Fifty Years Ago Highlights From The News-Post
Seventy events from September 7 1911 include a garden party hosted by Frank Hargett with about 150 guests, a Louis Orphan Home trustees meeting electing Grayson E Bowers to the board and naming George H Zimmerman superintendent, YMCA cafe use proposal for a ladies room, a plan to form an Amateur Athletic Union branch in Frederick, a chance reunion of cousins Miss Lydia Pettingall and H E Pettingall, direct water piped to the city easing shortages, gas supply issues due to a broken main, Evangelical Reformed church organ renovations costing about 2500, a new garage operation partnership including Grayson H Staley and others, and a small fire at Karl Jacobson's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hargett
West Second Street
Frederick
Louis Orphan Home
Grayson E. Bowers
C. C. Carty
George H. Zimmerman
YMCA
Association
H. B. Clark
Y.M.C.A
Amateur Athletic Union
Lydia Pettingall
Ridgeley
W. Va
Tfis
Evangelical Reformed Church
Emmons Howard
Westfield
Mass
Howard
Johnson and Son
Ira Fahrney
Grayson H. Staley
Samuel G. Duvall
Elias B. Ramsburg
C. H. Conley
J. Windsor Williams
Kemptown
United States interest guides Brazil’s political future
The United States holds a major debtor’s stake in Brazil with about 2.285 billion dollars in private and public debt, surpassing a third of Brazil’s external debt. Brazil’s capital presence outstrips other South American nations, and while the U.S. avoids expropriation, it weighs heavy in backing democracy against Communist bloc expansion as Jango Goulart sought ties with China during Quadros’ resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brazil
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Jaan Goulart
Peiping
China
Janio Quadros
Goulart
Congress
Harmony Well Waterless land dispute delays three acre expansion
The Harmony Grove site seeks three more acres for the sewage system expansion but owner Ransom Lewis demands 2600 a land price while the board had offered 1500. The board withdraws the difference offer and will pay no more than 1500. The meeting also discussed Civil Defense instruction in schools and personnel changes at several county schools. Hospital notes list local discharges from Gettysburg and Washington County facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Grove
Ransom Lewis
Lewis
Gove
Civil Defense Headquarters
Sensenbaugh
Marie Linton
New Market
Dwight M. Row
Yellow Springs
East Frederick
Thomas Sterling
Linton
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Wolfsville
Richard F. Kline
Wave of local and international news from wartime report
Dissent over school bus timings prompts a wait-and-see stance by Ballenger district patrons. An automobile crashed into a porch at Seventh and Bentz, tearing steps. Dr Elmer Kefauver urged calm on polio fears amid reports of infantile paralysis. Winds caused minor power line trouble. A British submarine sank an Italian troop ship off Tripoli. Iceland is called the Gibraltar of the north. U S and British officials monitor potential safety zones near Vladivostok. Mayor Culler welcomed 104th Observation Squadron at Detrick Field. Fort Meade holds a weekend break for the 29th Infantry Division. Four RAF recruits drowned crossing the Atlantic. Refugee King Petar II of Yugoslavia marked his 18th birthday with Italy ripe for invasion. Miss Verna Mae Davis and L Sheridan Barber Jr wed. bride’s family noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballenger
Jesse N. Smith
Seventh
Bentz
Elmer C. Kefauver
Tripoli
Iceland
Gibraltar
North Pacific
Japan
Soviet Russia
Vladivostok
Lloyd C. Culler
104Th
Detrick Field
29Th Infantry Division
Fort Meade
RAF
Atlantic
Petar II
Yugoslavia
London
Italy
Verna Mae Davis
Warren Davis
Kemptown
L. Sheridan Barber Jr
Mes
August T. Brust
Frede
School Enrollment Totals by Grade Across Several Frede rick Schools
Readable lines list enrollment by grade for Lincoln Elementary North Market Street Elementary Parkway Elementary West Frederick Junior High Lincoln High School Frederick High School with totals per school. Names and ages appear for each grade, indicating a large district full of student and teacher rosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Robertson
Mary Ann Shrv
Ruth Staley
Sara Bowlus
Florry Lowe
Constance Progecene
Helen Turner
Parkway Elementary
Kathryn Frushour
Darlene Sittig
Charlotte Woodrow
West Frederick
Ruth E. Smith
E. Louise Lippy
Claude R. DeLauter Jr
Charles L. Jackson
Elora E. Smith
Angeline M. Sunday
Robert A. Smith
Joanne McPartland
Mary Holter
George Witten
Dorothy Lurber
Lillian S. Braun
William A. Ross
Lena T. Mullican
Frances M. Burgee
George Strasberger
Robert Leatherman
Pearl L. Hart
Frederick Axtell
Katherine §. Creed
Joanne T. Horine
Alice G. Baker
Lincoln High School
Edith Addison
Cornelius Turner
Eunice Hutchins
Frederick High School
Jeanne Jehl
Willie Memmi
LeRoy Fleming
Grace Engelbrecht
Happ
Dale White
Zelma Smith
Barbara Berry
Norma Dennis
James Light
Randolph Rosencrantz
Landa Patton
Perry Darner
Bruce Crawshaw
Clerentina Memmi
Alice Olson
Julie Cavanagh
Avis Fischer
John Brown
J. Wakefield McGill
Angeline Lechiara
John Thompson
Harry Miller
Joan Shanholtz
Harry Cornproost
H. Jack Slimer
Eugene Roach
Frances Ashbury
Mildred Will
Edith Lynn
Mary Willard
Erma Stull
Ada Poole
Octavia Zimmerman
Ronald Neff
Car Makers Stand Pat on Maintenance and Models in 1962
Edward N. Cole of Chevrolet and Sherwood H. Egbert of Studebaker-Packard defend 1000 mile lubrication and 2000 mile oil change schedules. Ford recommends 30000 mile oil changes while Rambler and Pontiac push longer intervals. Chevy II reborns near Falcon, Knudsen notes Tempest could cut into Pontiac, and Egbert updates Lark and Hawk with larger size and Thunderbird-like styling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Rothenberg
Enterprise Assn
Detroit
NEA
Edward N. Cole
Chevrolet
Sherwood H. Egbert
Studebaker-Packard
Ford
Rambler
Pontiac
Studebaker
Chevy
Cole
S. E
Bunky Knudsen
Falcon
Dels
Knudsen
Tempest
Maris and
Mantle
General Motors
Egbert
Ceremony at Home Conducted by Rev. Stephen Galley
A ceremony was conducted at her home by Rev. Stephen Galley with Erick present. Details remain sparse in the readable text.
Maurice D Crum Dies At His Home
Maurice D Crum 62 a retired farmer and businessman died at his home near Libertytown after a yearlong illness Born in Frederick County he was the son of the late Josiah and Ellen Crum He leaves a wife a daughter a brother two sisters three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews The body is at G C Barton Funeral Home Walkersville with calling after 7 pm Friday Services are Saturday at 11 am at the funeral home and interment follows at Chapel Cemetery near Libertytown Contributions may go to the Frederick County Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice D. Crum
Libertytown
Frederick County
Josiah
Ellen H. Etzler Crum
Chapel Lutheran Church
Southern States Co-Op
Chapel Cemetery Board
Grace P. Staley Crum
William Bill
Raymond C. Crum
Frederick
Edith Hummer
Harry Trout
Walkersville
G. C. Barton
Chapel Cemetery
Frederick County Cancer Society
Milton E. Akers
Mollie May Akers
Milton Edward Akers
East
Third Street
Monocacy Hall
Bursing
Samuel M
Sarah Michaels Summers
Edward M. Akers
Catherine Akers Krahnke
Bethesda
Lydia
John L. Barnes
Mt. Olivet
Robert HE
Dailey & Son Funeral Directors
Edgar Gilbert Dennis
Baker Avenue
Mount Airy
Isaac G
Jeanette Weddle Dennis
McSaivage Company
Alice Ausherman Dennis
David E. Dennis
Airy
Edward Summers
Patricia Ann
Elizabeth Dennis
Russell Dennis
Hagerstown
Walter Wilhide
el Paso
Texas
East Church Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
A. Russell Fleagle
Catherine Amelia Fleagle
Clear Ridge
University Hospital
Baltimore
Carroll County
William H
Elizabeth Spielman Bowers
Dennis Coale Jr
Linwood
William R. Fleagle
New Windsor
Local Hospital Admissions and Surgeries Reported
Among the sick Mr Jesse Brashears Jr of Union Bridge entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning. George Ritter son of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Ritter of Walkersville Route 1 underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital Tuesday and is getting along as well as can be expected. Mr L Lee Bury of North Market Street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday and underwent major surgery on Wednesday with a satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Brashears Jr
Union Bridge
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George Ritter
Nicholas Ritter
Walkersville
L. Lee Bury
North Market Street
Auto Makers Vary In ’62 On Sales Approaches
DETROIT NEA. The auto industry bets on a near record 1962 sales year as Ford, Lincoln-M Mercury, General Motors Olds and AMC unveil varied strategies. Ford reduces big car lines to two. Falcon and Fairlane lead. Mercury promos Comet and Meteor beside Monterey. Olds revamps 89, Super 88, 98 with longer price-window styling. AMC cuts standard size cars, aims at showroom space. Industry targets 7 million, with GM optimistic and Lincoln-Mercury and Ford projecting mid sixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Rothenberg
Monterey
Olds
American Motors
George Romney
David
Romney
Lincoln
Ford
General Motors
Ben Mills
Lincoln-Mercury
Lee Jacocca
Deaths of Mrs. Mollie Akers and Others in Area
Notices report the deaths of Mrs. Mollie May Akers of Frederick at 87 with services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at 1201 North Market Street Funeral Home. Also listed are Edgar Gilbert Dennis of Mount Airy and Mrs. Catherine Amelia Fleagle of Clear Ridge with funeral details and interment pending.
Funeral Service Held for Mrs. Tonkin in Clarksburg
Mrs. Tonkin mother of Mrs. G. R. Brinkley of New Market died at her Clarksburg home last Saturday. She was daughter of Murray H. Smith and Mary Van Kirk Smith of Ithaca. Survived by daughters Mrs. Crumrine of Colorado Springs Mrs. Davis of La Crosse Mrs. Spelsberg of Baltimore Mrs. Brigham of Summit and John B. Tonkin of Clarksburg. Interment in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Tonkin
G. R. Brinkley
New Market
Clarksburg
W. Va
Murray H. Smith
Mary van Kirk Smith
Ithaca
W. A. Crumrine
Colorado Springs
Colo
M. N. Davis
la Crosse
Obituaries for Byers Conner Hoffman in Mount Airy and Mount Pleasant
Funeral services were held for Elsie L. Byers 84 at Calvary Methodist Church Mount Airy with Rev C Roger El gert. Pallbearers were nephews and others. interment Pine Grove cemetery. Also services for Oda Neidig Conner widow of Rev Alville Conner at Glade United Church of Christ with pallbearers Monro Stauffer and others. Mount Olivet cemetery. Charles Edward Hoffman died at home in Mount Pleasant. services led by Rev Nevin E Smith with pallbearers LeRoy Fothergill Duval Sneadner Harry O Smith etc.. Mount Olivet cemetery. M R Etchison and Son directed all funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Church
Mt. Airy
Elsie L. Byers
Mount Airy
C. Roger Elgert
Chester Byers
Albert Byers
Frank Byers
Cleveland Hyatt
Nathan Butler
Ross Redman
Pine Grove
C. M. Waltz
Winfield
Oda Neidig Conner
Alville Conner
East Church Street
Frank A. Rosenberger
Glade
Charles Edward Hoffman
Mount Pleasant
Nevin E. Smith
Emmanual United Church of Christ
Hanover
LeRoy Fothergill
Duval Sneadner
Harry 0. Smith
Steiner Smith
Walter Smith
Earlston
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News-Post
Mabel Hicks
Thurmont
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Elmer I. Haines
Harpers Ferry
Boris M. Wilson
Washington Coun Erapital
Ape
C. Carroll Wickless
Woodsboro
Potomac Edison Company
Quarter Century Club
Egypt
U.S
MATS
Charles G. Hawes
Earle Sheppard
Br” Street
Brunswick
Great Smoky Mountains
Roger Delauter Jr
Roger Delauter
Sjamsville
Delauter
Walter Jones
Denver
Kenneth Fletcher
Tramsville
Kenneth L. Stout
Jacksonville
N. C
Leslie Windsor
Eastport
Brent W. Snyder
William E. Snyder
Mary Street
Ford Motors
Germany
Volkswagen
NEA, Inc
TIL Rog
Pat OF
Justin
Vall
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Grandma Moses
Hagia Bridge
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