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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1983
Page
8
Lincoln High School alumni from the Class of 1940 gathered for their 43rd reunion with faculty and guest speakers in attendance. The event featured remarks from professor oP ange Hige and others, celebrating long friendships and school history.
A fragmentary account describes blueberries as a wide ranged fruit known as puberry or whortleberry in old English, with references to huckleberry in parts of America. It notes their wild distribution from Alaska to Florida and mentions terms used for the fruit across regions. The piece also recalls a class reunion with list of attendees and a church service led by Rev John L. Ford, followed by a park picnic.
Members of the Lincoln High School Class of 1940 gathered for the 43rd reunion. Front row included Atley Tyler Princeton NJ Margaret Fletcher Jackson Frederick and others. second row Frances Orem Robinson Liberty Charlotte Daley Hollingsworth Jamaica NY Marguerite Jones Gray Washington DC Hilda Thomas Kelson Jamaica NY Len ora Duppins Frederick. back row Louise Holland Mercer Washington DC William Hollingsworth Jamaica NY Byron Ross Frederick Charles Daniel Brown Inglewood CA.
The text traces blueberry seeds, uses in history, and a recipe for blueberry sherbet with cultivated berries. It notes Champlain’s discovery, native preparation methods, and that Americans consume about 150 million pounds yearly. It ends with the Mariana Trench depth.
In Baltimore the NAACP and NAACP regional director Emmet Burns testified that an officer’s blackface Jolson routine recalls disgraceful minstrel portrayals and harms police community relations. Protesters outside the Baltimore Hilton feared violence while the officer seeks damages and a court ruling to perform off duty.
Frostburg officials imposed strict water restrictions as a drought depletes supplies. About 650,000 gallons daily are drawn from Piney Mountain Dam serving 14,000 customers. Emergency rules ban washing cars and watering lawns with fines up to 100 dollars. A permit allows limited pumping from Savage Mountain wells through November. Dam storage inches down and rainfall and conservation helped extend supply to about 30 days.
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