Frederick Schools Open With Over Six Thousand Enrolled
Frederick city schools begin the 1961-62 term hosting 6,316 students, slightly above last year. Singapore Junior-Senior High School could not open, forcing Frederick High to double up tenth grade classes. West Frederick Junior High tops with 1,493 students, North Frederick Elementary leads with 589, and Parkway Elementary follows with 437. Enrollments peak around October 30, with 42 more elementary and 85 more high school students expected to enroll by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Paul E. Fogle
Focal
Singapore
Frederick High School
West Frederick
North Frederick
Parkway
Elm Street
East Frederick
Washington Street
North Market Street
Lincoln School
Fogle
Fogie
West Frederick J
Betty Franklin
Evelyn Roelke
Marjorie Winkelman
Charlotte, Blake
Grace Rice
Viola Shue
Madeine Underwood
Madeline Underwood
Rebecca Frushour
Mary Ann Gearinger
Patricia Whitmore
Shirley Crawshaw
Howard Gilpin
Mildred Nicodemus
Sarah Wheeler
Jeanne Kemp
Helen Weirether
Lorraine Wolf
Naoma Dean
Leona Parker
Beverly Speicher
Mattie Carnproost
Annabel Klein
Leah Paisley
Kathryn van Tries
Dorothy Cavenee
Eva Derr
Mildred Henderson
Lenore Humberson
Warner Cheeks
Kathryn Havermale
Ann McGuiness
Frank Progecene
Peace Prevails In Frederick Homes As School Reopens
The piece describes a quiet start to the new school year in Frederick County. Mothers enjoy uninterrupted routines while fathers notice relief from expenses. Orange school buses transport thousands of children to red and brown buildings, signaling summer’s end as kids return to classes.
Appeal For Blood Donations To Station Red Cross Bloodmobile
Local residents are urged to donate blood to replace 147 pints sent to the area by the Washington Blood Center. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Fort Detrick Field House Friday September 15 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Donors aged 18 to 60 may give, with times allocated for Fort Detrick personnel and the general public. Lions and Rotary clubs assist. appointments are encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Blood Center
Red Cross
Fort Detrick Field House
William Wallace
Frederick County
Lions and Rotary Clubs
South Market Street
Wallace
Fort Detrick
Army Biological Laboratories
U. S Army Medical Unit
U.S. Naval Unit
East Coast
Lions
Rotary
Clubs
Dan Weinberg
Carl
Casto
James A. Kime
Red Cross Carteen
Frederick County Red Cross
United Appeal
Highest Breathalyzer Reading Leads to Drunken Driving Guilty
Margaret F Freeman, 37, of Washington wait ress, was found guilty of drunken driving in Magistrate's Court after a July 8 arrest on U S 340 near Feagaville. Trooper Ronald C Lewis said Freeman drove slowly, refused license, and blew 36 on a Breathalyzer. She pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined 100 for drunken driving and 10 for no license, with default jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Margaret F. Freeman
Ronald C. Lewis
U.S. 340
Feagaville
Freeman
Frederick
Rev Roy C Snyder to be installed Potomac Synod president
Rev Roy C Snyder will be installed as president of the Potomac Synod of the United Church of Christ Sunday at 7 p.m. in Coffman Chapel Hood College with Rev James E Wagner officiating. Snyder, a Bethlehem native and Ursinus and Lancaster Theological Seminary graduate, has led churches in southern Pennsylvania and Baltimore previously.
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Roy C. Snyder
Potomac Synod
United Church of Christ
Coffman Chapel
Hood College
Synod
Snyder
Hagerstown
Frederick D. Eyster
James E. Wagner
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ
Paul L. Althouse
Grace United Church of Christ
Raymond E. Wilhelm
J. Vernon Coblentz
Middletown
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
2d Harmony School Well Is Waterless
Tolbert F. Sawyer told the School Board that a second dry well has been bored on Harmony Grove School property with no water. The old 410 foot well yields 3–4 gallons per minute, about 4120 gallons daily, while a 4500 gallon cistern could store enough to supply roughly 14200 gallons per day for the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Grove
Tolbert F. Sawyer
Sawyer
City seeks land to extend Baughman’s Lane and bids opened
The City through attorney H Reese Shoemaker seeks 0.04 acre at 1625 Shookstown road from Ralph E Lincoln and Marie A Lincoln for the extension of Baughman’s Lane to Rosemont avenue a federal aid project including a plate arch pipe culvert at Carroll Creek Bids open at City Engineer's office City Hall at 11 am October 11 to improve traffic flow toward U S 40 west and ease congestion Carla winds to 100 mph prompting Gulf coast warnings as it moves toward Florida and Cuba
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H. Reese Shoemaker
Shookstown Road
Baughman’s
Rosemont Avenue
Ralph E. Lincoln
Marie A. Lincoln
Terry Sue's
Military Road
Carroll Creek
Fort Detrick
U. S. 40
Baughman
Community Chest United Appeal Sets 1961 Goal
The 1961 goal for the Community Chest United Appeal is $124 66 set after a budget report by Edwin R Price chairing the budget committee The drive will start in October with Charles V Main as president and a slate of officers including Raybeerd C Brehaut Wallace Miss Mayetta Hershberger and Harold A Chichester The budget is $7 more than 1960 and about $17 000 above last year Agencies include Red Cross Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Federated Charities Salvation Army Children’s Aid Society YMCA Esther Grinage Free Kindergarten US C and Counseling Services Inc.
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Community Chest
Red Cross United Appeal
Edwin R Price
Price
Charles V. Main
Frederick County
Main
United Appeal
Raybeerd C. Brehaut
Frederick Natural Gas Company
Chairham Wallace
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Red Cross Jis
Wallace
Reading
The
Appeal
Mayetta Hershberger
Maryland Department of Employment Security
Harold A. Chichester
Fort Detrick
Mr. Wallace
Masonic Temple
Willard Markey
Chest
Frederick
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Federated Charities
Salvation Army
Children’s Aid Society
Y.M.C.A
Esther Grinage Free Kindergarten
Us.c
Counseling Services Inc
First Day Back at West Frederick Junior High
A group of students with brown lunch bags leave a bus for the first day of school at West Frederick Junior High School. Girls in the front row are noted as part of the greeting scene.
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West Frederick
Grace Lebherz dies in Frederick at 68
Grace Marie Worman Lebherz 68 died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a long marriage to Louis Lebherz of Frederick Iron and Steel. She was a member of Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ Altar Guild. Funeral set for Saturday at 9 am from the funeral home with interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorials to the Frederick County American Cancer Society. Funeral directors M. R. Etchison and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Marie Worman Lebherz
East Third Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Louis 4. Lebherz
Frederick Iron and Steel, Inc
Lebherz
Leichert
Charles and
Emma Kate Houck Worman
Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ Altar Guild
Trinity Circle
East Church Street
Paul L. Althouse
Mt. Olivet
Frederick County
Alpha Co. raises cement prices and revises discounts
Alpha Portland Cement Co. announced price increases at several plants including Lime Kiln with a 10 cent per barrel rise. It also unveiled a new 4 percent discount for payments within 15 days, effective January 1, 1962, replacing the long standing 10 cent per barrel discount.
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Alpha Portland Cement Co
Alpha
R. L. Rhodes
Rhodes
Martin's Creek
Cementon
N. Y
Jamesville
Ironton
St. Louis
Birmingham
Ala
LaSalle
la Salle
R. S. Gerstell
National
Ready Mix Concrete Association
Acquittal of Two Youths Appealed in Court
State's Attorney Robert Rothenhoefer appealed yesterday's Magistrate Court ruling that acquitted Charles W. Miller and Charles H. Gartner on petty larceny and liquor charges. Other youths, Thomas B. Slifer and Joseph A. Baer Jr., were convicted. Gartner faced additional assault charges but was also acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 5. Rothenhoefer
Charles W. Miller
Sjamsville
Charles H. Gartner
Madison Street
Stanley Y. Bennett
Thomas B. Slifer
Middletown
Joseph A. Baer, Jr
East Patrick Street
Slifer
Baer
Gartner
Schley Inn
Hermann Fischer
Miller
Richard W. Poffenberger
Robert L. McAfee
Accused Slayer Seeks Mental Examinations Before Hearing
James W. Fogle, charged with premeditated murder in a county inn slaying, was committed to Springfield State Hospital for mental tests prior to a preliminary hearing. If found sane, the hearing may proceed. other cases and juveniles were also heard, including a grand larceny charge against Leroy S. Dotson and three youths tried for loitering and petty larceny.
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James W. Fogle
Robert L. Hamilton
County Inn
Springfield State Hospital
Edwin F. Nikirk
State Hospital
Fogle
Leroy S. Dotson
RFD
Airy
Colonial Music Shop
East Patrick Street
Dotson
Norman Dietz
Ellis G. Carty
Dietz
Carver Apartments
Madison Street
Stanley Y. Bennett
Charles W. Cartnail
Teestreet
Lowell G. Willis
West All Saints Street
Ralph H. L. Potts
Harry P. Phillips
Paul W. Mossburg
Carroll Creek
All Saints Street
Phillips
Stanley W. Wilt
Taney Apts
Wilt
South Jefferson Street
Cpl
Mossburg
Sgt
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Bennett
Artie Kester
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Mary A. Alexander
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Mary Lambert
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Juanita Shanboltz
Clarence Rice
Rhodes Shorrow
Howard Gaver
Culler
Julie
Frank J. Keefer
Rev. Snyder
2D Harmony School
Shookstown
Carla
Miami
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
South Florida
Southeastern Gulf
Gulf
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Key West
Florida
Edwin Price
Frank 4. Keefer
Peggy Rice
Bonnie Rice
Rita Stillions
Tina Lakel
Lorna Rumpf
Grace Lebherz
Alpha Co
Braddock Heights
Richards
Houston
Tex
Patt Richards
Houston Colts
Baltimore Gonsoles
Eddie Robinson
Baltimore Club
Colts
Robinson
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