County Officials Kill Mobile Home Project
Frederick County commissioners upheld a Planning and Zoning decision blocking Urbana Mobile Homes Village. The vote mirrored the prior deadlock, sustaining the initial disapproval and denying the developers the right to proceed. Attorneys indicated potential future actions remain under consideration. Urban Civic Association attorney Herb Morrison welcomed the outcome.
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Russ Edmonston
Urbana Mobile Homes
Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning and Zoning Commission
Wallace E. Sutton
Russell Z. Horman
Hutton
Charles E. Collins
Charles A. Price
Planning Commission
Herb Morrison
Urbana Civic Association
Sex Ed Moratorium Headlines County Schools
The News-Post reports Frederick County plans to bar sex education at elementary level while some secondary schools maintain long established health courses that include the subject. A moratorium on elementary sex education is under study at state and county levels as decisions proceed.
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Frederick County
News-Post
Doctor James Gray to be honored by county medical association
Dr. James K. Gray of Thurmont, a general practitioner for 50 years, will be honored at a county medical association dinner on the 50th anniversary of his graduation from the University of Virginia Medical School. He has long split his practice with Dr. Oppenheimer and has shaped Thurmont’s medical scene and bank leadership over decades.
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Denis O’ Brien Laaff
James K. Gray
Thurmont
Frederick County Medical Association
Gray
Red Horse
The
County Medical Association
University of Virginia Medical School
Stuart Oppenheimer
National Cancer Institute
Baltimore
Frederick County Medical Society
Abbington
Washington, D.C
University of Virginia Hospital
Marion
Edward Jenner
Ite
U.S
Washington
New York
Thurmont Bank
Dr. Gray
Oppenheimer
Denis O’brien
Planning Board Approves Lake Linganore Project
Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission granted final approval for Lake Linganore at Eagle Head Section 1 Coldstream and Meadows, totaling 287 lots. Brosius Brothers lead development. initial use may be vacation homes and land speculation, with permanent homes possible after ten years. Public hearing on the Master Sewer and Water Plan set for Nov 24 at Winchester Hall.
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Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Lake Linganore
Eagle Head
Brosius Brothers
Coldstream
Meadows
John Wilson
Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Frederick City
State Health Department
Charles Heavin
Frederick County
Heavin
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Stock Market Opens Higher on Broad Advances
New York investors pushed shares up in heavy early trading as the market extended Wednesday’s gains. Advances outpaced declines by a wide margin, signaling continued strength in the broader market.
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New York
Grand Jury Recommends Overhaul of Frederick County Courthouse
The September Grand Jury praised Sheriff Jacobs and urged a comprehensive plan to fix courthouse overcrowding in Frederick County. It called for full time State's Attorney, updated jail facilities, and new legislation funded by county leaders, the Bar Association, and lawmakers. The panel also endorsed Montevue restoration and noted staffing and funding constraints.
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Frederick County
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Grand Jury
Robert Stann
Clapp
Robert &. Rothenhoefer
Ired J. Bower
Frederick County Bar Association
House of Delegates
Kittchen
Crummell Jacobs
Montevue
Red Cross Seeks Yule Gifts For Servicemen
The American Red Cross launches the Vietnam Shop Early-1969 program to send gift-filled bags to over 500,000 U S troops in Vietnam. Frederick County Chapter aims for 225 bags funded by donations of $5 plus a Christmas card.
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Vietnam
American Red Cross
Frederick County
Frederick
Ladies of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Fort Detrick
The
S. Market St
Work reveals Urner portrait of Taney on display
Edward S. Delaplaine reports Francis Scott Key Memorial Foundation acquires an oil portrait of Roger Brooke Taney by Joseph W. Urner for the Taney Home. The piece, set in Court Square Frederick, ties to the 1801 bar entry of Taney and Key, with sculptor Joanna Urner present at dedications and notes on Frederick’s historic Court House architecture.
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Roger Brooke Taney
Frederick
Joseph W. Urner
Taney
Francis Scott Key
Court Square
Court House
Rogel Brooke Taney
Richard Potts
United States
Dener
Baltimore
Court Park
New York
New Library
Dickinson College
Joanna Urner
Charles Evans Hughes
Hammond Urner
Urner
Court Street
C. Burr
Tax League Meets in Walkersville Fire Hall
The Frederick County Tax League will meet at the Walkersville fire hall next Tuesday at 8 p.m. Residents expect a good turnout. President Robert E. Dalley Sr. will explain past actions and future plans and invite audience suggestions to improve the tax situation. A second meeting is planned in Thurmont at a later date.
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Frederick County
Tax League
Walkersville Fire Hall
Robert E. Dalley Sr
Fanl
Geni
People's League
Thurmort
Fire log reports multiple city response calls
Fire log shows calls in the 24 hour period ending at 10 am with multiple responses. Trash fire at Fifth and Bentz prompted junior units, along with 10:04 am calls and ambulance responses. Brunswick and Myersville personnel also logged responses on Interstate 70 and nearby streets. Continuous totals follow city and county designations.
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Sielwas
North Bentz Street
Fifth and Bentz
Interstate 70
Myersville
New York
Market
Brunswick
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Mobile Home Project
James Gray
Joseph W. Umer
Mias Linda Gaspar
Walkeraville
J. Rolfe Castleman
Sheriff Jacobs
Joseph Urner
Henry McCleery
Andrew
McCleery
Court House of Assizes
Dublin
Ireland
Frederick County Court
Walkersville
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