Fifty Years Ago From The News Post Sept 9 1911
Fifty years ago the News-Post reports outings of Economy Silo Co employees, a new Cumberland theater to replace the Victoria, late mail from major cities, a wrecked car on Telegraph and West Patrick, concerns about Frederick milk supply, a horse kick injuring Russell White, moonlit boating on the Monocacy, copper ore and gold in the Singanore mine, swimming at VMLA pool, and a steam roller piston rod break delaying road work between New Market and New London with repairs by John H. Abbott and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economy Silo. Co
Middletown
Frederick
Hagerstown
Pen-Mar
Blue Mountain House
P. L. Hargett
Earlston Hargett
Victoria Moving Picture Theater
Cumberland
Wertheimer Brothers
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Board of Trade
Telegraph Street
West Pattrick Street
Russell White
Allen McHenry
Singanore
V.mlc.a
Messrs
Coblentz
Kipp
New Market
New London
John H. Abbott and Son
Subsidies for Rails Spark Senate Rail Aid Debate
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee confronted a proposal by Chairman Everett Hutchinson to grant federal subsidies to railroads. He urged $31 million for passenger service and $21 million in matching funds for tax relief, totaling $52 million initially and potentially $118 million nationwide. The plan hinges on railroads’ critical role in troop movements and national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Everett Hutchinson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ittee
Hutchinson
Byron Heads Young Dems Named Maryland President
Byron Heads Young Dems Goodioe E. Byron won over two rivals Friday to lead the Young Democratic Clubs of Maryland at the two day state convention opening at the Great Oak Resort and Yacht Club near Chestertown. He succeeds Robert Taylor of Anne Arundel County and is editor of Frederick County Young Democrats Club. Other candidates included John Appel Jr. of Towson and Robert Boyd of Cecil County. Delegates heard speeches from gubernatorial candidate David Burne and U S Senate hopeful Blair Lee II among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodioe E. Byron
Focal
Young Democratic Clubs of
Maryland
Great Oak Rert and Yacht Club
Chestertown
Byron
Robert Taylor
Anne Arundel County
John 3. Appel Jr
Towson
Robert Boyd
Cecil County
Edward D. Storm
Frederick County
Young Democrats Club
Walkerson
Law
West Church Street
David Burne
Charles County
U. S. Senate
del. Blair Lee
Montgomery
del. Carlton Sickles
del. Perry
Market Prices From Farmers Co-Operative Association Today
The Farmers Co-Operative Association quotes grain prices with Barney at 1.68 dollars per bushel and 6.25 dollars per bushel for double random wheat 9-70 bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jocel
Prilces
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Barney ‘Neva A
Twenty Years Ago From The News Post September 9 1941
Fire sparked by hot grease damaged the home of Mrs. Rhodes R Kemp on East Third Street. Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of the President, died at the Roosevelt ancestral home above the Hudson. Churchill urged greater help from the U S Navy as the Atlantic battle continues. Henrietta Hersh Berger joined Frederick County Health Department staff. Janet Walker to transfer from Allegany. Nazi forces in Russia have been pushed back 16 miles in two days as Russians pursue remnants. City officials warn parents are main youth morals protectors. Route 35 traffic detoured after tractor trailer carrying 3,000 gallons hot asphalt wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes R. Kemp
East Third Street
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hudson River
U.S. Navy
Churchill
Great Britain
Henrietta Hershberger
Frederick
Baltimore
Frederick County
Janet Walker
Allegany County
Russia
Bert Pelissier
Thurmont
Missionaries Ira and (Family) Petre Move to Durbin Pastorate
Rev and Mrs Ira S Petre and family return from Nigeria West Africa to Durbin West Virginia where Petre takes a pastorate spanning several churches including one near the parsonage. They have served as Church of the Brethren missionaries in West Africa since 1959 with furloughs in the United States. Their last station was Garkida Nigeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira S. Petre
Nigeria
West Africa
Durbin
W.va
Mr. Petre
Pasonage
Petre
Church of the Brethren
Garkida
J. Paul Delphey
Clarence Delphey
Julien Delphey
Frederick
Chester Delphey
Hagerstown
Ray Delphey
Washington
Harpers Ferry
Iowa
Kenneth Lawson
Germantown
Kevin Eugene
Montgomery General Hospital
Golibart Godbee Wedding at St John's Church
Miss Chica Ione Godbee and Martin Thomas Golibart were married at 11 a.m. in St. John's Catholic Church with Father Herbert Jordan officiating. The couple will reside in Baltimore. both are graduates of local and Maryland institutions, and the bride's sister and groom's brother served as attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golibart-Godbee
St. John’s
Enrollments Reach 14 492 in Frederick County Schools
A total of 14 492 pupils are enrolled in Frederick County Schools. Paul Fogle, Supervisor of Pupil Personnel, said the updated report shows an increase of 378 from 14 114 in 1960. Elementary enrollment totals and high school figures rise, with detailed breakdowns by school. A separate note lists Ronald W. Turley of Bethel Road attending Pre-commissioning School in Norfolk, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Paul Fogle
Board of Education
Frederick City
Fogle
Elm Street Junior High
West Frederick
Linganore
Frederick High
Lincoln High
Middletown High
Emmitsburg High
Thurmont High
Brunswick High
Walkersville High
Doubs
Pt. of Rocks
Adamstown
Myersville
Lewistown
Yellow Springs
Burkittsville
Brunswick
Walkersville
Turley
Norfolk, Va
Fleet Training Center
Norfolk
Ronald W. Turley
USN
James L. Folk
Bethel Road
Mantz family gift recalls Frederick history legacy
Miss Mantz describes the $800 gift from Charles Mantz and relatives of Denver and San Marino in memory of their grandfather, Charles Mantz, to the C. Burr Artz Library and the Historical Society of Frederick County. The letter to Mrs. Grayson E. Bowers recounts family lore, old letters, and local ties through the years, ending with a $100 gift from Charles Gomber Mantz’s children in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mantz
Charles Mantz
Anna E. Mantz
Denver
Edward B. Dewey
Florence Mantz
San Marino
Calif
Mantz
C.M
A. Fearbake Jr
H. C. Koehler
Charles H. Baugher
William Nash Young
Walker Y. Page
Arthur Potts
Omaha
Otis Johnson
William Miller
Mary Ann Grove Martz
Little Charlie
Funeral rites for W Rudolph Fogle and others held
Funeral services were conducted for W Rudolph Fogle at G C Barton Funeral Home Walkersville with interment in Glade Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Also services for Lora V Fink at Gladhill Middletown with burial in Reformed Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Rudolph
Rudy) Fogle
G. C. Barton
Walkersville
J. W. Schildt
Glade Cemetery
Markell, Crum
Malcome Barber
Glenn Trout
Ford Hedges
Elmer Zimmerman
Charles Eaves
Lora V. Fink
Foster F. Fink
Columbus Ave
Gladhill
Middletown
George Klinefelter
Reformed
Edgar Fleck
Lloyd Coblentz
Cyrus McBride
Wilma House
Claggett Wiles
J. Vernon Coblentz
Miss Nancy Lee Geisbert Weds Bernard Bidle in Trinity Chapel
Miss Nancy Lee Geisbert daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin M Geisbert Jr and Bernard William Bidle son of Mr and Mrs Walter S Bidle Jr were united in marriage Friday at 8 pm in Trinity Chapel Rev Paul L Althouse officiated Sperry Storm was organist The bride wore a lace bodice three quarter length sleeves and silk organza skirt with a pearl seed crown and colonial bouquet Guests included maid of honor Miss Ruth V Geisbert and best man Grayson E Bidle The couple will live in a newly furnished apartment in Middletown after a trip to Ocean City Md The bride a Frederick High School graduate works for C and P Telephone Company The groom attended Middletown High School and works for David H Young Contractor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chica Ione Godbee
John A. Godbee
Helen Myers Stup
New Market
Martin Thomas Golibart
Margaret R. Golibart
Mark J. Golibart
St. John’s Catholic Church
Herbert Jordan
Charles Byerly
Joseph Carroll
Jed L. Godbee
Earl F. Tracey Jr
Emmitsburg
Susan D. Stup
Mark J. Galibart
Baltimore
Edward H. Etchison
Robert J. Thomas
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key
McClean Boulevard
St. John's Literary Institute
This City
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Saint Joseph College
Washington County Health Department
Hagerstown
St. John’s Literary Institute
Mount St. Mary’s College
Phillip Carey Manufacturing Company
Nancy Lee Geisbert
Calvin M. Geisbert Jr
MceMurrary Street
Bernard William Bidle
Walter S. Bidle Jr
Myersville
Trinity Chapel
Paul L. Althouse
Sperry Storm
Ruth V. Geisbert
Grayson E. Bidle
Middletown
Drexel A. Bidle
Wayne E. Geisbert
McMurray Street
Geisbert
Bidle
Margaret Geisbert
Grace Bidle
Patricia Geisbert
Howard Murphy
Floyd Wickham
Ocean City
Frederick High School
C and P Telephone Company
Middletown High School
David H. Young
Obituary notices for Wildonger and Tracey in Frederick area
Mrs Sadie Elizabeth Wildonger 73 widow of Herman Wildonger formerly of Easton Pa died at Homewood Church Home Williamsport Friday. She was born in Frederick County and was a member of Glade United Church of Christ Walkersville. Funeral from G C Barton Funeral Home Walkersville Sunday 1 30 p m Interment Mt Olivet cemetery. John Franklin Tracey 55 husband of Margaret Barrett Tracey Point of Rocks died at Newton D Baker Veterans Hospital Martinsburg WV Friday 5 p m He was born in Frederick son of the late Loran F and Caroline Giffon Tracey Surviving wife and several step children include Jack Allen Miller California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Koons
E. Scott Koons
National Lutheran Home For the
Washington
Fuss Funeral Home
Taneytown
Seth Hester
Mt. Union Church Cemetery
Frank Bohn
Bruce Shirk
Holly Albaugh
George Lowman
Herman Wildonger
Sadie Elizabeth Wildonger
Easton
Homewood
Williamsport
Frederick County
Eza
Amelia Duddrear Cramer
Glate United Church of Christ of
Walkersville
The
Guild
Women’s Bible Class
Lola Cramer
G. C. Barton
Mt. Olivet
John Franklin Tracey
Margaret Barrett
Tracey
Point of Rocks
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Frederick
Loran F
Caroline Giffon Tracey
Jack Allen Miller
California
Deaths of Charles W. Carson Jr and Daniel Kline
Charles W. Carson Jr aged four of near Libertytown died Friday evening at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by wife Mary Jane Askins Carson and three daughters Virginia Ann Debra Jane and Cheryl May. burial plans include Pleasant Grove Church near Fountain Mills and Mount Olivet cemetery. Daniel Clayton Kline 90 of Blue Ridge Summit died Thursday at Reeder Nursing Home Boonsboro after a long career at Buena Vista Springs hotel Emerson Brantingham Shops Landis Machine Co and as rural carrier. He is survived by his son Donald J Kline two daughters and seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. services and church membership noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Carson Jr
Jefferson
Mary Jane Askins Carson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Tuscarora
C. Wilbur
May Chick Carson
Libertytown
New Market
Richard Remsburg
Jeffer
Virginia Ann
Debra Jane
Cheryl May
Milo Chick
Falconer
Pleasant Grove
Fountain Mills
Mount Olivet
Daniel Kline
Daniel Clayton Kline
Blue Ridge Summit
Reeder
Boonsboro
Wolfsville
Adam
Susannah
Frey) Kline
Buena Vista Springs
Buena Vista Station
Cascade
Donald J. Kline
Bourceville
Funeral service for Point of Rocks residents announced
The obituary lists William H. Miller U S Army in Africa Roger Lee Joy U S Army Charleston D C Richard A Joy U S Army Germany Miss Betty Ann Rutherford Mrs Jene Miller all of Point of Rocks and related family members. The body rests at 106 East Church Street funeral home. Services are at Assembly Church of God Point of Rocks Tuesday 2 p m with interment at St Pauls Cemetery Point of Rocks. M R Etchison and Son funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton Lewis Stockman
Jefferson
East Church Street
Eugene W. Young
St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fengaville
Charles R. Stockman
Bernard L. Shaft
Preston Stang
James V. Shaft Jr
Clayton Smith
John W. Droneburg
St. Luke’s Cemetery
Feagaville
M. R. Etchison and Son
William H. Miller
U. S. Army
Africa
Roger Lee Joy
U. S Army
Charleston
D. C
Richard A. Joy
U. & Army
Germany
Betty Ann Rutherford
Jene Miller
Point of Rocks
Charles Anderson
Norman Benson
Michigan
Joyce Joy
Mary Gouker
Frederick
Nannie Mantz
New Market
Jack Rollins
Philadelphia
Joseph Clark
Syracuse
Assembly Church of God
St. Paul's Cemetery
Sickness News From Frederick Memorial Hospital
Among The Sick reports Alice Pri of Los Angeles in critical condition after a hip fracture. John C. Hope of Knoxville is readmitted for observation at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Albert Tabjer of Mt. Airy is admitted to Skyline Building at Vindebona Convalescent Home. Charles Kelly Jr. of Mt. Airy enters Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Alice Pri
Los Angeles
John C. Hope
Knoxville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Albert Tabjer
Mt. Airy
Vindebona Convalescent and Rest Home
Charles Kelly Jr
Charles Kelly Sr
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Jed
West
Davis Studio
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
East Atsb
Patrick Street
Charles
Ritchie
Willie Ritchie
Albert
Billy Ritchie
Quynn
Grandfather
Mary Worthington
Judge Worthington
Papa
Laura
Barbara Fritchie
Mr. Nixdorff
Lipps
Steiner House
Annie? Lipps
Charles F. Bowers
Charles Gomber Mantz
A. m
Richard D. Thompson
Rocky Springs Union Cemetery
Silas Stockman
George Green
Randolph Stull
Cameron Hill
Glenn Putman Jr
Alton Powell
Marlin Green
Franklin Lorenzo Goodman
Washington Street
R. Etchison and Son
Mary Elizabeth Webster
Richard W. Webster
Bernard W. Bidle
Nota
Frank J. Keefer
Grove Funeral Home
Waynesboro
H. E. Krone
Harbaugh’s Cemetery
Dosan
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