean Whipp
Doris Lines
Women’s Society of Christian Service of
Southern Asia
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
Collected notes from October 26 1943 include PICTOR Maryland s leading thoroughbred set to stand at stud in Kentucky and sold to Charledon at Ira Drymon farm. Office of Price Administration orders a freeze on jams jellies preserves and fruit spreads ahead of rationing. Frederick to Hagerstown highway post war progress reports 4.9 miles surfaced 17.21 graded 1 718 000 spent. Nazi counterattack described with intensifying Red Army advance near Dnieper. Fifth Army hills battle in Italy. County Draft Boards list six registrants delinquent or suspected of delinquency. October rainfall exceeds two inches first time since June. School children to file over 20 000 War Ration Book Four applications. Army Reserve Pvt Kenneth A Fleming completed a six week supply course at Fort Knox Ky. 1962 Mount Airy High School graduate, son of Mrs William Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pictor
Maryland
Lexington
William L. Brann
Charledon
Ira Drymon
Office OF Price Administration
Frederick
Hagerstown
Dnieper
Fifth Army
Italy
Army Reserve
Kenneth A. Fleming
William §. Penn
RFD
Mount Airy
Armor Center
Fort Knox
Fleming
Mount Airy High School
Naval Academy chaplain to speak at Hood College vesper
Capt. James E. Reaves, newly named Senior Chaplain at the U S Naval Academy, will deliver the sermon Wholeness at Hood College Coffman Chapel during the 6 30 p m vespers on Sunday. The public is invited to attend the bi weekly service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Reaves
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hood College
Reaves
Hood
Coffman Chapel
Jane
Naval Academy
Navy Department
Washington
Bureau of Naval Personnel
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Southern Methodist University
Texas
New Orleans
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Bouganville
Columbia University
Japan
Miss Zimmerman Weds Baumgardner In Point of Rocks
Betty Lou Zimmerman daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Zimmerman and Gary Edward Baumgardner son of Mr and Mrs Edward Baumgardner were married Friday at St Luke s Lutheran Church Point of Rocks Rev Dean W Anderson officiated The couple will reside in Point of Rocks The bride a 1962 Frederick High School graduate works at Ideal Farms Dairy The groom a 1963 graduate works at GEICO in Chevy Chase
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Lou Zimmerman
Charles Zimmerman
Gary Edward Baumgardner
Edward T. ‘Baumgardner
Point of Rocks
St. Lukes’s Luthan Church
Dean W. Anderson
Bessie Tuck
Mary Jane Zimmerman
David Ashby
Frank Wetzel
Kevin Loucks
St. Lukes Parish Hall
Alice Peamroy
Doris Renn
Eleanor Warner
Dolores Hawes
Dorothy Staley
Carol Zimmerman
Bonnie Ashby
Frederick High School
Ideal Farms Dairy, Inc
GEICO
Chevy Chase
Personalities Richard Creager tours Mid Atlantic farms with coop group
Richard E. Creager son of Mr and Mrs Russell L Creager spent October 17 to 19 touring Maryland New Jersey and Eastern shore farms with the Artificial Breeders Cooperatives. He was one of eight boys selected by this cooperative for the tour. Edward Jones of Buckeystown observes his 82nd birthday today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Creager
Russell L. Creager
Maryland
New Jersey
Edward Jones
Buckeystown
Ambulance Routine Keeps Busy Across Towns
The Union Bridge fire department ambulance transported Carter Smith from Frederick Memorial Hospital to Union Bridge on Saturday. Walter Reese of Union Bridge was moved from a woods fire scene at McKinstry Mills to Carroll County General Hospital after fracturing a bone in his right leg. Gordon Fogle was moved from Carroll County General Hospital to his Union Bridge home on Sunday. Dr. Frederick Lambert of New Windsor was moved from Carroll County General Hospital to University Hospital in Baltimore. Dora Lease of Unionville was taken to Frederick Memorial on Monday. Fannie Garver of New Windsor was transported to Frederic Memorial on Tuesday. Lloyd Coe of Taneytown was moved to Annie M Warner Hospital in Gettysburg on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge
Carter Smith
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Walter Reese
McKinstry Mills
Carroll County General Hospital
Gordon Fogle
Frederick Lambert
New Windsor
University Hospital
Baltimore
Dora Lease
Unionville
Frederick Memorial
Fannie Garver
Frederic Memorial
Lloyd Coe
Taneytown
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Illinois Army 2nd Lt. Penn Joins 62nd Artillery
Army clerk announces 2nd Lt. Robert E. Penn age 22 son of Mr and Mrs Guyer H Penn of Mount Airy assigned to the 62nd Artillery at Scout Air Force Base Illinois on Oct 14 He entered service in July and is a member of the artillery 1st Missile Battalion A Mount Airy High School graduate 1959 he earned a B S degree in 1956 from Western Maryland College Westminster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Robert E. Penn
Guyer H. Penn
Mount Airy
62Nd Artillery
Scout Air Force Base
Ill
Penn
Army
Artillery
Mount Airy High School
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Med Fleet Duty for Norfolk Fireman Apprentice Paul Miller
Paul L. Miller, fireman apprentice in the US Navy and son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Miller of Frederick Maryland, left Norfolk October 1 aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Biddle for duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Paul L. Miller
USN
Frank L. Miller
RFD 3
Frederick
Norfolk
Biddle
Sixth Fleet
Halloween Eve Reflections and Local Festivities
A survey of Halloween customs notes the eve of All Saints Day as a harvest festival with parades and street revelry led by Frederick’s Junior Chamber of Commerce. It recalls trick or treat traditions on October 29 and cites police posture against unsupervised door knocking. A Maryland Municipal League program feature covers police management techniques by Charles Mein, with a brief Maryland fall thoroughbred sale preview at Timonium offering 272 yearlings and related stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe’en
Spirit World
Hallowe'en
Frederick I
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Maryland Municipal League
Tidewater Inn
Easton
Charles V. Mein
Frederick
Main
Deaths of Ralph D. Ricketts and Morris W. Roberts
Ralph Durbin Ricketts 45 of Union Bridge died suddenly from a heart attack at Carroll County General Hospital after collapse at home. Survived by wife Thelma Bohn Ricketts four children and one sister. Funeral in Union Bridge on Tuesday at 1 30 p m with burial in Singanore cemetery. Morris William Roberts 79 former Browns Trailer Court resident died at Embassy Rest Home Washington D C. Survived by one son Elliott and one sister Edna Robb. Services Sunday at 2 p m at 106 East Church Street Funeral home with interment at Olivet cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Durbin
Ricketts
Ralph Durbin Ricketts
Union Bridge
Carroll County General Hospital
Westminster
Carroll County
Charles Edward
Caroline Fritz Ricketts
Western Maryland Railway
Plymouth Lodge
AF and
Chesapeake
Baltimore
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Thelma Bohn Ricketts
Shirley May Haines
Charles D. Ricketts
Roxann Ricketts
George H. Ricketts
Wilson Harris
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Clarence B2rk
Singanore Cemetery
Morris W. Roberts
Morris William Roberts
Browns Trailer Court
Embassy Rest Home
Washington, D. C
Mr. Roberts
Bessie Shaw Roberts
New York
Roscoe C
Katherine Williams Roberts
Elliott B. Roberts
New York City
Edna Robb
East Church Street
E.S.T
ME. Olivet
M. R. Etchison & Son
Funeral services for Eleanor McGill Chambers held at St. Pauls
Funeral services were held in St. Pauls cemetery Point of Rocks this morning for Elea nor McGill Chambers daughter of the late Benjamin Dill and Lottie Belt Chambers who died October 24 at her home in Rockville She was a sister of Rev B Duvall Chambers of Columbia SC Funeral services for Guy A Manahan of Deerfield who died Tuesday at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown were held at the Creager Funeral Home in Thurmont yesterday at 11 am conducted by Rev Harry E Krone Pallbearers were Ralph and Melvin Miller Lloyd Wilhide Percey Percell Harry Barker and Fred Holzward Interment was made in the Foxville Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Point of Rocks
Eleanor McGill Chambers
Benjamin Dill
Lottie Belt Chambers
Rockville
B. Duvall Chambers
Columbia, S.C
Guy A. Manahan
Deerfield
Washington County
Hagerstown
Creager Funeral Home
Thurmont
Harry E. Krone
Ralph
Melvin Miller
Lloyd Wilhide
Percey Percell
Harry Barker
Fred Holzward
Foxville
Warn Homemakers Of Smoked Fish Danger
FDA urged households to destroy any smoked fish products in refrigeration unless proven not from Great Lakes region sources. Canned fish is excluded. The warning cites botulism risk after seven deaths linked to smoked whitefish and chubs from Great Lakes area plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Great Lakes
FDA
George P. Larrick
Plea Guilty in Milk Price Fixing Case in Baltimore
Wilton Farms Dairy Inc pleaded guilty to a second charge of fixing milk prices in Baltimore area. Seven other dairies argue indictments repeat prior charges for which they paid $50,000 fines last year. First indictments accused conspiracies to fix school milk prices. new counts covered retail prices to homes and stores. Dairies named include H. E. Koontz Creamery Sealtest Foods Green Spring Cloverland Farms Royal Farms High's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Wilton
H. E. Koontz Creamery
Sealtest Foods
Green Spring
Cloverland Farms
Royal Farms High
Braddock and Taylorsville Homemakers Club Meetings Report
October 1 Braddock Club meeting at Mrs. Main home near Frederick covered film teaching Seeing Habits for Expert Driving, quiz, and new by law dues talk. November 8 meeting set at Mrs. Reynolds home. Taylorsville Club met at Mrs. Zimmerman Woodmoor with 13 members and two guests as officers elected for January. Also notes on funerals and visits in local posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Club
Braddock Homemakers’ Club
Charles Main
Frederick
Elmer Meitzler
Edward Tobery
Alex Bryant
Bernard Wiles
Nora Thomas
Roy Cline
W.M.H.L
Eldred Boyer
Richard Reynolds
Taylorsville Club
Taylorsville Homemakers Club
Clarence Zimmerman
Woodmoor
Luke Webb
Albert Horton
Evelyn Nelson
Paul Prosser
Secrtary
Herman Barnes
Mt. Airy, Winfield and
Enterprise
Ridgeville Methodist Church
Emmitsburg Family Weekend Socials Mark Keeps Birthday
Emmitsburg residents hosted relatives from Milford Delaware Frederick and Westminster over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Leonard Sanders visited their son in law and daughter while Mr and Mrs Donald Mc Clear visited relatives in town. Mr and Mrs Samuel Knott hosted Savannah guests at the Little home as James Nichols and Paul Keepers also joined at Sunday dinner for Mr Keepers birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sterbinsky
Chery Ashbaugh
Wheaton
George Ashbaugh
Leonard Kessler
Hanover
James Kessler
David Adams
Philadelphia
Adams
Norman Adams
Annabell Hartman
Baltimore
Charles B. Shorb
Hillcrest
Emmitsburg
Leonard Sanders
Thier
John
Milford, del
Donald McClear
Frederick
Samuel Knott
Saannah
Robert Little
James Nicholes
Westminster
Paul Keepers
Ralph Long
Keepers
Motorist Fined By Magistrate in Red Light Case
James M. Hess, 17, of East Patrick Street, found guilty of running a red light, fined 10 dollars and costs by Magistrate Byron W. Thompson after an October 23 collision on North Market and Third streets. Witness LeRoy Brightwell testified Hess ran the red. Gerald D. Lowry also involved. another case: John W. Whitehead, 41, fined 25 dollars for drunken public highway offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Hess
East Patrick Street
Byron W. Thompson
Hess
Roger A. Wicks
North Market Street
Third Street
Gerald D. Lowry
Leroy Brightwell
East Third Street
John W. Whitehead
Whitehead
Cpl
Robert C. Snyder
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News-Post
Ruth Bowles
Shirley Lenhart
Doris Thomas
Bailroad
Potomac
Hrmigdad
Reaves Hood Vesper Speaker
Ea * A
Gary E. Baumgardner
Joe Eisenhauer
George Bernard Shaw
Pomona
Timonium
State Fair Grounds
Bobby
Roger Raymond Rothenhoefer Sr
Potomac Edison System
Martin A. Case
Catoctin Furnace Methodist Church
Fine Department
Russell Rinehart
Ray Davis
Lee P. Morgan
Ronald Tyeryar
Herbert Mullican
Ralph Layton
Lewistown
M. R. Etchison and Son
R. R. Rothenhoefer Sr
Ernest Fieni
Fieni
Angela Lach
Sayreville
N. J
Miss Lach
Hilda B. Williams
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